Saturday, October 28, 2006
One Stop Web Support Newsletter #42 On Its Way
The latest issue of One Stop Web Support Newsletter is scheduled to arrive Sunday, October 29.This newsletter contains:
Jeff
The latest issue of One Stop Web Support Newsletter is scheduled to arrive Sunday, October 29.This newsletter contains:
- An Invitation—Let Me Know What Your Business Needs and Claim a Free Gift Worth at Least $47
- Personal recommendations -
Website tool - "Virtual Seminar Week"
Auction tool - "Storage Auction Secrets" - Special guest corner: Discover the Profit Models That Can Dramatically Increase Your Income and Position Your Business for *Massive* Growth (part 8) By Derek Gehl
- Success quote by Channing Pollock
Jeff
Friday, October 27, 2006
What's Wrong With Online Business Owners?
I got my latest Renaissance Club newsletter in the mail today and had to laugh. Perry Marshall led off the newsletter with this headline:
Think Perry's ticked off about something? His article related a conversation he had just had with another marketer. Their conversation was essentially a gripe session over what they saw as the laziness of so many new business owners.
Both of them had repeatedly had the same experience with the new business owners they taught. Time and again, they taught some of the nitty-gritty things you have to do to succeed. Time and again, they watched their students' eyes glaze over.
"But that sounds too much like work," the students exclaim. Next thing, those students are off chasing some junk tools for creating junk sites that do nothing to benefit anyone (except the scumbags who are selling them).
Perry isn't the only marketing teacher I've heard express similar views lately. More and more I hear exasperated marketing teachers complaining about the appeal that get-rich-quick schemes have over so many new business owners.
Whether it's finding the "right" product that will sell itself or finding the "sure-thing" tool that will guarantee riches, a lot of new business owners are drawn to things that promise them that they won't have to lift a finger to achieve success.
But I don't think it's because people are lazy. I think it's because so many people are trying to put together their first business from scratch. And having no business experience to draw from, they're afraid.
Hey, it's a big endeavor to start a business with no previous experience. There's a lot to learn. And, frankly, a lot of us feel overwhelmed.
Doubts deep within us tell us that we don't have it in us to succeed. So if the key to success isn't in us, how can we hope to succeed?
That's why scammers who promise that what they're selling will do it all for us find so many easy marks for their scams.
Contrary to the myths that anyone can put up a website, sell anything, and be guaranteed truckloads of cash, an online business follows the same principles that an offline one does.
You still have to find a way to attract your customer. You still have to do something to fill your customer's needs. You still have to gain your customer's trust.
Often our self-doubts convince us we can't do these things. But the fact is that if we can't do this now, we can grow into this if we work at it.
Yes, it takes work. But where we end up is really only a tiny part of who we are. The journey we take is where we spend most of our time. So why spend it shuffling your feet and getting nowhere in the hope that some way, somehow, you'll magically end up at some pleasant destination?
Let's face it, if we were to achieve success through some stroke of luck that we didn't deserve, would we even enjoy that success, knowing we played no part in it? Or would it merely deepen those doubts, knowing that we were merely pretending to be what we really weren't?
Embrace the journey and become the kind of business owner who deserves to succeed. Don't waste opportunities to learn and to grow by merely hoping that some magic wand will make it possible for you to pretend.
Jeff
I got my latest Renaissance Club newsletter in the mail today and had to laugh. Perry Marshall led off the newsletter with this headline:
Chicken Soup for the Lazy-Ass Slacker's Pathetic, Thumb-Sucking Soul
Think Perry's ticked off about something? His article related a conversation he had just had with another marketer. Their conversation was essentially a gripe session over what they saw as the laziness of so many new business owners.
Both of them had repeatedly had the same experience with the new business owners they taught. Time and again, they taught some of the nitty-gritty things you have to do to succeed. Time and again, they watched their students' eyes glaze over.
"But that sounds too much like work," the students exclaim. Next thing, those students are off chasing some junk tools for creating junk sites that do nothing to benefit anyone (except the scumbags who are selling them).
Perry isn't the only marketing teacher I've heard express similar views lately. More and more I hear exasperated marketing teachers complaining about the appeal that get-rich-quick schemes have over so many new business owners.
Whether it's finding the "right" product that will sell itself or finding the "sure-thing" tool that will guarantee riches, a lot of new business owners are drawn to things that promise them that they won't have to lift a finger to achieve success.
But I don't think it's because people are lazy. I think it's because so many people are trying to put together their first business from scratch. And having no business experience to draw from, they're afraid.
Hey, it's a big endeavor to start a business with no previous experience. There's a lot to learn. And, frankly, a lot of us feel overwhelmed.
Doubts deep within us tell us that we don't have it in us to succeed. So if the key to success isn't in us, how can we hope to succeed?
That's why scammers who promise that what they're selling will do it all for us find so many easy marks for their scams.
Contrary to the myths that anyone can put up a website, sell anything, and be guaranteed truckloads of cash, an online business follows the same principles that an offline one does.
You still have to find a way to attract your customer. You still have to do something to fill your customer's needs. You still have to gain your customer's trust.
Often our self-doubts convince us we can't do these things. But the fact is that if we can't do this now, we can grow into this if we work at it.
Yes, it takes work. But where we end up is really only a tiny part of who we are. The journey we take is where we spend most of our time. So why spend it shuffling your feet and getting nowhere in the hope that some way, somehow, you'll magically end up at some pleasant destination?
Let's face it, if we were to achieve success through some stroke of luck that we didn't deserve, would we even enjoy that success, knowing we played no part in it? Or would it merely deepen those doubts, knowing that we were merely pretending to be what we really weren't?
Embrace the journey and become the kind of business owner who deserves to succeed. Don't waste opportunities to learn and to grow by merely hoping that some magic wand will make it possible for you to pretend.
Jeff
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This Week's Special Offers
Interested in getting some of the top Internet marketing tools on special offers? Read on. I keep finding out about great offers for Internet marketing tools, so it's time that I set aside a day each week to review the best of them. Here's what's hot this week:
Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the Internet—2006
Want to check out what has long been the gold standard of Internet marketing courses? Of course you do—if the price is right. How does $2.95 sound to you?
That's right. Pick up Insider Secrets and check it out for a month for $2.95. If it's not worth keeping, send it back. But it's good enough that author Derek Gehl figures that once you start using it, you won't want to send it back.
What does it contain? It has two 1-1/2" binders crammed with tips to walk you through every step of the way for starting your online business.
And that's not all. You also get QuickStart Guides to help you get the most out of all this information quickly. And you get bonus CDs and DVDs on trends and profitable new technologies that can help your business soar.
And did I mention that it's all $2.95 for your one-month trial? Pick up your trial copy of Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the Internet right here.
SiteBuildIt!
There's no getting around it. Insider Secrets beats out SiteBuildIt! as top offer on this week's list because of its unbelievable $2.95 price. Normally if I had to choose between SiteBuildIt! and Insider Secrets, I'd pick SiteBuildIt! as the tool that gives a business owner the best chance of success.
The reason why is that SiteBuildIt! goes beyond just teaching you what to do. It also gives you all the tools you need to carry out what you learned.
You get:
SiteBuildIt! currently has a deal on where you can claim two sites for not much more than the cost of one. It's a great chance to build your online business know-how while building businesses with a tool that has an unprecedented track record of helping its owners succeed.
You can check out this SiteBuildIt! offer here. When you get to the site, just click on the "Buy It If You Dare" Halloween banner.
BANABU Six-Week Ecourse
If you've read my blog much, you've probably heard me speak about BANABU before. That's because it's done a lot to help me grow both personally and as a business owner.
The BANABU multi-media course helps you recognize areas where you're short-circuiting your success and helps you reverse those problems. I've found it well worth its modest cost.
The BANABU Six-Week Ecourse isn't a "money-off" offer. It's more of a rare opportunity. Author Mike Kemski will work with you and a small number of other participants personally over a six-week period to help you integrate BANABU's principles into your life on a deeper level.
And, no, those principles aren't some flaky bunch of wishful thinking nonsense like a lot of personal growth programs are. Mike is about as down-to-earth as you can get.
Having worked with Mike personally in a similar workshop, I can tell you that you'll have an absolute blast working with him. Sign up for the BANABU Six-Week Workshop here.
Virtual Seminar Week
I mentioned this one last Sunday, so I won't go into details on it here, but if you've always wanted to benefit from hearing the kind of big-name speakers you'd hear at the big marketing seminars, here's a chance to hear 49 top speakers from the comfort of your home. Click here to find out more about Virtual Seminar Week.
Those are the best for this week.
Jeff
Interested in getting some of the top Internet marketing tools on special offers? Read on. I keep finding out about great offers for Internet marketing tools, so it's time that I set aside a day each week to review the best of them. Here's what's hot this week:
Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the Internet—2006
Want to check out what has long been the gold standard of Internet marketing courses? Of course you do—if the price is right. How does $2.95 sound to you?
That's right. Pick up Insider Secrets and check it out for a month for $2.95. If it's not worth keeping, send it back. But it's good enough that author Derek Gehl figures that once you start using it, you won't want to send it back.
What does it contain? It has two 1-1/2" binders crammed with tips to walk you through every step of the way for starting your online business.
And that's not all. You also get QuickStart Guides to help you get the most out of all this information quickly. And you get bonus CDs and DVDs on trends and profitable new technologies that can help your business soar.
And did I mention that it's all $2.95 for your one-month trial? Pick up your trial copy of Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the Internet right here.
SiteBuildIt!
There's no getting around it. Insider Secrets beats out SiteBuildIt! as top offer on this week's list because of its unbelievable $2.95 price. Normally if I had to choose between SiteBuildIt! and Insider Secrets, I'd pick SiteBuildIt! as the tool that gives a business owner the best chance of success.
The reason why is that SiteBuildIt! goes beyond just teaching you what to do. It also gives you all the tools you need to carry out what you learned.
You get:
- Website hosting
- Domain name
- Niche research tool
- Site-building tool
- Autoresponders
- Search engine optimization tool
- Website analytics to help you identify how to make your site more appealing to your visitors
- Complete tutorials on how to build a successful business online
SiteBuildIt! currently has a deal on where you can claim two sites for not much more than the cost of one. It's a great chance to build your online business know-how while building businesses with a tool that has an unprecedented track record of helping its owners succeed.
You can check out this SiteBuildIt! offer here. When you get to the site, just click on the "Buy It If You Dare" Halloween banner.
BANABU Six-Week Ecourse
If you've read my blog much, you've probably heard me speak about BANABU before. That's because it's done a lot to help me grow both personally and as a business owner.
The BANABU multi-media course helps you recognize areas where you're short-circuiting your success and helps you reverse those problems. I've found it well worth its modest cost.
The BANABU Six-Week Ecourse isn't a "money-off" offer. It's more of a rare opportunity. Author Mike Kemski will work with you and a small number of other participants personally over a six-week period to help you integrate BANABU's principles into your life on a deeper level.
And, no, those principles aren't some flaky bunch of wishful thinking nonsense like a lot of personal growth programs are. Mike is about as down-to-earth as you can get.
Having worked with Mike personally in a similar workshop, I can tell you that you'll have an absolute blast working with him. Sign up for the BANABU Six-Week Workshop here.
Virtual Seminar Week
I mentioned this one last Sunday, so I won't go into details on it here, but if you've always wanted to benefit from hearing the kind of big-name speakers you'd hear at the big marketing seminars, here's a chance to hear 49 top speakers from the comfort of your home. Click here to find out more about Virtual Seminar Week.
Those are the best for this week.
Jeff
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Quote for the Day
"The gold is not in the pot at the end of the rainbow, it is scattered along the path along the way. The pot is only there to lure you down the path..." Mike Kemski, creator of BANABU
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"The gold is not in the pot at the end of the rainbow, it is scattered along the path along the way. The pot is only there to lure you down the path..." Mike Kemski, creator of BANABU
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The Danger of Being Too Flexible
Being flexible is a good thing. Isn't it?
Yes, being flexible is good. But what we oftentimes mistake for flexibility can be a dream-killer.
Let's say you've set aside a few hours to work on your business. You have a bunch of things you'd like to accomplish rattling around in your head. And when it comes time to get down to work, you sit down to figure out which of them you'd like to do first.
Flexible, right?
But let's take a look at what can happen with this "flexible" approach. You sit down and think, "What do I feel like doing first?" You ponder a little, waiting for one of those projects to jump out at you as today's top task.
While waiting, you decide to check email. A couple of emails spark some interesting ideas. You come up with a new project that could help your business. So you decide to do a little research on this idea.
A few hours later, you've tucked away a lot of ideas for this new project in your head, where it joins all the other projects you were trying to decide between when you sat down.
Total results of your day: none of the projects you were deciding between got done. All that happened is that you added another potential project to tomorrow's list.
This is not the way that businesses are built. Progress depends on having a plan and carrying it out. No, that doesn't mean you become a slave to your DayPlanner. It means you choose the direction you want to go instead of waiting for a direction to choose you.
This example pretty obviously showed "flexibility" gone amok. But there are many more subtle ways that you can look for your business to set the direction for you. Some of them even can give the feeling that you're accomplishing something.
But in the end, if you don't know where you want to go, you won't go anywhere. Plan the direction you want your business to go; don't just react to where it takes you.
Jeff
Being flexible is a good thing. Isn't it?
Yes, being flexible is good. But what we oftentimes mistake for flexibility can be a dream-killer.
Let's say you've set aside a few hours to work on your business. You have a bunch of things you'd like to accomplish rattling around in your head. And when it comes time to get down to work, you sit down to figure out which of them you'd like to do first.
Flexible, right?
But let's take a look at what can happen with this "flexible" approach. You sit down and think, "What do I feel like doing first?" You ponder a little, waiting for one of those projects to jump out at you as today's top task.
While waiting, you decide to check email. A couple of emails spark some interesting ideas. You come up with a new project that could help your business. So you decide to do a little research on this idea.
A few hours later, you've tucked away a lot of ideas for this new project in your head, where it joins all the other projects you were trying to decide between when you sat down.
Total results of your day: none of the projects you were deciding between got done. All that happened is that you added another potential project to tomorrow's list.
This is not the way that businesses are built. Progress depends on having a plan and carrying it out. No, that doesn't mean you become a slave to your DayPlanner. It means you choose the direction you want to go instead of waiting for a direction to choose you.
This example pretty obviously showed "flexibility" gone amok. But there are many more subtle ways that you can look for your business to set the direction for you. Some of them even can give the feeling that you're accomplishing something.
But in the end, if you don't know where you want to go, you won't go anywhere. Plan the direction you want your business to go; don't just react to where it takes you.
Jeff
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Who Is This Jeff Baas Guy?
Thought it was time to give a little background about who I am and what I'm doing. Check out the new article about my background that I uploaded to my site.
Jeff
Thought it was time to give a little background about who I am and what I'm doing. Check out the new article about my background that I uploaded to my site.
Jeff
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Online Marketing Seminar with 49 Top Speakers
Ever wish you could go to one of those big Internet marketing seminars filled with big name speakers? If you've ever checked one out, you know they can be a challenge for a beginning marketer's budget.
But I just learned of (and signed up for) a big seminar being held online. That means no airfare, no hotel, no charge of $1500–$5000 for the seminar itself. It's under $100 plus whatever phone charges you incur for dialing in to as many of the 49 top speakers as you can fit into your schedule (or you can pay a little more to get audios of all the speakers in several different forms).
In all, it's a great opportunity to learn from top marketers like Jay Abraham, Alex Mandossian, and many others. Click here to find out who all is speaking.
Like I said, I jumped all over this one as soon as I heard about it. Don't let it pass you by!
Jeff
Ever wish you could go to one of those big Internet marketing seminars filled with big name speakers? If you've ever checked one out, you know they can be a challenge for a beginning marketer's budget.
But I just learned of (and signed up for) a big seminar being held online. That means no airfare, no hotel, no charge of $1500–$5000 for the seminar itself. It's under $100 plus whatever phone charges you incur for dialing in to as many of the 49 top speakers as you can fit into your schedule (or you can pay a little more to get audios of all the speakers in several different forms).
In all, it's a great opportunity to learn from top marketers like Jay Abraham, Alex Mandossian, and many others. Click here to find out who all is speaking.
Like I said, I jumped all over this one as soon as I heard about it. Don't let it pass you by!
Jeff
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