I recently saw a great example of massive action at Robert Plank’s blog. It’s well worth reading in its entirety, but here are the highlights. In one month, he

• changed his sales process to double his sales conversion rate.
• wrote 7 articles per day for 2 weeks – total of 99 articles
• created 99 Powerpoint presentations of the content in the articles
• recorded 99 videos with call to action
• loaded all of the articles in an article site
• loaded all of the videos into a video distribution service
• put all of the distribution on autopilot.

Now THAT’S Massive Action!

Two things struck me as I read his narrative – he was willing to work hard and he repeated the same process. So with those two elements, let’s look at how you can take Massive Action in your business.

First, recognize that action requires work. And work requires time. This is the time to record your TV shows and explain to the family that you’ll be working nights and weekends for the next two weeks.

If you spend just 3 hours per night and 12 hours over the weekend for the next two weeks, you’ll buy yourself 27 hours per week – or a total of 54 hours!

Next, decide on the action you want to take. If you need to finish a product, list everything you need to do to finish it. Then get started! Don’t spend over an hour on the list – you’re here to take action, not make a list.

If you need to market an existing product or build a list of subscribers, decide on just 2 or 3 tactics you’re going to use. Robert chose articles and video articles because they are easy, inexpensive, and create backlinks to your sites.

You may choose Pay-per-click ads and teleseminar or articles and blog posts. Or any other combination of tactics.

Regardless of your choices, spend no more than six hours learning to use them. No single tactic should take more than 3 hours to learn. You’re not trying to be an expert – you’re just trying to use it. Then Get to Work!

So the next time someone tells you to “Take Massive Action” not only will you know what they’re talking about but you’ll also be able to give your own example. Get started now.

So who can you trust when it comes to YOUR business?

Would you rather get instruction from someone “just starting out” or someone that has sold over $50 million dollars online?

Sounds like a silly question, doesn’t it?

The problem is, too many folks listen to advice from people who have little to no experience with what they are actually teaching. Or worse yet from their friends and colleagues who are just as new as they are.

Yes there are all kinds of free articles online teaching you this and showing you that.

But is the source really credible?

For the past five years I’ve put my trust in the advice I’ve gotten from my friend and mentor, Armand Morin. Armand is not only successful himself, but he’s also shown a lot of
other people how to be successful. I count myself lucky to be one of his inner circle.

But not everyone has that chance. So how can YOU get good business advice from Armand? How ’bout in step-by-step video tutorials, centered on the topics YOU ask about.

I’ve had some advanced information on this site and you are going to LOVE what you see One of the first tutorials you’ll see is an example of the type of videos that Armand has created for this site. It’s 28 minutes long and goes into the meat and potatoes of
creating a winning optin page.

It’s my way of reassuring you that regardless of what day it is on the calendar, you can start a New Year today!

Think about it. Traditionally we all get excited about setting goals on January 1. We are all revved up about Taking Action – for about 2 weeks. Then we start to beat ourselves up about why we haven’t stuck with the plan – and by March 1, we’re tired and discouraged and think “oh well, another year down the drain.”

It doesn’t have to be that way!

You can start a New Year ANY day of the year. For example,

• A New School Year starts the day after labor day.
• A new fiscal year starts for businesses on whichever day they choose to start it.
• The Chinese new year starts on a different date every year, as does the Jewish New Year.

So decide TODAY that you’re going to start a new year TODAY.

1. What goals do you have?

2. What actions do you need to take to achieve them?

Take a few minutes to write these down. You already know what they are because you’ve set New Years Goals before. But now you get a “bonus” new start for the year – right here in the middle of September!

Now let me make a few suggestions that may be helpful with the Action and Follow Through to achieve those goals.

If you want a fresh approach to earning from affiliate products, you’ll want to get Kevin Riley’s LPP System. It’s based on finding and marketing local products - a fresh way to offer something new to your marketplace. Get your free copy by clicking on the link.

The Ultimate Graphics Package will help you with any type of site. With the headers, footers, arrows, guarantees, etc you’re bound to use these graphics in many of your current and future projects.  Best of all, it’s free!

How to Win the Inner Game of Online Marketing and Sales goes along with the theme of this email – it’s all in your head! How you think controls your actions and your actions control your success. Definitely tops on my list! And you don’t have to pay for it.

Where am I finding all of these great resources for you – at absolutely no cost to you? At the Newbie Giveaway, of course. Yes, there is a lot of “stuff” in any giveaway, but if you spend a few minutes picking out the items YOU need NOW, you’ll get a great value for your investment.

So take the first Action you need to take – and go there now.

Jeanette

Some of that was inspired by a workshop from Rick Butts on how to use Twitter more effetively as a marketing tool. I encourage you to sign up for the workshop – it’s not expensive and it’s well done.

As usual Jonathan is clear in his writing and provides lots of proof. One screen shot after another backs up exactly what he is saying.

And guess what? He’s giving away the report! Pick it up today.

By the way, you’ll get a one-time-offer. I strongly urge you to take advantage of it as I did. (No, I don’t get any revenue from it.)

I’ve watched Jonathan’s site ranking case studies over the past six months – and this service is what has made the difference in geting thousands of visitors to his site.

 

Do You Make These Blog Rush Mistakes?

Why choose Blogrush? Well, for one, John Reese, who is one of the brightest marketers I know online, is behind the service. That pretty much guarantees it’s going to work.

Second, it’s another way to bring traffic to your blog. Maybe not massive amounts, but just one or two people per day discovering your blog adds that many more fans.

And third, it’s fun to see what others in your topic area are posting.

So how do you add Blogrush to your blog? Just click here and sign up. It’s free and relatively painless to set up. It won’t hurt to try – and you may be pleasantly surprised to find new visitors arriving daily.

And one more benefit… It encourages you to post more frequently to your blog. You see, the “feed” from your blog is sent to Blogrush – which then advertises your latest topic on others’ blogs. The more often you post, the more often you’ll be featured – and get traffic. So get started today.

 

But do you need Silomatic? Is it appropriate for your business? Here are a few observations and questions to help you find out…

First, Silomatic is from Jeff Alderson, a respected name in Internet marketing – especially in creating software tools for your marketing. His software is good, efficient, and reliable. So as far as the technical aspect of the software, I highly recommend it.

Second, Jeff spends a lot of time watching the search engines and figuring out what works – and what doesn’t. That’s why he’s come up with this new software – based on his observations, multiple test sites, and a lot of research and development. So as for the effectiveness of the sites produced by the software, I am confident they are good.

But is it for you and your business?

If you are an information marketer who sells your own products and builds sales sites to do that, this tool won’t fit that model. For you, skip it.

If you are new to Internet marketing and don’t have a clue about site building or html, this is not where I would recommend you start.

If you are wanting to build a site in a niche market and you haven’t started yet, this looks to be an excellent way to start. It has all the right ingredients and will definitely save you time.

If you are an experienced marketer and want to expand your sites or go into a new niche, this will be a perfect match for you. Not only will you be able to get your sites up faster, but you’ll also be able to see the types of sites constructed and apply those same Google-friendly constructs to your existing sites. So I say go for it!

If you already have some sites and want to drive traffic to them (whether they’re information product sales sites or content sites), this tool will definitely help. By building a new site with exactly the recipe Google is currently looking for, you’ll find yourself in a better position in the search results. And those high ranking pages will lead to your existing sites – bringing even more visitors.

Next Steps

I definitely recommend you take a look at Silomatic and watch the video in this new window. You’ll be able to tell almost immediately whether or not this resonates with your style and your business model.

Dr. Cates’ guest will be Mark Widawer, noted Traffic Conversion Specialist and a Google Adwords Qualified professional. He specializes in creating effective landing pages to convert more traffic to customers and prospects, thus saving time and advertising dollars.

“Two of the biggest problems online businesses have are getting more traffic – then converting that traffic into business,” said Dr. Cates in a recent interview. “I wanted to bring THE expert in this area to this webinar, so that attendees can get six quick steps to creating more effective landing pages.”

A webinar is an online presentation. Participants call into a telephone line while looking at a specific URL in their browsers. So they both see and hear the presentation.

Dr. Jeanette Cates is an Internet strategist who works with consultants and other experts to leverage their expertise into Online Success. She is an expert webinar host and a professional speaker in the entrepreneurial market. She is the author of Online Success Tactics: 101 Ways to Build Your Small Business and the Founder and CEO of TechTamers.

TechTamers is a consulting and training firm based in Austin, Texas. With a focus on entrepreneurs TechTamers has been serving the Internet business community since 1997.