I just finished creating a new product entitled: “Procedure: Individual Publishers” 

http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZC8I00

This procedure demonstrates how to make a list of publishers who accept quality content from real authors. If you write articles specifically to promote your websites and products, this procedure is not for you. If you write articles with the intent to educate readers, you may find interest in the procedure.

As you know, most “article directories” in this market will accept articles no matter how promotional they are; some even post spam. Avoiding the usual places has proven to be extremely effective.

So how do you find the true ”hidden gems” to submit your articles to? 

It’s best to find the sites that aren’t requiring an author to register a username and password. Why? Because these websites haven’t been found by spammers…or internet marketing scumbags (just another name for them). 

So, the trick is to find the sites that still accept article submissions, but don’t contain words on the site that spammers are familiar with. Sites that have the words: newsletter, ezine, reprint, etc. are generally terms the whole internet marketing crowd uses. You want to avoid these sites.

My procedure shows you the steps to discover these “hidden gems”.

You can use the procedure on your own, or you can simply upload the files to your website and instruct your staff or interns to follow it for you.

Included on the CD is a “readme” file with instructions, a written procedure, and a 20 minute video procedure.

For the next 24 hours, you can purchase this procedure for $35 dollars. I will be raising the price to $100 at noon PST tomorrow (Thursday).

Here’s where to order:

http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZC8I00

- Aaron Brandon

I’ve been seeing this new “widget” (as they call it) named BlogRush pop up on all sorts of blogs lately, that I can’t resist at least mentioning something about it. I’m sure several readers of mine would like to wonder why there isn’t one of these “widgets” on my blog.

I’ll tell you exactly why…

It’s one of my business principles to only use reliable, heavily tested technology which assists my readers and processes. If you’ve followed any news about this widget, (and I’m only calling it a widget because that’s really all it is and I’d like to avoid mentioning the name of it) you’ll know that it was released prematurely without being thoroughly tested. How do I know this? Because I’ve simply been following the news… here are a few of the latest headlines:

Quality Audit Complete

10,000+ Blogs Being Removed

Phase 2 Update

Phase 2 Feedback

In fact, I’ve even seen the “results” from another internet business blog… it wasn’t anything to blog about, so I didn’t.

The main page of the blogrush site claims to “drive a flood of targeted readers to your blog”. That’s interesting, because I thought I already had a widget that did exactly that. Oh yeah, I made a course on how to do that!

It’s called The Blogcast Home Study Course. It’s an online video course which guides you step-by-step how to create a blog broadcast which will automatically send an instant e-mail to your blog readers each time you post a new blog entry.

I’ve been using my own Blogcast for over a year. It works (and I’ve got the data to  prove it). Once you’ve convinced your blog readers enough times to add themselves to it, you’ll witness that flood of traffic everyone loves talking about.

Even if you don’t have a blog yet, it’s no problem, the course also covers everything you need prior to installing the Blogcast.

In fact, I’ve gone ahead and temporarily lowered the price to $15 (regular price is $50) for my blog readers who don’t own a copy yet.

Here’s where you can get the course: http://www.blogcastcourse.com/

(Note: The sales page will still show $50 as the price, but you’ll see it’s only $15 on the order page.)

Here’s the link if you’d rather have the course on CD: http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00DK57QD

I’ll be raising the price back up soon, so if you’re interested in grabbing the course for just $15, you’d better hurry.

- Aaron Brandon

In a previous blog entry of mine, I mentioned how one of my students was improving with her internet business. Here’s what I wrote:

“One of my current students started a blog not too long ago. She decided to use only one method for getting traffic to her blog. I thought she was crazy since my advice is to use a variety of sources. To my surprise, that blogs traffic has been doubling each month with very minimal effort. Most of the traffic is coming from the search engines with highly targeting search phrases. She’s now in the process of brainstorming possible products to make. I hope she decides to keep up the work so she can quit her day job for the wrest of her life.”

Seeing my students succeed using my help to move forward really makes my day. Of course, there’s no way I can guarantee their success. Students must take focused action in order for them to see any results. The student above did. I can’t wait to see the first product she’s creating.

Of course, you can do the same. Whether you’ve already started an internet business, or need help with your first steps, I can certainly help.

I keep my group of e-mail coaching clients small (around 10). That way, I’m able to give individual attention without reducing quality.

For the next 72 hours, you can subscribe to my e-mail coaching service for $300/month. After the remaining slots have been filled, I will raise the price to $350/month.

Here are the details of the service:

http://www.aaronbrandon.com/coaching/

 - Aaron Brandon

I usually don’t talk about the crazy things that happen behind the scenes in my business… but I will today. Maybe because I’m feeling a little crazy.

The night before last I was working on finishing up my ezine directory procedure which I released yesterday as a 24 hour special. As I was uploading the procedure to my web host (This is my affiliate link) to test it out, my computer suddenly locked up. As you may know, I use a software product called DeepFreeze, so when my computer is shut down/restarted, any data on my computer is lost from the point I put my computer in the frozen mode.

Luckily, my original video files had already been uploaded at an earlier time, so the losses were the written procedure files as well as the readme file. I literally freaked out because I put time in to those documents, and to write them over again would be annoying. However, I realized that while my computer was locked up, the readme file was on the screen. There wasn’t any way to save it to my computer, or do anything to get my computer out of this locked up screen unless I restarted. So I took a minute to figure out how I could save myself some hassle. I had a couple of options. I could either copy down the readme file from the screen to a piece of paper (which would suck because my writing looks like chicken scratches), or I could take a picture with my digital camera. The digital camera would take less effort and ended up working like a charm. I took a picture of my screen, and saved myself some time.

Unfortunately the written procedure files were gone after I rebooted. However, I had already e-mailed them to someone to revise. Unfortunately, my internet providers webmail doesn’t store sent mail unless I check a box (why do I have to check a box?!). So, all I could do was wait for the reply which would have the procedure I had pasted in.

It was a nightmare, but I got around it, saved myself some time, and learned a lesson. The procedure arrived the next morning in my inbox.

Here’s the link to the procedure I almost lost forever: http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZW5I3W

At the moment you can get it for $35 dollars before the price goes up to $100 at noon, PST.

This procedure is for collecting the necessary data you need for building a list of ezine editors to submit articles to.

More information about the procedure can be found in my previous blog entry.

- Aaron Brandon

I have just completed a new procedure. This one is for collecting the necessary data you need for building your list of ezine editors to submit articles to. If you use Artemis Pro to submit articles, you can use the procedure yourself to find ezine editors, or you can simply upload the files to your website and have your staff or interns follow it.

Here’s where to order: http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZW5I3W

The procedure is split into two separate parts:

The first part of the procedure is for building a list of websites that contain the required data to add to your list of editors.

The second part of the procedure is for collecting that data from the websites in the first part, and making a list of editors in the correct format. The format for the editors information is the same format which is used for the Artemis Pro external list.

Both parts of the procedure contain flash and .avi video instructions.

For the next 24 hours, you can purchase this procedure for $35 dollars. I will be raising the price to $100 at noon PST tomorrow (Wednesday).

http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZW5I3W

- Aaron Brandon

Please disregard anything you’ve ever heard about freedom. Usually, it’s just hype.

Have you ever watched a movie where in the end, someone ends up on a nice white sand beach with millions of dollars? Oh man, they must be set for life! They’ve got a ton of cash and are in some tropical paradise. THE END! Right?

Sorry to ruin your dreams, but you don’t have to have millions of dollars to do that. In fact, to be honest, I’m not even sure what I would do with millions of dollars in cash on some private island. The movies don’t show you anything after that part. I’ll just guess that a few thousand dollars was spent on various activities, then, they had millions of dollars left.

At the beginning of this year, I was working a day job. It took a lot of work to just to have a long weekend off! When I finally managed to get one off, I took a cruise on a ship named Paradise to Mexico. I had never been on a cruise before that, so it was quite an experience. What I found out, was that a cruise wasn’t as expensive as I first thought. In fact, if I wanted to go on a 7 day trip to the Bahamas, I could have for less than $1000 dollars as long as I booked early.

The cruise was awesome, but getting away from that awful life draining job was even awesomer! (I know that’s not a word.)

A short time after the cruise, I couldn’t stand working a job anymore. I decided to end my position which wasn’t providing me with anything but bad dreams and stress. Who calls that healthy!?

I rewarded myself by going to a more local attraction. I took a trip (on a week day) to the highest place I could drive to in my area. The highest drivable place was on Mt. Rainier. There is a location there called Paradise (for a good reason). I didn’t even know it existed, even though I lived in Washington State for 3 years already. Hmm, why didn’t I have the time to visit this place before? Maybe I was working for someone else…

Last month I visited Costa Rica for the first time. That place is paradise, and I’m determined to visit the country again soon. Just imagine 70-80 degree weather all year round… a place where you can jump into 100+ degree water flowing away from a volcano, eat large meals for $2-4 dollars which are made with natural, healthy ingredients. I also visited the pacific coast, which was quite a bit different than the fridgid pacific ocean I’m used to so far north. There’s a lot more than just that. A lot more. 

So…

Where do you want to go? Have you found out how much it will cost you? How fast can you make that amount?

After you think about that, think about how you can make sure you don’t go back to your same old ways (the j.o.b.). One thing I did was pay for a mentoring service. I knew if I were to listen to my friends and family about how to make money, the only answer they would have given me would be: Get a job. Of course, that’s what I’ve run far away from. Don’t let poor advice get to you. That’s as bad as a millionaire getting financial advice from someone who makes $100,000 per year, and some people do this!

I’m planning on running a 24 hour special on my mentoring services soon. I’m predicting it to sell out rather quickly. One of my current students started a blog not too long ago. She decided to use only one method for getting traffic to her blog. I thought she was crazy since my advice is to use a variety of sources. To my surprise, that blogs traffic has been doubling each month with very minimal effort. Most of the traffic is coming from the search engines with highly targeting search phrases. She’s now in the process of brainstorming possible products to make. I hope she will decide to keep up the work so she can quit her day job for the wrest of her life.

Of course, there’s much more to life than a day job. Some people even have a goal to explore the whole world. Unfortunately, many of them are bound with invisible handcuffs.

- Aaron Brandon

Are you stuck reading a bunch of success or business books? Did you know you can find very useful knowledge which you can be applied to your business in “out of the ordinary” type books? Here’s an example of one book I’m reading that’s somewhere out of the ordinary…

The book is: ”The Toyota Way - 14 Management Principles From The World’s Greatest Manufacturer” It’s about the Toyota production system and explains many differences about them, vs. their competitors.

It’s a fascinating book, but how in the world is a book on automobile production going to help me with my business? I sell information, not cars!

The book tends to talk quite a bit about inventory, systems, processes, goals, continuous improvement, and more. Do those few things sound like important parts of a business? They are, very important! I use all of them in this business. In fact, I’ve even found more than one way to make improvements to my intern program. It runs on multiple procedures I use to continuously improve my business.

So what are you reading? I don’t think Harry Potter can help you with your business, but I haven’t read it, so I wouldn’t really know.

Have a great weekend!

- Aaron Brandon

Richard Lee is releasing a new product called “The Tabacon Debrief”.

I was able to take a look at this document early and was amazed by the amount of information revealed in it.

You’ve got to check it out for yourself. It will only be available for $50 for 48 hours, then the price will go up to $100.

Here’s Richard’s special: http://richardlee.com/?p=68

- Aaron Brandon

I’m always excited when find a way to cut time for a procedure I do in my business.

Here is an example of a procedure I do for creating a new video:

• Record video
• Export video as flash file (for web)
• Export Video as .avi file (for web/CD)
• Open FTP software
• Log on to server
• Upload Videos

About six major steps. But what if there were a way to merge the last three so that I wouldn’t have to open up another application to upload my videos? Would if be worth it? In my business, any time and hassles saved is an improvement, and continuous improvement in any business is important. So how would I do this? Well, TechSmith’s Camtasia Studio 5 has a new FTP feature built in. You can take a look at this article on their blog which contains some screenshots: http://visuallounge.techsmith.com/2007/10/camtasia_studio_v5_sneak_peek_6.html

How are you improving your procedures in your own business?

 - Aaron Brandon

Ever here someone say: “Don’t be afraid to go outside your comfort zone”?

Sometimes I think about what I’ve done most recently to “go outside my comfort zone”.

One was quitting my job several months ago. I had to make the decision of either working for someone else, or working for myself. Working for myself wouldn’t have been the first time. I used to run a computer repair service a few years earlier. Deciding to tell staff that I was going to quit was out of my comfort zone. It’s easy for me to bond well with the people I work with, so telling them I was leaving wasn’t easy…however, the relief that went along after I quit was as refreshing as a swig of ice cold water in a hot desert.

Was quitting the right thing to do? Yes. Though working a day job might have been easier in many ways, it wasn’t necessarily healthier, safer, and didn’t make me any wealthier.

Most recently I went outside my comfort zone while I was in Costa Rica. I actually held a tarantula. I have a pretty strong fear of spiders. Most spiders in my home know me as the “tissue murderer”. I think I came close to a heart attack while holding the tarantula…mainly because James Brausch made a loud ”AH!” sound while I was holding a fear of mine in front of me.

But there many more things I’d like to do that are outside my comfort zone.

A few are:

• Public speaking
• Recording myself in a video (not just the normal audio)
• And aside from business… trying something like bungee jumping and sky diving

So… what have you been doing outside your comfort zone? Are you doing anything?

- Aaron Brandon

I recently watched an interesting video which  compared two ads… an older one, and a new one. They were both for the same product, but the new one did much better. Why? Because of a simple name change!

If you were going to purchase an anti-wrinkle formula, would you be more willing to buy the name Botopical, or Youth Factor?

Well, one name worked better than the other.

Here’s the video I saw: http://www.marketingbestpractices.com/video/naming/naming.html

In fact, look at what David Frey (the guy in the video) did to find out which ad did better. There’s a good chance he has several issues of the magazines the ads appeared in. Over a period of time, he compared the ads to see if they changed or disappeared. If the ad simply disappeared, there’s a good chance the ad was not profitable. If the ad kept appearing and was modified over time (like the name change), there’s a good chance the ad was actually profitable.

- Aaron Brandon

Here’s my latest Carnival of Reciprocity. Any blog articles that have recently grabbed my attention have been posted below. Enjoy! 

Robert Phillips posted: Good Enough is Good Enough
(I’m confused, Robert recently wrote ”Don’t Let Good Enough Be Good Enough”)
http://www.cybercashology.com/?p=179

Dean Hunt posted: The Single Biggest Reason People Will Buy Toothpaste
(I had to recently buy toothepaste after I had to discard it because of airport security measures)
http://deanhunt.com/the-single-biggest-reason-people-will-buy-toothpaste/

Yanik Silver posted: Video scavenger hunt…
(This gave me a good laugh)
http://www.internetlifestyle.com/blog/?p=229

Tim Ferriss posted: Should I Wait Until I’m Rich To Give Back?
(Very interesting)
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/04/karmic-capitalist-should-i-wait-until-im-rich-to-give/

John Jantsch posted: The Proper Way To Stalk A Journalist
(Huh?)
http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/07/the-proper-way-to-stalk-a-journalist/

Building a list of ezine editors can be tedious, confusing, and time consuming. So, why do it? The fact is that the larger your list is, the more likely your publication will actually make it in on to a newsletter or website. The more newsletters or websites your article is on, the more traffic you’ll get, the more traffic, the more sales. Of course, if you can’t write anything decent, your chances of getting an article published is slim.

So, assuming that you can write, here are a few tips you can use to build your list:

1. Save as much time as you can before hand. If you have some extra cash to spend, consider purchasing a list of ezine editors. Some people have already done all the hard work… here are a few lists I know of:

http://www.directoryofezines.com

http://www.ezineeditorslist.com

and Robert Phillips has been known to release his list with a 24 hour special: http://www.cybercashology.com

2. Browse online ezine directories which list editors e-mail addresses. Create a comma separated document to store the editors e-mail address, publication name, first name, and last name. I have had luck with some directories. You may have to look a bit deeper to find the good ones. Some directories only list subscriber addresses, while others will include everything you need. Some directories don’t show e-mail addresses because spammers are an obvious problem.

3. Subscribe e-mail addresses aren’t mean’t for submitting articles to, but can they be to your advantage? Possibly. I would recommend making a separate list of subscribe addresses. You might want to try e-mailing them individually asking them how and where you can submit your articles. E-mailing them acting like the typical money hungry, forum junkie type is not going to get you anywhere. Be a legitimate author.

3. Make sure you’re building your list of editors systematically. Some directories will often look the same, and sometimes you’ll forget whether you’ve already been to a certain one. That’s why it’s important to make a list of as many directories as you can first. Proceed in some kind of order.

4. Don’t stop building your list. Always continue to add to it, even if it takes one hour of your day (I’ve found that I can easily add 50/hour).

5. Once you have your list, submit your publications using software like Artemis Pro. I recommend buying a dedicated server for use with Artemis Pro or there’s a chance your ISP will shut you down (or tell you how to install anti-virus software).

6. Always filter your list for duplicate addresses, and remove addresses that do not go through. Last time I checked, submitting my articles to nobody wasn’t effective.

 - Aaron Brandon

I just released a new product called “Carnival of Reciprocity.”  It is a procedure you can use with your blog.

You can get it for only $35 for the next 24 hours (until noon PST on Wednesday).  After that, the normal price will be $100.

Here’s the URL:

http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZOEAXF

If you would like to grow your blog traffic and receive inbound links, you need this product.  After you follow the instructions in the readme file and watch the video, you will have the knowledge to use the Carnival of Reciprocity for your own business. 

It has proven to be effective for me, so I pass this on to you.

- Aaron Brandon

In a recent comment, a blog reader of mine asked how many tasks my intern program has. I was about to respond until I asked myself why someone would ask a question like that. Here are a few of my guesses:

1. My intern program might have unlimited tasks, therefore winning hundreds of dollars worth of products isn’t even possible

2. Knowing how many tasks I have will instantly tell how much work is involved ahead of time

3. Or maybe he’s wondering how many tasks should be in his own intern program.

My guesses might be right on, or far off, I don’t know. I do know that if you join my intern program, you can have all the tasks completed within one month. Within that month, the tasks can be completed with about 51 hours of work.

Before you e-mail me a storm about having to work 51 hours, let me tell you that 51 hours is the maximum amount of time you’ll have to spend working on all of the combined tasks. If the amount of time goes beyond that, it’s because an intern isn’t following procedures correctly.

But is 51 hours really a lot of time? Yes, if you sit down for that long on a project without getting up, well, you could die… but if you split that time up into 1-3 hours segments over a period of less than a month, working Monday through Friday, it’s a lot less time than working a day job. In fact, if you are still working a day job, I suggest working on a task during the time you aren’t working. An hour and a half in the morning before work, and maybe the second period sometime after work.

The tasks are simple. You gain experience. You won’t be beaten with a whip.

Ready? 

Here’s how to join:

I still don’t understand why anyone is interested in a “home business” or anything relating to “work from home”. More employers every year are deciding to get rid of office space (to save money) and are sending their workers home to work. Great, that way you can be stuck in your house all day working eight hour days in front of your computer or with your head glued to the phone. Sound fun? I hope not. What you should be looking for is a “freedom business”.

I recently visited the country of Costa Rica for two weeks. Close friends of mine thought I was on vacation. No, I wasn’t on vacation, I was just in Costa Rica. I got work done on my internet business, socialized, and I got to travel around Costa Rica, but I was not on vacation, nor was I at home. The last time I took a vacation was probably when I took a cruise to Mexico for a long weekend. Unfortunately after that ended, I was back working a day job the following day. Yuck. I couldn’t stand the feeling of having to go back to a job once my vacation was over, especially when the other folks I met on the cruise didn’t have to go back to a lame job, most of them had already found freedom. So I made a change…

With the freedom I have now, I can go just about anywhere (as long as there’s an internet connection) and can work on my business.

Can you do that yet? If not, get to work!

- Aaron Brandon