When I took my first tentative steps to start an Internet business, it was so that I could add another income stream to my gardening/landscaping business which hopefully would allow me to be able to give my family a little better standard of living!

But it has become so much more! I have formed relationships with people from all over the world, who have similar Dreams and goals like myself, the great thing is we have all been able to share each others knowledge and support each other when needed either personally or business wise!

Can you remember the first mobile phone you got? Well I can , it was one of those carry over your shoulder jobs that my boss got me so that he could keep an eye on me( of course he said it was for my benefit) to be honest except for the size of the damn thing and the lack of a good signal (what’s changed) it was useful at times, especially for informing a customer that I was running a little late for our appointment!

With the birds singing at the top of their voices this morning! Spring must be in the air here in the Cotswold’s!

It,s not just the birds breaking into song either, the phone has at last started to ring again with both old and new clients booking work in for the season, now this is great new,s as there is still so much doom and gloom spread all over the newspapers and the TV!

No matter what business you are in, or contemplating to start,there is always plenty of competition!

When the idea first springs into your mind, you will be full of excitement and dreaming of making bags of money, it,s only when you start researching your idea , that you start to find so many people offering the same or similar service as you are looking to start!

That,s when those pesky gremlins start attacking your mind with doubts ”it won,t work you know” or “there,s too much competition” or whatever pesky excuses they infest your mind with!

If your trying to sell an Affiliate product or your own you have to get your readers attention Fast!

And the way to do that is by creating a Headline that grabs their attention like a glass of water in the middle of the desert!

You have to remember that the main purpose of your headline is too state in clear terms what you are offering your customers!

The average person is bombarded with over 3,150 sales messages every day, so its very important to include a benefit so as to encourage the reader to complete the whole of the sales message.

I find it quite amazing, when I read adverts in Newspapers/magazines or even watch those infuriating adverts that always pop up when theirs something interesting you are watching.

If its on TV they are always trying to sell you the next best thing that you need either for your house or yourself! And if its in a Newspaper/magazine , they are mostly promoting their business!

But how often do they sell you on the benefit’s that you will get from buying the product or from using their business, not very often, unless its a holiday or a car commercial or advert!

Well we are three days into the New Year!
So what have you got planned for your Internet business this year?

The Internet is moving so fast and it seems every day a new idea or program pops into my inbox! in the past if the sales page got me interested they had a chance of getting my cash, or rather my credit card details, the World has changed so much over the past few years with the Internet giving us the opportunity to see all over the world.

Hi Guys

In  my last post I was talking about finding time for your Internet Business just by cutting back on how much TV you watch, well today I am going to vent my anger at those so called experts who publish ebooks to the web.

What annoys the hell out of me, is that very often they write about subjects they know nothing or very little about and give very little instructions or real world advise on how to be successful after reading the book!

With the economy still in Free-fall! We are all looking to increase our income, and also to save money where ever we can, contrary to belief the governments don,t worry about us! Only themselves, so its up to us to get off our backsides and take some Action!

But if you are in Full time employment (if your lucky) or at this moment staring out of the window at the snow falling! preventing you from either getting to work, or if you work outside not even able to do any work! You start to worry about how you are going to provide for your family, especially with less than a week to Santa coming down the Chimney(that,s if you have one)

My good friend Rob sent me this story I hope you enjoy it as much as me!

 Sometimes we really do beat ourselves up to change things for the better!

Or do we?

God: 

Frank, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there on the planet? What happened to the dandelions, violets, milkweeds and stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand drought and multiply with abandon. The nectar from the long-lasting blossoms attracts butterflies, honey bees and flocks of songbirds. I expected to see a vast garden of colors by now. But, all I see are these green rectangles.