Take Charge of Your Mindset, part 1

So what is mindset?

Possibly, probably, the #1 predictor of success or failure

I sort of mentioned this in the beginning, but I don’t want to minimize this statement, this belief of mine and so many of my very successful entrepreneur friends: Mindset is very often the #1 predictor of success or failure.

Now sure, I know you know very successful people who have very successful careers, and they’ve risen through the ranks at their companies over the years to a position of importance, and they’re negative Neds or Nellies, but I’m talking about entrepreneurs, which I am and I’m guessing you either are or want to be… someone in control of your own destiny, someone not relying on someone else to give them a 5% or 10% raise each year, and a promotion every 5 to 8 years.

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24 Streams of Extra Income, part 4

In this series of articles we’re going to give you some ideas about how to squeeze extra income out of the products that you’re already selling. Hopefully you’ll gain a few ah-ha ideas out of these.

Here are the last 6 ideas in this series…

19. Sell Advertising Spots

Another way to introduce a stream of revenue into your business is by selling advertising spots in your emails and/or lessons. You can sell the ad spots directly for a flat price, or you can offer a flat price plus commission.

For example, you can sell ad spots in your “recommended resources” section of a lesson.

TIP: Be sure to thoroughly screen all potential advertisers before accepting their ads. You’ll want to research both the vendor and the product to be sure you’re dealing with some reputable who produces high-quality products.

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The Increase Your Open Rates Checklist

One big key to a profitable list is to increase your open rates for each and every email you send. After all, if people don’t even open your emails, then the rest of your email might as well not even exist. You don’t get clicks, you don’t get conversions, you don’t get sales.

So how do you increase your open rates? By using this checklist the next time you mail your list…

Check The From Field

Lots of folks don’t give too much thought to the “from” field, but it’s important for this reason: if your subscribers don’t recognize the name in the from field, they’re likely to trash your email.

So check these points:

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The Super Affiliate Checklist

There are three types of affiliates:

  1. The struggling affiliate who can’t seem to bring in any consistent cash.
  2. The so-so affiliate who makes a few hundred dollars per month, but wants more.
  3. The super affiliate, who pulls down a nice commission check every month like clockwork.

If you’re either a struggling affiliate or a so-so affiliate, then you’re going to want to use this checklist to take you to super affiliate status. Take a look…

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The Blog Traffic Checklist #2

Are you looking for the best ways and steps to get traffic to your blog? Then look no further than this checklist. Take a look…

Install Traffic-Generating Plugins

There are a variety of both free and paid WordPress.org plugins that you can use to help you generate traffic. These include:

  • SEO plugins that help you optimize your content for the search engines. (TIP: Be sure to use keyword tools like MarketSamurai.com to determine what your market is searching for, then write content around these keywords.)
  • Social media plugins, which encourage your visitors to share your blog content on their social media pages. You can also get social media plugins that automatically post your blog content to your social media platforms.

Next up, here’s a good way to generate warm leads…

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