Has it ever happened to you that while discussing your job with friends or family people don’t have any idea about what you do.

Or your classmate who you haven’t seen for ages, talks about career and suddenly asks: “And you?” – “I’m an Internet marketer” (here you feel a surge of pride), – “Sorry, what?” Not “Wow!”, not even “Really?! Tell me more about it!”, just this humiliating “What?”.

I know the reason why they do so. You may be surprised, but many people are still ignorant of the Internet, let alone SEM, PPC and other 3-letter online businesses. To believe them, Internet marketers are those who

• sell e-books (btw, what does “e-book” mean?);
• flood your inbox with spammy messages, like “Order 9 $1 bottles for $10 and get one more absolutely FOR FREE”;
• just scam;
• waste time in front the computer screen, looking through multiple stupid pages (this refers to all the three).

The thing is that people who don’t use the web treat it like something unreal: you can’t try on sneakers from a virtual shop or hear the ring of coins sent to your online account.

And unreal allegedly stands for unreliable. Have you experienced such an attitude?

All in all, how to convince your relatives/friends that you are neither a spammer nor scammer, but a serious businessman?

Don’t try to explain the inexplicable. Don’t show them your website(-s) and stats reports. Don’t answer their naive questions.

Just invite them some day to voyage in the yacht (not that I have one) you bought from your online revenue – and they’ll believe, I bet!

I’d love to know if you’ve ever been in this situation or simply tell me your thoughts about this, even if you’re a part-time Internet marketer…

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So many projects, so little time…

Does this sound like you?  You start a project and then you’re stuck at a certain point so you start on another project without even finishing your initial project.

This, as you may have experienced, can lead to a waste of time and resources.

Which one should you start or, perhaps, continue on?

I must admit, I am guilty of starting and stopping projects but after much failure and experience I’ve overcome this type of situation.

Let’s first start off with the two graphs, below.  These are, of course, hypothetical but are used as examples only:

Graph #1: Shows a person who’s working on multiple projects at the same time (four in this example).  It takes this person four months to see any result.

Graph #2: Shows the same person working on the same projects, except one project at a time.  It only takes one month to see results.

The moral of these graphs indicate that by focusing on one project at a time you can get more done, see faster results, stop procrastinating and build momentum.  It’s practical.  It’s common sense.  Being in the shoes of the person on graph #1 is dangerous.  You’d probably quit before you even finish your project because you would not see results.

Often, we all go through a stage in our project where we’re stuck, for instance, not knowing how to work an FTP program or write a piece of advertisement.  These types of things can prevent you from moving forward.  Don’t let these things get the better of you.  There’s always a way around it if you try hard enough to find the solution.  Those who see the light at the end of the tunnel will succeed.  Persistence is a key factor when you’re in a scenario like this.

It’s important to note that it’s not always necessary to pursue all of your projects.  What I mean by this is that just because you believe in your product, thinking that it’s going to change people’s lives, it doesn’t mean your market would think the same.  If everyone had the same belief about your product then it wouldn’t have any value.  The point is to be certain that the project you’re pursuing is something that your market wants and at the same time you also need to be passionate about it. 

It’s ok to quit projects.  I did it many times, but I did it strategically.  You need to think ahead of time i.e. - before you start you project.  If you quit when you’re at that stage where you’re ’stuck’ you’ll end up wasting your time and resources.  You’d probably make better use of it on projects worth pursuing.

Here are five questions you should evaluate when starting or continuing your project:

1.  Will this project give you long-term benefits? For instance, I wrote reports (which included resell rights) with the intention of them getting spread and distributed by others.  The results? More traffic to my sites and subscribers to my newsletter.  The reports are out there and I can’t stop them, which is a good thing.

2.  What do you wish to get out of this project when completed?  Is it a sense of achievement? More money in your pocket? To build your reputation?  Whatever it is define it, write it down.  If you fail to plan you plan to fail.

3.  Is your persistence going to pay off in the long run?

4.  Is the project worth the time and resources you have?

5.  Average is boring. Being number one is better than number two.  Will your project lead you to your ultimate goal or is it delaying you from reaching it?

All in all, you need to decide, right now, which projects you should prioritize and make clear what your intentions are for each so you’re always in a productive state.  Work on one project at a time, until completion.  You’ll gain momentum doing it this way, like a snowball. Tweak and fine-tune your product to maximize the results.

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Books I just bought:

“All marketers are liars” - Seth Godin
“Small is the new big” - Seth Godin
“Unleashing the ideavirus” - Seth Godin
“Purple Cow” - Seth Godin
“Words that sell” - Richard Bayan

Highly Recommended Books:

“Think and grow rich” - Napoleon Hill
“Rich dad, poor dad” - Robert Kiyosaki
“Good to great” - Jim Collins

Post your comment/feedback below and tell me what your favourite books, ebooks or homestudy courses are that have helped you with your business and life…

Looking forward to your list of recommended reads!

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Struggling to get people to your site?

After mulling over the prospect, you finally made the decision to create a website. All in all, you are happy with the look, think the information is excellent, and think that anyone who visits the site will enjoy it so much that he or she will be back again regularly.

However, the next task is getting the word out and driving some traffic to your website. After all, having a fantastic website doesn’t do much unless people know about it.

You won’t find a list of traffic generation ideas, in this unique compilation, anywhere else.

So here they are, in an easy-to-read format: a hundred and ten tips to help you spread the good news about your site and generate some interest. I guarantee that you’ll find some of these tips don’t work for you. But I’m sure you’re intelligent enough to piece out the stuff that’ll give you that traffic boost you’ve always wanted…

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This special post is for all you that seem to be weighed down and drowning in a sea of ideas, better known as Idea Overload.

I could start this off by telling you how many days and nights I spent in a total state of Idea Overload, how “I’ve been in your shoes”, or even that “I feel your pain”.

However, what you really need to hear is exactly how my story unfolded.

If you are really interested in changing the way you handle business; I must suggest that you sit up, pay attention, and take notes.

During 2003, I decided to test my skills in the marketing world on a part-time basis. After this humble beginning, I moved into marketing full-time in 2005. Early in my first year of marketing full-time, a realization set in: I was spinning my wheels and already needed new tires. How did I come to this realization? I had to have my life put into perspective by a motivational speaker.

Mike Litman is a very popular motivational speaker based on one very simple motto, which hit me hard when I first heard it.

The One Quote That Hit Me…

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By looking at this comic, would you say you have anything in common? (excuse the male character if you’re a female )

How productive are you? How many hours of actual “productive” work do you get done each day?

I’m normally on the computer from 11am till 3am. That’s 16 hours. The amount of “productive” work I get done is about 7-8 hours.

When I say “productive”, I mean actual work that’s contributing to the growth of your business.

I’d love to hear how productive you are - whether you work part-time or full-time on your business.

Share your thoughts with us, here…

– Aurelius Tjin

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Is there any Internet marketer who’s revealed their list of top tools and resources for running a successful Internet business?

The way this list came about was after numerous requests from subscribers of my “Unstoppable Internet Marketing newsletter”, who were curious to know what tools I use to run my business.

In this post, I will share with you 33 of my best tools and resources I use to run my own business, since 2005 (free and paid). You’ll find that most of these aren’t “ordinary”, meaning I’m not going to simply tell you that “Paypal” is one of my best tools, even though it is. I figured that there’s already enough sources out there that/who tell you to get a Paypal or Clickbank account. I’m not even affiliated with most of these tools and resources, so I’m not here to make money.

Here they are, in no particular order:

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