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How to Increase Your Income Exponentially

All these years I've sat behind my computer screen… all by myself… feeling like I had to do it ALL myself. I felt like I had to figure it out all myself, and just muscle my way through everything until I got it right.

Well… that's partially my personality, and it's partially because there weren't many people out there to follow when I first got started online. That is no longer the case… at all.

You may know I recently switched up my business model. The biggest thing I had to adjust to was being part of a team. Being accountable to other people, celebrating with others, and just plain old leaning on other people. After all these years of stoic aloneness… it was VERY hard for me to adjust to being part of a team,

Updated: February 5th, 2012 at 06:19 am  |  Posted: February 1st, 2012 at 11:19 am
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Building Your Brand and Network Using Twitter Chats

We've been talking social media all month and I've managed to write every post about Facebook. I had an interesting conversation with someone the other day. I was saying to me Facebook is the more serious, business site and Twitter was the fun, cocktail party kind of site.

When I say that I mean I feel uncomfortable posting something about watching the Bachelor, or Grey's Anatomy on Facebook, and yet I can have an hour long conversation about it, back and forth with a bunch of people on Twitter.

The interesting thing about this conversation was the person I was talking to felt the exact OPPOSITE. To her, Facebook was the cocktail par

Updated: February 5th, 2012 at 06:19 am  |  Posted: January 24th, 2012 at 09:23 am
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6 Quick Tips to Drive Traffic From Facebook

Let's start this off with this… it is a process, not a one time event. Facebook traffic will take some consistent effort on your part ~ but it can happen in just a few minutes a day.

Here's the steps to take if you're going to consistently use Facebook to drive traffic back to your site.

1. Set up a fanpage.

Yes, you're going to want to set up a fanpage, because if you're going to be talking "business" you don't necessarily want it cluttering up your profile page.

You also want to be able to connect with people who are looking for the information you have to share.

Fanpages are also open to search engines, where your profile pages are not. So… the content you post on yo

Updated: January 23rd, 2012 at 08:54 am  |  Posted: January 17th, 2012 at 11:32 am
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How to Make Socializing Pay Off

Updated: January 10th, 2012 at 05:29 pm  |  Posted: January 10th, 2012 at 12:40 pm
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What's Really Important?

This was going to be a post about social media. That was the plan for today. However, sometimes life has a way of handing you things that get you thinking and doing social media the "right" way seems just a little less important (but I will write that post don't worry).

Anyway… yesterday a friend of our passed away. It was sudden and unexpected. She was quite young and it got me thinking.

It's so easy to get all wound up and wrapped up in the computer, in the online world, in how to build backlinks, and what you should write for your content, in how to get more comments, and yet when you look at your LIFE none of that is really all that important.

When we look at the big picture of OUR LIVES what's really important?

Updated: January 10th, 2012 at 05:29 pm  |  Posted: January 3rd, 2012 at 09:04 am
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Creating an Editorial Calendar for Your Blog

Updated: December 28th, 2011 at 08:09 pm  |  Posted: December 27th, 2011 at 07:39 am
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Creating a Strategic Business Plan for the New Year

It's that time of year again… the time where I start creating a strategic business plan for the upcoming year. I do it every year… in fact, it's one of my favorite things to do. It's also one of the most crucial pieces of the puzzle going in to a new year. I've created these business plans a little differently each year I've done business, some years have worked better than others.

The one element that's always stayed the same is looking back over the past year to see what worked, and what didn't. In my business and with the plan I created for the year.

Last year my business, and I, went through a lot of changes. With Google's heavy hand I've had to rethink some of my business strategies as well as the bu

Updated: December 28th, 2011 at 08:19 pm  |  Posted: December 20th, 2011 at 09:15 am
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Build Some Buzz to Propel Your Business

Take a minute… stop and look at your business.

All of the actions you've taken thus far have gotten you where you are in your business. Are you still growing? Have you reached a plateau? Have you not even begun to grow?

Wherever you are in your business if you want to make more money you've got to GROW!

That's where the concept of buzz comes in… you can create buzz about your business to get more traffic, build your brand, and propel your business forward!

It's easy to think your business is too small, or too inconsequential to build buzz… but I bet you're wrong! I bet even YOU can build buzz!

1. Come up with

Updated: December 13th, 2011 at 08:04 pm  |  Posted: December 6th, 2011 at 11:48 am
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I Just Want to Do It Right...

When we first get started in any type of online business we look to others to tell us how it's done. We ask tons of questions, read lots and lots of blogs… we seek out a blueprint for our journey. (Is it any wonder why so many people title their products/freebies blueprint?!).

While you're getting your feet under you, gaining confidence and learning the ropes it's awesome that you're seeking out this information… it will give you some concrete things to start doing.

However… at some point you'll have to realize this whole internet business is just as much an art form as it is a science. Yes, you need to build links… but even if you take someone else's system and duplicate it exactly it will never be exactly the same… b

Updated: November 30th, 2011 at 12:19 pm  |  Posted: November 29th, 2011 at 08:46 am
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Planning a Website Project

Back in the day you could easily throw up a 1 page site, target a single keyword, build links and pull in money. That just doesn't work anymore. Google wants more.

If you're going to give Google what Google wants, so you can get organic traffic from them you're going to have to have a plan before you start any website project. It doesn't matter if you're creating a site for affiliate marketing, or social media marketing, or even a site to create leads for your network marketing business… you're going to need a plan.

I must say… the planning stage of any website is my absolute FAVORITE part.

Updated: November 30th, 2011 at 12:19 pm  |  Posted: November 22nd, 2011 at 08:41 am
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