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Hope that you are having a great weekend? If you are in the UK I hope that you also remembered to put your clocks back an hour! Although I know there are other countries for whom the clocks change as well I must admit I get confused as to which ones and didn’t want to confuse you and make you early for work!
A couple of Free Programmes that are worth checking out!
I downloaded a programme called Picasa the other day which is excellent. I have trouble organising all of the photos I have so I decided to check it. It’s definitely the best photo organiser I have come across and it’s 100% free for life!
I am now using Picasa to organize my photos! Take a look at it by going to this article I have added about Google’s Photo Software.
The other free programme that I love is Google Earth with which you can zoom in on both your ancestors towns and villages as well as current locations. You can read about that at Google Earth and download it.
An Unusual Week
This week has been a little different than normal as we have had to adjust to my partner recovering from last week’s knee operation - however we are getting there! We have also been kept busy with the continuing development of sites that we have identified as meeting the needs of our visitors. There has been a tremendous reaction to the launch of our Hobbies and Home eBook Store and if you want to take a look then just click on the link.
Alongside that we have also launched The Hobbies Blog again which you can take a look at by clicking on the link. You will find it packed with information on a whole range of Home and Hobby subjects and I am sure you will enjoy it!
Time For The Ancestors
GenMates continues to grow and grow and we are continuing to get tremendous publicity for it. if you haven’t visited recently then you can do so just by clicking on GenMates! If you haven’t joined yet then click on GenMates and sign up today!
We are also currently investigating establishing another Genealogy Membership site which will have some additional resources and information available. More news on that as it becomes available.
Watch Out On Ebay!
A couple of subscribers emailed me recently having purchased Adsense/Amazon or TurnKey Membership Sites from sellers on eBay. Despite bing promised instructions on how to operate the sites they had not been forthcoming and the people were struggling to see how they could make the sites work. They asked me to take a look at them and see if I could offer any advice.
As soon as I took a look at them it became obvious what the problems were. On the Adsense/Amazon sites the seller had left their own account details deeply embedded within the sites so that all the efforts at promoting them were lining the pockets of the sellers! In terms of the Turnkey Membership site the MySQL database had not been set up and all the members that were joining were in effect joining the seller’s lists!
I would strongly caution against anyone buying any website through eBay unless they are 100% confident that the seller is above board. You will want to be absolutely certain that they will provide the details of how to change publisher and affiliate information or set up the MySQL Database for you.
It really disgusts me that there are sellers out there who will treat their customers like this. On top of all of that many of them also tie you into expensive hosting packages and apply heavy if not to say extortionate fees if you want to move your hosting.
My VIP Site
Turning now to happier things! The development of the Internet Marketing Coaching site that those of you who are subscribed through Internet Business Creators will be aware of is going ahead at great speed.
Essentially I will be running a subscriber site/Blog where I will share exactly what I do to earn a very comfortable living which gives me freedom of choice. Price point set at something like $19.97 per month (reduced by 50% for subscribers).
The aim is to launch by 1st December 2006 - so November is going to be a busy month!
Finally….
Later in the month Santa will be making a welcome reappearance at his Advice Blog so make sure you stop by now and add him to your Favourites: Santa’s Advice Blog.
Oh by the way did I mention the great deal that is available if you like to watch Movies On Your iPod? Just click on that link!
Have a great week!
October 29th, 2006
Hope that your week has gone well and that you have had a great weekend?
I know for us it’s been a little mad to put it mildly. As some of you will be aware my partner had a knee operation early in the week and I have been running back and too trying to look after them! Anyway things are slowly getting on the mend. So that is good news!
It’s that period of the year when Internet Marketing products appear to be launched left, right and centre. One of the things that seems to be happening is that the pricing of some of these products appears to be losing touch with reality! They are becoming more and more adept at marketing these products and playing on every concievable emotion - witness the latest email from the people behind the 6M Profit Method - essentially you must buy our $3,000 product aimed at newcomers to Internet Marketing in case you get sick! I am sorry I will not be recommending this over-priced product to anyone.
What worries me about this sort of stuff is that it is drawing people into chasing a dream which is out of touch with their real desires. Ask anyone if they want to be a multi-millionaire and I suspect their initial response will be “Yes Please!” Then sit down with them and talk to them about their real desires (as I do many times when I am coaching people at all levels) and their desires will start to come out. You will hear phrases like “I want to earn a comfortable living” or “I want to be able to look after my loved ones” or even ” I want to have a freedom of choice.”
Notice in there the phrase “comfortable living” and how many of us wouldn’t want that? How many of us would like to be able to make choices and decisions in our lives? The decision to go on holiday? The freedom of choice to decide whether we want to work for ourselves or want to build up a nest egg for the future? Does that sound a little more routed in reality than the day dreaming of being a multi-millionaire which some internet marketers hold out to us with their multi-thousand pound “offers of enlightenment” on a regular basis?
Don’t get me wrong I believe in aspiring to great things, indeed that is what so much of my work in coaching is about, but that is always rooted in reality and in the real and achievable aspirations of the individuals concerned. None of us should beholden to the aspirations of other people especially those that like to post pictures of their houses (with the spotless kitchens with no pans and plates in them!) or their boats which have never touched water.
Now I firmly believe that the Internet Marketing arena can offer many people the opportunity to achiev thir true aspirations without making them broke along the way! It is something I have managed to do over the past 12 months or so with some degree of success.
Those of you who have subscribed to my updates on the Internet Business Creators page will have received my recent email. In it outlined how my original idea of developing a series of eBooks outlining my approach to developing an Internet Business has developed in response to the people the project was aimed at. The feedback was that people want a more intereactive opportunity where they gain the information in a different way. So essentially I will be running a subscriber site/Blog where I will share exactly what I do to earn a very comfortable living which gives me freedom of choice. Price point set at something like $19.97 per month (reduced by 50% for subscribers).
It’s a project that is really exciting me and there will be more details in the next few weeks! If you haven’t signed up and want to then go to Internet Business Creators!
Now turning to other matters GenMates is continuing to grow at an amazing rate. We are seeing so many new members joining and taking advantage of the facilities on offer and it’s great to know that we are providing something that genealogists clearly want. We already have plans for a number of other sites in associated niches (areas of interest) so watch out for the news on those. If you are a member of the Warrior Forum and are looking at getting a Social Networking site launched in your Niche(s) my WSO offer is still available!
The events of the last week have delayed some of our activity but we are rapidly catching up! The Genealogy Audio Articles and The Scrapbooking Audio Articles are getting there and as someone said to me the other day they will be great to listen to on the colder winter nights. Talking of winter nights I don’t know about you but it doesn’t feel like autum yet does it! Well certainly not here in the Uk where the trees are still looking very green and leaf laden! Oh that reminds me the other thing I was asked about the Audio articles was whether the audio files will be available as MP3 downloads so that people can listen to them on the move. I am working on that at the moment and seeing how we can make them available at a nominal charge for the lot - so again watch out for news on that.
During the week I made a special offer available of The Genealogy Guide and literally dozens of people took advantage of the offer. It’s still available if you want to grab a copy for yourself and I will probably leave it available for just a couple more days at The Genealogy Guide.
We also received quit a few emails asking if we could make other offers such as that one and I am pleased to say we are doing at PK eBooks - Your eBook Store! The site specialises in home and hobby quality eBooks and you will find eBooks on Scrapbooking Ideas, Coin Collecting, Stamp Collecting, Amateur Photography and much more besides! Do take a look at the site as you will find a lot of eBooks and there is even a free download which I think you will find interesting!
So there you have it a very busy week!
October 22nd, 2006
My weekly update is a little earlier than usual this week as my partner is due to have an operation on their knee very early next Monday. As you can imagine we will be a little busy getting ready this weekend!
GenMates and Social Networking
Our Social Networking site for Genealogists continue to attract massive publicity with yet another interview being featured in the press. As a result membership continues to grow at a tremedous rate and we are seeing over 600 unique visitors per day! If you haven’t checked out GenMates yet then we look forward to seeing you there soon!
Talking of Social Networking we have a number of new sites planned for the coming year which I think you will find of interest - so as they say “watch this space” for more news!
Blogging
As you may be aware I have a number of very successful Niche Blogs and various subscribers have asked me recently if I have any information on how to Blog. If you go to Blogging for All you can find free report covering some of the basics of blogging. If you are interested in looking at how to Earn Money From Blogging you just need to click on that link to look at a very interesting package that will really help you. Finally if you have mastered making money from blogs but are interested in really increasing your readership then you need to take a look at Increasing Your Blog Readership.
Did You See The News?
If you are in the UK then you cannot fail to have seen the news items on Obesity which is an increasing problem both here and in the US. Childhood Obesity in particular appears to be increasing massivly and is a real cause for concern for any parent. Given the issues that this is clearly causing we wanted to make our very popular Childhood Obesity ebook available to as many people as possible so have massively reduced the price for a limited time. Just click on Childhood Obesity and you can see what is covered and the advice it gives in dealing with the problem. I hope the limited time price reduction will help anyone who needs help with this problem the opportunity to grab a copy.
1911 Census Petition
Again we have been getting massive publicity for the 1911 Census Petition and in a short time we have well over a 1,000 signatures!
Our Genealogy and Scrapbooking Audio Articles are currently being developed as well as the informative Scrapbooking Blog! Add to that the Squidoo Lens that we have created at Scrapbooking Ideas and you can see that we are continuing to develop a while range of sites that meet your needs! if you have any ideas for new sites or additions that you would like to see then just drop me a line or leave a comment here!
See you again soon!
October 12th, 2006
I wonder if you are like me and get to the end of the week and wonder where all the time went? I certainly did this week no sooner was I involved in the launch of a major new helpline for the Charitable Organisation that I head up Learning and Development for than I was at the next meeting or interview! It was just one of those weeks and time just seemed to disappear.
I had intended doing some of my own Genealogy research this week as we are on the trail of an ancestor who has suddenly emerged from some black hole! Isn’t it one of the amazing things about Genealogy that you will suddenly come across some information that opens up new avenues for you to pursue! I think the “Amateur Detective” aspects of Genealogy is one of the things that draws a lot of people into this fascinating hobby.
Although Internet Marketing is one of my main occupations outside of my offline work it is the Genealogy that set me onto that line of work and to which I keep returning.
GenMates, which was a site we developed to meet the needs of Family Historians to interact with one another, has received some major publicity this week with the publication of a half page article in the leading UK Genealogy Magazine - Family History Monthly - and we are now heading towards that 1,000th member at some speed! Not a bad achievement, even if I do say so myself, given that the sit has been live just about 2 months. If you haven’t taken a look at GenMates yet then do pop along and let me know what you think. If you are already a member then I look forward to seeing you on the site!
As you will know I have been developing a number of Lenses over at Squidoo which I am sure you will find of interest:
Genealogy and Family History
Hobbies For You
Scrapbooking Ideas
Planning for Christmas - yes not long to go!
Identity Theft - an increasing problem these days.
The Classic Movies - take a look and relive some memories!
We have a range of new sites that will be coming online in the next few weeks covering everything from Scrapbooking to Building Your Own Family Tree Website, Baby Boomers and of course How to Build Your Own Internet Business! Then of course we have our new Audio Article Site planned and we have commisioned audio articles around a whole range of areas - the first ones being Genealogy, Scrapbooking and Cholesterol! Don’t ask! I am not sure what the link is between Genealogy and Cholesterol either! or there again perhaps we research our ancestry to find out if high cholesterol was in the family!
Anyway I will finish for now as I know you are busy and hope that you have a great week!
October 8th, 2006
Hope that your week has been good and that you are enjoying the weekend?
It’s been another busy week for us and several of our sites have been featured in National Magazines in the UK!
Our Get The 1911 Census Online Petition has been fetaured in Your Family Tree and we have seen lots more signatures added, if you haven’t signed it already then do op along and join our Campaign!
In addition GenMates - The Genealogy MySpace has been featured in a half page spread in Family History Monthly and we have already seen a flood of new members. GenMates is absolutely our members site and unlike other Genealogy Sites our members create the content!
We are also looking to develop our resources for Genealogists and others with a new site which will have Audio Articles on it! So in addition to reading the articles you will also be able to listen to the articles at your leisure. Initial feedback from those we have asked to try the concept has been very positive and we may well look at offering the audio articles for sale at a reasonable price so that people can listen to them on the move! So get your iPods ready! The first articles will cover Genealogy and Scrapbooking. In the meantime you can also check out our existing Genealogy Articles site.
Squidoo
You may have read my comments elsewhere about Squidoo which I think is a fascinating site. It fits in so neatly with my passion for providing information to people which empowers them to make real changes in their lives. From a marketing perspective I also think it offers great opportunities and I have already seen the benefits of quite a lot of additional traffic to other sites. if you haven’t already taken a look at my Squidoo Lenses here are a few:
Genealogy and Family History
Hobbies For You
The Blogging Guide
Make Money From Blogging
Family, Home and Garden
How to be a Success in Niche Marketing
I also have a collaborative project going on at the moment with a number of experts in their fields which I will be talking about shortly! If you haven’t started your own lens yet then you can do so here: Squidoo and have the potential to earn an extra $5!
Finally for today! I don’t know about you but I like to be able to read reviews of things that I am considering buying and that’s one of the reasons I have gotten involved with Clickbank Reviews - you can tak a look and let me know what you think!
Have a great week!
October 1st, 2006
Normally I send out a newsletter to all our subscribers each week but this time I thought that I would bring you our weekly (ish) update through my main blog!
Welcome New Subscribers!
Firstly can I extend a very warm welcome to the 600+ new subscribers who have joined us in the last 10 days! It’s great to have you with us and hopefully you will find an absolute mine of information here and at our various sites.
That was The week That Was!
Well what a week or so it has been! As those of you who have read my post “The Worst Web Hosts Ever” will know we have been having a fraught time with 1and1.co.uk. This has been rumbling on now for nearly three weeks and there are four domains which they still seem to be incapable of transferring to HerosHosting who are my preferred Web Hosts.
I haave been fortunate that Jeffery Ash has excelled himself in terms of personal support in getting things sorted and hopefully in the next few days we will be able to bring this all to a conclusion! Jeffery really is an absolute superstar and what is more he offers my subscribers a very special deal! If you have been thinking of moving to a new host (especially if you are with 1and1.co.uk!) or have been thinking about setting up your own website then I cannot recommend Jeffery highly enough. Take a look at what he has to offer at Heroshosting.
New Domain Names
To get round the problems in the short term we have registered a few new domain names to cover some of our most popular domains so if you are looking for any of the following then click on the links and you will be taken there:
The Amateur Genealogist
Our Family Trees
Rose Gardening Success
Achieve Success Online
We have also taken the opportunity to register a few new domains for some of our inredibly popular Blogs. Two in particular that I know will be of interest at this time of year are:
The Genealogy Blog
The Landscaping Ideas Blog
Fame!
You know, I cannot pick up a Genealogy Magazine or indeed a few other magazines at the moment without finding my name in it! It’s okay it’s all very positive stuff! GenMates (our Genealogy MySpace Alternative) has really got people talking. We now have approaching 600 members since we launched about 6 weeks ago - which is not a bad achievement is it! Members are creating their own Groups and Forums, Blogging and sharing their interests and generally taking advantage of all the great features.
So if you haven’t logged in recently or heaven forbid haven’t joined us yet then you can pop along to GenMates once you have finished reading here!
Our Get the 1911 Census Online Petition is also about to be featured in several magazines! I am sure we shall see the current excellent 580 signatures exceeded very quickly.
Freebies!
If you haven’t already downloaded my Introduction to Scrapbooking eBook which is free of charge then just click on the link to be taken there!
I have always been a great exponent of Vision Planning and the benefits it brings. I have put together an overview of Vision Planning with some helpful tools within it which are essentially what I use - they are also what some companies have paid me handsomely to deliver as a training session
They are here for you to use and to share with your own subscribers and friends and not even an email address required! So just right click on Guide to Planning for 2007 to download your copy aand save it to your own hard drive!
Finally…
Would you like to hear my dulcid tones LOL Well, I am currently putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard more like) and writing the eBook that explains how we have created a successful Internet Business during the past twelve months. To get on the notification list for the launch of “Are Successful Internet Marketers Really from Pluto?” just click on the link.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
September 16th, 2006
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