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Vol. 2 Issue # 8 February 22, 1999

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In this issue:

1) Tip of the Week

2) FEATURE ARTICLE: But that's an Associate Program ... not a REAL business! by Lesley Anne Lowe

3) CLASSIFIEDS

4) FREE Resources

5) MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE: Ten Brilliant Steps to Attaining Your Own Goals by Darren Roberts

"Tip of the Week"

This week we'll start a series on tools you can use for breaking through the "ceiling" of your current online business success. Each week you'll see not only an excellent tool for increasing sales but each will carry an added feature of a reseller program. As you will read in today's feature article, reseller programs can be an excellent way to add income streams to your current online business. Today's tool is from Corey Rudl who gets over 2 million visitors to his websites yearly, does 2.6 million dollars in sales online each year. I think his advice is a great way to start off the series:

Corey Rudl knows how to make money online. I personally have come to respect him for his many very successful online businesses. In fact, one of his most popular successes is the book "Car Secrets Revealed"... with his unique promotional techniques online, he has made it the #1 best selling car book on the Internet... all within a few months! He specialized in very unique and powerful Internet marketing ideas and techniques.

If you are considering starting a business on the Internet or already own one, you want to view his web site... Corey really knows what he is talking about. He has made a fortune online and he has just developed a new website that reveals all his tips, tricks and techniques for starting a business on the web site and making a fortune.

He discusses everything you would ever want to know about starting a business online... or if you already have a business online, he reveals exactly how to promote it to make a fortune.

His website is: <http://www.marketingtips.com/t.cgi/5369>

Check it out, there is lots of information and tips. You will be very impressed. I cannot recommend it higher... this guy is a "real" example of someone that makes hundreds of thousands of dollars on the net... so listen to what he has to say carefully, he knows what he is talking about (one of the very few on the internet).

FEATURE ARTICLE

But that's an Associate Program ... not a REAL business! by Lesley Anne Lowe

I have people contact me on a daily basis asking about associate programs. What should they do to make a success of them? What companies would I recommend? What would work best for their site? etc. etc.

My answer to these questions varies from person to person but the first thing I always ask them is, "Well, what are you prepared to put into the business to make it work for you?" This is a simple enough question in my eyes but you'd be amazed at the number of people who are quite literally scared off by it.

Is "work" really such a bad word :-)

The truth is that it really isn't all that difficult to make a nice secondary or even primary income from promoting someone else's products or services - but you *must* use a little imagination *and* be prepared to put at least a little effort into it.

Around 14 months ago we signed up to the One & Only Network and although I'd never been involved in any form of reselling or associate program before, I was immediately taken by them.

Within two days of joining I bought a domain name and got to work on building a site specifically to promote O&O. All this really involved was duplicating their own site, adding my own personal touches and putting it online. The whole process took me approximately 3 days from start to finish.

My first month I made around $23, however the second month I received a cheque for $140 and my domain name and hosting fees were covered. This is when I started to think that my new venture could become quite interesting.

Throughout the middle of 1998 I had a lot going on in my life and through my own ignorance I never even updated the site once - seriously not once! The three days work I put in at the start was by now bringing me in an average of $500 per month and that was good enough for me. Whether this was naiveté, laziness or pure stupidity I really don't know.

Still good for three days work mind you :-)

In October or so of last year (just 3 months ago) myself and Paul started tying up our main business to move over to the Internet full-time and it was then I decided that enough was enough - it was time to really make a go of this site which had started me off so well in 1998.

So at the start of November we released a new, fresher looking copy of the site and almost immediately our sales and traffic increased. People started writing to us and commenting on the new look - and this was something they'd never done in the past.

To mirror what we did almost a year before, the time we spent on this complete overhaul was again a mere three days. And boy did it pay off this time! In November our site revenue was over double what we'd become used to getting and in December we increased it by very nearly the same again.

(The guys at One and Only even sent us a Christmas present!)

To sum it all up, if you're willing to put in just a little effort, it *is* possible to turn your reseller business into a full-time income, but I'd recommend you follow the simple guidelines below before you start ...

1. Get your own domain name as you are *seriously* crippling your online business without one. When you consider the low cost involved ($70 for two years), it's complete madness not to have one these days.

Drop me an email if you need any assistance with this and I'll be happy to help you get started.

2. *Don't* just rely on links or banners to promote your business. Write short articles, build your own site and participate in online communities. *Tell* people about your business and let them know how it can help them.

3. Select the company you get involved with wisely, ensure that their product or service has long-term appeal and most importantly of all - ensure that the company are capable of handling your customers and resellers in a professional and responsible manner.

My own reasons for choosing the One and Only Network were primarily that the product range has *mass-appeal* and the company had and have continued to prove themselves as being extremely reliable. I'm now looking forward to a long-term, financially stable future with them.

If this is something which you may be interested in yourself please drop me an email or visit my brand new reseller site below ...

<http://www.loverocks.com/>

... Love Rocks ... and it pays well too they say :-)

Lesley Anne Lowe <mailto:support@advance.to>

P.S. The site I mention throughout this article is ...

The Personals Ads Network - <http://advance.to/>

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MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE

Ten Brilliant Steps to Attaining Your Own Goals

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1) Have a Dream. Write Down What it is You Wish to Achieve!

Everything starts with dreams, desires & goals wants etc. They will always be more than you presently have. If they weren't you wouldn't want for anything. The most important thing you can do is write these ideas down as they happen. Take a note book with you. It may sound silly, but it is very effective and you can then capture all that is important to you.

With constant review and assessment you, in a relatively short space of time will begin to realize how important each and every goal is and you will sub-consciously work out ways to achieve them.

2) Look at "Your" Big Picture

As you develop your "Personal Achievement List" there are four types of your own needs you will take into account:

a) Physical Needs b) Emotional Needs c) Social Needs & d) Financial Needs.

These are not written in any order. You will find your day to day living entails something from all these groups. For example your physical needs could be as simple as playing a game of volleyball to keep you fit. Your financial needs will be slightly more detailed such as to have as much cash at your disposal to accomplish what you wish in during your allotted years.

As your goals become more clear in your mind you will be able to understand the individual importance of each of these four groups.

3) Think Like a PT (Plan Thoroughly)

Now that you know what you want you will now need to start bridging the gap between where you are now and where you want to be. Sounds quite easy actually, doesn't it? Well, in a word. Yes!!!

Now that you're in the practice of writing things down that are important to you may (or may not) have started to plan and prepare. Be a PT (Prepare Thoroughly). You can't lose if you plan well. There is a very old cliché that's almost as old as the hills. In fact you will almost definitely know this...

"Businesses That Fail To Plan Plan To Fail"!!!

It's so true if you are planning to travel from Lyon in France to Hannover in Germany and you had not traveled there before you will sure as the sun will rise tomorrow need a map to guide you there. Why is making money and goal achievement any different? It's not. All untraveled byways require a method and a plan or you simply won't get there.

You know what...getting there is probably going to be about the best fun that you ever had up until now!

4) One Step at a Time

Okay this planning bit sounds good but how do I know when to do what?

Like anything really to get to the next story in a building you will need to climb the stairs to do it (sorry no escalators or elevator lifts in this building); meaning that the large target is absolutely nothing on its own it's quite simply a culmination of smaller targets (i.e. the steps ascending to the next story).

All these stairs (steps) will need to be realistically attainable. Setting them above and beyond the stars will leave you nothing short of disappointed and quite possibly stressed to the highest degree due to its inattainability. Similarly if it's too easy you may get bored and give up the chase and move to something else which invariably will give you the same result time and time again. Plan well! Set realistic targets and sub-targets!!!

Plan to succeed from the outset.

5) Always be Positive

Get into as many quality success publications that you can lay your hands on. To get to your goal you will need to brush away the negative attitudes that some long standing friends, family and others may laden you with. A healthy positive attitude is not enough on it's own but it will open your mind to the plethora of possibilities that exist on your journey to bridging the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

Your attitude to life; to people; to everything will be the same attitude you portray to the pursuit of your goals. If you have an open positive attitude to everything this will overflow wonderfully into your goal achievement aspirations.

I have developed a very comprehensive resource list which will be more than helpful in your endeavors. If you wish to receive this TOTALLY FREE resource list without obligation then please send a blank email to: mailto:toolkit@topliving.com and you will receive it automatically within a couple of minutes.

6) Persist Until You Succeed!!!

To claim your independence your desire for achievement will need to be spurred on by hunger fully supported with persistence.

Without being persistent your efforts may become counter- productive and you may not get there. When you get knocked down - for heavens sake get up again.

Persistency is vital. Every knock down is simply a brief pause on the staircase during your ascendancy to the next floor. Learn from it and persist until you succeed.

It's really easy to succeed as every knock down just makes you stronger and more determined to reach your goal. Choose to win!!!

7) Don't Dream it! Be it!

Even the best, well thought out, beautifully laid plan means nothing until its implementation. Action is the key. Sure it's really important to contemplate your next step before you take it with a well structured plan but it means nothing unless you enact upon it.

Don't wait for it to come to you; actively seek it out and attain your goal.

Sure as anything no one else is going to realize your goals for you. Only you can do this. Will you???

8) Stay Active & Alert

Earlier I mentioned that you should dig into as much positive energy that you can. It is also a great idea to get into publications that are akin to where your interests lie. To achieve the best result possible it's a top idea to be as educated as possible on all new developments etc.

If you wish to succeed in having the best macramé business in suburb of town it makes sense that you will have researched the demand for your product in the area, pricing, needs etc. Most importantly you will want to know everything about this product to attract a new client base.

If someone walks in seeking help and you cannot give it to him/her you will look not just unprofessional but you'll look like a bit of a dingbat as well. The best solution here is obviously to stay right up-to-date in your field of expertise so you can always offer the best sound advice. Staying alert and active in your chosen field will give you an edge over your competition. You can never be too knowledgeable.

9) Review Regularly

At regular intervals review your performance. Draw charts. Make comparisons with where you are compared with where you want to be. If it's not as good as you want either adjust the goal or the method for its achievement accordingly.

Don't be disappointed if you can't do it all the first time as planned; believe you me you will need to confront obstacles in order to learn how to make things easier in the future. In fact obstacles are the best thing that can happen to anyone wanting to make a mark for himself. Making mistakes, and adjusting your plan takes maturity. It comes with extensive review and self-analysis. Don't be afraid to err. You're human so you will. The solutions will become simpler and simpler with regular review of your targets.

10) Have Fun! Enjoy Yourself!

If you don't actively enjoy what you do how can you expect to get so much from it when the most fundamental basic is lacking?

To be successful at what you do you must really enjoy what it is you do.

You will get only one life. It's not like an empty bottle that you can return after it's been used and get your deposit back. No way! When it's done it's done! We all get probably about 50 - 60 years of adult life and we are all individually responsible for how we use it. Follow your goals. enjoy it all and YOU WILL REACH YOUR TARGET.

I hope you enjoyed this article today.

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Written by Darren Roberts, Marketing Consultant. With Compliments, Topliving Consultancy. The author publishes a FREE ezine which you may subscribe to simply by sending this email to: mailto:subscribe@topliving.com?Subject=article_ref

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