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 [...]

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 [...]

Saving lives at NAMS3!

At the workshop, we arranged with Dr. Mani to create fund for performing open heart surgeries in his pediatric practice in Chenai, India. The deal was simple.

I gave each of the attendees Dr. Mani’s outstanding book called: Think, Write & RETIRE: How To Turn Words Into Wealth – Easily!

If the NAMS3 workshop students donated more than $25 to the Dr. Mani fund, students would get a $300 copy of his home study course. See [...]

Why do I have to sign an NDA and release?

Newcomers who walk into the Niche Affiliate Marketing System workshop are often surprised that they must sign a Non-Disclosure form (NDA) that includes a release to use your picture, testimonial and audio comments.

The release part of the document isn’t the part that scares people. It’s the non-disclosure paragraph that gives people pause.

“I also agree that I may be hearing proprietary information during the conference, and I agree to not plagiarize the work of others, or share this information with competing parties. However, the concepts and strategies I learn may be assimilated, emulated and modeled from others into my own project, but I will not steal or disclose proprietary information to others, it just wouldn’t be [...]

What should you bring to NAMS?

Tomorrow, I start packing the stuff I have to bring to the Niche Affiliate Marketing System Workshop.

I travel a bunch, so I’m pretty good at packing. I never check bags. Even when I fly cross country for a 12-day stay, I’ve got everything I need in my one little carry-on bag.

But this time, I’m loading up a U-Haul trailer and lugging that bad boy the four-hour drive to Atlanta on Wednesday. Some of my items [...]

“I’m feeling overwhelmed…”

I received a note from one of the forum moderators yesterday telling me that there is a consistent theme brewing among the people joining the NAMS workshop for the first time:

“I’m feeling overwhelmed already.”

That’s the short version.

The feeling is completely normal, but also unnecessary. The number one NAMS Workshop rule is:

Don’t Worry! And have [...]

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 [...]

What the heck is a twub?

What the heck is a twub?

Look to your right.

Introducing twubs. Excuse me?

This is one of favorite new twitter tools. Someone is finally organizing hashtags on twitter and doing something very powerful with them. And it’s so simple.

Twitter provides an RSS feed for any hashtag that you search. For example, here’s the hashtag RSS feed for #NAMS.

Pretty ugly, [...]

Kathleen Gage-Business strategist to the spiritually aware

I love the Niche Affiliate Marketing System for several reasons, but one of the main rewards is that I get to meet incredible people. Really, it’s more than that. I get to spend quality time with them.

For example, I’ve known Kathleen Gage less than a year now. I went to Willie Crawford’s 50th birthday bash last year (young whipper-snapper that he is) because I wanted to meet Kathleen. I’d heard her speak with Willie for an hour on his podcast a few months [...]

NAMS3 is really close, but you can still make it!

In less than 2 weeeks, we’ll be finishing our first workshop day in Atlanta. At 6 p.m. on that evening, we’ll migrate to the opening reception drinking beer or soda, nibbling on snacks, getting to know one another and digesting the overwhelming information we received that day.

We’ll be tired, overwhelmed, exhilarated and incredibly [...]