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A few months ago I made time to get my car washed.

The timing was nearly perfect.

I had prepurchased a few car washes a while earlier, which made each car wash cheaper. And this also saves me time because I don’t have to stand in line to buy another car wash coupon each time.

The car wash is conveniently located near a local gas station. So, when I finished filling up my tank, I thought “hey, there’s no line at the car wash, I need to go ahead and get this done now, especially because I need to get the salt off the under carriage.”

Now, remember the great feeling of driving in a clean car again?

And while they did not detail my car, it felt so much more comfortable driving around in a clean car than it did when I had grit in my floor mats, scattered empty water bottles and trash, not to mention old maps I’d not used in at least 3 years.

You may be wondering if there’s a connection here with having an Internet business. And you are correct, there is.

You see, just as much as you can benefit from cleaning your car on a regular basis, and just as getting your car cleaned can boost your morale and feelings–and I wonder why I haven’t implemented a procedure to get my car cleaned more often–so can giving your Internet business a make-over result in valuable benefits.

Here making-over your Internet business means implementing new procedures and streamlining existing ones that need to get done on a regular basis in order to get your business making that “ka-ching” sound more often.

For example, you can increase your blog traffic (you already know that traffic is important) and get valuable backlinks with my blog traffic and backlinks service.

You’re missing opportunities if you’re not studying your analytics. This is something I teach you about in my Google Analytics DVD.

You can have an army of salespeople selling your information products for you on commission fast and easy using Clickbank.

Procedures like these are easy to implement.

Once you identify profitable procedures and you document those procedures, you can set them in motion and experience the benefits of these procedures each and every day either by having a piece of software or somebody else perform those procedures for you.

And that is the quintessential way to build a freedom business that can one day operate without you.

Ciao,

-Taylor

Tags:   · backlinks · freedom · google analytics · internet business · internet business system · make money online · online profits · procedures
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As someone who has Internet business, if you’re not taking action you will find it very difficult to get the results that you want.

Action is the key to achieving what you want.

So, if you’re spending hours a day, hours a week, hours a month learning about Internet techniques, whether it’s on affiliate marketing, copyrighting, list-building, article marketing or how to manage Google Adwords campaigns, and yet you are not taking action, then how can you possibly expect to achieve any results?

If you have a goal set for yourself to make a certain amount of money each day through a campaign, each day through the sale of one or more of your information products, each day through your made for AdSense Web sites, each day through your blog and through affiliate commissions… how do you expect to achieve those goals and results if you are not taking actions that will lead to the accomplishment of those goals?

For example, to make a certain number of sales each week, you might execute procedures designed to drive more traffic to your sites. Or maybe this might mean tweaking and optimizing your Google AdWords ad campaigns.

Or maybe you’ll need procedures to help you increase your conversion, like split-testing so you can figure out what one thing works better than another.

You get the drift. If there is no action, there is no result.

If there is no action, there is no outcome.

Naturally, not all actions are created equal. And ideally you’re performing the correct action.

But don’t get so caught up in the need to perform the “perfect” action. Because perfection will kill you.

Often, it’s just enough to be performing some kind of action rather than no action at all.

So, today, actually at the start of any day, ask yourself questions like these two or three sample questions:

1. What is the most important action that I can take to accomplish my goal today?

2. What is the most important action that I can take today to accomplish my business objectives, that will help my business?

3. What action should I be taking to accomplish my goals today?

Ciao,

-Taylor

Tags:   action · business objectives · entrepreneur · internet business · make money online · online profits · results · small business
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Recently a client of mine needed some help.

In the course of helping this client come up with solutions, we discovered she didn’t know she can save a Web page to her hard drive.

Now before I go on, in case you’re wondering why you might want to do that, it’s simple… You save a Web page because you think it will be of some use to you. For example, as someone who does Internet marketing, you might find the copy on particular page did a good job grabbing your attention. Or you might like the page layout. Or maybe you came across some useful information and want to make sure you have it handy even where you’re not connected to the Internet.

Back to my client… She’s a highly educated and successful business person who knows more about running a profitable Internet business than most people. Still, she didn’t know that whenever she finds a Web page she likes, she can save it to her hard drive just like she does all the time when she save a spreadsheet or a letter using her favorite desktop software. Does saving a Web page from your Web browser seem kind of obvious to you? Not for my client.

So there are several lessons. And I will let you in on 2 of them.

The first lesson and suggestion will help you when you are feeling stuck.

See, when you feel stuck in a particular situation, it’s natural to think you have no options.

And that is true partly because of your specific thoughts, feelings, emotions, and perspective at that point in time. That’s why, for example, sometimes it is good advice just to “sleep on it.”

But what if you have slept on it plenty and still find yourself out of options or with no solution in sight?

That’s when you should stop wasting energy and time and go ask someone else for advice!

Remember the last time you got some advice that made you say “Ah, yes, perfect, it’s clear now!” That’s precisely how someone else can give you more options and can bring an entirely fresh perspective to your problem. That person, someone like me, through my aha email coaching, can make your problem vanish in a flash.

I share this second lesson to remind you that all of us often forget how competent we are at one thing or another. So let me relate this to feeling stuck again. This tip is for you if you want to start making money online rather than at your day job and are struggling figuring out what to do.

Carve some time out of your busy day, as few as 5 minutes. Grab yourself a sheet of paper. Divide the sheet into 3 columns. In these 5 minutes you are going to make yourself a list.

In the first column, list 10 things you do that you find come really easy to you.

Then copy any items from column 1 into column 2 that you enjoy. Remember, only copy into column 2 those items you enjoy.

Finally, in column 3 list the items from column 2 that you would like to do on a regular basis.

Now consider what you might do online that has you concentrating, engaged in or working on items in column 3.

Ciao,

-Taylor

Tags:   feel stuck · internet business · make money online · strengths · talents
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I was about to shave when I realized it’s time to change my razor blade.

I suppose I could have gone a little longer before changing it, but the fact is a new blade is going to give me a much cleaner shave.

So let me ask you, are you still using the same dull razor blades when it comes to your Internet business?

Do you continue to do something using a tool that has basically served its purpose and now needs to be replaced, as in maybe the technology has gotten better…? Are you finding yourself performing the same activities over and over again without getting good results?

Think about this for a moment…

It never ceases to amaze me how time and time again companies like Gillette and Schick come up with new and improved razors.

There’s a single blade, there’s double blade, there’s a double blade with a lubricating strip, then it’s a double blade with a pivoting head, then it’s a triple blade with a pivoting head and lubricating strip, then there’s a strip for sensitive skin. You get the idea.

My point is if the cheap disposable razor isn’t doing the trick, there are other options.

So if things aren’t working out the way you’d like, why not become aware of what you’re doing day in and day out with your Internet business that might need changing?

Remember, it’s about results. If you’re already getting a great shave, there’s no need to change anything really. But if each time you shave you end up with nicks, scratches and a rash, well then it’s time to try something new. The same goes for making money online.

And if you’re confused, overwhelmed, or stuck about what you should be doing, that’s OK. There are resources for you like my intern program, or my aha email coaching. All you need to do is make the decision to go out there and educate yourself, and then take action.

Ciao,

-Taylor

Tags:   internet business · internet coaching · internet intern program · make money online
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Hi,You can get the following DVD for only $35 until noon tomorrow (EST which is GMT-5):

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After that, the price will be $100.

Ciao,

-Taylor

Tags:   internet business
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Hi,

Some internships are “unpaid” and are a waste of time.

Personally, I enjoy paying interns… when they’re good at following instructions and perform.

Why do I say that? Every now and then someone comes through my intern program and tries to cheat.

By definition, when you cheat, you hope to get away with it. The same is true for the cheating interns. They cheat on a task and expect to get paid for it.

In the end these interns are only cheating themselves…

Out of the the convenience of working according to their own schedule…

Out of the extra money…

Out of discovering ways to grow an online business that one day can run without them and can provide them freedom in the true sense of the word.

In the end, their cheating just leaves more opportunity for other individuals… Others who are motivated, detail-oriented, who take action and are good at following directions and who want to create a freedom business. Those of you who say “Aye!” to that are invited to sign up for my Intern program here:

http://www.InternAction.com/

Ciao,

-Taylor

Tags:   intern program · internet business · internet intern · internet mentor · make money online · online internship · small business
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Hi,

Some friends of mine are huge Star Wars fans in the real sense of the word. At couple of them can quote nearly every word in the original movie. I don’t know if that’s good or bad… One thing for sure, they both have good memories.

But it doesn’t take a fan to appreciate some of the lessons in Star Wars. Take this one, from Yoda…

“Do, or do not. There is no try.”

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Tags:   internet business · make money online · small business
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