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Not as many people know about Jeff Johnson as should. He says he doesn’t advertise all that much (though he seems to be everywhere), and I believe that’s true. One of my Facebook friends introduced me to his stuff, and whoo-hoo. Very, very interesting.

Then, I saw him present at JVAlert in Philly and I was fascinated. His systems are totally cool. Just really smart, common sensical information about using feeds, My Space, You Tube, etc. His SEO systems use Web 2.0 sites, and oh, yeah. I’m all over that.

So, I got access to Jeff’s videos through StomperNet (though I’m on his list and watch whatever he puts out), which was pretty sweet. I’ve been watching them one by one, and his systems are so right in tune with what I’m doing right now… so, yeah, Jeff. I’m hooked. I’m putting your stuff into action, too.

That in combo with Matt Bacak’s system should be extremely powerful. It’s just adding the extra oomph.

Stay tuned. I’ll report results. Just give me a bit of time to let this all work itself out.

Love it!

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Had a call last night with Nancy Hults. She grilled me about blogging, and I told her tons of great stuff.

I love to do calls because I can interact with people. We don’t often get to do that. We sit in our offices (actually, mine is a corner of my bedroom, which is pretty big, but still… I digress.) and we type away or code away or video away or whatever. And NOBODY is there to connect with.

Anyway, I spilled my guts–again. If you enjoyed the call I did with Erik Stafford last month, this one may be even better. I encourage you to go and listen to the replay:

The replay details…

Bridgeline: 712-432-6190

Passcode: 58643#

recording code: 114#

You won’t regret listening. If you’re interested in ways to make your blog better, in ways to make it profitable, and ways to make it search engine friendly, grab a pen and some paper and dial in.

And enjoy!

There’s a pretty cool offer at the end of the call, too. Worth $100 to you. So… check it out.

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Another interesting day.  The ever fun and friendly Jeff Wellman started off the day and it’s always great to shake his hand and I love listening to him. Jeff is just so real. One of the good guys. Actually, I think of Keith Wellman as his kid, whereas people usually think of Jeff as Keith’s dad.  It’s amazing to see that a dairy farmer can make it, too. Pretty sweet. He’s just such a nice guy that he totally deserves all the success he’s achieved.

Drew Miles was up next, and whoa. He’s full of very cool ways to save you tax money. Did you know there is a better kind of corporation that you can form? Who knew?

Matt Bacak gave his formula for making money. Really simple stuff, but he did give a nugget that I plan to use.  Yahoo, Matt.

And now, Keith Wellman is on. He’s giving out some cool stuff, but one thing he said really hit home, “People buy from leaders,” which he attributed to Gary Ambrose. Never quite thought of it that way, huh? Be a leader in your niche and people will buy from you. Pretty simple.

But he’s saying that you should get your competitors to be your JV partners. That’s great, except if you don’t have a list over 10,000, you won’t get very far with big-name marketers. Here’s my take (which I learned from Tellman) is to find JV partners with lists of similar size.  They can be just as valuable if you work your launch right. Ah, wait. i typed too soon. Keith is giving this same info now. Good on him.

I have no idea who’s coming up next. We registered so late that we didn’t even get an agenda. Oh, well. It’s been surprising. That’s the best!

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So, tell me…

Are you on Twitter? I mean, ON Twitter. Do you get updates continually from your friends? Do you follow the gurus to see what they’re typing? Do you have a secret account under an assumed name, where you can be weird as you want?

There are all kinds on Twitter, after all.

But I really wish that Twitter would employ the Facebook ability to tell you who you might like to be friends with.  I mean, there are so many people in this Internet business industry, it’s hard to remember who might be cool to follow, right? Oh, I’m so lazy. I could look in my Inbox and pull those names out, but who has time?

Facebook is defnitely a timesaver. Some might say total time waster, but it’s not. I’m going to another conference this weekend because I’m a friend of the promoter on Facebook. It’s sweet! Plus, I’ve done some JVs and made money. I’ve done ad swaps and made money. And it’s because of Facebook. Not a time waster at all.

So, you see, social marketing rocks. It’s not just lucrative, it’s fun! Why not have fun working? Otherwise, it’s not something you should do at all. Life’s too short to be stuck in a job or lifestyle you hate. Facebook makes it fun. Twitter really makes it fun.

Follow me: patm7

Hmm…

If Jimmy Buffet fans are “Parrot heads,” what are we? “Tweety heads?” Yikes! When you think about it, that translates to “bird brain.” Scratch that.

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It’s a Friday silly day. Of course, it is!

Well, I have something for you today that’s not silly at all. Want to measure how your site is doing? I mean, what people are looking at when they come to see your website or blog?

Like over the past week, I see 831 visitors and 160 clicks. Not a record load of traffic, but it’s building and it’s mostly coming direct or from search. Watch out Shoemoney. Ha!

Everyone clicked on different things, but mainly the AddMe button for bookmarking, which is very cool. Thanks to those who took the time to do that.

I got 27 optins. Welcome, friends!

And 9 people were interested in my “About Me” page.

This is totally cool stuff to know, right?

But… you also get a heat map. This shows you plainly what people are looking at when they come to your site. My brightest lites were subscribe to my list and my RSS feed. Not bad.

And then… you also get a “confetti” report. These are colored dots of light and when you click on them, you can see how the person got to your blog or site, how long they spent, what browser they used, and what operating system they have.

Whoa.

And all that for free. Go check this out. It’s an incredible tool, and I just gave you the highlights.

http://crazyegg.com

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So, what’s the very most important part of creating your online business?

Hmm… You know already.

KEYWORD RESEARCH!

Why would you start anything online if nobody is looking for what you want to sell?

Monday evening at 8 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central, 6 p.m. Mountain, and 5 p.m. Pacific, I’m doing my very first slide presentation at Xiosoft and hoping it comes out well.

I’m totally excited! I did this cool Power Point that lays it all out, and I’m rarin’ to go.

So, if keyword research is something you haven’t mastered yet, you absolutely HAVE to come.

But there’s a catch…

Yep.

You have to be a Lifetime Member of Blogging4Boomers.com

If you come on over, you’ll get…

• 40 + Videos to Show you How-to, Step-by-Step
• Nearly 40 Articles About Blogging to Get You Going  in the Right Direction
• Audio Interviews with Some of the Brightest Minds in Internet Marketing
• 10 Mindmaps to Guide You Through Technical Aspects of What You Want to Accomplish
• Pat’s Personal Plugins and Ping List
• A Web 2.0 Directory to Point You to the Hot Sites
• 13 Great Bonuses to Help You Succeed…

And most importantly, you get me. Twice a month I get on the  phone and answer questions about blogging and Internet Marketing for my members. They’re an awesome group that wants to act on things and become successful, and I’m thrilled and honored to be part of their quest.

I think I’m a born teacher, though I never realized it.  My bosses always shoved me into the role from my first job to well… my current job. If you’re a member of Tellman’s ListBuilding Club, you hear me twice a month there answering questions, too. I love it! It’s probably my most favorite part of the job. ‘Course I love it all, but interacting with people is really fun.

But come on over to Blogging4Boomers.com, and check me out. Sign up, and if you absolutely hate everything, there’s a 100% full money-back guarantee. But you won’t. I think you’ll be happily impressed.

Let’s get busy and crack the Internet marketing code together!

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Wow… Where do the days go? It seems like I’ve been back to work for a month, and it’s only been five days.

Not that I don’t love every minute of what I do because it is tons of fun, but the weekends are even more fun because I get to do and investigate stuff of my own.

This weekend, I have to prepare for a call I’m doing for Erik Stafford. That will be fun. We really had a blast on the call he did for me this week. So, I’m looking forward to that. If you want to hear the replay of Erik’s call with me, just go to http://easyseotricks.com/Erik . I’ll post information about the call I’m doing for him here ASAP.

We also had a product launch at Overcome Everything this week, and unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know it’s Whack the Recession.  You can check that out at http://easyseotricks.com/whack Great product! Smart advice and from Tellman, Harris, and Shawn. (Who didn’t know that?) I had to get transcripts made last weekend for it, so I can tell you it’s A-#1, the Duke. If you’re struggling to make money online, you really need to check it out.

I remember what struggling was like. I thought I’d NEVER make a dime because I just kept trying and trying and nothing was happening. Then, I met Tellman and my life is very, very different from what it was like two years ago.

I remember last year at this time, too. I was doing some consulting for Overcome Everything and ran into a cool guy named Don Griffiths. I’m doing a deal with him next week, so keep your eyes peeled for that. He’s a smart guy and he’s made tons and tons of progress since last year. Why? Because he took ACTION and now his list is exploding!

That’s the word, you know–A-C-T-I-O-N.

If you buy a bunch of stuff and don’t read it, listen to it, or watch it, or if you do and just don’t do anything about it, what’s your deal? I mean, are you going to be successful at this?

Hell, no. You’ll never be successful at anything. You can’t win if you’re not even in the game!

Take action to make it happen. If you want some periodic ass kicking, then just sign up for my list. :-)  I totally want to work with you.

So, I’m off! Get your stuff in gear and you’ll come to see how much fun it is to make money in your jammies.

I love it! You will, too.

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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear… And when it is gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear is gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” –Frank Herbert, Dune

Fear is indeed the mind killer.

Is fear stopping you?

When I think back to when I was starting out online, I can say that I was afraid of certain things. I didn’t want people to think I was clueless, which I was. I didn’t dare to think about playing in the big leagues because those guys are so much smarter than me. And spend money? I was afraid to do that, too, because I was afraid to lose it.  And my business was going nowhere.

Yet, I thought that without any help or direction, I’d still be able to crack the code.

But it wasn’t a code I needed to crack. It was my own fear.

Are you like I was? Does the tech stuff freak you out? How about talking to people? Are you scared to make videos or to do teleseminars? How about blogging? Creep you out, too?

Well, guess what?

You need to be less afraid and more aggressive.  Fear will kill your dreams. Fear will stop you dead in your tracks and you will be paralyzed in one way or another. It can be fear of loss, or even fear of gain. Yep. T. Harv Eker says that if you’re afraid of wealth or if you think it’s bad, you’ll never have it. It’s that old fear sneaking up on you again.

Get it out of your mind.

Bravery is forcing yourself to do something you’re afraid to do.

Be brave. Make your Brave New World. Visualize it the way you want it to be and then, take steps to make that happen. You’ll be amazed at what you can do when you just overcome your biggest obstacle… you.

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So, I’m like having a vacation week next week, at least from my regular job. It’s been 2 years since I took any time off at all. Unreal. I feel like an Internet Marketing automaton.

And two weeks ago, decided… This has to stop. Just for a while.

I wake up in the middle of the night and think: Lord, I never wrote back to the guy asking me to coach him. And then, I promised I’d promote this thing, that thing, and that other thing. Oh yeah, and the content has to be updated at Blogging4Boomers? (Like my new banner? I have absolutely no clue how to make it clickable. Help! Anyone.)

And so, worrying about such stuff when I should be sleeping means that Pat’s had enough for a few days–at least.

If you don’t see me, don’t worry. As the Governator once said, “I’ll be back!”

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Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been watching the pre-launch of a really impressive and brand new video contest that just launched on June 1st.

The prize?

A complete business makeover worth over $15,000. The prize package includes airfare, hotel, and you get to spend a full day with Internet Marketing experts who are there to help completely transform your business.

For more details, go to: http://easyseotricks.com/MDO

Who should enter?

What’s really interesting about this contest, is that really anyone who does any business on the Internet could really make out well here. Not only could you win the grand prize, but there are many other prizes available as well.

And here’s the big one…

The amount of traffic this could drive to your website is mind-boggling. You’re not only entering a contest, but you’re also a part of a huge viral marketing campaign where thousands and thousands of people will see your video and your website.

Talk about an opportunity within an opportunity!

Once you enter, post the link to your video here and I’ll be sure to check it out and vote on it for you!

The contest ends on July 14, 2008, so hurry! Go to: http://easyseotricks.com/MDO

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