Chris Farrell Membership Review By a Real User

It should come as no surprise that I'm a bit of a "Chris Farrell" groupie! :) (BTW: I have permission from Chris to use these photos and screenshots). Anyway, I have learned a LOT from Chris over these last couple of years, and if you are at all interested in Internet or Affiliate Marketing, then please give Chris a chance. Watch my little video, and then try it yourself for only $4.95 for a 7-day trial. My link is www.YourInternetBasedBusiness.com Thanks! :)

Planning Articles Submissions

It's been quite a while since I worked with this blog! And actually - there's a pretty good reason (and not just an excuse LOL!)...

Well, it turns out that some time ago, Blogger and Google changed the way we log into our blogger accounts. ALSO, I had inadvertently started ANOTHER blogger account with a different access email. Anyway, being the relative newbie that I was (I'm only marginally beyond newbieness, by the way), I got completely entangled and confused between the different accounts (which I somehow thought would link to one another...)

And THEN, they switched over to logging in via our Google Account emails instead of our blogger user name.

Now I was REALLY confused! To the point where I just said, "Oh, forget about it... maybe someday when I have a few minutes I'll try to figure this out..."

But, as you might imagine, someday turned into ... well... when, exactly WAS the last time I posted here? Hmmm!

So today I took the bull by the horns and said, "I AM going to figure this out!" And finally I did.

This time, I'll make a note of the information somewhere and hope it doesn't get caught in a pile of stuff that goes out to recycling...

But anyway, the actual and original intention of this particular post is to share something I just wrote and posted over at Squidoo - my new lens about Planning Articles Submissions. I have long been a proponent of using article marketing as part of my overall affiliate marketing campaigns, and I'm sharing my thoughts with you here. Please have a look, and feel free to comment! Ok here it is: CLICK HERE TO READ: Planning Articles Submissions

Thanks! :)

Another Good Affiliate Marketing Program and System

As you know, there are hundreds of different affiliate marketing programs and systems out there. I belong to more than one, and in some cases, the various online marketing systems are offering the same end product - just using different strategies.

I like this, not only because it affords the online entrepreneur a variety of methods and systems to test, but also gives the entrepreneur an ability to target different markets or individuals.

For example, using the Global Resorts Network business opportunity, which I am extremely fond of, one person may prefer a more subdued approach to marketing whereas another person may be attracted by something that comes across as high energy. I fall somewhere in between, but I am aware that everyone is different.

Working with these different strategies is a lot of fun, and my work day is never dull!

With all that said, I am fully enjoying Bucky Shiver's system of introducing the business opportunity seeker to Global Resorts Network product. I think one of the things that catches my fancy is the fact that he is well aware of the need for self-branding - which is very important in today's internet marketing world. His system is inexpensive to maintain, and offers a good 10 landing pages which you may or may not decide to brand with your own picture, video, words, etc. Here are just a few different ones I've been using (feel free to click on all of them just to get a quick idea of what I mean): Truth To Wealth Online, Join The Success Team, and You Earn 1K per Sale.

He also offers a nice eBook for free called "It's Only Easy if you Know The Truth: Exposing the Lies, Myths and Hype to Help You Finally Succeed Online." It's certainly worth a visit for you to not only grab a copy of the eBook, but to get a tour around the system and product.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Affiliate Marketing Resources and Self-Improvement Books

Good morning from beautiful and sunny (if just a tad chilly) Cherry Grove Beach!

I just wanted to pass along a few websites today that might be helpful to those of you in the business of reaching for the stars using internet or affiliate marketing. A couple of these might be of interest to you if you are studying the principles of the Law of Attraction and Attraction Marketing.

Self Improvement Books

For some really good, no-fluff, no nonsense self improvement books, I just love my friend Tony Michalski's Kallisti Publishing site. He is a walking-talking example of the Law of Attraction at work, and I've learned a lot from him. This is absolutely worth checking out - and there is way too much for me to list here! Click Here to visit. (And yes, I AM going to earn a commission if you buy anything. But don't worry - there's good free stuff there too!)

Attraction Marketing

If you are interested specifically in attraction marketing, branding, etc., and you are in a business where recruiting or sales prospecting is imporant, this is a high energy group of people! Start by having a look at Mike Dillard's Free Video here.

High End Product Affiliate Programs

If you are looking for nice, high end product affiliate programs, and working from home in the travel industry is appealing to you, I just love Global Resorts Network (GRN). I love them for several reasons:

• They have a "big ticket" item, which means handsome commissions,


• The service is completely stand-alone - that is, you are not required to recruit others to sell the luxury vacation travel membership that we market (Click here for my website that is devoted ONLY to prospective travel customers), and


• The customer service we get from our travel partner is second to none.


• Plus, the fact that our travel partner has more than 20 years of experience shows great credibility and financial stability.

There are more than a few ways to market Global Resorts Network. If you are interested in GRN as a business opportunity, it's one of the finest. The internet marketing strategies I've been learning with Mike Dillard and his excellent and highly energetic team over at the Black Belt Recruiting are very impressive. Learn from them, and then apply what you learn.

What an outstanding bunch of people! These guys keep me young.

If you have other systems or resources to share, please feel free to comment! Have a great day!

From my First YouTube Video to "Video Marketing Queen!"

Ok, I admit it. I'm now thoroughly hooked on YouTube.

After last week's post (see last post), wherein I DID NOT QUIT and successfully uploaded my very first YouTube video (about assembly a Party Tent), I got to thinking about Video Marketing.

Turns out that Video Marketing is big. And, I need to begin using this fascinating medium. It's one of the things that I have been learning as part of the strategies taught by the folks at Mike Dillard's place, which is a great learning platform for online marketing.

During the week (in which most of it was spent indoors since it was freezing down here at Cherry Grove Beach - no, it really WAS freezing - in the 20's and 30's) I had time to think about how I could begin using video marketing as a tool to drive more traffic to my website.

I knew it works, because the other day, I had a call from some guy out of the blue who saw my video on YouTube, and he was looking for a specific portable shelter from my Portable Garages and Shelters website.

Who would have thought that someone would find me that way?

I learned how to embed the video from YouTube into my website, and now someone can watch the assembly demonstration.

Today, I experimented further, and came up with YouTube video number 2, which primarily introduces the viewer to my Portable Garages website, and encourages them to visit. We really do have some great deals, and I am so fond of the folks up at the MDM Rhino Shelter warehouse in Milford, CT, that I just want to bring in more orders. The customer wins by getting a good deal, I win by getting an order, and MDM Rhino wins by getting the order through me.

So, by tomorrow, my home page at Portable Garages and Shelters will feature my latest YouTube creation, and customers will see the actual face behind the site.

I got to thinking even more... As my regular readers know, I'm hooked on entrepreneurial pursuits. I love working from home - actually, let me rephrase that: I love working from home ONLINE - because it is that "working from home" and "internet based business" stuff that has enabled us to be here in this magnificent beach community for the winter.

So, why not start doing some short YouTube videos to promote my other online business opportunities? I can introduce myself briefly - again, so people can see that there is a real person behind the site and opportunity - and offer little training segments, as well as words of inspiration and motivation.

This is getting more exciting by the minute, and again - I'm glad I didn't give up! :)

Affiliate Marketing System? What About It?

Since most people who know me know that I work 100% from home now, they often ask me how I do it. I have been getting a lot of those questions this winter, since John and I left the north country (northern NH) for the warmer climate of coastal South Carolina.

Except that it snowed here on the beach yesterday. And it's in the 20's tonight. Brrr! Old Man Winter wasn't letting us go without a fight! :)

Anyway, I guess the reason people ask us this question is because we don't fit the typical "snow bird" profile - which means we are not retired (yet!).

We assure people that we most certainly DO work! And we work hard. Well. "Work Hard" is a relative term. My back aches, but only because I'm hunkered down over the computer keyboard for work.

As you know, if you've been reading this blog, we work our online business opportunities. A couple of our internet marketing strategies are centered around products which are physically drop-shipped from our supplier, and yet another is an affiliate marketing system.

I know that some readers might ask what I truly believe the best affiliate marketing program is - and that is a difficult question to answer. Everyone is different, which means that different people will prefer different products. I've addressed this topic in other blog entries, wherein I advise people who are interested in business opportunities online to carefully review their likes/dislikes, how much time they have to devote, etc.

Also, when asked, I will typically tell folks that I prefer to represent a company that has a solid, stand-alone product. You've probably seen that in my writings, as well.

And an affiliate marketing opportunity may very well be different from an affiliate marketing system. At least in my eye.

Because the affiliate marketing opportunity you choose to represent may not necessarily have a marketing system to help you learn the ropes of online internet marketing.

So what to do?

Well, you've undoubtedly heard me tell my readers to do some due diligence and soul searching before joining up with anything. Because, I don't care how good the internet or affiliate marketing system is - if you are not going to put in the time to 1) LEARN the system, and then 2) WORK the system - and by work the system, I mean on a CONSISTENT basis, then you are setting yourself up for disappointment. Because nothing works unless YOU do.

So. That said, there are a few affiliate marketing systems out there that have good information, good educational products, and the type of training that - once you wrap your head around it - you can implement, and begin to see results in the following ways: 1) More visitors (aka "traffic") to your site, which leads to 2) more sales at your site, which leads to 3) more commissions in your bank account.

I like Mike Dillard's style - talk about "no nonsense." You can check it out and get some free information and see if this affiliate marketing system resonates with you.

Of course, it's no secret that I'm extremely fond of Global Resorts Network as an excellent affiliate marketing opportunity, since John & I love to travel and have been very impressed by the exclusive luxury travel club that we market (which really is a standalone product). For people who want to travel AND earn some money marketing a luxury vacation travel product, the GRN commission structure is impressive. For us, it's both an entrepreneur's dream come true as well as a vacationer's dream come true (Hey! That's our motto!)

As far as the affiliate marketing systems that we work, we've learned a great deal through the sites we've already mentioned - which you can visit at your leisure. They are certainly not the only affiliate marketing resources out there, but they're certainly a good starting point. The direct links are:
Presenting GRN (this gets right to the point of the opportunity)
Black Belt Recruiting (this is Mike Dillard's approach)
Truth To Wealth Online (this is a great GRN Team Building System - plus you can get a nice free eBook about dispelling the myths of working online)

But ultimately, it is up to you to discover what it is you enjoy doing, decide if you have the time to devote to learning an affiliate marketing system - and then, once you choose your particular affiliate marketing opportunity that "grabs you" - STICK WITH IT!