The Diary Of An Internet Marketer

I pretty much spend my whole day online. I get up at around 9:30 everyday.  After I shower and do a few other things, I head to my computer. I am not always working directly on my online business but I am usually doing some sort of business related task, even if it’s just reading other business blogs, internet marketing forums, or replying to emails.

 

The first thing I do each morning is check everything; all my email accounts, sales, statistics, private messages, make sure my main sites are up and looking good, etc…

 

Then, I move on to forums. I am a moderator of 5 online business / work at home forums and visit a few more on a daily basis. There are always questions to answer, posts to catch up on, new threads to read, and spam to delete.

 

After that I check out a few of my favorite internet marketing / make money online blogs to see what everyone is writing about. There’s always something to learn and blogs are one of the best ways to get information. Some days I will spend a little extra time on blogs to comment on a few posts or submit some posts I really like to social bookmarking sites.

 

Once I’m done with that I go check some of my main email accounts again and reply to any emails I’ve gotten. Then, I do a little work on any new sites I am putting up or just maintain ones I already have up.

 

It’s about 1 or 2pm by now so I take an hour lunch break. Sometimes longer, sometimes shorter, but an hour is about average.

 

At about 3:00pm it’s time to update some more of my sites and blogs.

 

For the next couple hours I write at least 3 blog posts; one post for three different blogs. Then, I write at least 3 articles. Again it’s one article for three different websites. Then I publish them all.

 

Keep in mind that I have about 50 websites/blogs, and I usually update at least three of them everyday, although some of my main ones get updated much more often than the others.

 

Now it’s about 5 or 6 and it’s time take a break from my computer for a while. Although sometimes I stay on it to get on Myspace or Facebook, or something else totally unrelated to my online business. I also eat dinner some time around now.

 

At about 8pm I get back to business and start by checking my email, sales, and all the other stuff I checked right away in the morning.

 

Then, for a couple hours, I do some miscellaneous online business tasks that change almost everyday. It might be writing guest posts for blogs I help author, doing some article marketing, working on a new product, writing my newsletter, researching niches, or any of about a million other things that are a part of what I need to do as an internet marketer.

 

When my work day ends, it’s usually about 11:00pm. Then, I watch TV until about 2:00am and go to bed. I do a routine very similar to this every Monday - Thursday. On Fridays I usually do a few major things that need done and end my work day in the early afternoon sometime.

Weekends are completely random, although I usually do get a few online business tasks done on those days too if I am at home.

 

That’s a typical day in the life of Trent Brownrigg - internet marketer, blogger, and online business consultant. I will help you make money online or start your own home business. Visit my sites for more details!

Can I give this package a review even if it’s my own product???  Well here goes….

I tried for such a long time to earn a decent income on Ebay  I tried purchasing stock to resell as well as dropshipping but it was all just a big pain in the arse to tell you the truth and didn’t make me much profit at all.  There was so much stuffing around with suppliers and customers not to mention the pain of going back and forward to the post office all the time.

I was just getting Nowhere Fast!

So that’s when I decided that I’d give selling information products a go instead of physical products and it was so much better.  The massive benefit of not having to deal with suppliers was great as well as not having to keep physical stock or be trying to deal with dropshippers.  When selling information products once you buy the product with resell rights that’s it, it’s yours then and you don’t have to deal with the seller anymore.  You can resell the product over and over and over again and make profit, profit and more profit.  There are not continuing purchasing costs the only cost involved at all are the ebay fees which with information products are fairly minimal.

I was more successful selling information products on Ebay than I had been selling physical products.  I did create couple of products of my own also to sell on Ebay which was good since there wasn’t anyone else selling the exact same product.

Then I created the Ebay Power Pack and this is a package of resell rights products that people can purchase and resell on Ebay - or anywhere else for that matter.  I created this package for 2 reasons. 

First was that I’ve seen packages that sell a heap of resell products and I’ve even purchased some in the past but there were a couple of things I didn’t like about them.  1. They were being sold for about $50 and that is not always affordable for everyone.  2. Half of the download links didn’t even work so I didn’t even get all the products advertised in their ad.  So I created this package that is much more affordable and the download links all work (if for any reason any of them stop working please let me know if you notice and I will fix it straight away).

The second reason I put this package together is because a lot of these other packages contained crap.  Crap that you really couldn’t resell.  So my package includes only the products that I have successfully sold and I know are very sellable.

This package actually contains a couple of my own written products and one in particular “Path To Ebay Riches” I sell this outside of Ebay for $8 http://www.pathtoebayriches.com .  It could be sold for more but I only sell it for $8 because I want to make it affordable.  You only need to sell three copies of this and you will have made your money back on your purchase of the entire package.

This package also contains a WOW Guide (World Of Warcraft) http://www.w-o-w-guide.info/ that is the link to my offline site for selling this at $7 - this guide is hugely popular and a great seller.

So it wouldn’t take long to make your money back on this package and then it is all profit after that.  I also give you free updates in the future if I add new items to the package.

So, that is my review of my own product!  I hope you like the review and I’m sure you’ll love the product.

Thanks for reading
Sheryl
www.ebay-power-pack.com

Today I want to talk about a young lad by the name of Avery Berman.  If you have visited my blog before then you may have read my previous post that was written by Avery as a guest blogger.  That was when I first met Avery when he volunteered to give me a guest post about a day in his life as an Internet Marketer.

Avery is an 18 year old Internet Marketer and he actually started making money online when he was just 13 years of age and now at the ripe old age of 18 he is doing extremely well.

I found Avery’s story really interesting and I couldn’t resist finding out more about his story and how he makes his money online.  That’s when he showed me his product ‘Super Successful Secrets’ and now I have gotten to know some of Avery’s strategies and techniques that he uses to make money online.  I must say he really does have some very good ideas and strategies for his online business.

The good thing about someone so young is that they have great imaginations and can come up with techniques and strategies that someone of my age just doesn’t think of.  So even though he is only 18 he can really offer some fantastic advice and he tells it in an amazing way.

I have gotten to know Avery a bit since he was a guest on my blog and he really is an awesome guy and you’d be just as impressed as I was with his story, it really is worth a read.

So if you haven’t heard of Avery Berman, trust me you are going to want to and you can do so right here.  I hope you get the same benefits that I did from reading his amazing story.

Thanks for visiting and Take Care
Sheryl

PS. As his new found friend, Avery has given me the opportunity to let you know about his product before he raises the ‘new product launch’ price to the normal price, so if you want to grab a copy get it before he puts the price up.  You can get it right here.

Do you ever find yourself working all day without a break?

Do you ever feel like you are missing a lot of your life because you just spend all your time on you computer?

It’s time to Stop And Smell The Roses!

I often find myself spending way too much time working on my computer and not enough time with my family and enjoying all the little important things in life.

After all isn’t the reason we want to earn an income online so that we can work less hours and spend more time with our families.  So it really is important to make sure that you do because it really doesn’t take long before you realise that a year has gone by and you feel like you haven’t done too much with your family.

Last year we took six months off and travelled around Australia.  Well, half of Australia, we started where we live in Adelaide and went up the centre of Australia up to Darwin stopping at Ayers Rock and Alice Springs on the way.  We spent a couple of months in Darwin and then headed over to North Queensland where we spent about 10 weeks in Cairns and then headed down the East coast before coming back to Adelaide.

Anyway what has all this got to do with ’stopping to smell the roses’?  When we were away we didn’t have anyone stay in our house but our neighbour, my Mum and my husbands parents all kept an eye on the place.  Every time we spoke to them on the phone or received emails they would always rave on about how nice our roses are looking.  We have a pathway that goes through the centre of our front garden and it is lined on both sides with red standard roses (Sir Donald Bradman Rose - that is one of our roses in the picture).  We constantly heard about how our roses were in full bloom and have never looked so good.  Of course when we come home my Mum had pruned all the roses so there were none for us too see.

We have been home for about seven weeks now and yesterday I noticed a rose and today there are three.  Our roses are starting to bloom again and they look lovely.  On the way home this morning after taking the kids to school I walked right past the roses and got to the front door and I stopped and turned around.  That’s when I thought, I really never take time to really stop and smell the roses.  So I went back and I did and they smell beautiful.

I know the saying is not necessarily to literally smell roses but to just take the time and do the little special things in life is so important.  And if you do have roses, make sure you do smell them every now and then.

You will be amazed at how much more you will achieve with your work when you come back to it after taking a little break and getting away from it for a while.  So don’t get too wrapped up in your internet marketing and always take the time to smell the roses.

Thanks for reading
Sheryl

Ok, just a quick post today before I head off to bed.  I had another one of the kids home sick today and boy did he really put on the acting this morning.  Within an hour after the other 2 were at school he was fine so I’m pretty sure he was pulling a ‘fakey’.  He’s getting pretty good though he’d probably win an Oscar for today’s performance.

Anyway, yesterday I think I mentioned that I bought a website through a WSO.  Well all I had to do to it was to change the affiliate links within it to my own and then upload the site to a domain name which didn’t take very long to do.  So here is my progress with my new site.

I purchased it just yesterday afternoon at a cost of $27.  Then I purchased a .com domain name for it which was about $10.  I wrote and submitted one article to 2 directories - cost of $0. I set up a PPC campaign (Adwords) and so far have a cost there of about $6.  So all up I have spent about $43 total on this website.

Today I made 2 sales with a commission of $33.90 each so a total of $67.80 in commission minus my $43 in expenses and I have a profit within my first day of around $24.  I’m pretty happy with that and with my only expense from now on being the PPC campaign I should make more profits.  Web hosting is costing me nothing for this site really as I have unlimited domain hosting with Hostgator and I added this site to my account there so it doesn’t cost anything extra.

My PPC campaigns are actually directing traffic to my articles that I submitted rather than to my website itself with the aim of getting  a higher ranking for my articles to get them hopefully up to page 1 in Google.  Once they hit page 1 then I can take off the PPC campaign and run on profits with no expenses.

So that’s my news for the day and it was a reasonably successful day.  I’m still working on article orders but don’t have too much more to do now and then I will concentrate on my own work.  I will aim at getting all 3 kids to school tomorrow and hopefully have the day to myself to concentrate on what I’m doing.

Thanks for visiting, take care
Sheryl

Today I had Lachlan home from school as he wasn’t feeling too good this morning with a blocked nose and headache.  He picked up fairly quickly though and probably would have been ok to go to school.

Today I purchased a WSO (I really need to stay out of the WSO section) it was a review website already made up promoting a particular product. As soon as I saw the product I liked the idea as I’ve seen this product do well for a colleague in the past, so when I saw an already made website for it I couldn’t help myself.  I did some keyword research and there is a ton of searches and keywords to use.

The only thing I had to do with the website was to change the affiliate links to my own and upload it to a domain name which I purchased.  I have written one article and submitted it to a couple of article directories and have also set up a ppc campaign.  So fingers crossed this will do well.  I shouldn’t need to do to much other than drive traffic to the site which I will mainly do through article marketing.

I actually managed to finish another article order and have two more to go. I wish I could be more focused and get stuck into them instead of getting sidetracked and looking through the WSO section.

We had aquantance night at school tonight which I wasn’t going to go to but the kids talked me into it.  Worked out well since they had a bbq there so it saved me cooking tea (I hate cooking).

Well, heading off to bed now.  I do feel like I have been a bit productive today which is good.  I hope you have had a productive day also, goodnight.

Sheryl
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Melissa Ingold sent me a message yesterday about a cool new widget called ScratchBack. It’s a great concept for the WordPress tip jar that allows your readers to get a “top spot” link on your blog when they leave you a tip.

I had been using the Buy Me A Beer Plugin here on ClickNewz, but after 6+ months had recently decided to deactivate the plugin. Its a great script, and works flawlessly, but it didnt prove to be a profitable use of the space in my opinion…

It earned $5 this month, $3 in January, and $10 in December. I deactivated this morning and replaced it with the new ScratchBack widget, which you’ll see in the sidebar over to the right.

What’s cool about the ScratchBack Widget? First, its super easy to set up. It’s also free, so you can have it up and running on your blog in less than 5 minutes for zero cost upfront.

You get to keep 90% of the tips, with the other 10% going to ScratchBack. That’s more than fair in exchange for use of the Widget and total automation of your Top Spots links.

You can choose to offer text links or image links in your Top Spots widget. The links use the no-follow tag, so they are completely google-friendly. There wont be any concern about losing PageRank for selling text links .

Post courtesy of Lynn Terry. You can read the rest of this post here

You can get a link in my Top Spots for just $1.50

This advice comes straight from the heart to fellow warriors (like myself — I’m just as guilty!) who like to read, learn and soak up information - and prefer to put it into action later) Making money online really doesn’t have to be so frustrating and overwhelming. You can get a lot of GREAT advice here, to be sure. But no matter what method(s) you try and what you learn, there will always be two undeniable facts:

1. You will never know all there is to know about Internet marketing. You can read and learn and read some more, but taking that first all-important step to DOING is what separates the dreamers from the winners.

2. That first step is scary. Instead of filling your mind with “what if I fail???” thoughts, concentrate on providing the best product with the best value you can. When you put all your drive and ambition into doing the best you can, all those worries and anxieties tend to vanish rather quickly.

We all have made mistakes. Don’t let the fear of making them hold you back - it’s how you learn and grow. Take something as simple as a “mini site” on a topic you enjoy, get yourself a domain name and some basic web hosting and get out there. Start to finish, it’s one of the most cost effective ways to dip a toe into the online marketing pool and see what happens.

When you capitalize on a specific niche, you’re one step ahead of all the people out there who “want to” but never actually do it. So stop reading and take one small step toward your future success. Brainstorm some product ideas, see what’s out there and then take that step.

You can do it

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I’ve missed a couple of days diary entries but I have had the worst headache for the last couple of days.  I’ve been struggling along and have been working on these articles orders although they have taken me much longer than they should have. 

I don’t know what’s wrong with me, I just can’t seem to focus on my article writing lately.  I’ve had one of those weeks when I just don’t feel like I’m getting anywhere and sometimes I wonder if it’s all worth it.

Do you ever have days like that?  When you think about all the hours and all the effort that you put into your internet marketing business and just wonder if it’s all worth it.

I don’t know what it is but something just keeps me going and wont allow me to quit.  I don’t know if it’s the determination that one day it all will pay off or if it’s just that I can’t let my husband say ‘I told you so’.

I made a post a couple of days ago about being organised and I know that is one huge problem of mine.  I really need to set up a daily routine and try to get my internet marketer work done while the kids are at school and learn to just turn the computer off when they get home.  I feel like I neglect the children a bit because I spend too much time on this computer.

I couldn’t even tell you how much I’m making monthly, I should sit down and work it out.  I am so disorganised that I don’t even have all my financial records in order.  I really should do that, maybe if I had the actual figure of what I was making each month then I could set a goal to increase that a little each month.

I have about three more article orders to get through and I really should just get stuck into them and get them out the way so I can concentrate on my own work.  The only problem is that if I wasn’t doing this writing for others then I wouldn’t be earning all that much. 

Today I installed Adwords Analyzer on my laptop. I had it on my old computer so I copied the file over to my laptop and installed it but it’s just not working right.  It’s really been peeving me off too I hate when you just can’t get something to work properly and you spend way too much time on it trying to get it to work.  I need to do some keyword research on some of my work and although there are free keyword research tools they just aren’t as good. 

Ok, well I’m going to go and try and get some sleep. 

Take Care
Sheryl

Hey what’s up? My name’s Avery Berman, and I’m an 18 year old Internet Marketer. I got started when I was 13, and it’s actually
a pretty crazy story…

(If you want to see the video about that crazy journey, I invite you to sign up on my squeeze page at http://www.supersuccessfulsecrets.com/ . The first email I send has the video with the story in it.)

Oh, you want a teaser? Alright, alright, just because you are so cool.

When I was 13 years old I played a game called The Sims Online, which was a MMORPG, or a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. This means that there were literally thousands of people playing the game together at the exact same time, interacting with each other.

I learned quickly that I was very good at making money (or simoleons, as they called it) and that I could go to eBay and sell my virtual cash for REAL cash!

So, at the age of 13 I was making hundreds of dollars selling fake money online.

Obviously through eBay I discovered “make money online” schemes, and my Dad gave me his credit card number…

That’s all you get! If you want to see the whole story in video form check out my site above! (I know, I know, it’s a shameless plug. Let me have it! )

(Oh, and don’t worry, there’s a happy ending!)

Anyway… a day in the life of Avery Berman, the Internet Marketer.

What a question!

Well, I am currently attending College, but because my work (Internet Marketing of course) is more important to me in my eyes, I am attending class two days a week so I have time to work on my latest projects.

So, without further ado, here is the day in the life of Avery Berman on a day when he doesn’t have classes!

THE DAY BEGINS!

I wake up around 11:00 to 11:30 AM after getting a full nights sleep of about 8-10 hours. (Waking up refreshed every day rocks, by the way.)

I get out of bed, turn on my computer which is in my room, and walk to the bathroom. I wash up after the night to wake up completely, then go downstairs and make myself some breakfast.

I walk upstairs with my breakfast and sit at my computer. I immediately open up way to many tabs on Firefox and start the “workday.” (I hate using the word work for this, because it’s so fun.)

Before anything I open iTunes and start listening to awesome music…

Then it begins…

I first check my email to see if there are any pressing problems. I then check the many forums I frequent to see if there are any awesome topics that arouse my attention or if my topics have been replied to.

(I know I should probably do my real work first, but hey I need my leisure time… even though I get a lot of it.)

I then leave the forums and my email open and open a new tab with my website stats or whatever project I’m working on.

I then will open Frontpage (I like it better than Dreamweaver) and open up my websites or whatever I am working on at the moment and start writing and changing it all up!

After a few hours or until I get a lot of stuff done, I’ll start doing some social networking stuff or other methods of traffic. Perhaps make a video. I do whatever I need to currently to get traffic to my page.

I’ll check adwords or adbrite and see how the conversions are going.

By this time I’ll usually have YouTube open because I was checking the stats on my videos, and then I’ll start getting addicted and checking out videos all over the place.

Now, by this time it’s usually getting late (maybe around 6) and my girlfriend will start calling me and telling me to come over and see her and stop working.

I usually give in, and stop working and go see her.

I’ll then get home around 10:30 to 11:00 PM and check my email again and resume everything I was doing before.

I’ll be talking on AIM, MSN and Skype to all my friends and fellow Internet Marketers about what’s going on in my business and sharing ideas.
(I’m a cool guy… if you’re interested in talking with me you can reach me at avenator3000 on AIM… just don’t spam me, alright? )

Around 1-3 AM I’ll go to bed.

It usually ends up being around 2, even though I tell myself at around 12:30 that “I should be getting ready for bed now!”

I then twist in turn in bed for anywhere from 5 minutes to another hour, thinking about all the great new ideas I have to make money now that I’m nowhere near my computer and trying to fall asleep.

And thus ends a day in the life of Avery Berman!

I hope you’ve received a least a bit of entertainment out of this little story, and maybe even a little motivation!

Just remember… if a lazy 18 year old can do it…

Later all you crazy people!

-Avery Berman

P.S. Hey, remember to check out how I got started in VIDEO (Oooohhhh) if you want a cool watch.
http://www.supersuccessfulsecrets.com/