Category: Internet Marketing Culture

Hey there! Welcome back! Get more focus…tweetcount_url=’http://focusedexistence.com/blog/a-thirty-dollar-shoeshine/’;tweetcount_title=’Why did James Ray pay 30 bucks for a shoeshine?’;tweetcount_cnt=0;tweetcount_background=’3399ff’;How many times have you attempted to start your own business on the side?
How many times have you given up on that dream of entreprenuership?
If you’re like me, you’ve done it several times.
But do you keep trying?
If not…Why not?
I’ll give [...]

 
Michel Foucault’s essay Technologies of the Self Basically divides human technologies into four categories:
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As a context, we must understand that there are four major types of these “technologies,” each a matrix of practical reason: (I) technologies of production, which permit us to produce, transform, or manipulate things; (2) technologies of sign systems, which permit us [...]

A while back, I had a bolt of inspiration to create a mega-affiliate sales site for a well known marketing and law of attraction guru name Joe Vitale.
I got sidetracked due to negative self-talk which led to a lack of confidence and funding. Not to mention I’m not the best website coder/programmer in existence…but I’m [...]

By Alexandria K. Brown, “The Ezine Queen”
1. Create the web sales page for your product. Make sure it’s FINAL and everything is in place.
2. Create a duplicate sales page, but give it a different URL. For example, your first sales page could be www.mywebsite.com/salespageA.htm and your second sales page could be www.mywebsite.com/salespageB.htm. This is more [...]

Laugh, cry and get hip. These blogs are life-changing. That’s how important they can be to you. These blogs were chosen on the basis of the authenticity of their authors and the quality of information given. These are blogs that I recommend reading if you are like me and committed to constant improvement, want to [...]

On Thursday, this press release hit the wires- Pat’s not even close to be being through promoting his book.
For Immediate Release:
“Portable Empire” author gives away $10,000,000+, and so can you!
Best selling author gives away over $10,000,000 in bonuses, while showing how anyone can create an online business they can run from anywhere.
The trick is [...]

*NOTE* This article assumes that you already have a ‘widgetizable’ blog. If you are using Google’s blogger, I highly recommend switching to a WordPress blog as they seem to be faster loading as well as being easier to get along with by the search engines.
One thing that you will notice is that I will emphasize [...]

I decided to put this ‘toolkit’ together from some of the things I’ve learned.
3 websites to visit and 3 tips to keep in mind.
1. Four SEO experts talk shop in this “Where do I start?” video. Watch here first-
http://videos.webpronews.com/2007/11…ere-do-i-begin

2. Plug in your site/blog URL into this tool to see how a search engine spider sees [...]

A while back I was reading a book called the 8 Patterns of Highly Effective Entrepreneurs by Brent Bowers (excellent book- btw). I have a habit of just opening a book and start reading wherever my eyes land. Well, I opened it to a page and the very first paragraph I read was exactly what [...]

“When (advertising legend-ed) Ogilvy said that advertising is a seduction he is talking about getting laid, not endless flirting. If you aren’t getting laid you aren’t seducing your prospect. If you aren’t getting sales you aren’t building your brand you’re merely buying media.” -Ben Mack

Ha, that’s priceless…
He also said-
“Branding is often discussed as irrelevant to [...]