Mini-FUNNEL websites

Mini-Funnel websites a smart idea by MAKI!!

Mini-sites are created to provide answers to specific questions - the goal is to funnel traffic to your landing sites or home base where your site will provide a clear explanation on the specific topic.

Thus the strategy is quite clear: Create a mini-website for with the express purpose of answering specific search queries or to deal with specific topics - then to use them to generate leads or send traffic to your home site!!


Smart idea!!
Maki provides some elements to make mini-sites rock!

1. Keep it clear and simple by dealing with a single-issue.
   
2. Reference-friendly - cover the issue in full - use original content & external links
3. Novelty/Simplicity - you can eat an elephant if you eat it one bit at a time!! . - a single-page website is easy to digest
   
4. Viral components - encourage people to spread the word!! - by providing sharing options like an email-a-friend feature or link-to-me banners.
   
5. Sell elsewhere - quite simply - the funnel-site is not the place to make money!

Smart thinking - i must implement this!!

Urban

INTERNET MARKETING MADE EASY!!

I just invested in Market Samurai!! - thats the program used during Ed Dale's 30-day-challenge!

What is the 30-Day-Challenge?
In a nutshell: In 30 days Ed Dale & his team show you exactly how to start your own Internet business and generate your first income online without spending a dime.

So, back to the Market Samurai
If you EVER have any interest in ever doing any:

• Keyword Research,
• Search Engine Optimization,
• Publishing Content Online,
• Link Building,
• Affiliate Marketing,
• Virtual Real Estate,
• Adsense, or
• Google Adwords

Then this is the software for you!!


Background
Market Samurai was released into the market (into the 30-day-challenge) on August 2, yep its just over month old!!

Does it work?
Well, it was put to the test during the 30-day-challenge:

1. It needed to produce fast results for the 30-day-challenge
   
2. It needed to be simple enough for 30-day-challengers, some who have had little or absolutely no experience, to use & to produce results - in 30 DAYS
3. It needed to be streamlined, cut-2-the-chase practical to produce results with very little work involved!!

So how did it do?
Market Samurai shattered all previous 30-day challenge records!

• The fastest recorded sale ever - less than 1 day!
• The fastest recorded number 1 ranking in GOOGLE - less than 30 minutes!
• Most Front Page Google rankings ever!
• & The highest % of Front-Page Rankings in Google ever - currently over 28% of all 30DC sites!
  

Not bad eh!!

So how come people were successful with Market Samurai?

• Well, in the first place it cuts down wasted-time on activities that don't create results - allowing you to get on with what matters!
  
• it tells you exactly what you need to do next
• and it helps to complete critical marketing tasks quicker, easier, more efficiently and allows you achieve results

In a nutshell - it will tell you:

• What markets are worth targeting;
• What markets are worth avoiding;
• Which keywords you should focus on for fast results;
• Which keywords should be avoided;
• Which markets have weak competition;
• Which markets show impossible levels of competition;
• What are the chances of achieving front-page rankings for a keyword;
• What topics you should write articles on for your web-site;
• Where to find quality backlinks;
• How many backlinks you need;
• What quality backlinks you need;
• How to determine the quality of a page for a backlink;
• and then some!!

Is it worth a look?
Yup Market Samurai is worth a look!!


Mauri ora
Urban

Wellness: the Liver Cleanse Program - Day 1

This is day 1 of the actual program i.e I have started taking the herbal pills!

After 8 days of quite good preparation, I am ready – so I decided to do the 10-day program. This consists of 4x4 pills in the morning & in the evening for the next 10 days accompanied with a strict eating regime consisting of fresh veges, soups, smoothies and fresh fruit plus a couple litres of water each day!!

I weighed in at 95.6kg this morning

Down from 99.9kg on day 1 of the preparation stage 8 days ago on the 8 of September

My food for the preparation stage consisted of:

Smoothies for breakfast

o Protein powder

o Prunes

o Soy milk

o Unsweetened natural yoghurt

o Frozen beries

During the day

o Citrus fruits

o Apples

o Pears

o Fruit salad with yoghurt & protein powder

At Night

o combinations including kumara, pumpkin, spinach, swede

o sometimes I would top that off with a power drink (soy milk & protein powder) or fruit salad with yoghurt

So, over 8 days I dropped from 99.9kg to 95.6kg that’s 4.3kg in 8 days!!

I go to the gym everyday: I am following the Peter Sisco 30-day program, with cardio/ab/lowerback/stretching on alternative days

So, day one is done!!

Mauri ora!!
Urban

- - 2 INTERESTING SITES - -

The Oracle & the Bird
There is an old story told about Oracles in the ancient world. Oracles were regarded as receptacles of knowledge and were also known not to lie. Two young men though concocted a plan to make the oracle lie - and this is how they were going to do it.

They were going to go into the bush, capture a bird - live. Then they were going to take it with them to the Oracle, and with the bird in hand they would ask him two questions, the first "Oracle, what have we got in our hands?" of course the Oracle would reply "Its a bird"

Then they were ask the second "Is it dead or alive? Now, if the Oracle said "it is alive" they would simply crush it dead, but if he said "it is dead" they would open their hands and let the bird fly off!!

They really thought they had the Oracle trapped!!

So off they trotted to the bush, caught a bird and took it before the Oracle

They Asked "Oracle, what have we got in our hands?"

The Oracle replied "It is a bird"

With a smug smile they asked "Is it dead or alive?"

The wise old Oracle looked down at the two young men and smiled before giving his answer

"It is entirely in your hands!!"


I love a good story, and this one has been a staple of mine ever since i read it many years ago!!
So what has this got to do with 2 Interesting Sites?

To
2 Interesting Sites

I found 2 Interesting Sites yesterday that piqued my interest - - - why? Because they both got to the point without all the BS that accompanies a lot of landing sites!!

How did i stumble upon them?
Yesterday I was sitting in my chair, at my desk thinking. . . “hmmmmm, i need to find ways of being able to find money”. So, i dropped into google and typed in the phrase "How to make money online". A couple of sites caught my eye: My Debt Free Goal & The Niche Blogger - Author & owner Amy Bass!

Why did i find these 2 sites interesting?
Quite simply - - it was the fresh approach - - landing sites with information that was very easy to follow!

The first interesting site: My Debt Free Goal what a title!! followed by: My goal to pay off $72,900 in two years by making money online!! That now grabbed my attention!! I browsed through the blog and flicked over the headlines of some of the articles:- how to reach your financial goal, Blogging to earn money & My Debt Free goal. I even read a few and I was inspired by her honesty and the integrity of her approach to her writing!

Then I came across the second Interesting Site The Niche Blogger featuring a step-by-step guide to making money online – the Amy Bass way!

By way of introduction, Amy Bass is a stay-home Mom with 4 little kids that had some debt she wanted to get rid of – and decided that she wanted to do this online. After some success with online marketing (reducing her debt from $72,900 to $22,465.59!!) she launched her own program – the how to or rather, how she did it!

By the way she doesn’t have a college degree, she has no formal training & she is not a get-rich-quick overnight internet millionaire BUT she does claim to have built her own passive online income to well over $5000 a month in the past year

So, is it worth a look?
Well, this is what she claims:
The Niche Blogger guide is in a blog format and covers EVERYTHING you need to do to build your own passive income with Niche Blogs.

She shows you how to conquer Wordpress and choose niches and products that will bring you in money hand over fist.

If you are struggling to make your first dollars online then she shows you how she did it

She provides a business plan that will give you purpose and direction

And all this for $12.95 per month


Is there a money back guarantee?
I didn’t find one – that’s interesting!!

Who is this program for?
This guide is for the beginner, maybe a stay at home mom or an unemployed average Joe or perhaps even home-schoolers & teenagers?? (I must introduce my kids to this!!)

So for $12.95? I say “why not”

What have these 2 Interesting Sites got to do with the story of the Oracle?

Well, as with any program - "your success is entirely in your hands!"

Hei kona
Urban

- - my WEALTH program - -

My Wealth Program
I was down at the Esplanade having breakfast the other morning & reading from Jack Canfield's book:

The Success Principles:

how to get from where you are to where you want to be

Great read!!

In particular, the chapter entitled: You get what you focus on

Dr John Demartini said

"you must seek wealth for it to seek you"

You get what you focus on
Whether it is a new job, building a new business, acquiring money, wealth & a rich lifestyle

Canfield says that you must decide to be wealthy - to be wealthy is a decision that each person must make! The thought occurred to me:

- do you have to know what wealthy means?
- & do you have to know how to acquire wealth?

NO you dont! You dont have to worry about HOW you are going to become wealthy

According to Canfield (See the Secret)
- first you need to DECIDE what you want
- then you need to BELIEVE that it is possible
- you need to recognise that you DESERVE it
- then you FOCUS on it by thinking about it and VISUALISING that you already have it
- Finally, you need to pay the price to get it - disciplined EFFORT and PERSEVERANCE over time

NEXT: decide what wealthy means to you

Jamie MacIntyre helped me with this - he wrote an interesting book called:

What i didnt learn at school

but wish i had

Chapter 10 in particular is refers to establishing your financial goals. He begins by asking the question:- What is the true measure of wealth? He provides this as the answer:-

It is how many days from now you can continue to live
without the need to work!

Then he provides a way for you to figure out how to make your Personal Financial Dreams a reality!!

He discusses FIVE levels of FINANCIAL WELL_BEING to help clarify what financial dreams are important for you to achieve.

- - - the 5 LEVELS of a FINANCIAL PLAN - - -

1. Financial Protection
2. Financial Security
3. Financial Independence
4. Financial Freedom
5. Absolute Financial Freedom

After you define your Financial Goals:- short-term (3-36 months), Intermediate (3-10 years) & long-term (10+ years) then you can figure out what level of Financial Well-being you need to support your Financial Goals

First Level: Financial Protection
This is your liquid assets - this is the amount of money you need to cover your current monthly overheads: - for example

• Mortgage/rent
• Power
• Transportation costs
• Food
• Insurance and so on

Notice that it does not cover you credit card of debt repayments -- it is simply the amount of money you need to cover the basics & to survive financially for each month - then you DECIDE how many months of protection you want.

My financial protection plan
My monthly overheads:- - - $3000 (approx)
I decided that i wanted 6 months protection == $18,000

So, i need to put aside $18,000 to complete the first level in my Financial Plan


Second Level: Financial Security
This is the amount of money you will need to be independent of the basic necessities such as food, clothes & transport i.e Your Financial Protection figure

Thus, $Financial Security = $Financial Protection

So, if my $Financial Protection = $3000 per month
Then, for 12 months of security i need $36,000

So the Annual income i need from investments to achieve Financial Security FOR LIFE = $36,000


Third Level: Financial Independence
This is the amount of money you need to be Independent from work!

Financial independence is achieved when your investments produce an income equal to your WORK INCOME

My Monthly Income = $5000
Over 12 months = $ 60,000

So, my goal is to produce $60,000 per annum from investments to achieve Financial Independence


Fourth Level: Financial Freedom
This level of income is about LIFESTYLE - this is the amount of money you require to live in the lifestyle you desire:

So, besides your currently monthly income, you will need enough extra income to purchase the lifestyle, the 'other things' you would like to have but cannot currently afford!!

Perhaps:

• the hummer
• the beach side property
• the 35ft boat
• the regular holidays in exotic locations

and the list goes on!!

Here is how i worked it out:

1. Calculate the extra monthly income you need to buy the 'other things'
2. Add that to the amount you need for Financial Independence
3. This figure represents the monthly income you need for Financial Freedom

SO - for me

1. Extra income i would like =$10,000
2. Monthly income required to achieve Financial Independence = $5000 [see above]
   
3. Monthly income required for Financial Freedom = $15,000
   

Over 12 months = 6 x $15,000 = $180, 000 to achieve FINANCIAL FREEDOM


Fifth Level: Absolute Financial Freedom
This occurs when your investments provide you with the means to do whatever you want, whenever you want, wherever you want, and with whom ever you want!!

To work this out:

1. Create a list of all the things you would acquire if you were absolutely financial free & figure out how much this would cost you per month
   
2. Add this to the monthly amount you need for Financial Independence
3. Multiply the figure (monthly) in item 2 by 12 (annual)
   

For me:

1. Total additional income required = $25,000
2. Monthly Financial Independence figure = $5000
3. Total Monthly amount required for ABSOLUTE FINANCIAL FREEDOM = $30,000

12 months x $30,000 = $360,000 per annum to achieve ABSOLUTE FINANCIAL FREEDOM!!!



Back to Canfield discusses the steps towards weatlh as:

Step one: determine your net worth

Step Two: Determine what you need to retire

Step Three: Become aware of what you are spending

Step Four: Become financially Literate


Canfield also refers the WEALTH QUADRANT
This model was developed by Lee Brower who refers to weatlh as assets categorised into four areas:

• Human assets
• Intellectual assets
• Financial Assets
• Civic assets

Your human assets are those assets that enrich you:- it comprises of family, character, values, health, happiness, well-being, ethics & morals, habits, & relationships

Intellectual assets includes all of your accumulated knowledge & experience:- wisdom, formal education, ideas, life experiences, reputation, skills & talents, alliances

Your financial assets is the accumulation of cash, stocks & bonds, retirement plans, businesses, real estate and so on

Finally, your civic assets is your contribution to taxes, charities & scholarships plus private foundations and perhaps research & development

Something to think about
Hei kona
Urban

- - Wellness program day 1 - -

Well, i have started my preparation period to launch into my liver cleanse!!

Monday 8: day 1 preparation
Weighed in this morning at 99.9kg
I begin to give up meat, wheat products & starchy carbohydrates!!!!
It was a tough day!!
Smoothies, fruit and fresh veges with lots of water all day!!

Urban

- - - WELL-ness & WEALTH - - -

Well-ness & Wealth


My well-ness program
Part of my well-ness program will include the liver cleanse regime for the next 20 odd days. Its a program that i used around 4 months ago with great results called: The Ultimate Cleanse: www.theherbalist.co.nz

Worth a look!!


The Ultimate Cleanse is a herbal cleansing program comprising 14 herbs including wormwood, cascara, psyllium, fennel, cayenne pepper & ginger. The Ultimate Cleanse improves digestive secretions, increases bowel transit time, and speeds up your metabolism - in fact, you will lose weight!!

I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome & it cleared that up!! It is also known to cure other common problems such as: acne, allergies, bloating, gout, headaches, obesity and high cholesterol!!

You are restricted to eating certain foods during the process: most vegetables and fruits, yoghurt, vegetable soups, fruit & vege salads, avocados, cold pressed oils, brown rice, herbal teas, natural spices and herbs !!

YUP it is hard going - but well worth it!!

There is a preparation stage of 3-5 days - this is to get your body & mind ready for the cleansing part. During this time, you change your dietary habits. The main thing to remember is to eliminate the starches (potatoes, bread), processed foods, and stick to the fresh fruits & veges and remember to drink alot of water!! Natural unsweetened yoghurt, juices, smoothies and soups are what you need!

OK - what can you eat?

• All fresh fruit except bananas
• Raw vegetables
• home-made vege soup
• home-made diluted fruit juice
• unsweetened yoghurt
• herbal teas
• cayenne pepper
• garlic & ginger
• pure water
• culinary herbs

The ideal kick-start is a half teaspoon of Epsom Salts in water twice daily during the 3 day preparation stage - then launch into it!!

There are several choices of programs depending on your health:

- - The 5-day Power Cleanse:- for those who are fit & healthy
- - There is the 10-day Deep Cleanse for the average healthy person, first timer or novice
- - Then there is the 25 day Gentle Cleanse for the elderly, unwell or chronically ill
- - And finally there is the 50-day Maintenance Cleanse to encourage regularity

Thats it - i cant wait to start!!

Urban

- - - T U R N a L E A F - - -

I feel like i have a spring in my step - i woke up this morning and actually felt very DIFFERENT!!

It was Eleanor Roosevelt who said:

"The future belongs to those
who believe in the beauty
of their dreams"

Well, today is just one of those days where everything has just "clicked" into place: my thinking, my enthusiasm & motivation, my energy levels & my desire to leap over the edge!

You remember the thought from Apollonaire, well this one is from Ray Bradbury:

"First you jump off the cliff
& you build your wings on the way down"

Now, this is the last month of the third quarter - and i am about to identify my major goals for the month. i know what you are thinking - and yes, i am late with my goals - it has been a very busy August which totally consumed my entire thinking and all my effort. But that is well within my stride now and it is time to move ahead!

I am thinking KIS - just keep them simple, keep them relevant, ensure they are breakthrough, detail how i am going to achieve them & then schedule my goals into my planner!

Simple = Clarity
Relevant = the goals will contribute to my overall annual plan
Breakthrough = these goals will have the most impact on my life!
Detail = break each goal down into manageable tasks
Schedule = timetable each task into my planner

"Everyone who got where they are
had to begin where they were"
- - Richard Paul Evans

Mauri ora
Urban