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I have decided that I am going to put together a whole training course starting from the very beginning.

So many people try to make it online and fail at the first hurdle. There are so many opportunities out there and it is easy to get carried away, I know I was that man.

It reminds me of the phrase from bugs life. One of the moth’s says “Dont look at the light…” The other one answers I can’t help it… It is so beautiful…”

The sales letters have that effect on me, well they used to. I realised that what works for one is not necessarily going to work for another!

so many of them are so hyped up and over the top but these sales letters work, which is why they do them.

I have had a program in mind called the start smart system and I am going to do my best to get it up and finished within the next few weeks.

From there I will be doing a training course on researching a market, choosing a product or niche, keyword research, setting up a website installing relevant software, configuring that software, promoting your website using articles, web 2.0, blog posting, pay per click and banner advertising.

The thing to remember is to start with the end in mind. Think of what you want out of it and where you want to be with your online business in a year from now. How much time do you want to spend on it, do you want a big multi million pound or dollar business or just a little extra to help pay for those extras.

Working from home and making money online can earn you a small fortune if you get it right.

It is not brain science but you do need to follow a formula and you are always better off with a mentor to guide and motivate you to when things get tough as they inevitably do.

Internet marketing is not for everyone but if you think it is for you then keep an eye on the Education Station which will be filling up very soon.

I have set up a number of websites recently and launched them onto the world…

Proof that using the keywords in the domain name can make a huge difference is born out by several of them. www.BaliTradeDirectory.com has been online a couple of weeks and already number one for the term “Bali trade directory” and is number one for “trade directory bali” . (without quotes)

I have done very little to promote it other than ping the site and add a few backlinks. These are brand new domains.

Now we have to start work on the major keyword phrases like clothing manufacturers bali and Bali Silver but I just wanted to show you that there is no doubt that this strategy works.

If you check you will also see that 7 pages have been indexed too. I just love the simplicity and power that wordpress brings to the table for mere mortals and technophobes like me.

I have had the same result for www.GiliIslandsTravel.com another brand new site at the top of google with 7 or 8 pages already indexed.

How is that for proof?

An update: 21st December 2009 the Gili Island travel website is now number 2 for the main keyword phrase of Gili Islands.

There are so many times when you work on the internet especially in the early days, that make you feel like it is never going to happen and that it is time to give up.

The reason is that you hear of so many gurus making millions while your site pulls in little or nothing and you end up working so much on your own and not only that, you do nearly all of the work yourself. All of this makes is hard to stay motivated, enthusiastic and positive.

Whilst it is easier said than done I do know that persistence overcomes resistance and if you persist you will win.

When times are tough the best thing to do is to stop, take a break have a day off or just sit down with a glass of wine and relax. Come at the problem again the next day with fresh eyes and usually a different solution.

The one thing to remember is never ever give up

Never Ever Give Up

There was an Earthquake in Bali yesterday morning. Not long after we got up at around 6.30 in the morning. There was a loud rumbling and the house shook. The water in the swimming pool sloshed about so much it came over the edge. There were waves! That was a sight to see.

It had the whole household up very quickly, shame it was not a school day as Katie has not been up this early since… well actually never this early I don’t think!

It only went on for about 30 to 40 seconds but it is a very scary thing to happen I can tell you. Now I think I may be jinxed.

I lived in the Canary Islands for 17 years and there were one or two small tremors in that time, then we moved to England for a couple of years and we were there when the biggest earthquake for years again rocked our house and cracked the garden wall.

Now we live in Bali and I find out that we are living on the ring of fire, as it is known. I thought that was something you got after a hot curry. This is the second quake to hit Bali since we have been here and I am hoping that it was the last.

I am all for a bit of excitement but this is a bit over the top if you ask me.

Anyway back to business..

One thing about the Internet business is that you can run it from anywhere in the world. Another thing, is that if you outsource the majority of your work then you have to spend very little time on it. Having others make money for you is the way to go.

And after this ground shaking event, and no I don’t mean when I fell up the stairs, it may be time to move on.

As long as we have an internet connection we can work from anywhere. Communicating with staff who live in Brasil, India and the Philippines via skype and email allows us to run our little empire.

We have just setup a couple of new websites that we think will generate a little extra income almost on autopilot. Check them out and let me know what you think? www.PortratiPaintingGallery.com is live but needs a bit of work. It is a website to promote oil painting portraits from photos. We have an amazing team of artists that really know there stuff and produce some great works of art.

www.izabellamorgan.com is another one ready to go. Sharon and Astrid designed a range of beachwear that we will promote through the luxury hotels here in Bali and once established, across the World through a network of agents. So all good stuff.

I got portrait painting gallery ranked on Page one of google, msn and yahoo. Yahoo has dropped down to 35 now but still on first page of google. Not bad in a week eh? That is pretty impressive by anyone’s standards you must admit (He says in a smug voice )

I will keep you updated with how we get on with the ranking of this site over time and let you know how much traffic we generate and, how much we make from it.

Until then from ..

Testingalotlloyd What is that all about eh?

This word only exists in my brain and it is used as a test word to check where my article is found.

It is important to test everything that you do. For example, if you are writing articles or doing blog posts then you need to know where best to post them.

Also if you are going to create a number of web 2.0 pages then you also need to know which ones you should spend time on as they should all have unique content on them

It is not worth spending time to create a web 2.0 page if it is not going to get seen by the search engines.

IT is not difficult to check this and you do not need fancy or expensive software to do it either.

All you have to do is to create an article and embed a unique word or phrase into it.

After a few days then search for the keyword on google, yahoo and msn as well as any others that you want to check.

This can also be used to check how fast your website is indexed by google or the other search engines. if you make a post on your blog then check the publish time and check every few hours to see if it appears. Easy eh?

I use special words in my posts and articles and when it is eventually indexed we will see where my post is syndicated. Over time if the word is found in other sites then we know that the article is being used. You can then check it out to see if your content is being plagiarized or the proper links are being displayed.

Also check out this oil painting of Sharon and Morgan (my wife and one of my daughters)

http://picasaweb.google.com/lloydhester/BaliFamilyPhotos#