The big move

As some of you might already know, I'm currently moving to a new place (just down the road from where I live now). I'll have a much larger office and a new lounge/conference room on top of that! I'm definitely excited.

On top of that, we're also getting a new server for some of our upcoming sites. So there are two big moves happening now actually.

But here's the exciting part -- at least one of my big launches will happen any day now to celebrate the move in, and the other one is only a couple of weeks away. Both are unlike anything you've ever seen online, and the opportunities will be huge.

This is sure to shake up the internet marketing community when they launch.

Stay tuned...

Brian

Midwest Internet Marketing Seminar

This summer on July 14th and 15th of 2007, there will be the first ever Midwest Internet Marketing Seminar hosted in Madison, Wisconsin (my hometown!). I'll even be speaking at it myself, and there are a ton of other experts lined up ranging from SEO experts and copywriters to JV brokers and all kinds of businessmen (and one businesswomen!).

I can't even begin to explain how critical it is to attend at least one or two seminars to get the opportunity to network with others in your field. It can literally skyrocket your earnings just with that ability alone.

The information, freebies, and food are just added bonuses as well.

Unlike other seminars, this won't be one big sales pitch. There will be tons of new and useful information, opportunities to interact with the speakers, and so much more.

Even though most seminars cost several hundred to thousands of dollars (with no food!), this one is different. It is at a price that is almost a steal so that everyone can afford this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet so many great speakers at such a lower price.

On top of that, I was able to work out a deal for my blog readers to offer you your choice of one of two deals.

You can either get two tickets for the price of one (bring a friend or split the cost with someone) by going to www.midwestimseminars.com and e-mailing Ross after your purchase, or you can save $50 on a single ticket by purchasing it at www.midwestimseminars.com/deal.html.

I know that many of you are hesitant to attend a seminar in-person, but believe me, you won't be disappointed. If you can take a weekend trip to Madison, Wisconsin for two days (I'd be happy to show some of you around), you shouldn't miss this opportunity.

When I first started out in internet marketing, I know that I would pass up on an offer like this. However, I can now tell you that doing so would have been a huge mistake. The contacts you make might very well be your most valuable business asset. I don't care if you're a newcomer to online marketing or an experienced marketer -- you need to jump on these opportunities.

Following through

I've been in internet marketing long enough to notice several people rise up from the crowds to make a substantial income online, as well as people who fall back into that crowd desperately trying to make money but never really getting any where.

The difference isn't just a stroke of dumb luck (although some do get lucky now and then). The difference is that the successful marketers follow through and stick with their dream, while others give up the second things don't go right.

Failure is a fact of life that will happen over and over again. The smart marketer learns from failure and comes out with an improved idea in hopes of eventually hitting it right, and if you stick to it, you will eventually get it right. From there, it's just a matter of duplicating your results.

One thing that has really bothered me is when I see someone get upset with how they just can't seem to make any money within the first few hours of trying something. They try blaming everything and everyone except themselves. They then move on to the next "big idea" and never follow through on anything.

The ironic thing is that often times, the reasons that they aren't making any money is usually just one or two easy fixes that if they just asked for help on or researched a little, they would have probably been able to profit nicely off of. Even customers of my popular marketing guide, The Big Secret, who don't get it right the first time and contact me, I can usually fix their problems within minutes -- they usually forget to do this or that, and it's very easy for me to help them.

So my point is this -- if you want to succeed at anything, you need to stick with it and follow through. Don't jump from one project to the next in hopes of making a quick buck and giving up if you don't, as you'll never learn that way. It's a simple lesson, but not many people listen to it.

Get tons of highly targeted traffic for free

Here's a little tip that not many people do, yet it can be incredibly powerful. Instead of submitting every article you write to dozens of article directories, consider writing a few unique ones for specific authority sites like About.com or other popular sites in your niche.

Most of these sites are always looking for free content, and if you offer them quality articles (not just promoting your stuff), you'd be surprised at how many will feature your article along with a link to your site. You can even go a step further and offer them to use it any way they see fit (even allow them to take credit for it) as long as they keep your link intact.

I've done this and should definitely be doing this a lot more after seeing great results with it. For some articles, I easily get 100 or more visitors each week. Over the course of only a few months, I've easily received well over 2,500 visitors from this one article (not including others who may have seen the article and remembered the site without clicking the link).

This isn't bad for ten minutes of work, is it? I'm amazed at how many people overlook this. Too many people are obsessed with sending their articles to as many directories as possible, even if the majority of them will never give them more than a small handful of visitors (if even that).

You can take this concept here to an even bigger picture and offer to write free articles for magazines, newspapers, and other publications. The method works incredibly well.

You can buy a $50 guide on getting free traffic that won't work nearly as well as this little tip right here. And since you're a reader of my blog, I won't even charge you a penny for it.

Convert Javascript to Html -- a world of possibilities

I just released a simple, yet very powerful tool called JS2Html (no this isn't one of the two BIG launches happening this month). JS2Html simply converts any javascript feed to search engine friendly html.

This tool doesn't sound so special due to its simplicity, but in reality, it opens up a world of possibilities. Javascript feeds can be used to do anything from get an automatically updated list of articles with summaries or even entire articles to affiliate merchant feeds with new affiliate links or even entire websites created from a single line of javascript code.

There wasn't much of a javascript craze (unlike the popular RSS frenzy that happened not too long ago) simply because the search engines can't read javascript, so there wasn't any search engine ranking benefit to it.

Now things have changed, since JS2Html can convert virtually any javascript feed (these are incredibly easy to find doing a standard Google search) to search engine friendly html.

Smart marketers will realize how powerful this truly is, and I hope that this new tool will start a new craze even more powerful than the old RSS one.

Check out JS2Html now to see how converting javascript feeds to html can literally allow you to create instant, auto-updating websites in seconds.

A lesson from the mafia

If you're starting a website or creating a new product, chances are that you'll find several other sites competing with you. You might even find yourself having not only fans, but critics as well.

Now is the time to learn a lesson from the mafia. No, I'm not talking about beating your competition into submission or doing a drive-by. Essentially, you can put your competition on your payroll.

You can do this one of several ways. You can hire them for their own services that they offer, work out deals where you can both benefit each other, advertise on their site if you can (or even through Adsense), and so forth.

If you're hiring them for some work, they're far less likely to bash your site or try to compete as much against you. In essence, it's all about turning your enemies/competition into your business partners or friends.

What do you need to succeed online?

That's the question -- what do you need to succeed online? I don't care if you're just starting out or if you're an experienced marketer. I want you to leave a comment telling me what it is that you think you lack and that you need to make more money online. I think many people will realize that it's really simpler than it seems.

What about a website? An info-product? Perhaps a mailing list? Perhaps a team of writers working for you? Maybe even a few marketers and a small budget would help? Have I missed anything?

Because if I have, please tell me, as I have some exciting news for you. I'm keeping this on the down-low and no one outside of you and others reading my blog will know about this (besides the people working on it with me of course). I'm about to launch a project that will give you EVERYTHING you'll need to succeed online.

And best of all, my business model is setup so that I might very well initially be losing money on this great new launch. That's right, I'm not in this to make money ... not just yet, and you'll soon see why. A new form of marketing will be announced by me in the near future. Perhaps even in the next week or two.

Stay tuned...