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How do you go from near bankruptcy to creating a 3 million dollar a year empire?

Today’s guest Matt Bacak shares how anyone can create their own internet empire. Known as the “The Powerful Promoter”, Matt is a sought-after internet marketer who has marketed for some of the world’s top experts. He is the host of the Entrepreneur Magazine e-Biz radio show and his book became a “#1 Best Selling Author” in just a few short hours. In the interview, Matt Bacak offers these tips on how to skyrocket your profits online.

Matt reveals:

- how he overcame bankruptcy to create a 3 million dollar empire
- ways anyone start from scratch to build their own internet empire
- how articles marketing creates massive incoming links for your website
- secrets to building your mailing list fast
- top 5 traffic generation techniques
- and more!

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Long before The Secret came out, Thomas Leonard was teaching about the Law of Attraction.

Here are the 28 Principles of Attraction from Thomas Leonard’s book, “The Portable Coach“

1. BECOME INCREDIBLY SELFISH.
WITHOUT YOU, THERE IS NOTHING, AND ATTRACTION ISN’T POSSIBLE.

2. UNHOOK YOURSELF FROM THE FUTURE.
ATTRACTION WORKS IN THE PRESENT, NOT IN THE FUTURE.

3. OVERRESPOND TO EVERY EVENT.
BY OVER-RESPONDING INSTEAD OF OVERREACTING, YOU EVOLVE, WHICH IS VERY ATTRACTIVE.

4. BUILD A SUPERRESERVE IN EVERY AREA.
HAVING ENOUGH IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH FOR YOU TO BE IRRESISTIBLY ATTRACTIVE.

5. ADD VALUE JUST FOR THE JOY OF IT.
WHEN YOU ADD VALUE BECAUSE YOU ENJOY IT, PEOPLE ARE NATURALLY ATTRACTED TO YOU.

6. AFFECT OTHERS PROFOUNDLY.
THE MORE YOU TOUCH OTHERS, THE MORE ATTRACTIVE YOU’LL BECOME.

7. MARKET YOUR TALENTS SHAMELESSLY.
IF YOU’RE EMBARRASSED ABOUT WHAT YOU DO WELL, YOU WON’T BE VERY ATTRACTIVE.

8. BECOME IRRESISTIBLY ATTRACTIVE TO YOURSELF.
HOW CAN YOU ATTRACT OTHERS IF YOU DON’T FEEL IRRESISTIBLY ATTRACTIVE TO YOURSELF?

9. GET A FULFILLING LIFE, NOT JUST AN IMPRESSIVE LIFESTYLE.
A GREAT LIFE IS ATTRACTIVE; A LIFESTYLE IS USUALLY SEDUCTIVE.

10. DELIVER TWICE WHAT YOU PROMISE.
WHEN YOU CONSISTENTLY DELIVER MORE THAN WAS EXPECTED, NEW CUSTOMERS ARE DRAWN TO YOU.

11. CREATE A VACUUM WHICH PULLS YOU FORWARD.
BEING PULLED FORWARD IS ATTRACTIVE; PUSHING FORWARD IS NOT.

12. ELIMINATE DELAY.
TIME IS EXPENSIVE AND THUS IS VERY UNATTRACTIVE.

13. GET YOUR PERSONAL NEEDS MET, ONCE AND FOR ALL.
IF YOU HAVE UNMET NEEDS, YOU’LL ATTRACT OTHERS IN THE SAME POSITION.

14. THRIVE ON THE DETAILS.
SUBTLETIES, DETAILS AND NUANCES ARE MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN THE OBVIOUS.

15. TOLERATE NOTHING.
WHEN YOU PUT UP WITH SOMETHING, IT COSTS YOU. COSTS ARE EXPENSIVE AND THUS UNATTRACTIVE.

16. SHOW OTHERS HOW TO PLEASE YOU.
DON’T MAKE THEM GUESS.

17. ENDORSE YOUR WORST WEAKNESSES.
WHEN YOU CAN ACCEPT AND HONOR THE WORST PART OF YOURSELF, YOU ARE MORE ACCEPTING OF OTHERS.

18. SENSITIZE YOURSELF.
THE MORE YOU FEEL, THE MORE YOU’LL NOTICE AND RESPOND TO THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PRESENT.

19. PERFECT YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
THE ATTRACTION OS IS A SOPHISTICATED SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRES A FIRST-CLASS ENVIRONMENT.

20. DEVELOP MORE CHARACTER THAN YOU NEED.
INTEGRITY IS NOT ENOUGH TO BECOME IRRESISTIBLY ATTRACTIVE.

21. SEE HOW PERFECT THE PRESENT REALLY IS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS CLEARLY NOT.
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22. BECOME UNCONDITIONALLY CONSTRUCTIVE.
HIGH LEVELS OF RESPECT ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE.

23. ORIENT EXCLUSIVELY AROUND YOUR VALUES.
WHEN YOU SPEND YOUR DAYS DOING WHAT FULFILLS YOU, YOU ARE ATTRACTIVE.

24. SIMPLIFY EVERYTHING.
ABANDONING THE NON-ESSENTIALS LEAVES MORE ROOM FOR YOU TO ATTRACT.

25. MASTER YOUR CRAFT.
BEING THE BEST AT WHAT YOU DO IS THE EASIEST WAY TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL.

26. RECOGNIZE AND TELL THE TRUTH.
THE TRUTH IS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE THING OF ALL, BUT IT REQUIRES SKILLS AND AWARENESS.

27. HAVE A VISION.
WHEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT’S COMING, YOU DON’T NEED TO CREATE A FUTURE.

28. BE MORE HUMAN.
WHEN YOU ARE GENUINE, YOU ARE ATTRACTIVE.

Copyright 1997 by Thomas J. Leonard. All rights reserved.

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There’s a new reality TV show about helping people to earn a fortune online.

On the show, two teams of everyday people — will compete to build the biggest, baddest, and most profitable cash-generating business on the Internet in just 90 days… Starting from scratch!

The line up of mentors for the show is incredible: Lorrie Morgan Ferrero, Alex Mandossian, T Harv Eker, Loral Langemeir, Stephen Pierce and more.

They are casting now. They say this will be aired on a few major networks and if selected, all expenses are paid.

Before you enter, you should know that if you are selected as a player, you must be willing to travel to and reside at one or more undisclosed locations in Toronto, Canada for approximately three months in the Summer of 2007. So this might not be good for moms. That would be hard to be away from the kids for 3 months.

Check it out at Netslingers.tv

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A friend of mine in my mastermind group asked what Technorati was. And so I thought I’d share that with you in case your had the same question.

So for all you blogging mamas, here’s what Technorati is:

Technorati is a blog directory and blog reader that helps you search for and organize blogs you read most.

You can use it as an RSS reader to keep up with your favorite blogs.

Or, you can use it as a tool to find blogs in a certain niche to comment on.
It allows you to search by technorati tags or by blogs that are the most linked to.

By claiming your blog you will be added to the technorati ranks.
(You can claim your blog at Technorati here.)
The smaller your technorati ranking, the more popular your blog is.
You can improve your ranking by getting more sites to link to your blog
and getting more people to favorite your blog in technorati.

A technorati rank is basically a measurement of the popularity of your blog based on how many sites are linking to it and how many links each blog linking to you is giving you. They call that a measure of “authority”.

By adding Technorati tags to your blog posts you tell technorati what your blog is about. It’s much like you would use keywords to say what your webpage is about to the search engines. SimpleTags is an easy Word Press plug in that allows you to add tags to your blog posts.

You can choose to show a technorati cloud on your blog that shows your most frequently blogged about technorati tags.

Being in technorati is a great way to pick up new blog readers. It’s by far the most popular blog directory. And the technorati ranking gives you a simple guage to compare how your blog promotion strategies are working. The lower your ranking goes, the more popular your blog.

So if you haven’t already, be sure to claim your blog in Technorati and start adding Technorati tags to your posts.

Do you used Technorati tags on your blog now? Have you found any cool ways to use Technorati? Do you track your favorite blogs in Technorati? Share your Technorati stories here.

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Is anyone going to the BlogHer conferences this spring? It’s an excellent conference for women business bloggers and mommy bloggers. The New York one is March 22/23 and the Chicago one is July 27/28. Just curious who was thinking about attending these.

Here’s the info:

BlogHer Business ‘07 - New York
March 22nd and 23rd, 2007
Theme: How to Succeed in a Social Media World

BlogHer Conference ‘07 - Chicag0
July 27th and 28th, 2007
Theme: A World of Difference

You can get more info about the BlogHer Conferences here.

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Would you like to know my personal secret for getting all the referrals you can handle without even asking?

From personal experience, I can tell you that the #1 way I get business is from referrals. One of my secrets for doing that, is by building customer relationships.

Did you know that a greeting card is opened 11 times more than any other piece of mail?
The top lady in Mary Kay sends out 3 handwritten cards a day?
And in the Corporate world, 90% of the top earners in any company send out thank you cards and other cards daily.

That’s why I am such a huge fan of thank you notes.

If you’d like to learn how to skyrocket your business through referrals, you can attend a free online seminar.

Reserve your spot now for this free referral marketing webinar. I’ll see you there!

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Kelly McCausey tagged me to share why I blog.

So here’s the top 5 reasons why I blog.

1) Blogging puts me in a direct conversation with my audience. I hear first hand what matters to them, where they are at, what information they find helpful. It helps me feel the pulse of my audience so I can serve them better.

2) Blogging helps me connect daily to my purpose. In the morning as I sit down to blog, I search my heart and try to find my daily truth. Blogging helps me stay grounded in my truth and share it with others. In a way, I feel like it helps me live out my ministry.

3) Blogging is a kick butt seo tool. We are getting more traffic thru our blogging then through our SEO efforts on our website now. Yeah, blogging is that powerful.

4) Blogging keeps me connected to what is new. I always have my ear to the internet highway to hear the latest so I can share it with my audience.

5) Blogging puts me in a community of people affecting change. I feel very priviledge to be in the community of bloggers. It gives me a chance to share news, ideas, and information in a way that informs, inspires, and educates others. I feel very blessed to have a platform that makes it so easy to share life changing messages.

So that’s it. I’m a blog evangelist. Blogging has changed my life. Have you thought about why you blog and what it means to you?

And I am tagging the following blogging divas:
- Toby - Diva Marketing
- Patsi and Denise
- Wendy Maynard
- Yvonne DiVita - Lipsticking
- Suzanne Falter Barns

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I know Oprah talked about the Secret recently has always talked about having a gratitude journal. I suck at journaling. I could never stick to it. But I have found something simple to help me remember to be grateful. It’s called a gratitude rock.

In January I attended Marica Weider’s Dream Coach program and one of the things she gave us was our own gratitude rock. If you have watched the Secret, they talk about a gratitude rock.

Here’s the story.
A man in the US had a visitor from Africa, his son was very sick. He gave the man a special gift called a gratitude rock and told him to everyday hold onto the rock and think about all he has to be grateful for. And within a few weeks, an amazing thing happened. The man’s son got better!

Now this African man lived in a very poor village. And when he told of the miracles that happened because of his gratitude rock and by taking time to be grateful everyday, the whole village went to find their own gratitude rocks. They started a gratitude rock business and now the whole town is doing well financially. All of this change happened because of a positive change in focus. Instead of looking at their problems, they focused on what they had. And that alone started transforming their whole life.

I believe that we get more of what we focus on in life. I am living proof that the power of gratitude works. My husband lost his job a week ago and because we focused on our blessings and were positive, not only does he already have a new job, but it’s for more money than he was making before.

I don’t know what your beliefs are, whether you pray to Buddha, God, the Universe etc, but if you change your mindset to focus on being thankful for what you have, the Law of Attraction helps you attract more abundance in your life.

To me, it’s like when you give your kid a new toy and they are so grateful. If your child has that great attitude, appreciates the gift, and takes care of it, doesn’t it makes you want to give them more? Well, I see God (or the Universe) as equally abundant. When we are grateful for what we have, take care of it, use our resources wisely, we are given more.

Will you join me in 30 days of gratitude? I’m going be grateful every morning for 30 days. Let’s all do it together and see what kind of transformation comes in our lives.

Who’s with me? Also, if you have a story about the power of gratitude, prayer, or the power of positive thinking has changed your life, I’d love to hear it.

I wish you many, many blessings. I am truly thankful to all of you. You are a blessing to me.

Here are related posts with teachings from The Secret:

• Quotes from The Movie The Secret
• The 1 Secret That Will Change Your Life
• Get more in life by being grateful - how gratitude (and my gratitude rock) are changing my life
• The Power of Gratitude
• Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
• Staying postive when your business hits bumps in the road
• 5 Keys for Creating your Dream Life from The Secret

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In direct selling, there is a concept called the power hour. During that 1 hour, first thing in the morning, you commit to doing the things that will move your business forward. Part of that involves knowing what the profit making activities are in your business. Every day you need to sit down and make a to do list of what’s on your plate and decide which tasks to focus on first.

Let’s face it. You are a mom. It’s really easy between loads of laundry, doing dishes, and taking care of the kids to get busy and not get the money making activities done. So my solution is identify those activities and do them first!

For instance your daily list might look like this:
- send invoices for work performed last week *
- call the prospect that contacted me with a quote *
- call my client with the consulting appointment *
- do website updates for client then bill him *
- write a new email marketing message to promote new affiliate program
- read email
- return phone calls
- add a new seo optimized page to the site
- go to the post office
- go to the bank

Notice that the 4 activities I put an asterisk by will result in earning money right away.

Just look at your list and ask yourself, what activities if I did them would make me the most money, the soonest, with the least amount of work? Put a star by those things and commit to do them first.

My putting those money making activities first in a “power hour” you’ll move farther and faster in your home business.

What do you do in your power hour?

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I just got the most wonderful phone call. My husband Joe had a meeting with his old corporate boss. They were going to
discuss strategy on getting my husband back into the workforce. Well, he offered my husband a job. Not only does he
get to do his job from home, but, he also gets more money they he made before.

All I can say is thanks. Thanks to all of you who lifted us up in prayer. We were really scared and your support meant so much.
I can’t believe what a wonderful, giving, kind community you are. That meant the world to me. Thank you!

And thanks to God. We have really been praying for an answer. We were willing to work our butts off, sell the house, do whatever it took. And God gave us the biggest gift.

I just wanted to share the joy with you. You all mean so much to me.

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