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May 3rd, 2012

Internet Entrepreneurship – My Journey To Joining The Ranks


Internet Entrepreneurship – Property Development Is Where My Entrepreneurial Journey Began

Internet Entrepreneurship

Hugh Riding Doris On The Farm

It started a few years ago when I attended a weekend course in London on how to buy property for the ‘buy-to-let’ market. To become a property owner and landlady, finding properties with the right criteria in areas of high rental demand, with good potential for capital growth and just as importantly, to learn how to avoid the pitfalls.

At the time, friends and family thought I was crazy to consider such a scheme but since then, my husband Hugh and I have bought several properties in different locations in England. We had to develop some of these properties ourselves which has been quite a departure from our dairy farm that Hugh was running at the time and my job in new business development for an advertising agency. We did love farming and the way of life and the freedom and quality of the lifestyle we had.

Internet Entrepreneurship – The Farm Had To Go

But in 2001 we had to give up and leave the farm.  BSE (otherwise known as Mad Cow Disease and yes, we did have  a cow with BSE sadly) AND the dreaded Foot & Mouth Disease put paid to that and we had to sell our most precious dairy herd that Hugh had bred very carefully. The cow that Hugh is sitting on was called Doris and she would let us ride her (that’s not an optical illusion or clever photo-shop – Doris was a real Fresian and gave loads of milk). Hugh then spent the next three years travelling the world engineering before opening a business selling hot tubs in our home town whilst I worked in a new job I’d found in marketing in a further education college nearby.  We moved in with my mum as an interim plan while we figured out where we wanted to live in the long-term.

Internet Entrepreneurship – The Hot Tub Shop Had To Go

An unscrupulous supplier and a faltering economy saw Hugh’s dream shatter and the hot tub shop had to go. Problems caused by the economic downturn coupled with non delivery of pre-ordered, pre-paid goods from the supplier meant the business wasn’t viable. We didn’t just lose our business, we lost a lot of our savings into the bargain. Our mistake was to be too trusting resulting in our supplier playing some very dirty tricks on us.  We’d assumed that others would be honest like us.

Internet Entrepreneurship – Hugh Started A New Business

Ever the optimist, Hugh started another business as a swimming pool and hot tub engineer, moving into exciting areas of sustainable energy which he’s currently doing. He’s in huge demand and has finally reached a career that he can feel confident in keeping. He’s repairing equipment but he’s also working on new builds (swimming pools mostly) which he loves.  While all this has been happening, I was heavily into my marketing role but towards the end of 2010, was made redundant with 100 or so colleagues during enforced governmental budgetary cuts due to the economic downturn. This came as something of a shock I have to say. Never in my life had anything like this every happened to me.  Employers had always negotiated better terms to keep me, appreciating my loyalty and conscienciousness and the quality of my work with many ending up as friends – so being made to go was something that was alien to me.

Internet Entrepreneurship – Being Made Redundant From A J.O.B Was A Blessing In Disguise

I was horrified at being made redundant but soon realised it had been a blessing in disguise. It didn’t take me long to work out that there was no way I’d ever go back to working for a boss who called the shots. Someone who didn’t appreciate the fact that I consistently over-delivered on targets and objectives and who didn’t appreciate me. I never wanted my family life compromised ever again by being at the beck and call of a J.O.B.  I was never able to drive my daughter to school or other things that many parents take for granted.  I was also looking after my elderly invalid mum making sure my caring duties didn’t affect my job. All in all, my family could never be my number one priority because of my job and I can’t believe I stayed stuck in the employee ‘rut’ for so long. Mindless. What was I thinking of? I was brainwashed and I’m not proud of that.

Internet Entrepreneurship – I’d Have To Find A Solution

So to be made redundant was a wake up call and I knew I’d have to find a solution and I just knew I’d find my answer on the Internet. It was a gut feeling. And I did find the answer on the Internet. You know something like 2 billion people are searching the Internet everyday looking for goods, services and solutions. So it was the obvious choice. It’s the way everything is going now. It was a no-brainer.

Internet Entrepreneurship – I Got Lucky, I Found PRO U

Internet EntrepreneurshipWith the skills I already had I knew I wanted my own business so I was answerable to nobody but myself and it had to be a business that would fit around my family commitments. These were my priorities.  I also knew I’d need a good Internet marketing education and that’s when I found PRO U, the premier online business mentorship company for individuals aspiring to become online entrepreneurs. And what’s great is that PRO U have since become the number one incubator for many of the successful online entrepreneurs today. A variety of world-renowned experts, best-selling authors, gurus, business and thought leaders deliver mentorship to thousands of members in over 200 countries and I feel very lucky to be one of them!

Starting out on my own as a newbie to Internet marketing in October 2010 and finding PRO U was the perfect solution. The leaders of the company are teaching me everything I need to know about Internet marketing from basic and intermediate right through to advanced techniques and strategies along with the essential mindset skills needed to be successful. They provide all the custom built websites, business systems, tools, resources and support necessary to set up and run a business on the Internet.

Internet Entrepreneurship – Being Mentored By The Top Earners Of PRO U Is So Powerful

What an incredible learning curve it continues to be as I tune into the many live webinars, recordings and training sessions with the leaders, all of whom have achieved in excess of a minimum of $1 million in sales (in order to become a mentor) and I attend live events worldwide where we get to mastermind with these highly successful professionals (the top guns as I like to call them) that I’m being mentored by. Take a look at the most recent event I attended by clicking here (I went to Costa Rica in April 2012).

Vital to my own success is the mentorship I’m getting where the leaders are guiding me on the same path they’re treading in front of me, effectively showing me the way, thereby eliminating the possibility to stray off in the wrong direction (there’s loads of those for sure!). It’s  the most exciting challenge I’ve ever faced, running my own business on the Internet and I’m keen to share what I’ve learnt with others following in my footsteps.

So if like me, you are looking for a positive shift in your life, then why not take a closer look at PRO U. It’s been life-changing for so many of us and could be just the answer to your problems too.

Internet Entrepreneurship – Want To Attend A FREE Live Webinar To See For Yourself?

The Founder, Jay Kubassek, does a FREE Live Webinars each week so why not click on the link here and register to take a closer look. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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May 1st, 2012

Internet Entrepreneurship – Meeting PRO U’s Founder Jay Kubassek Was A Game Changer


Meeting Up With The Big Guns!

Here’s a video of Jay and I at the event, take a look if you like……

Internet Entrepreneurship Gets Turbo Boost From Jay. 

I was privileged to attend the PRO U PEAK Mastermind Retreat held in Costa Rica from 12th to 15th April 2012. My colleague, Anita Patel from Brisbane had invited me to go and it was an offer far too good to refuse. We were going to be masterminding with some of the top leaders in the industry including PRO U Founder, Jay Kubassek no less, mega superstar in direct sales. Nobody more successful than Jay in the industry.  This was seriously going to be a game changer for sure. Click here to view a previous post about the event.

Jay’s company – PRO U – is the premier online business mentorship company for individuals aspiring to become online entrepreneurs and has since become the number one incubator for most of the successful online entrepreneurs today. A variety of world-renowned experts, best-selling authors, gurus, business and thought leaders deliver mentorship to thousands of members in over 200 countries.  What was really awesome was that most of them were in Costa Rica with us at the PEAK Mastermind.

Internet Entrepreneurship – Getting Advice From The Leaders Makes A Huge Difference

During the mastermind sessions Jay had some great advice which made perfect sense to me. I know it’s going to have a positive impact in everything I do which is why I want to share it with you.

Jay said we need to attach a mental zipwire to our goals and focus on them. Let me explain ……..

Internet Entrepreneurship – An Afternoon Spent In The Costa Rican Forest Helped Change My Mindset

A group of around thirty of us went out in the Costa Rican forest zipwiring one afternoon, and, come to mention it, that was where I started to have a mindset shift.

Just imagine if you can, being up in the canopy of the forest, seeing a terrifying ravine ahead of you which you’re about to traverse with nothing more than a clip or two on a thin metal wire anything up to 40 metres above the forest floor between you and certain death if you were to fall.  Just a helmet on for safety, no safety nets. Nothing.

When standing on those wire mesh platforms high up in the tree tops waiting for your turn, you realise you have no choice but to place your trust in the Costa Rican guides that hook you up to the zipwire.  They’re confident, they do this every day. They’re not terrified (not like me – I was shaking like a jelly). They know the zipwire is securely fastened to the trees on the other side of the ravine.

However, how better to sum up our goals in what we do in our businesses? Jay Kubassek, during a presentation the following day, likened the zipwire to succeeding in our businesses.

Internet Entrepreneurship – Jay Says We Need To Have Crystal Clear Goals To Be Successful

Jay says we need to have crystal clear goals in our minds, set a mental zipwire to them and focus our thoughts and energies on achieving them. Simple as that. Without clear goals, how can we know where we are heading or what we want to achieve?

He says we wouldn’t get on a plane or a zipwire if they didn’t have destinations so it’s the same in our businesses. We have to have that mental zipwire firmly attached to our goals.

Jay went on to say that we need to face our fears and limitations head on and overcome them.  Trying to solve problems using logical, rational thinking isn’t always the best option as it’s our powerful subconscious mind that will work out what we need to do and invariably will come up with the solutions. We need to face our fears just the same in both our businesses and zipwiring. Just like taking a leap of faith.

Internet Entrepreneurship – Attach A Mental Zipwire To Our Goals

Jay says if our mental zipwires are attached to our goals very clearly in our minds and we focus on them daily, our subconscious will help us find a way of getting there.

Think about it for a minute……….Think back to a time when you were trying to remember something and it just wouldn’t come to you – then the next day the answer pops into your head and you have what is called an ‘AHA’ moment. Well that’s the power of your subconscious mind at work and our subconscious brain in much larger than our conscious one (something like eight or nine times the size). When we have a problem to solve, we need to think about the problem or talk about it and our subconscious will delve down deep and usually find the answer. Go ahead and try it if you don’t believe me. I use this technique all the time now thanks to Jay.

P.S: Why not go and meet Jay yourself and find out more.   Click here to go to Jay’s FREE webinar where he reveals his three secret tips to success online. 

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April 22nd, 2012

Internet Entrepreneurship – Lindsey’s Trip to the PRO U Peak Mastermind Retreat, Costa Rica, April ’12


Internet Entrepreneurship - Lindsey’s Trip to the PRO-U Peak Mastermind Retreat, Costa Rica, April ’12

Lindsey with Jay Kubassek

So –  I’ve been back a week already and I’m still on a high, want to know why?  

Flying out to Costa Rica in Central America this April 2012 to learn from the industry gurus of PRO U, those super successful leaders at the very pinnacle of success in Internet Entrepreneurship proved to be a life-changing experience for me. A real turning point in my career as an Internet Entrepreneur, I had the unique opportunity to network, mastermind and socialise with some of the biggest names in the business (doesn’t get any better than the PRO U Founder, Jay Kubassek himself no less!), while having a fantastically good time to boot!

This was PRO U’s first ever PEAK Mastermind Retreat event, held at the sumptuous Hilton Papagayo, Guanacaste (the Pacific side of Costa Rica) surrounded by stunning rainforest and incredible scenery amidst a backdrop of tropical splendour.  You might be surprised that I managed to learn anything at all with all the excitement, but when you have powerful, respected speakers and leaders such as Jay Kubassek, David Bach, Michael Force, Jay Kilberg, Justin Woolf, Aaron & Sophia Rashkin and Chris Daigle (friend and business associate of Ryan Deiss & Mike Dillard) to name but a few, can you blame me for being captivated?! What really set these few days apart as being totally unique in every sense was the opportunity for them to not just be speakers, but to socialise and integrate on a one-to-one basis too! David Bach, 9 times New York Times Bestselling Author was equally at home during his presentations talking about his vision as he was in the swimming pool over a cool cocktail at the swim-up bar, and our small group of around 40 facing their fears on the zipwire was a true networking experience I’ll always treasure.

Internet Entrepreneurship - Lindsey’s Trip to the PRO-U Peak Mastermind Retreat, Costa Rica, April ’12

Lindsey with David Bach

Zipwiring, come to mention it, was where everything came together. Just imagine being up in the canopy of the forest, seeing a terrifying ravine ahead of you which you’re about to traverse with nothing more than a clip or two on a thin metal wire anything up to around 40 metres above the forest floor between you and certain death! However, how better to sum up our goal in what we do in our businesses? Jay Kubassek, in his address the following day, likened the zipwire to succeeding in our businesses. Jay says we need to have crystal clear goals in mind and set a mental zipwire to them. He said we need to forget all the baggage which is holding us back. We need to face our fears and limitations head on and overcome them. Trying to solve problems using logical, rational thinking isn’t always the best option. Our subconscious usually knows exactly what we need to do (even if our conscious mind doesn’t) and can come up with the solutions. We need to forget our fears both in business and zipwiring and take the plunge. Jay says if our mental zipwires are attached to our goals and we focus clearly on them, we’ll find a way of getting there and before we know it, we’ll be heading in the right direction!

With Internet Entrepreneurship, dreaming big and believing in yourself is KEY

Inspirational sessions and presentations took place in between the more casual networking over candlelit dinners and pool-side chats. David Bach spoke at length about the four types of people that exist in today’s society – survivors, strugglers, strivers and thrivers. David’s main market is strivers and he impressed upon each and every one of us of the importance to decide which one we are targeting with our businesses!

Internet Entrepreneurship - Lindsey’s Trip to the PRO-U Peak Mastermind Retreat, Costa Rica, April ’12

Looking from the pool to the Pacific Ocean!

We were treated like kings too, a whole myriad of the most delicious food available at any time of day or most of the night from as many restaurants as you can imagine, and similarly the bars were open at all hours, even in the swimming pool! Every evening we had the privilege of dining with a different guru, each of whom shared their life experiences in an informal situation. What a fantastic way to learn – when we weren’t in sessions we could continue to socialise and absorb, almost like a drip feed, as we were able to mastermind on often a one-to-one basis with these true masters of their arts! This really was a truly transformational experience, where being able to have invaluable, personal contact was more than I could have ever wished for.

So how would I sum up my Internet Entrepreneurship experience?

Internet Entrepreneurship - Lindsey’s Trip to the PRO-U Peak Mastermind Retreat, Costa Rica, April ’12

Lindsey with David Wood

Apologies for those of you who are bored of the zipwire analogies, but this one is my own. This unique opportunity gave me a fast track to far greater understanding in my businesses as I look towards Internet Entrepreneurship. Thanks to the leg-up that I got from PRO U (in the same way the Costa Rican guides helped me into the harness for the zipwire) I was ready and raring to go (although sick with fright), eager to learn as much as I could. Spending these few days was a rip-roaring adventure, and just like when I was speeding through the sky at speeds I thought impossible dangling from a zipwire, I was speeding through the content at speeds I thought impossible too! My notebook is full and my brain now full of ideas, and as Jay Kubassek said, my goal is clear in my head. I’m not yet off my zipwire, but believe me, when I get there, I’ll be a better person because of it.

Hold your horses! Learning Internet Entrepreneurship from the masters

Internet Entrepreneurship - Lindsey’s Trip to the PRO-U Peak Mastermind Retreat, Costa Rica, April ’12

Looking towards the Pacific Ocean

One last thing – saving the best to last.

I was incredibly lucky while I was there to not just chat and hang out with the masters, but also to get some video time with them too! Follow the links to see my interviews with PRO U Founder Jay Kubassek and  David Wood from the Empower Network who dropped in as a special guest (David lives in Costa Rica), this really is Internet Entrepreneurship at its very best.

 

 

P.S: Take a look at what I’m doing with PRO-U and how I’m able to run my own PRO U business from home by either clicking here or on any of the pictures, which will take you to an entirely FREE webinar where Jay reveals his three secret tips to success online. 

To find out about joining my team with David Wood’s Empower Network, take a look here.

 

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March 27th, 2012

Work From Home Mum Gives 5 Top Tips On How To Be Effective When Juggling Work And Family


Work From Home Mum

Are You Juggling Work And Family?

These days I’m a work from home mum but it wasn’t always like that for me. I used to be one of the millions of people going off to the daily grind of a traditional job working for a boss, dependent on someone else for my monthly paycheck.

I have a family to look after including my husband, my daughter and my elderly invalid mother and between them, they all have complex needs, particularly my mum (see for yourself here). Then there’s our dog, he’s a border collie so needs a lot of exercise each day.

It was a juggling act fitting my family commitments around the demands of a full time job. At times, I felt like I was a hamster on a treadwheel going faster and faster and the worst part was not being around when my family needed me most. If you’re juggling family responsibilities with a job, then you’ll know what this feels like.

Not being able to do a simple thing like take my daughter to school seemed like a violation of my rights as a parent. But now that I’m a work from home mum running my own online marketing business, I can do these things and I have quality of life and we all benefit. I can be around when I’m needed and it makes a huge difference.

Since I found what I consider is the very best new online business that I run from home, if my daughter needs collecting from school, I don’t have those panicky feelings of how I’m going to get the time off work, I can decide for myself.

Whether you work in a traditional job or you are a work from home mum like me, you’re going to have all sorts of challenges to face, so I’ve put together 5 of my main tips that should help you keep on top of things.

Tip 1: Work From Home Mum Explains The Need to Prioritise

Prioritise: Learn to prioritise to make sure all the important things get done. One of the easiest ways to do this is to make a list. Have lists for daily tasks relevant to your business, shopping, events etc. They really do make a difference and keep you on track. If you write a list, chances are you won’t wake up in the night in a panic. I live by my lists and it’s amazing how much you can achieve in a day by using a simple list.

Tip 2: Work From Home Mum Needs To Explain The Importance Of Motivation

Motivation: This is something that only you can do and without it, you won’t get much done. Make sure you do whatever is necessary to put yourself into the right frame of mind. If you know what you want to achieve and you know how to achieve it then add in a reward when reaching certain goals and that should keep you motivated. I reward myself by taking my dog Ben up on the canal banks in the beautiful Devon countryside where I live. You might like to take a look here to see how lovely it is.

Tip 3: Work From Home Mum Explains The Need For Sleep

Sleep: Make sure you get the right amount of sleep your body needs. Avoid coffee or alcohol last thing if possible. Take a bath and find a good book. With the right amount of sleep you are more productive and will cope better overall. Without enough sleep it’ll be amazing if you can focus and concentrate well enough to get anything done. Believe me, I know.

Tip 4: Work From Home Mum Explains The Need For Daily Exercise

Exercise: The best way to start your day is with some exercise. I recommend a brisk walk or jog for thirty minutes and get your heart rate going. It’ll wake you up properly, you’ll feel supercharged and you’ll be surprised at how much more productive your day will be. The first ten days doing this will be hard but once you get into the habit, it will become easy and you’ll want to do it automatically. Once your habit takes hold, there’ll be no stopping you.

Tip 5: Work From Home Mum Explains The Importance To Prepare

Prepare: Always plan in advance and prepare yourself for the day ahead. If you fail to do this, you’ll end up creating more work in the long run and you’ll be far less productive. Have you ever noticed that some days you seem to get nothing done? That’s usually due to lack of preparation.

If you are thinking of becoming a work from home mum or you already are one and want to take a look at what I’m doing, then click on this link. It will take you to a free webinar where you’ll meet my mentor and Internet genius and he’ll explain the three key elements to being successful online. Whatever you decide to do, I hope my 5 tips will help you as much as they help me.

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March 14th, 2012

5 Advantages Of Home Business Opportunities For Mothers And Professional Women


Home Business Opportunities For Mothers And Professional Women

How Am I Supposed To Fit It All In?

If you’re a mother, have a job and are partially responsible for the finances in your home, chances are you’ll be pulled in a variety of directions. Women are capable of juggling many demands, but whatever you’re juggling, it only takes adding one extra ball to throw everything out of whack.

You might be able to handle the job, the children, and the bills most of the time, but what happens when you add to that an ill family member you need to care for, a plummeting economy that forces you out of your job, or a sick child that desperately needs you (typically on the same day a project is due at work)? Get one too many balls in the air and they’ll all come crashing down around you.

Home business opportunities for mothers and professional women offer some wonderful advantages that allow you to keep your professional skills honed while better accommodating the demands of your family.

  • Flexibility: There is no denying how empowering a flexible schedule can be to a mother. Business opportunities for mothers and professional women that allow you to work from home, set your own schedules, and work around the other demands in your life not only allow you to become more productive but also ease pressure you might feel trying to cram everything into a scheduled work shift.
  • Eased guilt: Tired of feeling guilty about saying no to your children when they want you to spend extra time with them? Do you dread the tears you know will well up in your childs eyes when you can’t be there for something important? Home business opportunities for mothers and professional women create the possibility of a guilt-free work zone. You can start saying yes to your kids more often.
  • Better work-life balance: Stay at home mums are sometimes frustrated at not being able to maintain their professional skills. Professional working women are sometimes frustrated at being away from home so much. Home business opportunities for mothers and professional women offer the best of both worlds, allowing you to create a work-life balance that really works.
  • Cost savings: How much money do you spend on your professional wardrobe? Your commute? That morning latte? Daycare? Those costs can all be diminished or erased completely when you work from home.
  • Job contentment: Often, we take jobs because we have to in order to help make ends meet. There is such a wide variety of home business opportunities for mothers and professional women, however, that you can find something that pays the bills and fulfills you.

    I was one of those professional women juggling several balls in the air as a mum and at times, it was crazy and I’d be running around like a headless chicken trying to be in several places at the same time keeping everyone happy – with my boss at the top of list of priorities. It was just nuts – that’s the best way I can describe it.

    Home Business Opportunities For Mothers And Professional Women

    It's Great To Have It All

    Fortunately, I was made redundant late in 2010 from a corporate job which forced me to take stock and re-evaluate my life. This led me to finding a community of expert internet marketers and online business professionals and mentors who got me up and running in my own online business from home and it’s completely changed my life. Gone is all that ridiculous juggling and putting my boss before my family.

    Pro U is probably the worlds number one online education platform and entrepreneurial mentoring program and offers members live training in online marketing, business, mindset and leadership skills with all the tools, resources, coaching and support needed for entrepreneurial success.
    You can learn at your own pace, meet likeminded individuals and above all, live your life as you please while you run your own business from home. To me, this is the most brilliant home business opportunity for mothers and professional women.

    Want to know more? If you do, you can always check out this free webinar? Just click here to organise a time that suits you.

    If my post was helpful, I’d love you to share it with your friends.

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    February 23rd, 2012

    Internet Entrepreneurship – Mid Life Crisis Was A Blessing In Disguise


    Life doesn’t always turn out as you expect, but even when everything went wrong with my career and I experienced what I thought was my mid life crisis and I needed a career change, Pro-U offered me a solution which has turned my life around!

    Just over 18 months ago towards the end of 2010, out of the blue I was made redundant from my job as a Marketing and Schools’ Liaison Officer at a Further Education college in the South West of England. I was one of around 100 that we’re made redundant that year, others before me had suffered the same fate in previous years and others have since – due to ongoing budget cuts in the downturn in our global economy.

    I’d spent a lot time advising students on the importance of transferable skills and flexibility with careers, and suddenly I found this advice applying directly to me! I’d told them that whilst the majority of our forebears had the luxury of one career throughout their lifetime, this day and age was different and many of us could expect to change careers several times.

    In a dismal job market, I realised that it could be extremely difficult for me to find a new job, and besides, I’d had enough of working for a boss from 9-5, ending up putting my work before my family, almost always – can you blame me? So, I took the plunge, and became my own boss. So what I thought was a mid life crisis actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise

    Pro-U has been instrumental in transforming my life. Pioneered by the wildly successful Jay Kubassek, Pro-U is a mentoring scheme, providing members with more than 10 hours of live training a week in varying areas of leadership and marketing. Members can access a myriad of tools, coaching sessions, resources, webinars and more, and it’s an ideal online education platform where you can learn at your own pace, meet likeminded individuals and above all, to live your life as you please. Why is that? The opportunities with online marketing are limitless, and Pro-U helps give you the relevant skills, tools and support that you need to be successful.

    I met Jay and other top industry leaders at an event in Costa Rica recently, you can take a look here if you like. What an awesome experience that was!

    So what do you have to do?

    New users are entitled to a free webinar to see what this is all about. Just click here to organise this at a time that suits you, where you can learn from Jay Kubassek himself. He’s helped thousands of people over the years to become successful online, and if you’ve come to a crossroads in your life just as I did, then perhaps this is an opportunity for you to start something new!

    Pro-U offer various packages based on the metaphorical ‘mountain’ of online success – Gear Up, Base, Ascent, Summit & Peak – to suit your own needs in terms of levels of mentorship and commitment.

    Rest assured, you’ll receive a first class education, unparalled opportunities to learn and mix with the best of the best online and an unrivalled skill-set to help you achieve your true potential online.

    Pro U can really allow you to live life as you choose, earning the salary you choose! So if you are in a mid life crisis, why not take a leaf out of my book and turn your situation around? If I can do it, so can you.

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    February 11th, 2012

    Internet Entrepreneurship Boosted By Social Media Marketing


    Internet Entrepreneurship Needs Social Media Marketing

    Internet EntrepreneurshipWhy?

    It’s an inescapable fact that social media is becoming increasingly more integrated into our lives on both a personal and business level, and for those entering the ranks of Internet entrepreneurship, it’s a really important element to include in your marketing.  Having ventured  onto my own journey of Internet entrepreneurship, I have developed a much deeper understanding of how important social media marketing is – and how powerful it is too. What I’ve learnt, I’d like to share with you.

    Your customers and future customers are using social media and it’s a great way to engage with them. In addition to maintaining an online presence with your website, you need to be visible with a social presence also.  It’s not enough just to have a website anymore and by using social media marketing, you will reach a lot more people and faster.  Have you heard the phrase, going viral? Well that’s exactly what social media marketing can do for you and it means that your messages spread very quickly. And that’s what we all want for our businesses right? To reach ever increasing numbers of customers that are going to want what we have to offer.

    Internet Entrepreneurship Is An Exciting Journey

    The worldwide recession is forcing us to add value to our businesses, so if you embrace social media marketing, the benefits will help to keep you trading in the future. Get your social media marketing right and you’ll be able to keep the costs of your marketing down.

    If you’re on a limited marketing budget, social media marketing is the most cost effective way to reach customers with information about your products, product news, sales, deals and more and you’ll find that if you devote your time (or an employee’s time), even on a part time basis, to setting up and running your social media marketing, you’ll have the ability to reach millions of potential customers that otherwise may never hear about you.

    If you use some of the most popular social media marketing methods including blogging, you’ll have a very powerful program that will raise awareness in your brand which in turn, brings credibility for your company.

    Internet Entrepreneurship – Connect Directly To Your Customers

    Internet EntrepreneurshipSocial media marketing will help build customer relations and if your consumers can easily share frustrations with products or customer service directly with you and get feedback, they will feel more confident in your brand and have a better connection to it.

    Likewise, if consumers feel you value their feedback and you implement their suggestions, for example, what to name a product or a perception of a product, they are far more likely to remain loyal to your brand and act as ambassadors on your behalf.

    Social media can also generate high traffic to your business and in turn, increase sales which increases your ROI – your return on investment.

    It’s become an invaluable and necessary set of tools to add to your tool-kit and given the many ways we access the Internet including mobile phones and other devices in addition to computers, social media is set to continue the upward growth trend.

    We may as well face it, it’s here to stay and we have to move with the times and best of all, it’s FREE.

    Global Internet users top the 2 billion mark of which almost 300 million are in North America, 800 million in Asia, 450 million in Europe, 70 million in Africa, 200 million in Latin America & the Caribbean and 20 million in Australia and New Zealand.

    Business owners are starting to wake up to the fact that they need to actively engage in social media marketing but many are unsure how to go about it.

    There are over 30,000 social media sites but this number is increasing by 300 each month and where do you start? Where do you focus your time and energy to get a return on your investment? It can seem like a minefield.

    Whatever industry you’re in, you can create useful information in the form of blogs, articles and videos to share that others will find value in and learn from. You don’t blatantly sell your products or services in social media. Your valuable content that is informative, educational and entertaining, enables consumers to get to know and trust you first. It then leads them from your social media sites to your website and that’s when you do your sales pitch. That’s how social media marketing works.

    Internet Entrepreneurship – You Can Be Sure Of A Vast Audience

    The three top giants that have become household names that I would recommend are Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

    Facebook has over 700 million active users and these people are logging in for an average of half an hour each day so you need to get your messages in front of them. This represents a massive marketing opportunity so you’ll need a Facebook Page.

    Another giant is YouTube, the second largest Search Engine to Google and owned by Google, streaming over 2 billion videos each day. Every minute, twenty-four hours of new video footage is uploaded and the average person spends fifteen minutes a day on YouTube viewing content, representing another massive marketing opportunity.

    Twitter has been around for over five years amounting to over 10 billion tweets sent which equates to around 50 million tweets each day and this number is rising rapidly. It’s the place to find out what’s happening in the world. It provides instant updates on almost any topic.

    If you implement some of these strategies on your journey towards Internet entrepreneurship, you’ll be heading in the right direction for sure.

    For the very best education in Internet entrepreneurship, I would suggest you register for a FREE Webinar hosted by my mentor and friend, Jay Kubassek of PRO U. Click here to register.  You can also read about my own journey to Internet entrepreneurship by clicking here and here. (Check out the great advice Jay gave me)!

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    February 9th, 2012

    Six Main Goals For Success For Running A Top Home Based Business On The Internet


    If you want to be successful running a top home based business on the Internet, here’s a blue-print to keep you on track.

    Create a list of the following six topics and write three bullet points for each. They need to be things that are relevant to you and be sure to read this list until the contents become etched into your memory. Keep telling yourself that these are your goals and the more you go over these in your mind, the easier they will be to achieve.

    Remember something very important……your thoughts influence your actions and your actions influence what you achieve.

    Personal Development: Have a think about who you want to become. Do you know what your mission and purpose are? When you can get clear on these two vital factors, implementing them will be easy. Maybe you get a deep sense of satisfaction from helping others and that is your driving force. If this is your mission and purpose, then you most likely will go to great lengths to achieve this.

    Do you want to become a world class Internet Marketer and Online Business Entrepreneur and an expert in your field? You might want to help others achieve success so they can experience the kind of freedom that running a successful business provides. The kind of freedom that you enjoy. Maybe you aspire to being a positive and dynamic person who inspires others.

    Material: What things do you want to have? Maybe you don’t have your own home but would like to get one or perhaps you have one but need a bigger one as your family grows. Do you have dreams of moving to the country or by a beach? You may want to be able to afford a new car, travel the world and go to some of those exotic places in your dreams and stay in lovely hotels.

    Financial: How are you going to finance the material things? Have a think about how much you need to earn each month for the next six months. Then you could increase it to cover the following six months. What would you like your nett worth to be in twelve months? How much would you like to earn over the next few months as you build your business? Maybe some of these would go on your list.

    Business: What would you like to accomplish? Have a think about what leadership level you might want to reach in your company. Maybe you are in Network Marketing or Direct Marketing and you want to grow a team. Think about how many people you want to attract to your business. Maybe you want to generate 100 leads a month or find an assistant so you can leverage your time. Maybe you want to outsource certain elements of your business so you can focus on the parts you are good at.

    Experiences: What do you want to be able to look back on later on in life? What dreams and aspirations do you want to accomplish? Do you want to be a great parent, making a difference in the lives of your family or do you want to travel the world? Maybe you have a burning ambition to walk in the foothills of the Himalayas or make a difference to people who are starving.

    Physical: If you keep yourself in good physical shape, you stand the best chance of keeping your mind in good shape. In order to achieve this you will have to do whatever it takes to keep yourself physically fit. Would you like inner peace, calm and unwavering focus? Maybe you want twelve hours of productive energy each day with super laser-like focus on your goals. Do you want to be supercharged? To be able to do this you need to have plenty of physical exercise to keep you in great shape.

    If you become aware on a daily basis of what your goals are when setting up your top home based business on the Internet, you are far more likely to reach them. I wish you all the best of luck on your journey to success and if you’ve found this blog post useful, I’d love you to share it with your friends.

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    January 19th, 2012

    Top Tips For Blogging Success For A Work At Home Mum In An Online Marketing Business


    If You’re A Work At Home Mum Like I Am – I Hope My Blogging Tips Will Help You

    If you’re a work at home mum running an online marketing business, you need to understand the importance of blogging. Anyone can write a blog, but not just anyone can write a blog that will be pulling in the viewers and gaining you those much needed hits and ultimately leading to sales.  It’s a crucial element to running a successful business. So, what can be done? Let me share with you a few hints which will help bring your blogging alive and kickstart your online presence.

    If You’re A Work At Home Mum – Be Interesting

    Now, for some this might seem to be a no-brainer, but you’d be surprised and like I’m sure you all do, I too read countless blogs and some of them don’t really inspire me.

    Sometimes we get caught up in trying to post as many blogs as possible and then we lose that crucial spark. A boring blog post is a wasted blog post, but creating something fresh, new and informative is the perfect opportunity to attract much-needed traffic to your site. Think about what you’d like to read yourself and you can’t go far wrong.

    It’s all about reputation, and the only way you can achieve status as an expert in your field is to demonstrate that. Create first-rate content offering solutions, ideas and more and your readers will be hooked and engaged, exactly what you need.

    If You’re A Work At Home Mum – Be Regular

    I would suggest the ideal situation is to post on the same day (or days) each week, preferably at the same time. If you’re setting yourself into a timetable to write the posts then more than likely your readers will come to expect them and if they know some new exciting content is on its way on a Tuesday at 10 am, then perhaps they’ll head over to your site to check around that time, or they’ll open their RSS Feeds at some point too.

    If you’re still a fledgling site then you’ll be wanting to post as much as possible, but don’t flood your readers. There’s a fine line here, you don’t want to be posting endless dreary content but then at the same time if your posts are sporadic and half-hearted then you risk alienating readers too. It’s up to you to establish what’s appropriate, but just strike up a rhythm, and see what works best for you and your viewers. Every other day is a great place to start.

    If You’re A Work At Home Mum – Be Savvy

    I cannot emphasise enough just how crucial keywords are to your articles and posts. A few minutes of efficient, useful keyword research can plug you into the massive traffic arriving through search engines, and furthermore, it’s not just limited to your new posts.

    Think about it, if you’re using appropriate keywords in all your posts, then there’s a real likelihood that a casual browser on Google, Yahoo, Bing or any of the other search engines might just stumble across your article. If they like it, then maybe they’ll hit that crucial subscribe button. After all, what’s the harm in trying? A small amount of effort can reap huge rewards over a long period of time if you get this right.

    If You’re A Work At Home Mum – Be Vocal

    Nobody wants their blog to just be one in a sea of other blogs, so you need to make yours stand out from the crowd. High quality articles goes some way, but it’s up to you to use your Facebook page, your Twitter account, YouTube and other social media to really get yourself heard. If you can make interesting comments on other peoples’ content too then again it will raise your profile. I’m not talking about you hijacking a post with blatant spam linking to your own page. Be a real person, make some insightful comment and perhaps somebody will have the presence to click on you and have a look around.

    Like it or loathe it, online you’re always presenting yourself, and there’s no reason why you shouldn’t harness this power to your own advantage as a business.

    If You’re A Work At Home Mum – So What Now?

    Blogging, as we know, is a perfect way to demonstrate your talents in your field, so persevere with it. If you’re a work at home mum running your own online marketing business then it’s crucial you understand the importance of getting your blogging right and hopefully, these tips will help you on your way. Remember these tips each time you’re writing and you’ll start seeing results in no time. I wish you success.

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    January 17th, 2012

    Simple Tips And Strategies For Article Marketing To Make Money Online In A Home Based Business


    Article marketing is one of the most effective ways to promote any website, bus

    iness or blog. To get great traffic and rank highly on search engines particularly when you want to make money online in a home based business, you need the benefit of some great tips and strategies to use in your article marketing to help you on your way.

    Although many strategies exist, one which is an absolute must as a starting point, is researching keywords or keyphrases as they are also known, and these should be included in your articles. A keyword or keyphrase can be just one word or several words in length but not longer than a sentence.

    Let me just take you back to a year or so ago to when I used to work in a traditional job working in a college. I loved it and thought that’s how my life would be forever but due to the desperate economic climate affecting most parts of the world and like so many thousands before me, I was made redundant and needed to find alternative work. That’s when I turned to the Internet and decided to work from home and work online. As it turned out, being made redundant, although terrible at the time, has turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

    Until that point, I’d never known anything about keyword research before. Never had any need for it but all that’s changed now. It’s become a very necessary part of my daily routine and if you work online, maybe in an Internet marketing business or another type of Internet business, then a brilliant strategy to use is article marketing as it’s so effective in driving visitors to your site.

    Finding the right keywords for your articles is absolutely crucial because they are the foundation on which the whole article rests and if not done correctly, will affect the effectiveness of your marketing campaign.

    Most people go to search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing when looking for products and services. Keyword research indicates what words or phrases people are using to search for products or services in your particular niche.

    There are several tools which can be used to conduct effective keyword research and one of these is the Google Keyword Tool. This is a great one to use because it shows what terms people have used to search for keywords on the Google search engine and it’s completely free to use. To get the most out of this tool, it’s best to make use of keywords which have very little competition.

    Once you’ve completed your research and the keywords have been identified, go ahead and write your article and make it interesting and educational to the reader. Preferably both but make sure you incorporate your keyword in the both the title and the article or nobody will be able to find your article. Once your article is complete, submit it to EzineArticles.com to obtain their approval.

    Conducting accurate keyword research is the foundation of the entire marketing strategy. If you don’t get your keyword research right, nobody is going to be able to find your articles and you will have wasted your time and effort. Get your keyword research right and you’ll find your article will show up in the right places. It will get your website and business known by those who already want to buy from you through these proven methods.

    So if you want to make money online in a home based business and you implement these tips into your article marketing, you’ll soon get your target market reading your articles. Who knows, you may get lots of positive feedback and comments to them on your blog too. This is very rewarding and will spur you on to write more articles for certain. I wish you all the best of luck in your endeavours. If you’ve found my post useful, I’d be grateful if you’d share it with your friends and leave me some comments. Thanks!

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