Shane, a good friend of mine, and someone who creates awesome videos (he has a special talent for it) put together this great little video on how to make money online.

It's actually part of a little YouTube experiment that we're doing, but I can't reveal all the details right now!

Needless to say the video is decent and you should watch it!

I have been slack with posts lately - but I'm planning another cracker very shortly!

Until then - speak soon!

One thing I always tell people when they start looking to make money online is that they really need to focus on building their lists.

Just earlier today I was reading a thread on the Warrior forum (a very popular internet marketing forum that you should stay away from if you want to get things done!) about somebody who created a product in a couple of hours, launched it to his list and created four figures - all for a couple of hours work.

There are many ways to make money on the internet as you are probably well aware, but with the strategy I teach students can make passive income that can be scaled up over time to incomes that may have been previously out of reach in a regular 9 to 5 job.

You're probably wondering why I've recently start posting so much about issues with mindset...Well, the reason is that I've recently made quite a big discovery. If you'd asked me about two to three weeks ago about whether I thought I was in a good state of mind, I would have looked at you knowingly and replied "of course, it's important to have the right mindset in this business"...

When I first started out online, I remember trying to create web sites that would sell products for commission (affiliate marketing) but I didn't have much success. Sure I made a few sales here and there but really the time:reward ratio didn't stack up...

I'm writing this post in a somewhat euphoric mood - the reason why is that I'm sat here now with a very clear vision of where I want to be in 3 years time and I have an overwhelming sense of certainty that I'm going to achieve my goals.

I don't often write about mindset and self development on my blog (to be frank, I haven't touched this blog at all in the last 3 months...) but this is something that I think everybody can benefit from....

You've Heard it All Before...

Yes, but so did I, and while I thought I got it - I really didn't.

The problem is this. Everybody harps on about "having the right mindset for success" - hell I've even been guilty of preaching about it to people. But what really happens is that people think that the right mindset is simply "not giving up"...

Undeniably, the hardest thing to get online is traffic. What's more...it's the most important part of any online business, whether you're selling bracelets or a web hosting service.

I have to admit, when I first started out, getting traffic seemed just impossible. I could build web sites, I could write fairly decent copy, I even had all the technical tracking set up but getting traffic somehow seemed to allude me.

An easy business is one that matches the needs of people and businesses to form a mutually beneficial agreement. The benefit may not come in the form of monetary gain; it can be as simply an exchange of service, but the benefit must be worthy of the effort for all parties concerned: that's you (the broker) and the businesses themselves.

In this day and age, bum marketing is becoming less and less effective because the competition is so high. That means that you need to get an edge on your competitor; in other words - you gotta build some backlinks. What's more, if you have microsites or any web 2.0 property then you'll be no doubt trying to maximise your linkbuilding efforts.

I'm a partner in a web hosting company so am pretty much aware of most of the things that happen in the industry. You can use this article as a checklist to make sure you don't get a duff host, and believe me, there are plenty out there!