Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - Volume 2 Issue 19
Colin Evans, Editor (mailto:
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In this issue
- From the Editor
- Featured Success Article - Keeping a Journal - One of the Three Treasures to Leave Behind - By Jim Rohn
- Featured Online Marketing Article - Cool New 'Idea' Engine On The Block - By Jim Edwards
- Motivational Quotes
- Take A Break - Cooperation...
- Tell Me what You Think
From the Editor - Colin Evans
Hi Everyone 
Welcome to this edition of Cols-A-To-Z.
Last week I mentioned my new website ( www.Money-Doublers.com ).
This is the first website I've ever put together that received
traffic from the word go, without much effort on my part to
promote it.
This goes to show how successful a popular niche topic can be,
but this is not what I want to discuss.
When I first put the website together, my intention was to
recruit people into all the money doublers that I belonged to.
A few bad experiences later, and now I want to tell people the
truth.
The interesting thing is I was never really comfortable
promoting all of these money-doublers, something in the back of
my mind (a gut reaction) said something was not right.
Please don't get me wrong, not all money doublers are bad, some
are run by honest and ethical people and a few might succeed,
most won't.
Many money doublers won't succeed because they are run with the
sole intention of making the owners money...
I feel it is my duty to warn people and help them figure out
which money doublers are worth "investing in."
Here's the kicker...
Since I changed the focus of my website and decided to tell the
truth, the number of people subscribing to the email information
series has increased dramatically!
I guess it's true then - At a subconscious level other people can
sense your real motive and intent.
Until the next time...
Featured Success Article - Keeping a Journal - One of the Three Treasures to Leave Behind - By Jim Rohn
(excerpted from the "How to Use a Journal" audio series by Jim
Rohn)
If you're serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful,
sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and unique
individual, keep a journal. Don't trust your memory. When you
listen to something valuable, write it down. When you come across
something important, write it down.
I used to take notes on pieces of paper and torn-off corners and
backs of old envelopes. I wrote ideas on restaurant placemats. On
long sheets, narrow sheets and little sheets and pieces of paper
thrown in a drawer. Then I found out that the best way to
organize those ideas is to keep a journal. I've been keeping
these journals since the age of twenty-five. The discipline makes
up a valuable part of my learning, and the journals are a
valuable part of my library.
I am a buyer of blank books. Kids find it interesting that I
would buy a blank book. They say, "Twenty-six dollars for a blank
book! Why would you pay that?" The reason I pay twenty-six
dollars is to challenge myself to find something worth twenty-six
dollars to put in there. All my journals are private, but if you
ever got a hold of one of them, you wouldn't have to look very
far to discover it is worth more than twenty-six dollars.
I must admit, if you got a glimpse of my journals, you'd have to
say that I am a serious student. I'm not just committed to my
craft, I'm committed to life, committed to learning new concepts
and skills. I want to see what I can do with seed, soil, sunshine
and rain to turn them into the building blocks of a productive
life.
Keeping a journal is so important. I call it one of the three
treasures to leave behind for the next generation. In fact,
future generations will find these three treasures far more
valuable than your furniture.
The first treasure is your pictures. Take a lot of pictures.
Don't be lazy in capturing the event. How long does it take
to capture the event? A fraction of a second. How long does
it take to miss the event? A fraction of a second. So don't
miss the pictures. When you're gone, they'll keep the memories
alive.
The second treasure is your library. This is the library that
taught you, that instructed you, that helped you defend your
ideals. It helped you develop a philosophy. It helped you
become wealthy, powerful, healthy, sophisticated, and unique.
It may have helped you conquer some disease. It may have helped
you conquer poverty. It may have caused you to walk away from
the ghetto. Your library, the books that instructed you, fed
your mind and fed your soul, is one of the greatest gifts you
can leave behind.
The third treasure is your journals: the ideas that you picked
up, the information that you meticulously gathered. But of the
three, journal writing is one of the greatest indications that
you're a serious student. Taking pictures, that is pretty easy.
Buying a book at a book store, that's pretty easy. It is a little
more challenging to be a student of your own life, your own
future, your own destiny. Take the time to keep notes and to keep
a journal. You'll be so glad you did. What a treasure to leave
behind when you go. What a treasure to enjoy today!
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
This article was submitted by Jim Rohn, America's Foremost Business Philosopher. To subscribe to the Free Jim Rohn Weekly E-zine go to
http://www.jimrohn.com
Copyright © 2000-2004 Jim Rohn International. All rights reserved worldwide.
Featured Online Marketing Article - Cool New 'Idea' Engine On The Block - By Jim Edwards
If you log on to PayPerClickSearchEngines.com you'll find they
list over 600 different pay-per-click search engines operating
online.
In fact, some online sources report that over 1,000 "search
engines" of various size and popularity operate in the U.S.
alone.
With so much competition among sites to capture the search
traffic that Google.com and Yahoo.com seem to dominate like 800
lb. Gorillas, why would one new search engine rate even a second
glance?
The answer: Amazon, the Web's mega bookstore, launched a new
search engine with a very user-friendly interface and some of the
fastest, most relevant searches online... along with a **twist**
that will help EVERY person who wants to sell ebooks for profit,
publish articles to get traffic, or create special reports that
go viral.
Here's the story...
Amazon recently launched www.A9.com -- a search engine that
creates more of a "portal" experience than the traditional search
engine where you input your search terms, click a button, and
pray something relevant to your search appears in the results.
When you first log on to A9.com, it looks like a traditional
search engine, but once you start searching, you'll find an
organized and extremely helpful set of search tools right at your
fingertips.
A9.com organizes its search criteria by category on the right
side of the page.
Input a search term such as "mortgage loan" or "George
Washington" and you'll start to see why I like this search engine
so much.
When you first input your search term, the website displays the
"web" search results to show you various websites A9.com deems
relevant to your search.
Click the "books" button on the right and get a list of the most
relevant books available on Amazon.com.
Follow virtually any of those book links to the Amazon website
and you can literally browse through the table of contents, first
chapter, and even the index of most books.
Click on the "Movies" button and get a list of any relevant
movies with your search terms included.
One of the helpful things you'll notice as you start searching
different types of media is that you can show or hide various
search results on the same page.
So if you only want to search books and movies, you can hide the
Web and reference results.
Depending on the type of information you need to research,
you can also use the "Reference" results to get dictionary,
encyclopedia, and history information on the search terms you
entered.
Needless to say, when I did a search for "George Washington,"
this reference section overflowed with relevant links and
information.
However, I was surprised at just how much reference material was
available for search terms like "mortgage," including information
from Investopedia.com on alternative search terms to help me
narrow my search for more relevant information.
Probably the biggest reason I like A9.com so much is that it
helps to wade through the ever rising tide of information that
threatens to drown us all online.
Depending on what you need to find, you can quickly get
suggestions, reference material, physical books, and even
information on available film and video without leaving the
A9.com website.
Now, here's specifically how A9.com can help anyone who wants to
publish their own ebooks, articles, or special reports.
#1 - Insert your main search term at A9.com and look at 2 things:
total web results (higher number the better) and the books and
movies tabs.
If you see a lot of web results and tons of books and movies on
the subject, you have a VERY good (and fast) indication that the
topic you're considering is "hot" enough to warrant more
investigation for creating your own ebook, special report, or
other info-product.
#2 - Follow the look links to specific listings on Amazon.
Some of those books will allow you to go through the table of
contents, first chapter, and index right there on your screen.
Use this opportunity to:
A. Make notes on the most important points on your topic (from
the table of contents) and expand your list of potential points
to cover.
B. Get a feel for the general topic and the typical way authors
are currently approaching it (first chapter).
** By the way, the table of contents and / or first chapter will
usually give you at least one great idea for an article you could
create (or pay someone to create) and use to generate traffic to
your website.
C. Look for additional keywords you could use for your pay-per-
click campaigns as well as your headlines, bullets, and other
classified ads (in the index).
#3 - Use the "Reference" tab on A9.com to access the dictionary,
thesaurus, and other tools to find MORE keywords you can use to
advertise on pay-per-click search engines... specific "niche"
keywords many of your competitors probably aren't using.
Though nothing on A9.com is actually new, it does present a much
faster and easier way to search the web, compare reults, gather
marketing intelligence, and wade through available data to help
you with your own ebooks, special reports, article writing, and
other marketing activities.
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Motivational Quotes
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so
regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that
has opened for us.
- Alexander Graham Bell
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in
not giving up.
- Tommy Lasorda
Take A Break - Cooperation...
At one point during a game, the coach said to one of his young
players, "Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?"
The little boy nodded in the affirmative.
"Do you understand that what matters is whether we win together
as a team?"
The little boy nodded yes.
"So," the coach continued, "when a strike is called, or you're
out at first, you don't argue or curse or attack the umpire. Do
you understand all that?"
Again the little boy nodded.
"Good," said the coach, "now go over there and explain it to your
mother."
Tell Me What You Think
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