Whoa whoa, so am I some weight loss guru now?!

Nope, I just happen to be very active in trying to live a healthy lifestyle. So if you’re trying to lose weight for the new year, I thought I’d share with you some super simple tips that can help you get there!

• Starting eating FRESH food. That means no pre-packaged foods!
• Start reading nutrition labels. But rather than reading how many calories, fat, carbs, and protein it has… read the ingredients list! You would be shocked at how many weird chemicals and unhealthy ingredients are in every day, common foods. I’ve personally found that just being conscious of what you’re puting in your body will slowly influence how you eat. (Special note: There are some ingredients that look scary, but are actually perfectly healthy for you)
• Trade your favorite beverages for a healthier option. So if you like soda, trade it with fruit juice. Like juice? Drink some water!

And of course, you should always consult a professional before making significant changes in your diet and exercise program.

Ok, so those are my super simple tips for losing some weight… but what does that have to do with making money?

Living a healthier lifestyle gives you more energy, and helps make your mind and body feel better. And when you’re feeling better, you work better!

Simple as that.

If you want even more, I’ll tell you how to get 3-10 sales every month (with the potential for a ton more). BUT… you have to leave a comment or tweet this out! And if I get enough, I’ll reveal how. It can be a question about this post and living healthier, or even just a comment saying you want to know how to get those sales. But I want to see you taking action, because that tends to be how you get what you want in life.

So I received a phishing email the other day regarding my autoresponder account, and I noticed that quite a few other Internet Marketers were talking about it as well.

I have a few really cool blog posts that I’m ready to share with you soon, but I think the security of your business and personal information takes precedence.

Phising Email I Received. Click To See Full Size.

I noted some of the features of the email that were suspicious, and I thought I would cover some of it with you:

1. The first thing that caught my eye was the domain, which does not match the company’s website. Scammers usually register similar looking domains in order to trick you. It’s important to note that you should also pay attention to misspellings, adding an s at the end, different ending such as .net instead of .com, or maybe just a completely different email address altogether.
2. Although I blocked it out, they also sent the message to an email that is NOT associated with my account.
3. Looking on the company website, they usually capitalize the “W” in their company name. In the email they did this only a couple of times. Careless errors like this are significant clues to watch out for.
4. Finally, there are tons of smaller errors such as capitalization and punctuation mistakes, which are very common with these types of scam emails.

Other General Tips:

• Never click any links in emails that appear to look suspicious.
• ALWAYS be cautious with emails that say your account has been compromised, suspended, password resets, etc. Basically anything where they ask you for additional info. Our first reaction is to panic but that is what they are preying on. Just take a deep breath, stay calm, and you should be ok.
• Before following any instructions in the email, go directly to the website by typing it into your web browser. Do not visit any links from the email. Check on your account and make sure everything looks ok.
• Look at the browser status bar while hovering your mouse cursor over links in the email. You may notice the link pointing to a suspicious looking domain.
• If you are still unsure, contact the company using info from the website. Do not refer to any information you received in the email to contact them.
• If you did accidentally click any links or follow the instructions, immediately change your log-in info as soon as possible and you may want to contact customer support as well, especially if your account has been compromised.

A lot of this is common sense, but it is easy to get caught up in the moment when you receive emails like this.  Even a lot of experienced marketers fall for this stuff, but it won’t be you next time because you read this blog post, right?

Anyway, I just wanted to give you these tips so can stay safe on your journey to building your business and making lots of lots of money!

I have to confess that I’m not a big SEO guy (search engine optimization), but I do dabble in it when I think it’s convenient and worthwhile.

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Wow the feedback has been awesome here lately! Even with my tweet button broken, still managed to get some RT’s on my last blog post. With that said, I really wanted to deliver something good today! There is some very juicy stuff here, so pay attention and apply it to YOUR business! Feel free to comment, comment on youtube, tweet, ask questions, etc

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I decided to go video style this time! Discover how 1 simple step can help you make more sales online.

Oh… and sorry it’s hard to see the text on the whiteboard. I ended up buying some markers with a larger tip after this! :p

If you found this helpful, please feel free to comment. Also can you also do me a huge huge favor and leave some comments on thumbs ups on my youtube video page too?

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So …

If a brand new credit based safelist opened today and said they’ll give you 100,000 for joining, is that a great deal?

As an owner of a very popular and highly ranked credit based safelist (EliteSafelist), I have a vested interest in making sure you see better results from your advertising.

Even if it’s not my own website, the results people get from credit based safelists reflect on the safelist world as a whole.

It’s common to see safelists offer credits for joining their program. But occassionally some safelists go overboard, giving away tens of thousands of even hundreds of thousands of credits for joining.

So back to the original question…

If a brand new credit based safelist opened today and said they’ll give you 100,000 for joining, is that a great deal?

It sounds like a great offer on the surface… but remember that the part of what makes a credit based safelist effective is having members actually clicking credit links and viewing ads.

When a new credit based safelist gives away that many credits, in most cases you can mail a few times a week for MONTHS without running out of credits.

And if you don’t have to click for credits, neither does anyone else!

No one viewing your ads = No Signups = NO SALES OR MONEY!

So do you REALLY want that 100,000 safelist credits? In most cases probably not.

One of the signs of a responsible credit based safelist owner is proper credit management. Don’t settle for anything less, because without real activity, you will simply end up wasting your time for little to no results.

One of the reasons EliteSafelist is consistently ranked one of the best safelists online is due to diligent credit management.

Although it goes against our instincts, I’d advise running away as fast as you can if you see a new safelist offering you insane credit bonuses just for joining.

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I’m going to be bold here…

And say this may be one of the most powerful articles you will ever read about online business.

Haha ok I take that back, but honestly this IS a powerful secret that I will reveal with you today. Do this, and you will experience greater success in your business.

At the time I write this, I have a mailing list of about 15,000 people and 300 followers on IM Faceplate. I’m not saying this to show off, but I want you to know that I speak from experience. And YOU can easily do the same or better if you follow the secrets I’m about to share with you.

I have to warn you though, if you’re looking for the answer for fast cash, you won’t find it here.

What you’re going to discover is the secret to BIGGEER, LONG LASTING cash. It won’t happen overnight, but once you have this, the money comes often and with ease.

This is what you’ve been waiting for…

You Must Build TRUST!

When you’ve established yourself as being trustworthy, people will begin to follow you wherever you go.

“Easier said than done Solomon!”

I promise it’s not as hard as it seems! =)

So how do you build a reputation and instill trust?

For beginners, the easiest way is to build your brand. This is what I did to get started online. I put my name and face everywhere I advertise.

For those of you who have the brand established, now it’s time to respect the people who recognize your brand. That means being an honest seller and taking care of your customers.

This could get very long, so let me keep it short, sweet, and simple:

* Build your brand – Put your name and picture on everything you’re associated with. If you don’t feel comfortable doing that, create an Identity that you want to be known as. (Ex. Mr. Money Bags, except something less corny than my example!)

* Be yourself – Just be comfortable with who you are. While professionalism is important, you also want people to feel like you are a real person just like them. Can you kind of feel my personality through this article? Be yourself, and people will feel more connected to you as well.

* Be Consistent – This one is kind of weird, but it’s true. You want people to see you often, because it shows you’ll be around for the long term and won’t randomly disappear. For example, you can regularly in contact with your mailing lists and be active in IM Faceplate often.

* Be Honest – Of course part of trust is being honest! I can’t think of a great example here, but one thing I personally do is I don’t promote products unless I believe it can help you.

* Give Away The Goods – Educate people with solid information. It doesn’t mean you have to reveal all of your secrets for free, but share valuable information and show people that you can help them. Part of building trust is people want to know you can lead them somewhere great. Then be amazed as people anxiously await to hear what you’re doing next!

A big reason why I have 300 followers on IM Faceplate is because many perceive me to be someone you can trust to deliver real secrets about making money online.

You want people to “follow you” on IM Faceplate because they want to hear what you have to say… NOT because they’re hoping you will follow them back so they can spam you with affiliate links!

Try the steps above, beginning with building your brand first. And soon you’ll have hundreds or even thousands of people following you on IM Faceplate and everywhere you go!

What I’ve shared with you is some general, powerful rules to personal branding. You can read my personal story and INDEPTH tricks on how you can establish your brand today in my free report, Zero To IM Hero: Zero To IM Hero.

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Social networking is booming (think facebook, myspace, twitter, etc), but how do you really capitalize on it?

The reason I bring this up is because thousands of people have already created faceplates at the hot new social networking site for Internet Marketers called IM Faceplate…

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That’s very powerful because these are basically ALL internet marketers that you can potentially be reaching out to.

Here’s some easy tips on how to profit from IM Faceplate:

* When you get lots of followers, your faceplate starts getting shown on the homepage, giving you free branding power and more sales power! Don’t worry, I’ll show you how to get some followers right now…

* following others sometimes results in them returning the favor and following you back!

* add your own articles – which can promote your affiliate links and websites… PLUS if people find your article helpful, they’ll be more likely to follow you!

* take advantage of the discussion and groups sections (it should open soon) to meet more people, brand yourself, and build credibility

* Update your “shout” area regularly – people visiting your page will see it, and all of your followers and will see it in their news feed. You can do stuff like linking to your favorite sites

* Adding new content on your Faceplate also alerts your followers about your new content

* and of course clickbank ads automatically rotate on your Faceplate, giving you even more chances to make sales

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As you can tell, the possibilities are practically endless, but to me the most important thing is that IM Faceplate is targeted towards internet marketers.

That makes almost every member a potential lead, customer, partner, or even a new friend you can relate to.

So yea, I hope this helps you out. Thousands of your follow Internet Marketers have already joined IM Faceplate, but now you’ve got a major edge over many of them once you join =)

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Hey so it’s awhile since I posted here, however due to some recent activity at my blog, I’ve decided to send you a treat with a blog post. I added this cool bar thing at the bottom of my site thanks to Sean Supplee, which is where I learned about it.

But anyway…

So I’m gonna talk about some real juicy stuff here, and this is the stuff that is the difference between….

make no money and some money
makin some money versus good money
makin good money to LOTS of money

And I’m not exaggerating one bit. In fact, I’m gonna PROVE it to you with some real world examples.

Internet Marketing… business … if you want to be successful in these, one thing you must realize is that leverage is a key factor to success. Yeah there’s lots of factors, but lets talk about leverage today.

By leverage, I’m referring to maximizing the use of your current resources. Getting the most “bang for your buck”.

Do you play video games? Look at Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game console. It was well publicized when the system first launched, that they were actually losing money on every console that they sold. Whoa, losing money? Microsoft sure isn’t in business to lose money, so what gives?

In essence, they were building a list of customers and leveraging their system to do it. The key in this case was they were willing to lose money up front so that more people would be using the Xbox 360.

Why?

Microsoft makes money on every game. They sell accessories like controllers, headsets, etc. They make money selling you downloads. They’ve got an entire community, and they want you hooked on it. They sell premium access to their online content. Oh and they also sell you points there too (basically currency to buy stuff on their system).

Suddenly selling at a loss isn’t such a big deal when they’re selling you more stuff left and right! And they KNOW you’ll buy something, otherwise there’d be no point in you having the system in the first place.

Big news in the tech/biz world, Apple just publicly announced it’s new iPad. Basically a giant iPod/Table PC type of device. Same pretty much goes for their iPod and iPhone lines as well. Think of all the cash they make there too! They’ve got accessories. They have an app store. They sell mp3′s. And they want you hooked on their smooth interface so you’ll buy everything else they come out with later.

So looking at Microsoft and Apple, they are both leveraging their products in order to create massive, massive profits… not just sales on the front end.

But the big question is, what are YOU doing to create your OWN profits?

So now we’ve got internet marketing. Look at all the top Internet Marketers, go back to their sites and SEE how they are raking lots of extra cash in ways you may not have even noticed!

Some simple things you can do today are:

Can you see how just doing a minor thing ONE TIME, can create lifelong streams of additional income for your business? You probably won’t see the results immediately, but if you start using more leverage in your business today, you may find yourself raking in insane profits in the future…

Can you imagine still being of high school age … and telling people you are pulling in six figures of pure profit?

These types of success stories happen all the time and it’s really cool to hear about. But usually those success stories are not easily duplicated for the average person.

Well Rhys Davies is different.

He is the 17 year old who went out and made $148,000 … in profit … using 3 simple steps that anyone could do! He also had one of the biggest launches in Internet Marketing when he debuted his product, Mafioso Marketing.

In Mafioso Marketing, he revealed his secrets to making six figures.

I happened to get into contact with Rhys, and he shared with me something really special…

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Rhys offered to show it to me so I could take a look at what Mafioso Marketing 2 is all about. So I had the pleasure of previewing the entire package – revamped and updated.

What really shocked me was how simple and effective his formula for making money online is.

Inside he shares his easy, 3 step method to making cash online. Unfortunately I can’t tell you everything, but you can get all the details here.

Here’s what I can tell you…

First, he reveals multiple, simple methods on how to make money online.

I thought that was really cool, because usually when you buy a product, you are only discovering how to profit using one method. Rhys uncovers multiple ways for you to earn, so your chances for success increase significantly.

Second, he shows you how you can make money FAST, make residual income, and set yourself up for big paydays in the future!

So that means whether you need money today, tomorrow, or a year from now, you will know how to do it after seeing Mafioso Marketing 2!

Third and most importantly, I know these methods work!

I’ve either used some of these methods myself, or watched people hit it big with these exact same techniques.

Basically, if you take action, you can see fantastic results with Mafioso Marketing 2.

Remember that a 17 year old uses these same methods and made $148,000 last year …and after looking through it myself, I have to say it really is possible for anyone to do.

I sincerely hope you take a strong look at Mafioso Marketing 2.

Whether you’ve been struggling to make your first dollar online, or you just want to discover new ways to earn online, this might just be the blueprint you are looking for.

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