Where do the days go?
I just can’t seem to keep up with everything. Being on the internet full time means I am never away from my computer and I question sometimes whether I should just go get myself a job, work for a few hours, come home and watch TV before doing it all again. But then I know I could never live with that for too long.
11 years of being self employed and always having to go out there and find my salary rather than just having it appear in my personal account is beginning to really get to me. Even on the internet there is still a need to find people to buy your product, take up your service, sign up for your newsletter.
It’s just constant and non stop! I’ve given up on the rich man who’s going to rescue me and know that I truly am the only one who is going to make this work but I really am very tired…..
Leaving my car behind
Last year I thought about selling my car and not driving for a while to see how I would cope. I have been driving since I was 17 years old and I am now 41 which is 24 years!
It’s gotten to the point now where if I want something from the shop around the corner I will jump in the car. My 16 year old daughter has been in a car being taken to school since she was 5 years old and is a little lazy when it comes to walking.
When I mentioned it to Lauretta she said it was a bad idea and I guess being lazy I decided it was too!
But now I’ve done it and Lauretta won’t know until she reads this that I have (hehe!) so she will probably ring me up and cuss me for making out it was her fault I didn’t….!
Of course I know I have complete and utter responsibility for every action I take so I spoke to the kids on Monday and I am not going to sell the car but I will be cancelling the insurance due on April 28th, not renewing my M.O.T. (what does M.O.T. even stand for…???) that runs out in May and not renewing the car tax which ends in June.
I took out my insurance details today to cancel it and panicked… so I’ll leave that until tomorrow I think
till next time
Dee
Sad News Today
Someone in one of the networks I belong to lost her brother 2 days ago. Shot in the back 3 times by a US Marshal at the age of only 18. Another young black man loses his life and it’s so very tragic.
My thoughts and prayers go out to her and her family at this time.
Confidence Building In Teens Workshop Testimonial
I have completed work in different areas for Queens Park Community School thanks to the Deputy Head Teacher Barrie Birch who has a commitment to empower his students and parents.
Rather than write out the whole testimonial I supported Barrie in creating an audio and you can listen to it below.
You can also listen to it directly from my blog below but that doesn’t work for everyone so the above link will serve you better.
Multiple mastermind group participation
I truly believe that if you want to be successful you should include yourself in a mastermind group – a group of people who all come together to share goals, help each other achieving and provide support.
But I don’t believe you need to be in more than one group. In fact I believe that when you are it’s impossible to be dedicated because you are spreading yourself across two groups.
I’d like to hear from anyone who has experienced great results as a result of being in more than one mastermind group.
So I am taking the position of being FOR people only being in one mastermind group. Anyone AGAINST that? Let’s see if we can get a debate going.
What Do You Think About Social Networking Etiquette?
There are so many social networks available now and people use them for different reasons.
- Some people know that they want to sell their products/services
- Others want to meet people and build relationships
- A number of people want to promote their events
And of course the majority want to do all three of those things in various combinations!
But how do you get started? Is it best to sit back and read posts before taking part, is the right way to dive straight in and start blogging and adding friends, or should you just start promoting as soon as you join?
What are your thoughts on what the “acceptable” way to behave in a social network and the “unacceptable” way? What great examples have you seen and what really gets on your nerves?
Share your comments below.
My Internet Marketing Mistakes
Latest Product Release from Diane Corriette
What I Would Do Differently In My (Internet Marketing) Life If
I Could Do It All Again
I didn’t go the traditional root with this product. I didn’t do any research, I didn’t find out who was looking for what I was about to offer (which of course is the best way to make money in internet marketing!) – this product was personal… let me explain.
I logged on one Sunday in March 2008 to find an email from someone who didn’t know me. She was in trouble because she had spent way too much money on products and was not making any income. She wanted to know if I could help her and of course at this stage I can’t. I’ve been there myself (a few times) and it’s not a great place to be! Because of my constant buying I had maxed out my credit cards and was bringing in no income.
I knew I had to find a way to stop this from happening and the result was a special report I wrote called “What I Would Do Differently In My (Internet Marketing) Life If I Could Do It All Again!”
That report sold really well so I decided to turn it into a membership site and sell it through there. I also invited a few of my internet marketing friends to include their contribution and share their mistakes.
If you are new to internet marketing and making money online you are about to go through a huge learning curve. Learning from the mistakes we made will save you hours of frustration from making the same mistakes but most importantly save you thousands of dollars because you won’t end up spending the money we did!
Visit My Membership Site At
http://www.myinternetmarketingmistakes.com
Internet Marketing & Personal Development Events
Inspirational guidance will be running offline workshops in the UK and will also keep you informed of our online workshops for those around the world as well as events being run by other people that you might find interesting.
Look out for free teleseminars, offline internet marketing events around the world and more. As always my focus will be on personal development and internet marketing.
Diane
P.S. Have you seen my internet marketing mistakes I made since starting online
http://www.myinternetmarketingmistakes.com
Difference between discussions and debates
What’s the difference between a discussion and a debate?
Welcome to the new addition to our blog. A section designed to provide an opportunity for discussion and debate. So what’s the difference?
Well a discussion is a talk, it’s a collection of opinions on a particular topic – everyone’s contribution is valid because it comes from their own belief.
A debate is different. During a debate you will have those who are FOR something and those who are AGAINST something. People will agree and disagree – but hopefully we will all agree to disagree 
Enjoy this section and please contribute as often as you like on the different debates and discussions I will leave here.
There’s only this as a guideline
No name calling or personal attacks and nothing racist, sexist, derogatory or insulting. Posts that in MY opinion break these rules will be deleted without notice. Just be respectful, we can all have different opinions without being rude!
Developing Powerful Audiences & Communities With Podcasts
Its 1957 and the family are huddled around the wireless waiting for the start of their favourite show…………..
Fast forward 50 years and its 2007, the wireless has been replaced by the podcast. The family still get to hear their favourite show but now mom downloads it and listens to it on her iPod on the way to work, dad downloads it, burns it on to a CD and listens in the car. Sarah has a pda, downloads it and listens to it during her lunch hour at work and Mark downloads it to his mobile phone and listens to it during his high school math lesson.
And now the “family” of listeners has grown too. People from Japan, Australia, and Africa are all tuning in to the same show. A community is born out of their love for a weekly broadcasted podcast.
This is what makes podcasts so powerful. This is how podcasts have begun to shape a worldwide “family” or community of listeners.
Worldwide international communities of listeners from Texas to London, Morocco to Jamaica are formed through the medium known as a podcast. Making the listening of podcats an individualistic experience and a communal one simultaneously.
So what is a podcast? Well for the uninitiated, a podcast is a radio show that is available on the internet for download by anyone interested in listening. The term (so I have read) comes from the amalgamation of the words iPod and broadcasting. Once downloaded the radio show can be enjoyed on your computer or using a portable media device such as a mobile or iPod.
Now, the range of communities being created is growing with each passing month. Not just listeners wanting to tune into their latest comedy show but also colleges wanting to pass on recorded lecturers to its students. Corporate companies wanting to broadcast the latest profit forecast and even local government, eager to keep their constituents happy by keeping them up to date.
But businesses are not the only ones jumping on the podcast community creation bandwagon! Unsigned bands generate interest in their music by making it available to the world wide web, unpublished books appear as podcasts allowing people to download and listen as the author brings her novel alive to new and possibly untapped readers.
And finally, even your average Joe is donning the headphones and recording their point of view for the world to listen to, and isn’t that just one of the benefits or perhaps disadvantages of podcasting. Anyone with a computer, headphones and recording equipment can add their dulcet tones to the range of podcasters eager to get their message out there. And they are, with added profanity and more besides because unlike internet radio no special licenses are needed (unless playing licensed music) to create and host podcasts.
In the world of podcasting community is king. It’s your audience that decides whether you are a hit or miss. No spin doctor can complete with the mighty force of public opinion. The numbers say it all, the votes speak for themselves. In the majority of cases, without vote fixing, the number of people who download and/or vote for your podcasts is what will bring more listeners into your community.
In a world that becomes more fragmented by the day, podcasts have the power to bring together people from all walks of life and backgrounds with one common interest, to tune into the latest show of their favourite “broadcaster”
Whether that show is about the Battlestar Galactica television series or comments on the latest football game, whether that community is a group of exercise fanatics or techno geeks, if you are looking for a way to bring communities together then consider podcasts. Easy to create, simple to distribute and available to the world.
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Diane Corriette runs the blogging and podcasting membership site at http://www.blogpodcast.net
Discover how to create and setup your own blog, how to turn that blog into a membership site and how to use podcasts on your blogs