I’ve been given a marvelous opportunity by Michael Port, who’s dared to ask me to review his second book, Beyond Booked Solid and kindly sent me a manuscript, pre-print (yes this is a first for me- I’m kinda psyched )

Who’s Michael Port?

Don’t worry, I didn’t know either. Apparently the reason for that is because I don’t read The Wall Street Journal. (I know, I know... Spank me later ) Truth be told, try as I might, I couldn’t find any bad reviews of Port’s books or services. You can check him out for yourself at his site and his YouTube channel and just for fun, take a look at his acting rap sheet, too. The Short version of it is that Michael Port is a business teacher (‘cause the word guru has been tortured to death and needs some time to heal ), a speaker and author and a bit of a philosopher. As is evident in his writing, which is profound, yet applicable.

Profound, yet Applicable

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Tags: Michael Port, Beyond Booked Solid, Book Yourself Solid, book Review, leadership, Working with people, Hiring, Business-Person-Self-Help, Business systemizing, Collaborating Vs. Delegating

I’ve been talking a lot about mindsets, lately. With you, with my friends and with colleagues. One thing becomes more and more apparent, every day: You can’t teach it!

This doesn’t mean you give up, all together, on learning it. On the contrary! We must study it all the time- over and over again- and strive to experience it. That’s the reason I keep posting inspirational and mindset material to The Marketer Review. The repetition of ideas and the small differences between different sources, give you a fuller notion of the mindsets that will lead to your success.

The Makings of a Good Teacher

Teachers in the field of internet marketing write many books. Money aside, the reason for that, is that a good teacher will notice the questions asked by his/her students, and advance the lessons accordingly. A good teacher grows with their students. This is what Yaro Starak has done with his book, How to Start an Internet Business. (You need to subscribe to Entrepreneur's Journey's RSS feed, and the link to download the book will arrive in the feed.)

Starak could have written yet another make money blogging book, but, frankly, I, for one, would feel cheated, if he would have. Fortunately, he decided to talk about something else entirely...

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Tags: Yaro Starak, How to Start an Internet Business, mastering Patience, dealing with impatience, unteachable Mindset, implementing, Practicing patience

I'm sure, by now, most of you have heard of Blog Carnivals. Some of you may have even discovered The Marketer Review through a Carnival. Well, I'm happy to announce I'm starting a carnival of my own: The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival!

What's a Blog Carnival?

I'm very well aware that some of you are just starting out your blogging experience, and may not know what a Blog Carnival is. I think it's important you get to know it, as it's a great internet marketing tool.

A Blog Carnival is simply a blog post, that issues a list of links to different articles, from different blogs, all surrounding the same theme. The post could be as elaborate as this, or as simple as this. A typical carnival looks like this, divided into sub categories and quotes the article submitter, stating the blogger's name, the blog's title and the specific article's title.

Why is a Blog Carnival Such a "Great Internet Marketing Tool"?

For a blogger, there are a couple of advantages to submitting an article to a Blog Carnival: You get a free link to your blog. If you submit every week, to a few Carnivals, the links start accumulating substantially. Not only do you get a nice addition to your traffic, but you also have something to show for, when the Google Page Rank and Technorati Authority spiders come crawling. And because Blog Carnivals are themed, you're getting highly targeted traffic, who are specifically interested in your niche.

For a carnival host, such as myself, the main advantage is creating more original content and being able to provide useful material to my readers.

The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival

I'm very excited to announce my first attempt at organizing a carnival, The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival. I have ambitions to make this a weekly carnival, presenting a myriad of reviews, tips, tricks and advise, from my fellow bloggers, each Sunday.

If you want to submit an article to The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival these are the guidelines:

• The articles must be in the niche of internet marketing and professional blogging. You've read this blog, you know what it's all about
• Articles should fit the following categories:
  • Product Review
  • Blog Review
  • Book Review
  • Advise

• No duplicate content - if I've published your article before, please don't resubmit the same article!
• No Spam - May god protect you from my wrath, if you ever dare submit a hypey sales page, instead of a well thought out article. The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival is here to promote your blog, not your affiliate links.

That should cover it. If you're interested in submitting your articles to The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival, just click here and fill out the short application form.

Hope to see you there, at the first edition of The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival, on the 4th of May!








   

Tags: Blog Carnivals, The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival, Targeted traffic, Internet Marketing tools, Google Page Rank, Technorati, Getting links

In an innocent time, when the word “strange” had any viable effect on a listener, Earl Nightingale named his inspirational recording The Strangest Secret. Sadly, we can’t say we evolved too much, as the word “secret” still works wonders on us.

I truly believe that the most inspiring material I find - I find it in unsuspected places. Such is the case of Earl Nighingale’s Strangest Secret, which I was sent, by a friend from Mixx. The Secret really isn’t so strange, and to many of us may be even common knowledge, by now. But nothing can replace the perfect words of a well polished idea, and that’s exactly what Nightingale’s skit is all about. It’s a half hour piece, so grab a cup of Joe and have a sit and listen to what the man has got to say. (Nightingale is mostly targeting men in the broadcast, but this, of course, relates to women, too!)

The Strangest Secret Vs. The Secret

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Tags: Earl Nightingale, The Strangest Secret, inspirational audio, lifehacks

I'm a big fan of Mark Joyner's work. In my opinion Simpleology 101 was a stroke of genius, on many levels. But even my favorite things need a thorough scrutiny, sometimes.

A few months ago I reviewed Mark Joyner’s Simpleology 101. In the article I mentioned Joyner was giving away the Simpleology Blogging course, to anyone who would blog about it. After writing the article, I, of course, snagged it.

Same Simple System

You’ve got to hand it to Joyner, he invented a teaching system that can be reused over and over again, on any subject. Simpleology Blogging teaches in exactly the same way Simpleology 101 is taught:

• Small, daily-dose of video.
• Having you sum up the lesson in your own words.
• Reading the video script.
• Hanging memory joggers all over the house.

Is it Enough?

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Tags: simpleology 101, simpleology blogging, Mark Joyner, Money making blog, Online Presence

It’s shiny, it’s pretty and it’s fully functional! It’s The Marketer Review! New and improved! But why did I move?

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Tags: The Marketer Review, blog domains, blogging platform, Beginner blogger, blogger sucks, Wordpress