Welcome to the StartBusinessMentor training blog.

Yes, you can learn how to be making money on the web, to be your own boss and to 'work' out of your home, in your own time, as and when you want too. If you reached here while actively searching for a specific and proven plan to gain financial and personal freedom, you've reached the site that has helped hundreds to do just that and, mainly, to do it part-time alongside their jobs and other commitments.

I'm privileged to be part of your journey. There are three vital principles you must grasp to regularly be making money on the web. I call them the Three Pillars and I suggest you begin by investigating the menu items above to gain an understanding of them (look for the three pillars graphics), then continue by exploring the other areas that are of most interest to you. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me via the support form you will find under 'About / Contact' Enjoy your journey! The rewards for your efforts will be worth it.

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Allan James – the StartBusinessMentor

P.S. You will find the latest blog post just below this one on the home page. .

 

Making money on the web. Confusion Reigns – and Poverty Rules.

I wonder if you're like I was in my early days online as I struggled to start making money on the web? Excited about the possibilities, willing to do what's needed to be done, but quickly overcome by confusion and information overload. So much information! But so much of it in conflict with that other information you got from this or that 'Guru'. Confusion, time lost, money wasted, when you should be regularly making money on the web. If you've been online for anything more than a month you know that feeling don't you? 18 months!  It was 18 months before I realized some fundamental truths exist that lead to anyone making money online. Let me share them with you.

There are no secrets! The obvious has always worked, and they are:

  • The customer is king. If no-one buys you go broke.
  • If no-one looks at your offers, no-one buys
  • Find a hungry crowd! And get in front of them. Lots of them
  • The ONLY thing that matters on the net is Traffic. A flood of willing buyers viewing your offers. Everything else is secondary.

Start with free methods that have worked for years, start making money on the web from them, then reinvest some of that money back into paid methods to further speed up your progress. It's not brain surgery but so many people are missing this foundation fact and struggling to make any progress online that I've just updated and expanded my very well received 'Your Free Traffic Magnets' guide.

Download the guide HERE, put it into action, stay focused and you will be amazed how quickly you can be making money on the web.

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Free Website Traffic – 8 Easy methods to bring a flood of targeted free visitors to your offers.

free website traffic Free Website Traffic – 8 Easy methods to bring a flood of targeted free visitors to your offers.In this post you will be introduced to 8 free website traffic methods that will turn the dribble of visitors arriving at your website and / or viewing your offers and capture pages into a raging torrent. They are the methods I have used, and still use today, to get over 3000 targeted, money in hand, clients and buyers monthly to snap up my offers.

You will often hear it said that more free website traffic equals more cash in hand for you, and assuming you have a good sales funnel in place (for example the 12SC Online Tools and Residual Income Opportunity) this is clearly true.

BUT! and it’s a very big but, many people don’t take the time to learn and put into practice the easy, yet necessary, skills they must have to create a ongoing flow of targeted prospects.

And the result is?

Low results, lots of frustration and low profits, all because they didn’t make the small investments needed to get explosive results from free traffic sources and methods – the courses that will turn it around for them.

Most of us start in the same place when we first arrive on the internet, we’re here to make money but we have only have a tiny budget to invest in our business and, even though we know it will be slower, we turn to free website traffic methods to begin bringing some cash in.

And that’s OK, free website traffic will do that up to a point, BUT you can dramatically improve your results if you do several simple things:

1) Take the time to gain knowledge of how to become an expert! on the basics that work. There are a a small number of superb, and inexpensive, training courses you need to take advantage of to ramp up your results. Keep well in mind that a dollar invested in great training today will pay off BIG tomorrow and all the days that follow.

2) Focus on only one or two strategies at a time – until you have developed all the skills and you’re experiencing superb results. Only then should you progress on to the next skillset you need.

YourFreeTrafficMagnets Free Website Traffic – 8 Easy methods to bring a flood of targeted free visitors to your offers.My well received ‘Your Free Traffic Magnets’ guide will put in your hands all information you have to have to experience dramatic growth through free website traffic methods. You can download it by clicking on the blue link just above.

Follow it’s guidance for a month, then how about popping back here and to leaving a comment to let everyone know the successes you’ve had through the flood of free website traffic you’ve achieved.

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The PROCESS of making money online.

The biggest myth about making money online is that it is hard to get started.

It really is not, once you understand the process.

Let me introduce you to Chris Farrell.

I first came across Chris Farrell after about a year online without making much progress when an email arrived promoting his training program and I downloaded his free eBook "Create your first website by 3:45 this afternoon". I was a complete newbie when it came to building a website and was very interested in learning how to do it.  Chris has the nack of being able to to turn the complicated into easy and I quickly built my first website.

I was convinced that he had much to offer and immediately joined his membership site and it was there I learned the process of internet marketing. The process that's lead to my 'retiring' to the comfort of working out of my home and making substantial money online.

As an example of the value his students find in his teaching he's recently been voted by users as the No.1 Internet Marketing Service Online at IM Report Card

If you want to learn everything about internet marketing, most importantly to learn the process of internet marketing, I highly recommend his training.

The video below will introduce you to what he has to offer.

 

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Your Promo Emails: One Of The Most Useful Skills On The Internet?

emailmarketingicon Your Promo Emails: One Of The Most Useful Skills On The Internet?I'm sure you've heard stories about how a few marketers seem to have the ability to make a killing every time they send to their email list. It appears as if these people have an almost magical capability to make money anytime they want to, doesn't it?

Well the simple truth is… it's not magic, and here's precisely why. There's actually a well proven structure associated with each and every one of these money-sucking email messages…….

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Are You Getting The Maximum Benefits From Your Articles?

article marketing Are You Getting The Maximum Benefits From Your Articles?As an content author myself I want you to succeed. In fact, I want you to do more than just succeed, I want you to excel.

Unfortunately, I see a lot of people who publish articles failing to maximize the potential of those articles; and in talking with many of you I’ve discovered that a lot of the reason for that is simply a lack of good information on how to do it with the least amount of effort, and to get the most rewards.

So, I wanted to give you a no-fluff, bare-bones list of simple and quick things which you can do that can quickly take your article marketing efforts up to new levels.

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Getting the best out of email marketing

email 150x150 Getting the best out of email marketingDo you know that Email Marketing is one of the best ways to make money online and is the most important long term asset you could ever develop in your affiliate business?

You may have heard the often quoted saying 'The money is in the List' and while that simplifies things a bit it is very true. More accurately the saying should be 'The money is in the relationship you build with your List'

Below I have three URLs, which are for my free gift to you. It's a video coaching series from one of my Australian colleges, an expert on email marketing, and he does an excellent job of teaching how to get people on to your List, how to develop a great relationship with them, and how to make money from your List over and over again.
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7 Top Rated Safelists: Use For The Best Results.

marketing with safelists 7 Top Rated Safelists: Use For The Best Results.
Do you get great results from the Safelists you use or, like a few of my new students, have you been disappointed about the mediocre results you get?

If you've been less than happy about your safelists, or you want to move up to the expert level at using safelists, pay attention because I'm going to put you on the path to exceptional results.

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What's your dream? Is it travel to exotic places?

Or is is something else? Can I ask you to take a moment and think about it….. What's your dream? Your emotional dream? What brings a lump to your throat, maybe tears to your eyes?
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The Seeds Of Success

seedsofsuccess The Seeds Of SuccessA question I hear a lot is "Allan, how do I tell who I should be working with in my team?" or the related question "How do I tell who's serious about their business?"

With the size of my affiliate team here in 12SC and in my other businesses I'm probably in a great position to be able to help you with those questions so that you don't have to worry and guess, and so that you won't be wasting energy 'flogging a dead horse' or annoying your affiliates who may, for many reasons, not be pushing their business hard at any particular time.

So what are the 'Seeds Of Success', those little pointers that tell you who's serious, and who has enough desire and self discipline to make serious money (for them, and to a smaller extent, for you) from 12SC (or any other multi-tier affiliate program).

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How to Get Free Traffic From YouTube [Video Seminar]

youtube logo How to Get Free Traffic From YouTube [Video Seminar]Let me ask you a question or two,…..

Are you getting a ton of free traffic and making money using the power of video yet?

Do you understand why video is so powerful in getting a ton of free traffic to visit your sites then pull out their credit cards and buy from you?

You know that people are making huge sales through having their videos rank high on Google, but are yours?

In a very recent survey, respondents admitted spending an average of 65% of their Internet-Surfing time watching online video (whereas Social Networking Sites account for only 22%). And with over 3 billion views each day, Youtube (owned by Google! of course) is the KING of video platforms.

Unfortunately, for many technical hurdles and learning curves have hindered most people from venturing into video marketing…until now that is!

Lewis Howes & James Wedmore have put together a very special training seminar revealing exactly how you can get massive results with Youtube & Video and without spending a lot of time or money on your video marketing efforts.

In fact, James reveals in this video that some of his highest conversions & most qualified prospects come straight from Youtube! How does 20% conversions sound? Yes, 20%!

You will discover how to use simple little videos to funnel your share of traffic from Youtube’s 3-Billion Daily views

You’re not going to want to miss a minute of this eye-opening, game-changing video!

Watch your video HERE!


P.S. You already know that VIDEO is not just some fad and it is crucial to your online success. Whether fear has kept you from getting your hands dirty, or you’ve seen little results with past video marketing efforts, this video will put all of that to rest! It’s time for YOU to cash in on video!

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Become A Super Affiliate Marketer

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About 97% of marketers will answer that with a "No".

Most people want to stay at home on a full-time basis and make a solid income,but they are unsure how.

One of the easiest and quickest ways to make money on the Internet is by promoting affiliate products.

 

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Can $5 really set you free? (see the video)

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Well here's something I've been enjoying for quite a while and I'm very happy to share with you.

I won't try to explain it to you because the video does a far better job than I could ever do.

Watch the video and see how $5 can set you free. 

Only $5??  Sure, it sounds ridiculous but the video will explain.

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Forum Marketing: There is a right way to do it.

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I have a few hints to help you get the best out of Internet Forum Marketing. Until I started to do PPC, marketing forums were my highest converting method!

One aspect of Internet marketing that I suspect most newbie marketers tend to neglect is the importance of participating in forum marketing using forums that most relate to whatever niche they are working in.

The internet forum marketing hints below will help you be to get the most out of your efforts.

Why is forum marketing so important?

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