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Posted on May 2, 2011 by Duane

What part of my original documents folder looked like

Just a quick post for today.

When I began to learn about Internet Marketing, I made lots of mistakes. One of the biggest was failing to organize my computer properly.

I downloaded and saved information, ebooks, software notes, PLR material, and tons of other stuff in a haphazard manner. As the result, I had a documents folder which was almost impossible to find anything in.

Save yourself hours of time later by organizing your documents into folders from the beginning. If you already have a mess, it's never too late to begin. Just set up folders for different categories and then make sub-folders within to keep everything straight.

Let's take the major topic of Internet Marketing for example:

Set up a folder titled "Internet Marketing."
Within that folder set up others like "SEO," ""Wordpress," etc.
Break each of these into still smaller categories.

For example, within My "Wordpress," folder I have additional folders for Themes, Plugins, and instruction.

Do the same with "already set," folders (those set up by default by windows) like "Pictures," "Videos," etc.

If you already have a mess, like I did, you can sort it out by opening your documents folder twice, in two different Windows and dragging and droppin files and folders from one to the other.

Like I said, it's never too late to start organizing. You'll be grateful you did later :cool:

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Online Marketing Fundamentals

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Duane

Online Marketing – It's Marketing First of All!

The Object of any Business is to Make Money. Your Computer and the Internet are Just Tools

Just like any business, an online business requires a plan.

You wouldn't open an offline business without first planning what you were going to sell, to whom, where, etc. would you? If not, why do so many people come on the internet Continue reading →

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Starting Out as a Renegade!

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Duane

What I'm doing here is going against all the good advice I've been given by well-meaning people I've encountered since I started my study of how to make money online. Over and over, those I've been learning from have told me that the Internet Marketing niche is much too competitive and should be avoided.

So Why am I doing this?

Let me answer a question with a question. Did you remember spending days, weeks, or even months learning how to do something and suddenly, one day, just realize that you were very good at it - Better in fact than most?

That's what happened to me. You see, I've spent most of my time for over three years studying how to use the internet to make money. It's never been good enough for me to just "get by." I have always wanted to know, not just how to do something, but why it works the way it does. For that reason and others, I've learned more about what it takes to build an online business than most people know who have online businesses.

My biggest mistake is that I spent so much time learning and so little time doing anything with what I learned. Like Mike Litman says, "You don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going." While I do think a certain amount of planning and preparation are desirable, I spent far too long learning and far too little time doing. There's something to be learned from everything and, along with the "how to's," I'll stress getting into OJT as soon as is practical.