The Entrepreneur’s Best Friends

December 11th, 2009 | Posted in Affiliate Marketing, Personal | by Michael Hobach

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I wanted to share something with you today, that is inspired by an Email that I received from a long time source of 'niche information…

I was thinking after I received this Email – I'll share more about where to signup to get on this list if you wish towards the end of this post.

It's true! Just two little words rule a every Entrepreneur's world…

Risk and Fear

Over the past several years I've been showing people how to make money – I will be the first to tell you that if you take two people and have them do the exact same thing, one will succeed and the other will fail. Why? Because of who they are inside!

Some people are risk avert - always wanting guarantees… thinking that if someone would just show them step-by-step how something works for others, then they too could do it and be successful.

Some people love taking risks in certain parts of their lives – they will jump out of perfectly good airplanes, or ride their motorcycle without protective gear… almost as if they love taking risks with their lives.

Fear, or lack of fear seems to be what makes these people take the risks that they do…

So what makes one person successful and another not?

I really do think that it has to do with how we each emotionalize the implied Risk in starting a business in the form of Fear…

I know – blah blah blah…

But seriously – if you are one who is so fearful of failure, then maybe you should stay in your cubicle. If you are one who is always looking for the 'sure thing' – then maybe you should just work for someone else.

Being in business takes a certain hardness, and fearlessness if you will. Something inside that makes you decide – then stick with it until it DOES work.

I've been self employed most of my life – something happened to me when I was a kid… well several things happened to me. If you talk to some friends they will tell you that it was probably the screwdrivers in the outlet – but I'm not sure that that was it…

Lets just say that my father told me over and over that I didn't have to be like all the other kids – that I should do what I wanted to do. The funny thing is that when you are a kid you have little fear. No one has filled your head will all of those negative things that would happen to you if you did something one way or didn't do something another way. I will reassure you that I have failed – I've failed a lot in my lifetime. In the beginning it hurt and made me wonder if I stopped being different would I not fail… Hmmm…

Everyone has failures – I've had two marriages fail… but I've got 4 wonderful children (and one grand daughter) as a result. So the risk worth it for me! Will I do it again? Probably, but without producing anymore children of course – too old for that you know! (wink)

I've also had many business ventures fail, or not make it as I had hoped. But I have also had several very successful businesses and once you figure out what doesn't work – you just need to remember that and not do it ever again! Figure out what works and keep doing it over and over.

Think outside the box – smaller is better!

I think what hits most people too is that they think inside the box about business! They think that you have to create something that may become too big to handle – something that just keeps growing and growing… maybe out of control!

The last very successful business that I started did just that – and now there are more than a dozen employees. I am glad that I'm not there to deal with all of that! I like it small – maybe several small businesses at once – easier to deal with…

Ok – so what does this have to do with everything that I have been talking about?

Think… if you find a way to make a couple hundred a month and then you create another – not just like it – but the same business model – all making small amounts of money – all simple to manage – and all easy to do… and duplicate!

That's how we make money the easy way on the Internet!

Do you want me to do this for you?

Do you want me to take you by the hand and show you?

If you answer YES to both or either of these, are you willing to give me a piece of it forever? Think about it and let me know – I'm curious what you are thinking.

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The Email that sparked my blog post today was sent to me by Paul Evens. You can check out his nichology site by clicking here.

Also – if you are looking to get started making money online then I would recommend two programs/systems to review – I own both of them (no I wasn't given a copy to say it's good!) and these two are really written for the newbie – get started today.

First program by George Brown – Google Sniper – just click here

Second program by Michael Jones – The Affiliate Code – just click here

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I have purchased several other (new) programs and I'm not impressed by what I'm seeing – too much of the 'me too' thing going on. I've even requested refunds! See – that happens… but know that I am evaluating if these new programs show something new, or if a newbie would be able to make it work…

I wish that I could take away all of your fear and tell you that there is no risk. The truth is that the risk of failure is much greater if you do absolutely nothing.

To your continued success…

Michael Hobach

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Making Some Money NOW!

November 19th, 2009 | Posted in Affiliate Marketing, CPA, Personal | by Michael Hobach

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I've been sitting back working on a new project here – I'll be sharing it with you shortly, but right now lets talk about making some money NOW!

If you are on my lists you know that I've been promoting several systems.

Have you had a chance to download your personal copy yet?

Have you read through the material and watched the videos yet?

Have you implemented your first affiliate presell site yet?

WHY NOT?

Below is a screen capture of the ClickBank account that I am using to capture my commissions as I start building this part of my business. Click on the graphic to open a popup with the full-sized image…

This account shows almost $600.00 paid out for just 2 affiliate promotions that I have setup as described in Google Sniper. I set these up a little over a month ago. Actually there is about $1,000 earned, however ClickBank holds the funds to make sure that there are no cancellations. Can you do this? I'll bet you can – if you JUST DO IT!

BTW - the new system by Michael Jones – The Affiliate Code – will also get you started. Actually, TAC has a bit more detail in the videos and system information that gives you more options. Options are good!

Important Note – I've got one site that I setup in the tattoo niche that seems to be overlooked by Google. Now this isn't unusual, and it is important that you realize that not everything that you put out there WILL be evaluated by the search engines. Actually, I can't get Google to crawl this site for the last 4 weeks! Oh well – I'll keep it going and eventually Google will crawl it – or index the current pages.

One more thing – Commission Junction surprise!

I also setup a simple CPA offer through my Commission Junction account. I logged in today to find that I had $80.00 deposited into my bank account from this offer – I do have a small site (page) tied to this, and it is starting to generate some $$. You can't expect everything to happen at once – but these small positive accomplishments will only lead to more and more of the same. Eventually this too will be generating a good six figures!

Now realize that I'm not here to teach you how all of this works! The sytems/programs that I'm promoting are excellent in the way that they explain what you need to know to get started. It might be too much to expect that they explain everything – really! There is no way that one Internet Marketing program can cover everything! I will continue to purchase these programs as each one gives me some good information – something that I maybe didn't have before.

Keep learning and seeking out information to add to your knowledge base.

To your continued success…

Michael Hobach

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A Lot of Little Things Equals Something Big

October 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Affiliate Marketing | by Michael Hobach

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Here is a concept… Setup a lot of little things that each generate a small amount each on their own!

What do you get?

I read through the Google Sniper (yes I bought it!) and I've set up a couple of new sites. Each are promoting products on Clickbank. I've already generated $500 through one site and $200 through another – in less than one month.

I had to purchase domain names and setup hosting, but I have everything in place to do that easily and quickly.

I did just a little bit of research as George explains – actually I started by researching the HOTEST products on Clcikbank and then researched the niches that they belong to. I was able to come up with a couple of 'OK' domain names – meaning that they weren't absolutely the best, but they would work. It didn't take much and it didn't cost me anything but my time to do the research.

My Question is - Why do so many want a lot of money from just one thing when they can certainly have a little bit of money from a lot of things?

You see, if I take these sites that make even $200/mo and just keep doing the research, and adding more and more… and more… before very long I could have 20 sites doing this…

20 x $200 = $4,000 per month ( $48,000/yr)

50 x $200 = $10,000 per month ( $120,000/yr)

100 x $200 = $20,000 per month ( $240,000/yr)

Note: Most products earn the promoting affiliate $35 – $60 per sale – meaning 4 to 6 sales per month to earn just $200 per month.

From the questions that I'm receiving via Email and through this site, I would believe that maybe this concept isn't acceptable as a business model. I think that it is the perfect business model!

Here's why this is important…

Remember in an earlier post I told you that I had been working in just one niche? And that niche pretty much went away – well at least from the standpoint of buying customers… Don't put all of your eggs in one basket – you will have a lot of broken eggs should that basket be dropped.

To be honest with you this 'program' or 'system' is so simple, and once you've done a couple it's even easier… why wouldn't one give it a try?!?!

There is no Pay Per Click (PPC) or any other advertising expense. What are the real costs? For the most part it's just your time and brain power – sorry you do need to be able to think to make this work.

Remember that it doesn't happen over night!

To your continued success,

Michael Hobach

P.S. – I just lauched another site – Gurus Exposed  (http://GurusExposed.com ) – by the time you get to this there should be the first review posted there.

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