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Signs You are Blogging Too Much: The existential Angst of an Overwhelmed Generation

Oct 25, 2007 at 11:09 pm in MUSINGS by ian · Comments Off

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What was that famous quote from the Supreme Court Justice ( Potter Stewart) about pornography – " I don’t know what hardcore porno is, but I know it when I see it." Or something like that right? ( he’ll forgive me for paraphrasing )

So – first of all, you’ll have to forgive me for not updating this as promised over the last week. I really wanted to get the making money with Craigslist podcast up – but [read more →]

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Reset the Buying Criteria: Miscellaneous Marketing Musings and Other Odds and Ends

Oct 18, 2007 at 8:24 am in KARMA by ian · Comments Off

Lesson #1: Reset the Buying Criteria

There really is so much dreadful, tedious and tired stuff out there that when you come across something that makes you take notice – well – it’s worth sharing with the group.

Most of the stuff I do tends to be in smaller niches having nothing to do with internet marketing and if you think the copy being kicked out by the “pros” is bad – just take a quick gander at some of the [read more →]

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Making More Money on Craigslist: A Step By Step, Audio Overview

Oct 17, 2007 at 10:46 am in CRAIGSLIST, KARMA by ian · 2 Comments »

Ask – and you shall receive..:-)

There will be at least 5 parts to this, maybe more depending on feedback, I will be very simply outlining the process map that I use to make profitable offers on Craigslist, the tools that I use ( which are primarily free ) and the various permutations of each approach ( one of the challenges of " power posting" on CL is you do sort of need to keep your eye on which way the [read more →]

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The Refuge Vow as a Marketing Mantra: The Problem of Picking the Proper Path

Oct 8, 2007 at 10:31 pm in COACHING, MUSINGS by ian · Comments Off

90% of people who come online to make real money will fail. If I were you – and just starting out I would find a few e books that other people were selling – as an affiliate – and sell their product for them ( using clickbank as in my previous example ). You learn this way what works – and more importantly – what does not. Most of the people making huge money online are making a good portion of their money through affiliate marketing channels.

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There is no ” You” in I: Overcoming the Involvement Obstacle

Oct 3, 2007 at 9:19 pm in KARMA, MUSINGS by ian · 1 Comment »

I’ve got a confession to make……

Maintaining this " blog " is hard work.

And not because of the technical issues, or topics to cover, or even the writing itself. I love to write and do it all day anyway on many other topics and a multitiude of other sites.

It’s the conversation with self that gets monotonous. The murmerings and mumblings of my monkey mind. The internal dialogue that has to be captured, transcribed and transmitted in such a way as to [read more →]