What If  Google REALLY Shut Down Tomorrow?

In fact, Google  blocked out it’s logo and Wikipedia, and the Warrior Forum plus other popular sites shut down for an entire day during the SOPA protest.

Basically what these sites were saying – IMO – is this…

WE HAVE P O W E R!!! DON’T MESS WITH US!

Let’s take a peek at Google for a minute here. Last year Google had a 1% loss in their earnings. Perhaps that doesn’t seem like a lot but it created some type of panic because their stock dropped by $55.00 a share!

This tiny income loss could have been due to the algorithm changes or something else. I’m really not savvy in that area. But I do know that even little errors can create a big bang all around the world. We live in a world that is so connected, these big companies really can’t make too many mistakes before people start to panic or stop using them.

A few days ago there was the SOPA protest. Google was smart in that they did not shut down their search engine, they simply blocked out their logo to show their protest. If they had shut down for just a single day who knows what would have happened. People may have gone to Yahoo or Bing for their searches. Perhaps deciding not to return to Google.

Remember when the Netflix CEO made the mistake of trying to separate their mailing DVD option with their Streaming online option? Whoa! That CEO did a lot of back peddling trying to overcome the huge protesting that went on for that mistake.

Next… let’s look at the Warrior Forum. A lot of people spent money on solo ads and other advertising that was totally wasted due to the Warrior Forum protesting SOPA by shutting down. Oh the screaming and pounding of the keyboards that happened that day!

What impact did this have on YOU?

Perhaps not much. In fact, it really didn’t effect me personally at all. However, it did make me think.

Never place ALL your financial eggs in one basket. We really should have learned this last year when Google made some serious changes to their algorithm calling it the Panda. These changes actually had a huge impact as many people lost their entire source of income overnight.

There are several lessons to be learned here.

1. Do NOT rely on Google or any ONE source for your traffic. At any time this traffic can be taken away should that source be taken offline or worse, totally eliminated.

2. Do NOT rely on a single asset for your financial successes.

Those of us who work offline have little choices when it comes to how we grow our financial assets. Yet, there are a few options. One of them is to build assets online. Or, use the Internet as a way to build an offline business that melds the two together.

For instance, building mobile websites or creating videos, writing articles etc…

In the beginning you will want to focus on one thing. If you don’t you’ll end up in a cycle of always searching, never doing.

However, once you have something worth while going. Be sure to save your money and then continue to build more assets. That way if one fails, another can take it’s place.

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Bending the Web – Our Minds – Reality

I really enjoy keeping a close watch on Google and all the improvements they are making. The apps they have developed are a great help for all Internet users. I’ve been so busy that I have not been able to give Netwoozy anything new lately, but I’ve been taking notes.

There is one VITAL bit of news you NEED to really have sink into your brain. . .

Google Plus is on the raise and it is a smashing way to increase traffic to your websites, blogs etc… and it is a seriously great way to start making money online. Check out the step by step guide and video tutorials here — > Google Plus Video and Step by Step Training Guide

This year in 2011, Google’s Chrome browser jumps ahead of Firefox as the most used web browser 25.69% to Firefoxes 25.23.

Here’s some of the highlights:

The Google Toolbar with a Drop Down Menu

This is a great little addition to your web browser. The new toolbar just takes up the space of an icon instead of an entire row.  You can snag this Google Toolbar here.

Google and Yahoo – Tablet Friendly

Both of these search engines have adapted to the Smart Phone and Tablet. I recently purchased an iPad 2 during Black Friday and was really happy to see Google had done this.

What is shocking to me is that a lot of people in business today have not had a mobile website created for their business. With people using the Internet for local searches it is vital that you have a mobile friendly website as well as basic website for all Internet users.

Bending Technology – TV Becomes Reality

“Samsung has released a video showcasing the potential future look and feel of computer technology, using an ultra-thin and flexible screen technology.”  Read the full story.

It’s hard to believe but Samsung has a flexible OLED touchscreen technology that people will be jumping through hoops as high as the moon to get. I mean who wouldn’t want to own a bendable phone, tablet or PC that you can roll up and toss in a smaller bag. A computer that weights… well, hardly anything.

If you’ve watched the TV show Terra Nova you’ve seen these futuristic looking tablets on TV. I don’t know if those are the real deal or just some special effects, but it looks like it is now a real deal.

Years ago I used to build websites using a WISIWYG html editor like FrontPage or Dreamweaver. It was a pain even with the WISIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor.

Then somewhere along the line I was introduced to WordPress and I have to say that with all the wonderful plugins that you can get with this program, WordPress is in my opinion one of the best ways to build a website or blog.

The most recent plugins that I have purchased are CommentLuv Premium, and Google Plus Poster. I have been busy so have yet to install the GPPoster, but I will get to it soon.

Anyway, there are some very important plugins that you should have installed if you are a blogger. I decided to list a few of them in this post today. You can watch a video that really brings out the importance and reasons for installing social plugins like CommentLuv, click here to watch the video now.

This list is not in any particular order of importance.

1. CommentLuv Premium – There is a free version, but there are just so many great benefits to the paid version it’s well worth the price to get it.  One of the more specific reasons to get this plugin is due to the increase in comments and the community spirit for the thousands of blogs that have installed it. Andy created many great videos to help us understand the real power of this plugin. I highly recommend you watch them to get a clear idea of why it is truly one of the top plugins for WordPress to own.

2. Google Analytics – The Google Analytics for WordPress plugin allows you to track your blog easily and with lots of metadata.

3. All In One SEO – This plugin helps you create a SEO friendly post. Includes adding in your meta description, tags,  and keywords. There is actually a more powerful SEO plugin called, HeadSpace -, which I have not had time yet to fully grasp all that it can do, but if you have a techi spirit, I believe this is a far better plugin than All In One SEO.

4. TweetMeme – There are many ways to add in a Twitter button, this is a nice and quick way for your readers to retweet your post.

5. W3 Total Cache – This WordPress plugin  makes your pages load  faster and stores static versions of your site which means it requires much less CPU processing than using WordPress all by itself.

There are plenty more great WP plugins, but this is my short list of must-haves.  In addition to these I would recommend you get to know Google+ the new social network online. It’s very much like Facebook and not like Facebook. That’s where the learning more about it comes in.

I believe a really good WP plugin to have is the Google+Poster which will automatically add a little snippet of your posted articles to your Google+ account. It also ads in a link to your post as well. Google+ is going to really be “THE Social Network of 2012″.

As I have time I’m going to be making a greater effort to learn more about this new network. There is in fact so many different apps that are intertwined within the Google network it’s almost it’s own Internet all by itself.

How to Build Your Success Online

The Yo-Yo is a No-No

It is hard to know what works and what doesn’t until you jump in and try a few things. It’s understandable that you will most likely make several attempts at building your online business and fail to follow through. This does not mean you are a failure. It can take time to find the path to success you are most comfortable following.

The problem is many people get into a habit of this. They simply jump from one program to the next without ever taking action or following through with any particular game plan. If you never take action, or follow through with any particular plan, you will never find a successful plan to follow.

I found success with Adsense, but I failed to really see what I had and sold it. I have another site that has the same potential as the one I sold for $1400.00, however, right now, I do not have time to work on it. However, I am not abandoning it. I am setting it aside for the time when I have the money to outsource the work to building it up.

Reinvesting into Your Business

Every dollar you earn online can be spent or saved. It is up to you to decide how much of it you can afford to reinvest into your online business. However, it is vital that you do not reinvest your money into learning.

If you have a successful business, reinvest your money into that business. Outsourcing is one way to reinvest into your business.

Treating Our Online Business Like a Real Business Not a Hobby

Imagine going into work one day and saying to your boss, “Hey Boss, I’m going to just hang out and chat with my buddies on Facebook for about 20 minutes, then maybe kick back and watch a few YouTube videos on last nights game. Maybe around noon I’ll get to that report you need. How’s that sound?”

Sounds like you’re about to be fired.

It’s really important that we consider our online business as a real business. Since we are our own boss, we can be far too lenient. This is why it is so important to have a SMART game plan.

To be successful online requires focus, determination, and discipline. They key is to realize that while it can be simple, it is not always easy because it is truly up to us to make it work.

Read this series from the beginning

Part 1 – How to Be Successful Online

Part 2 - How to Build Success

Part 3 – Where to Focus Your Time and Money

Has this series prompted any thoughts? Share your thoughts below. We’ve all been there and done that!

Where to Focus Your Time & Money

100% Guaranteed to Work or Your Money Back

I have YET to see an offer online through Clickbank or the Warrior Forum that is not guaranteed to work or you get your money back. If there is not at least a 30 day money back guarantee, avoid it. Typically you will get your money back if you are not satisfied if you spend your money on any programs delivered via Paypal, Clickbank, and the Warrior Forum.

So, 3 rules of thumb here.

1. Follow the plan, if it doesn’t work, get your money back.
2. Follow the plan, if you quit or don’t even try, don’t ask for your money back.
3. Don’t request a refund after reading the guide and deciding you’re too lazy to take action.

So don’t be afraid to jump in and try something new. Just be sure you’re ready to take action on this new thing you’re about ready to learn.

Where to Focus Your Time

This is really a question of where is your time best spent. The most important thing is to have a clear idea of where your focus should be. You don’t want to be jumping all over the place. Work on one project at a time.
Getting to Attached to a Failing Niche or Program

Another thing we can do is really grow attached to our blog or websites to the point where even when they are clearly not working, we continue to try and force the square peg into the round hole. Sometimes the niche we selected just isn’t working and we just have to call it quits.

Are You Wasting Time Online?

The Internet can take us down two paths. One of them is just like the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland. We can get lost reading blog posts, forum threads, watching videos, or chatting with friends. That rabbit hole is deep, dark, and can suck up your time with the power of a jet engine.

Your resistant is futile!

Allowing yourself a few minutes of distraction can lead you down that hole very fast. Avoid it. Set time aside for this rabbit hole. And that time really should be set aside for when you are finished with your daily goals that lead to profits, not pleasurable distraction.

On the other hand, the Internet can take you down a highly profitable path if you pay attention, set goals and stick to your goals. Some people have 1 hour a day to devote to their new Internet business. That’s just 7 hours a week. What can you really accomplish in 7 hours?

Option One – You can learn a new skill.
Option Two – You can work for 7 hours and get paid for your time. Then invest your money where it will have the most ROI. Perhaps you could spend $10.00 on the guide, then take your money you earned and hire someone else to do the work.

Outsourcing Offers an ROI of Endless Possibilities

This is by far one of the most valuable ways to spend your money. It offers a huge ROI if you invest wisely. It may take some time to work your way into affording it, but it is well worth it. As an example,  last year I had two SEO clients who paid me a total of $1,000 a month. I spent $200.00 a month in software and outsourcing the work. I personally spent two hours per client managing those accounts. That’s $800.00 for 4 total hours of work.

This is just an example of how outsourcing can work for you.

Read Part 1 – How to Build Success, Start With Specific goals

Read Part 2 – How to Manage your Time Money & Procrastination

How to Build Success – Part 2

Today we’ll talk about managing our time. SMART – Specific we covered in Part 1, today we will cover the “M” in the SMART system, so managing our time. If you missed Part 1, you can read it by clicking here.

Training and Research

My research is divided into several time zones. I call them zones because they are separated and I don’t want them to mix. Some of the research I do is vital to my work, other research I do is non essential to my success.

1. Researching a new article I want to write for a new post to my blog or for guest posting. This is something that is part of my workday. But I have to be very careful as it can lead me down the rabbit hole. I have to really focus to avoid that hole.
2. Researching a new idea for a product I want to sell. This type of research is not allowed unless my work for the day is done.
3. Researching for fun. This is almost never an option. If I want to have fun, it’s pretty much not happening via the Internet. I’d rather play racquetball, hike, watch TV, or go to the movies. So, I avoid YouTube because there are just too many cute, funny, and amazing videos on YouTube.

Those are some examples of how I divide up my time and prioritize my day.

The point is, set goals and stick to your goals. When you work without goals, it’s like sailing without a compass in the fog. You will never have a clear direction of where you are going or how you will get there. Failure loves to hang out in the fog.

It Takes Money to Make It

This is a true statement. But you can manage the way you work with this issue. You can either save a little money from your offline work or work online where the opportunity to get paid for your time is 100% guaranteed.

Avoid getting into debt to make money online as there are no guarantees you will be able to pay it back before things get out of hand.

You can make money online by doing simple chores that generate enough money to buy a How-To guide within your budget. Be selective when choosing how to make your first dollar online. There are many excellent tutorials that teach you how to make money online are less than $10.00.

You can earn $10.00 within an hour to pay for these inexpensive guides that you want to buy. There are three websites online dedicated to paying you for doing specific chores online.

• Fiverr.com – You decide what you’re willing to do for five bucks ($4.00 after Fiverr fees) and you get paid after you have done the job. Some of these jobs are incredibly easy to do or learn. There are plenty of Fiverr YouTube videos to help you get started.
• iWriter.com – This site pays you to write articles. It takes about 15 or so articles to earn about $20.00. It may take you 5 or more hours to generate your first $20.00, but it’s not a loan, it’s money you can spend on your first guide.
• Mturk.com – Mechanical Turk is a site run by Amazon.com. You will need to visit that site to really understand how it works, but people pay for all sorts of things that they need done. Some of these jobs are stupidly simple like clicking on a Facebook Like button for .05 cents. But if it’s something you can do and watch TV at the same time, it’s a far better idea of how to pay for that $9.00 guide, than using your credit card.

No Excuses – Work & Get Paid

There are so many people who become insanely upset and frustrated because of not earning a dime from all of their hard work and time put into trying to make money online. However, you can be a total newb, without any skills on creating a website, blog, or product, and visit any of those 3 websites I mentioned above and start making money.

Yes, it’s work. But the pay is almost 100% guaranteed. You simply cannot fail if you do the work you promise to do. I think anyone can click on a few LIKE buttons, write 20 blog comments, or watch a free video and learn how to do a simple chore that someone needs done on Fiverr.

Think of it this way. You could spend 10 hours learning how to set up a WordPress blog to make money in Adsense. Or you could spend 10 hours in Fiverr doing a variety of Gig’s that generate a few hundred dollars. 100% ROI on your time. Learning has a 0% ROI on your time.

Read Part 1

How to Be Successful Online – Part 1

First, let’s be sure to understand that our focus is not on our failures. We can learn from failure, but we do not want to focus on it. We can learn from our successes and it is these things we want to focus our attention on.

Today’s post is about being SPECIFIC in your game plan. Setting goals, avoiding distraction, etc…

Pay Attention to the Addiction to Learning

One of the most difficult things to overcome in this business is the addiction to learning. Learning new things in general can be very exciting. Learning new ways to make money seems to be the key to unlocking those endorphins in our bodies. Like those extreme sportsmen who climb cliffs without a rope seeking the ultimate rush released by the constant reminder of sudden death should they lose focus, we who surf the net feel that rush when we learn of a new way to make money.

Perhaps sometimes it’s simply having that “AHA!” moment when all the pieces flow together and our own creative juices start to flow. Whatever the cases, this is a very dangerous addiction to have. The way to avoid allowing this addiction to grow or the way to overcoming it, is to set specific goals for our online activities.

What Type of Goals Should We Be Setting?

If there is one thing I have procrastinated about it has to be taking the time to set up my daily goals. However, daily goals have saved me from going down that rabbit hole of new thoughts, new ideas, and hours of wasted time pursuing things that cannot help me now.

When setting up goals, it’s a good idea to create long term goals as well as short-term daily goals. Get started making money with the 100% ROI, then work on building up your skills and knowledge.

How will you divide up your time?

50% action – 50% learning? One man in the Affilorama forum said he tamed his learning addiction and now his focus is divided into 90% action and 10% learning.

I believe the day I read that was the day I decided that was the perfect ration for me as well. However, I have been online for over 10 years learning, first making money designing websites and SEO. When you are first starting out, your learning curve is high, you may need to divide your time into 50% learning and 50% action.

Emails, Social Activity and Other Distractions

Decide how much time you will spend reading your email. Email is perhaps one of the most difficult things for me as I have to read it in the morning to be sure that I take care of my clients or other urgent requests that I should get to before working.

To avoid getting distracted by email I have folders set up in a variety of categories. Email from clients are read before I work. Any email that is promoting an offer, I move them to my “Promotions” folder. I do not allow myself to read it until the end of my work day. Out of sight, out of mind. Sometimes I never read them but so far the earth has not shattered into space so I’m OK with it.

Social activity is something I really do very little of online. I have two Facebook accounts. One is for business, the other is for family and friends. With my business, it’s easy. The only thing I do with my business FB page is share my blog posts and Newsletter posts with them. It requires a click of a button to do this.

With my friends and family account, I only go there to announce something special like, “Hey guys, I bought a new house, check it out” or “Yo, come to our BBQ sat, bring food and beers”.
Other than that, I have not time for social activity online.

Fun stuff? Well, this is something only allowed on my days off or at the end of my work day online. And since I really don’t like to be on my PC any longer than when I’m working, I guess I don’t do a lot of fun stuff online.

Part 2 – Where to Focus Your Time

Why have 62 Universities gone Google? What about the 4 million companies using Google Apps for business? Why is it that more businesses are joining every day at the rate of 5,000 per day?

Going Ape Over Google Apps

This is some of the recent Google highlights reported by an official Google Apps Marketing Manager, Jeremy Milo.  Let’s consider some of these apps that some have gone Ape… er… Google over.

Introducing the Power of Google Chrome

You can take your SmartPhones, Laptops, and iPads with you, but you can’t always connect to the Internet.  This may be a little bit frustrating at times, but Google Chrome offers a solution.

Working Offline – There’s an App for that!

With Google Chrome you can continue to work offline in Gmail, Calendar and Docs. The thing about Google is the way they integrate everything that is “Google”, making it easy to go from one thing to another.

More Apps to Go Ape Over

So, you log into your Gmail, and you are logged into Blogger too. Plus, there are tons of other apps you can work with using the same account.

• YouTube – You should be uploading and sharing videos on your site using YT
• AdSense – One of the more simple ways to make money online with niche blogs.
• AdWords – Good to have and login to when using G Keywords tool.
• Analytics – A must for tracking the who, what, when, how, and where from your site.
• Blogger – A great social network for aiding in building a powerful blog network.
• Webmaster Tools – Get the SEO tools and advice you need directly from Google.
• Blog Search – Ah yes, this is a great way to discover other blogs that share your niche. Find blogs you can comment on as well as submit guest posts to.

And there’s plenty more.  If you have yet to experience the Google apps listed above, it’s time for you to check them out. These things along with other social apps like Facebook and Twitter are a vital part of driving traffic to your site as well as part of your SEO circle of success.

Let’s see what the fuss is all about for the new Gmail is bragging about. They’ve redesigned it to be as “clean, simple and intuitive as possible.” What do you think?

Here’s the Scoop on the GOOGLE APPS Thingy’s

There are many ways to drive traffic to your blogs. Google’s search engine is just one way. Facebook, Twitter, and social blogs like Blogger are part of the big picture.

I have yet to use Google Chrome. It’s my next task on my list of things to do this coming week.

How about you? Do you use Google Chrome? What do you like about it?

Tracking is always a MUST DO chore for webmasters. Google offers a great tracking through Google Analytics. And if you have a WordPress blog you can use a plugin for that.

There’s a Plugin for That!

Seems like when it comes to adding all sorts of great things to WordPress there’s always a plugin for it. I wonder why that catch phrase didn’t ever get attached to WordPress? Ah well, it’s ok, let’s steal it and use it anyway.

How to Add Google Analytics to WordPress Video

The following video will show you step by step how to add Google Analytics to your blog.

Google Tempers it’s Shield Buying Motorola Anti-Competitor Resistance

As Google slaps down an easy 12.5 billion dollars to acquire Motorola Mobility (including 24,000 Motorola patents) other companies that ship Android devices are pacing the floors.

Will this savvy move will  Google an earlier access to the Android source code?

Google seems to have a closer connection to it’s competitors as they are saying that they are totally confident that this equitation won’t hurt a bit. The reason for this confidence is based on Motorola maintaining control over it’s company decisions.

How do you spell, Nepotism?

The question remains – Will this protect Android from the evils of the anti-competitor threats from Apple, Microsoft, and other companies who just don’t happen to be important enough for us to mention?