Have you ever had that moment, where you suddenly decide you are ready for change?

It might be that point of deepest frustration, where you will no longer tolerate the state that you are in, or it might be when you are at a high point in your life and you decide that you just want to go for more.

Next thing you know you are visualising the realization of your goal where you are (put in your own vision here) and you are ready to succeed.

Day 1

All out effort towards the realization your goal, you are not just accomplishing the goal, you ARE the goal

Day 2

Day gets of two a bad start. Half way through the day you remember your goal and put a little effort in.

Day 3

The day was more than stressful. You go to bed at the days end, and just as you are nodding off you remember about your goal.

As you drift off to sleep your goal joins the other goals that have come before it. It becomes just another dream.

You had such great intentions.  What went wrong?

The proverb goes “The journey of 1000 miles begins with one step”.

Why one step?

Why not say “The journey of 1000 miles takes 5,280,000. Get moving” ??

Because you would try to cover as many steps in that first day that by the end of that day you would be exhausted, and after three days of pushing yourself really hard you would give up.

As important as it is to envision the success of your goal, it is equally important to plan the steps to get there.

Once you know what your goal is and you have planed the process to achieve that goal, then you begin to only focus on the process “the one step”.

And as those steps add up you start to do them subconsciously, they become habits.

One easy step at a time, and before you know it you will have reached your goal.

If I would ask you if you can walk 1000 miles you might reflexively think it quite unlikely. Interestingly though, the average person takes 4000-6000 steps a day. Which means that in the past 3-4 years you walked 1000miles.

You didn’t even realize it, but you did it ONE STEP AT A TIME.

I remember as a child seeing Superman II for the first time. In times of trouble, mild mannered Clark Kent, became the blue tight-ed red caped Superman, flying in and saving the day.

If I would walk down the street today in a full body suite and cape, super hero would not be the first thing that would go through peoples minds. Nuts, flake, crazy are much more likely.

But when Superman Returns came to the theaters, I know that 10 of thousands of people flocked to the theaters waiting breathless for the first appearance of that spandex-ed super hero, who represents Read the rest of this entry »

Like many of you, I am constantly looking for ways to improve the traffic and profitability of my various sites. In my search for information I come across many different products, people and approaches. Recently I got on a list where I receive information from an “Internet Marketing Master” (<-These are their words not mine), Mike Filsaime. His main marketing approach/product is something he calls ‘Butterfly Marketing’. The idea is that you create a powerful marketing campaign that has a massive urgency to it, like “All this, for this great price, limited quantity, for the next 24 hours”. You get caught up in the hype and urgency of the pitch, that you find yourself almost reflexively buying the product, regardless of your need for it. Read the rest of this entry »

Though over the years there has been much stigma attached to Network Marketing / Direct Marketing / MLM, for someone with little business skill, capital, and time it can be a great starting place. A strong Network Marketing system will offer a good product, a great support system and a fully functioning back end . All you have to do is market the product and the business and they do the rest; Automated order taking, billing, shipping, customer service, accounting, etc.

I think what has caused the negativity around MLM are twofold.

First is the Pyramid Schemes, where lots of money was exchanged with no real product or value.

Secondly is the often unprofessional and deceptive ways in which some network marketers present themselves. For example, you are introduced to an “Opportunity”. You are told how easy it will be, only a few hours a week, no cold calling necessary, no product to sell. And amazingly, by working only a few hours a week, not calling anyone and not selling anything, you will make a lot of money and retire in a few short years.
It business terms I call this “A Load of Doo Doo (I don’t use fowl language)”

Now it is possible to experience great success in Direct Marketing, you just have to know what the steps are.

Here are 8 tips to keep in mind if you want to succeed in Network Marketing. Read the rest of this entry »