Eh... OK! The last three days (counting monday) were a total waste of time. No site uploaded and barely any progress. And more expenses (that I hope to turn into investment) and a lot of slacking.
At least, now I see that I need to focus in one area, and learn everything about it and start applying this new knowledge to succeed. But before I go there, I need to learn everything about web design. Not knowing what I'm doing with a site will not help me.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Thursday, October 4, 2007
No site today
Due to some technical problems (I have chosen the wrong program, it doesn't create HTML pages) and an attack of lazyness, there will be no site today.
At least I already read the ebook "Website Building 101" and I have some templates I liked. Downloading the right program now (Coffecup, offered by my host) and tomorrow I will build my first site.
Probably about gaming PCs, a subject I like and, because of that, it should be easy for me to write about. I'll see if I think about a good way to monetize it.
At least I already read the ebook "Website Building 101" and I have some templates I liked. Downloading the right program now (Coffecup, offered by my host) and tomorrow I will build my first site.
Probably about gaming PCs, a subject I like and, because of that, it should be easy for me to write about. I'll see if I think about a good way to monetize it.
You the Guru review
I have finished the "You The Guru" free report by Sara Brown. I'll write my impressions about it to help me fix it in my brain cells.
The idea of being free of slave work, through smart (though still hard, but hey that's life!) work is great! And she sells it very well. Reading her analysis of what she calls "The wage slave con" is inspiring, specially when you agree with it. The idea of becoming an entrepeneur of the information age is surely tempting, very tempting. And perfectly possible, it is not a pipe dream. Unfortunately it is not for everyone. Some people just aren't cut for it. But we shall keep in mind that old IM saying "One doesn't fail at Internet Marketing, one just quit it" (I read it at the Warrior Forums, don't remember who said it and maybe it isn't that old).
If I'm not cut for it I'll work at it until I've become surgical-laser cut for the "job". That's self-lapidation 101. :)
She then speaks about how important it is to just launch yourself at action and just keep testing things until you suceeded. That's the number one advice any half-decent IMer could give a newbie: "Start now, dammit!". If one does nothing, nothing will happen. Just having this small, silly blog (I can consider it my first serious foray into the wild, wild web) already makes me feel better about myself. At least I started to do something. Imagine how I will feel when I suceeded and pocket some hundred thousand dollars!
She sells very well the idea that people don't buy stuff, they buy dreams and conceptions.
"People do not buy for practical reasons. They buy for emotional ones"
A marketer that sells a image of freedom , richness, health, whatever to his audience will sell 1000x times more than another that just lists, like a textbook, what his product is and what it does.
That's a powerful concept! I have to learn how to use it. It surely works. I have already spent almost US$ 1,500 dollars buying from anyone that managed to sold me a dream of freedom and broken shackles. Fortunately most of what I bought seems to be good, useful products. I didn't fell for any scam. (At least I'm not that dumb :) )
I'll learn. Then I'll just have to apply it in the real world. And fail. And test. And succeed, test again, fail, succeed, fail, fail, succeed, succeed, succeed... ad infinitum, until I have more success than failures under my belt, and I know why I'm succeding. Then I'll know what I'm doing and I'll replicate it. More and more. In this blessed day, I'll be a free man!
Very hard work, but good work. Not the senseless waste I have to do to enrich others.
Another good part is when she talks about only spending on some IM product when you know for sure that you'll need it and you know how to use it to multiply your profits. Otherwise it will just be a waste of time and money.
The biggest problem for a clueless newbie is knowing what to sell, how to sell and to who. I guess that with all the research tools at hand and with so many options, like affiliate programs and PLR, things can be slightly easier. But I guess that I'll have to shoot at all sides until I hit some target, and things start to make sense.
At least that's what I'll do. Let's see what's happens next! ;)
The idea of being free of slave work, through smart (though still hard, but hey that's life!) work is great! And she sells it very well. Reading her analysis of what she calls "The wage slave con" is inspiring, specially when you agree with it. The idea of becoming an entrepeneur of the information age is surely tempting, very tempting. And perfectly possible, it is not a pipe dream. Unfortunately it is not for everyone. Some people just aren't cut for it. But we shall keep in mind that old IM saying "One doesn't fail at Internet Marketing, one just quit it" (I read it at the Warrior Forums, don't remember who said it and maybe it isn't that old).
If I'm not cut for it I'll work at it until I've become surgical-laser cut for the "job". That's self-lapidation 101. :)
She then speaks about how important it is to just launch yourself at action and just keep testing things until you suceeded. That's the number one advice any half-decent IMer could give a newbie: "Start now, dammit!". If one does nothing, nothing will happen. Just having this small, silly blog (I can consider it my first serious foray into the wild, wild web) already makes me feel better about myself. At least I started to do something. Imagine how I will feel when I suceeded and pocket some hundred thousand dollars!
She sells very well the idea that people don't buy stuff, they buy dreams and conceptions.
"People do not buy for practical reasons. They buy for emotional ones"
A marketer that sells a image of freedom , richness, health, whatever to his audience will sell 1000x times more than another that just lists, like a textbook, what his product is and what it does.
That's a powerful concept! I have to learn how to use it. It surely works. I have already spent almost US$ 1,500 dollars buying from anyone that managed to sold me a dream of freedom and broken shackles. Fortunately most of what I bought seems to be good, useful products. I didn't fell for any scam. (At least I'm not that dumb :) )
I'll learn. Then I'll just have to apply it in the real world. And fail. And test. And succeed, test again, fail, succeed, fail, fail, succeed, succeed, succeed... ad infinitum, until I have more success than failures under my belt, and I know why I'm succeding. Then I'll know what I'm doing and I'll replicate it. More and more. In this blessed day, I'll be a free man!
Very hard work, but good work. Not the senseless waste I have to do to enrich others.
Another good part is when she talks about only spending on some IM product when you know for sure that you'll need it and you know how to use it to multiply your profits. Otherwise it will just be a waste of time and money.
The biggest problem for a clueless newbie is knowing what to sell, how to sell and to who. I guess that with all the research tools at hand and with so many options, like affiliate programs and PLR, things can be slightly easier. But I guess that I'll have to shoot at all sides until I hit some target, and things start to make sense.
At least that's what I'll do. Let's see what's happens next! ;)
Following the post below I would try to put a Google Sitemap in this Blog but in this link (http://blogger-tricks.blogspot.com/2006/04/adding-google-sitemap-to-your-blog.html) it seems that you can't use Sitemap in Blogger (go figure!).
But searching a bit more, it was old news (http://theos.in/adding-google-sitemap-to-bloggercom-blog-account.html). It is possible to add Sitemap to a Blogger account (always search a bit more for updated information. Sometime you can act based on old data).
I'll try the step-by-step on that page now. More info to soon follow.
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Updates:
a) The images and layout on Blogger.com are a bit different from what's on the tutorial, but it was basically the same. The verification was easy and quick.
b) Now to add the actual sitemap, there was a problem. That info in the link was too old too... I'll have to find a new, recent tutorial.
c) Turns out that IT SEEMS that I just have to add a /Atom.xls at the end of the URL in the Sitemap text field with the adress of the site. I'll have to wait some hours to see if it is working. All and all it was a good experience. (http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/09/fix-blogger-sitemap-xml-warnings-inside.html)
But searching a bit more, it was old news (http://theos.in/adding-google-sitemap-to-bloggercom-blog-account.html). It is possible to add Sitemap to a Blogger account (always search a bit more for updated information. Sometime you can act based on old data).
I'll try the step-by-step on that page now. More info to soon follow.
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Updates:
a) The images and layout on Blogger.com are a bit different from what's on the tutorial, but it was basically the same. The verification was easy and quick.
b) Now to add the actual sitemap, there was a problem. That info in the link was too old too... I'll have to find a new, recent tutorial.
c) Turns out that IT SEEMS that I just have to add a /Atom.xls at the end of the URL in the Sitemap text field with the adress of the site. I'll have to wait some hours to see if it is working. All and all it was a good experience. (http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/09/fix-blogger-sitemap-xml-warnings-inside.html)
Google Analytics
I have found a simple and good tutorial (http://www.infektia.net/how-to-track-your-blogger-statistics-with-google/) on how to install Google Analytics in a Blogger blog.
I followed it's steps and I have put the code in this blog's footer. Now I just have to learn more about the program and see how it works. People say that Google Analytics is a must-have tool for any webmaster. It seems I have to "master" it (bad pun intended).
I followed it's steps and I have put the code in this blog's footer. Now I just have to learn more about the program and see how it works. People say that Google Analytics is a must-have tool for any webmaster. It seems I have to "master" it (bad pun intended).
Reading "You The Guru" from Sara Brown
I like Sara Brown's style. Her works seems to be simple but effective. I specially like her strong stance against the Wage Slavery con. I think exactly the same thing.
I'm reading "You the Guru" ( a free report ) for the third time now. I'm trying to absorb these books like a sponge. I have already bought "Naked Niches" and "Viral Sneakiness" from her. will try to understand and implement her techniques. Let's see what happens.
Later today I'll try to build my first hand made site. I already have had the domain and hosting for some time now. Time to put them to work.
I'm reading "You the Guru" ( a free report ) for the third time now. I'm trying to absorb these books like a sponge. I have already bought "Naked Niches" and "Viral Sneakiness" from her. will try to understand and implement her techniques. Let's see what happens.
Later today I'll try to build my first hand made site. I already have had the domain and hosting for some time now. Time to put them to work.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Let's start this business
What's this blog about? It will be my personal log ( how creative! ) of daily ( if I don't forget to post, of course ) activities about IM, internet marketing.
I'll try to document ( in my own sloppy way ) all my first baby steps into the lion's den of affiliate programs, selling stuff, Ebay auctions or whatever else I think can work to make me some money.
I'll document books read, my impressions about them and what success, if any, they brought to my goals.
And my number one (or number zero actually) goal is to get rid of my horrid 7-6 job ( yeah, I'm counting the wasted time getting there and coming back home. Don't get me started about extra work hours :( ) and get my freedom back. I'm tired of being a slave and making others rich! Work makes people rich, not jobs.
So I'm going to sleep now (uh... I was talking about work, right? :) ). Tomorrow, after my slave hours, I'll take my first step into ( God help me. I'll need it.) the amazing and glamorous world of online riches. I'll learn to create my own websites.
Good night!
I'll try to document ( in my own sloppy way ) all my first baby steps into the lion's den of affiliate programs, selling stuff, Ebay auctions or whatever else I think can work to make me some money.
I'll document books read, my impressions about them and what success, if any, they brought to my goals.
And my number one (or number zero actually) goal is to get rid of my horrid 7-6 job ( yeah, I'm counting the wasted time getting there and coming back home. Don't get me started about extra work hours :( ) and get my freedom back. I'm tired of being a slave and making others rich! Work makes people rich, not jobs.
So I'm going to sleep now (uh... I was talking about work, right? :) ). Tomorrow, after my slave hours, I'll take my first step into ( God help me. I'll need it.) the amazing and glamorous world of online riches. I'll learn to create my own websites.
Good night!
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