Procrastination is one of the most damaging habits you can develop.

Note the use of the word develop. You weren’t born with procrastination built into you. You developed the habit of putting things off as you grew older and as society, your peers, your parents, teachers and many other people chipped away at your confidence and self-belief.

Now that’s a bold statement, if ever you heard one! Yes?

Take a look at any small child…

Do they hesitate when they see something they want? You bet they don’t!
Just about every young child is in a rush to walk, talk and create mayhem!

So what happens? Why do we develop this debilitating habit of procrastination?

For many of us, it’s a safety mechanism. A way of putting off trying something… so we can’t be seen as a failure. So we can’t be criticised for completing a task that’s not up to scratch.

Hey, if we wait long enough, someone else might just come along and finish things off for us!

Look at people around you. Do they put things off? Do they delay things they could easily attempt today… right now!

Change the way you view things.

Every ‘failure’ is a lesson learned. Every success takes you closer to your dreams and to the abundance you deserve.

Every success grows your business.

Make an effort to stop procrastinating… NO! Make a decision to stop procrastinating… right now!

Start every day by working on your major project, don’t procrastinate by checking your post or your emails… do that later. Otherwise, you may get diverted from your main project for the whole day. Now don’t tell me that’s never happened to you before! Of course it has! It’s happened to me as well!

So here’s the plan…

Start your working day by working for at least two hours on your major project… before you do anything else.

Then see how much difference it makes to your business, your confidence and to your happiness!

Take care and have a great day.

Keith L Jones
Life Improvement Coach

I’m back… and raring to go!

After assessing my whole business I’m now back online and will be working hard to bring you some useful information to help you build your very own Internet Empire!

I’ll be posting information to help you set goals, motivate yourself, build your lists… plus much, much more!

I’ll also be posting product reviews and business tips to help you take your business to the stars.

OK, to get you started, an inspirational quote…

In order to win… you have to be in the race!

That may sound obvious, but I’ve come across so many people in business, and in life, who complain about their lack of success… but truth is, they simply aren’t doing anything to create their success!

They’re simply… not at the races!

So, do something today to make yourself a winner…

Start by looking at this goal setting post by… clicking here…

Have a great day!

Sometimes we need a change and that time has come for me!

I’m reorganising my business and will be changing my hosting and autoresponders in the next few days.

As well I’m going to be re-assessing which activities to keep and which to discard, so when I’m back, there could well be some big changes!

All will be for the better!

So, I’ll be in touch again soon. In the meantime, visit this site from time to time to see when things change.

The transition from hosting companies will hopefully be nice and smooth and not result in any downtime and my intention is to keep the blog going, but it may be that some parts of the site are temporarily ‘not found’!

I’m hoping to be back to normal (whatever that means!) in a couple of months or so!

Have a great day!

I’ve taken a couple of weeks off leading up to the holiday season to re-group, refresh and regenerate! I do it every so often and it always does me good!

Try it some time…

Take time away from your PC..

Take time away from work…

Take time away from your day to day routine…

Take stock…

Take time for yourself…

Then come back renewed and raring to go…

Have a great Christmas and see you in a day or two.

Keith.

As 2007 draws to an end, it’s a good idea to look back and take stock… not because the past year will dictate your future, but because you can use last year’s successes, or the lessons learnt, to help set your goals for 2008.

This is a good time to start thinking about what you want more of in 2008… so you can start the new year with a running start!

To help get you started here are a few questions - use them constructively and don’t make judgements about yourself if you’ve fallen short with anything… just make observations and use those observations to move yourself forward. One way to do that is to imagine you’re helping a friend - would you criticise them mercilessly if they’d fallen short on something? Or would you build their confidence with praise and encouragement?

As you work through these questions, write down your answers - it helps to reinforce your thoughts.

You’ll also notice these are fairly general questions - not just related to work. It’s important to create balance in your life, so looking at personal issues such as relationships is just as important as looking at your work.

Hopefully, you’d choose the latter approach!

Please, tell me you would!

OK, let’s get going!

Use these questions to look back at 2007…

1. What’s your overall feeling about 2007? Good? Bad? OK?
2. What changed for the better during the last 12 months?
3. What changed for the worse?
4. What successes have you had?
5. What failures?
6. What are you happy with?
7. What has disappointed you?
8. What lessons have you learned?
9. What have you learned about yourself?
10. Is there anything you’ve put off?
11. Does you overall life goal still hold true?
12. Where did you concentrate most of your energy last year?
13. Did you move forward last year?
14. Did you make the most of your gifts and talents?
15. Are your relationships stronger and better?
16. Is there anything else you want to comment on from last year?

As ever, write your answers down, that will help you fully assess your current situation and remember… Don’t Judge Yourself… just observe!

Putting yourself down or being over critical will simply destroy your confidence. the important thing is to move forward from now with confidence and focus.

OK, well done, now keep your list safe and come back in a day or two, when I’ll be helping you look forward to 2008 with excitement and anticipation.

Have a great day.

Keith L Jones.

It’s all so easy to put things off until “you’re ready”.

Trouble is, it takes so long to get ready!

And sometimes, we’re never ready!

Look, sort out what it is you want to achieve in life…

Create a definite plan for achieving it..

And then put your plan into action…

Whether you’re ready or not!

Stop procrastinating and get it done!

Start today!

Start right now!

Join the #1 Internet Marketing Community Right Here!

Have a great day!

Keith L. Jones

It’s all to easy to complain that things in our lives aren’t as we want them to be.

There’s only one person that can change that…

You!

Make a start today…

Change one thing…

Start to Achieve Incredible Success…

TODAY!

Have a great day!

Keith L. Jones

Internet Marketing - List Building

“How to Skyrocket Your Opt-In Rate In One Easy Internet Marketing Lesson!”

In today’s article I’m going to share a very powerful Internet Marketing tactic to help you build your opt-in list.

This tactic, if used correctly will skyrocket your opt-in subscription rate… but used wrongly, it could damage your image, so be warned!

OK, this is very simple.

You want people to sign up to your list…

You want them to give you their email address…

Click Here to find out how…

Have a Great Day!

Treat this as a business… not a hobby!
Treat your clients with respect.

Offer value for money.

Look beyond your first sale.

Over deliver… every single time!

That, in a nutshell, is Internet Marketing!

Is Internet Marketing really that simple!

OK, more of that later, but keep those last few sentences in mind as you read through this article and as you build you very own Internet Empire.

Before we get into the nitty gritty of this Blog, I want to let you know how I’m building my Internet Empire.

To put it simply, I make money from Google Adsense, affiliate schemes and selling my own products… very good money!

Somehow, I just feel these three things go together so well.

There are many others who don’t!

What I’ve done, is learn how to make money from Adsense, learn how to make money from Affiliate schemes, learn how to make money selling my own products and combined the three together, using the experience I’ve gained over several years in the web design, SEO and Internet Marketing arena.

What’s required is a method that uses a multi-pronged attack to bring targeted visitors to your website.
It’s important to bring visitors to your site through organic search engines and use Google Adwords campaigns to attract even more targeted visitors.

The crucial thing is to attract visitors to your site who are looking for the information you’re providing, visitors ready to buy… or visitors looking to do more research.

This is crucial to your success.

Targeted visitors mean success.

Thousands and thousands of random visitors will achieve nothing but an enormous number of hits… they’ll result in very few, if any, sales or sign-ups to your list.

Starting to make sense?

Good!

You really do need to build a laser-targeted opt-in mailing list. Without doubt the most important thing you can do is capture email addresses of people who buy from you.

If you send visitors directly to your affiliate’s landing page, you’ll miss out on back-end sales.

So you need to learn how to set up successful squeeze pages, so you can capture email addresses and sell to clients time and time again. When you start to do that, you really do have a business!

It’s much easier to sell to existing clients than to find new ones.

Build a list of a few hundred hungry customers and you’ll start to make a very good income online. Build your list up to a few thousand and you’re made for life… as long as you treat your clients well, of course!

Making money on the Internet is easy… making enough to give up your day job isn’t!

But, it is possible if you develop a strategy… and stick at it!

Don’t give up at the first hurdle… or the second… or the third… or… OK enough!

Look, you’re going to try things that simply don’t work…

You’re going to try things that don’t work as well as you’d like…

You’re going to try things that work OK…

But, (and this is a big but!), you’re also going to try things that work beyond your wildest dreams!

That’s when you know you’ve made it in the world of Internet Marketing!

That’s when it all becomes worthwhile!

As I mentioned above, I’ve made good money, very good money, selling affiliate products and using Adsense to generate additional income. However, you can increase your wealth exponentially by innovating and creating your own products.

Now, you don’t have to start with a blank piece of paper… you’ll have come across plenty of products, such as e-books, that you can make better.

So, why not take an idea and expand on it…

Create a follow-up product…

Create a product better than the original!

A word of warning here though… don’t copy another person’s work – that’s illegal!

Your product must be your own work.

Do your research and then write it in your own words.

Finally, make it good, very good! Sell rubbish to someone and they won’t buy off you again.

Sell something useful and you’ll have a customer for life.

OK, let’s summarise…

You can make a very good living on the Internet by combining, Google Adsense, Affiliate Schemes and Your Own Products into a single Internet Business.

The secret to success is to learn from the experts and then develop what they teach you into your own innovative ideas.

Once you’ve done that, learn how to get your site in front of thousands of hungry clients and you’re well on the way to success.

Look out for more articles on this Blog very soon, when I’ll be expanding on these ideas and sharing a few of my Internet Marketing secrets with you.

stay Cool, stay calm and stay focussed!

To your Internet Marketing success!

In this article, you’ll find 3 simple steps to list building success. I’ll also reveal one very important tactic to help you grow your list at warp speed!

Without doubt the single most important thing you can do in Internet Marketing is build an opt-in list of highly targeted clients. It is all in the list! Look, by all means sell individual items using Adwords campaigns, but try your hardest to capture potential client’s email addresses before you send them off to your affiliate or product page.

Think of it this way. If you sell a product without capturing the email address of the buyer, you won’t be able to offer other products to them, will you?

However, if your buyer’s subscribed to your opt-in list, you now have the option of recommending other products or services to them, time and time again! If you treat them well and provide an excellent service you’ll have a customer for life!

OK, now we’ve talked about why a list is so important in Internet Marketing, let’s get down to the nitty gritty! How do you build your list, starting from zero clients? Follow this 3-step plan and you’ll be well on your way to success… it really isn’t that difficult, it just needs planning and a little leg-work!

Step 1

Create or find some free products to offer your potential clients. Listen, nobody’s going to give away their email address for nothing these days, so you’re going to have to work for it! There are loads of products you can get with give away rights. All you have to do is find some closely related to the product or service you’re selling.

If you can’t find enough, then create some of your own. Write a couple of reports, offer to send regular tips by email, offer email support for the product you’re selling.

All of these things have perceived value to potential customers, especially an ebook or report written by you, because that’ll be unique!

Step 2

Create a sales page, or squeeze page to sell your product. Near the top of the page include a simple form and promote your free products. Now, a lot of Internet Marketers will only give away their freebies to people who buy their products. Let me tell you here and now… this is not a good idea! What does it matter if they don’t buy the product you’re promoting, if they sign up to your list?

Look, as soon as they’re on your list, you can start to recommend other products to them… for life. Think long-term! That’s crucial.

Step 3

Promote your sales page, using Article Marketing! If you’re reading this article… (you are reading it aren’t you?), then this is living proof that this works! Also, use Google Adwords campaigns, your Blog, Social Bookmarking, Web 2.0 Sites to drive traffic to your sales page. Make sure your page is optimised for search engines as well. By generating free traffic, you’ll get a steady stream of people signing up to your list for each sales page you create.

Here’s the big secret… create as many sales pages as you can and promote each one. That way the steady stream of sign-ups will turn into a gush!

Set yourself a target of putting up a new sales page every day and your subscription list will grow at warp speed. Think about it. Set up one page a day for a whole year and you’ll have 350 pages (allowing for a couple of days off!) all working to build your list.

Start today… go out and find some free products to give away!

For the best List Building resource on the Internet visit List and Traffic

Have a great day!