Here You Go, My Friend

by Angelito on July 1, 2009

Here’s a funny video that I didn’t think was going to be funny but I ended up watching it 4 times and singing along to it in the end.

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Here’s the book that I took along with me on my recent trip to the Philippine Islands. It’s a book I read a while back and decided I needed a refresher as I intended to do a little masterminding while sitting on the beach all day. This is a book every entrepreneur should read.

What do you like to read while on vacation?

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Travel Is As Essential As The Air We Breath

by Angelito on June 24, 2009

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For me, traveling is an addiction. It’s a thirst that needs to be quenched and it’s as important as breathing. You just can’t beat the rush you get when you step off a plane in a foreign country, lost in the moment, lost in translation, in a place so different, far from home, and yet in some odd way you feel like you are home.

There are some people who never leave their country…heck, there are people who never set foot out of their city limits.

What a shame. But who am I to judge, right?

Everyone’s form of thrill and excitement is different. And traveling is not for everyone. I understand that. In my opinion, it’s just a travesty that those who can don’t, and most of the population is groomed to work 9-5 jobs and wait to do anything worth doing until the ripe old age of retirement.

This is something I vow to escape!

I vow to live the life I love…today.

And this is exactly why I chose to fuel this lifestyle with an Internet business. Consider me a digital entrepreneur, a social media vagabond of sorts.

I come from a new school of thought in business where new, unconventional business models are discovered everyday. We live in a new paradigm where we can create wealth from our laptops, without insane startup costs for new businesses.

You are one creative thought away from extreme financial success. Just ask the people who created Google, PayPal, or Facebook.

With the Internet being the best marketing tool invented to reach an audience of millions, prosperity has never been more attainable with the click of a button. With the thought of my next globetrotting adventure just around the corner, I get even more excited as I ride the wave of the digital era, the next gold rush.

Here’s a short video I put together from clips of my recent trip to the Philippine Islands


All the pictures I have included in the video are real and not taken from other sources. The places I visited were incredible and definitely unforgettable!

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My First Time In Yosemite

by Angelito on April 17, 2009

A few weeks ago, I decided to unplug from technology once again for a few days in Yosemite. WOW…is all I have to say about that place. Words cannot describe the beauty that emanates from that place.

I couldn’t have found a better group of friends to go with like the ones that joined me on that amazing adventure.

Here’s a little video I put together…


Music by Eddie Vedder (download it on itunes)

When was the last time you were able to take off on a non-holiday Monday and leave for a week?

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I want to dedicate this post as a “back to the basics” tutorial for all my readers who are in the “getting your feet wet” phase of online marketing. I pulled the following video from the Confessions of an Online Mastermind:the fast track video vault to help you uncover the secrets of creating effective capture pages to help you build your list of highly targeted leads.

You are about to learn some key building blocks for turning the Internet into a massive “highly-qualified leads” generator for you business.

What I mean is that this piece of Internet real-estate is what will help you build your list. Let’s just say that in order to own and run a successful business online, you MUST be building a list of highly targeted people that you can market to till the end of time.

Just think for a second how successful you will be when you constantly have interested people contacting you everyday, instead of you chasing your warm market (people you know directly) around all day looking for business partners?

To begin with, what you need is a squeeze page. It’s a specific type of web page and requires a specific design to maximize your conversion rate. A squeeze pages’ only purpose is to CAPTURE LEADS…that’s it.

It’s a well calculated funnel process that takes people from the top of the site and leads them to the only option they have available…requesting information from you.

If you want to start generating your own highly targeted leads, you will need to have your own capture page.

This is VERY important because if your squeeze page does its job correctly, you’ll have a constant, growing list of prospects that you can market to. How much easier will your job be when you have a list of 8,000 people to market to?

There’s definitely a right way, and an absolute wrong way to build a squeeze page. Unfortunately, I see a lot more “wrongs” out there than highly- effective rights.

Most people who attempt to build their own lead capture pages jump right in without having the proper training or following a few SIMPLE guidelines.

Let me give you one solid piece of advice when it comes to squeeze pages, and marketing in general. Are you ready?

It’s ALL about psychology! Learn who your customer is and tailor EVERYTHING around THEIR wants, needs, and desires. It is your job to provide answers.

You must give them what THEY are looking for. NOT what YOU want them to be looking for or THINK they’re looking for.

Most marketers out there are struggling because they forget about the fundamentals of the game. I call it a game because it IS. It’s a psychological game of cat and mouse.

Don’t get me wrong and think I mean any of this in a calculating way or promoting the use of trickery. When I say, “know your customers”, I mean it, because you have to be prepared to provide true value and REALLY be able to give them what they are looking for.

There’s an absolute art to creating a wildly successful lead capture page. If you learn to master capturing leads, you will have an endless list of potential business partners and customers.

Your squeeze page is the neon light on the highway. Make it stand out and let the passerby have a good look at you. Once they are in, give them a welcome drink and be able to let them know RIGHT AWAY that they’re in the right place. Be sincere. Follow these simple steps and you will see the number of visitors jump and the conversion ratio leap ahead.


Here’s How To Create Your Own Lead Capture Page
click on the video

If you don’t have much time, a good friend of mine, Jonathan Budd, created a unique and easy to use system where you can literally have your capture page up and running from day 1. You can take advantage of “ready to go”, high converting pages, or personalize them to suit your needs. The best part is you can check it out and put it to action for an entire month for $1. You can check it out here.

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What Happened When I Unplugged?

by Angelito on March 23, 2009

Recently my computer had been “acting up” so I decided to send it in for maintenance and go on a complete unplug.

What is an online marketer to do without his laptop?

My friends and I got a suite at the Laker game where we continued to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Guinness and Irish whiskey. Yikes!

St. Particks Day at Staples Center

St. Patricks Day at Staples Center

I also took my Krav Maga test so that I could move up to level 3! This was a grueling 5 hour test that resulted in heavy sweat and multiple bruises. What a rush!

5 hours later...

5 hours later...

Now…BACK TO WORK!

How do YOU like to unplug?

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Mind Mapping Your Way To Success

by Angelito on February 26, 2009

A few months ago I discovered a simple way to organize my thoughts that has led to me keeping my sanity as an entrepreneur.

Allow me to explain.

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed with your “to-do list” that you had no idea where to begin?

Have you ever had a winning idea that you couldn’t see to fruition because you had no idea how to “connect your dots” to make it work?

Yes?

Then I feel your pain because that was my reality before I learned about mind mapping. When I was first starting off with this online venture, I was quickly overwhelmed with so much information, so much valuable knowledge, and so many great strategies that I didn’t know where to start.

I had so many great ideas that I could use to market my business, but the problem was that I couldn’t seem to connect the dots. I couldn’t “see” the bigger picture and how everything related to each other. For months I worked blindly. All I had was my daily “to-do” list, and a few goals I wanted to reach.

No vision.

No map.

It felt like driving on an open road in the middle of the night and the only vision I had of where I was going was the 10 feet of headlight in front of me. I just had to keep driving. If you’re a business owner I am sure you can relate when I say that it is very important to have a clear vision of your business model.

You want to know what steps you have to do now, what steps you can outsource, and which steps will make you the most profit today. If you are into product creation or are planning to launch your product to the market, you probably want a clear vision of your sequence, am I right?

This is where mind mapping comes in.

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From the very first day I started using mind-mapping software, I felt like I had reached clarity. Mind-mapping allows you to organize your thoughts into a visual picture.

What is a Mind Map?Mind Maps are diagrams that work the way you think. They make it easy to understand, remember, and communicate complex information.
These days we are bombarded with so much information that it can be difficult to make sense of it all, and we suffer from information overload and overwhelm, which reduces our effectiveness.

Can you relate to any of these problems that can act as a major setback to your success?

-Inability to solve problems effectively
-Lack of creative thought
-Lack of focus
-Difficulty giving great presentations
-Problems organizing your thoughts
-Poor communication
-Missing out tasks when planning projects
-Forgetting important information
-Lack of clarity and direction.

If you have suffered from any of these problems, Mind Mapping is for you. Mind Mapping gives you clarity and allows you to:

-Organize your thoughts
-Remember information
-Communicate better
-Solve problems quickly and effortlessly
-Brainstorm new ideas
-Increase productivity by 20% or more
-See the important issues
-Make better decisions
-Give compelling presentations

If you search the Internet, you can find some free mind-mapping software. These are great especially if you are just testing the waters. However, if you want the real deal in mind-mapping, I highly recommend NovaMind.

Al Gore With His Mind Map

Al Gore With His Mind Map

After extensive research and a short trial with the freebies, nothing compares to NovaMind. It’s easy to use, and comes with plenty of video tutorials that will have you mind-mapping your life from day one!

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Keeping Up With The Dillards…

by Angelito on February 21, 2009

Do you spend your time “keeping up with the Dillards” or ARE you a Dillard?

A bit confused?

What I mean by this is do you spend your time keeping up with online marketing gurus such as Mike Dillard, Eban Pagan, Mike Filsaime, Yanik Silver, and Frank Kern (to name a few)

OR

Do you spend your time working and profiting like a guru?

Do you spend the majority of your time moving from one guru’s sales page to another purchasing every informational product out there and NOT putting it into action or are you getting a good return on investment with the courses that you purchase?

Believe me, I have spent more money on these online courses than anyone I personally know. There’s no better education out there than to learn from the people who are at the cutting-edge of your industry, but all of it means nothing if you don’t USE it.

If you catch yourself going from one guru to another without applying any of the knowledge you are learning, then you might want to ask yourself, “What are you really looking for?”

Profits don’t come automatically.

Profits won’t fall out of the sky.

FED EX will not deliver your residual checks just because you purchased someone’s course.

You MUST put the knowledge to action by implementing it into your business. Otherwise, stop wasting your money.

When you learn to stop “guru hopping” and actually start “hustling” like a guru, only then will you see the massive profits role in.

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