IM with Joe http://imwithjoe.com Internet marketing and self employment strategies for the everyday person. Helping average people make a living online. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:05:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ en http://imwithjoe.com http://imwithjoe.com/wp-content/mbp-favicon/joeicon.jpg IM with Joe 38.988508-95.668692http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/1891525http://www.feedburner.com Transform Your Thinking-If You Had THIS You’d Be Successful http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ImWithJoe/~3/457686365/transform-your-thinking-if-you-had-this-youd-be-successful http://imwithjoe.com/video-blogging/transform-your-thinking-if-you-had-this-youd-be-successful#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:17:25 +0000 Normal Joe http://imwithjoe.com/?p=622 *****DISCLAIMER******* I had plans to post this last Friday…but, I didn’t get around to writing the post, only did the video. So there will be some references from last week to this week, but the content is still on point and the references are relevant, they just aren’t in the future anymore!  Haha, yall know how I do! ***********DISCLAIMER*********

That ONE Piece You Are Missing That Is Keeping You From Success

I know how it is, so many times we feel like we are so close yet so far away from where we want to be.

If we only had a little more time, if we had a little more money to invest, a little more training, more books, THAT course, etc.

Look, I’m not talking to you, maybe it’s just me….but on the real…. 

THAT’S A BUNCH OF CRAP!!!!!

Look man, as entrepreneurs you can’t keep thinking that the next thing is what will be a magic key for you! If you feel like you don’t have the time, resources, or whatever…..that won’t change when you get those things!

Yeah yeah, I know…you don’t like when I get on this stuff but it’s real. Once you change your mind about your situation, that’s when things happen….instead of looking at what you don’t have, or how little you have, look at it as opportunity.

If you have 30 minutes a day to devote to your business, don’t say “maaaaaaaaaaan, I only have a half hour, I can’t get nothing done”.

Switch that crap up, make it “Yo, I got 30 minutes man…what am I going to get done with it!”  You’ll be surprised how difficult this is to do!

We’ve all been programmed to be pessimistic, especially when it comes to business and things outside of our norm.

This is something we all will fight with at various times….we say ” maaaaaan I got a lot done today, IF ONLY I COULD DO THIS ALL DAY LONG”….no, don’t even entertain that!

I know many of us want to be marketers full time, but you have to work towards it…and the best way to do that is take full advantage of what you have!

Taking It To The Next Level

Yeah, you want to get to the next level, but don’t let not being there become a crutch, hindrance, or pity party for you. Make it HAPPEN. Don’t think about the what if’s, the if I onlies, or the I only haves…they keep you in a perpetual state of complaining, stagnation, and wishful dreaming.next level

Wishes and dreams are only good if accompanied by action! Without action, it’s nothin! Persistence will pay off….but you MUST change your mind on how you think about the journey….know no limitations….use everything you can to your advantage.

15 minutes, 5 hours, 8 hours….really won’t make a difference if you don’t have the proper mindset.

5 bucks, 25 bucks, or 10 thousand won’t make a difference if you don’t transform how you think about your resources!

Staying in the state of “if” will never allow you to see what you do have! You’ll never realize what you DO know….what YOU CAN DO NOW!

Aight, see ya later….let me know what you think! You know I love to hear from ya!

Oh yeah…we still in the comp with Shanon Lilly..so get out there and send folks over!


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Some bloggers is buggin me about doing a contest, so…starting today we are having an RSS contest ( despite the fact that I removed my RSS count, this sum bee still wants to go at it) It’s Shanon lilly from infectedbybugs.com So, we need all the RSS subs possible…so we can smash him, his a cheater and he sent bugs to tell me of the challenge!

Here’s a shot of what we at right now folks, so let’s do it…tell anyone you know about the contest!

Suzanne Franco is KILLING it right now! She’s runing for blog idol 2 so get over there and check her out! She did some wonderful marketing on this one!.

And finally, we got a Normal Joe Wannabe Blogger folks. This dude bit my whole style man! Everything, tie, hat, sponsors…everything! I must say…it was FREAKIN HILARIOUS!!!! Check out my buddy Jim of the netfool’s rendetion of a normal joe blog post and video.


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Well, it’s a new week, so the review is ready for your consumption. Don’t hate, check it out and show some love to the Sly Guy from slyvisions.com


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Stephen Pierce Make Real Money On The Internet

Yep, I finally finished the book! Aren’t you proud of me! I got it done, actually I finished a couple books and am halfway through another one already! It’s on, and I’m learn a bunch of stuff.

Gaining new knowledge, or solidifying existing knowledge is a wonderful experience. And Stephen Pierce is a huge part of my current business mind, the way I think, and the goals I have! You see that book over there, it’s a link to purchase the book…let’s be real, it’s an affiliate link, surprised? Anyway, it’s only 5 bucks, shipped.

You can learn simply from this offer! He is using this book as a lead generation method. Folks who send in for the book are probably more prone to buying some of his other products in the future. Actually, I’ve purchased quite a few, and anytime I can find something with Pierce in it, I grab it…this book was no exception.

I actually got the book AFTER getting some of his other things and learning about the book, either way, it’s all good, so let’s see what it’s about!

Making Real Money On The Internet

Stephen broke the book down into 7 main steps for creating wealth online, and within each he went into a little further detail about the methods used in each step. The steps he laid out are:

  1. Developing you profit instincts
  2. You’ve got products
  3. The perfect business
  4. Income Forever
  5. There’s something about traffic
  6. Please don’t touch
  7. Cash injunction accelerator

So, these 7 steps are pretty much all you’d need to setup a stable business online. Of course these are just broad overviews of all the little steps that go into making a bussiness work, but trust me, you could make it happen with what Stephen lays out.

If you’ve been working at this for any amount of time, some of it may not be new to you, but it’s always good to cut through the crap and see a simple system laid out in front of you.

Developing your profit instincts talks about finding the right market, ways to research the market, and what to look for in a market. You’ve got products talks about some of the various ways to create products, from outsourcing, to plr, public domain, etc.

The perfect business talks about why info marketing is the best type of business to have, and lays out the various product types you can create, along with how to make it happen.  In this part, he talks about video, ebooks, audio products, home study courses, and physical books. I really liked this section.

Income forever touches on the important fact that building a list, capturing leads is the best way to ensure success. You not only make a sale on the product, but you can build a customer base of folks that will purchase your future products. This is very important and I’m glad he touched on it.


There’s something about traffic get’s into all types of traffic generating methods. Free, performance based, and paid traffic. He also touches on some specific websites and resources you can use to generate traffic, most won’t be new to most of you, but you may pick up something or finally give that one method a try.  An important point he made is that you MUST have more than one traffic source.

In Please don’t touch, Stephen talks about putting every single aspect of your business on autopilot, and gives examples of why this is important. I really liked this, especially when he talked about automating the creation and shipping of physical products. I’m very interested in doing something like that.

The Cash injection accelerator is all about capitalizing on the buyer momentum! Making multiple offers to a customer while they are buying, and making sure the offers are relevant and really provide additional value. I learned a lot in this section and have a new found respect for the art of upselling, cross selling, downselling, and etc, when done the RIGHT WAY.

After that, you get some more info about Stephen and some of his resources. The book is an easy read, it’s entertaining, and you will come away with that sense that you really CAN make this happen. I liked it man, wasn’t a bunch of crap in there at all! Check out it man. Go get the book.

Right now he’s going across the nation talking to some internet gurus, about how to make some money in this economy. Go check that out as well! AFTER you go grab the book!!


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