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November 30th, 2009 | Posted in General | by Michael Hobach

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November 1st, 2009 | Posted in General | by Michael Hobach

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"Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly." – Stephen R Covey

I've been dealing with people for most of my life – not always a fun thing to be doing I might add.

Some people always want someone else to do it for them – some just want someone to give them an idea and they run with it. Still others want to see proof that others are really able to be successful doing what they are considering.

Which one are you?

in my last post I explained how doing a bunch of little things equals something big. I have received a couple of Emails that expressed confusion as to why I would want to do a lot of things rather than just one thing.

My answer to each of you is no matter what you want to do or which approach you choose, JUST DO IT!

I think that the hardest thing for so many people is to just commit to do something – I'm included in that group! I will admit to spending way too much time analyzing a new project and in some cases it gets lost in that process and I move on to something new.

My goal for 2010 is to just do it! I'm putting that into action now with some of the things you will see me doing online. I've had a lot of ideas over the years – yes I do have a fire burning within and yes I do get things done… eventually!

One of the things that I've had on my list for so long is to make use of a domain name that I've owned for years – gurusexposed.com. Today I've launched this site – http://GurusExposed.com. I plan to review the announced launch of Michael Jones new program "The Affiliate Code".

Actually – launching this site is another one of those things on my list for a long time. I had put up a site here 2 years ago which was nothing like this, nor was it what I was really planning to do here.

Believe in something!

I've noticed too that so many sit around complaining about their job or lack there of… or they complain that all of the 'make money online' 'things' are scams!

Stop complaining and just do something!

If that fire is burning within then do something about it – there are so many programs and you can truly try several of them and see what works for you. It is easy but it does take work and you are going to have to do the work – no matter what you choose to do!

To your continued success…

Michael Hobach

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What is it that I know that makes me an expert

October 11th, 2009 | Posted in General, Personal | by Michael Hobach

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I'll bet you are wondering what it is that makes me an expert to sit here and talk to you about making money and especially doing it online…

First – I'm by no means an expert!

I have a good friend who keeps telling me that I'm an expert in Internet Technology and that I keep too much to myself. Well – I do know a lot and I have done a lot… but that doesn't make me an expert – at least not in my opinion!

But here's the thing…

I used to work really hard – you know what I mean! Then things really changed for me and a number of years ago I discovered how it was possible to stop trading my time for a paycheck. I still have family members, friends and neighbors who have asked outloud – how is it that you are able to sit at home and still have all of the things that they work so hard for by going to a job. Actually my ex wife beat on me a lot about not going to work and having a job.

In our lifetime we have been conditioned to believe that we have to work for some big corporation and in return we get paid and have all of these great benefits. Well, I think it's become obvious in the last couple of years that relying on some big corporation for our livelihood isn't the best idea. Our income is defined by our position and company policy. Over achievers seldom receive the compensation they deserve. True – some days we can just show up and still get paid – but is that really fair?

I was raised to be different and think outside the box

My father always – and I mean always, reminded me that I don't have to be like everyone else. I don't have to do what they do or think what they think! So many people are just 'clones' of everyone else around them. Are you?

To make insane amounts of money online and off line requires that you think differently

Personally, I have a desire to make enough money to pay my bills, and live comfortably – not unrealistic! I do want enough money so that I can continue to help others who are less fortunate than me, but the goal is to teach them to help themselves. Our society today does not know how to do that! Truth!

Motivation comes in weird ways

To be honest – a major motivating factor in my life to make a total change on how I earn a living came about in 2001 with some issues with my now ex wife. Divorce was inevitable, and it became clear that I needed to do what I needed to do for myself and my children. Her desires no longer mattered.

The ISP business that I had created, and where I worked long hours, was just another JOB – in fact I worked a lot harder than I did when I had a JOB with a company that I didn't own… duh!

The beginning of the rest of my life

In 2001 when we moved out here to the lake I knew that I would have the environment to work on the things that I really needed to work on, including myself.

I tried a lot of things including Network Marketing – won't ever do that again unless it's just to get a good product at a better price!

I also went back to what I love – truly my passion… the Internet from a marketing and and sales standpoint. You see the business that I was trying to separate myself from was a service company – mostly providing high-speed connections to local businesses. It was very much hands on and more work focused and not really creative focused for me. The technology behind everything that you see online is interesting to me – and it was my goal to make it simple to implement and easy to scale.

I do have another passion – Real Estate. I have little fear of failure when it comes to things like Real Estate (RE). Well actually I have little fear of failure when it comes to just about anything – except family!

My passion in Real Estate put me on a quest to become more knowledgeable about Real Estate transactions – at the time I had bought and sold 9 homes (that I have lived in) and bought and sold 2 commercial properties.

I went to school to get my license to originate mortgages – the learning experience was what I really wanted – I had no intention of ever originating a mortgage though. In my life I have done this a lot to learn things that I want to know. Yes I did get my license in the state of Wisconsin – no it's no longer active as I let it expire.

At the same time that I started doing some RE Short Sales I also got involved online with some other people doing the same. I came to realize that there was demand for what I knew about RE and Foreclosures – mind you I learned what I knew on my own. As a result of my new front line passion I started writing e-books and training material. Amazingly I was making more money with almost no work right from the start. I started doing more and more and the more I integrated the 'technology' part, the more money I was making – again with almost no real work on my part!

The rise and fall of a 'niche'

The Real Estate Short Sale / Foreclosure market online was truly one of those huge niches that we all would love to be a part of. I was, and for the most part I did everything right! The one thing that I did wrong was I focused on just one niche and I didn't pay attention to what was really going to happen to it when things changed in the market and our economy. We all saw it coming – but I'm not sure that everyone really knew what it meant. Now we do – that niche is still there, but there are no buyers of the things that we were selling anymore. Rather, I should say that the buyers are still there, but they are trying hard to keep their head above water so they aren't able to spend the money. Fair?

The point is that most people who buy things like my books are those who want to be a Real Estate Investor. Some are already REI's and they wanted to know more on the subjects I wrote about. Some are Realtors who where/are trying to learn another way to use what they already know. But the 'buyers' who really mattered were those who saw an opportunity and wanted to do that – most just bought the books that were never read… Remember all the late night infomercials about Real Estate in the 80's and 90's? Yep I had boxes of that stuff too… most buyers never do a thing with their purchase – and now with the economy they can't even imagine Investing in Real Estate. Oh well…

In the mean time

While I was writing my books and marketing them online I discovered how easy it was to make money! Actually I discovered how easy it was to make money online regardless if it was my product or someone else's product. In a previous post here I indicated how I was making six figures on my books and training alone. I didn't mention that I was also making money promoting other people's products and services.

There was one e-book from ClickBank that I was promoting – not promoting hard – but promoting… I was earning just under $4k per month promoting this e-book alone as an affiliate. It was easy! Then all of a sudden that book was no longer available

I was also promoting a service that I found on Commission Junction, that made me about $300 per month. Now this was a $29.99/mo service where I received $2.99 each month on every customer that I referred. Not a lot of money, but the concept was awesome don't you think?

There were other promotions that I offered to my list that earned me a lot of money – it all adds up!

During this time I also did some major eBay stuff too – you see there are distributors out there who will drop-ship products directly to your customers – your company name appears on all material that the customer sees. On eBay they have this 'Power Seller' program… from month one I realized more than $4,000 a month in sales on eBay. After three months I got their 'Power Seller' banner on my store. What was I selling? High-end electronics! My biggest seller was a muli-function – multi-device remote from Sony. It was about $130 and everyone wanted one!

What I've learned and what I'm willing to share with you…

Times are tight and our economy isn't playing nice with our expected quality of life. We can all make small changes in how we think and what we do to improve this.

There is a simple concept to understand - if you don't know something (like how to make money online) you will either have to learn it the hard way – by researching things and trial & error as I have, or you will have to pay to learn how this all works by purchasing programs that teach you the concepts.

Understand too that there is no such thing as just one way to make money online! And there is no ONE program that will show (teach) you everything that you need to know. Stop asking me for the ONE program that you need to purchase!

There is one thing that is not negotiable – you will have to do some work… and you will be out of your comfort zone… and it won't happen overnight!

It will happen – just not overnight!

Stop looking for the quick fix!

If you are broke and unemployed – get a job and take care of business… if you are employed, but just not making ends meet realize that buying a program online will not automatically fix your financial situation!

You won't learn this overnight and you won't start making money today.

Even the no-cost or Free programs have some expense to get started – usually domain name registration (~ $10/yr) and hosting (~ $5/mo min).

Also realize that I am not you – I do have the means and knowledge to get a brand new web site up within minutes – I own servers and have hosting already online. Most people already online have these things in place. I can register a domain name and have it live in 5 minutes – seriously…. I can create the needed graphics or pick a 'theme' within minutes and have it on the web site.

You will be able to do this too – maybe not right now, but if you really want to make money on the Internet then some day soon you will be able to move that fast on a new idea.

Sorry for the length of this post – I get long winded sometimes.

I hope you find some words of encouragement in this post, and it is my desire to motivate you to do what you need to do to get what you want! Does that make sense?

To your continued success…

Michael Hobach

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Making A Living Online –

October 9th, 2009 | Posted in General, Personal | by Michael Hobach

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My entire life I have worked hard and done more than my share. In 1995, as I've mentioned before, I started my own ISP business. I have never worked so hard – and I've promised myself that I wouldn't do that again! It wasn't the hard work so much as the commitment of my time.

In 2001 I moved away from the office – I used to live within 10 minutes of the office and datacenter. My time was always being eaten up by the business. I moved to more than 30 minutes from the office and started to pull back – my son was now in charge… well he had the responsibility at least.

I slowly pulled away from the day to day business and started looking at some things that would give me some freedom. You see working for yourself doesn't always mean that you have freedom to do a lot of fun things!

I did take a lot of vacations during the early 2000's – mostly to Florida where I bought a timeshare. BTW – don't ever do this! If you have cash to pay for one of these things like I did then put the money into a condo or some other property. My opinion at this point of course.

In 2004 I dove head first into something that has always been an interest of mine – Real Estate! Yep – I figured out how to flip properties with a single back-to-back closing. I was encouraged to write an e-book and all I will say is that the rest is history!

I've written a number of e-books for the Real Estate niche – and between 2004 and 2007 I made a really good living on these books and marketing to this niche. I also went through a divorce at the same time and my energy was not focused at all from time to time. I did enjoy the automatic income and the easy life. 

You see, there are a lot of ways to make money online. The main point and something you need to really realize – you must set a course and never look back. My books, training, and other online services made me a good chunk of change – actually, I was enjoying online sales in excess of $100k per year just from the sales of my books. In 2008 that dropped to about $30k per year because of the economy and the Real Estate market. Most 'wannabes' just couldn't see how this could work.

Well I can tell you that I've flipped a number of properties for myself and I've overseen a bunch more. On average I would pocket about $19k per transaction. Not too bad considering I just did all of the leg work and thinking…

That's all gone now – I've pretty much pulled out of the Real Estate market niche. I still work on simple projects and maintain several web sites. Actually you can see the part of my collection of my books that still applies to the market today at http://ShortSaleBooks.com – the sales keep coming in, but I can't pay the bills with sales from this one niche.

Over the last couple of years I've worked to get my life back together and to get a better focus on what I was doing – I still earn a good living online, but I'm working to diversify. You see while Real Estate and the RE niche provided a good income for a number of years, it wasn't my real passion. And because the RE niche was a really hot niche at the time – a lot of 'buyers' – it made me a lot of money… I ignored my first rule – diversification.

So what is my real passion? The technology that runs the Internet of course!

I've been involved in technology my entire life – I love to see web sites come to life and I love to see them rise to the top of the search engines. This is where I live…

Now I'm finding a lot of little niches where I can apply what I know – it's working. And I'm going to share some of this with you here on this site so stay tuned.

Here's something interesting – did you know that the tattoo niche is hot but not many marketers are participating… hmmm… I see an opportunity. Let me do some research!

No I don't have any tattoos and I don't know anything about tattoos… although I have dated several women with tattoos…

To your continued success…

Michael Hobach

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What Does It Really Take To Make Money Online?

October 1st, 2009 | Posted in General | by Michael Hobach

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I better get to this sooner rather than later…

I'm going to present the condensed version of what it takes to make money online – there are a lot of options, and you can choose what works best for you. For now lets just keep this simple…

The Product or Service

What you sell is more important than how you sell it.

Understand that the most profitable product or service is one that you have created and you have control over. Until you get to that point – where you can create your own product or service, consider the roll of affiliate. Being an affiliate just means that you market someone else's product or service and get paid for your efforts.

As an affiliate you can choose products from many sites including the best known Clickbank. There are other networks where you can earn your commission from promoting real-world products like Dish Network, Direct TV, and more.

Here are just a few of the places to look… Clickbank, Commission Junction, Link Share, Google, Amazon.com, eBay, and others. In fact, almost every product or service is available someplace online through an affiliate program.

What To Sell

I think the 'What to sell' topic is the place that most people stumble…

The best way to state this is to say that you want to pick something that people are buying! I don't mean that it's something that people just like – I'm talking about something that is so hot that once you put it out there you can't stop the people from hitting your site and buying what you are selling.

Here is an example – it's the beginning of October and within a couple of weeks people (adults – who have money to buy) will be participating in Halloween. So what you say… have you looked at the sexy adult costumes that are out there? Now if you knew how all of this works what do you think would happen if you became an affiliate to the Playboy Sexy Costume site – yes this does exist… and what if you did your research and created a site to showcase these sexy costumes?

Hmmm…

BTW – if you wanted to be an affiliate for the Playboy Sexy Costume site you would need to have a Commission Junction account and apply to be an affiliate… http://cj.com to get to the Commission Junction web site.

 

How To Sell Whatever You Are Going To Sell

There are a couple of ways to actually present and promote the item(s) that you have chosen to sell. Ignore the fact that you will have to get people to a web site or web page for now…

In the beginning, people who have limited financial means might choose to use a free Blog like http://wordpress.com where you would have a shared environment to create your WordPress Blog. There are limitations, but this is someplace to start.

The beginner could also use Squidoo – http://www.squidoo.com – which is like a Blog in the way that the world sees it, but on Squidoo they call these pages or posts "a Lens". Don't worry – I didn't get it at first either.

So what would you write about?

You might be an expert or appear to be an expert on the subject at hand.

Maybe you are simply reviewing several products/services in a specific niche. Regardless of what you right about, you are not selling on these pages – you are pre-selling or suggesting a product/service – a big difference. The more you write the better your chances of course.

Now I'm not going to go into details here as there are so many programs that do an excellent gob of explaining how this part works.

Now keep in mind that you initially will be doing this for a specific niche or a specific product/service. As you grow your business you will just be replicating this to other products/services.

Initially the free sites will work, but at some point you will want to switch to your own web site(s) and your own hosting account – you will have total control over how this works.

Simple re-direct to the product web site

In some cases it is permitable or desirable to simply redirect a specific URL that you control to the product/service web site through your very own affiliate link – so that you get credit for the sale. Keep in mind that this isn't always possible – in many cases like coming off of Google or Yahoo, you won't be allowed to redirect.

Visit Squidoo and the WordPress site I showed you above – you will see how people are using these FREE services to make affiliate $$$.

 

Driving Traffic To Your Squidoo Lens or Blog

The only thing left to do is to get people to your pre-sales or review pages. There are several ways to do this…

 

The FREE method

If you are on a really tight budget you can just wait for your buyers to find you – they will eventually!

Seriously – there are several ways to get buyers to your sales pages. IF you are using Squidoo or a Blog to promote a product or service, you will know that these two generate a lot of traffic on their own… people will find you!

Keep in mind that generating 'Organic' traffic means FREE traffic! This means that your pages are showing up high on the results page when someone searches for what you are selling.

 

 

To get your ad or review or whatever you have created high in the search results. This is accomplished through careful writing and using the key word/phrase that you are trying to rank high on creatively in the title and throughout what you write.

Articles - some promote writing articles and submitting them to article sites like ezinarticles.com. Articles work, but may take some time to start generating traffic to your web site.

Forum & Blog Posts – some promote plastering your opinions on other people's Blog sites, or adding your site URL to your signature on Forums. These work too – but again, you will need to do a lot of work to get these to register and actually drive traffic to your site.

Social Networking – you can certainly use MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and others to promote what you are doing and get traffic to your sites. This is very easy to do and it shouldn't cost you a cent. The time thing comes into play again, and of course it depends on how many people you have following you on these sites.

Other means – there are a whole lot of other options too. You need to be aware that just about anything that comes in contact with other people both online and off can be used to promote your site(s). Don't pass up opportunities…

 

 

 

The Pay method

This is what everyone is trying to avoid – paying to promote their affiliate products and services…

Google PPC – or Pay Per Click text ads – this is where you create campaigns on Google, Yahoo, Bing, and other search engine sites – your ads are displayed as you define in the search results of people looking for things online. While some avoid this as a means to get buyers to your offer, it is one of the most effective ways to accomplish your marketing.

Google banner ads on specific web sites (content network)  – Google has an option that I don't think many beginners use – they should! Create standard banner ads and through Googles network have them appear on specific site. This is usually used to have your ads appear on those sites who are using Google Adsense to monitize their web sites. More about this later!

I've had very good success using simple banner ads on competing web sites and even MySpace – yes MySpace does support Google adsense.

MySpace Ads – This is new and very inexpensive. You have access to the whole MySpace community. You can easily create graphic ads using their tools. Ads will only appear on MySpace pages when you use their advertising.

Advertising Networks and PPV/PPC – There are advertising networks out there that sell advertising space on very popular web sites. Usually these sites have a graphic or link with a lable like "Advertise Here". These networks also provide Pay per view and pay per click billing models. If your ads are sharp and attract a lot of clicks, the pay per view model might be very cost effective. One network to check out is http://etology.com .

There are others – you just need to find them!

 

How To Pick Something To Promote or Sell

Sometimes picking just one thing to promote is really difficult. So don't just promote or sell one thing! Choose a niche – like health, or relationships, or pets, or ???

I can tell you that what continues to be really hot online are the 3 that I just mentioned….

Health

• Losing weight
• Six-pack Abs
• Improving your health
• Dealing with some specific illness

Relationships

• Picking up women
• Getting your ex back
• Improving your sex life

Pets

• Dog Training
• Getting your dog to stop bitting/barking
• Dog Grooming

Finances

• Setting up a budget
• Making money
• Saving money
• Getting out of debt
• Job loss or Job protection tips

Usually topics where there is a change happening are good choices. We will cover more topics over time, but this is the beginning.

Start with one Niche and one product. Then add more products to that Niche and then expand to multiple Niches!

To Your Continued Success…

Michael Hobach

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Build Your Business The Way That I Did In 1995

September 28th, 2009 | Posted in General, Personal | by Michael Hobach

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Back in 1995 I wrote a business plan for a new Internet Business. The business plan outlined a wonderful Internet Service Provider (ISP) business that had the potential to grow into a huge company….

I had big plans – I presented my plan to local business owners, investors, friends and family. The initial startup cost was near $100,000.00 – which was a very conservative amount considering all of the hardware and network infustructure.

So many thought that the Internet was going to be a passing fad – I was told 'Like Pet Rocks!' Can you imagine?

After a while I sat down with my wife and got her to agree to let me purchase one server and some software to see if this was all I said it would be… she agreed! I formed the company as a 'C' Corporation – this would allow me to protect myself and more importantly, to offer stock to potential investors.

It wasn't long – just a couple of months, when I began to see the potential and I put plans into action to fund this venture privately… and to quit my job of 9 yrs – Sr Project Engineer in Research & Development.

(It all started here – click on the image to the left to see when I really started online with ARIN.)

So I cashed in my $40,000 – 401k, and used several credit cards to fund the startup. A total of about $100,000.

Within the first year or so I needed more money to grow the business. You see we were growing at a rate of about 140%/yr – it's near impossible to sustain a brick & mortar business at this rate…. but I had a plan – I started looking for investors to put some needed cash into the business. I was able to raise about $40,000 between 6 private investors. Not a lot, but it helped…

You see this business requires a lot of equipment. The equipment needed to be purchased before the customes came online. So I was investing $10k at a crack to put on new customes.

Eventually I needed almost $1 million to continue with this growth – this was in 2000. I had become friends with two guys who could put this kind of money together, and I set up a meeting with them. I will tell you that this isn't something that I would suggest just anyone undertake. The meeting got me about $200,000 – but I had to give up a good chunk of the company stock that I owned. I gave in and it all worked out…

I won't bore you with all of the details, but today my 31 yr old son runs this company and it does several million in sales each year.

So my point is that if you really want to make money there is a right way to do it… not everyone is able to handle this – today this company is approaching 15 yrs old. It is a wonderful accomplishment for me and for my son continuing on.

To your continued success…

Michael Hobach

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Free money or the ATM syndrome

September 24th, 2009 | Posted in General | by Michael Hobach

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I did some searching with Google and Yahoo the other day for methods promising people that they can earn money for Free – no money out of their pocket…

I can't believe how many 'systems' there are!

These programs exist, and yes you can make money – but the money you have the ability to make is just peanuts. Seriously!

If this is what you are looking for – you won't find it here!

The thing about making money is that there is such thing as a free lunch! This really is true… and unless you are prepared to think about earning money as a business, you are doomed to fail – and it will really hurt! How do I know? I've watched dozens of people do it…

Here's the thing – in order to make money anywhere you will need to several things, and if someone is offering you a free lunch, then chances are that they are the ones who will profit and not you!

Think of it this way…

Most of these programs are captive – meaning that the creator of the product and marketing system owns everything. The only thing that they offer to you is a small commission for every sale that you generate. Usually you need to find people to send to their web site and they forbid you from setting up your own sites to market their products. They own the list(s), the product, and the whole system…

Say you send 100 people to this site who sign up to receive more information. You cannot market other products or services to these people because you do not have control of the list!

Actually you will put a lot of work into these programs and if you are successful and you do generate some income, great – you will have to keep active and keep producing to continue to receive an income from that program. Now what happens when you decide to do something else – you can't take any of those people with you – they are owned by the program producers.

As an example – the NM companies I worked for got the benefit of my labor when I left – They got to keep those thousands of people who I recruted, and the sales they are generating are now paying those who were above me!

Now if that were my own company – my list – I could market to them anything that I wanted and continue to make money from their purchases for as long as they stayed in my downline or on my customer list.

I would encourage you to think about this whole thing and maybe adjust your paradym – so many people are set up to fail because they want everything for nothing. They beleive that if they buy a $97course to show them how to make money, all that they have to do is buy the program – and the money will come spitting out like an ATM!

The only way to create real wealth is to have a business plan – it doesn't matter what you are going to sell or do, you need to have a plan.

I will tell you more as we go forward…

To your continued success,

Michael Hobach

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How To Make Money Online

September 14th, 2009 | Posted in General | by Michael Hobach

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I’ve been trying to figure out just how to convey all of this information to you. If you’ve been following me for any length of time you know that I just write – what I feel and I really don’t hold much back!

So let me start with the obvious stuff you’ve been bombarded with and why you might be skeptical of the whole concept of making money online…

What’s being beat into our heads

I’m sure that you have heard a lot about affiliate marketing, or article marketing or a number of other concepts for making money online. I’m sure you have seen these new malls that are springing up online supposedly to sell things that everyone is buying anyway… and I’m sure you have seen the Internet version of so many MLM / NM companies…. Right?!

I’m here to tell you in simple terms how to make money on the Internet…

Are you ready to know the simple truth about making money?

I bet you are!

Before I come right out and say it I’m going to attempt to get you to think… I do believe that too many people are stuck – they can’t seem to think outside of what they already know to be true. In other words, if you talk to friends and family you will probably hear them talk about getting a raise… or getting a new job… or maybe a second or third job! That is because that is how they were raised to think – maybe you think the same way.

Ok – first let me tell you that anything and everything that YOU buy or pay for is available at a wholesale price – or it is available from someone / someplace (on the Internet) where they pay you a commission through their affiliate program when someone buys their product or service through your efforts.

You are thinking right now – yeah Mike I know that and next you are going to suggest that I buy something at wholesale or through an affiliate link and then try to sell it on my own web site… Nope! Not what I’m suggesting at all.

Actually I just want you to understand that pretty much anything you can think of has some way of making money from it’s sale.

Someone has to buy something before anyone makes money!

Here is a concept –

You can only make money when someone buys something…

Simple concept right?

So now I’m going to throw something at you again…

If you can only make money when someone buys something then wouldn’t you want to be involved in promoting something that a whole lot of people are spending their money on?

Ok – now you are thinking that I’m about to push to you some specific product that is in high demand…

The truth is that there is no one product or service that by itself can fulfill this need!

I’m confused Mike – what are we going to sell or promote? How are we going to make money online?

Well not so fast – we have a lot of things to talk about first…

For now I want you to think about something that you bought recently that you just had to have! Something that others are buying as well – maybe family or friends suggested this item or service – but the point is that you got online and did some research and then bought one.

Think about the process of finding it…

• How did you look for it?
• Where did you go?
• Did you use a search engine? Which one?
• Is it only available from one company or do many have it?

Start a journal of what you are doing – log search phrases, vendors, where they show up in the search results, etc.

Remember that there is no one product or service that is better than another to make money online.

Remember that there are trends – could you have made money selling rocks when Pet Rocks were the craze? You bet – without even trying!

Remember that what you have to sell may not be what people are buying – to make money on the Internet you must find a product that has people already looking for it – and in mass!

Remember that everything that people are buying has the possibility to make YOU money.

Ok – give me your thoughts on this – don’t ask me to explain this any more than I already have here! Please!

This site is setup to give you, or anyone, the opportunity to find something or some way to make money online.

IMPORTANT NOTE!

I am receiving Emails from those on my list here who think that they have the ultimate way to make money online. To be honest – I don’t want to hear about them. Most are MLM or Network Marketing um… schemes – been there, tried that – doesn’t… I’ll explain next time! Just don’t send these URL’s to me!

To your continued success,

Michael Hobach 

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September 4th, 2009 | Posted in General | by Michael Hobach

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Greetings!

I’ve been taking it easy for the last year plus now and I think it’s about time I start sharing with you the things that I’ve learned in my time online. Since 1994 there have been so many changes online and the Internet has evolved into a medium that is used by just about everyone…

What do you do to make money online? 

How can you earn a living online?

Well it doesn’t take a genious to know that there are opportunities around us everywhere – not just online! So sit back and watch as I share with you what I’ve learned…

BTW – take a look at the ‘About’ page here – it tells my story and hopefully you will get some inspiration from what I’ve been through…

To your success

Mike

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