Visit the site!

Hello everyone.

Please visit my actual blog at http://lifedesignmarketing.blogspot.com

I have added a lot of content that I think you will find useful.

Also, I have to back off my pay-for marketing campaign this weekend due to a logistical issue.

However, I will post statistics as soon as I launch.

Thanks again,
LDM

The week in review

Hello all.

I just thought I would take time to discuss the overall strategy behind this site.

First, I have been listening to the Internet Business Mastery podcasts and getting a lot of good tips.

Every time I learned something new, I rushed to get it implemented.

First, I setup this blog and another blog.

Then, I used feedburner.com to optimize and promote the site.

Next, I figured out what I wanted to say to each niche represented by my blogs. This was kind of an informal step. For example, I decided to just braindump my thoughts in a stream of consciousness fashion.

After that, I started scrambling for relevant content. You will notice RSS feeds on this site that provide relevant information.

Additionally, I signed up at clickbank.com so I could start drawing in revenue.

Besides clickbank, there are other affiliate programs, and I suggest you follow your interests. If you follow your interests, you will be able to put up better, more high quality content and get more conversions.

Naturally, I started working to deploy Google Adsense to the site (facilitated by Feedburner).

Finally, I created an affiliate account with Amazon and put up the books and CDs that led me to this point in the first place.

Please comment or drop me a line if you have questions or suggestions.

So far, I have about 8 hours into this process and I can already measure results, so if you just follow along, I hope you can start getting results and sharing your successes.

As I learn, I will share

I have put up an Amazon widget with books I recommend.

These books cover innovation and ideation, motivation, organization and more.

I even supplied some faith-based resources and a bonus deep-theology book for those who care.

While a lot of resources are free on the web, I definitely believe in having some core material in book form.

Other books, like the "4 Hour Work Week" and "Become a Better You" would also be good on CD to listen to in the car, or playing on your MP3 player.

Jay and Sterling recommend carrying an iPod around with you and if you get stuck in line somewhere, take time to learn something that will take you to the next level.

I can't stop being excited

I have been Dugg 4 times on one of my blogs by complete strangers.

One thing about it though, a lot of traffic flows through Digg, so my stories drop lower and lower pretty quickly.

I am thinking about seeing if I can get my articles Dugg in the middle of the night (GMT -5) so that they don't fly off the radar screen so quickly.

Infinite Subscriber Growth

I have achieved infinite subscriber growth.

My other blog has 2 subscribers now.

Okay...it is a little bit of hyperbole, but at least I am off the starting block. This is only one day after I optimized it with Feedburner.

Now I have measurable results that I can start to use to improve my process.

Today my goal is to generate a list of leads for my blog content.

A very good tool

If you are launching a blog, you definitely need FeedBurner.

I just read about it yesterday, and I already have monetized a couple of blogs.

The link is http://www.feedburner.com

Hopefully soon, some $$$ will start to roll into my Paypal account.

Getting up to speed

I am getting up to speed with Internet Marketing.

All I can say is that it is very exciting.

I am undergoing a major paradigm shift about reality.

I feel that I have been conditioned into the 9-5, "study hard, work hard and you will get ahead" mentality.

So far, I have found some resources to share.

Here is my list so far:
Timothy Ferris' book "The Four Hour Work Week"
Dave Allen's book "Getting Things Done"
Internet Business Mastery with Sterling and Jay(See the side panel movie)

Internet Business Mastery actually has a podcast with about 12 hours of content on getting started in Internet marketing.

Good luck everyone.

Let me know what you think about the resources (or any success stories you may have).