I stole these quotes from somewhere. I can’t remember now. They’ve been sitting on my computer and I dug them up while I was looking for something else. I found a great deal of inspiration in them and I hope you will too. If you do please link back to them:
You Don’t Become Wealthy By Buying Things…You Become Wealthy By Selling Them
- Jason Leister, author, The Independent Thinker’s Guide To Becoming A Six-Figure Copywriter
People never fail at Internet Marketing - they just quit before success happens
- Unknown
First, learn your craft. …

Our latest business endeavor with the skin care products has really been an eye opener.  Having mostly sold information and services for the past 10 years or so, selling physical products retail and wholesale is big change.
If you’ve been asking what things you should sell or considering switching from physical goods to services or information or vice-versa here are some things to consider. These are only my experiences and may be different for yours.
Physical goods Pros:

Tangible and honest for the most part. People get to touch feel and evaluate the …

I’ve been spending a lot of time offline lately with this new bath and skincare business. Along the way I’ve been reflecting on the causes of online business and home based internet marketing failures. A quick search in any of the internet marketing forums reveals groups of people frustrated with their inability to make money online.
After some reflection I’ve identified 10 factors or common mistakes contributing to online marketing failure.

Unrealistic expectations brought about by hyped up sales letters, marketing gurus, and forums.
Products with no REAL value. If you look at …

I know you’ve heard the saying the money’s in the list, but the money isn’t just in your email or mailing list. It’s in your to-do list too.
Increasingly I am of the opinion that life is all about lists. Lists of short term goals, lists of long term goals, task lists, checklists, etc…
To my right on my rather messy desk are to-do lists written on post-it notes for my various projects. On my computer there are several checklists I’ve created for courses and how-to guides. On the wall to my …

Wow, I feel like it’s been a while since my last post.  Well, here’s the low-down.
Remember I took that trip last month and was gone for a couple of weeks. I had a great time but taking time away from my business (obsession) really derailed me. For the past three or four years I have been laser-beam focused and insanely driven and perhaps a bit too comfortable here at the computer.
Being driven hasn’t been all bad. In the past few years I’ve managed to write two books, create two home-study …

last night I attended a cool event. I may have mentioned it before but I like to attend the Monday lectures at a “Place of Peace” here in Ventura. They’re usually entertaining and random, and rarely what or who they are supposed to be.
Anyhow, last night was supposed to be “Six Pillars (to something?).” Instead, it turned out to be a vision board party. Angel who organized the event had bunches of magazines, glue sticks, heavy paper stock, patterned and colored papers, and scissors.
Funny, I’d been meaning to make a …

I just returned from  a trip to North Carolina, while I was there I visited some friends near the Blue Ridge Mountains and Pisgah Forest area of Brevard where I rediscovered the importance of staying true to yourself, and how authenticity and consistency draw people like a magnet.
Mike took me to the backyard, showing me a lovely Garden containing varieties of Kale, Lettuce, Basil, and other organic delights.  As I sit here now I have little inclination for gardening. However, at the moment I was captivated by all he showed …

Down the street from our house is a funky old Victorian church. Well, it used to be a church, and then a bed and breakfast, and now it’s called a “Place of Peace.” A Place of Peace is the vision of  hippie therapists Doug and Terri to have  a meditation and spiritual center in our lovely coastal town.
Each week a Place of Peace hosts various events, meditation groups, drum circles, a course in miracles, etc… Monday evenings they usually hold lectures from 7-9pm. From time-to-time Myra and I attend these …

I spent the weekend at the Stephen Pierce Infinite Income Workshop. If you’re unfamiliar with Stephen he is a motivational speaker and marketer who raised himself  from poverty and crime to accountability and success.
Today he travels the world advocating online wealth through affiliate marketing, blogging, and selling information products. He has taken the stage with notable people such as Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powel, Brian Tracy and numerous others.
I first saw Stephen at Mike Filsaime’s Seven Figure Code seminar. I can’t remember what he was talking about then but I must …

My sister and her family came to visit from Ohio. They’re Catholics and very right wing. They live on a farm and have guns and shoot varmints.
They home-school their children and have a goat share where they sell shares of a goat in exchange for a certain amount of goat milk each month. They do this to get around a law prohibiting the sale of unpasturized milk.
My sister tells me with grim seriousness “Oh you don’t understand…Obama is a bad bad man…he’s not who you think he is. He’s not …

Jim Rohn talked about the difference between those who are successful and those who are not as being not great. A series of small steps in one direction or the other will set us on our course either to failure or success.
I’ve witnessed this truth many times among friends, family and myself.  We fail to do the right thing and our lives suffer. Failing to do the right thing doesn’t always mean doing glaringly wrong things like cheating on your spouse, committing fraud, or not paying your taxes.
Failing to do …

Information - can’t live with it, can’t live without it.
An interesting book came out a few years back by a guy named Andrew Keen called the Cult of the Amateur “How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture.” While I didn’t agree with everything in Keen’s biting critique of what he considered the “Cult of the Amateur,” I found the book thought provoking.
Ever read forums? I sometimes read marketing and copywriting related forums. Often I can see Keen’s ideas played out -  amateurs distributing information second or third hand without stopping …

Effective communications strategy…do you have one?
In my former life as creative director we would always start with the defining project document known as the “Creative Brief.”
This document also known as a “Design Brief” , “Project Brief” , or “Marketing Brief” is crucial. It is the bare minimum requirement for any creative project and will always come in handy.
Here’s why a creative brief is important. The brief outlines the communications strategy and should be used as a beacon to direct company wide communications doctrine and critical to your brand.
Some of you …

I don’t usually like adding exclamation points to my writing but…today I felt one necessary. Why? Because losing money (Or your means of survival is important).
Today’s post is a sad one but it didn’t have to be.
For those of you who don’t know me, much of my income (aside from my own internet marketing and products) comes from copywriting, designing, and consulting.
I have been involved with marketing for over 10 years and have worked my ranks from designer, to copywriter, to creative director, to business development specialist, and marketing manager …

I’ll admit, social media is one of my weak areas. That said, I’m not letting that hold me back. Instead, I am studying friends who are really good at social media. I have also invested a few dollars learning how to leverage my social media efforts for my business.
I have a good friend Dan. He isn’t into marketing at all. In fact he’s a carpenter. But…Dan is an incredible networker both online and off. I have been all over with Dan and remarkably on nearly every trip we’ve taken (as …

Personal development and business guru Jim Rohn died this past week on Thursday December the 5th. Throughout his lifetime Jim Rohn touched many peoples lives with his books, CDs, and Seminars including myself.
We all need people with good judgment, sound morals, discipline, and wisdom to guide us. Man cannot go far without the help of others who are better, more knowledgeable and wiser. We need others to raise us up to see what is possible.
Jim Rohn was one of those people with the gift of bringing out the best in …

Let me tell you a story. Shortly after I published my books and people caught wind of what I was doing something happened. Everyone I talked to who learned that I had published a couple of books started telling me that all their lives they wanted to write and publish a book too.
Most people never got beyond the talking stage. But…one of my colleagues James put something together.
I remember talking with him one day and him telling me he had a friend who did…ballsack tricks. Wait…I know. I thought to …

Here’s another video to help you get more familiar with using WordPress. This is the last in this series unless someone writes in and requests another one.
Sorry…I tried to keep this from being to boring but…It just isn’t that fun sitting at your computer watching some guy give you a tutorial.
I hope this tutorial encourages you to play around with WordPress because it can be a lot of fun. If you do decide to make changes to your themes just make sure you have a backup copy of the original …

I though you guys might like this Ted Nicholas video. Good stuff, so simple. A gem.

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I was someone who struggled with math growing-up. I liked math and wanted to do well  but had horrible test anxiety. My college math experience was so bad. One day I went to my instructor and plead with him to pass me through my final math class.
I had already taken the class and dropped it two or three times.  I was doing okay on the homework but I was bombing the tests. Much to my terror my pleading didn’t work. My instructor told me the worst thing possible. “Hmm…Well…let’s say …