I’ve been using Skype more and more, but as I do, some people just don’t get it. New technology means NEW ways of working. Not OLD wine in new bottles as one of my Ph.D. professors used to keep saying when academic research was just a re-hash of what we already knew…

Skype is powerful technology – but it can also KILL your productivity if you let it. BECAUSE it has IM chat capabilities, some people think they can just send me chat messages and EXPECT A RESPONSE….

Y’see that’s the same as taking all your phone or mobile calls directly – you end up being a receptionist.

Time value… I’ve discussed this so many times before, but it bears repeating…

What do you value your time at?

At the upcoming Exponential Extravaganza event, I’m going to go into this into more detail, but essentially it’s summarised that if you want to make $100,000/year, every hour you need to create $100 of value per hour. If you want to make $250,000/year, you need to create $250 of value per hour…

So how can you do that if you answer IM or TXT messages in real time?

Something to think about… Something someone with an Exponential Mindset™ considers VERY seriously…

INTERNET MARKETERS: If you’re FRUSTRATED spending rather than making money on the Internet, you’re not alone. The fact is only 5% of people on the Internet make money, in fact they make more than the other 95% combined. The top 5% have figured out how to do it with strategies that you can use, right now.

The Internet is the easiest thing that’s hard to do – Unless you know WHAT and HOW to do what works! Come learn the time-tested, proven techniques, tips, tactics, skills and strategies the top 5% use that you can customise and optimise on your website IMMEDIATELY. Be forewarned – these are NOT get rich quick in your underpants tactics – they work for plumbers, retailers and dentists.

You should attend the Exponential Extravaganza also IF…

• If you’re in a job you don’t really like, you’ll be shown easy-to-use strategies to determine whether or not you should quit your job and/or change your career.
• If you kind of like your job, but think you should get paid more, I will reveal 3 strategies you can use to get that raise or promotion you want.
• If you’re stressed out at work, I’ll show you 2 reasons why that happens with antidotes that you can take to relieve stress the next time it pops up!
• If you’re struggling financially, at the Exponential Extravaganza, I am going to reveal, for the first time in a FREE event (I share this with my top Platinum Members) how to start a business with no money down AND an $100,000 investment portfolio with less than $5,000.

The strategies to be revealed are NOT get rich quick schemes (MLM). They are based on what the super rich are doing right now to build and protect their wealth.

With all that said and done – go ahead and book into the Exponential Extravaganza. Bring your wife, husband, boyfriend or girlfriend with you. If you have ADULT children, bring them along as well as long as they’re adults – sorry, this event is not appropriate for children. If you have friendly colleagues you get along with, suggest they attend as well.

I hope you’ll attend this one-off event. It would be a real shame for you to miss out, after all it’s the ONLY time I am doing this for FREE.

Brisbane Saturday 5 June

Melbourne Saturday 19 June

Sydney Saturday 26 June

Small Sounds, Big Deals: How Do Number Sounds Influence Consumers? This article was so interesting I just had to share it with you. Instead of interpreting it for you, go to the original article by clicking the hyperlink – it’s brief and exceptionally well written! You’re welcome. It’s who I am and what I do… Find stuff that you otherwise wouldn’t find yourself!

This blog’s main focus is Internet Mastery - anything that has to do with the Internet for business purposes. Today’s YouTube video is another example of the strides we’re making with Virtuality – doing things that were once impossible. Watch the video and I’ll get to why this is important for you and your business.

The reason this is important to you and your business is… Read More »»

We all know that saying thank you improves customer service… However doing it online sometimes is a little more difficult to do. Recently, Apple ‘thanked me for filling a customer service survey’…

I thought it was such a great way of saying thank you that I wanted to share it with you – to say thank you for reading this blog!

Thank You

This is one of my favourite types of strategies – the LITTLE THINGS that make a BIG DIFFERENCE. I am going to incorporate this with all my product thank you pages – if that increases customer service and repeat business by just 1 percent, it means thousands of dollars, but MORE IMPORTANTLY it means happier clients.

That is one of the fundamental principles of Exponential Marketing - ADDING VALUE every step of the way – EVEN after the transaction is complete.

After all a satisfied client can give you a referral and come back to buy something else…

Many new clients we deal with realise that a lot of what we do is NOT DOCUMENTED anywhere – they have to do it because they have to TRUST this stuff works. THEN once they do it, they need to TEST and track using what I call Management By Metrics. That being said, it takes an open mind and a low uncertainty avoidance predisposition to even CONSIDER it. Its been well documented in the Entrepreneurial literature that success is directly proportional to the level of Uncertainty you are able to embrace.

Think about that.

This is especially true BECAUSE…

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Today’s post has two purposes. First is to let you know that Google has a new browser called Google Chrome and secondly that if you want to communicate effectively using YouTube videos, check this series that will leave you mesmerised. YouTube is without a doubt revolutionising Internet Marketing, but it’s still up to human beings to be creative and imaginative.

http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/features_mac.html

As you know by now, my short blog posts are rare. This is one of them. This YouTube video is a must watch for anyone involved in Internet Marketing. It is absolutely priceless. I know you’ll want to watch it more than once and forward this blog link to colleagues and friends.

The Social Media Revolution Is Here

I just wanted to let you know that the last Wealth Creation Workshop in advance of the 2009 Exponential Business Building Bootcamp takes place next Thursday night 9 July from 6:00-9:00 PM in Sydney. Click here or on the hyperlinks to register. This is the last chance to attend this 3-hour workshop this year. It’s FREE and has been the source of substantial breakthroughs for attendees… Why not join them now while it’s FREE?

The reason this is important to you as an Internet Marketer is because the 95% of people who don’t make any money on the Internet don’t understand that they need an economic engine – A BUSINESS MODEL that makes money.

They think that the Internet is a money-making machine when it’s not. Not anymore than the phone or fax was. In as much as the Internet is GREAT technology – that’s all it is.

THE BUSINESS MODEL is where the money’s at – for the top 5% who make MORE than the other 95% COMBINED.

The Internet is said to be the easiest thing that’s hard to do – that’s because people just don’t have an Exponential Wealth Creation Mindset – attend this 3-hour Wealth Creation Workshop to understand what this is all about. It’s the last time I do this Workshop for FREE.

I’ve published posts about this Exponential Technology before, when I first saw it used for President Obama’s inauguration, but recently, Ray Keefe of Successful Endeavours sent me another twist on this concept that will have you both excited and worried about what Big Brother is up to.

Incredible High Resolution Photo Imaging Technology

Once you’ve looked at the two previous blog posts, take a look at this GIGAPAN Perspective of President Obama’s Inauguration.

Now, zoom in on the crowd at a baseball match… and now check out the crowd on the beach.

Scary and exciting isn’t it?

Arent’ you glad you’re a subscriber to this blog? Let your friends know about it and send them the link to this blog post!

Recently, I needed to get in touch with someone who decided to change his e-mail because of a deluge of spam. First, he never told me he changed it and second – he changed it and literally increased the chances he would LOSE hundreds or even thousands of prospects INSTANTLY.

How To Lose Hundreds Of Prospects INSTANTLY

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In my previous post “5 Ways To Increase Your Internet Sales” I started a list that I thought might be worth continuing… That is if you’re still committed to the 1 Percent Improvement Doctrine which is all about doing the LITTLE THINGS that make a BIG DIFFERENCE.

1. Figure out Twitter – and start testing one useful Twitter a day
2. Put up a new blog post – and make sure you use a service like Pingomatic.com to get your blog out to the proper places – I explained this to our Platinum Members recently at Internet Technical Mastery. It’s easy to do within WordPress…
3. Surprise one of your customers today and do an endorsement of them to your entire database.
4. Send out a press release or announcement to your local papers about a newsworthy tidbit you can share
5. Share some good news with those on your database (they are sick and tired of bad news … it’s everywhere!)

If you have other ideas, please add them as a comment right here and make sure you include your URL so that a backlink is created back to your website or blog. The BETTER the suggestions, the MORE people will click through to your site…!

But then again you knew that – if not, you’re a prime candidate for our Internet Mastery Silver Membership!

You already know about my 1 Percent Improvement Doctrine, but the question is what can you do TODAY to IMPROVE by 1%? If you could do just one of the following things each day, imagine what would happen to your results?

1. Write a new short blog post about something you saw through Google Alerts
2. Post a useful comment on a forum or blog that your perfect customers commonly frequent
3. Send a Top 10 list or helpful article to your clients and prospects
4. Distribute just one article to the e-zine banks and directories for them to post (for free) all over the Internet for you
5. Get a Flip cam and create a short 60-second video with a tip your clients and prospects would find useful (making sure your website is mentioned in the video) – and post it on YouTube

I’ve said it before – this is NOT rocket science. It’s the methodical, disciplined people who constantly and CONSISTENTLY out-perform their peers – leveraging the 1 percent improvement doctrine through the SHEER TENACITY of compounding.

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Every once in a while a really cool idea crosses my desk that I just have to share with you. In this case it comes from none other than Australia Post. I have not yet used this service, but I thought you might need it before I do. I am streamlining ALL my operations and have this service slated for a Sept-Oct review.

If you do use it, please let me know how it goes.

I got this request from a Linked In connection and wanted to share it with you to show you how NOT to do this, if you want a response…

Linked In Request to Meet

This is a very nice ‘traditional’ invitation, but it’s all about her – nothing about what she brings to the table. Unless she can answer two questions, there’s no meeting that will take place.

What’s in it for me and what’s in it for my clients/contacts?

If…

• She lived in a 100% green house that actually put electricity back into the power grid and wanted to share that with us – “I’m there”. I’d love to learn more strategies to be environmentally conscious.
• She was a former Olympic Athlete who is still competing, I would be interested to learn tips and tricks to extend my athletic career and improve performance.
• She has a blog or website that is making money in a specific niche, I’m interested to sit down, have a chat and learn what she’s tested that has worked and not worked.

I have no idea if she is any of these things, but I’m not going to meet with her just because she’s in Sydney – it doesn’t work that way – not in my world.

Your time is valuable – if you give it away to anyone who asks for it, no wonder you’re stressed out and overwhelmed…

Without getting on my soap box about value of time, this is about how NOT to ask for an invitation to meet on Linked In, if you want to meet people who are WORTH MEETING.

Anyone who answers this request is doing it for social reasons – not business, to think otherwise is fooling yourself. It’s no different than all those ‘meet and greet’ cocktails, breakfasts and lunches – the TIME spent going, attending and returning rarely, if ever, justifies it – UNLESS the presentation on its own is that good.

Interesting, but those networking ideas are for another day. This request came to me and before I deleted it, I thought I should share it with you.

In our Silver Membership Program, we teach you how to get MILLIONS of CONNECTIONS on Linked In, in a 5-part article series, we teach you how to optimise this amazing tool and how to leverage it properly. This is what NOT TO DO.

To learn what to do, you’ll need to become a Silver Momentum Member – at a ground-breaking $97/month it’s a steal that pays for itself within minutes.

Otherwise you’ll keep making the same mistake this person made – fly halfway around the world and NOT meet the best people that are there potentially able to meet with her.

Isn’t is worth $97/month to learn to stop making marketing mistakes like this?

As you know from yesterday’s post, I am in Melbourne at Internet Technical Mastery - A Platinum Program event that is not open to the public… It’s where I reveal the most powerful Internet tips, tricks and techniques like the one I will partially share with you right now.

It’s called www.UserTesting.com you can scroll down to read my testimonial. It’s REAL people giving you REAL feedback on your site or blog.

But here’s the thing…

What feedback do you take and which one do you leave behind?

I’ve done about 10 of them so far – and about 25% of the suggestions would KILL my sales if I did what the reviewer was telling me to change. OWCH!

So how do you decipher what to take and what to leave?

That’s where I come in. At events like Internet Technical Mastery and our upcoming Exponential Internet and Business Building Bootcamp, I explain EXACTLY how to leverage a tool like this so it helps you get that breakthrough you need to be the ONE out of TWENTY who makes money on the Internet…

www.UserTesting.com is a fantastic service YOU MUST USE.

It’s just that if you want to be exponential, you need to know what to change and what NOT TO TOUCH!

Otherwise, every time you have someone new testing it, you’ll keep changing it back and forth, spinning your wheels and not getting anywhere.

www.UserTesting.com is a powerful tool – just like a chainsaw. You need to know HOW to use it to get the outcome you want.

I recommend it to all my clients as an absolute MUST, no two ways about it.

You simply cannot afford not to do it.

BUT, as I said you have to be careful not to UNDO what’s working and there are simple ways to make sure that doesn’t happen and how that can be safely and methodically tested. Come to our Bootcamp or join one of our Membership Programs and I’ll make sure you avoid the mistakes most people make and do what the top 5% Internet Marketers are doing to make more than the other 95% combined.

This blog gives great value for FREE – imagine what I can teach you when you pay for the privilege of being in the room?!?! That is what successful know – the investment pays for itself 10 times over.

To put things in perspective – I took 3 ideas from ONE User Testing Review that increased my conversions by 12% that equates to more than $10,000 of ADDITIONAL NEW SALES of ONE product.

With another site, I incorporated 7 subtle changes that have already increased back-end sales by 8.5% and reduced unsubscribes by 13.4% in the first week of testing.

The challenge you have (we all have) is once again what to change and not change and WHY!

Understanding the WHY means that you can do 10, 20 or even 30 User Testing Reviews and know what to ignore and what to focus on.

How would you like to know the drop-dead-easy strategy I use to get EXPONENTIAL RESULTS INSTANTLY that most people would not think of?

Ask me at the next event and I’ll tell you! This ONE tactic means I get 200, 300% or even 500% more out of EACH User Testing Review than what others are doing!

Yeah I know – that’s a tease – a tease to get you to come to my Bootcamp where for 36 hours you’ll be flooded with tips like this… Want to focus ONLY on the Internet, attend the one-day Internet Millionaire Marketing Event.

Today’s exercise is the comparison of two YouTube videos. I’ll ask you to watch BOTH before you click on the Read More button that reveals WHAT the exponential difference is. This will take you 15 minutes, but it’s going to be well worth it. It’s an exercise that (1) You want to do in its entirety. If you cheat, the LESSON WILL BE LOST. (2) You want to set aside UNINTERRUPTED TIME to do this.

Here is the first video. Watch it from start to finish.

Here is the second video, watch it from start to finish.

Now, ONLY CLICK if you’ve watched BOTH versions. Read More »»

As an Exponential Growth Strategist, I come across people who need help. In some cases a LOT of help, but the #1 problem most people have who are NOT getting results on the Internet make this #1 mistake. It’s disarmingly simple, yet they ignore this #1 mistake to their own detriment.

This #1 Website Mistake kills more profits than anything else.

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If you’re thinking about getting TRULY Exponential about your business model, you need to take a serious look at Skype. I struggled with it a few years ago when the sound quality was dodgy at best, but now with high-speed broadband and wireless, it’s a must-have tool for every serious business person online and offline.

I closed my physical office last December as part of the transformation of my business from an effort-based model to a value-based model. I have contractors working remotely from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as though we were all in one place.

Skype allows us to do this effortlessly and the best part: IT’S FREE.

Say it with me… Ka-Ching!

If you want to scale your business, you need to use the latest and greatest tools. Skype is one of them.

Upgrade your skills and step into the ‘new’ dimension of the Virtual Corporation that can be scaled and leveraged – exponentially.

As publisher of this Internet Mastery Blog, I am constantly looking out for  ideas, concepts, tools and strategies to inspire, motivate and educate you to leverage the Internet more effectively. I’ve blogged about this Exponential Technology before, but THIS version of the technology is a standalone site that if you didn’t go to the original CNN site during the inauguration, this is worth looking at.

interactive Panoramic View Of Barack Obama’s Inauguration

Click here to view the panoramic view of the event and zoom in on any SINGLE SPECTATOR in the crowd!

The reason I published this blog post is to instil in you BOUNDLESS OPPORTUNITY THINKING – just when you think you;ve seen it all, the constraints are removed by someone with an Exponential Mindset.

You don’t have to USE this technology, just allow your mind to be aware of the possibilities that exist and your circle of influence will expand, effortlessly and magically…