Do you have a 90 Day Plan to Freedom?

It’s the Fourth of July, a very special day here in the U.S. – a day where we celebrate our independence and freedom. As I took time today to reflect on and be grateful for the incredible freedom I have in my life, I realized I had to share this day of celebration with you.

We may not have met, but you and I are very much the same. We value our independence and freedom to such a high degree that we are willing to step out of our comfort zones tto create true freedom. Total time freedom, freedom from financial worry, the freedom to REALLY do what we want, when we want. I commend you for your efforts, and encourage you to continue to do what others are not willing to do, to live a life of true freedom and independence that only a few achieve.

I want to share a 90 day plan that I am beginning 2 days from today. This will bring tremendous growth and create a snowball of momentum in my business. I encourage you to give some thought to doing the same for your business.

It’s called the 90 Day Blitz, and consists of a 3 month (give or take a few days) commitment to income producing activity. In my case this means speaking to prospects. How’s it work? This is my plan of action:

• I have set a start date of July 6, and counted out 90 days from here (to October 3)
• During this period, I will devote at least one and a half hours, 6 days each week, to engaging in one income producing activity.
  
• I have chosen to spend this committed amount of time speaking with business prospects
• The weekly schedule I have set for myself is to work my 90 day plan Monday through Saturday each week, and to take each Sunday and any holidays that occur during my 90 day blitz off
• I will track the number of people I speak with, the ratio of people who are open to looking at my business, and the ratio of people who join my team – and report these numbers daily in an accountability group my team has set up
• At the end of the 90 days, I will take a full week off, then begin my second of 3 90 day blitzes

I’ve learned some tremendous strategies from network marketing trainer Tracy Biller, and will be incorporating all he has taught me into this 90 day plan (which I also learned from him….). After discovering Tracy’s material I was so impressed that I’ve added a special bonus to my opt in offer on the right of this blog post. This is a free, downloadable mp3 audio produced by him entitled “10 Factors for Network Marketing Success”.

It’s really remarkable, and I invite you to claim your free copy and share it with your team. Just add your name and email address to the boxes below my offer graphic and you’ll be directed to a page containing a download link. Enjoy!!!!!

Do you know how to write goals that will “stick”? Did you know that when you have clearly defined, planned goals success is almost inevitable? Disclaimer here – Action IS Required

I must admit, I used the same strategy discussed in the video above several years back, and did NOT have the much anticipated results I was searching for. Hindsight is always 20/20, and of course today I realize it was my own fault. At the time I really didn’t know what to do to make my dreams a reality, so I missed the second most important part of the equation – taking effective ACTION!

Here I am once again, with many of the same goals but a much better mindset, a definitive plan of action, and more knowledge than I had ever even imagined being able to fit between my ears.

If you don’t really know how to write goals, success will probably be nothing more than an elusive dream. No, there’s nothing at all wrong with dreams, but personally I prefer the ones that we transform into reality!

When taking on this important task there are some fundamentals that will help you to claim a better, brighter future. Let me share a few of them with you:

How To Write Personal Goals

Imagine your ideal life. How is your health? Your fitness level? How do your relationships look with family and friends? What’s your family life look like? Where do you live, and what does your home look like? How do you spend your free time…..and just how much of your time is “free time” (hint, if time freedom is one of your goals, this should be plentiful)? What kind of car do you drive? Have you used the financial and time freedom you’ve created to help others? How have you chosen to do this?

Obviously this list could go on and on. The bigger the better. Think of every aspect of your life and write away. As you create the story of your life, be sure to reflect on and record the feelings that come along with your success. Revel in your greatness and put all of those feelings onto paper.

How To Write Professional Goals

Again, when you learn how to write goals effectively, your plan will be incredibly detailed. What business are you in? Do you have business partners, and if so, who and how many? Do you work from home or go to an office? How much money do you make each month (be sure to shoot for the stars here….)? What does your typical work day look like – an hour, 8 hours, do you outsource work, have employees, or manage your business totally independently? What (besides the large amount of money you make) do you love about your work?

Again, this can be very long, and should be as detailed as possible.

How to Write Measurable Goals

Many of us have not been taught how to write measurable goals….yet this is key! Consider this question: which goal is more likely to come true?

• I will make a lot of money….or
• Six months from now I will be making $10,000 or more each month

If you were to set out on a road trip to visit your great aunt Lucy in Las Vegas, you’d probably never get there unless you knew her exact address, right? I mean Vegas is BIG – and there can be many shiny obstacles that will take you off track….you really need to know exactly where you’re going!

Some of the specific details you want to consider include:

• Beginning and end date
• How much, how many
  
• How will you measure your success
• Exact plan of action
• Small, manageable steps

Let’s take for example a goal to “lose weight”. Which goal is more likely to come to fruition?

• I want to lose weight……or
• I want to lose 20 pounds between today and (2 months from today). This will require me to lose two and a half pounds each week. In order to do so, I will walk 3 miles, six days a week and consume between 1500 and 1700 calories each day. By (end date) I will weigh (goal weight) and fit into a size (desired size) jeans.

Sounds like a ridiculous question, right? Maybe….but really, many of us have never learned how to write goals that are specific and detailed – and many of us have suffered from this seemingly simple omission.

How to Write Goals – Don’t Miss This One Crucial Step!!!

It’s all about the story. As I’ve shared in the video, you will reap amazing benefits when you take the crucial step of weaving all of your goals into a story….Your story.

Take as much time as you need to create a beautiful, picture perfect image of your life just as you want it, and commit it to paper. Write it in the present tense. Record the details, your thoughts and feelings, and make it incredible. I went out and found a beautiful journal just for this purpose.

OK….you’re almost done. It’s on paper, but will soon become a part of you when you take this final step. READ IT, on a daily basis! Even if you take just a few minutes every day to read a few pages, this is powerful. As you read it, envision yourself living this glorious life, feel the feelings you’ve associated with your new success, and believe it is possible.

Now go out and make it happen!

Please share this post with others who will benefit from knowing how to write goals that Will become reality. Thanks….and if you have any goal setting tips you’d like to share, we’d love to hear them.

When I first learned about blogging, I was taught to encourage my readers to add their information to my RSS feed aggregator. You know, that funny looking orange symbol, which is sometimes accompanied by text which reads “Subscribe to News”, or something like that…

Apparently, it was a good thing for people to join my RSS news feed and to sign up for my free newsletter – except I had no idea that I had a newsletter. I certainly was not going through the task of creating a weekly, or even a monthly, new publication for my readers! Led by blind faith, (which is how I performed many of my online activities…) I invited my readers to use their rss feeder to become my loyal fans, with absolutely no clue as to what I was talking about!

You may be much more tech savy than I was when I first came on the scene….but If you can relate, I have a simple explanation for you that will help to demystify yet another seemingly complicated issue.

An RSS feed aggregator is nothing but a software program which allows your blog visitors to keep track of your new blog posts. How does it work? When they join your rss news feed, they are notified via their rss feeder each and every time you post new content to your blog. This notification is your “newsletter” – and it goes out on autopilot, as a result of code that is inherent in your blog. Is that a beautiful thing, or what?

RSS – short for really simple syndication, is an efficient method for searching, organization, categorizing online content. Those who have favorite news sites or blogs they like to frequent can easily keep up to date with new content posted on those sites, all through the use of one simple rss feed aggregator. All they have to do is join the rss news feed for each site they are interested in, and to tap into the power of an rss feeder.

Some of the popular RSS feed aggregator programs include:

• Google Reader
• FeedDemon
• Bloglines
• Blog Navigator
• SharpReader

Beautiful for the end user, and perhaps even more beautiful for bloggers.

I’m really interested in hearing if this was helpful to you, or if it was too “low level”.  We all join this game at different levels of expertise, and I’m making an effort to provide as much value as I can to as many of you as possible. Your feedback is very much appreciated….happy blogging!

Regardless of where you are in life, it could be time to face your fears. My experiences have taught me several things about fears:

• Everyone has them
• They are number one in the dream stealer department
• Everyone can conquer them

When you take charge, look them straight in the eye, and face your fears, you can accomplish almost anything!

I spent the day at Busch Gardens today, where I conquered Sheikra!

The most intense of the Busch Gardens roller coasters, this monster ride climbs slowly and steadily up 200 feet then comes to a complete stop for 4 seconds. My son Dylan claims this is in order to give you time to contemplate your life, as you hover just at the edge of the 90 degree drop that is in store for you.

If you like roller coaster videos you’ll love my intro – and you’ll have a chance to get a taste of one of the demons I’ve just laid to rest!

Here I also share one of the fears that has wreaked havoc in my business in the past, and a golden nugget that I learned from The Slight Edge, by Jeff Olson, that has helped me to lay that one to rest.

Do you have any fears that are holding you back from creating the life you desire and deserve? Please share with us your experiences, and what you will do or have done to face your fears.

Dr. Wayne Dyer Power of Intention
The Power of Kindness

In his life altering book The Power of Intention, Dr. Wayne Dyer shares with us 7 principles of living that will help each of us to remain connected to Intention and live the lives we were meant to live. These are:

• Be Creative
• Be Kind
• Be Love
• Be Beauty
• Be Ever Expansive
• Be Abundant
• Be Receptive

The lesson to be learned in The Power of Intention is that each of us is born with pure, positive Intention. In every moment of our lives we are given the choice to remain connected to that Intention, which I personally believe is the spirit of God that resides within us, or to allow our egos to dominate the choices we make.

It is in remaining connected to the power of intention, denying the ego, that we ultimately come to live in peace, abundance, and joy, which in turn affects our loved ones and the world around us.

This post is by no means meant to be a complete review of the Dr. Wayne Dyer Power of Intention book; I may do that at another time.  Here I focus mainly on what I personally have found to be one of the most important components of remaining connected to Intention, that of kindness.

Be sure to check out the video above, and let me know how the story I share has touched your heart.

Google Adwords Campaign Management Webinar Blows Us Away!

OMG, Jonathan Budd has totally over delivered in a major way tonight. In his usual giving fashion, JB just held a webinar for all past and present students who have sought his advice on Google Adwords campaign management through his PPC class.

Here, before our very eyes, Jonathan introduced us to Brittany Lynch, a former Google employee who shared some Adwords advice that even our internet marketing rock star friend had not heard. So, if it’s good enough for JB to drool over (and yes, I do believe he was drooling…), I am excited!

And you should be too, because I’m about to pay it forward and share some of the Google Adwords secrets that Ms. Lynch has so graciously imparted to us. Be ready to take your Google Adwords campaign management to an entirely new level! Enough with the small talk, and on with the show….

Google Adwords Advice – 10 Google Adwords Secrets

1. Create separate, highly targeted ad groups by focusing each ad group on only 1 keyword, and include that keyword in the headline, title tag, H1 tags, meta tags, and description line (search network)
2. Within each ad group, create 2 ads that use the same keyword (search network)
3. Use your keyword in your ad once and if possible, twice
4. It’s no great secret that Google loves to give readers what they are looking for, so it only makes sense that one of the best pieces of Adwords advice is to make sure your ad, landing page, and keyword are all relevant and will provide your visitors with the content they are looking for
5. Once your ad is written, use the Adwords keyword tool (just do a search for adwords keyword tool) to check to see if Google will view your landing page as relevant; simply place the url in the box provided and click to view the keywords that Google associates with your page
6. Ads should include a benefit to the visitor and a strong call to action
7. Create a keyword specific landing page for each ad, with SEO optimized meta tags on the landing page
8. Build backlinks to your landing page (we know that Google loves backlinks, so it only makes sense that this will help with Google Adwords campaign management…)
9. Include a privacy page, about us., contact us, sitemap, terms and conditions, and blog links at the bottom of your landing pages
10. Your goal in Google Adwords campaign management should be to achieve a 10 out of 10 quality score; this will result in a 30% discount on your Adwords campaign

Many thanks to Mr. Jonathan Budd for this tremendous share, and to Ms. Brittany Lynch for exposing these phenomenal Google Adwords secrets. I think we’ll be hearing much more from Britanny in the coming months. Be sure to check out her blog at http://brittanylynch.com, and to inquire about her new Gmail marketing ebook!

So, let’s get out there and rock our businesses with a new, fresh perspective on Google Adwords campaign management, and make JB proud!!!

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Short and simple…..if you haven’t given yourself permission to receive, you’re sending messages to other people and to the Universe that WILL interfere with your ability to live your best life, the one you want and deserve.

I shot this video a couple of months back while on a cruise somewhere in the Caribbean. What a great time to reflect on the importance of receiving graciously!

I share a story here about a giving and receiving exercise that I once participated in, and the surprising results.

Bottom line here, most of us have been taught that it is better to give than to receive and yes, this may be true. But when we deny ourselves the gifts that are out there for us, we:

• Deny others the opportunity to give
• Devalue ourselves and our worthiness
• Allow our ego-based pride to sabotage our lives
• Create mental blocks that will prevent us from having all we deserve
• Shut ourselves off from the flowing abundance of the Universe

Be sure to check out the short video above for a special treat at the end – my gift to you!

And please let me know, do you truly give yourself permission to receive all that your life has in store for you? If not, what are some of the blocks that are keeping you from allowing spectacular gifts into your life, and what changes are you willing to make in order to open yourself to the flow of all that is good?

Namaste, my friends!

Let’s face it, as marketers our most valuable asset is our list, so we need to take every possible opportunity to capture opt in leads. No doubt you have an opt in advertising campaign on your blog, but many haven’t yet begun to incorporate this strategy into their Facebook profiles.

The video above (youtube is in maintenance mode…check back on Tuesday) provides a visual demonstration of the steps I took to add this useful yet subtle “pitch” to my facebook page. In order to help you follow along I’ve added the steps below, along with the code that I’m using on my Facebook page to produce opt in leads.

Your code may look very different from mine, but the basic principles should be the same.

1. Resize your opt in box graphic to a maximum of 180 pixels & upload it to your blog
   
2. Copy the opt in leads capture code from your blog into the HTML Profile Box in Facebook
3. If the code contains a video, delete it (start at the tr tag and delete through the /tr tag)
4. If your code is set within a table, change the table width to 180
5. Edit the code that places the image in your opt in, to a width of 180
6. Change width in form code section to 180 (2 edits should be made here)
7. Replace image url with the url of the newly uploaded (resized) image
   
8. To decrease the size of the boxes in your form, change name widths to 150 & input widths to 110
9. Edit padding values – change last number to 0 (I also changed value preceding this to 20
10. Change form margin to 0

Viola…..you should now be able to capture opt in leads straight from your Facebook page!  Please let me know if this has been helpful to you and thank you for retweeting (just click on the green Tweet button)

My dirty little secret is out. I am happy to report that my problem is not drugs, alcohol, or nicotine, no need to take me to any drug rehab centers! With me, it’s junk food, and it’s been a lifelong struggle. The time for detoxification of body and mind has arrived, and I’m now in day 3.

Have you ever known you had to make a change in your life, and even wanted to WANT to make that change, but not had the mindset to make it happen? Well, that’s where I’ve been for the last few months and I have to tell you, I often feel like a hypocrite.

I mean really, “Achieve Health, Wealth and Inner Peace…then Pay it Forward”. That is my mantra, and if you’ve read about my struggles with rheumatoid arthritis disease you know that I’ve been able to turn my back on the pharmaceutical drugs that brought me back to health, and to overcome a debilitating chronic illness using totally natural solutions. So yes, my experiences have brought me to a place where I’m very grateful for my good health and value it perhaps more than some who tend to take it for granted.

Not only do I attribute my disease to a lifetime of poor eating habits, but intellectually I realize that I am likely to suffer more health problems if I don’t make a change. AND, I’m less than ignorant when it comes to what Jeff Olson has termed “the slight edge”.

So, what’s the problem? One word, addiction. One solution, detoxification of body.

In keeping with the perfection of the Universe, I’ve been getting hit on the head lately over and over with the concept of detoxification of body. It made sense, I knew that the right thing for me to do was to start a program to detox my body, and I kept eating crap. Until Monday morning.

Like any other day, I woke up, weighed myself, and brushed my teeth. Maybe it was the fact that I was using the natural toothpaste I had just purchased after having a discussion with a friend about the poisonous properties of brand name toothpaste (a story for another day…). Maybe it was that my weight was unacceptable to me. Maybe it was that I felt sick and tired of feeling lethargic. Probably a combination deal, but I knew that it was detoxification of body day 1.

There was no question, there was no inner grumbling, just knowing. Finally I had the proper mindset to detox my body and begin on a road to my best health! Mindset is everything!!

As I sat with my family at dinner, watching them eat the chicken parmesan I had prepared (one of my favorite meals…) my 16 year old son tried to start a pool to guess how long it would take me to cave – nice, right? After 16 years it’s hard to believe that he still doesn’t get that when I really believe in something I stick with it!

Here in day 3, I’m finding it easier than I ever would have expected. I’m not hungry, and have walked past a container of Goldfish on the counter several times today (I should probably put that away….). Honestly, the most difficult part has been drinking enough water.

If this post is part of the Universe hitting you over the head, and you’ve come to the point where your mindset is in the right place, you can find many plans online for detoxification of body. What I am doing is very simple – nothing but fruits, vegetables, water (8 glasses a day), and green tea for 7 days, which I will follow with a colon cleanse as a final step to detox my body. After that I’ll begin to add other healthy foods.

I’m sharing this confession and proclamation with you for a few reasons:

• There’s something about making a public declaration that helps to keep us accountable. Knowing that I will feel foolish if I publish this post then don’t follow through with it is just 1 of the many things that will keep me committed, even if the going gets rough.
  
• If this resonates with even just one person, who takes action to improve his or her life, it will be of value.
  
• The principles here can be taken into any and every aspect of your life, whether it’s detoxification of body, determination to do the next best thing for yourself, or any other fill in the blank goal that you wish to accomplish.

Do you have a public proclamation to make? If so, do yourself a favor share it with others. I invite you to use the comments section below this post to share your resolve with the online community. Remember, if you have the right mindset you can do anything.

Here’s to your health, wealth, and inner peace!

You may have heard that seeing is believing but the truth of the matter is that Believing is Seeing!

Join me as I share one instance where I had rock solid belief in my goals, despite the fact that the odds were definitely not in my favor.

Morale of the story, when you eliminate all fear, doubts, and insecurities you’ll find that the Universe will smile on your dreams and help you to make them reality.

Truly, believing is seeing!

Do you have a story to share? We’d love to hear it!