Jan 19 2012
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Motivate Your Mind Then Move

Un-hoard Your Mind

This is your mind!

When was the last time you did a spring cleaning on your mind?  A lot of people’s minds are as organized as a hoarder’s house.  Take a second to visualize a hoarder’s house.  It’s dirty, cluttered, unorganized, filled with a lot of junk from the past, and there are bugs everywhere.  That is probably what your mind is like right now!

Thankfully you are about to have an intervention.  Ryan Deiss, an internet marketer, said it best ‘you have to clear the mechanism first’.  The concept of clearing the mechanism is really simple.  Get all the thoughts in your mind out of your head and onto paper.  First you need to get your hands on small squared post-it sticky notes.  On these sticky notes you are going to write a single thought, not a book.

You need three different colors.  Pick your first color for your important and urgent thoughts in your mind.  Pick your second color for your less serious and minor concerns, and a three color is just for random thoughts in your mind.  Make sure you get everything out of your mind.  Once everything is written on the sticky notes go ahead and post them on a wall that you see when you wake up.  Every time you solve one of your thoughts or resolve an issue just crumble up that sticky note and trash it.

Your mind will feel one million times lighter. So go ahead and start Un-hoarding your mind.

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Dec 02 2011
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Motivate Your Mind Then Move

Ready for Success? Then Start Taking Control of Your Life!

What does it take to be successful in your life?  It starts by defining what success means to you.  Does success mean that you are accomplishing your goals?  Does success mean that you have lots of money?  Does success mean that you are happy?  Once you determine what success means to you.  You can find a way to make it tangible.  Once it is tangible you can start taking the steps needed to reach your level of success.

If you asked successful individuals how they reach the point they are at right now?  They would all tell you they did it by taking control.  You have to know what you want and believe that you want it 110%.  If you don’t believe what level of success you are trying to achieve is what’s best for you then you’ve never reach it.  You’ll quit and trying something different.  In order to get what you want in life you have to take control and make the hard decisions and stand by it.  Taking control will bring you that sense of happiness and success, because the more you do it, the easier it will become.  You will be respected more for it.

Successful individuals are also risk taker.  Most people are understandably afraid of risk.  It’s hard to weigh the potential downside against the potential upside because it’s not guaranteed.  If you were given a chance to win $200 or lose $150 on a 50/50 chance you would probably turn it down even though it’s an advantageous gamble.  People take a short-term view, and they fear loss more than they value gain.  However if you have a chance to gamble 10 times you would probably say yes because it seems like your odds are better, but your odds are still 50/50.  Every decision that you make is 50/50, but a decision still needs to be made to don’t be afraid to take risks.

 

 

 

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Nov 28 2011
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Motivate Your Mind Then Move

Motivation without action is still considered standing still

Whenever we are feeling down or lost we could use motivation from others to make us feel better and inspired.  However just because you feel better doesn’t mean that the problem went away.  You have to use that temporary surge of energy to act right away.  Whether it be you writing down goals, identifying steps that need to be taken, or doing what needs to be done.  You have to be productive and take action or else that motivation is wasted and you’re still standing still.

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Nov 28 2011
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What do you do?

Ever been to a social event where you had to be social. Of course you have, everybody has, and of course you’ve been asked the question ‘what do you do?’ If you are an opportunist you are not going to take that question likely. You wouldn’t just respond back by saying ‘I’m an SEO expert’, right? Of course you wouldn’t because you are an opportunist like you are suppose to be. You would respond back by giving them your elevator pitch.

What’s an elevator pitch?

Simply put if you were in an elevator with someone and they asked you what you do. Would you be able to explain it effectively in 20 seconds or less? That is your elevator pitch. The elevator pitch is a great way to network, gain interest, and possible clients.

The blueprint for your elevator pitch is to (1) describe the work that you do and (2) add your main benefit you give at the end.

All under 20 seconds! Get ready. Start practicing.

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Nov 27 2011
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Is SEO Dead?

Have greedy selfless spammers finally succeeded in killing another brilliant marketing strategy?  It depends on where you are standing and your mindset.  From where I’m standing the possibilities are still positively endless.  SEO works! Plain and simple!  The best part about being in the industry is that if you do your optimization with an honest man’s mentality of “truly wanting to help your client succeed” you’ll reap the benefits of your labor.  Conversely, if you do your optimization with the get-rich quick mentality of “F*%k my client, cause I didn’t guarantee s#*t and I’m still getting paid” mindset the search engines will put a stop to that.  Search engines like Google are always in a constant state of flux.  Their search engine algorithm is always changing to be more efficient for the searches that users are inquiring about.

If you’re prospecting to do SEO work for potential clients and they tell you that don’t believe SEO works because all they know is the scammy spamming side of the story.  It is your job to inform them that it is a process not a pill.  The focus should be on producing and promoting relevant content on the website because it will pay for itself over time.  Help them understand that ‘their success is your success’ so you’ll be doing everything in your power to get them top ranked for the appropriate keywords.

Plus the universe has a way of dealing with spammery.

Stay Honest.  You’ll live longer.

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Nov 27 2011
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SEO+Social Media+PPC=Good S#*t

A common question nowadays in the internet marketing industry is ‘what is the winning formula for getting a website top ranked?’

When you combine organic SEO, social media marketing, and a pay-per-click campaigning you basically have all of your bases covered for success.  However each variable in the equation has sub-variables themselves.  Your job is to be knowledgeable on each sub-variable to ensure the best possible outcome in the equation.

You can educate yourself by reading reputatable up-to-date books about copywriting, seo guides, web 2.0 sites, PPC Campaigns, web analytics.  It has to be up-to-date information that you are researching because the internet of 5 years ago is not the same today.

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Nov 27 2011
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Motivate Your Mind Then Move

Inspiration starts from within

True inspiration starts from within.  That is a saying that is almost forgotten.  People now believe that they have to find inspiration elsewhere.  As if they cannot motivate themselves to accomplish whatever goals they set out to achieve.  If everybody waited for someone to inspire them nothing in the world would get done.  It is good to get inspiration from an outside source because it can be hard to push yourself.  You can’t rely on someone to be there all the time to give you the right words that will motivate you to move.  Sometime if you wait for someone to inspire you to take action you would have already missed your opportunity or the circumstances might have changed making it unattainable.

You have to learn how to inspire yourself.  It will seem difficult at first, but it can be done.  For starter you have to be able to identify the goal you are trying to reach.  You need to be very specific with this goal because if it is too broad that allows you to cut more corners.  With a goal that is broad you could easily inspire yourself to do a small part of the broad goal and say that you are finished.  When your goal is very specific it is easy to break it down into smaller task leading up to accomplishing the goal.

For some reason it is easier for people to do things for others than it is for themselves.  It should actually be in the reverse order.   Just like when you are on a plane and the flight attendant tells you to place the oxygen mask in front of your face first before trying to save anybody else.  That is a very true saying when it comes to life lessons as well.  If everybody was able to inspire themselves they wouldn’t need the assistance of another person.  Then the other person could worry about other things besides being someone’s inspiration all the time.  We all know what we have to do so quit f*@king around and do it.

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Nov 27 2011
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You are Powerful Beyond Imagination

Marianne Williamson said “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond imagination. It is our light more than our darkness which scares us. We ask ourselves – who are we to be brilliant, beautiful, talented, and fabulous. But honestly, who are you to not be so?” That quote holds true for so many people in the world. There is this underlining fear of success that stops people from truly enjoying their life. They seem to enjoy the struggle that stops everybody from succeeding. That self-limiting mentality has to be changed in order to raise the quality of life not only for yourself, but for the people in your life. However, breaking that mentality is easier said than done, but it can be done.

If you are in an environment where everybody is struggling to improve their quality of life you probably wouldn’t think you have a chance to improve yours either. Wrong! That is a self-limiting mindset that you placed upon yourself because you feel as though success is unattainable since the influences around you haven’t done it yet. There is nothing wrong with surpassing your peers in terms of success. When they see you accomplishing goals that you set out to do, no matter how big or small, it’s going to trigger something inside of them that will make them want to catch up to you. You have to be brave and be that trigger for people in your life because if you care about them you’ll motivate them to want to better with their life instead of struggling with the day-to-day.

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