So its been a while since I last posted as I have suffered a minor setback in my Internet venture, which has namely been a relocation move with my existing job. In the meantime I trust everyone had a Merry Christmas and hopefully is not still on a Turkey diet!

In a nutshell I have moved to Birmingham (from London) for a placement for approximately 18months. The benefits being that I will have a lot more time to spend on leisure and more importantly my Internet venture as I have moved away from a crowded commute on the tube to a short walk to work (which is bliss!).

The downside is that I never knew how difficult it would be, and what a lengthy process, to get the internet set up!! After getting messed around and made to wait by 2 seperate providers, which I will decline to name at this stage, I have finally gone back to BT and got the internet sorted after about 2 months!! Who would have thought it would be so difficult to connect a few wires and provide a service…..

The effect of this has meant that with relying on a desktop and without a laptop, something I have now rectified, and the work Internet bars I have been able to do very little on my internet business. However much of a setback this is it has given me the time to get properly settled and also to take stock of where I am, how far I have come and also to actually read and digest some of the numerous products that I have previously bought so I can combine the teachings with what Alex has taught me. So I will be fighting fit and raring to go for 2010….

First though I thought I would briefly recap on what I achieved in 2009:

• Several holidays and trips – Dublin, Amsterdam, Las Vegas, Europe
• New Job (for now!)
• House move
• New Business (Internet Venture)
• New Mentor – Alex Jeffreys
• Started a mailing list – 600 names and counting
• Launched 8 websites including this blog
• Earnt my first $’s online

Its only when I actually wrote it down that I have realised that all in all quite a bit has happened in my life including some significant events in this last year!!

So what does 2010 have in store……

At this stage I am drawing together my revised plans; business, entrepreneur and personal which I talked about in my early post Failing to Plan is Planning To Fail which I will publish on here in due course.

Safe to say stepping up my Internet venture will be critical for me next year as I look to replace my job income with one earned online so I can take the next step and give up working for someone else!

I hope that you will continue with me as I share my experiences both good & bad on this journey to online success and financial independence……

All that remains to say is thank you for your support and I wish you all a Happy New Year and the Best of Success for 2010!!

Tom

I have just spent the weekend at the O2 Arena at Andrew Reynolds Entrepreneurs Bootcamp 2009, which was an interesting event with some great speakers and authorities on topics such as Internet Marketing, Copywriting, Google Adwords, Direct Response Marketing, Ebay and Motivation.

The speakers over the 2 days were Andrew Reynolds himself plus Pat Mesiti, Adam Ginsberg, Armand Morin, Brett McFall, Kirt Christensen, Andy Harrington, Simon Coulson, Chris Howard, Tom Hua & Joel Comm. What a line up, safe to say that I learnt loads of useful tips and techniques, which I will share with you….

Day One

Pat Mesiti – Pat is a motivational speaker often referred to as “Mr Motivation”. As an income acceleration coach he harnesses people’s potential with his passion to equip and empower individuals and businesses to experience growth and prosperity to its fullest.

His key message was about shifting your mindset to build bigger results.
It’s an important message which often isn’t acted upon. If you are all that you want to be now then Congratulations! But for the rest of us who strive for something more then part of the reason that you haven’t got it yet is because your mindset is probably not where it needs to be and therefore you need to shift it.

“Where your focus is today your future is tomorrow”

Adam Ginsberg – An Ebay authority, regarded as the “No.1 Ebay Trainer in the World”, Adam helps get people started on Ebay and takes their business to the next level.

He offered insights into Ebay trends and statistics, perhaps the most significant of which was the growth of ‘Buy-It-Now’, which is now used by 50% of Ebay buyers, demonstrating that people on the internet want goods and services now. This just goes to show that Ebay can be a useful marketplace for information products (subject to meeting Ebay’s rules & regulations of course!) as people want things quickly.

Armand Morin – Armand was a particular highlight that I was looking forward to as he is one of the World’s best known Internet Marketers having been online for 13 years generating over $76M in that time! Certainly someone who would be able to teach me some useful techniques…

Armand’s main point was around the importance of long term relationships and recurring income.
He presented a simple 3 step system for success:
1) Find a ‘hungry’ mass market
2) Give away a free product or newsletter
3) Sell them a membership site

Evidently he talked around the importance of delivering good content and value as without this you are dead in the water, but based on Alex Jeffreys teaching and ethics and my approach this should be a given in any case.

Stripped down to its bare bones the system is simple yet so effective and will repay you over and over again.

I was fortunate enough to catch Armand for a chat in between one of the sessions and you can see a picture of me meeting him below. He offered further advice which I will cover in a separate post at a later date.

Brett McFall – Brett is a Copywriting Guru, widely acclaimed as Australia’s best direct response advertising writer. He is also co-founder of the World Internet Summit (with Tom Hua), the World’s largest IM seminar.

Brett divulged a useful 7 step formula for making money online GUARANTEED.
1) Find a hot niche market (the rest is easy!)
2) Create a product which gives your market what they want
3) Create a powerful, compelling sales message
4) Design a simple website that converts prospects into buyers
5) Bring Traffic to your site using the Internets’ best search engines (free & paid traffic)
6) Use e-mail to turn even more people into customers
7) Have an army of affiliates to sell your product

Again another simple system, yet useful as it lays out the steps in an easy manner and you can map your progress through them and into profit!

Kirt Christensen – Kirt is an Adwords Guru, with over a decades worth of experience as an Adwords Qualified Individual he talked extensively on how to achieve a high Adwords ROI.

He outlined a 5 step system to Adwords success:
1) Sell what people are buying
2) Do Adwords Right! (deliver quickly and obviously what people want)
3) Track, Track, Track
4) Testing
5) Funnelise and monetize

I know that a number of people have mixed feelings about PPC, and it’s a technique that I don’t currently employ, however its one that remains a key strategy for the future as PPC has virtually no feedback delay which means you can be in business in about 10 minutes starting to see results.

Hopefully this has proved an interesting summary of the first day of the event, let me know your thoughts on the information thus far as it is just scratching the surface of my notes. I will post about Day Two later this week.

Hello again everyone, its been a while as I have been away on holiday, which has given me plenty of time to reflect back on what I have learned thus far and to refine my plans and strategies for online success.

Whilst I am still relatively new to online business, I have been learning diligently with some of the best guys out there, particularly Alex Jeffreys as detailed in my earlier post Failing to plan is planning to fail.

So far it hasn’t been often that I am asked to review products online, usually I just get offers to promote the “next big thing” as an affiliate, but today this post is very unique.

I have been asked by one of my mentors, Ray Johnson, to review his brand new course, entitled “Adswap Masterclass”, which has been quite timely as I continue my development and quest to grow my list.

Adswap Masterclass by is a complete step-by-step video training course that teaches you how to set up a mammoth sized and more importantly profitable subscriber list in record time. (To the tune of 10,000 subscribers in under 10 weeks!)

===> http://www.tom-harvey.com/recommends/Adswap

Basically, in the era of immediate information, the course is web based and is made up of 10 training modules plus an array of extra good FREE stuff, like a 36 page FREE eBook in which, most of the teaching is done by Ray himself. The teaching is really easy! Like you were back in school, which I could actually relate to and enjoy.

Soon afterwards, Ray, follows up what he teaches you with step by step screen capture videos so you can look over his shoulder and learn how to actually apply what you’ve learned from the eBook.

The modules cover everything from the very basics of:

What an Adswap is…
How an Adswap works…
How to approach marketers for an Adswap…
How to build an Adswap database to CATAPULT the size and profits from your list…
Adswap instroductions to build your “network”
…and pretty much everything you need to know in order to have a EXTREMELY profitable
list built on FREE Adwaps…

Once you’ve grasped the basics in the eBook, the video series moves on to help you implement all the processes step by step, and is very detailed! There’s far too much to mention here.

I was pleased to find that this wasn’t just another out-dated course where the links don’t even work anymore. This is really cutting edge stuff, and Ray makes it possible for anyone to build a massive list fast, while making money money than you can handle.

It is an ideal complement to the free listbuilding report that you can grab from this blog (enter your details on the top right to get it sent straight over to you). But aside from all the fresh stuff, I think my favorite part is just knowing that I now have another string to my bow to help me succeeed now.

All I have to do is follow Ray’s easy advice.

The title ”Adswap Masterclass” is rather apt because it really is a masterclass in growing a huge list, whilst profiting fast:

===> Without spending a dime
===> Without travelling ther globe to seminars
===> Without getting frustrated from JV rejection

In all honesty, “Adswap Masterclass” gets a massive plus from me and I hope it’s still free when you read this so you can run over and snatch up a copy for yourself, you’d seriously be mad to miss it.

CLICK BELOW TO CHECK IT OUT NOW

===> http://www.tom-harvey.com/recommends/Adswap

 P.S. If you have experience of the course, please feel free to leave your comments.