This is one of the things I’m asked about on a regular basis so hopefully this post will give you some pointers in the right direction…

… Contrary to what you may be thinking, making money is not the same thing as being successful. You can be successful without ever making a dime.

Ghandi, some would say, was a very successful person in his quest for peace. He was not a man of great wealth by any stretch of the imagination.

A student who graduates high school as valedictorian is quite successful and yet hasn’t made his or her first dollar in the business world.

There are many ways to be successful without making money. Making money does require many of the same attributes of success but making money requires one thing in particular, and it’s in the word money itself.

Making money requires Management Of Negative Emotions… Yours.

Notice that I didn’t say you have to manage other people’s negativity. That’s not important. Let others be as negative as they want, as long as you don’t let their negativity drag you down with them. Because once you let that happen, you are just plain dead.

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If you’re not really a web design guru, meta tags can really mess with your head. I remember the first time I tried doing anything with meta tags. I thought I was going to lose my mind. I couldn’t remember what form to use and what went where. It took some time, but eventually, I figured it all out and today meta tag madness does not drive me, well, mad.

It is the hopes of this article that it will put meta tags into terms that are easy to understand and get you on your way to properly meta tagging your web pages.

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Okay, you’ve bit the bullet. You’ve decided that you are going to create and run your own membership site. You’ve bought the software, you’ve got everything in place and now all you have to do is go out and get members.

Yeah, you hadn’t thought that far ahead yet have you.

Let’s face it, the greatest membership site in the world isn’t going to get members if nobody knows that it exists. That’s where this article comes in.

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Lately there has been a lot of discussion about whether niche is pronounced “nitch” or “neesh”. Well, regardless of how it’s pronounced, niche marketing is one of the most powerful forms of marketing on the Internet.

In this article, I’m going to briefly describe what niche marketing is and how you can take advantage of it. Hopefully, after reading this, you’ll be ready to jump into your first “nitch” or “neesh” or whatever it is you want to call it.

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