Firefox 3 Is Ready!
Jun 19 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in HTML, CSS, Design, Pickups
I exclusively use the Firefox browser for more than three years now. It never ceases to amaze me. It’s fast, it’s reliable, it’s safe. And Firefox is predictable in terms of coding.
What I mean is when you know how to code (html, css, that sort of thing) and you do it correctly, the Firefox browser will display your code just the way you intended. Whereas when you deal with Internet Explorer’s and Safari’s idiosyncrasies, it can give you headaches as to why they behave to strangely.
Sorry, Safari enthusiasts, but how come a page displays and a video plays correctly in Firefox, IE, Mozilla, Opera and Netscape, but not so in Safari? I don’t get it…
Not only that though, Firefox is fast, too. In fact, it was faster than IE and now they made it even faster.
I downloaded Firefox 3 last night. Already after browsing a couple sites I discovered how fast it has become. Internet Explorer is now up to 20 times slower!
I know that 73% of my visitors are Firefox users. Therefore, I encourage you to download the newest version 3 from www.mozilla.com or the World Record page they’ve set up…
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord
On that World Record page, you can see how many downloads where in which country.
What amazes (but not surprises) me is the numbers of Germany. Out of more than 8 Million downloads worldwide, there where almost (or, by now, probably more than) 1 Million downloads in Germany alone and more than 4 Million downloads in Europe, making Germany the #2 country and Europe the #1 continent in terms of downloads.
Anybody still concerned about the German and/or European Internet market? ;-)
—Marcus Hochstadt
6 CommentsPermalink Tags: ff, firefox, ie, internet explorer
Last Chance To Receive The James D. Brausch Letter
Jun 2 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Pickups
This is something I highly recommend.
Since I do not offer my own printed newsletter yet, I strongly encourage you to jump on James‘ current offer on receiving The James D. Brausch Letter. It is the last time he will make this offer because on Wednesday, he will take its sales page down forever. Therefore, it is also your very last chance to join the exclusive club and receive James’ printed newsletter, The James D. Brausch Letter, and its invaluable insights and secrets. (Yes, he walks his talk.)
By the way, it’s one of the sources I learn from in order to grow my own Internet business.
—Marcus Hochstadt
This Domain Name Has Expired
May 27 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Business, Pickups
No, not mine, but I just visited a blog of someone I know and he has links in the sidebar to some of his products. When I clicked one of those links in order to visit that site (and to see the sales letter of that product), I was redirected to another domain which displayed the message: “This Domain Name Has Expired”.
Isn’t that nice? Imagine you create a product and start promoting its URL using different marketing techniques, and all of a sudden you stop making sales because “the domain name has expired”… Ouch!
It’s not the first blog I saw that happening. So may I ask you this…
Did you make sure to have your domain names set to auto renew? If auto renew is unavailable, did you mark your calendar as to when to renew the domain(s)? You may lose a lot of money otherwise.
Another message I see fairly often is “Bandwidth Limit Exceeded”. This is another thing that can kill your Internet Business. I would check your cPanel regularly as to how much bandwidth you usually use. And when you reach the limit, you may wanna use another hosting package or check another hosting company!
Besides, have someone to check your Web sites regularly, perhaps every day, to see if they are still live. Or use a hosting company that guarantees an uptime of at least 99% if not 100%.
Thought you wanna know and perhaps check the health of your Web sites now. ;-)
—Marcus Hochstadt
10 CommentsPermalink Tags: bandwidth limit exceeded, domain health, own domain
A Different Way Of Approaching Article Marketing
May 22 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Pickups
I had the pleasure to talk with James about article marketing in one of our conversations and his take on it. He taught me that 99% approach article marketing the wrong way. He said “they follow what all the forum junkies talk about.”
James went a big step ahead of that crowd and created his own product called Artemis Pro. It is an article submission software which gives an instant 1,875% boost to your article marketing efforts. The interesting part of that is it does not work with the popular e-zine article sites or the like. It works with real unique publishers that are highly interested in your articles. And this software works with a so called internal and an external publisher list.
Artemis Pro comes with a built-in list of legitimate publishers. The goal, however, is to build your own huge external list of tens of thousands of publishers. We can do that on our own by going to Google and searching for publishers and compiling them to a list, we can outsource that task (certainly the smarter way), or we can purchase an external list of someone who performed that task already.
James recommends a CD with a unique external list of 1,000 publishers from one of his companions right now on his blog in an 24 hour special; it cost a mere $30 instead of $100! I highly recommend you get that CD too as it will save you a bunch of time and money, and boost your article marketing efforts even more.
—Marcus Hochstadt
3 CommentsPermalink Tags: artemis pro, article marketing, james brausch
Bryan Reed Investigated
May 14 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Pickups
Bryan Reed investigated how I’m running my Internet business. Is he right in his theses?
http://www.capitalistguide.com/blog/congratulations-marcus-54.htm
One thing that is incorrect is that I made the last month’s $13,692.59 from (or with) my blog alone. It was a good part of it though.
Bryan suggests in order to double my profits I could utilize Clickbank and its affiliate network. Though I probably won’t do that since, as James taught me, the fraud rate would be too high. (How’s yours, Bryan?)
I agree with Bryan though that JVs are a powerful instrument. That is what I will focus on in the future, as well as on article marketing and other traffic generation methods.
More to come once it’s out (since I actually dislike yelling out what I’ll do; it’s more powerful to announce what is done or going on now.)
—Marcus Hochstadt
I Made $13,692.59 In Profits Last Month, So What?
May 12 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Business, Pickups
When we want to master something in life, we go to someone who is a proven master in what we want to master ourselves, right?
When we want to become good parents, we learn from people who have succeeded at raising kids. We wouldn’t be listening to people who haven’t had kids yet, would we?
When we want to learn how to get rich, we would learn from people who make the amount of money we want to make in the area that excites us. We wouldn’t listen to poor people would we, even when they are our best friends?
When we want to become healthier and substantially improve our fitness, we would hire a fitness coach, like Pat King, someone who has the body shape and fitness we are aiming for. We would not listen to people who are consistently overweight, would we?
When we want to succeed at picking up girls, we would seek advice from seduction experts, like Bobby Rio and Mike Stoute. We would not in the world ask someone who hasn’t had a girl in bed for the past three or so years, would we?
When we want to cook the most delicious food in town, we would learn from a master cook who won national prizes and competitions. We would not be asking someone who’s eating fast food every day, would we?
When we want to attract whatever we want in life, we would learn from someone who miraculously attracts whatever s/he wants and knows the secret, like Dr. Joe Vitale. We would not ask someone who has only unfulfilled wishes, would we?
While the above sounds familiar and makes perfect sense when reading it, why in the world do so many people NOT follow the above rules in their everyday life?
For example, I recently read a post by Bill from theblogentrepreneur.com claiming that blogging would be a bad way to make money online. What? He calls himself a blog entrepreneur making $1,000/month but states it would be a bad idea? Bill, nothing against you personally, really, but I suggest you go ahead and change your blog title. Not only that though…
Bill says he aims for time freedom (I agree) and that blogging would take too much time (I do not agree.)
I read that all the time. People make statements and have beliefs based on their own limited experiences and circumstances. For instance, Bill claims that “any Problogger will tell you that they probably work as much on a blog as they would at a regular job.” Oops! How many probloggers did he ask? It seems to me he didn’t ask any or else he would probably think differently.
From my own experience—and I did ask a problogger I personally know, my Mentor James Brausch—probloggers work much less on their blogs than you might think. James, for example, works only 1-3 (one to three) hours per week, sometimes even less (i.e., none!)
Now, you might be asking how is this possible, working only 3 hours per week while making tens of thousands of dollars at the same time? This question is commonly ask by people who still have employment thinking in their mind. I had this myself for many, many years, and I am so happy to finally get rid of it piece by piece.
I learned that in order to succeed online and make thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of dollars per month you need to delegate as many tasks as possible. I call it High-Profile Outsourcing. (Frankly, I’m still working too many hours myself, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel! ;-)
Feeling intimidated at the thought of having to regularly write blog posts? Find and hire excellent ghostwriters! Have a task on your desk for a couple weeks that you hate to do? Get a virtual assistant! Would it take you days or even weeks setting up and maintaining a Web site? Get a good coder, someone who does it in hours instead of weeks!
Bill could turn his $1,000 into $10,000/month if he would go beyond his own circumstances and get rid of his limiting beliefs.
If something doesn’t work, don’t adjust your goals, adjust your action steps.
The dangerous thing is that Bill gives blogging advice in that he pretends blogging would be a bad way to make money online. It may be a bad way for him but surely not in general. Why not turn that belief into another direction?
For example, Collin LaHay recently changed his blog’s focus from make money online to Web site marketing strategies. I tend to agree with him. He gives excellent marketing tips which I follow regularly. Though, he says he lacks proper results when it comes to teaching how to make money online, since he makes only $500/month, hence the change in blog title and focus.
The thing I want you to take home is this… Follow advice from people who are successful in the area you want to master. Or in other words, when you want to master something, learn from a master, not a beginner.
Feel you’re not having enough time to do all the tasks at hand? Perhaps you should get rid of the tube! That alone will save most people several hours each day. The next step is to realize that multitasking is insane. Focusing on one task at a time is what moves you forward considerably.
Feel frustrated because you only make a mere $50 or $100/month while spending 320 hours at the same time? Perhaps having all those AdSense ads and affiliate links up is the wrong way to do it, or you present them in a barren way, or you just need more traffic. Or… perhaps you should create and sell your own products and build your own customer list instead.
Additionally, avoid the temptation of doing everything on your own and start to outsource!
If you feel you are not ready yet to teach someone something, think again. There is something you know that others don’t. The Internet is being used for finding information and products. People spend billions of dollars to get what they want. I know there is something you can help others with.
Create a Web site, get targeted traffic, and create and sell your own products or services, or recommend excellent products using the companie’s affiliate programs.
Don’t feel ashamed to sell something to your audience. Some people act as if it would be dishonoring to sell products to your readers. That’s an insane virus these people need to get rid of! Your audience does not only expect you to give them your “secrets,” you have the damn responsibility to do that and train them!
You know how to lose weight? Of course your audience is eagerly waiting for your products teaching them how to lose weight. Create them and sell them to your readers!
You know how to make money online? Of course your audience is eagerly waiting for (your) products teaching them how to make money online. Give them what they want or else they will buy them elsewhere!
You know how to build and enjoy an incredible relationship? You guessed it… Your audience is eager; they will buy your products on how to build and enjoy an unforgettable long-term relationship.
You love to travel and know a country or place from the inside out? … Exactly…
That is—in essence—how I made $13,692.59 in profits last month, and my blog has been a good part of it (which I run part time.)
—Marcus Hochstadt
43 CommentsPermalink Tags: making money online, outsourcing, profits
Josh Whitford Caught Me
May 8 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Pickups
Josh Whitford revealed some secrets about me…
http://www.joshwhitford.com/2008/05/08/internet-business-guide-by-marcus-hochstadt/
OK, they are actually no secrets; I provide these “news” on my About page and, who guessed it, in the posts on my blog.
However, there are two little things in disorder. Looks like I need to update my About page… Will do so perhaps next week.
—Marcus Hochstadt
Brent Hodgson Got It
Apr 30 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Pickups
Copywriter Brent Hodgson got a page of insights from one of my interview DVDs with James Brausch. And he discovered a hidden message. Which?
Check it out…
I relate to what he says about sticking at it. Let me expand that by saying: Instead of adjusting your goals, adjust the action steps.
—Marcus Hochstadt
Mirjam’s Journey
Apr 23 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Pickups
Isn’t it amazing to follow Mirjam’s journey and her progress? Seems she’s getting rid of the limitations and boundaries she had built herself and is now well on her way of living a more fulfilling life…
http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/2008/04/23/dare-to-dream-big/
Isn’t this what it’s all about? Aren’t we supposed to live a life full of peace, happiness and abundance?
It’s amazing what a short break can cause.
—Marcus Hochstadt
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Protecting Your WordPress Blog
Apr 22 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Business, Pickups
Turnip has a great post about protecting your WordPress blog and the entire installation, so to speak. It’s a excellent addition to a post by Matt Cutts I read earlier this year giving 3 tips on protecting your WordPress installation.
To add something to this, what I personally also use is a WordPress plugin called Login LockDown by Michael VanDeMar. It may be similar to creating a particular .htaccess file discussed on the above blogs but may be easier to create using this plugin.
Besides this, I strongly encourage everyone to upgrade to the newest WordPress version whenever available (currently v2.5) so you close old security leaks and ban attackers.
—Marcus Hochstadt
Stine’s E-Widget
Apr 22 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Pickups
Stine from mumsgotta.com has me on her E-Widget this week…
http://mumsgotta.com/this-week-on-my-e-widget/
The amazing thing about her is not only that she lives in beautiful Norway, but she’s raising six kids, wow! Six!
Stine must have an incredible amount of power and patience…
—Marcus Hochstadt
Still Procrastinating?
Apr 21 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Pickups
Ben Barden likes my article on Procrastination, too. So much that he put it into his weekly round-up…
http://www.benbarden.com/view.php/article/1074/weekly-round-up-april-2008-part-3
The other two articles he refers to are also very interesting.
—Marcus Hochstadt
Ryan’s View Of The Top 100
Apr 19 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Pickups
Gavin a.k.a Ryan Shamus has put together an awesome elaboration of Mark Wielgus’ popular Top 100 Make Money Online list…
http://ryanshamus.com/make-money-online/top-100-make-money-online-blogs/
On Ryan’s list I’m still on #64 although the recent Alexa dance kicked me down to #96 (as of today.)
How much time it may have taken him to compile that list! It’s very interesting to read how Ryan sees the various make money online blogs.
You may wanna bookmark it for future reference.
Thank you, Ryan!
—Marcus Hochstadt
The Alexa Dance
Apr 19 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Pickups
On my recent post about the Alexa dance I indicated that I’ve only seen blogs that dropped in ranking. Now I found one who climbed the ranks! That’s nice.
It’s the blog of James D. Lee…
http://onlinebusinessfreedom.com/my-alexa-traffic-ranking-plummeted-150000-places/
Why don’t you congratulate him? He climbed up 149,342 positions!
Congratulations, James! :-)
—Marcus Hochstadt
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Alexa Changed Its Ranking Algorithm
Apr 16 by Marcus Hochstadt | Posted in Pickups
While I was eagerly checking and waiting for my blog to break Alexa’s 50,000 mark (so I can celebrate this with you,) I found out Alexa changed its Ranking algorithm tonight…
http://www.alexa.com/site/company/announcement
My blog’s Alexa Rank now dropped from 51,059 down to 174,666!
However, this will NOT hold me back from doing a party contest with you! I invited the Who’s Who of Entercard and some of my friends, and they are eagerly waiting to party with each other. Heck, they contributed grant prizes worth $6,000+ and more than 50,000ec! So…
Watch out for my announcement post! I’ll just have to reword a good deal to make it fit the current situation… ;-)
—Marcus Hochstadt
23 CommentsPermalink Tags: alexa ranking, new alexa algorithm
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