Randy’s Ramblings April 30 2007

Hi Guys

I’ve got loads to ‘Ramble’ about as usual, but I will
try and keep it reasonable…lol
I thought I’d try a bit of a content table – so I don’t
bore too many people

So below we have;

*Your Focus – What does it affect?

*Don’t Fall for the Lies – save your Ca$h!!

*I’m Laughing at the Guru’s now!

*Forthcoming news

*Freebie from a member

*Wrap up (End of Blog Version)

*Subscriber only offers
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Crikey Peeps, I better had keep it reasonable , or it’ll
turn into another novel.
So I’d best get on with it …lol

*Your Focus – What does it affect?
The first thing I wanted to cover was about FOCUS. – Does
it really matter what you focus on?
I think it does, and I’d like to explain why, Hopefully it
may make a difference to your online business, and better
yet – your general lifes happiness

You’ve probably seen the many many mentions of ‘The
Secret’ and the ‘Law of Attraction’ etc, and some
believe in it wholeheartedly whilst others thinks it a
total croc!.
But one aspect of the whole concept is that we ‘Get what
we Focus on’.
A classic example would be the fact that ‘Mother Theresa’
would always decline any invitation to attend Anti-War
rallies and marches, because she
believed that the focus was on WAR…..and that would
perpetuate war, which does seem to continue!
However she would gladly attend pro-peace marches. – They
had their focus on PEACE!

You see the general rule is that what we focus on most of
the time comes true in our lives.
That’s why focusing on the things we don’t want actually
makes those things come true.
Or at least – so it would seem.

So my suggestion is that we make a conscious effort to
focus on what we DO WANT, rather than all the crap we have
to get through and the things that seem not to go our way.
If nothing else, You should start feeling better because
you’ll notice the GOOD THINGS more, so psychologically
speaking – you will then FEEL BETTER about yourself and
life in general.

I’ve tried to keep this brief – so I do hope I’ve put it
across in such a way as to give you food for thought?
In terms of your online business – stop focusing on the
things that go wrong, and focus on what’s gone great….
focus on where you want things to be heading, focus on what
you need to do – to learn etc. in order to take that next
positive step…… keep focusing on the good and see if it
doesn’t lead to more good
After all – even the highest earning guru’s are forever
sending out emails explaining whay they had to send another
due to this or that crashing, or
unexpected bugs, system failures etc etc etc……
SO if it happens to them – it should be obvious we all get
the rubbish, So lets you and I just let it pass, do what
needs doing to sort it and move on…. and keep the focus
on EVERYTHING That went RIGHT!

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Okay next heading Folks…
Are you still with me or did you skim…lol

*Don’t Fall for the Lies – save your Ca$h
This is just a very brief warning ……
Over the last wekk or so I’ve seen many ads for a new
ebook that supposedly shows how to get google ads for
FREE! if you haven’t got it but were thinking
of spending your budget in an attempt to get FREE ads….

SAVE YOUR CA$H! – Go check out the
reviews on the Warrior Forum, Everybody that has
bought it seems to be demanding their money back.
There is no such thing as FREE google ads. The salespage
is, to put it bluntly, EXTREMELY Misleading – Paying for
ads and then trying to sell adverttising space on your
landing page – to me – would be called “How to Offset your
ads cost”… nothing to do with FREE.

SO NO – no links here for you to check it out, As I’ve
said before, I will not recommend a product that I am not
happy with or haven’t had the confidence to buy myself,
end of!
I’ve already made decisions about the ‘Guru’s’ who’ve
tried to get me to buy this …. they’ll never see ca$h
from me again. If they can’t be bothered to
check out a product before telling me it’s a must have
really cool whatever, then they don’t deserve any future
business from me.

Okay okay … calm, breathe…. pause…

Enough said I hope, – I’ll move on.

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*I’m Laughing at the Guru’s now!
Oh yes… this one really did give me a giggle.
If you haven’t read my intro on the blog – go and catch
up.
After years of wasting many many dollars building mailing
lists on various company websites autoresponders, only to
find I was either limited in what I could tell MY LEADS if
the company didn’t approve….. or worse – if I no longer
promoted the opp after failing to get anywhere with it, I
finally got myself the industry leading autoresponder
service Aweber.
And if you’ve ever chatted or read about me fully -
you’ll know that since I started building MY OWN list,
I have been making money.

In fact I’ve even said in a forum once – I’d give up my
sites before I gave up My Autoreponder

So why am I laughing ?

Well for the last few months I’ve seen so many of ‘these
gurus’ selling an autoresponder that has no monthly fees
etc… you know – the big save money pitch, you’d be daft
not to blah blah…
And then this last week, I must have had at least 7 or 8
begging emails from people to whom I’m subscribed…..
Promising me all sorts of bonuses if I’ll go to their new
aweber account and rejoin their list – as the one they were
using is basically rubbish, not getting their emails
delivered because they don’t have a relationship of trust
with the isp’s etc…!

So yes – I find it amusing that they will undoubtably lose
business as well as people from their lists, all because
they didn’t want to invest properly in the first
place…… I mean – if you can’t make less than $20 a
month, or even to rephrase that …if you can’t invest
less than $20 a month into your business, then frankly -
you don’t have one yet!

If you don’t have the makings of your own list, I strongly
suggest you consider Aweber when you’re ready to get an
autoresponder. From personal experience – I have 400 names
stuck in a FREE service that I can’t even email to unless
I now pay!….and another 2000 plus names in one ‘given’
me by the company who’s product I promote, where they vet
every email….. and even tho’ some links would benefit MY
leads in building their business with this company – they
won’t allow the emails through for fear of me promoting
something else…. (very petty)

That’s why I have my own lists now…. If I find something
great for my contacts – I can tell them, likewise I can warm
them of rubbish.

LOL, I just thought guys, this kinda ties in with the focus
thing…. Look at little me – I did something right, that
many ‘big names’ messed up on….
so I’ll focus on things going right for me

Enough gloating…lol
Next sublect ….

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*Forthcoming news
Oh yes – this one is just a quick heads up,
I’m in a fortunate position to have made some great
Friends of ‘Normal Folk’ and ‘Upcoming guru types’ (not
that they’d say that – they’re just successfully building
an online business)…lol
Basically – there’ll be some cool new products out within
the next week or two that I’ve been having a play with
already, One of the ones I’m currently looking at is more
for the ebayers amongst us. That said there’s another
that’s just great for anyone wanting to build a list in
anything….
Anyway – I digress already … The reason for the mention
is that due to ‘Making Friends’ online (See last issue on
the blog…lol) I’ll be in a position to offer a discounted
page (yes – a real discount..lol) off the normal selling
price.
So I’ll keep you posted on those.

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*Freebie from a member
Have you been scrolling down to find this one?….lol
If you saw the blog update email after my last ‘Ramble’ -
I briefly mentioned this freebie then.
It’s been sent to me by one of our own (you know who you
are Dave ), and it is a great freebie folks,.
Here’s the email Dave sent me…. (Summerized)…lol

#######
Hi Randy,
I had to share this with you.
I just read the most fascinating report on generating
traffic using Web 2.0. AND the report is a freebie.

Fantastic value. You might like to gift this to your
members.

It includes every important Web 2.0 social marketing tactic
and website that you could ever want to know about and use
to bring in traffic through social marketing.

The techniques outlined in the book are proven, effective
and will continue to work for years to come.
It is Not just another “internetmarketing report.”
Nothing could be farther from the truth! This is pure
gold.

There are hundreds of links to the most important social
marketing places on the web. Exclusive tips from Jack
Humphrey on how to use each kind of social marketing site
on the web to drive hungry visitors to your site.

There’s so much in this you are going to wonder what the
catch is. There isn’t any!
Go see for yourself.

You DESERVE something cool, no-cost, and useful for a
change! Go now – this is not something you want to miss!

Best Regards,

David.
#####

Grab it here
I have had a look and it really is every bit as good as
Dave suggests, And yes he has an affiliate link (just in
case you go on to join a really great site he’s a member
of) – but he isn’t expecting anything other than to help
people who’ve helped him.

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*Another mention of a freebie and a good offer
This is more of a reminder Peeps,
Last time round I mentioned Paula’s new ebook, and the
fact that I had permission to give it to you for free.
It’s now selling well for $7, and if you promote it – you
keep the ca$h (Nice) – here’s the direct link to the pdf
Just click and save as.

Now for the good offer,
Again I did mention it last time round – but I thought it
worth another mention for 2 reasons.
1 – Because if I can save you paying the $47 others are
charging for it, I’ll be pleased – cos you can get it for $9.97
and
2 – because I’m most of the way throught these Traffic
Videos and they are nice and simple – but really good
info.

Oh and 2-AND A BIT – The emails I get from Dave (Loads of
Daves lately …lol) are very informaive, usually have a
real good freebie, and I have no hestitation in referring you to him,
as I’ve been on his list a while – and he’s a real straight sort you can
trust.
Check out his offer here

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*Wrap up (End of Blog Version)
Well – did you make it right through to here ?
Or did you skim down…lol – If you did, comeback when you
have some time and a cuppa, I’m sure there will be
something of value for you here.
And if you read right through – then you already knew that
didn’t you ….lol

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Okay, I hope you have a fantastic month of May (Yeah -
Already !!!!)
I’ll send another email as soon as I’ve posted this to
the blog RandolfSmith.com – not that you’ll see this
if the filters dump it…lol
(Obviously – it’s here now ….hehe)

There all done – whoops, – I started typing and only had
one coffee break – 2 hours of typing, flippin ‘eck,
I hope you can read faster than I type Peeps!

Finally,
As usual – I do hope you benefit from the time you’ve
invested in me and my Ramblings

So here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!

Til next time
Warm Regards to You and Yours,
From Me and Mine.

Randy
www.monthlybargains.co.uk
www.RandolfSmith.com

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