I can honestly say, I’m really starting to relax and enjoy myself on this journey.  AND I’m getting things done in the process.  I’m feeling more confident BECAUSE I’m taking consistent action.

Here’s What I’ve Been Up To:

• Looks like my “Blog Page” is set up properly, with my posts automatically appearing there.

• I also set up a FB Attraction Marketing Blog Fan Page.    Stop by and join the conversation!

• Looking forward to attending Mike Klingler’s webinar tonight (Cash-Flowing Dreams Into Reality Online.  Building a Smarter Marketing Funnel. I’m making a point to stay focused on my tasks, however, I feel this webinar is directly related to what I’m working on and will further support me in achieving my goals.   So I will be there!

Starts TONIGHT Wed, May 12th @ 6:30 PM PT (7:30 MT, 8:30 CT, 9:30 ET)

Here’s what Mike  says about it….

” A Marketing Funnel is the STRUCTURE of ALL your marketing AND your business online.

It’s how you generate a lead, and everything that happens next.

It’s how you ensure you cash-flow enough to move forward.

If you’re overwhelmed in business or not getting the results you want, it’s likely because you have not drawn out a ‘Smart’ Marketing Funnel. “

YOUR Next Step?

1. Sign up for Renegade University if you haven’t already signed up with Renegade University or Professional (Renegade U great fre,e introductory marketing
training) geared to the beginner. http://anitaghouser.renegadeuniversity.com/2. Register for Mike’s Webinar: Cash-Flowing
Dreams Into Reality Online. Building A Smarter Marketing Funnel
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/592281944

• Challenging myself to apply the principle of this great  little video on a DAILY basis.

Secret For Getting The Same Amount of ‘Work’ Done In Half The Time…

(was yet another GREAT reminder to me to be strategic in mapping out my projects each day and focus on getting things DONE quickly.)

I’m off to do some keyword research for my next blog to support caregivers, like myself and their loved ones.

Until next time….

Peace,

Anita

Hope all you Mother’s had a wonderful Mother’s Day yesterday.

I had a wonderful day  – church, dinner made by my sons, and a relaxing evening.

I feel so grateful that I have this wonderful life with my family.  And that I am doing things in my life that I love – music and developing my online business.  Bit by bit, I know it’s all coming together.

In my network marketing business I achieved great things over time on a part time basis…and I didn’t even have the Attraction Marketing training that I’m learning now.  So that reminds me that even greater things are possible!!

Ok, so on to my next assignment, if you will….

Creating a Static Home Page for my blog…

to give it more of a website look…

I got some pointers from my coach and also found this WordPress Tip of the Day video on creating a Static Home/Welcome Page and Blog Page (for blog posts).     I know, the lingo can get a little confusing.  But stay with me.

By the way…

I highly recommend subscribing to their daily tips for support with YOUR WordPress blog.

It was very easy to follow.

I actually had to refresh my page several times, and it was only after deactivating my theme and reactivating it…that my static page finally appeared.

It can sometimes take patience with this ‘techie stuff’…..   But I’m a mother of two boys – I’ve learned patience along the way….Lord knows.   So THIS Internet stuff, I can handle…one step at a time.

My coach gave me the following tips:

Now about the Static Home Page…

Before you create a static home page you must first have written out exactly what you want your new home page to say. This eliminates downtime as you transition from your current layout of showing blog posts ont he from page.

You will want this message to be set up as to say: “Welcome, you’re in the right place if… Here’s where you need to start and/or how to get the most out of your visit with me.”    See her site – SavvyBusinessMom.com for a GREAT example an effective welcome page.

Happy to say that I followed through and got my own static welcome/home page up.   I can always go back and tweak it later, but it has the components she talked about.    I’m learning to get things done and not worry about it being perfect from the beginning.  I can’t adequately express what an accomplishment THAT is for me….to keep my perfectionism in its place so I can keep moving forward.   HOW FREEING!!!!!!

So after I publish this post, I will see if this post goes on my Blog page as I suspect ….ur HOPE it will.

Then I need to hide the categories of my blog…or do I?   I’m talking outloud, but atleast I’m thinking about how all of this works.

I tell ya, I was talking with my childhood friend/neighbor and  Renegade Professional (Internet and Attraction Marketing Training) coaching client Rita Berry.   We both agreed that learning these Internet Marketing skills is like getting a college degree.   I’m proud of Rita and me!   We are going for it….and won’t be stopped…..can not stop!!!

Ok, enough said, let me publish this post and see what happens….

Be back later.

I’m really feeling great about the consistency and momentum I’m building.

Have a great day everyone!

Anita

It feels great to say ……

I completed my email series, created an opt in box,

and placed it HERE==> on my blog!!!

A little ways into the process, it all clicked for me….    and I found myself moving through the steps at a fast pace.

It’s amazing how once you’ve done something once, it doesn’t seem hard at all.  But before, it felt like climbing a little mountain!  

I set up an Aweber auto-responder account, and added the email series.   Aweber has a great webinar to walk you through the set up though it’s a little fast paced.   I wasn’t able to do the steps along with the webinar, but was reassured when they said they would email me the recorded webinar to use as needed.  (I kept trying to pause the webinar, because it sounded like it was recorded…probably was, but I couldn’t pause it).

At any rate, having the recording was helpful because I WAS  able to pause it  and take things at my own pace.    I had one browser open for the webinar and an additional one for my Aweber account so I could do the steps along with the recorded webinar.  Very cool.   Very much like Renegade Professional video training.

Even though I’ve set up an email campaign through a different system in the past, this time around was totally different and more user-friendly.   Aweber was actually easier to understand because they guide you through the process with easy prompts and the webinar of course.  And before I was NOT creating my own list, but one through a network marketing company’s contact management system.  So it was not my list at all really and I was VERY limited by what I could communicate to that list.   That seems likes many moons ago now….

But back to the present….

Not even the sky is the limit NOW.   

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See you on the inside!

Anita

I received an email from a friend of mine asking me about how Katie Freiling’s Social Media Wealth Manifesto principles can help him start a business from a scratch and make a good income online.

Though I don’t know all the detail of what Katie will be offering ultimately, I have read her content-rich manifesto.  Actually printed it out and found it to be very inspiring and informative.   Now I’m looking for the specifics of the HOW, but I guess that’s coming.  I have a general understanding of the how, and I’m open to learning from different sources, like Katie and others, and paying it forward myself.

My friend asked me if blogging was helping me and wanted more clarification on the process of making money online.

Thought I’d share my response to him with you all:

I’m saying GOOD riddance to Perfectionism…that quality that stops me in my tracks and prevents me from getting things done.

I just completed my email series!!

Took a little longer than I wanted, but guess what? It’s done…not perfect…but done and I’m proud of that.

Woohoo!

I know that as I proceed my writing will continue to improve.

Next I’m going to work on creating that opt-in box and setting up my email series through AWeber auto-responder.

I got my first lead the other day even without an opt in box!!!

Look out Internet world, I’m on my way!  

Be back soon.

Peace out!

Anita

I set a target date for this Wednesday to finish an email series to help me build my list on this blog.  After I complete the series my next task will be to create an opt in box and place it on this blog.   I look forward to attracting qualified leads.  As I’ve been told:  No opt in box = No Leads.    Makes sense.  I intend to get this done this week.

My Attraction Marketing training incubator – (Renegade Professional) has all the step by step instructions.  It’s great to have one central location for all my training.

By the way, the ideas are starting to really flow for my email series.

I really love the whole approach with Attraction Marketing because it focuses on giving and serving others FIRST.  This draws people to YOU.   Makes perfect sense to me.

I actually first wrote an email series previously for a network marketing business opportunity.  I attempted to educate my prospects about attraction marketing but it was flawed from the beginning unfortunately because, due to company policy I couldn’t offer them the very training that would help them succeed.   At best I could only refer to the concepts, but couldn’t outright share them and any of my affiliate links.

That’s all a moot point now anyway, as I have made the choice to explore my options and expand the concept of what “my business” is anyway.

The good thing is, it gave me a little experience with writing an email series.  No good effort goes to waste.

Onward and upwards….

Stay tuned for the next update on my email series and more!

Well something is clicking for me because I have a renewed zest about all things internet marketing.  I am truly grateful to Malika Duke for reaching out to me the other day.

I realize that I was in too much of a hurry to properly focus and follow through consistently with the actions that will lead to producing the results I want.

So now, my MO is: 

Each day plan my work and work my plan.

And “the plan” will be little specific and measurable bite size steps like the ones I accomplished today:

1.   Apply for a Commission Junction publisher account and set up my GoDaddy affiliate account through them, as instructed through my Renegade Professional backoffice -  a  place to learn with 300+ step by step video tutorials on all things internet marketing….  DONE

2.  Place my GoDaddy affiliate link and banner on this blog (on Home and Recommend Resources Pages)…  DONE

3.  Add a “My Caregiving Journey” category to this blog (Attraction Marketing Journey) and link to my Caregiver Blog…  DONE.

NOTE: I got 2 TWEETS on my blog entry about my caregiver blog within an hour of posting! This is further confirmation of Malika said about people  noticing what I’m doing and saying.   This feels really GOOD!!! 

4.  Blog about what I’ve done and how I feel about it and this journey…..   DOING  and DONE.

I affirm:  I give myself permission to be all I can be.   I give myself permission to live passionate and free. (Thanks Karen Drucker)…..LOVE her music)

Enough already!!!  I’ve decided to make the committment to blog atleast every other day.    Perhaps it would help if I think of it like a routine like brushing my teeth (even though I DO brush twice a day!)  Weird, cause I LOVE to journal offline.   That’s not consistent either, but I can whip up an entry in no time flat.  I guess that’s because all I have to do is pick up my journal and pen on my nightstand and go.    Here, I must turn on the computer, log in, type, edit …you get the idea.    I actually have to schedule it in my already fill to the brim life.  Once I get into a routine, blogging daily will be a real possibility.  My personal life with it’s overflowing plate feels so separate from my life online.  I’m looking to change that… integrate them.   Yes, that’s the ticket.   Ok I begin again.

So since I do finally have a blog up, I need to use it (thanks Carolee for the inspiration).  Once I get in the practice of blogging regularly no matter what, it will be second nature.  Until then, I must push myself.  I’m so busy living life and getting things done the best way I can… blogging had taken a back seat.  But I’m also here to document the journey.   Got it!!

My review of The Renegade Network Marketer book by Ann Sieg

The Renegade Network Marketer by Ann Sieg, opened my eyes about how to truly be EFFECTIVE in business, and gave me the confidence to start moving in that direction.  There is so much Ann Sieg talks, but I’ll comment on a few points and relate them to my past experience in business before reading this mind-changing book.  By the way, “Renegade” is a quite appropriate term for what it takes to chart your own path.

I always felt that I could work my business in a much easier way and get great results, but wasn’t sure how to accomplish this.  I’ve done some advertising to generate my leads and had a taste of “attraction marketing” when people would seem to automatically email or call me out of the blue having seen my picture and read my story online.  The advertising costs, however, were not overall worth the return.  I didn’t know much about how to effectively market using social media.  And I was also leading with my business opportunity instead of first branding myself and giving valuable content and education.  And of course, I was not building my own personal email listmonetize a list that is not your own.  I was blind but now I see!  And many times I was still approaching people that responded to my ad since THEY were not taking action, by calling them all even though they were not always educated properly.  Only some people read the website and/or read my email campaign, yet I was still basically “approaching” them.  Very time consuming and not always effective. independent of a network marketing company.   You can’t even begin to fully

I also love the idea presented in the book of tapping into an existing demand instead of trying to create it.  No wonder I never felt completely at ease when I “stepped outside my comfort zone” to talk to people in my “meet market”.

Also, this concept gave me permission to change how I do business:  People Don’t Buy Products.  They Buy Solutions.  This concept really brings home the point that all network marketing is a means to an end.  And… “An MLM by itself is not going to make you rich.  You have to know how to market it for it to do you any good.  In order to attract people to you, you can’t just give them the WHAT (a business opportunity), you have to give them the HOW (sales and marketing).”  And yes, it IS SALES.  I can remember arguing my husband down saying, “Honey, I’m not really selling.  I’m SHARING.”  Geesh, how many times have I told a potential business partner…”We’ll cover all of that in your training”.  No wonder they were skeptical if they could make the business work for them…they couldn’t see the HOW or that I could give it to them (and I knew that I couldn’t completely give them the HOW either).