Journey To Online Success Weekly Bits Newsletter (WBN)

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Hot Resources

Get Tons of FREE eBooks, Scripts and More Here

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I Want a FREE Traffic Membership…

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Get a FREE Blog?

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Giveaway Benefits for Members

Giveaway events are wonderful places to
access free information and resources for
online business owners.

If you’ve spent anytime online you may
already be familiar with these events.

A giveaway is an event that generally has
a theme, is located at one website, and has
a start and end time for the event.

Individuals and businesses contribute free
gifts within the theme category, such as
Internet Marketing or Self Improvement, and
all the gifts then become available to those
who sign up as members to that event.

There are three things needed to get access to
a giveaway event. The first is an invitation
to the event through a special link. After
accessing the invitation, the second thing
that needs to happen is to register as a
member. The third part is that registration
must happen before the closing date and time
of the event.

It’s free to register as a member and once
inside you have access to all the gifts
available for that event.

There is usually an option to upgrade as a
member for a small fee. This will allow
the member to be able to download the
gifts directly without having to opt-in
through the contributor’s page.

Although the upgrade option can save you
some time, it is not necessary to be able
to access the free gifts.

Inside the event you can browse through
the selections and determine which ones
you want to access. And if you want to
download every item available you can do
that as well.

Giveaways really are goldmine opportunities
and I recommend taking advantage of these
events as often as you can. They are a great place
to find various kinds of resources such as eBooks,
software, memberships, scripts, etc., and the best
part is these resources are totally free to members!

If you’d like to take advantage of an opportunity
now and register as a member and take part in an
Internet Marketing giveaway…

the Labor Day Joint Venture Giveaway is now
open and your special invitation is below…

==>   Your Special Invite to Giveaway

Register now before the event ends and enjoy
all the free gifts!

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Focus & Momentum

“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
-Pablo Picasso

Take action today and move your business forward!

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To Your Business Success,
Donna

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Hot Resources

Free Report on Driving Targeted Traffic To Your Site…

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Free Affiliate Start Up System Videos…

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Will Your Dreams Come True?

If you have your own business you’ve probably
thought about the following question…

Why do you want an online business?

Of course many of us want to make extra
income, but what about the other benefits
of being able to:
- Work from home
- Spend more time with family
- Travel
- Give more to charity
- Buy a new car or home

These are dreams aren’t they?

…to have more time and money to be able to
do more and spend more time on what’s really
important and valuable to us.

To achieve our dreams it’s important to know
what our dreams are.

And for me, I’ve found it also helps to write
things like this down or type it into a file
that can be printed out and posted on a wall.

Having this information available on a daily
basis helps me stay more focused on what it is
I want to accomplish.

I think the key though to achieving dreams is
to know what it is you want as an end result.

Dr. Joyce Brothers says it best:

“Before your dreams can come true,
you have to have those dreams.”

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Focus & Momentum

“Success is getting what you want;
happiness is wanting what you get.”
-Dale Carnegie

You can do it!

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To Making Your Dreams Come True,
Donna

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Hot Resources

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that generates super targeted Google clicks
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If you like blogging check out Rob
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online income using blogging strategies.

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what was done to set it up.

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Email Autoresponder Messages

If you are building a list of subscribers
you are probably familiar with email
autoresponder services.

One important part of an email autoresponder
service is that it allows you to send various
messages to your list of subscribers.

There are two types of messages that can
be sent – follow up and broadcast.

Follow up messages are those messages that
can be prepared to be sent at certain
intervals from the sign up date of the
subscriber. For example, you may have
a message ready to be sent out immediately
after someone signs up.

If you want to send another message three
days later, you can set it up to go out
automatically for three days later. Once
you have the messages input into your
account system, the messages will go out
automatically at the time intervals you
have scheduled for each message.

Broadcast messages are those messages that
can be sent immediately or scheduled for
a specific day and time.

You create the message and designate when
it should be sent out to your list. When
the message is ready it can be queued up
to be sent. The system will then send the
message on the specific day and time you
have set for that message.

Sending messages to your list of subscribers
is a great way to stay connected and to
provide valuable information and resources.

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Focus & Momentum

“Don’t wait until everything is just right.
It will never be perfect. There will always be
challenges, obstacles and less than perfect
conditions. So what. Get started now. With each
step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger,
more and more skilled, more and more self-confident
and more and more successful.”
-Mark Victor Hansen

Get started on something today to meet your
business goals!

You Can Do It! 

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To Your Success,
Donna

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by Donna Ragland

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Hot Resources

Ending July 3rd, FREE GIFTS at the
Internet Marketers Giveaway

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Rob Benwell on how to make online income
using blogging strategies

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Learn how to make affiliate income

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Build A List Basics

A strategy for Internet marketing businesses
is to build a list of subcribers. Once you
have a list you can then communicate with your
list and provide valuable information and
resources.

The two basic elements for list building are:
- A squeeze page
- An email autoresponder

The squeeze page and autoresponder work hand
in hand to getting a list started.

A squeeze page is also known as a landing
page, magnetizer page or sign-up page. It
is a simple website, usually one page, that’s
designed for the single purpose of getting
an interested individual to sign up onto
your email list.

The squeeze page will contain a sign up box
where a name and email address can be entered.
This box is generated by an email autoresponder
service and is specific to your account.

When someone signs up on your squeeze page, the
name and email information is captured and
stored in a database maintained by the email
autoresponder service. This stored list of
names and emails then becomes your list.

Once you have a list of subscribers you can
connect with them through your autoresponder
service by sending various messages. This helps
you stay connected with your subscribers and
gives you a way to provide valuable information
and resources.

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Focus & Momentum

“Obstacles are things a person sees
when he takes his eyes off his goal.”
- E. Joseph Cossman

Stay focused on your success!

You Can Do It! 

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To Your Success,
Donna

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Topics for this week:

– Hot Resources
– Email Autoresponder Services
– Focus & Momentum

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Hot Resources

Free gifts at the Internet Marketers Giveaway

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List Building Opportunity

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Learn methods to make online income promoting other
people’s products

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Email Autoresponder Services

If you are planning to use email marketing as
part of your business it helps to have an email
autoresponder service to handle your list.

Basically, the service will handle the management
of your list including but not limited to:
- Host the database of the names/email addresses
- Provide you the capability to send out messages
- Includes spam compliant information in your emails
- Handles unsubscribe requests
- Tracks the number of subscribers in your account

The service should also provide a way to capture
the names and email addresses on your web page.
Usually a web form is created at the email
autoresponder site. You then place the html code
for that form onto your own web site. This form
then captures the information and stores it into
your account database.

There are many services available for use in your
business and you can find out more by doing an
Internet search for these type services. The features
and pricing will vary so it’s best to check around
to determine which company will meet your needs.

The two services I use and am most familiar with
are AutomateYourList and Aweber and I’ve been
very pleased with both of their services.

As an online business owner having an email
autoresponder service to manage your list is
an important consideration.

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Focus & Momentum

“Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.”
-Anthony Robbins

Be determined in your business success!

You Can Do It!

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To Your Success,
Donna

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A big THANKS to everyone who completed the
Journey To Online Success Topics Survey!

Your feedback is extremely valuable and
contributes to discussion topics and
resource recommendations to help you on
your journey to online success.

Here are some of the results to date:

Amount of experience with your online business:

- Just Getting Started  — 61%  
- Between 1 and 12 Months — 14.6%
- More Than 12 Months — 9.8%

The top 3 topics you are MOST interested in learning more about:

1 – Affiliate Marketing
2 – Traffic
3 – Email Autoresponders

The top 7 topics you want to learn more about:

1 – Traffic
2 – Affiliate Marketing
3 – List Building
4 – Email Autoresponders
5 – Time Management
6 – Mindset
7 – Finding a Niche

I will be incorporating these topic requests
along with other data and comments you provided
into the Weekly Bits Newsletter and various
updates and resource suggestions.

If you haven’t yet had the opportunity to
provide your inputs for this survey there
is still time. It’s a very short survey and
should only take a few minutes to complete.

You can access the survey above or…

==>  Click here to access survey now

Thank you again to all of you who provided this
valuable input.  I appreciate your taking the
time to contribute!

If you have any comments just post below.
Your comments are appreciated!

To Your Online Success,
Donna

P.S.  Be on the lookout for more information
and resource suggestions to help you succeed…

So if you are ready to start building your list
then check out the Internet Marketers Giveaway…

==>  Access Event Now

It’s now open for JV contributors to participate.
If you have a gift to promote then you’ll want
to get your account setup now.

If you don’t have a gift yet and need help, the
admins at the site are willing to help you out
(see details inside).

==>  Access Event Now

Remember it’s free to get an account and there
will also be upgrades available once you are
at the site. Just read over what is being offered
and make the choice that best fits your situation.

Even if you’ve never participated as a JV before
this would be a great opportunity to learn more
about giveaways and how powerful they are for
building your list.

Take action to start building your list today…

==>  Access Event Now

I hope to see you at the event

To Your List Building Success,
Donna

Discloser:  Owner may receive compensation from
ads or links posted within the content.

It’s an awesome resource called Smart Money Websites
and you can learn more here…

This resource takes away the fear and
challenge of the technology needed to
get a website up and running.

I’ve been using this resource for years and
I absolutely love it! It helped me get my
first website up and running very quickly.
And now I have several sites online with
this resource.

Some of what’s included with this system:
- domain name registration
- web hosting
- an html editor  
- email autoresponder
- headline generator
- split-testing
- ad-tracking
- online support system and
- comprehensive training

Give yourself an edge on getting started…

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To Your Online Success,
Donna

Journey To Online Success Weekly Bits Newsletter (WBN)

Topics for this week:

– Home Business Preparation
– Hot Resources
– Focus Thoughts & Forward Momentum

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Home Business Preparation

Sometimes the idea of working from home
suggests less effort is needed to run the
business. It can be an easy trap to fall
into because we are surrounded by a
comfortable environment.

Our home is where we spend time with our
family. It’s where we eat, sleep, watch TV,
read, listen to music, enjoy recreation and
have lots of fun!

So if you’ve never operated a business
at home before you may find it challenging
at first.

But with a little bit of planning and
preparation you can easily get your business
started on the right path to success.

For five easy tips to prepare for your home
business click on the link below to read
my article titled “Are You Ready To Start An
Online Business?”…

==>  Read article here

Getting prepared doesn’t require lots of
time or money. But it does take some careful
preparation to get started on the right track.

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Hot Resources

Learn how to make online income from blogging

==>  Tell me more about blogging

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Simplify getting started online with this all in
one resource – web hosting, autoresponder, blog
and more…

==>   Tell me more about the All-in-One System

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Focus Thoughts & Forward Momentum

“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
-Pablo Picasso

What actions can you take this week to move
your business forward?

Remember – You Can Do It!

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To Your Business Success,
Donna

P.S. Weekly Bits will be taking vacation for
the next several weeks. Until then, have some
fun and remember to take action every day to
achieve your goals – You can do it!

Comments or questions about this week’s topics?
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Topics for this week:

– Can Your Focus Affect You?
– Hot Resources
– Focus Thoughts & Forward Momentum

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Can Your Focus Affect You?

“The most powerful way to control your focus
is through the use of questions.”
-Anthony Robbins

You may have heard comments relating to
focus and how what we focus on can affect
our lives- positively or negatively.

I don’t know about you but I am a believer
in the power of focused thoughts and when I
came across this video I found it very helpful,
and I thought you might enjoy it too…

It’s a short video (under 7 minutes)
from Anthony Robbins on Shift Your Focus…

=>  Click here to watch video

Enjoy!

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Hot Resources

A powerful blogging system to make online income

==>  Click here for blogging system

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Overcome the technology challenges of starting
an online business with this simple system

==>  Click here for simple system

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Focus Thoughts & Forward Momentum

“Goals provide the energy source that powers
our lives. One of the best ways we can get the
most from the energy we have is to focus it.
That is what goals can do for us; concentrate
our energy.”
-Denis Waitley

What goals will you focus on this week?

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To Your Success,
Donna

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