Move Over, I'm Taking Over Your Computer

What if I came over to your house and said, "Move over, I'm taking over your computer and I'm going to make YOU some money!"

Would you recoil in horror ...or would you say, "Go for it!"

Well, next Tuesday, Oct 5, I'm going to reveal the ultimate formula for growing your online business ...or getting it out of the starting blocks!

You see, there are only 3 ways to grow a business:

#1 - find more people to look at your products and services

#2 - turn more "lookers" into buyers

#3 - sell higher-priced products and services to those who want

them

I have created a cool 4 minute video for you to watch that explains this concept. And tells you what else we will cover on Tuesday's webinar. So go check out the short video here:

http://www.BusinessSuccessRoadmap.com/OctWebinar/

Everyone knows that ONE-TO-MANY is a much better way to get your message out there. But knowing that ONE-TO-MANY will work wonders for your business (especially in this economy) and ACTUALLY DOING ONE are two different things.

** Are you not sure where to start?

** Do you have a hard time turning ideas into action?

** Are you not sure how to create a presentation that ACTUALLY gets people to buy your product, coaching or service?

That is all about to change on Oct 5.

No, it's not a do-it-yourself home study course...

No, it's not a 10-hour video that you don't have time to watch...

And no, it's not another "spin around and chase your tail, but get nothing done" project. You will FINISH THIS and it will make your business PROFITABLE!

More details on Oct 5!

http://www.BusinessSuccessRoadmap.com/OctWebinar/

Stephen Beck

P.S. - Make sure to watch my short video on the 3 ways to grow your business. Watch it here:

http://www.BusinessSuccessRoadmap.com/OctWebinar/

My Laziness Is Building My List...!

If you're like me, you have a lot on your plate. Between work, family and everything else, I just don't have a lot of spare time. And sometimes I just don't feel like doing the things I KNOW NEED TO GET DONE!

Like driving traffic to my web sites.

I know I need to do it. I know that just a few traffic tactics would swell my online income like the winner in a hot dog eating contest. But I honestly I didn't know where to begin.

So, I did what every hard-working entrepreneur would do...I gave the job to someone else!

I have a virtual assistant named Shannon who knew next to nothing about traffic, search engines and all that kind of stuff. I said, "Here, watch this video and do what it says."
http://www.TheTrafficBootcamp.com

And that's it. No training. No follow up. No nothing.

And quite frankly, I didn't expect much. But then she gave me a report after a few weeks:
#1 in Google for webinar training (2,070,000 competing web pages)
#1 in Google for webinar strategy (1,190,000 competing web pages)
-- I actually have 5 of the top 8 spots for this keyword

#2 in Google for webinar tool (1,190,000 competing web pages)
#1 in Google for webinar presentation (323,000 competing pages)
#3 in Google for business webinar (9.5 million competing pages!)
#2 in Google for business webinar training (1,220,000 competing
pages)

I have many other top 10 rankings in Google, but I wanted to show you the ones that HAD HUGE COMPETITION! The pages that BEAT OUT MILLIONS OF COMPETING WEB PAGES to get those high rankings in the search engines. Which generates LOTS of traffic to my web sites!

Did I fall into a chocolate pie or what!

And then she did the same thing for my Online Business Basics course...

I guess my laziness paid off in a big way! Shannon took that simple video and went to town!

Would you like to watch the same video Shannon did? It's called the 24-Hour Traffic Plan Video. It gives you 13 things to do in the next 24 hours to start driving massive amounts of traffic to your site ...sometimes within days!

And massive amounts of traffic equals MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF ONLINE INCOME ...and calls from important joint venture partners looking to do business with you!

So, check out the video that started this whole ball rolling. And see if my laziness can be your good fortune!
http://www.TheTrafficBootcamp.com

Warmly,
Stephen Beck

PS...This video will only be available until the end of this week on Friday, September 3. After that, I will pull it down indefinitely. Don't sit on the fence for this one!

http://www.TheTrafficBootcamp.com

Practical Online Business Ideas

Are you interested in starting an internet business? Do you have an idea already, or do you need some online business ideas? I have been building my own internet business over the past ten years or so and can share some real-life examples of what to do and what not to do.

Let me start by telling you a little bit about myself. My wife Kerry and I call ourselves "The Couple Next Door" because we are just like you when it comes to internet marketing. Neither one of us has a degree in computers or in business. Instead, we have built up a large base of knowledge and experience when it comes to starting an internet business. It happened almost by accident when I was in my 40s. I started going to seminary and needed an income to support my family. So I began creating information products.

Online Business Idea #1 - Use the Knowledge in Your Head

The truth is that if we can do it, you can, too. Like I said, I have not always had an online business. For 20 years, I did home remodeling. Then my wife started up a little company called Curriculum Connection. She wanted to help other homeschoolers find curriculum to use. As it grew, she began asking me, "Steve, do you know how to build web pages? How can we get online with our products?" So I started working on it, and even though I was clueless at first, I quickly figured it out. At the same time, I was in seminary.

There we were over 2000 miles from home and with no family, no friends, and no job. We needed the income we were used to having from my remodeling jobs, and we needed it fast.

That got me looking for the perfect business. And I know that you probably have your hands full, too. You have a lot going on, but you can take your idea for a business and begin building it today. Soon you might even see your income surpass your current job.

Online Business Idea #2 - Write Out Your Expectations

So I sat down and wrote out my expectations for my perfect business. I wanted to create a product one time and then get paid for it repeatedly. I only had a small amount of time to work each week, so I needed to be paid well in that time. I needed a product that was easy for me, my wife, and my partners if I ever had any. I really wanted a business that would run automatically with very little input from me. I was looking for a weekly, even monthly, paycheck. I also wanted very few start-up costs. Sounds realistic, right?

You might say I had unrealistic expectations. But think about it. There is a business that would meet all my needs: creating and selling information products online. Once you have created it, you can sell it over and over again.

You start off by spending a little time packaging quality content, market it on the internet, and then sell it quickly and painlessly. You really could almost put the whole thing on auto pilot.

Online Business Idea #3 - Start Small

It was very low start-up costs. In fact, that is one of the questions I am routinely asked. "Steve, how much does it cost to start an online business?" For $15 a year for a domain name, and that is kind of high these days, and $50 a year for hosting, and $20 a month for an autoresponder, you can set up an online business. And that is really all it takes to get started.

So if you have an idea, start today! Take these online business ideas and begin to market your products. You will find yourself headed to more financial freedom.

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Copyright Stephen Beck, 2010

You have permission to reprint this article as long as you don't make any changes and include the bio below.

Stephen Beck can help you with your online business set up and show you how to make your first $1000 online. Grab a FREE link to his webinar replay, where Stephen shows you everything you should do: http://www.YourOnlineBasics.com.

Business Start-Up Advice For Entrepreneurs

Maybe you are reading this article in a cubicle somewhere. Or maybe you are surfing the internet on the weekend because you have an idea for a business, and all you need to know is what to do to first! Allow me to give you some business start up advice. Begin by nailing down what you will market as your information product.

That begs the question, "What is an information product?" An information product is any knowledge in your head that others would find valuable. Let me repeat that, any knowledge or experience in your head that others would find valuable can be packaged and sold.

Business Start-up Advice #1 - Utilize Lots of Mediums

You can share this knowledge with others through a variety of media. That can be a digital product, a physical product, an e-book, a video, an audio, or all of the above. Many of my products have an all of the above component. Some are written, some are videos, some are audios, some are multi-media productions.

Business Start-up Advice #2 - Develop Your Own Name

You must have at least one product that is your very own. Why do I say that? Because you want to build your own brand and not someone else's. I am okay with network marketing. That is fine. If you want to do Avon or Shacklee or Amway or whatever you want to do, go for it. But I still contend that you must have at least one product that is your very own so you are building your own brand and not necessarily someone else's.

You should be the one to control your business and your time. It is crazy to work for a small percentage of money or to let someone else tell you how to do things in your business. You should be in control and of your time and your products. When it is your own, you could keep anywhere from 90 to 95% of the profits.

Consider that all of the well-known information marketers have their own products. Guys like Dan Kennedy, Alex Mendoza, Ray Edwards, and Armon Moore have a product to promote to build their own brand.

Business Start-up Advice #3 - Get Out of the Time for Money Trap

And you get out of the trading time for money trap. A lot of you are in that trap right now, whether you are working a 9 to 5 job, or even if you are doing consulting. You are still trading time for money. When you can create something one time and sell it over and over and over, you get out of that trading time for money trap.

Business Start-up Advice #4 - Become the Expert in Your Niche

Imagine being able to give people information, an e-book that you have written, or CDs that you have made. Anything that sets you head and shoulders above the next guy. That is massive credibility for your offline business.

Imagine bringing people in through lead generation systems, and giving them a free report. Giving them something they can touch and feel. Your information products can bring in tons of leads and establish you as an expert in your niche.

Take the plunge and begin committing to paper the ideas you have in your head. Create information products from those ideas, and build your business. Then in a short while, you may be giving someone else business start up advice.

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Copyright Stephen Beck, 2010

You have permission to reprint this article as long as you don't make any change and include the bio below.

Stephen Beck can help you with your online business ideas and show you how to earn your first $1000 on the internet. Go get a FREE link to his webinar replay, where Stephen shows you everything you should do: http://www.YourOnlineBasics.com.

Internet Marketing 101: What's Inside Your Mind?

If you are not making money in your offline or online business, take a lesson in internet marketing 101 and look no further than what is inside your mind. Many people are going through the process of building their business, but they do not really believe they can be successful in it. They walk around with mental roadblocks. But there are seven things you can do to change your mindset. In this article, I will cover the first two.

Internet Marketing 101 - Be Thankful!

The first step is to be thankful. Develop an attitude of gratitude. Choose to be grateful for where you are and the things God has given you. This attitude can really influence your business.

Also, you can be someone who gives just for the sake of giving and not always to get something in return. You can be generous with your skills and abilities. You may wonder what this has to do with business, but it really is true that what is in your head affects the way you work each and everyday.

So are you thinking about being grateful? Or ways you can help others? I work with homeschoolers, and so one of the ways I try to give back is to help fellow homeschoolers pick the best curriculum. I enjoy being generous with my experience and know how.

Internet Marketing 101 - Be Thoughtful!

The second step is to be thoughtful. The stories in your mind reflect the stories in your life. In other words, the things that are going in your mind are going to infiltrate and influence the things that happen in your life. For example I have talked to several people after our webinars, and I keep hearing the same thing, "I don't really believe I can make money." This kind of thinking becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

If you do not think you will make money, then you will not really put your whole heart into what you are doing. If you have some doubts about what you are doing and then try to promote your products, you will not come across as believable.

Similarly, you will want to think about what you are doing: are you building a business or having fun with a hobby? Are you serious about building it up or enjoying playing at it? Too often people who want to really build their business are merely playing at it. This mindset can change if you will being to be thoughtful about what you are doing.

Spend time thinking about your "why." Why are you doing what you are doing? I actually wrote mine down, and I got a picture of my family to go with it because part of the reason that I help with our family business is so we can have some passive income. We use it to spend more time with our family and to minister to others with mission trips.

So what is your why? Take some time this week and brainstorm some reasons why you are working on your business. Be specific. Instead of saying, "It is because of my family," say, "I want to go on trips with my kids and grandkids." You could also say, "I wan to be able to give money to those who are in need," or "I want to take mission trips at least once a year." Then, after you write down your list, go public with it.

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Copyright Stephen Beck, 2010

You have permission to reprint this article as long as you don't make any changes and include the bio below.

Are you interested in starting an online business? Stephen Beck does, and he can show you everything what you need to know. Go get his FREE webinar replay: http://www.YourOnlineBasics.com.

Set Up An Online Business With 6 Simple Steps

If you are interested, you can set up an online business and make money doing it. All it takes is a little bit of guidance and some hard work. But once it is set up, you can really do well. One of my favorite ways is to sell "one off products." I use the information in my head about a topic. I'm very familiar with, host a webinar, or a teleseminar, record it, and then sell it over and over again.

When promoting a one off product, you will want to follow these six easy steps.

1.) Pick a familiar subject. It should be something you can talk about for at least one hour, and I am convinced that everyone has a topic like that, whether it is pie making, photography, or automobile repair. No matter the topic, keep it simple because your goal is to quickly put out some good, helpful content that will generate cash flow.

2.) Create an outline. Let me give you a simple way to do this. Get out a sheet of paper, and write your topic in the middle of it. Then brainstorm some subtopics for your main topic. Write these down and see if you can come up with two good details about each one of these subtopics. You need maybe eight to ten subtopics with two details for each one. Once you have those, you have an outline for sixty-minute presentation. How easy is that?

3.) Connect with a free teleseminar service. You can find on to use for free and will allow you to host up to 250 people at one time. When I first started my online business, I could only host 100, so this is a great improvement. Remember to record your seminar an download it at the end.

4.) Tell people about your teleseminar. But who exactly do you invite? Your website, blogs, and email lists are a great place to start. I would just go nuts with this stuff and tell everybody I know that I am having this wonderful teleseminar.

5.) Sell tickets to your teleseminar. I gotta credit Jim Bob Howard for sharing this with me. There is a great sight called Event Bright, and it is free to use. Your customers pay Event Bright, and then Event Bright pays you. But the beauty is you do not pay any money until you start making money by selling tickets. They save you a lot of hassle.

6.) Record your teleseminar. Do it one time, and then use it over and over and over. You can sell the recording as an audio CD. You can have the recording transcribed and sell it as an Ebook. You can sell it together, the audio and transcription, for more money. You can combine one off products into a home-study course. There are really an endless steam of options you can come up with to make more money off of your one recording.

So what are you waiting for? Why not set up an online business today?

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Copyright Stephen Beck, 2010

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Stephen Beck can show you internet marketing basics and how to make your first $1000 on the internet. Go get a FREE link to his webinar replay, where Stephen shows you everything you should do: http://www.YourOnlineBasics.com.

Article Marketing: Your Key To Starting An Internet Business

Do you have an idea rolling around in your head? Would you like to know how to start an internet business? It is actually very easy, and something you can work on today.

In the past few years, I have begun a number of businesses. I have even been able to help others get their businesses off the ground, and each time I get started, I always use article marketing. I do this because well-written articles will bring in high search engine rankings and in turn more traffic to my site. Let me show you why it works.

1.) Articles can be submitted to an authority site such as Ezine Articles.

Because this site requires original content, Google ranks these submissions higher than others. Often within a few weeks after I submit an article, I see it ranked high. My articles are usually 300 to 700 words with a resource box pointing directly to my website. The authority of these sites build my reputation as an expert on webinars.

2.) Articles can also generate direct traffic to your website.

Lots of people with blogs and websites pick up articles from these directories and post them. For example, pretend you have a website about dogs. Other people with related sites like puppies.com, dogs and more dogs.com, or a dog blog will come and get your article. They post it on their site with your resource box, and then when people read their blog, you get free advertising. Their readers click on the link to your site, and voila! You just got free and easy traffic.

3.) Articles can build up backward links.

A backward link is like a vote. Many times my pages and my interior pages show up in Google because lots of other people have posted my articles to their sites. For each one of these, I get a backward link, and as I start to amass backward links, I rank higher and higher in Google.

Getting on the first page of the search results for your keyword and staying there are two different things. There are lots of other people competing to be on the first two pages, and the competition is fierce. Article marketing can be the best tool to keep you on top.

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Copyright Stephen Beck, 2010

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