January 3rd, 2012 posted by admin in Affiliate Marketing, Blogging
Are you the best Affiliate Marketer you can be? Sure, you have a few sites up and running and you are making a little money, but are you taking all the steps necessary to become the best? Affiliate Marketing is not a get rich quick scheme. It is a business that needs to be cultivated to continue bringing in revenue. While Affiliate Marketing can be a good way to generate revenue to your website, using the tips below can ensure you have a solid foundation that you can build your business on for years to come.
Get to Know Your Customers
One of the biggest mistakes I see with newbie Affiliate Marketers is jumping right in and trying to sell products immediately. How can you sell products to your audience when you do not know what they are interested in? Take some time and get to know your audience. Your first step should be asking yourself, “Why are people visiting my site?” Once you know what they are interested in, you can brainstorm and tailor products that fill their needs. For example, if you create a site that is dedicated to pet information, you can sell them pet training books, dog collars or treat recipes. Your site should fill all your audience’s needs from information to products.
Make Sure Your Customer Have Trust in You
Customers are more likely to purchase products from people they trust. Gaining that trust can take time, but it is necessary if you are going to have a successful business. There are several ways that you can build this trust. One of the easiest ways is through social marketing. Facebook gives you the perfect opportunity to create a relationship with your customers. Spend some time every day responding to your posts with relevant information. Engage your visitors and get them thinking of you as a friend instead of a salesman.
You also want to make sure that selling products is not the main focus of your site. Sure, you want to sell products, but you should use your site to give them relevant information that coincides with the products you are selling. You want to provide your readers with great content that will keep them coming back for more. Once you have their attention, you can share a product that you have found helpful.
Choose Products Wisely
You have thousands of products to choose from. There is no reason that you should try selling products that you do not have a passion in and back 100%. Take your time when choosing your products. It will take time for you to choose a group of products that work well together and suit the needs of your client. Try several products, but do not be afraid to switch to new products if you see they are not converting. Your site is not set in stone. You will have to make changes to products, banners and link ads until you find the combination that works for your audience.
Likewise, you do not want to try to sell products that are not related to your niche. One wrong placed product can lose the trust that you have spent so long trying to gain. When choosing products ask yourself, “Is this something my readers need?” The products you choose should add relevant value to your site.
Becoming a successful Affiliate Marketer is not brain surgery. However, there are steps that you need to follow if you are going to keep your audience coming back for more. The most important tip I can give you is to take the time necessary to engage your followers. Just because you are working from home, it does not mean that you don’t have to work every day. You need to post articles, respond to questions and engage your audience if you are going to see product conversions.
I’ve also put together a nice report to help you profit from picking the hottest offers in affiliate marketing to promote. You of course get this report COMPLETELY FREE because you are one of my loyal subscribers and students. Here ya go…
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December 20th, 2011 posted by admin in Affiliate Marketing, Blogging
We are in the midst of the holiday season. It is the most shopped season of the year. Is your site holiday ready? You know people will be shopping. You need to make sure they are buying from you. If you make a few simple changes and follow these steps, you can cash in on the holiday shopping rush.
Offer Free Incentives and Sales
One of the biggest turn off for online shoppers is shipping. In fact, over 70% of shoppers will not buy a product because of the cost of shipping. A good way to cash in on holiday shopping is to offer free shipping. Most affiliate programs like Amazon Affiliates or Commission Junction offer products with free shipping for the holidays. Take advantage of their generosity and pass it on to your customers.
Most shoppers also have several gifts to buy this holiday season. They are always looking for the best price they can get. Look for holiday deals that your readers will appreciate. Something as simple as 10% off can mean the difference between a sale or a pass.
Change Your Products to Suit the Holiday
Product needs change with holiday seasons and your products should change to reflect the season. Christmas will bring higher toy and electronic sales. Halloween shows an increase in costumes and decorations. Before each holiday do your research to make sure you are selling the products that are in high demand. With a simple web search you can find the best products to sell each season. Before the holiday gets here, check out these sites to see what products you should be selling:
- Ebay Pulse
- Amazon Best Sellers
- About.com Editor’s Picks
- Amazon Holiday Toy List
- Google Trends
- Yahoo Trending Now
Create Review Posts
One of the best ways to generate sales is to review products. Online customers do not have the luxury of holding your products in their hands before making a purchase. Write posts that review several products in your niche. You can include links to your products in each review. The more information you give your customers, the more likely you are to make a sale.
Make Buying Easy on Your Customers
The holiday season is hectic. Take some time to make your site user friendly and you can increase sales. Include links to your products on your site’s main page. Don’t make them have to search for the product they want to purchase. You can also include helpful information like the last day to order and get their product on time. The easier you make your site to navigate for your customers the best.
The holiday season should mean increased sales to your site. People are busy shopping and you want to get in on the holiday rush. With these few simple steps, you can ensure that your sales skyrocket this holiday season.
I’ve also put together a nice report to help you profit from the Holiday trends in affiliate marketing. You of course get this report COMPLETELY FREE because you are one of my loyal subscribers and students. Here ya go…
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September 19th, 2011 posted by admin in Facebook Marketing Tips
As an affiliate marketer, Facebook can be your best friend. It is a great way to meet potential customers, nurture a relationship, build your list and ultimately sell products. While you are sure to have a Facebook page up and running, are you getting the most out of your Fanpage? With a few simple steps, you can have a Fanpage that draws in customers and increases your customer base.
Make the Most of Your Profile Pic
When creating your Facebook Fanpage, what type of image did you use? One of the most common mistakes when creating your Facebook is made when you first create your page. Most people think that a profile image is limited to a 200X200 pixel image. However, with the recent changes, the sizes of profile images also changed. While you still have a 200 pixel width restriction, the height limit was raised to 600 pixels. This gives you more room to promote your products or business. Use this additional space to give your readers more information on your business.
Create a Striking Welcome Page
First impressions are everything. The same is true with your Fanpage. When someone visits your page, you want to put your best foot forward and entice them to follow you. Accomplishing this is easy when you create a Welcome Page. You can even create a page for new visitors and a separate page for followers.
Welcome pages for new customers should draw them in with information about your business and products. Give them a sample of the services that you offer. Use every trick in the book to get them to like your page. Pages for existing followers can be used to promote specials, new products and services. This way, everyone that visits your page will get new information helping you increase sales.
Creating a Welcome page is as simple as installing an app. You do not have to have html or web design knowledge. In fact, most Welcome Page apps do not even require a designed page. The most popular apps for Welcome Tab creations are:
- Pagemodo
- Fanpage Engine
- TabSite
- FaceIt Pages
Each of these programs lets you choose a layout, images and wording to create a personalized Welcome Page. The cost of running these apps range from $5-$15 per month, however, Pagemodo allows you to run one welcome page free. It is good to note however that with a paid subscription, you have access to more templates and can several Welcome pages on your Fanpage.
Use Apps to Your Advantage
Facebook Apps are your best friend, at least they should be. There are apps for creating events, sharing YouTube Videos, creating promotions and everything in between. You have access to thousands of apps to make the most of your Fanpage and you should be using them. Some of the most popular apps include:
- Networked Blogs
- Promotes your blog on Facebook and incorporates blog posts on your Facebook wall and Fanpage.
- RSS Grafitti
- Centralizes your posts. With this app, you can sync your Facebook, YouTube and Twitter pages and post to all social networking sites with one click.
- Slide Share
- Shares presentations, photographs, portfolios and videos. This app lets you create presentations, slideshows, and webinars and publishes them to your Facebook Fanpage.
- Twitter App
- Syncs your Facebook and Twitter pages.
- Pagemodo
- Create free Facebook Pages
- Facebook Video
- Supports higher quality video than most video sharing sites.
Creating a Facebook Fanpage is the perfect free advertisement for your business. It does however, take time to gain friends and create a relationship with users. Simply creating a Fanpage is not enough. Make sure your page is optimized to gain the most visitors. Remember, every fan to your Facebook page is a potential customer. Get the most customers you can with these simple tips.
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August 31st, 2011 posted by admin in Internet Marketing
Hey everyone just writing you this message on a wonderful Saturday morning here at home. I was actually inspired to write this particular blog by some of the recent events taking place in our country. Last week there was a major earthquake on the east coast and would you believe that the news broke (from what I’ve seen) on TWITTER. I could not believe that something so important and so relevant to our country was broadcast first on Twitter. However, it is important for us (myself included) to realize that things like Twitter and Facebook are the new medium. They are the new way to spread news and get your message to millions of people and we need to embrace it.
The trend right now is changing as more and more people use Social Networks like Facebook and Twitter to find out information, report information and just share daily thoughts with other people. Gone are the days when you have to wake up and walk to the front yard to grab your newspaper, now you can just get an app for that on your phone. Most mornings I read the news on my cell phone before I even get out of bed. The Internet and this insane “connectivity” that we now have has simply changed the way we live our lives all the way down to how we wake up in the morning.
It’s a crazy thought, but it’s very true. So with that in mind I want to embrace it (as should you) and start to publish/broadcast more of our information via sites like Twitter and Facebook. As you know last week I ran a contest and gave away $100 on my Facebook Fan pages obviously this was an ethical bribe to get you to join me there so we can keep you updated with the information and trainings I am publishing weekly. This week I am doing the same thing, but on Twitter so here’s how it works.
I am giving away $100 to one Twitter follower – Announcement will be via Twitter so you’ll need to keep watching to find out who wins!
If I can hit 10,000 Twitter followers by September 6, 2011 I will up that to giving 5 people each $100 … therefore increasing YOUR ODDS of winning… you can help me get more followers by simply hitting that RE TWEET BUTTON right above this post.
Simple request. Great ethical bribe… and in the end you and I stay more connected and after all that’s what it’s all about!
Step 1: Re-Tweet this post
Step 2: Follow Me on Twitter (click the Twitter bird below)
Step 3: Watch for the winner to be annoucned!
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August 22nd, 2011 posted by admin in News
To My Students,
I want to personally THANK YOU for making the last 2 months so enjoyable for me. We have completed 2 webinar’s (the first 2 I have ever done in my life) and while they haven’t gone off “perfectly” they did get completed. I’ve learned a ton from this experience and I will use that knowledge to try to make each and every webinar I do more enjoyable for you to attend. Someone posted on my Live! Community that I should be sitting around in a hot tub, hanging out and just basically “enjoying life”, but that’s honestly not what I enjoy. I love putting together new training series, videos and now webinars. Call me crazy but I work until 2 or 3am most nights and get up at 9am the next morning and I am pretty much always happy doing it.
It’s part of who I am and I have embraced that fully at this point in my life. I am already planning my 3rd webinar for my students (yeah if you are reading this that means you are included!) and I think it’s going to trump the first 2 by far. Some of the challenging things to planning a webinar (from my limited experience) are:
1. Coming up with an ethical bribe that ROCKS! So you guys will attend
2. Creating killer/interactive videos leading up to the webinar
3. Creating a great email sequence to keep in your mind that the webinar is coming
4. Of course creating the training piece itself
It’s a lot of work. If all of you would just raise your hand now and say “Hey Anthony we will attend all future webinars. You can skip all of those ethical bribes (don’t give away $$) and don’t worry about all those videos. We are motivated! We will attend” then yeah maybe doing webinars would be a little easier and less time consuming ha. We all know that isn’t going to happen though, right? My JOB is to motivate you, inspire you, educate you and make you want more for yourself than you already do. I am committed to doing just that.
My 3rd webinar (which has no firm date yet) is going to ROCK! I am going to do some things you guys have NEVER seen before to motivate you to get on it. The response from our last “Free Training” webinar was so positive I figure I simply can’t go wrong staying in that direction… So stay tuned… stay focused… stay positive and I promise I am going to do my best to help you each step of the way.
Now for the best part…
HERE’S HOW TO WIN $100 THIS WEEK….
I am having a contest on my Facebook Fan Page…. It’s for FANS ONLY and it’s really easy to win. I simply asked the question “Do you want to learn more about Facebook Marketing or Mobile Marketing?” You answer and you could win. The Contest ends Sunday night and the winner will be announced on my Fan page. So all you gotta do to possibly win this week is become a fan RIGHT NOW.
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August 4th, 2011 posted by MarketingExpert in Facebook Marketing Tips
This weeks $50 Winner is Laura Heigh says: July 30, 2011 at 11:21 am (Edit) Failure is no longer an option…Making this happen is the only answer there is…..I want to be able to give and that is something that this world has forgotten how to do ….Give back !!!!! Laura CONGRATS – Please email me so I can arrange having your $50 gift card sent to you immediately. Check out this weeks contest below to see how to win $50 again this week!
I’ve talked quite a bit about Facebook Fan Pages in this blog. Today, I’m going to teach you how to set one up. Once your page is set up, you can scroll through the blog and find important information about how to use your Fan Page.
Let’s get started with setting the page up. Go to Facebook and click on “Create a Page for a Celebrity, Band or Business.”
Now you have to choose the type of Fan Page you want to create. If you run your own business, you will choose “Local Business or Place.” If you’re an affiliate marketer, you will select “Brand or Product.” The exception to this is for affiliate marketers who have created an LLC. If you have actually formed a business, you can choose “Local Business or Place.”
Once you choose what type of page you have, you need to choose a category and name your page. If I’m using my page to sell diet pills, I might name the page “Discount Diet Pills.” On the other hand, if I have my own business, I will use my business name.
Then, you have to agree to the Facebook Pages Terms, and click “Get Started.”
Now you’ll have to sign in with an existing Facebook account, or create a new one. If you already have an account, select “I already have a Facebook account” and enter your email address and password and click “Log in.” if you don’t already have an account, you will need to input some information and create an account.
Once you sign in or set up your account, you will be taken to your Facebook page. The first thing you need to do is upload an image. Select a company logo or a picture that is related to the products you market.
Once you find the picture, click “Upload an Image,” and make your selection.
Then, click “Edit Info.”
From there, you will enter your company overview, about section, description, product list and more. We will give you some great tips for optimizing this section in the next post. For now though, enter your information and click “Save changes.”
Now you have a Facebook Fan Page.
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June 23rd, 2011 posted by MarketingExpert in Facebook Marketing Tips
Our $50 Winner this week is Jean Pertick says: June 18, 2011 at 8:55 am WOW! New information for us. Thank you for posting this. I WILL be learning all of this as fast as I can. Congrats Jean! Please email me immediately with your information so I can ship you your $50 gift card.
If you have a Facebook Fan Page, you have access to countless Facebook apps. These apps will help you promote your business, get more fans and turn your page into a great marketing tool. While there are hundreds of great apps, I’m going to go over the five essential apps you need to include on your Facebook Fan Page.
Before I get into the different types of apps, I’m going to explain how to get them. Just go to the Facebook App Directory at http://www.facebook.com/apps/directory.php. Once there, click on “Business” and you will see the different apps for your Facebook Fan Page. Now that you know how to access the apps, we are going to go over the top five.
Fan Offer
This app is a great way to build your fan base. You will create an offer or a coupon. Then, the Fan Offer app will build a welcome page for “non-fans.” Non-fans will enter your Facebook page via the welcome page. The page will tell non-fans that they just have to “Like” your page to receive the offer or coupon. Once they “Like” the page, they will receive the special offer.
You have to pay $19 a month to use this app. If you learn how to monetize your fan base, $19 is a small price to pay for new “Likes.”
You could also have someone just custom create a “welcome” page for your Facebook Fan Page. Check out my Fan page (and like it if you haven’t!) mine has no monthly fee, but I did pay someone a decent amount up front to get it done like this.
Become An Anthony Morrison Fan on Facebook – Right Now
Promotions
The “Promotions” app is next on the list. Just as the name suggests, this app will help you run promotions on your Facebook page. These promotions can come in many different forms, including contests, sweepstakes, coupons and giveaways.
You do have to pay to run promotions with this app. However, if your promotions help you get more customers, the money you pay will be well worth it.
Networked Blogs
If your blog is going to help you sell products, you need to have readers. The Networked Blogs app will help you build a strong following. You can use the app to import your blog feed to your Facebook page. Then, your Facebook fans can go through your posts and help your blog become as popular as your Facebook page is.
Constant Contact, iContact or Mail Chimp
If you doing any type of online marketing, there’s a good chance that you use an auto responder to collect email addresses. Fortunately, Facebook makes this easier by offering apps for Constant Contact, iContact and Mail Chimp. Once you download the app, you will be able to collect email addresses right from your fan page.
Tweet Tab
This app will create a “Twitter” tab on your Facebook Fan Page. The tab will display your Twitter feed. This feed will be updated every three minutes.
You can include up to 18 Twitter accounts on your Tweet Tab. This is great for people who use different Twitter accounts for different products.
Spend some time familiarizing yourself with these apps today. Once you understand their features, install them so they can help you build an online following.
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June 17th, 2011 posted by MarketingExpert in Facebook Marketing Tips, Internet Marketing
Our $50 Winner is Nancy Severs says: June 10, 2011 at 9:06 pm (Edit) I have the 365 Day Plan. I am ready for day 6 and it is great! Congrats Nancy please email me your information and ill ship your $50 gift card out immediately!
The internet is full of potential customers. They log onto their computers every day, and they are floating around cyberspace, just waiting to be snatched up. If you want to reach out to these potential customers and build a relationship with them, you need to take advantage of real time search results.
What is Real Time Search?
Real time search is another name for Google search results that are displayed in real time.
These results include:
- Facebook fan page posts
- Tweets
- Quora
- Buzz
People can receive real time results by going to Google and clicking on “Real Time Results.” Then, they can type in their search phrase and real time results will come up.
What This Means for You
By using real time results as part of your marketing strategy, you can send information and updates to potential clients immediately. For instance, if you are having a sale on tennis shoes, you can create a Facebook post, tweet, or Buzz about the sale. Then, if someone searches for “tennis shoes” in real time, they will receive information about your sale. You will basically get to talk to the client directly, since you will post something and he will read it within minutes, if not seconds of the post.
How to Get the Best Results
If you are going to get the best results with real time search, you have to create posts that contain keywords people will use when searching the web. F or example, if you market golf supplies, brainstorm for keywords that are relevant to your topic. What would people search for if they were looking for one of your products? Maybe they would look for:
- Affordable golf clubs
- Deals on golf supplies
- Taylormade golf clubs
You could use these words in your posts. For example, you could create a post that said, “Check out our inventory of affordable golf clubs.”
Then, you could write a second post that said, “We have hot deals on golf supplies. Up to 40% off.”
Finally, you could post, “Our Taylormade golf clubs are the cheapest in town.”
Check Your Statistics
After you create different posts, you need to check your results. You will do this differently, depending on the social networking platform you are using.
If you are using Facebook, go to Facebook Insights. You will be able to see the statistics for each post.
If you are using Twitter, use Tweetburner to send your Tweets. Be sure to include a link. Tweetburner will track the number of times the link was clicked on. You can log into your Tweetburner account at any time to check the statistics.
If you use Google Buzz, you need to wait for the Buzz Stats’ update to come out. Then, you can use it to track your posts.
If you use Quora, you will not be able to track your stats at this time. However, that could change, as the site becomes more popular.
Spend some time today trying to break into the real time search results. It will take some practice, since you need to find the right keywords. Once you get that part down, though, you will be able to reap the benefits of real time search.
Also WATCH THIS VIDEO –> CLICK HERE <– to learn even more about how to implement this technique quickly!
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May 27th, 2011 posted by MarketingExpert in Affiliate Marketing, Internet Marketing
Our $50 winner this week is Betty Todd says: May 21, 2011 at 11:55 am (Edit) Thank You Anthony! This was great information! I can’t wait to get my Website completed and published… I will certainly give this a try! Thanks again! Congrats Betty! Send me an email with your information and we’ll get your $50 gift card on the way!
When you sell several types of products, it’s time consuming to write ads for each product. Fortunately, dynamic keyword insertion can cut down on the time it takes to create ads. Additionally, it will help you display highly targeted ads to users.
What is Dynamic Keyword Insertion?
Dynamic keyword insertion is the process of having your pay-per-click (PPC) or pay-per-impression (CPM) provider (i.e. AdWords, Microsoft AdCenter, etc) insert specific keywords into an ad for you. You will leave a place for the keyword, and the system will automatically fill it in with the appropriate word.
In order to understand this, let’s look at an example.
Assume you sell office furniture. You create an ad that says:
This ad is generic. It only advertises office furniture. There are lots of different kinds of office furniture out there, so people who are looking for a specific type probably won’t click on your ad.
You can use dynamic keyword insertion to make the ad more specific. In order to do this, you will need to replace “office furniture” with a dynamic keyword. Thus, you would have:
Then you would set up your dynamic keywords. In this example, you would choose types of office furniture. For instance, let’s say you sell:
- Office desks
- Office chairs
- Conference tables
Thus, your dynamic keywords would be:
- Office desks
- Office chairs
- Conference tables
Then, if someone came online and searched for “office desks,” the dynamic key phrase “office desks” would be inserted into the ad. Thus, the ad would say:
Since the person specially searched for office desks, he will be interested in your ad.
As you can see, dynamic keyword insertion can save you time and help you create highly targeted ads. Go through your CPM and PPC campaigns and see if dynamic keywords can spice up your ads and help with conversions.
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May 6th, 2011 posted by admin in Motivation
I did a blog a week or so ago about “what motivates you” to be successful. I had massive response to that video blog with well over 100 comments letting us all know what “you” are motivated by. It was overall one of the best blogs I have put out in quite some time and it got me thinking about my bucket list. You know the things we really want out of our lives and hope to achieve someday (there was even a movie made about it…) ok ok so you get it. I figured it would be cool to share my bucket list with you and for you to post yours in the comments below. It’s always good to write down and visualize the things we want in life… that’s what I am doing right now.
Anthony Morrison’s Bucket List
1. To Start A Company That Reaches The INC 500 – Yea I know this probably isn’t everyone’s big goal in life, but it certainly is for me. I have started so many companies and had a ton of success, but I have never made it on this list. The requirements go far and beyond “just create a big successful company” so I am still shooting for it. I certainly want to achieve this sooner rather than later. Like I said money isn’t always our motivation for me I am motivated simply by the accomplishment of making it on this list. Wish me luck 
2. To Take A Company Public – Yep another one of my goals that seems really crazy. This has been on my bucket list for years now and it hasn’t happened. Going public just requires so many different pieces to fit just perfectly. It’s certainly an accomplishment if you can pull it off, which is exactly why it’s on my list!
3. To Be In A Movie – I know this one sounds even crazier than the others huh? I just would love to be in a movie once in my lifetime. Not some big star role just something minor so I can say yeah I scratched that one off my bucket list. After all who doesn’t want to be in a movie? really…
4. Own A Baseball Team – I would love to own the Chicago Cubs, but honestly I will settle for any sports team at this point. I figure if I can’t play, can’t manage maybe I should own! I am good at business and that is kinda what’s required to be an owner right? Pretty far out there dream but if you don’t at least dream you can’t ever reach goals you never thought possible. So I am keeping this one on my list.
5. Cover of Entrepreneur Magazine – I’ve been trying forever to get on the cover of this magazine. I feel like I fit pretty well, but it’s not easy as you all know I am not the only person on planet earth that is successful, in fact many others have taught me things I obviously didn’t know. So again this is something I will continue to strive for in my career.
6. Travel The World - I would love to take some time off and just travel around the world. I have only left the country for Canada and Mexico and that was just recently. I travel, but normally I keep it within the US. I would love to visit places like Brazil, Argentina, Jamaica, and all of those islands in the Caribbean!
7. Get Married – Probably not something everyone is gonna be all inspired by right ? but my parents have had a very long relationship and taught myself and my brother and sister how marriage is really suppose to be. I hope that I can have exactly what they’ve had for 30+ years.
8. Own A House On The Beach – I love the beach (particularly the Gulf beaches) and I’ve always dreamed of owning a vacation house right on the beach. Somewhere in Destin, Fl or Clearwater, FL would be really nice. I can see myself waking up each day and working from the beach!
9. A Big Yacht - I would love one of those big Yacht’s you see these billionaire’s floating around on! How awesome would it be to just be able to hop on your boat and cruise on down to the Caribbean islands for the weekend? We can all dream right!
10. Have A Net Worth Of 100 Million – YEA I saved this for last for a good reason lol… but again we can all dream!
I’ve already accomplished quite a bit in my life and crossed a few things off that would otherwise still be on my list like…
1. Writing a book – I’ve now written 2 and loved every second of it!
2. Owning a Viper – Love Dodge Vipers and the first thing I did when I started making big money in affiliate marketing was buy 2 of them!
3. Owning a Lamborghini – I am a car nut. My family has always been a “car family” so I grew up loving cars… never dreamed I would own one, but now I do.
4. Home Owner – Was always on my list and as of August 2010 I crossed it off the list!
5. Be on TV – Been on for 2 years and love every minute of it. Just an accomplishment that I always wanted.
So what’s on your bucket list? If you haven’t figured out by now creating income streams from the Internet obviously helps you achieve what’s on your list either by giving you the free time or the money to make them happen. It sorta goes back to what motivates you? Things on your bucket list are probably right on up there with eliminate debt, retire, save for college etc…
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