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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randy&#8217;s Ramblings 26th March 2012 In this Post * Catch Up  * Live &#38; Discounted &#8211; Link Supercharger! * Reminder &#8211; Meet Up Saturday 31st March * Sign Off ===== * Catch Up Hi Everyone, Here we are&#8230; Last week of March already! I figured I&#8217;d better post as it&#8217;s less than a week to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Randy&#8217;s Ramblings 26th March 2012</p>
<p>In this Post<br />
<strong>* Catch Up </strong><br />
<strong> * Live &amp; Discounted &#8211; Link Supercharger!</strong><br />
<strong> * Reminder &#8211; Meet Up Saturday 31st March</strong><br />
<strong> * Sign Off</strong></p>
<p>=====</p>
<p><strong><big><big>* Catch Up</big></big></strong></p>
<p>Hi Everyone, Here we are&#8230; Last week of March already!<br />
<strong>I figured I&#8217;d better post as it&#8217;s less than a week to the <a href="http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html?referer=');">Meet Up</a> and We also launched <a href="../recommendz/LinkSupercharger" target="_blank">Link Supercharger</a> on Friday!</strong></p>
<p>I should have posted over the weekend, but Rachel and I were up and out at <strong>&#8216;Stupid o&#8217;clock&#8217;</strong> in the morning to go on a <strong>Bushcraft weekend</strong> that we had in our diary already booked!<br />
The launch just sort of happened before we realised I was away for the weekend&#8230;lol</p>
<p><strong>In typical Internet marketing style&#8230;</strong> We had an Affiliate who had a spot to promote for us so Simon and I set the page live ready for it sometime this week&#8230;.<br />
It was only when we saw the emails start landing in our own inboxes and sales start coming in that we knew he&#8217;d sent it already as he was also planning a weekend away&#8230;lol<br />
<strong>A few hours later</strong> &#8211; the conversions weren&#8217;t as high as we would have hoped, &#8230; this lead to our affiliate friend making some extra suggestion and bonus additions to the page&#8230;<br />
<strong>That resulted in a mad and frantic rush to get the updates sorted and added to all the site pages between 12.20 and 2am</strong> <em>(the VERY early hours of Saturday morning)</em>, with Rachel and I still needing to be up and out in just another 4 hours!!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m happy to say<strong> the tweaks made a massive difference</strong> and we did manage to get up <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>On arriving in the woods in the middle of nowhere around 2 hours from home &#8211; I discovered <strong>I had NO Signal on my iPhone!!!</strong><br />
Well &#8211; there wasn&#8217;t a lot I could do about that so Simon had all the support tickets and any other queries to sort himself til Sunday evening <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<strong>He did a great job</strong> and I had a thoroughly enjoyable two days learning some more wild edible plants, creating fires by using a Bow drill, learning how to make traps without using my bought snares, and then discovering I really don&#8217;t like rabbit meat&#8230;. haha<br />
<strong>The two days were fantastic</strong>, and the group we were with were a great bunch of guys with a lot of skills between them &#8211; we loved that they shared so much knowledge&#8230; real life Bear Grylls and Ray Mears stuff <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<strong>But the Night&#8230;. OMG</strong> &#8211; after a beautiful Sunny day wandering around with just a T Shirt on &#8211; the temperature dropped to <strong>BELOW FREEZING!</strong><br />
I think I got around 90minutes to 2 hours sleep and poor Rachel got NONE!<br />
Around 4.30am we gave up trying and sat around a fire chatting to a couple of the guys til dawn finally arrive&#8230; Only to then fill our kettle and see <strong>ICE cubes pouring from our water bottles!</strong><br />
Boy was it cold!<br />
It didn&#8217;t take long to warm up to another beautiful day once the Sunshine came thankfully&#8230;. and after another great day we headed home and back into signal range <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>That&#8217;s when I got all my messages, both text and voice mail, to let me know the tweaks had worked wonders and sales were flying in <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </strong><br />
So here we are Monday tea time writing this after spending most of the morning complaining how full of aches and pains my body is, and how tired I still am even though I did get a great nights sleep last night&#8230;.lol<br />
And finally getting around to telling my own readers the news that the site is live&#8230;lol</p>
<p>So I guess I better make that announcement and stop boring you with my Bushcraft Fun <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<em>(do comment if you&#8217;re into survival skills, bushcraft, and nature stuff. &#8211; I&#8217;d love to know what sites you visit etc.)</em></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big></strong></em></span><br />
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<p><big><big><small><small><big><big></big></big></small></small></big></big><strong><big><big>* </big></big><big><big>Live &amp; Discounted &#8211; Link Supercharger!</big></big></strong></p>
<p><a href="../recommendz/LinkSupercharger"><img src="http://www.randolfsmith.com/images/250X250a.gif" alt="Hot Page Creation And Link Redirection Software" /></a></p>
<p>Well after my last post and the mention in my catch up above&#8230; It&#8217;s Finally LIVE <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
If you click the image or follow this link -&gt; <strong><a href="../recommendz/LinkSupercharger" target="_blank">Discounted Page For Link Supercharger</a> </strong> You&#8217;ll get to the Discounted Page with a saving of<strong> 70% OFF the normal Selling Price</strong> <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>If you watched the videos in my last post<strong><em> (they&#8217;re all there on the salespage&#8230; You&#8217;ll have seen how SIMPLE it is to both Install &amp; Use Link Supercharger <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> )</em></strong><br />
You&#8217;ll also see <strong>how EASY it is to set up your own Hot Pages and Socially Share your links</strong> &#8230;. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">TWO Features that no other Cloaking and Redirection script has</span>&#8230; cos we wrote the software!<br />
<em>(I say we&#8230; and obviously mean Simon, my coding expert, with a little input from me as to what I wanted it to do and how simple and easy I wanted it to work for myself and other fellow technophobes&#8230;lol)</em></p>
<p>You&#8217;ll notice that it&#8217;s a fantastic piece of software and see why so many big names jumped on and promoted it for us <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  <em>(Thanks Everyone)</em><br />
And if you&#8217;d like to promote it to your own lists &#8211; feel free to grab a link from our<strong> <a href="http://linksupercharger.com/aff/jvz/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/linksupercharger.com/aff/jvz/?referer=');">affiliate tools section here</a>.</strong></p>
<p>Anyways &#8211; Rather than<em> &#8216;Ramble&#8217;</em> on about how great it is&#8230; please do visit the site and grab a copy of the software to use as well as registering as an affiliate and making yourself some commissions by promoting something that<em> &#8216;does what it says on the tin&#8217;</em> to your lists <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8211; I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll thank you for it.. it&#8217;s that good!</p>
<p>Now back to work for me after a quick reminder about the meet up on Saturday <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Enjoy your week <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big></strong></em></span><br />
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<p><strong><big><big>* Next Meet Up &#8211; Sat 31st March</big></big><big><big><br />
<small><br />
</small></big></big></strong><big><big><small>As mentioned previously&#8230;  the last meet up got cancelled, as there were only 2 people, plus myself who were interested&#8230;.lol</small></big></big><big><big><small><br />
</small></big></big><big><big><small> (So far there are only a couple of people coming on Saturday&#8230; so it&#8217;s really looking like I may finally give in and agree to hold them in Sunderland at John Thornhill&#8217;s office &#8211; Any Comments/Thoughts Would be appreciated)</small></big></big><strong><big><big><small></p>
<p></small></big></big></strong>Here are the details for this Saturdays meet up:</p>
<p>1pm til around 5pm, Saturday 3st March 2012:<br />
<a href="http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html?referer=');">http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html</a></p>
<p>Venue:<br />
The Oddfellows Arms<br />
251 High Street,<br />
Northallerton,<br />
DL7 8DJ<br />
Tel:    (01609) 773018</p>
<p>Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.</p>
<p>There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.<br />
Any issue – give me a shout:<br />
<a href="http://www.randolfsmith.com/support" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randolfsmith.com/support?referer=');">http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support</a><br />
Or Skype – randolf.smith</p>
<p>Get your ticket booked here<br />
<a href="http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html?referer=');">http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html</a></p>
<p>You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup?referer=');">http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup</a></p>
<p>Cheers<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big></strong></em></span><br />
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<p><strong> <big><big>* Sign Off </big></big></strong></p>
<p><em>****As ever &#8211; only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you </em><br />
<em> (Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****</em><br />
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Til next time<br />
To You and Yours,</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s hoping you&#8217;re<br />
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!</p>
<p>Warm Regards<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big>Randy</big></big></strong></em></span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randy&#8217;s Ramblings 19th March 2012 In this Post * Catch Up &#38; Update * CB, W+ Or JVZoo * Coming Very Soon &#8211; Link Supercharger! * Reminder &#8211; Meet Up Saturday 31st March * Sign Off ===== * Catch Up WOW &#8211; I can hardly believe it&#8217;s around a month since my last post! In [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Randy&#8217;s Ramblings 19th March 2012</p>
<p>In this Post<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
* Catch Up &amp; Update<br />
* CB, W+ Or JVZoo<br />
* Coming Very Soon &#8211; Link Supercharger!<br />
* Reminder &#8211; Meet Up Saturday 31st March<br />
* Sign Off</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
=====</span></p>
<p><big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">* Catch Up</span></big></big></p>
<p>WOW &#8211; I can hardly believe it&#8217;s around a month since my last post!<br />
In terms of being busy &#8211; the time has flown by&#8230;.<br />
But in online terms &#8211; That&#8217;s an AGE!<br />
I&#8217;ve gone down in rankings &#8211; so be sure to post regular updates on your<br />
own blogs, or you might suffer a similar fate&#8230;lol</p>
<p>I have been saying for weeks that I should post &#8211; but with all the<br />
final bits and pieces on a couple of projects, plus family stuff and<br />
general enjoying the weather finally picking up here in the UK&#8230; I<br />
guess I just didn&#8217;t get around to it.</p>
<p>So as usual &#8211; this will probably be a huge post detailing what I&#8217;ve<br />
been up to&#8230;lol</p>
<p>Actually &#8211; I&#8217;ll try and keep the topics limited and related so I don&#8217;t<br />
bore you too much&#8230; haha</p>
<p><strong>On the Home Front</strong> &#8211; Camping season is about here, so Rachel, myself and<br />
her girls will be looking forward to getting out for some weekends in<br />
the wild, along with some friends and family who share a similar<br />
passion for the great outdoors. We&#8217;ve also bought some new bits and<br />
bobs to take with us&#8230; Like our new Hammocks from DD Hammocks that<br />
have mosi nets attached and water proof bases so they can double up as<br />
a tent when used with a tarp&#8230;.<em> (Sorry &#8211; nothing to do with anything</em><br />
<em> but we&#8217;re excited at the thought of getting them out and using them</em><br />
<em> this coming weekend <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> )</em></p>
<p><strong>On the IM Front,</strong> I&#8217;ve told my techy partner Simon to do the last few<br />
tweaks of our software so I could get a heap of new products added to <a href="http://www.randysmoremonthly.com" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmoremonthly.com?referer=');">RandysMoreMonthly.com</a><br />
as it was around a month ago that I posted with this months update!</p>
<p><strong>So yeah &#8211; the site has been updated with next months downloads <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.randysmoremonthly.com" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmoremonthly.com?referer=');"><img style="border: 0px solid; width: 450px; height: 307px;" src="http://www.randolfsmith.com/images/collection-transsmall.png" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>There are the usual 16 products in the main download area, and a<br />
further 15 in the forum bonus area!<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">That&#8217;s THIRTY ONE IM Products with MRR or PLR for just $14!</span></p>
<p>So if you&#8217;re a member go have fun grabbing anything that might be<br />
useful to learn from or sell on <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<big><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #990000;">And if you&#8217;re not a member:</span></big><br />
Do pop along and take a chance&#8230; You can cancel at anytime&#8230; but<br />
trust me when I tell you not many people do when they see this sort of<br />
value on a monthly basis.</p>
<p><strong>Plus</strong> &#8211; even if you do &#8211; you&#8217;ll have all these products AND access to<br />
the last couple of months too, So I reckon for a $14 investment -<br />
that&#8217;s better value that all those firesales people keep having for a<br />
few products at a lot more money <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><em>(Hehe &#8211; that save a couple of minutes just editing last months mention</em><br />
<em> of <a href="http://www.randysmoremonthly.com" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmoremonthly.com?referer=');">RandysMoreMonthly</a>)</em></p>
<p><big><big style="font-weight: bold;">As for the new product final bits of development&#8230;..</big></big></p>
<p>Well I did say another couple of weeks&#8230;<br />
I guess I should have said a couple of couple of weeks LOL</p>
<p>But yeah, we are just days away from launching so I&#8217;ll share some<br />
videos further down this post <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Just before that, I&#8217;ll share some hassles we had and what our solution<br />
was.. In fact &#8211; let&#8217;s get right into that&#8230;..</p>
<p><big><big><small><small><big><big style="color: #3333ff; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Randy</span></big></big></small></small></big></big></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><big><big>* CB, W+ Or JVZoo</big></big></span></p>
<p>OK, You&#8217;ve got your new product ready for launch and all that&#8217;s left to<br />
do is add a payment button and you&#8217;re ready to go&#8230;</p>
<p>You pop over to clickbank as you usually do <em>(or have been told to do</em><br />
<em> for years</em>) to register it so you can gain affiliates to promote it&#8230;.</p>
<p><big style="font-weight: bold; color: #cc0000;">Or Do You?</big></p>
<p>Once over 99% of all your mentors or gurus will have said to get it on<br />
clickbank &#8230; <strong>But not anymore!</strong></p>
<p>Due to changes within clickbank, as well as the popularity of things<br />
like Warrior Special Offers on the Warrior forum&#8230; <strong>MANY people now</strong><br />
<strong> seem to be using alternative payment processors and affiliate programs.</strong></p>
<p>The challenge is obviously picking the right one!</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re not a big name with a huge list &#8211; then using your own isn&#8217;t<br />
going to get you a bucket load of affiliates. So that is ruled out for<br />
most of us right away.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re then left with some alternatives, and the choice of alternative<br />
programs seems to be growing&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>PayDotCom</strong> has been around for a while, But I know many people who don&#8217;t<br />
like it for two main reasons. <strong>1</strong> &#8211; Their fees tend to be higher, and <strong>2</strong> -<br />
It&#8217;s still down to the product owner to remember to pay affiliates <em>(and</em><br />
<em> some affiliates just don&#8217;t trust you to pay them&#8230; hence they wont</em><br />
<em> promote you!)</em></p>
<p><strong>Clickbank</strong> always was an affiliates favourite, and for a long time had<br />
no real competition. <em>(There are others like <strong>Plimus</strong> who do a similar job</em><br />
<em> &#8211; but they never did get enough of a good reputation to be used by more</em><br />
<em> than a handful of marketers I&#8217;ve personally seen use it, and we</em><br />
<em> naturally want something EVERYONE trusts!)</em></p>
<p>However &#8211; lately, even some die hard clickbank super affiliates have<br />
been moving away from them due to their new policies on refund rates.<br />
<strong>Apparently if your refund rate exceeds 15% you get fined!!!</strong></p>
<p>I do understand clickbanks position &#8211; but I think 15% is a little on<br />
the low side&#8230;. I know it was set up due to the mega launches that got<br />
up to 70% refund rates <em>(where the product just plain and simply didn&#8217;t</em><br />
<em> deliver)</em>, so that was a good thing. But now they seem to be penalizing<br />
those who just do a good job of selling, and get the serial refunders<br />
along with genuine customers!</p>
<p><strong>So where are  the die hard clickbank vendors listing their</strong><br />
<strong> products now?</strong></p>
<p>Well a lot are still happy to use clickbank, and I know with my refund<br />
rates being non existent <em>(cos I do make sure my products</em><br />
<em> deliver&#8230;lol)</em> I would have been happy to use them again too&#8230;..</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>BUT</strong></span><br />
<strong>Yep &#8211; I always seem to have a big BUT in my posts somewhere don&#8217;t I?</strong><br />
&#8230; lol &#8211; That one But with ONE T by the way!</p>
<p>On Completing Link Supercharger <em>(Under a different name)</em><br />
and submitting it to clickbank &#8211; they refused to approve it first time<br />
around as it can cloak links!</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>(On reading CB&#8217;s terms and conditions &#8211; it&#8217;s apparently &#8216;Not Allowed&#8217;</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #800000;"><strong> &#8230; you are not supposed to cloak your clickbank hop links! (WHO KNEW??))</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>The fact that they already have 85 types of cloaking software</strong> in their<br />
marketplace didn&#8217;t sway them &#8211; as it&#8217;s something they NOW wont<br />
approve&#8230; but those already there and breaking CB&#8217;s terms are fine to<br />
keep selling something they say is not approved of &#8230;</p>
<p><strong>YEAH &#8211; we got frustrated too!</strong> &#8211; In Fact some of them are clearly not only<br />
breaking CB&#8217;s terms &#8211; but also don&#8217;t work any longer due to changes in<br />
other websites &#8230; but that&#8217;s another story!</p>
<p><strong>SO</strong> &#8211; We had to look for alternatives and decided to investigate what<br />
everyone else was doing.</p>
<p>The TWO MAIN sources of most the links I see coming from other<br />
marketers now seem to be <strong>Warrior Plus</strong> and <strong>JVZoo.</strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;m a member of both and haven&#8217;t had any issues or problems&#8230;. BUT<br />
<em>(there it is again&#8230;lol)</em></p>
<p><strong>I do know a lot of marketers who have had, or know someone directly who</strong><br />
<strong> has had either their paypal account suspended, closed or limited!</strong></p>
<p>This seems to be due to Paypal not liking the way Warrior plus pays the<br />
commissions, or the products not being good quality, or the buyer<br />
putting in charge backs to get a refund due to not even remembering<br />
where they bought etc.</p>
<p><strong>In fact</strong> &#8211; no one really knows what the issue is, other than a lot of<br />
folks have had some challenges!</p>
<p>I believe the guy behind Warrior Plus is trying to make changes to<br />
prevent it from wrecking his and others businesses, and also plenty of<br />
others seem to be fine&#8230;. However &#8211; when it comes to risking ones<br />
paypal account, there are many who just wont risk promoting that type<br />
of link!</p>
<p>I know my good friend <em>(and part time boss man)</em> <a href="http://www.johnthornhill.com/blog/why-listing-a-warrior-special-offer-could-kill-your-business/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.johnthornhill.com/blog/why-listing-a-warrior-special-offer-could-kill-your-business/?referer=');">John Thornhill recently did a post<br />
about it, and how he prefers to use clickbank</a> with his CBAffiliateMaster software for his wso&#8217;s.</p>
<p>He is also among a number of good friends who have large lists and<br />
refuse to promote anything on W+! <em>(And they number greatly!!)</em> &#8211; so that<br />
could be a challenge to get affiliates for many of us.</p>
<p><strong>Personally</strong> &#8211; I haven&#8217;t had an issue promoting as an affiliate &#8211; but I<br />
don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d want to risk adding a product for fear of losing my<br />
paypal account <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>That leaves us with the new boy &#8211; <a href="http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/JVZoo/" target="_blank">JVZoo</a></strong></p>
<p>I say new boy &#8211; but in reality the massive growth of this platform has<br />
been amazing to watch.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been a member for a while and had<strong> NO Issues</strong> getting paid for<br />
products I&#8217;ve promoted&#8230;.. But I still wanted to double check that I<br />
would be in <strong>no way risking my paypal account</strong> if I decided to launch any<br />
products on there!</p>
<p>Well thankfully &#8211; although it seems similar &#8211; the way JVZoo works is<br />
actually approved by paypal, using <strong>Paypals own Adaptive Payments thingy</strong><br />
&#8230; <strong>Yeah thingy</strong>, hey I&#8217;m not techy but for those who are here is a link<br />
to what <a href="https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&amp;content_ID=developer/e_howto_api_APIntro" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content_amp_content_ID=developer/e_howto_api_APIntro&amp;referer=');">Paypal Say</a>.</p>
<p>I also called paypal to discuss putting cash through via their adaptive<br />
payments and they were happy that my account is fine to use it <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8230;<br />
phew!</p>
<p>So as you can see JVZoo has been approved by them and spent 3 months<br />
having paypal check over everything for them. PLUS &#8211; After speaking to<br />
one of the owners, I&#8217;ve learned that not one affiliate has had any<br />
paypal issues&#8230;.</p>
<p>So I am more than happy to add our new software to JVZoo, and will be<br />
doing so over the next few days!</p>
<p>BTW &#8211; If you haven&#8217;t checked out <a href="http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/JVZoo/" target="_blank">JVZoo</a><br />
- pop over and take a look &#8211; they are listening to their vendors and<br />
affiliates and adding new features all the time <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>You might want to promote some of the products or even consider using<br />
them for your own next launch <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>So there you are &#8211; a few options&#8230;</p>
<p>Personally &#8211; after getting back answers to support tickets from<br />
clickbank that didn&#8217;t seem as though they actually read what I asked! -<br />
I figure they are big enough to manage without my few products, so I&#8217;ll<br />
be adding more products to JVZoo from here on <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Starting with &#8216;<span style="color: #800000;"><strong>LinkSupercharger</strong></span>&#8216; &#8211; see below <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><big><big><small><small><big><big style="color: #3333ff; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Randy</span></big></big></small></small></big></big><big><big><small><small><big><big style="color: #3333ff; font-style: italic;"></big></big></small></small></big></big></p>
<p>=====</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><big><big>* Coming Very Soon &#8211; Link Supercharger!</big></big></span></p>
<p>OK &#8211; here we go with a sneak peek at LinkSupercharger.</p>
<p>After months of development and testing, then upgrades and extra<br />
features added, then more testing and tweaking&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m thrilled to say we&#8217;re finally ready to launch this powerful &#8216;newbie<br />
and me friendly&#8217; software.</p>
<p>You can see the full salespage at <strong><em>(BUT DON&#8217;T Buy It!)</em></strong> &#8211; <a href="http://www.linksupercharger.com" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linksupercharger.com?referer=');">www.LinkSupercharger.com</a></p>
<p>Just in case Simon hasn&#8217;t updated it yet, and to make sure you don&#8217;t<br />
buy it today &#8211; It will be priced at $47, With A Greatly Reduced Offer<br />
to get it launched sometime next week!</p>
<p>In order to give you a heads up so you can grab the discounted rate, I<br />
thought you might like to see the video demos we will have on the<br />
salespage:</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is our short 3 Minute ish intro video:</span></p>
<div id="media" align="center"><object id="csSWF" width="578" height="480" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="src" value="http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/intro_controller.swf" /><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="flashVars" value="autostart=true#&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/introFirstFrame.png&amp;thumbscale=85&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="false" /><param name="flashvars" value="autostart=true&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/introFirstFrame.png&amp;thumbscale=85&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" /><param name="pluginspage" value="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" /><embed id="csSWF" width="578" height="480" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/intro_controller.swf" quality="best" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" scale="noscale" flashVars="autostart=true#&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/introFirstFrame.png&amp;thumbscale=85&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="false" flashvars="autostart=true&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/introFirstFrame.png&amp;thumbscale=85&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" /></object></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">And to show how EASY it really is to install it &#8211; checkout this 90 Second install video:</span></p>
<div id="media" align="center"><object id="csSWF" width="578" height="480" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="src" value="http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/install video done_controller.swf" /><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="flashVars" value="autostart=false#&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/FirstFrame.png&amp;thumbscale=85&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="false" /><param name="flashvars" value="autostart=false&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/FirstFrame.png&amp;thumbscale=85&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" /><param name="pluginspage" value="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" /><embed id="csSWF" width="578" height="480" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/install video done_controller.swf" quality="best" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" scale="noscale" flashVars="autostart=false#&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/FirstFrame.png&amp;thumbscale=85&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="false" flashvars="autostart=false&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/FirstFrame.png&amp;thumbscale=85&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" /></object></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">And a demo of using it at around 2 Minutes:</span></p>
<div id="media" align="center"><object id="csSWF" width="578" height="480" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="src" value="http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/create link_controller.swf" /><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="flashVars" value="autostart=false#&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/createlinkdemoframe.png&amp;thumbscale=85&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="false" /><param name="flashvars" value="autostart=false&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/createlinkdemoframe.png&amp;thumbscale=85&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" /><param name="pluginspage" value="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" /><embed id="csSWF" width="578" height="480" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/create link_controller.swf" quality="best" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" scale="noscale" flashVars="autostart=false#&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/createlinkdemoframe.png&amp;thumbscale=85&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="false" flashvars="autostart=false&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/createlinkdemoframe.png&amp;thumbscale=85&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" /></object></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">And Finally &#8211; Our UNIQUE Hot Page Creator &amp; Social Sharing Video Demo:</span></p>
<div id="media" align="center"><object id="csSWF" width="578" height="480" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="src" value="http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/hotpagefinal_controller.swf" /><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="flashVars" value="autostart=false#&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/hotpageframe.png&amp;thumbscale=95&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="false" /><param name="flashvars" value="autostart=false&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/hotpageframe.png&amp;thumbscale=95&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" /><param name="pluginspage" value="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" /><embed id="csSWF" width="578" height="480" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/hotpagefinal_controller.swf" quality="best" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" scale="noscale" flashVars="autostart=false#&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/hotpageframe.png&amp;thumbscale=95&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="false" flashvars="autostart=false&amp;thumb=http://simsisoft.s3.amazonaws.com/salesvid/hotpageframe.png&amp;thumbscale=95&amp;color=0x1A1A1A,0x1A1A1A" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" /></object></div>
<p><em><strong>So what did you think?</strong></em></p>
<p>Hopefully you loved it and are looking forward to my post to say it&#8217;s<br />
live and how massive a discount we&#8217;ll be making when it is <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>So &#8211; Watch This Space  :) <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><big><big><small><small><big><big style="color: #3333ff; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Randy</span></big></big></small></small></big></big></p>
<p>=====</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><big><big>* Next Meet Up &#8211; Sat 31st March</big></big></span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Well the last meet up got cancelled, as there were only 2 people, plus</strong><br />
<strong> myself who were interested&#8230;.lol</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>(So depending on how the next one or two fair, I may finally give in</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> and agree to hold them in Sunderland at John Thornhill&#8217;s office &#8211; Any</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> Comments/Thoughts Would be appreciated)</strong></em></p>
<p>Here are the details for our next meet up</p>
<p><strong>1pm til around 5pm, Saturday 31st March 2012:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html?referer=');">http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html</a></p>
<p>Venue:</p>
<p>The Oddfellows Arms</p>
<p>251 High Street,</p>
<p>Northallerton,</p>
<p>DL7 8DJ</p>
<p>Tel:    (01609) 773018</p>
<p>Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.</p>
<p>There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.</p>
<p>Any issue – give me a shout:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.RandolfSmith.com/support?referer=');">http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support</a></p>
<p>Or Skype – randolf.smith</p>
<p>Get your ticket booked here</p>
<p><a href="http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html?referer=');">http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html</a></p>
<p>You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at</p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup?referer=');">http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup</a></p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p><big><big><small><small><big><big style="color: #3333ff; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Randy</span></big></big></small></small></big></big></p>
<p>=====</p>
<p><big style="font-weight: bold;"><big>* Sign Off </big></big></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic;">****As ever &#8211; only spend your ca$h on things that</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> WILL help you</span> (Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****</p>
<p>Til next time</p>
<p>To You and Yours,</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s hoping you&#8217;re</p>
<p>Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!</p>
<p>Warm Regards</p>
<p><big style="color: #3333ff; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;"><big>Randy</big></big></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randy&#8217;s Ramblings 21st February 2012 In this Post * Catch Up &#38; Update * A Cool Free Resource * Coaching Bargains * Reminder &#8211; Meet Up Saturday 3rd * Sign Off ===== * Catch Up Hi Everyone Here&#8217;s hoping this email catches you well and keeping busy&#8230; or more importantly &#8211; making progress I have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Randy&#8217;s Ramblings 21st February 2012</p>
<p>In this Post<br />
<strong>* Catch Up &amp; Update</strong><br />
<strong> * A Cool Free Resource</strong><br />
<strong> * Coaching Bargains</strong><br />
<strong> * Reminder &#8211; Meet Up Saturday 3rd</strong><br />
<strong> * Sign Off</strong></p>
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<p><strong><big><big>* Catch Up</big></big></strong></p>
<p>Hi Everyone <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Here&#8217;s hoping this email catches you well and keeping busy&#8230; or more importantly &#8211; making progress <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
I have a few things to cover in this post, &#8230;So before I forget to mention it&#8230;</p>
<p><strong> <a href="http://www.randysmoremonthly.com/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmoremonthly.com/?referer=');">RandysMoreMonthly.com</a></strong> <strong>has been updated with next months downloads <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </strong><br />
<a href="http://www.randysmoremonthly.com/" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmoremonthly.com/?referer=');"><img src="http://www.randolfsmith.com/images/collection-transsmall.png" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>There are the usual 16 products in the main download area, and a further 24 in the forum bonus area!<br />
<span style="color: #800000;"><strong>That&#8217;s FORTY IM Products with MRR or PLR for just $14!</strong></span></p>
<p>So if you&#8217;re a member go have fun grabbing anything that might be useful to learn from or sell on <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong><big>And if you&#8217;re not a member:</big></strong></span><br />
Do pop along and take a chance&#8230; You can cancel at anytime&#8230; but trust me when I tell you not many people do when they see this sort of value on a monthly basis.<br />
Plus &#8211; even if you do &#8211; you&#8217;ll have all these products <strong>AND</strong> access to the last couple of months too, So I reckon for a $14 investment &#8211; that&#8217;s better value that all those firesales people keep having for a few products at a lot more money <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><em><strong>OK &#8211; Enough self promotion&#8230;lol</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>What else is new?</strong><br />
Well I&#8217;m behind as usual on my own product development.<br />
Before you start &#8211; Yes, I have all the excuses I need at the ready&#8230; haha</p>
<p>The main ones being that the Link Cloaker I&#8217;m developing with Simon Phillips has been beta tested by a few trusted friends, and from their feedback &#8211; we&#8217;re adding even more functionality to it!<br />
Whilst still keeping it the easiest and most simple of tools to use, it&#8217;s turning into a powerhouse of a tool that even highly experienced marketers are wanting to use <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>So do bear with me for another couple of weeks <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>NOW,</strong> in terms of keeping up to date with everything we&#8217;re adding and what changes need to be done and by whom&#8230;.. I&#8217;ve discovered a great freebie tool that I figured I&#8217;d share with my readers.</p>
<p>See below <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big></strong></em></span><br />
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<p><strong><big><big>* A Cool Free Resource</big></big></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://trello.com/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/trello.com/?referer=');">https://trello.com/</a></p>
<p>Trello &#8211; <em>(linked above)</em>, is the tool Simon and I are now using to organize and plan ourselves and our workload.<br />
I&#8217;m mentioning it here because I shared it with a few of <a href="http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/P2SWebinar/" target="_blank">John Thornhills</a> high ticket coaching members &#8211; <strong>And they LOVE IT!</strong></p>
<p><strong>It&#8217;s like a big notice board online</strong> that you can log into from your google id, and then create boards and cards within them of jobs and tasks to do!<br />
<img src="http://www.randolfsmith.com/images/trelloshot.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>So not only do you get to keep up with what you need to do,<br />
BUT &#8211; If you&#8217;re working in partnership, or have accountability partners etc. &#8211; You can easily see what needs to be done, what has been done, and who needs to sort it.</p>
<p>Rather than searching through 30 &#8211; 40 emails to find that one piece of text or testimonial or sales copy you&#8217;ve sent back and forth, you can upload them to your board and find them all instantly!</p>
<p>You can label cards and tasks, drag them around and generally stay far better organized.<br />
<em>(as well as not losing things that were important&#8230;lol)</em></p>
<p>So I highly recommend you check it out and have a play <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<strong><a href="https://trello.com/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/trello.com/?referer=');">https://trello.com/</a></strong></p>
<p>And yeah &#8211; it&#8217;s totally free, so I love the price&#8230;lol</p>
<p>Have fun <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big><big><big><small><small><big><big><br />
</big></big></small></small></big></big></em></span>P.S. Do keep reading for some great value coaching bargains!</strong><br />
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<p><big><big><small><small><big><big></big></big></small></small><strong>* Coaching Bargains</strong><br />
</big></big><br />
Well I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s cos this year is supposedly the end of the world<em> (see Mayan calendar and many other theories)</em><br />
But have you see the amount of bargains we&#8217;re getting from some big big names?</p>
<p>I do suspect it&#8217;s more because so many people are broke due to the worlds bankers requiring interest on the money we borrowed off them to give them back as a bail out&#8230;..<br />
<strong><em>But that&#8217;s another argument <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </em></strong></p>
<p>Whatever the reason &#8211; and even if it&#8217;s just to build their mailing lists <em>(which we can always unsub from)</em>, <strong>It would seem that getting quality help &amp; training these days is getting cheaper and cheaper!</strong><br />
Just look at the latest coaching programs that were $600 &#8211; $997 and are now being sold at a price anyone can afford&#8230;<br />
<strong>Yes = especially struggling newbies!</strong></p>
<p>We have everything from<strong> free webinars</strong> offering quality training without obligation from the likes of John Thornhill<br />
<a href="../recommendz/FreeJTWebinar/" target="_blank">http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/FreeJTWebinar/</a><br />
<em>(recorded &#8211; so you can join at your convenience)</em></p>
<p><strong>Even Better:</strong><br />
<a href="../recommendz/P2SWebinar/" target="_blank">http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/P2SWebinar/</a><br />
LIVE each month <em>(ish)</em>, see the page for details!</p>
<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s his coaching wso:</strong><br />
<a href="../recommendz/JTCoachingOffer/" target="_blank">http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/JTCoachingOffer/</a><br />
<em>(I&#8217;ve linked straight to the salespage)</em></p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Well now there are even more JUST RELEASED.</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>Two that I know are great are:</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Alex Jeffreys Marketing With Alex:</strong><br />
<strong> <a href="../recommendz/mwalex/" target="_blank">http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/mwalex/</a></strong><br />
<strong>It was $997.</strong>.. <em>(too much for me at the time)</em> I do know several people who took it and loved it, well now you can grab it for just<strong> $27</strong> from that link.</p>
<p><strong>And One from a very good friend of mine, Simon Hodgkinson!</strong><br />
He celebrates 10 years working online in partnership with Jeremy Gislason, So they decided to reduce their<strong> $597</strong> program to an incredible <strong>one time payment of just $10</strong></p>
<p><strong> Here&#8217;s their link<em> (and I highly recommend you take a look)</em></strong><br />
<a href="../recommendz/fsb/" target="_blank"><strong>http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/fsb/</strong><br />
</a>With a <span style="color: #000080;"><strong>5 Times your money back guarantee</strong></span> &#8211; you can&#8217;t go far wrong for ten bucks can you?</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>So with all those programs, and a few more mentioned on this page:</p>
<p><a href="../recommendz/BargainCoaching.php" target="_blank"><strong>http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/BargainCoaching.php</strong><br />
</a>I&#8217;m pretty sure there should be a bargain for everyone who wants or needs some direction, help or training to further their online prospects and careers!<br />
In fact &#8211; I daren&#8217;t try and list any single product in this email, cos these programs offer so much value that I believe everyone should own at least one of the programs above<br />
<em>(If Not All of them at those prices!)</em></p>
<p><strong>Just be sure to follow through on the teachings and take action!!</strong><br />
And you really will have gotten a bargain!</p>
<p>Do check them all out and help yourself to as many or few as you can comfortably afford&#8230;. Just one nugget from each would soon cover the tiny investments they ask for <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>And if you lose this post &#8211; Just bookmark this page:</strong><br />
<a href="../recommendz/BargainCoaching.php" target="_blank"><strong>http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/BargainCoaching.php</strong><br />
</a><br />
Time for you to move forward, there are really no excuses left at those prices.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big></strong></em></span><br />
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<p><strong><big><big>* Next Meet Up &#8211; Sat 3rd March</big></big><big><big><br />
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<p></small></big></big></strong>Reminder &#8211; Here are the details for our next meet up</p>
<p>1pm til around 5pm, Saturday 3rd March 2012:<br />
<a href="http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html?referer=');">http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html</a></p>
<p>Venue:<br />
The Oddfellows Arms<br />
251 High Street,<br />
Northallerton,<br />
DL7 8DJ<br />
Tel:    (01609) 773018</p>
<p>Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.</p>
<p>There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.<br />
Any issue – give me a shout:<br />
<a href="http://www.randolfsmith.com/support" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randolfsmith.com/support?referer=');">http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support</a><br />
Or Skype – randolf.smith</p>
<p>Get your ticket booked here<br />
<a href="http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html?referer=');">http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html</a></p>
<p>You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup?referer=');">http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup</a></p>
<p>Cheers<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big></strong></em></span><br />
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<p><strong><big><big>* Sign Off </big></big></strong></p>
<p><em>****As ever &#8211; only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you </em><br />
<em> (Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****</em><br />
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Til next time<br />
To You and Yours,</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s hoping you&#8217;re<br />
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!</p>
<p>Warm Regards<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big>Randy</big></big></strong></em></span></p>
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		<title>Are You Guilty Of &#8216;Flitting&#8217;? &#8211; Do The Belly Crawl!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randy&#8217;s Ramblings 15th January 2012 In this Post * Catch Up  * Amazon Bits * New Cloaker News * Next Meet Up &#8211; Sat 4th Feb! * Sign Off ===== * Catch Up Hi Everyone Well here we are half way through the month already. And yep &#8211; I&#8217;m up to my usual sillyness already. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Randy&#8217;s Ramblings 15th January 2012</p>
<p>In this Post<br />
<strong>* Catch Up </strong><br />
<strong> * Amazon Bits</strong><br />
<strong> * New Cloaker News</strong><br />
<strong> * Next Meet Up &#8211; Sat 4th Feb!</strong><br />
<strong> * Sign Off</strong></p>
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<p><strong><big><big>* Catch Up</big></big></strong></p>
<p>Hi Everyone <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Well here we are half way through the month already.<br />
And yep &#8211; I&#8217;m up to my usual sillyness already. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll ever learn from my own advice!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve lost count of how many times I tell others to stick to one thing and see it through, and yet I keep <strong>&#8216;Flitting&#8217;</strong> from one thing to another myself!<br />
Quite honestly I shouldn&#8217;t complain&#8230; after all we&#8217;re only a couple of weeks into the new year, and yet I sit and wonder why &#8216;stuff&#8217; just isn&#8217;t finished yet?</p>
<p>Granted some projects take time, and we do need to wait until they&#8217;re complete before we can move on&#8230;. But boy oh boy it FEELS like I&#8217;ve been working on some for an age&#8230;lol</p>
<p><strong>Does that affect you too?</strong><br />
Does it feel like you&#8217;re &#8216;flitting&#8217; from one thing to another and making very slow progress?<br />
Do you have 3 or more projects on the go, and as you &#8216;flit&#8217; between them &#8211; does it feel like you haven&#8217;t moved forward?</p>
<p>If it does &#8211; here&#8217;s some food for thought:<br />
I&#8217;d bet that if you have been chipping away, progress will have been made ! <em>(It&#8217;s just that sometimes it doesn&#8217;t feel that way)</em><br />
If you check on where you started and then where you&#8217;re up to &#8211; you will have been moving forward!</p>
<p><em>Sometimes it&#8217;s like we&#8217;re on a journey, but we forget to look at the map!</em><br />
<em> All we can see is how far we still have to go &#8211; and it&#8217;s so far away that it feels like we&#8217;ll never get there!</em></p>
<p>This is then compounded by the fact that all day and EVERY day we get email after email telling us of yet another new product we should check out and buy!</p>
<p>Now we all know that we should be avoiding anything that doesn&#8217;t fit with our business plan and marketing objectives. so that&#8217;s a given&#8230;.<br />
BUT &#8211; what these constant launches do &#8211; is make us feel like every man and his dog is making more progress than we are &#8211; doesn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p><strong>So here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve realised.</strong><br />
<span style="color: #000080;"><strong>We ALL need to STOP from time to time and check our MAP!</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #000080;"><strong> NOT to see how far we have to go &#8211; but sometimes to see how far we&#8217;ve come!</strong></span></p>
<p>Only by cutting out all the noise from the constant launches and feelings of everyone is moving forward except me&#8230;&#8230; Can we take some time to see how much progress we&#8217;ve actually made!<br />
This then helps us to stay motivated and <em><strong>keep plodding forward!</strong></em></p>
<p>I say plodding forward &#8211; because sometimes we don&#8217;t make leaps and bounds towards our goals&#8230;.<br />
<em><strong>Sometimes we take one baby step after another &#8230;. literally belly crawling forwards to our final destination!</strong></em></p>
<p>But Hey &#8211; I can tell you from both online experience of keeping plodding until I get a project finished, and from an analogy of a time when I was in uniform doing my bit many years ago&#8230;<br />
Online &#8211; I just need to remind myself of the stuff I have gotten finished and the regular money those items make<em> (check my links if you need to)</em></p>
<p>My Analogy from past offline experience is taken from a time I was on a military exercise.<br />
This one night, myself a small group of &#8216;specialists&#8217;, were given the task of keeping our enemy awake all night by launching probing attacks on them every couple of hours. <em>(the idea being to ensure they were sleep deprived prior to our forces launching a ful scale attack the following dawn)</em><br />
Unfortunately, due to their having patrols and sentry posts forward of their front lines &#8211; this meant we had to be very very quiet and take our time moving forwards for each probe.</p>
<p><em>Yes I&#8217;m getting to the point&#8230;lol</em><br />
What we had to do was use techniques such as<strong> &#8216;ghost walking&#8217; &#8216;belly crawl&#8217; and &#8216;doubling back&#8217;</strong> throughout the night&#8230;..<br />
<strong>We would move forward literally inch by inch until we were in postition to shoot.</strong><br />
Then a hasty retreat after we had woken them, only to repeat the procress again an hour later!</p>
<p>Each time we moved forward we had to go so slowly it honestly felt like we&#8217;d never get into position &#8211; and yet each time we eventually did.<br />
We&#8217;d be laid hidden in the undergrowth while their patrols marched past us, watching as they took just a few minutes to move over trerritory that we would take an hour or more to move over.<br />
But because of our patience and checking exactly where we were on opur maps &#8211; we knew we&#8217;d get there and we did.<br />
On every occassion we would surprise them and make our escape. <em>(we even captured two of their sentries and a front line gun team&#8230;lol)</em><br />
Come the morning the full scale attack was a resounding success and we got to sleep for a large part of the morning, as well as getting a great meal as a reward for our small part of the exersice.</p>
<p><strong>The lesson being</strong> that sometimes those extremely long times of feeling like progess was so slow, We did need a look at the map and the overall plan to remind us that what we were doing was the right corse of action, and even then if we can only &#8216;Belly Crawl&#8217;, we&#8217;re still mo9ving forwards!</p>
<p>So if you&#8217;re feeling like everyone is rushing ahead of you &#8230;<br />
Check you map!<br />
See how far you&#8217;ve come,<br />
Take note of any detours you&#8217;ve had to make,<br />
And make sure you give yourself a pat on the back for any progress.</p>
<p>Then just stick at it until!</p>
<p>Remember &#8211; if you never give up &#8211; you can&#8217;t possibly lose.<br />
Just keep it moving forwards <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>OK &#8211; that&#8217;s enough story telling for today, now back to what&#8217;s been feeling slow for me&#8230;lol<br />
And maybe you&#8217;ll see some progress and I might realise I have actually got some stuff done&#8230;haha <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Chat soon<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big></strong></em></span><br />
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<p><strong><big><big>* Amazon Bits</big></big></strong></p>
<p>Strange title I know, but let me explain&#8230;..<br />
I&#8217;ve called it Amazon Bits because there literally are a few bits to mention. &#8211; Not just one aspect or element or product <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
This also in part covers some of what I was just talking about in terms of the time it takes to get stuff done!<br />
With the first part of &#8216;time&#8217; being no ones fault &#8211; but still a heck of a wait <em>(or at least that&#8217;s how it felt)</em></p>
<p>Before I go on, I guess now would be a good time to add the fact that Amazon is one of the key areas of growth I want for my own business this year, I still have other online stuff to get done too &#8211; hence the multiple projects that I advise against&#8230;lol<br />
And here&#8217;s one reason for having multiple projects on the go too&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
The Waiting!</p>
<p><strong>First bit:</strong><br />
I&#8217;ve been meaning for ages <em>(and I mean more than a year)</em> to get a physical book created with <a href="https://www.createspace.com/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.createspace.com/?referer=');">Amazon Create Space</a>.<br />
This allows anyone to publish their own book and have it for sale world wide via <a href="https://www.createspace.com/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.createspace.com/?referer=');">Amazons Print On Demand Service</a>. <em>(Also worthwhile because unlike old fashioned self publishing &#8211; you don&#8217;t have to order a minimum print run of hundreds of books in order to see your name on a book cover)</em><br />
So long story short &#8211; I finally got around to adding something.<br />
It started out as some PLR I bought the rights to, and I edited it to make it my own.<br />
<em>(As it turns out it&#8217;s proving popular with my family and friends &#8211; because they can finally understand what it is that I do&#8230;.lol)</em></p>
<p>But from a TIME point of view &#8211; I hadn&#8217;t realised just how long it would take for people in the UK to actually have a book shipped!<br />
I submitted my work, created cover graphics etc. &#8211; and then had to wait around a month for the proof to be shipped to me! &#8211; <strong>ALL BEFORE I could approve it and have it listed!</strong><br />
Hence I had no choice but to move onto other projects while I awaited the postman, after all &#8211; just sitting around waiting wasn&#8217;t going to kep my business moving forwards&#8230;.lol<br />
So I got on with other things like the new link cloaker mentioned below.</p>
<p>Anyways &#8211; finally my proof copies arrived!<br />
<span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>(Here&#8217;s a vanity part&#8230;. no matter how many ebooks I have out there that are making me regular monthly incomes &#8211; there really is NO DESCRIBING how it feels to see a physical book with your name and picture on it as the Author!)</em></strong></span><br />
My intention isn&#8217;t to make a fortune from selling this book, it was more to use the book as a <strong>&#8216;business card&#8217;</strong> in effect. to give a free copy to local business people who might be interested in using my services from my offline site. After all &#8211; how much easier is it to consider using someone who is a published Author of a book about online marketing, when making a descion on whom to give a contract to?</p>
<p>But just in case you&#8217;d like to buy a copy <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8211; here&#8217;s the link:<br />
<strong><a href="../recommendz/RandysBOOK/" target="_blank">Help&#8230;. I&#8217;m Addicted To Internet Marketing&#8230;.. Will You Be Too?</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/RandysBOOK/"><img class="alignleft" title="Help... I'm addicted to Internet Marketing... Will You be too?" src="https://caps-public.s3.amazonaws.com/content/3740418/THUMBNAIL_IMAGE" alt="Help... I'm addicted to Internet Marketing... Will You be too?" width="160" height="240" /></a><br />
And if you do buy a copy &#8211; let me know by sending a me a support ticket, and I&#8217;ll happily throw in any of my paid ebooks/products as a bonus, as I could do with some buyer reviews&#8230;lol<br />
<em>(that only applies to products/sites that are my own, and not ones where I have a partner or co-author&#8230; naturally)</em></p>
<p>So that&#8217;s <strong>create space</strong>, a great tool to get your name on a book and give you a larger than usual head when you chat to family &amp; friends ;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Moving on&#8230;</strong>. &#8211; Do you own a Kindle Reader?<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;site-redirect=&amp;node=2102313011&amp;tag=httpwwwabou05-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.amazon.com/b?_encoding=UTF8_amp_site-redirect=_amp_node=2102313011_amp_tag=httpwwwabou05-20_amp_linkCode=ur2_amp_camp=1789_amp_creative=9325&amp;referer=');">Kindle</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=httpwwwabou05-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;site-redirect=&amp;node=2102313011&amp;tag=httpwwwabou05-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.amazon.com/b?_encoding=UTF8_amp_site-redirect=_amp_node=2102313011_amp_tag=httpwwwabou05-20_amp_linkCode=ur2_amp_camp=1789_amp_creative=9325&amp;referer=');"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/kindle/common-assets/FS-KT._V166940336_.gif" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Next bit</strong> <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>As well as Create Space, I&#8217;ve also been revisiting <a href="https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin?referer=');">Amazon Kindle Publishing</a>.<br />
I already had some titles published on kindle -<strong> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;x=0&amp;tag=httpwwwabou05-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;y=0&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=RandolfSmith.com&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8_amp_x=0_amp_tag=httpwwwabou05-20_amp_linkCode=ur2_amp_y=0_amp_camp=1789_amp_creative=390957_amp_field-keywords=RandolfSmith.com_amp_url=search-alias_3Dstripbooks&amp;referer=');">Randy Smith On Kindle</a></strong><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=httpwwwabou05-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />  But I did them a good while ago and forgot about them.<br />
<strong>Long story short</strong> &#8211; I&#8217;ve seen so many people promoting &#8216;Kindle&#8217; products over the last year, and I actually promoted one myself  ages ago. On a personal level &#8211; I stopped looking at most as I saw the shear mess people were making, as well as the useless products that were just videos saying &#8220;get your ebooks on kindle&#8221;, and then making an offer of a heap of PLR to upload!<br />
Where they failed was in actually showing people how to do the job properly!</p>
<p><strong>For a start -</strong> Amazon didn&#8217;t take long before they started the<strong><em> &#8216;Kindle Slap&#8217; -</em></strong> removing all the duplicate content poor quality PLR junk from the site!<br />
And secondly &#8211; I didn&#8217;t see the hundreds of daily sales all those selling the plr claimed was so easy to make!</p>
<p>Well &#8211; as with all things &#8211; the Kindle guides have evolved!<br />
Plus Kindle has continued to grow and grow! &#8211; It even got a mention in my MENSA magazine that I get sent out every month!, and that reminded me to take a look at my own products!</p>
<p>I can say that I was pleasantly surprised to see I have made a handful of sales <em>(not the hundreds people talk about),</em> but nevertheless &#8211; sales coming in from nothing other than listing 4 items in the kindle store!<br />
Hence I&#8217;ve been on a mission to grab as much info and training on Kindle as I could find!&#8230;. and trust me when I tell you &#8211; there is LOADS of it! .. lol</p>
<p>One reason I&#8217;m mentioning it today is that<strong> I finally found some great training that has opened my eyes</strong> to why I haven&#8217;t made more sales&#8230;. And also teaches me exactly what and how to start doing in order to get more from my Kindle products!</p>
<p>What I love about kindle is that it&#8217;s actually easier than creating IM products with all the pages that a typical ebook site needs in order to make money from it!<br />
<em>(So the work load is a heck of a lot less, and less techy too!)</em><br />
<strong>Anyways</strong> &#8211; If you&#8217;re still reading this far in, then I assume you might also be interested in taking a serious look at getting some products into the Kindle Store.</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s my <strong>strogest recommendation</strong> and a couple of others that I&#8217;ve bought recently and been pleased with.<br />
I&#8217;ve learnt something from each of these product, so feel free to check them all out.<br />
But if you ask me for just one &#8211; then I&#8217;d have to plump for Geoff Shaws Kindling membership right now <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>Here are the links:</strong><br />
<strong><a href="../recommendz/Kindling/" target="_blank">Geoff Shaws Kindling Membership</a></strong><br />
Geoff alrwady has some fantastic info in this membership that is a one time fee &#8211; BUT &#8211; He is also adding more and that will increase it&#8217;s price as time goes by&#8230; So the best time to grab this is now!<br />
<strong>ALSO</strong> &#8211; If you do buy it &#8211; Please contact me&#8230; as I&#8217;d like to set up a small groups of us to help each other as per geoff&#8217;s training on the section about Instant Social proof &#8230; yopu&#8217;ll know what I mean once you&#8217;re inside <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<strong>This is my Strongest recommendation &#8211; because</strong> I learnt more about what I personally did wrong or missed out from this, and I haven&#8217;t even been able to get through the extra content he&#8217;s added since I last logged in!! Now, this is slightly higher priced than the WSOs I normally recommend, but having compared the value, there really is a complete and modern Kindle course in here. Just check my testimonial on Geoff&#8217;s page <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Very Impressed!</p>
<p><strong>Others I&#8217;ve bought:</strong><br />
<a href="../recommendz/kcm/" target="_blank">Kindle Content Miracle</a><br />
Happy enough with the content, but I would add that Cory seems to be a marketer who promotes stuff daily!</p>
<p><a href="../recommendz/Kpack" target="_blank">Kindle Pack</a><br />
A Great basic guide to ensure you get set up correctly on Kindle itself, and some further study in the cheap oto <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Also the product that got me looking for more and more Kindle info <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/ValsKindleGuide" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randolfsmith.com/likes/ValsKindleGuide?referer=');">Vals Kindle Guide</a><br />
<strong>This is the product I used</strong> when I started adding products to Kindle, and Val also did me a<strong> special offer page for my readers <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Perfect Publishing System</strong> -<em> (I&#8217;m awaiting affiliate approval &#8211; so in the mean time search the warrior forum if you don&#8217;t want to wait <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8211; Seems daft that after over 48 hours he hasn&#8217;t logged in to approve affiliates!!)</em><br />
This one from Jonny Andrews was recommended by Geoff Shaw so I bought it&#8230; It&#8217;s more about how to make money rather than how to set up your ebooks etc. Also packed with info and videos to guide you through the process! &#8211; Highly recommended.</p>
<p><a href="../recommendz/KindleKit" target="_blank">Kindle Publishing Kit</a><br />
Another very useful offer &#8211; In this guide you get links to free software to help get the formatting right with kindle (Which also happened to be one of my biggest hurdles!!)</p>
<p>So there you have some of the kindle products I&#8217;ve bought and am happy to recommend. I wont try and tell you which to consider other than repeating that Geoff Shaws membership is what I&#8217;d consider to be the most complete and valuable, but some of the others have useful parts in their own right  like the Kindle Publishing Kit, so do check them out if you&#8217;re getting into Kindle, and grab what you feel will help you <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>And don&#8217;t forget to contact me if you buy Geoff&#8217;s one, As I seriously do want to have a chat to benefit us all <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Moving On <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big><big><big><small><small><big><big></big><big><br />
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<p><big><big><strong>* New Cloaker News</strong></big></big></p>
<p><big><big></big></big>OK &#8211; This has been a lengthy post with a lot of info about Amazon.<br />
So I wont get into too much detail from here.<br />
Re the new cloaker &#8211; all I will say is that after going through the <strong>comments and ideas given in reply to my last post.</strong>&#8230;..<br />
Simon and I have been tweaking, testing and adding all sorts of extra features and facilities to the &#8216;extras&#8217; that were already built in.</p>
<p>This has made the cloaker much more than just a link cloaker and tracker!!<br />
We&#8217;ve wrapped it up now and encoded it ready for adding it as a product for sale &#8211; and just have the remainder of the sales copy and what it can do to write, along with some affiliate tools etc.</p>
<p>In the mean time &#8211; Here&#8217;s a link to a &#8216;HotPage&#8217; I created in around a minute or so complete with header graphic title, links in boxes and footer etc. for those Amazon links I&#8217;ve recommended above.<br />
Basically just showing off ONE of the amazing features the software has built in&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
Not forgeting to mention that this is the easiest software I&#8217;ve ever installed &#8211; with just ONE simple install file to upload and NO databases or database users to add and remember etc.!</p>
<p><strong>So here&#8217;s the &#8216;hot page&#8217; &#8211; </strong><a href="../recommendz/Amazon.php" target="_blank"><strong>Randys Recommended Amazon Kindle Links</strong><br />
</a><br />
Do take a look at the whole of the page, and remember &#8211; All I did was fill in some blanks and push a button!</p>
<p>More Soon&#8230;<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big></strong></em></span><br />
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<p><strong><big><big>* Next Meet Up &#8211; Sat 4th Feb</big></big><big><big><br />
<small></small></big></big></strong></p>
<p>Finally &#8211; Here are the details for our next meet up</p>
<p>1pm til around 5pm, Saturday 4th February 2012:<br />
<a href="http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html?referer=');">http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html</a></p>
<p>Venue:<br />
The Oddfellows Arms<br />
251 High Street,<br />
Northallerton,<br />
DL7 8DJ<br />
Tel:    (01609) 773018</p>
<p>Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.</p>
<p>There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.<br />
Any issue – give me a shout:<br />
<a href="http://www.randolfsmith.com/support" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randolfsmith.com/support?referer=');">http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support</a><br />
Or Skype – randolf.smith</p>
<p>Get your ticket booked here<br />
<a href="http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html?referer=');">http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html</a></p>
<p>You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup?referer=');">http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup</a></p>
<p>Cheers<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big></strong></em></span><br />
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<p><strong><big><big>* Sign Off </big></big></strong></p>
<p><em>****As ever &#8211; only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you </em><br />
<em> (Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****</em><br />
<big></big><br />
Til next time<br />
To You and Yours,</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s hoping you&#8217;re<br />
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!</p>
<p>Warm Regards<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big>Randy</big></big></strong></em></span></p>
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		<title>Fun Learning:- What Holiday Movies Can Teach You About Your Business!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randy&#8217;s Ramblings 18th December 2011 In this Post * Catch Up  * What Holiday Movies Can Teach You About Your Business * Next Meet Up &#8211; Next Year&#8230; only weeks away! * Sign Off ===== * Catch Up Hi Everyone And before I get too wrapped up in the time of year&#8230; (And just in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Randy&#8217;s Ramblings 18th December 2011</p>
<p>In this Post<br />
<strong>* Catch Up </strong><br />
<strong>* What Holiday Movies Can Teach You About Your Business</strong><br />
<strong> * Next Meet Up &#8211; Next Year&#8230; only weeks away!</strong><br />
<strong> * Sign Off</strong></p>
<p>=====</p>
<p><strong><big><big>* Catch Up</big></big></strong></p>
<p>Hi Everyone <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
And before I get too wrapped up in the time of year&#8230;<br />
(And just in case I don&#8217;t get another post written)<br />
Let me start by wishing ALL my readers&#8230;</p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong><big><big>A Very Happy<br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">Yule, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Ramadan.</span></big></big></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Did I miss anyone?</strong><em> (if so I do apologise and hope you have a great holiday period too <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> )</em><br />
I would have just said <strong>Happy Holidays</strong> &#8211; But judging by facebook posts I would have upset and insulted so many people who seem to disagree that we should have freedom of choice of our beliefs!<br />
<em>So anyways, If you&#8217;re not insulted and leaving now &#8211; <strong>Have a great one!</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>Re catching up</strong>, I have updated <strong><a href="http://www.randysmoremonthly.com/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.randysmoremonthly.com/?referer=');">RandysMoreMonthly</a></strong> with next months downloads, <strong>AND</strong> I will repeat the offer from last time I mentioned it for all those who might want to give it a try!<br />
<em><strong>Join now and get ALL the monthly downloads with MRR, PLR etc. from when I started the site back in 2008!&#8230;. Which is far too many to list!!! But definitely in the THOUSANDS !</strong></em><br />
<strong><span style="color: #008080;">Just pay this months $14 and drop me a ticket to get access to the previous months /years worth <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></strong><br />
Enough said this isn&#8217;t a pitch post! <em>(well other than a couple of cheeky links) <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </em></p>
<p>I have been trying to get some work done on a couple of sites, but it&#8217;s hardly worth mentioning now as I know they wont be ready before we&#8217;re all too focused on family and time at home <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<strong>PLUS</strong> &#8211; Just about everyday has ben interrupted by either Shopping, wrapping, visiting, or some other related activity&#8230; and I can only forsee it getting more so between now and the new year!</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know about the readers who still have to go to a day job&#8230; but for those of us who are full time online, it&#8217;s time to start thinking about shutting off for the holidays. I certainly can&#8217;t see me getting any solid work done for the rest of the year now&#8230;.<br />
<strong>That said -</strong> I am getting quite excited at seeing my family and friends eyes light up when they get to open their presents this year, I&#8217;m looking forward to eating too much and wasting hour upon hour watching movies and partying with friends, and I sincerely hope you are too!</p>
<p>So I though I&#8217;d have a post about some of my favourite movies and what you can learn from them for your business..<br />
So without further ado, let&#8217;s introduce the post and give you an excuse to have some fun watching these movies over the holidays&#8230; whilst telling everyone it&#8217;s a business study!</p>
<p><img src="http://randysmith.co.uk/Example/images/smiley_thumb_up.png" alt="" /></p>
<p>Chat soon<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big></strong></em></span><br />
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<p><strong><big><big>* What Holiday Movies Can Teach You About Your Business</big></big></strong></p>
<p>OK &#8211; here&#8217;s the post that will allow you to tell people you&#8217;re watching them for Business Learning reasons <img src='http://randolfsmith.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
For the most part I&#8217;ve taken some PLR from:<br />
<a href="http://www.successplr.com/content/go.php?r=394&amp;i=l13" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.successplr.com/content/go.php?r=394_amp_i=l13&amp;referer=');">Free PLR: What Holiday Movies can Teach YOU About Business</a>  And just added a few lines of my own to it. Well it is great PLR and after reading it, I didn&#8217;t see the need to add too many changes&#8230;lol<br />
I have been cheeky enough to make the images links to the products just in case&#8230; haha, But I&#8217;m almost sure most people will have seen these movies.<br />
<strong><big>So What Can They Teach Us?</big></strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;"><strong>CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS: &#8211; RESPOND TO MARKET DEMANDS</strong></span></p>
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<p>“Christmas With the Kranks” is a slapstick comedy based on a book called “Skipping Christmas” by John Grisham.</p>
<p>The upshot is that the protagonists, Luther and Nora Krank <em>(played by Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis)</em>, want to “skip” Christmas because their daughter is spending Christmas overseas in the Peace Corps. They plan to take all the money they save and go on a cruise. It’s a great plan, only they run into a few problems.<br />
Their friends and neighbors object to their lack of Christmas spirit and heckle and bully them, attempting to force them to get back in line and get their jolly on.<br />
They successfully resist… until they learn that their daughter is unexpectedly returning home for Christmas.</p>
<p>The Kranks have to scurry around in order to create Christmas at the last minute, borrowing Christmas trees, pulling together an eleventh-hour party and trying to woo back the neighbors the community they’ve alienated. Of course, all ends well once the Kranks respond to the external pressures and get back in line.</p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>So, what do the Kranks teach business owners?</strong></span><br />
The main lesson is that you can make all the plans in the world, but sometimes you just need to respond to what your market wants.<br />
Poor Luther and Nora don’t think they’re doing anything wrong. So they want to head in a different direction this year. What’s the big deal?<br />
Well, the big deal is that the Kranks’ audience <em>(neighbors and friends)</em> like things just the way they are.<br />
They don’t want the Kranks to change. They want things to stay the way they always have been – even if the Kranks have different ideas.</p>
<p>Think about trying to change something in your business – your website, your pricing structure, your offerings.<br />
Even if you’re positive the changes are for the better, you can hit serious backlash because your customers like things a certain way.<br />
They like knowing that the “buy” button is in red at the bottom of the page, or that your podcast comes out every Wednesday – not Tuesday, and certainly not Thursday.<br />
If you mess with their routines, you may have to pay the price – just like the Kranks.<br />
Now, this isn’t to say that you can’t ever make changes to your business.<br />
It’s just a warning that you’d better make sure the risk is worth the reward, and that you’re not changing just for change’s sake.<br />
Don’t mess with your customers’ Christmas.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;"><strong>JINGLE ALL THE WAY:- SERENDIPITY HAPPENS</strong></span></p>
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<p>Way back before Arnold was Governor of California, he starred in a Christmas caper called “Jingle All the Way.”<br />
As workaholic Howard Langston, Arnie races all over town on Christmas Eve, in search of the blockbuster toy “Turbo Man,” which he promised his wife he’d pick up months before. Since it’s the only present on their son’s Christmas list, the need is dire.<br />
In his quest to find the perfect toy, Howard fends off advances from a psycho mailman, a vengeful cop, and his lugubrious neighbor who’s bent on moving in on Howard’s wife, usurping his role as husband and father.<br />
After hours of careening from store to store, Howard finds himself in the town’s annual holiday parade, dressed up as – you guessed it! – Turbo Man.<br />
All ends well when his wife and son realize his heart is in the right place. Don’t you just love happy endings?</p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>You may think there’s no lesson here for a business owner, but there are plenty.</strong></span><br />
We could talk about work-life balance, or the importance of keeping your commitments, but the main one to highlight is the role that serendipity plays in business.<br />
Many successful business owners will tell you that the second they became crystal clear on their objectives, things just seemed to fall into place for them.<br />
Sure, they faced some obstacles along the way, but somehow the person they needed to meet or the book they needed to read or the lesson they needed to learn fell into their path.</p>
<p>Preparation is a great thing, and it’s necessary for day-to-day success. It’s what gets us through the tough, repetitive and sometimes boring stuff. But often the big leaps forward in our business occur because of some force stronger than us that’s at work in the universe.</p>
<p>Consider this quote from renowned poet Ralph Waldo Emerson:<br />
<em>“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”</em><br />
Even if you aren’t the “woo-woo” type, it can pay to be open to seemingly miraculous coincidences and occurrences.<br />
Some people consider these types of coincidences to be signs that you’re moving on the right path.<br />
But whether you believe in the “great divine” or not, smart business owners will take advantage of any opportunities, regardless of source. And the more clear you are on your end goal, the more you’ll be able to recognize these opportunities.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;"><strong>HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS: &#8211; THERE’S SOMEONE FOR EVERYONE</strong></span></p>
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<p>If you haven’t seen the original animated Grinch movie from 1966, you’ve likely seen the Jim Carrey version from 2000.<br />
But if you missed that one, too, here’s the recap:</p>
<p>Green Grinch hates Christmas and hates the Whos, the sweet and lovable inhabitants of Whoville, who adore the holiday – but who have lost sight of the true meaning.<br />
So Grinch, accompanied by his long-suffering canine companion, Max, steals all their presents and decorations so he can extract his revenge.</p>
<p>The twist: Aided by pure-of-heart and diminutive  Cindy Lou Who, the Whos celebrate the Christmas spirit, even without the wrappings, and the Grinch’s frozen heart melts. And in the Carrey version, he also finds true love with the sexiest Who of all, played by Christine Baranski.</p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>It’s the updated version that brings us our lesson for today, and the lesson is this:</strong></span><br />
There’s really someone for everyone. If a grumpy, stinky, pants-less Grinch can capture the heart of the nubile Martha May Whovier, then out there, somewhere, there’s a customer base for you.<br />
Go online and you can find plenty of proof of this belief.<br />
There are people selling gun-shaped soap, frozen yogurt for dogs, and Bertie Bott’s Every-Flavor Beans. If they can make it, you can, too.<br />
<strong>Take these tips from the Grinch:</strong><br />
-Be absolutely clear on who you are. Don’t waffle. If you’re strange, revel in your strangeness. The more clearly you reveal yourself, the more easily you’ll appeal to your “tribe,” as Seth Godin calls it.<br />
-Don’t apologize for who you are. If you’re a gun-toting survivalist, so be it. If you are a tattooed, be-ringed 60-something, go with it. Your customers don’t want someone who is embarrassed; they want to be led by someone who’s confident and embraces their different-ness.<br />
-Come down from the mountain. It’s not until the Grinch leaves his hermit-like cave at the top of Mt. Crumpet and emerges into the “real world” that he finds acceptance and love. You need to be where the people are.<br />
&#8211;File down your rough edges. “Authenticity” can be an excuse for bad behavior. There’s a difference between being transparent and honest, and being downright unpleasant and rude. Even at the end of the movie, the Grinch softens a bit – without losing his Grinch-ness.<br />
If the Grinch can find love, you can, too.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;"><strong>THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY: &#8211; ALL GIFTS ARE TO BE HONORED</strong></span></p>
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<p>Even if you haven’t seen the animated special, you’ve probably heard the story or the song. But here’s a recap if you’re unaware:<br />
The three Wise Men and the shepherds are heading to see the Baby Jesus, and the little drummer boy comes along for the ride.<br />
He is embarrassed when he has no gift to offer the newborn Savior.<br />
Finally, he learns that his only skill – playing his drum – is enough.</p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Maybe you’ve felt this way:</strong></span><br />
You take a skills assessment or strengths finder, or ask your friends and family what they turn to you for. The answers are less than stellar. Instead of being a powerhouse leader, or an inspiration, you come up as a great administrator, or… the Drummer Boy equivalent of today, a good listener.<br />
What are you supposed to do if you’ve got mad skills as, say, a babysitter or folding paper airplanes? Can you possibly make a business out of that?</p>
<p>Well, the short answer is, yes, you can.  Whatever your skill, there is a market for it.<br />
<strong>Follow these tips to make sure you find your business home:</strong><br />
<strong>1.  </strong>  Don’t underestimate yourself. So you can imitate cartoon voices. Big deal. No one will pay for that…. Or will they? Sure they will! For presentation narration, video games, films… you name it. If you have an above-average skill, someone out there will pay for it. If you doubt this, go to Fiverr.com and take a look at the kind of things people are shelling out money for.<br />
<strong>2.</strong>    Get yourself out there. Standing in the back of the crowd, quietly tapping on your drum, is not going to do anything for your popularity. You need to put yourself in front of people who can help (if you get nervous, just think back to the Little Drummer Boy. If he could approach Mary, the mother of Jesus, you can probably get up the courage to launch a podcast or website).<br />
<strong>3.  </strong>  Hone your craft. If your skill really is folding paper airplanes, then make yourself the very best paper airplane folder out there. If you are skilled at cleaning toilets, then keep your finger on the pulse of the toilet-cleaning industry and be a leader in that space. Just because you’re naturally gifted doesn’t mean you can coast; you must keep making yourself better and better.</p>
<p>When you have a gift, it is truly that – a present bestowed upon you. It is your responsibility to make the most of it and share it with others.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;"><strong>ELF: &#8211; ENTHUSIASM IS CONTAGIOUS</strong></span></p>
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<p>Take a six-foot tall adopted elf named Buddy <em>(played by Will Ferrell)</em> who wants to find his birth father, make that father the prickly James Caan, and throw them together  in the midst of New York City and see what happens. Buddy wants a warm and cuddly family reunion; his father<br />
Walter wants nothing more than to make this newfound son disappear, preferably with a pair of cement boots on him.<br />
Ah, but this is Christmas, so not only does Buddy convince his new family that syrup tastes good on everything; he also wins the heart of his stepmother, half-brother, and the cynical Jovie, his new love. And yes, Walter eventually sees the light.</p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>So business owners, here’s your business lesson from Buddy the Elf:</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing lout for all to hear.”</strong><br />
So… what if you’re not Santa? Buddy would tell you it doesn’t matter. Enthusiasm is catching.<br />
No one is going to be more excited about your business, your product, your podcast, your class, your blog than you are.<br />
Sometimes we feel a little hesitant to show our enthusiasm. It can be risky to show how much we care about something. But if we don’t show our passion, we’re not going to convince anyone else to follow or act on our recommendations.<br />
Think about the last time you went out to eat. If the waiter or waitress gave a lackluster endorsement to the daily special, you likely took a pass.<br />
But if she or he said, “I just tried it before my shift and it was delicious!” you’d be a little more likely to partake. Enthusiasm sells. Period.</p>
<p>Here are a few tips to make like Buddy the Elf without sounding like a used car salesman (or an escapee from the North Pole):<br />
•    Be honest. Don’t sell or promote something you don’t believe in. It never works – people can tell, and you’ll damage your reputation.<br />
•    Be yourself. You may be the understated type who isn’t going to jump out of a helicopter a la Richard Branson to promote your latest business venture. You don’t have to be! <em>(One Richard Branson is enough for this world.)</em> But do show your energy in a way that is natural for you.<br />
•    Be realistic. If you promote every new thing that comes down the block, or have a new solution du jour, pretty soon no one is going to listen to you.</p>
<p>You don’t have to dress up in pointy shoes to get people to buy your new e-course. But hey… if the shoe fits… why not?</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;"><strong>IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: &#8211; NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF TRIBES</strong></span></p>
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<p>One of the most memorable Christmas movies of all time is Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” starring the incomparable Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. It’s the ultimate feel-good movie, perfect for anyone who’s ever wondered if their life holds meaning.<br />
<strong><em>(And Definitely One of my personal Favourites!!!)</em></strong></p>
<p>Here’s the lowdown: George Bailey, played by Stewart, is on the verge of collapse.<br />
His small building and load company is on the verge of bankruptcy, the mean rich man in town is poised to swoop in, and though he has a house full of adorable kids and a gorgeous wife <em>(Reed),</em> there’s never enough money to go around.<br />
George decides his family and business would be better off without him. On the brink of suicide, he’s saved by a fledgling angel, Clarence.<br />
Clarence goes on to show George what his life would be like if he’d never existed, and the sight ain’t pretty.<br />
By seeing all the people he’s touched, George realizes that he has created a strong network of love and support – he’s created a tribe.<br />
And it’s this tribe that pulls together at the end of the movie to give back to George, helping him out of his current difficulties.</p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>The lesson to you should be obvious:</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Your tribe can, quite literally, save your life.</strong><br />
You should be building not only a viable business, but a community – one that supports and cares for each other.<br />
If you’re just out to make a buck, don’t be surprised if no one leaps to defend you or lend you a helping hand when things go bad. And they will go bad<br />
.<br />
You can get “slapped” by Google. You can get your PayPal account frozen. You can get brought up on charges by the FTC. You can get hacked, robbed, or plagiarized. It happens.<br />
<em><strong>(And long time readers will know it DID happen to me&#8230; But keep reading and this is also what happened due to my online friends)</strong></em><br />
But if you have friends like George’s, you’ll have a whole team of folks on your side.<br />
But one thing to remember: George had friends he’d created just by being a good guy, doing the right thing at the right time, not worrying about what was in it for him.<br />
He stood up for what was right and shook hand after hand, even when it cost him personally.<br />
He didn’t build this community by selling junk or automating his Twitter feed or spamming everyone.<br />
<strong>He did it the old fashioned way: By caring.</strong><br />
Some business techniques never go out of style.</p>
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<p>Well I hope you enjoyed the post, and do feel free to visit Nicole&#8217;s site if you&#8217;re looking for some good PLR too:<br />
<a href="http://www.successplr.com/content/go.php?r=394&amp;i=l13" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.successplr.com/content/go.php?r=394_amp_i=l13&amp;referer=');">Free PLR: What Holiday Movies can Teach YOU About Business</a></p>
<p>Chat soon</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big></strong></em></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">P.S. DO COMMENT and let me know which is your Fav Movie for this time of year!</span></strong></p>
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<h5><strong><big><big>* Next Meet Up &#8211; Next Year&#8230; only weeks away!</big></big></strong></h5>
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<p>1pm til around 5pm, Saturday 7th January 2012:<br />
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The Oddfellows Arms<br />
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Tel:    (01609) 773018</p>
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<p>There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.<br />
Any issue – give me a shout:<br />
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<p>Cheers<br />
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><strong><big><big><small><small><big><big>Randy</big></big></small></small></big></big></strong></em></span><br />
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