Steven Wagenheim just posted in the famous “Warrior Forum” a simple way to make some quick cash.

It involves google trends, blogspot, digg, quick action, keyword research and being willing to lose 6 times out of 10 (or more), but with the occasional hit more than making up for it.

Read the method here…

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Here’s some things I learned about using Twitter:

Don’t follow anyone just reciprocal because they follow you. There’s different reasons for that. First – do you really have time to follow thousands of people? No way.

And then, what does it look like if you’re following thousands of people? Everybody who looks at your Twitter account can see how many people you are following.  So what does it look like if you have 200 followers and are following 2000 people? It’s kind of like the guy who’s calling five people every day to hang out together, but nobody really wants to, but some people just accept it because they can’t say no. Think that’s funny? Well, it IS funny, but it’s human nature too. Don’tunderstimate this simple stuff.

It’s kind of like in high-school, but adult life is really like another version of high-school life, plus we’re acting like we’re not high-school kids anymore…

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See, many people who are worth $50 per per hour are actually spending lots of time every week on stuff that they could pay somebody $3 per hour for.

I recently talked with a friend who wanted me to help him upload pictures to a Joomla site, and my response was: Dude, I love to help you, and the best way I can think of to help you is by telling you: pay somebody to do it for you!

He was the third day into uploading pictures on that freaking Joomla site, this was the state he was in when he came to me, his eyes were red, his fingers almost swollen from all the mouseclicking (ok, I’m going a little over the top, but you get my point)… And he told me: “No, I can use the money for better stuff.” Now, this friend is not stupid, but something about that was not so smart… because I know when he worked on his other business (selling financial services) he could make a couple of Benjamins a day just like that. And here he was, telling me: “No, I can use the money for better stuff. I’d much rather spend a week doing stuff that I could outsource for $3/hour than making a couple of Benjamins in a day.” Funny thing is, even after I pointed it out, he did not agree with me. Anyway, I told him I’m gonna outsource it for him, paying out of my own pocket – and that’s when he all of the sudden decided that outsourcing wasn’t so bad and he actually did it himself.

Funny, right?

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When somebody tells you they don’t have enough money to buy your product or that it’s too expensive, then it really just means: “I don’t want it that much. The money is worth more than the product to me.”

But it also means that your prospect is SOMEWHAT interested. Otherwise she wouldn’t even be thinking about price at all.

But you haven’t demonstrated enough value yet. You have to show them that ONLY your product can give them the exact outcome they crave. And you have to tell it to them in a way they believe (using specificity, testimonials, screenshots and other social proof elements).

Mark Widawer wrote a great post on why people don’t buy, according to Frank Kern…

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Your own personal productivity is the most important thing in your business.

Even when you have top-employees – you need to be on top of your game.

That’s why every entrepreneur should know how he functions most efficiently.

Sure – to some extent it’s different for everyone. But something is just human nature.

For example: distractions clutter our mind and take out lots of productive force from our minds.

That’s why you need uninterrupted chunks of time. Eben Pagan, who’s running the $20 million internet business that he started from scratch from his bedroom, made a great free video on productivity.

One thing you should do for sure is:

• don’t check your emails more than 3 times a day
• don’t check your emails first thing in the morning.
• first thing in the morning: get a good start that puts YOU in a good state. (good food, good exercise)
• reserve a two hour time slot for the most important tasks in your business. Be sure to not be interrupted under any circumstances during this time. (Turn off the phone and blackberry)
• after 50 minutes of work, do a 10 minute break.

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Ok…

My eyes are GLUED to “Integration Marketing”, but this one’s so good that I wanted to share it:

Why do most businesses fail? Because they feel compelled to keep on trying different approaches instead of simply scaling what already works.

(Source: “Integration Marketing”, by Mark Joyner, ebook Version, p.29)

If you don’t see how powerful this simple thing is, you’re probably not running a business.

(Anyway, it only really makes sense when you read it in context. So head over and get your free copy.)

PS: I’m not even using my affiliate link. No time to fumble around with that now, just wanna get back to reading, this is how good this stuff is.

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Mark Joyner is a pioneer of internet marketing – and many people who have millions online call him a marketing genius.

He’s going to publish a book in early 2009 titled “Integration Marketing” and you’ll be able to buy it via Amazon.com or in your favourite bookstore. It’s gonna be worth it’s a hundred times it’s price.

But Mark wouldn’t be the genius he is if that would be all – because if you hop over to www.integrationmarketing.com now and give him your name and email, you can DOWNLOAD the complete book in electronic format for free and apply the strategy he shares before other businesses will even hear about it.

I just read the first 3 chapters and wanted to share this really quick with you… this stuff is PURE GOLD!

… but now I’m gonna finish the remaining chapters.

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I just read Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

He talks about how he smiles when he see’s traders watching their share prices in real-time on their smartphones.

Because he knows: you’re brain can’t process the noise that comes with keeping an eye on real-time data.

Yes, the world is happening in real-time-data, but your brain can’t cope with real-time data.

You are much better of when you reflect on “bigger chunks” of information. If you have too high of an information intake frequency, you’ll just burn out.

That’s why it’s a lot better to read the New Yorker on Mondays than the WSJ every day. (to put it in his words)

Now think about the world of Internet Marketing: Many internet marketers try to keep up with SO MUCH STUFF!

Every week there is some “big launch”, some new breakthrough tactic, some once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we’re spinning our heads to keep up with it.

We have an enormously high information intake frequency.

This fucks us up.

Because the chances of success on a long-term basis are much higher on certain investments than on a shortterm basis (meaning: you might invest in certain stuff and win 99% over a one-year period, but by looking at it in one-second intervalls you experience so many more losses  that the win-loss frequency is almost 50/50, but the impact of a loss has a much higher emotional cost than the impact of a win).

So take a step back and get some altitude as Eben Pagan calls it.

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If you’re involved in Internet Marketing at all, you are aware that John Reese just launched his Traffic Secrets 2.0 course.

Every online marketer is basically promoting this – everyone is offering some kind of special bonus for this course if you buy through him.

A custom made website, an ultra-important DVD set, a private coaching session, a point-n-click profit system, etc. etc.

But one marketer made a bold step and stands above the crowd:

Frank Kern.

What did he do? He sent out an email to his list telling them: buy this course wherever you want from whomever you want, just buy it before July 16th. And you’ll get two of my top-content DVDs for free. Even if you don’t buy through me.

Now why did he do that?

1) Because everybody and his mother bought TS2.0. Now, Frank conctacted John and told him about this and offered him to send all the DVDs to the fullfillment company so they include it in the package. This way, he get’s to “jump on the bandwagon” a little bit, because everybody who ordered TS2.0 will now also know the name Frank Kern and will associate it with something positive because he delivered pure value.

2) Frank’s a cool dude.

So, whatever your business is (even if you don’t do anything online) ask yourself: how can I create goodwill? The more the better!

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I’m not even going to answer this question.

But instead I’m going to look data speak.

How is a recession defined anyway? I guess it’s really up to what the majority of people percieve it to be.

Now, Google has a nifty little tool that allows you to look for how often a word has been searched for – thus allowing you to “peek inside the minds” of billions of searchers who type in queries.

It then draws out a line that shows how often these term have been searched for over the last couple of years.

Usually the lines are pretty constant. Look for example at the term “bicycle”.

Granted – within each year there is some cycling variations (it peaks during the summertime and reaches it’s low point in the wintertime) that is no surprise. Most people buy their bikes when it’s sunny.

But overall, the curve is pretty smooth over the years – overall, the line seems to go done a little bit.

Now let’s look at another curve – the curve for the word “recession”:

You see that? It’s been pretty smooth until 2007 – then, it started to bump around a bit. In early 2008 it really peaked – this was when the stocks dived because of fears of recession.

Then it falls sharply again, but it remains on a higher level than before with still lots of activity.

So, are we in a recession now?

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