The post below has been written by Jurgen Mennel, one of our fellow Melpie members.
Please read on to get his thoughts on positive thinking and find out more about the product he has created.
Do you want to be successful in Internet Marketing?
I only started in Internet Marketing 9 month ago when I came across The Warp Speed Program. I was pretty excited about it and joined up straight away. I am considering myself very lucky because my Wife is also into it and so we share a passion together. We registered a company and got started. It has been a very steep learning curve so far and by now I believe we know the basics about it all. Having said that, starting an Internet business from scratch when you know hardly anything about the topic can at times be very frustrating. Throwing in the Towel crosses ones mind at times. In those times it is very important that you keep believing in your success and that you clearly see and feel you can do it. You must get those negative thoughts out of your mind!
Now that’s where positive affirmations come in. Simply said, your inner voice will create certain outcomes in your life. Thinking positive thoughts will get you positive results. If you think in a negative way and if you look for all the problems in a certain situation then you will attract a bad outcome. So if you want to be successful it is very important to think positive thoughts. You must align your thoughts with the desired outcome. A proven way to do that are positive affirmations, the way you talk to yourself, your inner voice. Take control of your inner dialog; think positive thoughts, see yourself succeeding and it’s just a matter of time before you do.
Nice in theory right. You see, I discovered the idea of positive affirmations a long time ago but I had trouble making them work for me. No matter how intense I focused on my affirmations in the morning before I left the house, my busy work schedule always got the better of me. During the day I focused on anything else but my affirmations. I simply forgot them during my hectic work schedule. Sound familiar?
That’s where my Invention comes in. The brand new ReflectAffirm® Cards are a proven way to keep you on the right track. Every time you sit in your car you will have your positive affirmation right in front of you. At times you will find yourself reading the affirmation consciously and that’s great but what’s even better is that your subconscious mind will pick it up all the time. It will imprint the positive affirmation in your mind.
You can download pre-printed ReflectAffirm® Cards on my new Website which is great to get you started. You have also got the option of individualizing your own ReflectAffirm® Card right there on the Website or even download the software that allows you to create as many of these positive messages as you want.
Here is an example of how it displays in your windscreen. Of course the message can be anything that empowers you!
So, if you got a car and are driving it at times then this tool is worth its cost in gold. It will keep your mind on track and enforce the positive message.
So go ahead and check out the website here. http://www.reflectaffirm.com
I have also written an eBook on Affirmations which I give away as a Bonus to anyone who purchases a ReflectAffirm® product on the Website. As a MELPIES member I will give you that for FREE either way. All I ask is some feedback on the Website and of my ReflectAffirm® Idea.
Send me an email here admin@reflectaffirm.com
I wish you all the best in your Internet marketing efforts. Keep those thoughts positive and you will be successful!
All the best
Jurgen
Filed under Uncategorized by on Jul 31st, 2010. Comment. 
In early May, Ray and I attended Gail Bottomleys sneaky workshop in Melbourne. As I have been doing this gig for quite a while, I didn’t learn anything new on the day. However, I should point out that I spent a lot of time in my early days sitting in on Gail’s webinars and learning a lot. In any case, Gail did an awesome job teaching all the newbies in the room about how to get a website up and running. She even had some new tricks to show at her latest workship. Ray also learnt a lot about building a wordpress website since his focus has been on auto-responders and tracking in Google analytics.
In any case, what I like about Gail is that she takes everything in her stride. She is a patient and very endearing. She certainly knows and understands the Internet Marketing gig and can answer virtually any question thrown at her. This is no mean feat. She even copes with the occasional tear from some students who get a little frustrated when things don’t work out quite right. I seriously recommend Gail Bottomleys workshops if you are just starting out.
Gail Bottomley teaches a different model to Brett McFall. While Brett’s program focuses mainly on creating your own product, Gails program focuses on affiliate marketing. Personally I prefer the affiliate marketing model – well at least when you are starting out. This is because there is a lot of information to learn and absorb and I believe it is best to focus on the core skills of keyword research and how to search engine optimize your page properly before you go out and create your own product.
By way of example, we created a product early on when we first started the Warpspeed program. We even outsourced it and spent around $1200 on getting our ebook written by an elance writer. We even followed instructions on how to find products with low competition and high traffic – the problem was that the product we selected was not a viable market that was willing to spend money. This was an expensive mistake. In my mind, why go out and buy an expensive Harley Davidson if you don’t have a license to drive it.
Essentially, I went back to the basics and learnt the correct skills and used affiliate marketing as a vehicle to perfect and hone my skills. Thats why I like the way Gail teaches. She covers some pretty critical steps in her sneaky workshop and I think this is Gail’s core area of expertise.
However, since then I’ve learnt even more advanced techniques since joining James Schramko’s program. This has been a positive step as I can honestly say that I have made much more money on James program than what I had done previously.
Whats the difference:
For a start, the content James teaches is cutting edge and up to date. This has helped me progress much faster and I have pretty much unsubscribed from most other Internet Marketers email lists (although I still affectionately love to hear from Gail as well).
James is actively involved in his community. He holds weekly / fortnightly webinars. He posts and responds to questions on the forum on a daily basis. Would you believe he even flew directly to Melbourne from Sydney this week to spend a night and get to know his Superfast Results forum members? That’s commitment.
His forum has experts in virtually any field you might be interested in – from Pay per Click advertising, Search Engine Optimization, WordPress, Getting traffic , buying and selling domain names and even flipping websites. At US$97 a month it is the best value around. Since working with James we have broken new barriers and boundaries. Apart from making more money, we have:
- Become an expert author on Ezine articles
- Ran our first webinar
- Organised our first workshop
- Implemented powerful RSS streams of traffic
- Increased the number of visitors to our site
- Set up a paypal button that links directly to our autoresponder account
- Achieved a page 1 ranking in Google
- Got put on a private affiliate program
- Streamed video from ez3 (yes – I was nearly in tears with this one)
- And are currently putting together out first proposal to help local business with our Internet Marketing skills
How you benefit?
Our key focus is on helping other Melpies get through their stumbling blocks. We know from experience that there are many. This means you get the benefit of everything I have learnt and implemented. We have been through the blood, sweat and tears. You also get to benefit from finding out the latest, cutting edge information. For further information on what courses and workshops we are holding visit Effortless Internet Marketing.
We should also point out that while we are members of Brett’s program, we are not affiliated to Brett’s program. Whilst Brett McFall encourages local meet-ups, he does not endorse the content in them. Hence any information and advice that we provide based on our own knowledge and experience. This is not disimilar to the Warpies forum where a variety of people other than Brett McFall who offer their advice and opinions in the forum.
Filed under Affiliate Information, Keyword Research by on Jun 17th, 2010. Comment.
Keyword research is one of the most important things you can do as an Internet Marketer. Finding the “right” keywords is pretty critical as good keywords are the foundation to any website and pay per click campaign. Researching and locating the right keywords helps you identify market niches that you can dominate as well as help you get your website found by google. Unfortunately, I have seen far too many websites that choose poor keywords or keywords with high competition which they don’t have a hope of ranking for unless they are planning to spend the next few years trying to build back links to their site.
Fortunately there are tools available that make the process easier. Aside from using Google Keyword Tool, I have used both Micro Niche Finder and Market Samurai. Let me make this clear, both tools are pretty good. Micro Niche Finder is useful but sometimes I have trouble moving it between computers whereas I don’t have that problem with Market Samurai. Also I find that Micro Niche Finder takes me longer to do my keyword research. Data gets posted in a queue and I find that sometimes this takes time to come up.
Keyword research need not take longer than 10 minutes. Market Samurai makes the somewhat boring but essential task of keyword research quick and seamless. The software is also made by local Melbourne lads so I like being about to support the local economy. However, what I really love about Market Samurai is that not only does it help you find the right keywords, it also helps you check out your competition, analyze your page rank, find and publish content as well as find available domain names.
Whilst Micro Niche Finder does similar things I don’t find it as intuitive to use and I find it takes me longer to use the tool properly. If you don’t know what you are doing you can blow up your search results from Google so you get nonsensical data. Market Samurai has easy to use filters – you just need to tick a box. The training videos also explain everything you need to know in plain simple English. You can try it out for your yourself to see how powerful it is. It is also one of the tools that is used by Ed Dale from the 30 day challenge and used by James Schramko from Fast Web Formula.
Download your free Market Samurai evaluation version
Filed under Keyword Research, Market Research by on Jun 12th, 2010. Comment.
A few months ago I joined an Internet Marketing Coaching Forum that has taken my Internet Marketing knowledge to a new level. The forum is jam packed with live webinars, quality training videos and a vast array of web page builder tools. I have learnt a multitude of different business models outside of just creating my own product – from affiliate programs, CPA, Domaining, as well as selling your Internet Marketing knowledge to offline business. What I love about the forum is that it also weekly webinars that feature guest speakers or question and answer sessions.
The forum is very active and there are resident experts on WordPress, SEO and Consulting that will help move you to a new level. Any question you have can be covered off by one of the experts. You can have access to a serious range of affiliate products not available to the public.
The forum is a paid membership forum and is invitation only. Anyone wanting to join the forum and take their Marketing to a new level goes onto to a waiting list until an opportunity to join becomes available. It is worth getting yourself on the waiting list but in the meantime you can check out the main blog and grab some great content.
Filed under Driving Traffic, Keyword Research, Website Design by on Apr 11th, 2010. Comment.
