When I first started my online journey in September 08 I had no clear plans for how I was going to succeed.  Actually the journey started before that. For several months I floundered around buying into every gurus hype that I came across.  My inbox became swamped with different marketing ideas and I know I was being pulled in every direction.

Then I joined Alex Jeffreys coaching program and this taught me how to plan properly.  Once I had a clear vision of where I wanted to be in a years time,  it became much easier to focus on the certain tasks and more importantly the correct order in which to do them.  I won’t pretend that I didn’t stray off the path now and then, but with the mentoring program behind me, I always managed to re-focus and get myself back on track.

So here I am now.  A couple of months away from moving from the Uk to the south of France.  Where my online journey will continue. Quitting your JOB is a good feeling let me tell you.  I aim to develop my own mentoring skills now that I’m going to have so much more time.  I have had some good feedback from my  first group of students, but I intend to over deliver in the next program that I set up.

Another project that I will set up later in the year is a self-improvement site.  Its an area in which I have a lot of interest.  Mindset is so important, and makes all the difference to what you attract into your life.  I know that I can help a lot of people to develop and grow in this particular niche.  I really love seeing people change their life in this way.

I will finish this short post off by thanking  you, the readers of this blog,  because without you it would be a lonely place.  Also a big thankyou to my students for your feedback which helps me to develop whilst you learn.  I aim to be giving a lot more value  this summer, and want this blog to become a more interactive place.  So I am always happy to hear new ideas.

To your success.

Andy Beveridge

You know I think we over complicate things when we try to make money on the Internet.  Information overload is one of the main reasons, but not the only one.  When you first start out on your online journey you are searching for the easiest way to succeed, and this is all about mindset really.

Its easy to jump from one idea to another, especially if you come to a barrier or obstacle.  This can often be because you don’t really believe in your own abilities.  Something tells you in your sub-concsious that it can’t be that easy, or that you can’t succeed because you never have before.

This is really just you doubting yourself.  After all, if others make it work, why not you?  Don’t let your inner you hold you back.  We are all capable of the same things.  What makes the difference is taking action and following through. Take an idea and make it work. If you come to a problem work your way around it. Do not give up.  Don’t be afraid to ask for help. 

When I first started out, I found a lot of help on the Warrior forum. Actually I still ask a fair amount of questions on there even now. The point is there will always be someone who knows the answer to your problem.  Just don’t give in and keep moving on to the next idea.  I spent a year doing that and its soul destroying.

Making an online income is not that difficult really.  Not when you break it down to the basics.

• Find a market.
• Build a site.
• Drive traffic to it.
• Fine tune it.
• Maximise sales.

It really can be that simple if you allow it to be.

To your online success.

Andy Beveridge

Another inspirational speaker last weekend was Simon Leung.   This guy was working for Google right at the start.  Before anyone had even heard of Google.  Can you imagine that, a world without Google?

He came up with some very useful tips.  We all know Google like unique content, but it goes way deeper than that.  The reviewer has to be impressed with real quality.  The more knowledgable  a site appears the more highly its ranked in Googles eyes.  Their main concern is to offer value to their clients.

So Google love corporate sites.  The more professional you appear to be,  the better.  So avoid using templates that everyone and his dog are using.

Never try to fool Google by using software that bends the rules.  They have real people trawling through the sites looking for just that. It would only be a matter of time before your discovered.

If your using a squeeze page make sure that you never place ads on it.  Its also not enough to just say we never abuse your email under the optin box.  It should be actually linked to a privacy page.  In saying that, I have seen many successful landing pages that have not followed that rule.

Here is a point worth mentioning as well.  When your giving away a free report Google have a preference on the way its worded.  It should not say download your free report here. Instead it is better to say free access to your report.   The point being that if you optin then the report is not really free, but mearly being exchanged for an email address.

I don’t really understand why thats important, but it did come from Simon Leung and the man is vast sea of knowledge when it comes to Google.

More soon.

Andy Beveridge

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