Well..

I have been asked by a few of my subscribers what I do on a daily basis – so I thought I’d write a blog post on it. Now this isn’t a tutorial of any kind, it’s just giving you an idea of what I do on a ‘typical’ day! (Not that I have many that are typical…

I’ll admit it that I very nearly didn’t write this! I’ve had some computer problems today – but more on that later!

Today started like any other day. I woke up at around 7.30am and got dressed. I take my girlfriend to her job in the morning, it means that I have to get up out of bed..I’m not a morning person – so having her shout at me cause she’s going to late gives me a reason to get out of bed, and getting up early is making me more productive!

Next stop…Breakfast!

Most morning I have a smoothie for breakfast. Not just any smoothie…this is like having 10 cups of coffee – with none of the bad side effects associated with a caffeine overdose!

The secret being raw cacao, maca powder and goji berries. if you aren’t yet into smoothies – I recommend you do right away. The last 6 weeks have seen me lose 15lbs in weight and become more productive. It feels good! (I have been running a few miles a day too..so its not just the smoothies which have helped me lose weight)!

Then it was the drive to take my girlfriend to her job…and one thing I don’t miss about having a job myself. The morning rush hour traffic. I’m not used to queuing anymore as when I’m out driving, everybody is usually at work! Oh well…It’s not too bad. I have some MP3’s on my iPod from Kyle Tully over at Consulting Tycoon. (I’m starting to consult with local businesses – and this program has given me some killer ideas)!

My Dogs!

Once I get home, it’s time to hit the office. But my 2 dogs have different ideas…they want to go outside and play. they may look innocent… but they can be pretty mischievous when they want to be! A few rounds of ‘fetch’ and I decide to head inside to start working or I never will – it’s a nice day to sit around and not work, and I don’t need my arm twisting to take a day off!

So then..what did I have on today? I opened up my to do list and saw I had a meeting at 10.30am, then the rest of the day was prepping for a webinar, some phone calls and also sending some direct mail letters promoting my consultancy services, and last but not least – this blog post!

10.30am arrives and after some trouble finding a parking space, I make it to my meeting on time. My meeting is with a group called Shout! Preston, which is a local business directory – but they also host networking events and do a whole lot more to help you promote your business. I will be joining them soon so that I can network with local business owners to grow my own consultancy business.

After the meeting I head home to start the rest of my tasks..

When I get back – I have  message off one of my friends Dean Holland, asking we what I want to be called in a video he has just made – don’t worry – he’s not calling me anything nasty! He’s decided for me by the time I get back..and you can check out the video here.

Over the next few hours I prepped for a webinar I am hosting this weekend, and also made some calls to a few businesses I may be consulting with and sent some  letters to potential prospects! Direct mail is a great way to get in contact with business owners, and the campaign I am running at the minute is KILLER! If you want more information on this then just leave a comment and I will tell you what I do via email!

Mid afternoon and it’s football time. Todays match. Italy Vs Slovakia. You have to love the world cup! If you don’t know – Italy lost and went out of the World Cup. The days just getting better! (Sorry if you’re Italian)!

I finished watching the game, and realized it was nearly 5pm – so I’d better go and pick my girlfriend up from work. I was a bit late because of the football – but she didn’t mind!

When we got back (through the rush hour traffic….again). I logged back on to check my emails and chat to some friends on Skype, I was talking to one of my buddies Marcus Campbell when disaster struck! (Check Marcus out, he’s a really cool guy and has some awesome free content on his site).

All my desktop icons changed to Adobe shortcuts and I couldn’t open any  of them…and with me not being the most technical person – it took me a few hours to fix it. At one point..I thought I was going to have to reinstall windows which wouldn’t have been good!

That brings me to where I am now…

Which is about to go for a run, I’m trying to run 3 miles a day. Not only is it helping me get in shape – but I have some great ideas when I’m out of the office and clearing my head! So on that note.. I best get moving!

I’d love to know what you have been doing today, so feel free to leave me a comment and let me know!

Hey Guys.

A few weeks ago I recorded an interview with super affiliate Jit Uppal.

We talked candidly about how he built his business from nothing, to where he is now (He now has around 31k subscribers, although it was 29k when I interviewed him)!

If you haven’t yet had chance to listen to the call then I highly recommend it. I have had some really good feedback for the content we cover, and a few people are taking action and having success.

You can grab it by entering your email address below, and I would love to grab some feedback off you when  you have listened!

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Well..Where do I start?

I know a few of you will be  familiar with my story – but some may not.

I started my first website on the 17th Feb 2009, after becoming bored of my job as an trainee accountant. I never wanted to be an ‘employee’ and always knew that one day, I would work for myself – I just didn’t expect things to happen so fast.

After starting my fist site, I struggled for months and months – wasted over $3,000 on ebooks/video courses that I did nothing with. You have probably been there yourself (and you may still be there) – the only advice I can give is put your credit card AWAY!

In June of 2009, I was told by a friend that Alex Jeffreys was reopening his coaching program, and with an investment of $997 – it was going to be the most I had spent in one go, and it was a massive commitment for me. I was actually on holiday in Zante (Greece)  when the coaching went live, but I still made sure I was by a computer to book my place.

A few weeks after starting the coaching, I had met loads of like minded people, and 4 guys in particular I now consider to be my ‘inner circle”. They are Josh Bartlett, Matt Wolfe, David Walker and Joe Fier. I have had so much help off these guys, and I can honestly say that these relationships I have built are worth a lot more than the $997 I paid for the coaching.

Moving through the coaching, things started to click into place for me and on 2nd November 2009 after a bad day at the office – I quit my job. It was a hard decision to make, support from friends and family wasn’t great as they didn’t completely understand what I was doing online, and in some cases I think they like the idea of me being an accountant.

I was now at a stage where I was making more online than I had done in my job, and in December 2009, I was asked to help out on a product launch as affiliate manager. After speaking with Josh Bartlett (thanks for the advice) I decided that this was an avenue I wanted to pursue, and I am currently Josh’s affiliate manager for his upcoming launch of Easy Video Player.

So that is a brief overview of 2009, what I want to do now is tell you about 2010. My goals and ambitions. Why am I doing this? because if I post it here for the world to see. then I am accountable to all you guys, and that is a powerful mental trigger, plus – I’m pretty competitive and don’t want you to see me fail!

So – My goals for 2010.

Business Goals

• Build my subscriber base to 30,000. I will do this by using adswaps and also through various product launches.
• Build my income to a consistent $20,000 per month.
• Build my own free affiliate training community.
• Work on at least five 6 figure product launches as affiliate manager in 2010.
• Redevelop my blog with a redesign and more content updates (at least 1 per week), as I’ve been slacking somewhat!
• Go to at least 5 networking events in the USA.
• Have my own 6 figure product launch.

Personal Goals

• Travel to Mexico, New Zealand, USA and China during 2010.
• Buy my own house (I’m still living with my parents).
• Lose 1 1/2 stone (21ls) in weight.
• Go to the gym at least 3 times a week and also get a personal trainer.
• Spend next new year in New York with my girlfriend.

This final goal I would say is a personal and a business goal. I want to give at least one person the power to do what I have done and earn a full time living online.

So there you have it – I’ve told you what I want to do in 2010..I challenge you to tell me what you are going to do!

My goals may look quite intimidating to you – Hell, they look intimidating to me, but I will achieve them all in 2010. I guarantee it.

Your goals may be earning your first $ online, or getting 1000 subscribes, it doesn’t matter how big, or how small they are, you just need to make sure you have them and that you work towards them everyday.

That is the secret to success. Create goals —> Take action.

A guest article this time. Sheffield based Jonathan Senior owns an online training company aimed at business and managers. He runs two blogs, the Sharp End Training blog and Learn on Demand. He has some expensive product creation software and is looking for internet marketers to partner with. Contact him through either blog.

A lot of business’s & marketers have switched onto facebook for marketing & promotion. After all,  alexa shows facebook to be the 3^rd ranked website in the world after google and yahoo and according to it’s own stats, there are 65 million regular users. That’s a big market place.

But most marketers miss a vital trick. In these days of mass automation and bulk processing, it’s easy to forget that behind each profile is a real person – not just a prospect.

Treating people’s profiles on facebook like printouts from any other automation or bulk processing tool is a good way to send your online reputation going the wrong way.

Why?

If you were selling something in the street, you wouldn’t systematically go through them asking them one at a time “Do you want to buy this?” and if they hesitated or said no – you moved onto the next one.

No you wouldn’t

That’s not very efficient or a good use of your time or resources.

The facebook danger (and admit it – we have all done it…) is going along to someone’s profile or a group and posting something like

“Hello I am [your name] and this is what I sell [link]” and then left.

You have never visited that page again. What you have done is just polluted the internet. It’s like graffiti spraying someone’s facebook profile.

There is a better way

It’s called actually getting to know people. You remember – you did it on your first day at school…

You find out what they like and don’t like (you do find out what your customers don’t like… don’t you?)

You ask them how they are; take an interest in what they do. (You might not be interested in swimming with sharks but they might be…)

And after a while, something magical happens – they begin to like you and even better, they may even trust you – so when they have a problem or they actually get bit by a shark they are likely to ask people they trust for advice. THEN it might be sale time.

Of course this is a longer lead time but something else magical happens – they tell their entire shark swimming mates who then seek advice from you. Now isn’t that better than selling one at a time ?

Thought you would agree?

So, my advice is – if you are building your online business using your own name, brand or image – then you CANNOT afford to be seen as an internet polluter. Whatever you are selling. You MUST be seen as someone people can trust.

Jonathan and his team have developed a video training course called “How to market your business on facebook”

Here is the link but subscribers to my rss feed will shortly receive a voucher worth 15% discount.

I should really apologise! I have been out of touch for a while. I’ve been really busy, and also took a weekend off. It was bank holiday weekend in England (basically a day off work), and I promised my girlfriend that no computers would be switched on for 3 days! It was hard, but i did it!

As  I said, I’ve been really busy over the last month. I have had my most profitable week since I started my journey to make a full time living online.

Product Creation

I have officially now created and sold my first product – and I have about 3 more on the way!

Product creation, in my opinion is the best way to start making a living online. It can be difficult, but I’m sure that you know something that comebody else would pay to know. Just think about it for a second..how much more do you know now, than you did 6 months ago?

My product was a system I used to make some cash as I was getting started. I still use it now, but I am more focused on product creation, and developing my ideas at the moment as my time is really limited.

The system I used was leveraging Yahoo Answers. It is pretty simple to so – and I created a step-by-step report on what I did.

So, it’s simple, learn something – master it, put it into your own words – or add your own twist on it and you have a product!

Where did I sell it? Basically, I put up my product as a WSO on the Warrior Forum. It is a great way to get your product in amongst targeted buyers.

Many people have problems developing their own products, it can be pretty tough, If that’s the case then just hit me up – I would love to talk to you about any issues you are having – and maybe have a brainstorm and come up with some ideas for you.

Another things about product creation is that you can build your list aswell as make you some cash. over the last 2 weeks I have increased my list by around 80 subscribers, which isnt much, but it almost doubled the size of my list!

Website Flipping

Currently I am working with another one of Alex jeffreys 2.0 students – and we are in the process of building a website to flip. This in itself, can earn you a full time income, but can be pretty labor intensive if used as your sole income stream.

What I prefer is flipping actual businesses. This is something I picked up off one of my friends, Steven Walk.

Basically, you build yourself an online business – with some sort of continuity involved – so to keep it simple, you develop a coaching course on listbuilding, which is 6 months long and content is drip fed every week.

Once you get some recurring income – the value of this website ROCKETS.

People love geting their hands on readymade businesses, it takes all the hassle out of creating your own product and information.

You may think it would be stupid to sell a business which is making you a solid monthly income…

but..what if you kept 20% equity in it when you sold it?

You would have some cash to build another site – maybe something which has a higher ticket value – so more $$$ per customer. You have more cash to advertise and promote, and in turn get more members. When you come to sell this site, as there is a higher monthly revenue, you can ask a higher price.

If you keep another 20% equity in this business, then you are increasing your monthly income – and it will be on complete autopilot.

Now it might be that somebody is not prepared to give you 20% – so you could put a time limit on it. So you have 20% equity for 3 months, and can be used on a consultancy basis if any problems arise. In those 3 months, you can develop your next flip and get ready to sell it.

That way, you always have a monthly income!

Anyway, they are just 2 business models I am working on at the moment.  I have tried to keep it simple, and just give you an insight to what I am doing. 

It will hopefully give me some capital that I can reinvest back into my business, and grow it further!

If your having any problems, then just shoot me a comment and I’ll be happy to help!

Well..I’m just recovering from what has been an awesome weekend!

Last year, for my 21st birthday I was given a voucher for a driving day experience. So, I spent Saturday driving a Ferrari 360, Aston Martin Vantage, Lotus Elise, Subaru Impreza and an Audi R8.

I’ve got my eyes on the Audi R8! Although it might take me a while to save up the £80,000 I need to buy one!

I’ve got some pictures, and some videos I think.

I will get them posted onto my blog over the next few days.

I spent Sunday at a BBQ, and just had a few beers and relaxed!

Want to know the best part? During this weekend, I made about $200. It’s not much, but if you think about it, I was getting paid for having a good time!

This is why I am so determined to succeed.

Anyway, just a short post for today. I’ve got some planning to do for me new products, and I’m also planning some new posts on listbuilding over the next few days, as this is something I have been focusing on lately!

Take Care

David

Internet marketing has a pretty steep learning curve. There is so much to learn… how to create a website, how to FTP, how to write articles, how to do PPC, how to add pictures and graphics, and on and on. You can and will learn all these things, but there are three components you really need to learn about for your internet marketing business to succeed. Without all three of these, you won’t be as successful as you could be. You might make sales, but not near the number you could be making.

1. You have to be trustworthy.

If your website screams “Buy, buy, buy!” and you don’t give them good content and show that you know what you’re talking about, they probably won’t trust you or buy from you. If your site is one big walking, talking ad with the maximum number of AdSense ads, promotion pitch after promotion pitch, and banners stuck all over the place, potential customers are going to run the other way. They need to trust you before they offer you their credit card info. Take a look at your site through the customer’s eyes and see what they see. Pull back on the AdSense, banner ads, etc. and make it a classy website.

2. You have to offer value.

Start with giving away something free, like a report, in exchange for their opting in to your list. That’s your first chance to show off what you know and offer incredible value. You might argue that “free” doesn’t mean you have to give something valuable, but I disagree. How would it make you feel if a carpet cleaning company who wants your business came out and cleaned one of your rooms for free, and did a lousy job? Do you want to purchase from them? After they’re on your list, continue to send them free valuable info. Perhaps a well-researched article or short PDF will make them open their eyes to just how much information you know. The next product you produce and promote and over-deliver on will entice your “free” customers to become paying customers again and again.

3. You need traffic.

This can be tough obstacle for any new marketer to overcome. You can put together the most valuable, crazy, insane offer ever, but if no one knows about it, you won’t make those sales you’re dreaming of. Make a point of studying how to get traffic a priority. Research all the avenues of increasing your traffic and take action. Invest in a course if need be – it’s that important to get traffic. Of course it should be targeted traffic, not just any old traffic. You want people who are looking for what you’ve got; they’re more likely to turn into buyers. There are no guarantees that you will be wildly successful with internet marketing, but if you spending time on these three components, you stand a good chance of getting results you can be happy with.

 A friend of mine has developed a system which can obtain you thousands of ‘live’ leads, push button style!

You will have the business name, telephone number and email addresses or any other type of information you would want. Think of the possibilities! Being able to market to thousands of businesses simultaneously! 

I won’t talk to much about the mechanics of it, but this thing works, and I’ve seen the  results! 

So, what can you do? 

• You can build a list within your target market, by using targeted keywords and the program builds a dictionary of tag words to ensure you get related results returned and you ca ask us to use the dictionary again in further searches
• We will send you a sample of the leads and the total amount generated for you to “agree to send” then the program mails the generated targets with an email you create or, we can assist you with this. We then give you access to a landing page or you ca develop your own landing page so that people can find out more about you or contact you directly. Remember we comply to all the spamming rules and the program adheres strictly to this and returns statistics we can send to you too so that you can see who has read your mal, how fast and what they did after or, where they went.
• Just wait for people to sign up for more information and boost your list numbers!

How simple is that? If you have any questions then just leave a comment and we’ll answer them!!

Hi Everybody..

It’s competition time!

So…first, what does the winner get!

1. $50 of my hard earned cash!
2. An hour to brainstorm with me on Skype and we can talk about how to get the best return on your $50!
3. I will send you a copy of ‘Think and Grow Rich’. This book is a life changer, and changed my perspectives on many things to do with my business!

Now..what do I want you to do?

1. Comment on this post. I’d like you to tell me the biggest obstacles you have encountered when trying to make a living online. This could be that you can’t get enough traffic to your sites, you don;t know how to build a website or that you can’t create your own products, it could be ANYTHING! The more detail you give me, the more likely you are to be picked as the winner!
2. Sign up to my RSS feed – In the future I will address all your problems, and tell you how I overcame them!
3. Follow me on Twitter!  www.twitter.com/DRChamberlain
4. Put your name and email address in the box below. This is how I will notify the lucky winner!

I will be announcing the winner on Friday 7th August, via email, and I have also pestered my buddy Matt Wolfe to do something special for everyone, I’ve just literally begged him on Skype and he’s agreed to do it!

You guys are going to love it, I’m sure!

Anyway..Good Luck!

David Chamberlain

I have been trying to make a living online for a few months now, and I am still not utilising one tool to its fullest potential! That is SOCIAL MEDIA!

It’s not that I don’t have many friends…it’s just that they aren’t people I want to talk to! That’s not me being nasty, it just frustrates me when I log into my Twitter account and all I can see is spam!

I admit, I have been there and done it myself. A few months ago, I bought a product on making money with Twitter, and in my newbie naivety, I started Auto DM’ing affiliate links, automated my Twitter posts with Twitter-feed, and just sent out random affiliate links!

What did I achieve? Absolutely nothing. My twitter homepage just looked horrendous. I hardly spoke to anybody, and didn’t use Twitter for what it was made for. People need to realise that it is SOCIAL MEDIA and not ‘GIVE ME YOUR MONEY MEDIA’.

I think Perry Belcher gives the best analogy on the subject, I’d try to come up with my own, but it would just sound lame!

He says that social media is like a party. You wouldn’t turn up to a party and start selling to people straight away, would you? What would happen if you did? I assume you would maybe get called a few names, and get told to leave.

What do you normally do at a party? You socialise, talk about sport, family…and maybe sometimes about your job! Once you get to know someone, you can then invite them back to your house (your blog) for a BBQ. Again, if someone came to your house and as soon as they came in, you tried to sell to them, they would probably leave straight away!

The key is to wait till you are on ‘the back porch’. This is where you can talk business, but again, don’t push the sale to hard, just do subtle things like have an op-tin box embedded in a post, so people know it’s there, but don’t feel like you are pushing it in their faces!

That is just a short summary of what the analogy he uses, which I think works really well!

So..I have made mistakes with social media in the past. I was chasing cash, which is something you shouldn’t do! BUT I have seen the error of my ways, and I am going to change!

What action am I taking? Well, it’s pretty extreme! As Twitter is the main social tool I use, I am un-following everybody, then re-following the people I want to interact with! I know this will result in my Twitter followers running away – if I don’t follow them, they won’t follow me, but why do I want people following me who have no interest in what I say? They just want another pair of eyes to read their affiliate links!

I know one of my friends, Matt Wolfe has done exactly the same as me, we decided to do it after we got onto the subject, and how annoying the spamming was!

Why don’t you join us in our quest to be social? You can use Twitter Karma to un-follow everybody, it makes things easier!

If you haven’t started using social media yet, then come and join the party, but remember, NO SELLING!

Rant over!