Mark Hendricks made the most difference in my online business!

My relationship with Mark has become much more than just a business coaching relationship. He’s a trusted adviser and a good friend. When Monday morning arrives, that’s my official Mark coaching time. But I can call him any time to go over specific problems or just to ask his opinion about anything.

He’s been instrumental in building the Niche Affiliate Marketing System workshop by pitching in whenever he can without any expectations.

And it goes way beyond the advice and support. When I started NAMS, I used his projector, his screen and his sound system that made the first one possible. He sat in the back of the room and ran the sound for the entire 3 [...]

March 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: General, Motivation, Niche Affiliate Marketing System, Workshop News | One comment

Am I a lone nut?

NAMS was a hair-brained scheme. But after watching this video I stumbled across on the web the other day, I finally realize what’s happening

This is a pretty silly video with a really profound message.

What do you [...]

March 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: General, Motivation, Niche Affiliate Marketing System, Workshop News | 3 comments

Marketing lessons from the tractor - part 2

When we last heard from farmer David – that was me last weekend – I talked about how important it is to find people who already know the tips and tricks that help you move through problems quickly.

What is that great quote? I think it’s something like this: The smart man learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from other peoples’ mistakes.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve made plenty. And finally, I’m ready to make fewer.

The problem I was trying to solve was how to use the big Kubota tractor – my dream machine – with a Box blade and a front end bucket to smooth my washboard driveway.

And with my friend’s advice (let’s call him my driveway mentor), I had the answer to smoothing my drive – drive backwards and drag the front end bucket to scrape the driveway smooth. And it was working very well [...]

March 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Affiliates, General, Motivation, Niche Affiliate Marketing System, Workshop News | Leave a comment

There's got to be a trick to this...

Man, I was really frustrated this morning.

I had a great farm day planned at my house. My driveway was like a washboard even though we’d put nearly a 120 tons of gravel on it just 3 months ago. Yep, that’s a lot of gravel, but I’ve got a lot of driveway.

My truck – and more importantly, Charlsa’s Jeep – was bouncing all over the drive even though we practically crawl up to the house. And it was only getting worse.

So, I rented a tractor with a box blade and a bucket, and planned to level out the drive myself. How hard could this be, I thought. Just need a blade to drag the drive and all will be well again. And besides, this would be an opportunity to show Charlsa that I really need a tractor to [...]

February 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: General, Motivation, Niche Affiliate Marketing System, Workshop News | 2 comments

Brainstorming with Jeff Herring, Maritza Parra and PF Chang...

Just a couple of days ago, I had an awesome brainstorming session with Jeff Herring and Maritza Parra.

And I was carrying my handy-dandy Kodak Zi8 video camera with an external microphone so I could tape a 30-minute session about. I was great. And I thought you’d like to get a peak inside the inner workings of an intense brainstorming session, so I’ve got the video [...]

February 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Affiliates, General, Motivation, Niche Affiliate Marketing System, Workshop News | 6 comments

And the winner of the sales competition is...

It was a live 60-minute panel discussion with Kevin Riley, Willie Crawford, Jeff Herring, Maritza Parra and Joey Smith revealing their secret – and best – tips for driving traffic using social marketing.

We took the mp3, created the sales page in 90 minutes using tools and techniques that we taught studnets, added some great bonuses and started a 24-hour sales contest. Seven people made first-time sales including Rafael Sanchez who killed the competition with 26 sales. See his video [...]

February 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Affiliates, General, Motivation, Niche Affiliate Marketing System, Workshop News | Leave a comment

What’s your big goal?

I want to get serious! Real serious. We’ll start with one very important question…

Why in on Earth are you doing this?

What’s the point?

If you just want to make money, go get a job. If you’ve got a job, focus on doing a better job. We love people who do a good job. If it weren’t for those who do their job well, the big ol’ machine we call The Economy would come to a screeching halt.

But why are YOU so focused on building an independent business that may be risky, hard, and even require some investment? It may even require you to fail a little bit. Success is not guaranteed.

Everyone eventually fails. But how you look at it determines your success. (Topic for another day.)

You better have a Big Reason Why (BRW)you’re jumping into this world. Here’s mine above – one of mine. You’ll meet the other when you register at NAMS3 on Friday a.m. She runs the registration desk for me and much, much [...]

January 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: General, Motivation | Leave a comment