# 9 – Re-kindle old relationships and build new lifelong friendships with some of the brightest marketing minds on the planet!Where else can you party with your peers like Matt Bacak,Kevin Wilke, David Frey, Paul Hartunian, Joel Therien, MichaelCheney, Robert Puddy, Big Jason Henderson, Bob “The Teacher”Jenkins, Simon Leung, Howard Tiano, Mike Hill, Donna Fox, Captain Lou and ME, Mike Filsaime?

# 8 – No seminars, no selling, just positive people who understand what you do and want to help you build your business.

# 7 – Up to 8 meals daily, 24 hour complimentary room service, evenbreakfast in bed, or on your balcony overlooking the ocean.

# 6 – Visit more exotic Caribbean islands in a week than most people see in a lifetime. La Romana, Grand Turk, Curacao and ARUBA!

# 5 – Special private island excursions just for our group. Snorkel, scuba dive, parasail, or surf waves on a flow-rider at Margaritaville
# 4 – Broadway and Vegas style shows, comedy, karaoke, even achance to be a star on the main stage.

# 3 – A chance to see Mike Filsaime in a speedo?

# 2 – With prices starting at just $1348 per person for all 8 days, including all meals,entertainment, taxes and our own special mastermind and networkingevents, it might cost you more just to stay home!
and the # 1 reason to join us on the Marketers Cruise – besides getting to hang around me the Diva of Fun!

# 1 – It’s a shipload of FUN!

Check it out! Remember if you snooze – you lose!  http://bit.ly/ahXZ08

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I went on my first ever cruise last January and it was also my first ever internet marketer’s cruise.  I didn’t know what to expect.  In fact if I was honest, I have to admit I was a bit hesitant.  Here I was going on my own, on the recommendation of my mentor, Nicola Cairncross of  TheMoneyGym.com.  I’m always up for a new adventure but a part of me also imagined a ship full of newlyweds wrapped up in their new wedded bliss,loads of old people shuffling around with their canes at snails pace or children running rampage. 

I was also still fairly green to the whole internet marketing thing and so I wasn’t sure how much I’d understand from the meetings and I didn’t want the torture of being trapped on a boat for 7 days with hard selling internet marketers trying ram their products down my throat. 

Well to my suprise – there were all types on the boat, I didn’t hear the children for the whole week, there were plenty of singles and hard selling wasn’t allowed.  The cruise was all about learning, having fun, buidling relationships and offering support.   

I met so many amazing, genuine and fun people.  People who are passionate about what they do and who were so generous to offer support and help – it was an awesome experience!

Ok, so I didn’t understand everything during the meetings but as I’ve learned – you take in what you can and let the rest go by – it will come to you again when you are ready. 

So, as I said, went again this year too and was not in the least disappointed. In fact, I got to know some of the really big players who are making serious money online and some of the connections I made could make a serious difference to my online business – watch this space!  I’m so excited!

Last year we were 280 on the Marketer’s Cruise.  This year we were over 400 and it looks like the numbers are going to grow for the January 2011 cruise.  65% of us signed up for next year’s cruise before we even left the ship.

Next year’s cruise will be from Fort Lauderdale and it will be for 8 days not 7 – oh yipee, an extra day of fun!  I’d love you to join us!  And I want you to start thinking about it now!

Your first thought might be – “hey Susanne, don’t you realise that we are in a recession?”  Yes, I do.  But I also know that once you comitt to something the mind has a powerful way to make it happen.

A year sounds like a long time away  but now is the time to start making plans.  If you decide now that you want the experience of a lifetime then you can start stashing away bits of money because, except for a small deposit, you don’t make the full payment until October 2010.  You can cut the costs by sharing a cabin too.  If you decide now your mind will find creative ways to make it happen.

Imagine:

Rubbing shoulders, personallygetting to know and learning from some of the world’s most successful internet marketer’s

Forging joint ventures with just the right people for your business

Making connections that could accelerate your business success – one person’s business tripled due to one connection they made last year.

Having loads of fun with like-minded people

Making valuable personal and business connections for life

Here’s the link -  http://bit.ly/4YEsgp 

If that doesn’t convince you – have a look at these pictures - http://bit.ly/8os7Js

If you have any questions – do get in touch! (info@susannejorgensen.com)

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It is easy at times to feel like you are putting in a lot of hard work but not seeing results.  It’s at times like this that many people give up.  They say that people often give up just at a point, that had they continued, would have taken them to success. 

When you feel this way, go back to my blog:  The Suddenly Syndrome,  stay connected with people who will encourage you, get out your mind map of your vision and see yourself having reached your goal and imagine how it’s going to feel.   Just keep going!

If you have been carrying out the assignments I’ve suggested you have been helping to drive traffic to your website – and ultimately to your business.  This is vital and related to the 4^th Key to a successful online business – namely building a list.

“The Money Is In The List”

Internet Marketers Mantra

Once you get into the whole making money online world you are going to religiously hear the mantra – “The Money Is In The List.”  The idea behind this is that as you drive traffic, you need to find a way to capture their names – or build a list. 

By capturing the names of people of visit your website/blog, they are giving you permission to contact them in future. It’s a way to stay connected with them, keep them up on any news, offer them more free value products and most importantly to sell your products and services to them. 

Do you remember we spoke about how your website is your shop window and your job is to make it so appealing that people want to come into your shop? Once the customer opts in – they are inside your shop and they are one step closer to becoming a customer who buys from your “shop.”

Now, the easiest way to get a customer into your “shop” is to offer a free product.  You can create something yourself or you can give someone else’s product away.  On The Singles Gym site, for example I offer a free – 10 part series e-course that I wrote.  Each week the customer gets an e-course over 10 weeks.  If you look on this blog I offer Alex Jeffreys’ List Building Programme. 

You will notice that in order to get these products, you have to fill in a few details – this is called an opt in form.  By giving their details, the customer is opting in to your list.  This is what the process of list building is all about.  Without a list of people you cannot sell anything.  It’s no good having products or services but no list.

What you need to remember is that people who opt in to your list are doing so because they like you, they like what you offer and they trust you.  These are exactly the kind of people you want because they will eventually buy from you too.

“If You Think Making Money Is The Hard Part You’re Wrong -

Once You’ve Got Your List, The Money Is Easy”

Alex Jeffreys (MarketingWithYou)

A Word Of Caution – Don’t Be A Jerk!  Here is where a lot of people make a huge mistake.  They go out and use all kinds of scrupulous methods to try and build their lists.  On Alex’s course, we discovered that one of his students was visiting all our blogs and making lovely comments and asking us to link to his blog (another way to drive traffic to your site). What we discovered, however, is that he was saying exactly the same thing about everyone’s site – he was basically doing a copy and paste job. What a jerk! As soon as he was found out, he lost all credibility in an instant.

What you need to understand is that you don’t just want anybody on your list – you want people who are interested in the solution you offer them and who like and trust you.  You are better off having 1,000 people on your list who are into what you offer than 10,000 who aren’t interested in you or what you offer. 

You will find all kinds of “build your list quick “schemes on offer.   They promise to share their strategies to help you build a large list by targeting  other bloggers for example and targeting people who use social media such as facebook and twitter users.  There is a role as long as you don’t end up being a jerk – be genuine, have integrity and offer true value.  If you end up being a jerk – you are going to hurt your business massively!

Remember:  Don’t chase the money – build relationships, add value, position yourself and build your list. 

“You Can Make More Money In A Month’s Time

By Becoming More Interested In Other People

Than You Can in Two Years

By Trying To Get Them Interested In You”

Dale Cargnegie

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You want to be seen as the expert in your niche – and one who is credible and can be trusted.  To do this you have to position yourself and stand out above others who may be in the same niche or business.

Social Proof – Two Tools

The First Tool for positioning yourself in your niche or business is through blogging.  The more you blog and write about your expertise the more you create social proof in people’s eyes.  As a newbie, you may be a bit confused about what a blog is – I certainly was.  The term “blog” is simply derived from the word “web log.”   It’s a log or journal that you write online.  That’s it – that’s all it is.  That is what I a doing with now.  I’m writing a log or journal about my internet marketing coaching journey – I’m just doing it online as opposed to writing it on paper.

“Don’t Get It Right, Just Get It Going”

Alex Jeffrey’s (MarketingWithYou)

If you have never done this before, the idea of writing a blog may seem a step too far out of your comfort zone.  You may find all kinds of objections coming up in your head:

• I’m not a writer
• I don’t know how to write a blog
• Who will read what I write anyway?
• What if people don’t like or don’t agree with what I write?
• I don’t know how to set up a blog.
• It’s going to cost a lot of money to set up a blog site

To be blunt and honest – If you allow those doubts to win, you might as well not bother with an online business.  Learning involves stepping out of your comfort zone and trying new things.  The more you do this, however, the more confident you become, the easier it gets and the more fun you have. 

The Perfectionist Trap

Throughout the coaching course, Alex reminds us over and over again that you don’t have to get it right, just get it out there.  What he means by that is – your blogs don’t have to be absolutely perfect before you get them out there.  You can always go back later and polish a blog up. 

If you have a tendency to perfectionism- beware!  I have known people who have great content that they could easily create into products and sell but it’s never ‘perfect’ enough, in their eyes, so they don’t get it out there.  I know of one woman, for example, who has been setting up her online business for over two years.  She has lots of ideas, writes a lot but because it’s never perfect enough, she doesn’t get it out there. Needless to say, she isn’t making any money whatsoever.  It’s an easy trap to fall into.  You have been warned J!

So, if you have never blogged before and if you want a successful online business:

• You are going to have to learn to set up a blog. 
• You are just going to have to heed the famous words of the Nike advert and  “Just do it!”  Start writing.

Secrets You Need To Know 

Once you start writing blogs, it does get easier.  As I’ve said before, I always create a simple mindmap of what I’m going to write before I start writing.  You can do that the old fashioned way on paper or by using a simple tool such as MindMeister which is free .

Just start documenting your own learning journey and have these questions in the back of your mind as you write:

• What are you learning to do? 
• What are you trying? 
• How is that for you – easy or difficult? 
• How is what you are doing working? 
• What are you discovering? 

To help encourage you, even more, to start blogging I want to share some really cool secrets about the power of blogging with you:

• You can blog for FREE
• Google loves blogs – the more you write, the more google picks you up
• The more google picks you up, the more people read your blogs
• The more people that read your blogs, the more potential customers you will have who will want to buy your products/services  because:
  • You give value in your blogs
  • You gain credibility
  • You position yourself as an expert

Blogging really has to be part of your overall marketing plan with your online business. Think of it this way.  Your business is like a shop on the high street.  There are lots of other shops on the high street and your job is to make sure your window display stands out above all the other shop windows.  Your blog is you window display.

If your window display stands out, more people will come into your shop.  Then they get to know you, the shop owner, who they like and trust and bingo they buy from you.  And they will come back to you and buy again.  Can you now understand the importance of blogging if you have an online business?

And here is the best secret of all – and it’s ingenious in my view:  If you keep a copy of all your blogs in a file, within a short time you can create your first very own product – your first e-book – that you can sell.  How cool is that!

The Second Tool to creating social proof way is through association. When you start your online business it is easy to get overwhelmed by the competition and to wonder in despair how on earth your voice will be heard above the others. 

One way Alex suggests and which good marketers do in the ‘real world’ is through the process of association.  When your name gets linked with someone well known or famous people position you higher.  That’s why authors get endorsements from well known people for their books.  People are more likely to buy their book because their name is linked with someone famous.

If you look at my other blog – TheSinglesGym, you’ll notice the magazine covers on the top right that I have been featured in.  Because these are big national magazines, I gain credibility and status by being associated with them.  In fact, when I spoke with a marketing expert about how to market my new book , the magazines on my website was what she first noticed and commented on.

If you look at this website I have pictures of myself with well known people.  First there is Brian Tracy who is a guru from the USA, and who I had the absolute joy of meeting in London earlier this year.  Then there is Alex Jeffrey’s himself, who I met a couple of years ago when he was just starting out, but who now is referred to as a guru here in the UK . And finally a photo of Tom Beale, who I met on an internet marketing cruise in January of this year.  He is a well known internet marketer in the USA and works together with Mike Filsaime – one of the big internet marketing guns in the states.  By associating with these people, I create social proof and my position in my niche market is elevated in people’s eyes.

A word of caution here:  Don’t Kiss Butt!  You will be found out and once you get a bad name, word gets around very quickly – that’s the downside of the power of the internet.

So when rubbing shoulders with the guru’s remember the two first secrets to online success and apply them:  build relationships and add value to them and their business.  Later on down the line they will want to help you, work with you or be connected to you.

What Next?

You may not realise it but you are actually participating in a free coaching course by reading these blogs – these courses cost anywhere from £2,000 – £5,000 and more.  You’re getting the coaching for free.  You can never argue that you didn’t get the opportunity to create an online business – please use this chance wisely.

 If you follow what I suggest, you can start building your online business  – either as a full time business or alongside your day job. 

So far you should have:

• Thought about your online business and ‘mapped’ it out
• Opened a twitter and facebook account
• Set up your blog
• Start writing your blog – just document what you are learning, what you are trying and how it works or doesn’t work.

I’d like to ask you a favour so that I can help you even more:

• Let me know how it’s going for you. 
• Let me know when you have started your twitter account and facebook fan page and we can connect. 
• Let me know the name of your blogsite so I can start reading your blogs and make links to mine.
• Make comments on what you have found helpful in my blogs and what information you want more of from me.

I look forward to hearing from you!!

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In my last blog, I suggested you get started by signing up with twitter and facebook and I’m wondering how you are getting along?  Are you finding that you are gaining a following that is growing each week?

Or haven’t you taken action yet?  It’s important to remember that if you want your dream online business – unless you take action – you will only have it while you are sleeping.

“Don’t Chase The Money, Let The Money Chase You”

Alex Jeffreys (MarketingWithYou.com)

This is one of Alex’s mantra’s throughout the course.  This concept relates to how you build relationships and also it relates to why people will buy from you and it’s the second key to online success  – AddingValue.

Over time, as you keep adding value, people get to know and trust you and therefore, want to buy from you.

One way of doing this, and you will see the very successful individuals doing this, is to give away freebies – not crap stuff – but good quality products that meets your clients/customer’s needs and adds value.

You can create your own product or you give away someone else’s product (we’ll talk more later on about how you can make money doing this – it’s called affiliate marketing). 

On my TheSinglesGym  site, I give away a free 10 part e-course that I wrote. The customer signs up and each week for 10 weeks they receive a free course.  On top of that they get a free newsletter each month.  On my SusanneJorgensen site, you can sign up for Alex’s Jeffreys’ free List Building System.  Whichever route you take, you want to give value.

You can add value in small ways too.  I, for example, twitter a simple quote each day and it’s amazing how many people comment, thank me or share something similar.  If I read something someone else has posted on twitter – I share that – it’s called RT (re-tweeting). All you do is hit the RT -> button on their post and the post is shared with your followers.  You usually get a ‘thanks’ from the person you re-tweeted and that can often be the start of a relationship.

Another way to add value, is to visit other peoples blogs and leave comments that will add value to their business. You can also offer help or advice when someone asks – and that often happens on facebook or twitter.

So you can see how easy it is to start connecting to potential buyers and potential JV partners way before you even have a product.  Like-minded people who are attracted to you are more likely to buy your products than someone who doesn’t know you from Adam and like-minded internet marketers will want to do business with you.

By focusing on adding value – you will find that over time, as Alex Jeffreys’ says, the money chases you.  People will actually seek you out to buy your product or service.

Alex goes much more into tapping into the power of the social media in a later module – and it’s amazing what’s just at the tip of your fingertips.  I wanted to introduce the concept now and get you started a bit earlier and then we’ll revisit this and expand on how much more you can do to create a successful online business.

“Start Small, Think Big”

Alex Jeffrey’s (MarketingWithYou)

I you want a successful online business – start with the small steps, like I’ve suggested, all the while, thinking about your big vision.  Remember that  “the journey of a thousand miles, begins with the first step.”

Next time we’ll be looking at the 3rd Key To Online Success. Until then, if you haven’t started, get started now on building relationships and thinking about how you can add value to everyone you come in contact with . . . and watch your following start to grow!

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If you are like me, you’re not really interested in buying a product or service from some you don’t even know.  You’d rather buy from someone that a friend or colleague recommended, right?  If you are like me, the shop you will return to is the shop where you get a good service, right?  If you are like me, you want to tell the person you just met at the conference, where to go and the quickest route there, right? And if you are like me, you want to do business with someone who is credible and who you can trust.

People don’t want products or services thrust in front of their faces by someone they don’t know and haven’t built a relationship with.  Gone are the old days of sales tactics of getting your foot in the front door. People are more informed nowadays have more choice and they won’t put up with old sales tactics.

Well, it’s no different with your online business – in fact, it’s even more relevant with an online business.  People want to deal with you because they trust you, you give a good service and you have something of value to offer them.

“Don’t pimp your stuff”

Alex Jeffreys (MarketingWithYou)

Throughout the coaching course Alex emphasizes that your success won’t happen if you go out and ‘sell’.  Making sales is a by-product of understanding why people will buy from you.  

The 4+1 Keys To Online Success

I’m going to share 4 + 1 Keys To Success with you, that if you do, will guarantee you getting customers who want to buy from you.

Building Relationships is the first key to your online success.  It’s a fact. People like doing business with people they connect with and get on well with.  And think about it, who do you want to do business with – pain in the arse customers or customers you like?

Building relationships online has never been easier and I would get started with this as soon as you can.  Don’t wait until you have a product to start building relationships. You need to have built good relationships, so that when you do have a product you already have a following who like you and therefore are more likely to buy from you.

Tips On Getting Started (and it’s free):

• Sign up for www.twitter.com
• Sign up for www.facebook.com

Now I’m not a techie but have been amazed at how I have built a network of followers just through these two social network sites – without much effort.  I belong to other sites as well, but for now, just get started with these two.

The effort involved is signing up and learning how to get your profile set up. If you have a bit of a knack with the techie side of life, this will be dead easy for you.  E!ven if you don’t it’s farily straight-forward.  If you have any problems, let me know

With Twitter you are only allowed to write 140 characters (not words) – it’s a great way to learn to be concise.  Simply let people get to know who you are.  Post some quotes you like, share some things you enjoy doing, comment on others posts that resonate with you.  You’ll be surprised how your following grows on it’s on.  As you get more advanced there are techniques you can use to get more followers but for now KISS – keep it simple silly!

Facebook involves a bit more work but as you will find out later when you have a product to sell, the small effort will have been well worth it.

A little caution about Facebook.  You may not want everyone to be your friend and see all your photos your friends took when you were completely off your trolly at that last party (you’ve heard the stories of people not getting jobs once their potential employers saw their facebook profile). 

What you can do , however, is to create a fan page that people can join.  You then can communicate whatever you want with your fans, without them having access to what goes on in your private parties.

One Final Tip:

Make sure you link your twitter account with your facebook account.  That means every time you twitter, it goes straight to your facebook profile , so you don’t have to do it twice.

Even if you don’t “get it” or it seems odd or you’ve never been the kind of person to relate to others online– just do it.

You are here to learn and this is what successful internet marketers do, so why shouldn’t you?

‘If you want to get to the next level, you have to step outside your comfort zone”

Have a look at my twitter page:  The Money Diva, follow me, start posting and see what happens!

Until next time when we look at some of the other keys to success – happy twittering and connecting with facebook.

Do let me know how you are gettng on!

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You want to make money online – lots of it – but have you really got clarity on what your new business venture is going to look like?  Have you created the “map” for your business so you know when you are on track and when you get distracted or get lost?

As I mentioned in my last blog, the first module of Alex Jeffrey’s, Marketing With You coaching programme is all about helping you conceptualising your vision for you new business.  If you don’t do this you may make some money but you certainly won’t be making it for life. 

“This is not a get rich quick scheme but a get rich forever system”

Alex Jeffreys’ (MarketingWithYou)

There are three resources we all have.  They are time, energy and money.  These are also the three resources that you will be investing in your online business.  If you aren’t willing to manage these resources well or you aren’t willing to invest in your business, then maybe having your own business isn’t for you. 

If you want a successful online business you must be willing to invest these three resources:

• Decide how much time you will invest each week and block it out in your diary
• Understand when your energy is at it’s optimum and devote that time to building your onlne business.  Also do what you need to do to look after yourself to keep your energy levels up. 
• Be willing to invest some money in your business.  As your business grows you will need to outsource – if you don’t you will get in the way of creating a successful online business.  More about that later.

Many people are fine with the first two points but sometimes struggle with the third point – investing money.  For some reason they don’t think they will need to invest any money for an online business and they will spend more time and energy in trying to avoid investing any money – not a very useful way of investing two of your three resources, in my book! 

I’m reminded of what Debra Meaden of The Dragen’s Den said to one of the hopeful entrepreneurs who was hoping to secure money to help fund his aspiring business:

“If you aren’t willing to invest in your own business, why should you expect me to?”

One of the first assignments Alex gets his students to do is to create a pledge that they read at the start of each day.  It’s about making a commitment to yourself about managing your resources.

Did you know that if you are 20% dehydrated you will be 20% less effective?  Knowing that, many of Alex’s students pledge to drink water whenever they are working on their online business. Alex gives loads of simple but effective tips but at the end of the day, you need to get to know yourself and understand what makes you most effective.  On my pledge, for example, I’ve included:

• Only checking emails twice a day
• Going to the gym 3-4 times a week
• Drinking 2 liters of water every day
• Sunday evenings – plan weekly
• Each evening clear desk & check plans for next day
• Each morning – check plans for the day & only have that project on my desk
• Do a daily “did” sheet

The pledge sheet is your commitment to yourself and your new business.  The daily “did” sheet is about accountability and which I really find useful.  It’s a simple concept.  As you work through the day, you track what you are doing by writing it down.  At the end of the day you can see how focused you have been or how many times and how you got distracted.  So as well as being a great accountability tool, it’s also a great learning too.

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”

Henry Ford

 Alex reminded us that each distraction will cost us at least 11 minutes of time not focusing on our business.  He suggests checking emails once a day for example.  As I am also doing a “day job,” I feel I have to check my emails twice a day, but even that is a lot less than how many times a day I used to check it. 

“If you did 4 x 60 minute productive sessions a day,

In 12 days you would have done more that many would in a year”

Alex Jeffreys (MarketingWithYou)

Take the time for planning, reading the pledge and writing your daily “did” sheet. Take the time to create your business vision.  All of this will really focus you – which is one of the secrets to success.

Designing The Road Map

Alex knows the importance of planning and so spends a good deal of time in that first coaching call. When I first started learning about making money online, I was so eager just to get going that I skipped over this part – and it’s cost me a lot of time, negative energy and money.

Alex encourages us to take time on creating our vision and he teaches a strategy for creating our plan and staying focused on the plan.  There are three plans actually:

• Your business plan
• Your entrepreneurial plan
• Your personal plan

Once you have these plans Alex provides you with worksheets to break the plans down into:

• 90 day plan
• 3 – one month plans
• 4 – weekly plans

Like most things, if you haven’t done it before it may take a bit of time – but as I said, it’s well worth it.  It will save you in the longer run.  It will take less time and you become more efficient, focused and productive over time.

Alex also suggests you create a journal – and suggests that we use our blog as a way of doing this.  This might sound daunting if you have never done it and you might not even get the reason for why you are being asked to do it. 

If you want to learn about how to create a successful online business you are going to have to step out of your comfort zone.  That’s what all learning is about.  Once you understand and are willing to do that then, in the words of my previous mentor:

“Just follow the bloody instructions”

Nicola Cairncross (TheMoneyGym.com)

Oh, and something Alex constantly reminds us of and which I wholeheartedly agree – Have Fun!

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People want the get rich quick online dream – especially in the recession when so many people are struggling just to make ends meet.

The marketing experts will tell you lots of stories about how people “suddenly” made their fortunes online.  And you’ll see sales pages with headlines of how someone made thousands of dollars by sending out just one email or how they made a business from nothing and took it to 7 figures in just a few months. It’s so tempting to buy into the idea that the way to getting rich quickly is to do it online.  

The first thing Alex told us, on that first coaching call,  was that this coaching programme was not a quick rich scheme . . . . . As he said those words, I could imagine hearing the sighs from the other coachees and I wondered if some were going to ask for their money back. But then Alex continued:

“This is not a get rich quick scheme but a get rich forever system”

Alex Jeffreys’ (MarketingWithYou)

While you might be thinking: “Ah, that’s better,” several thoughts immediately came to my mind:

• Alex’s credibility went way up in my eyes.  I knew he was trustworthy.
• By being honest he was going to save us from failing.  People give up when things start to feel harder than they imagined.  While making money online is simple – it’s not actually easy.  As Alex reminded us you need:
  • The right MINDSET
  • You have to take ACTION
  • You have to understand how to use LEVERAGE
  • You have to understand how to  POSITION yourself
• He was going to teach us an even better system than a “get rich quick” system – a system that wouldn’t fizzle out because we didn’t learn what to do once we made that money.  Alex was going t teach us a system that would last forever.

It happens al the time.  You have conversations with people who tell you that something “suddenly” happened.  A pop star or movie star “suddenly” gets fame. A business deal “suddenly” comes through.  Someone “suddenly” makes that 7 figure income.

The reality behind “suddenly” is that these people have put in a lot of hard work!

The pop stars and movie stars have usually been working at their dream for years before they get their break and “suddenly” become famous.  Any business deal that “suddenly” comes through was proceeded by planning, budgeting, marketing and networking.  The person who “suddenly” makes the 7 figure income has been completely focused on their business – usually to the despair of their friends and family.

“Everyone wants to be a millionaire. I have no secret.

I just work hard and, as I always have done, believe I can do it”

 Richard Branson (“Screw It, Let’s Do It!”)

What Alex was telling us is that things don’t “suddenly” happen:

• There is a learning process – and we all know how frustrating that can feel at times and how tempting it can be too give up when you think it isn’t working.
• There is work or taking action.  While there is a lot of talk about The Law of Attraction, what people don’t always notice is the word “action” in The Law of Attraction.

So Alex’s starts his coaching programme with getting you to think about your online venture as a real business. 

Forward To Basics

The first module of Alex’s coaching is all about helping you to think about what is to become your new business.  “Forward To Basics” is about conceptualising your vision for your new business.  It’s about designing your business “roadmap” or as my previous coach, Nicola Cairncross, used to drum in her students:  “Start with the end in mind.”

You cannot afford to skip this or think it’s not important.  It’s dead important and will be what the difference between succeeding in your online venture or failing in it.  I didn’t pay enough attention to this  when I started out almost two years ago. Had I paid attention, I’m convinced I could have accelerated my progress.

I’ll cover more about that in the next blog. . . . but before I go, I just want to leave you with a simple but, hopefully useful tip. You may already be used to telephone coaching and teleconferences and teleseminars, but if you aren’t, and you are worried about the costs (and who isn’t price conscious in this recession!) here is a tip you may find useful:

Quick & Useful Tip:

With telephone coaching calls, because the software used is usually USA based, it can be cheaper to dial to the USA using a cheap override provider:

• Planets  0844 605 0666 (1p/min)
• Telesavers:  0844 861 25 25 (1p/min)
• Ratebuster:  0844 720 2020

There is also a site called “The CallChecker” which finds the cheapest override provider for each call type:

• http://www.callchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/ukcallchecker
• http://www.callchecker.moneysavingsexpert.com/intcallchecker

I’d suggest you take some time to start thinking about your vision for your new business.  Personally I constantly draw out mindmaps as I’m quite a visual person.  A great tool that Alex introduced his students to was the MindMeister  mindmapping tool .  Not being very technical and having tried other online mindmaps that I didn’t get on very well with, I was a bit sceptical, but I tell you what – it was so easy and I love it!  Oh and by the way – it’s free!

So get started with your vision for your new business  - and enjoy!

“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it,

but that it is too low and we reach it.”

Michelangelo

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I’ve just done a quick google search on the keywords “making money online” and “how to make money online.”  The results were 172,000,00 and 180,000,000 entries respectively.  You can only imagine how long that would take you to get through!  Even if you just went through the first 20 entries you’d have to spend a lot of time reading the blogs to find out whether the writer was credible – and how would you know that, when you are just starting out on the journey yourself?

That’s the reason I’ll be writing these blogs.  As I mentioned in my previous blog – I’ve been on the internet journey for about 1 ½ or 2 years now,  so I know a hell of a lot more than those of you who are just starting out. I’m also, however, not so far down the journey that I can’t remember all the mistakes I made, all the moments of frustration I felt and all the times I thought I’d give up.  People who have been making money online for years, get so good at it, that like anyone who has been working at something for a long time, they assume you know what you actually don’t know.  Let me give you an example:

I remember taking an intensive three day internet marketing course which cost me a lot of money.  I’ve  invested   in self and professional development courses for years, but never paid the amount of money I did for this one!  Anyway, the course was super –for someone with a bit of background and prior experienace – but not for the complete newbie.  Even when I followed the instructions in the manual I just couldn’t get things to work like they were supposed to. 

In desperation I turned to my good friend Matt Garrett  to take me through the process step by step.  We spent a whole bloody weekend going through the instruction manual.  What I discovered was that for each one step we were instructed to do,  there were a few steps in between that weren’t written down, but which a complete newbie would not have know how to do.  So Matt and I went through the manual step by step and each time I moaned, “but how do you do that?” Matt would patiently write down each and every excruciating tiny step. Bless him!  He’s one of the good guys by the way in the internet marketing world.

By sharing with you my experiences – both my ups and downs, what has and hasn’t worked and what I’m still learning on the journey, I want to help you achieve YOUR Dream!

Can Anyone Make Money Online?

“What The Mind Can Conceive It Can Achieve”

Dale Carnegie (Think And Grow Rich)

It’s easy to believe that those people who are making a good living from their online businesses possess some special inherent quality or they are just ‘one of the lucky ones’.

It’s easy to think of reasons you can’t make your dream of making money online come true.  Maybe you find yourself saying:

• “I don’t have a technical bone in my body.” 
• “I’m not good with computers – they positively freak me out.”
• “I just don’t have time to learn something new”
• “I don’t have loads of money to invest in a new business”
• “My family and friends will think you’ve lost the plot for sure!”
• “I’m not sure I can really do it – how can I succeed when others haven’t?”
• “I’m not an “expert” in anything – whose going to listen to me?”
• “The internet is oversaturated market anyway.”
• “Those who make millions were in the right place at the right time in the early days of the internet boom – it’s too late for me now.”

“Whether You Think You Can or Can’t, You’re Probably Right”

Henry Ford

What is the voice of doubt whispering in your ear about why you can’t succeed in making your dream of an online business come true?

As well as being an internet junkie, I’m a psychologist, coach, (and soon to be published author – you can follow my updates on twitter: TheSinglesGym) and I certainly know the importance of the mindset.

My current mentor Alex Jeffreys is to me a perfect example of why the reasons we give, for  saying we can’t do what we want to do, are really just excuses. 

I met Alex a couple of years ago early when I was invited to my first internet marketing weekend course – that’s when I learned how these guys can party all weekend – I was absolutely shattered when I got home!

Anyway, there was this really hyper guy, who was nervous as hell, as he was about to give his first ever public talk about his journey of making money online. I was touched by his story and needless to say, we hit it off that weekend as I loved his craziness, humour and his energy (it’s Alex and I in the two middle photos you see on the blog). 

So back then when I met Alex he was still in the early days of his success and was just starting to make money online. Yet this year he made half a million pounds online and is set to make one million pounds over the next year.  He tells his coaching students this to show that making money online isn’t just a dream- it’s a very real possibility.

But what you probably don’t know about Alex is that he doesn’t have a university degree, he hasn’t had a “professional” career, he was labelled disruptive in school  (a bit of ADHD Alex??? *LOL*) and he’s dyslexic – yet he is very successfully making money online.

This story is for real (unfortunately there are lots of stories out there that aren’t real). I mean I met Alex ‘then’ and I see Alex ‘now’.  Extraordinary! And that’s why I’ve chosen to be coached by him.

So, your very first step to successfully making money online is to address your doubts.  If you don’t – you will sabotage all your efforts.

Quick Coaching Workout:

• List your doubts/obstacles as they arise
• Ask yourself these questions:
  • What resources do I have to overcome these doubts/obstacles?
  • What resources do I need to overcome these doubts/obstacles?
  • What is the next step?
  • When will I do it?
  • Write down your answers to the questions
  • Each time a new doubt comes up go through this process

 Next time we’ll think about what your vision for making money online is as you start taking your first steps to making your dream come true.

Until then, be happy!

Susanne

Don’t forget to follow me:on twittter - it’s free and easy!   The Money Diva

 ”Getting rich is an inside job. . . All wealth is created with the human mind”

Paul McKenna (I Can Make You Rich)

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How It All Started

I’ve been on an amazing journey the last couple of years learning all about how to make money online.

I’m a psychologist and a life/relationship coach.  About 4 years ago, I made the leap from being full time employed to self employed.  It was a scary time for me but once I did it I felt liberated.  I now had more control of my life and time, I worked less and made more money.

It dawned on me however, that if I were ill and couldn’t see my clients – I wasn’t going to get paid. I began wondering about how I could also start creating passive income.  The dream  of making money while you sleep had actually been at the back of my mind for a long time but really came to the forefront once I was self-employed.

I didn’t have a clue how to make it happen, and then one day – I don’t even know how it happend – but  I came across a website:  www.TheMoneyGym.com I went to a one day seminar hosted by them called “Let’s Talk Money” and that was it – I left that seminar knowing who I wanted as a mentor.

So two years ago, I wouldn’t have dreamed of starting an online business and now, thanks to the mentor, Nicola Cairncross,  I have an online business for singles: www.TheSinglesGym.com What’s really exciting is that recently I was offered a publishing contract – how it came about is another story….. So I’m about to be a published author for the first time in my life.  How cool is that!!

From here I got really interested in the whole area of weath creation and specifically how to create wealth online.  And that’s really my reason for being here.  I have had an amazing journey the past two years and it just keeps getting better and more fun and I’d like to take you on YOUR  journey of a lifetime.

The Journey Continues – An Invitation For YOU…..

I’ve recently started another coaching programme with Alex Jeffrey’s of www.MarketingWithYou.com One of the first homework tasks he suggested was to start a personal blog.  I didn’t get it right away until I listened to the first coaching call and then it made sense!

By sharing that with you what I’ve learned – both what i did wrong and what I got right, I’m hoping to help start your journey about how you can make money online so that you can take charge of your life, make your dreams come true, live the life you want!

The advantage I have is that I’ve immersed myself in this for the past two years so I know more than you might know, but at the same time I’m also still new enough that I remember all the mistakes I made and think about what I would have done differently.  I’ve also learned  to distinguish the “good guys” from the “bad guys” and want to share that with you too.  That’s the purpose of this blog – so thank you Nicola for getting me started on the whole internet journey and thank you Alex for taking me further into the journey!

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Any questions do feel free to contact me on:  info@susannejorgensen.com

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