The April edition of my printed newsletter is ready to be sent out.

If you would like to receive a copy, all it takes is a simple subscription using the following link:

http://www.aaronbrandon.com/newsletter/

The April edition includes the following:

- A newsletter exclusive special for CBMerchantPro.  The normal cost of CBMerchantPro is $200.00.  As a subscriber to my Online Business Newsletter, you’ll receive a link where you can order this brand new software for just $50 dollars.

- I reveal a traffic method I’ve used to drive search engine traffic to free blogs successfully.  This one isn’t something to shrug off.

- Do you ever get the feeling you’re in a market that’s just too competitive, and everyone seems to be selling the same product?  No worries.  This article will clear up how one multi-billion dollar industry allows numerous companies to sell the SAME EXACT product, and what they do to set their product apart from competitors.

- You can add as many videos as you’d like to YouTube.  Whether or not they’ll be seen around the world is up to you.  After reading this article, you’ll end of with a clear picture on how numerous YouTube video publishers are able to get tons of viewers in a small time frame with just one source.

If you want to get your hands on this issue, you’d better hurry.  I’m sending this issue out at 3pm PST on Wednesday (that’s today!). 

Get subscribed now for only $25/month by using the link below: 

http://www.aaronbrandon.com/newsletter/

- Aaron Brandon

Richard Lee pointed out that my blog is two years old today.

Way to go, blog!

It has been a great journey, and it continues….

- Aaron Brandon

I just got word from Dotster.com that they will be holding a “Happy Hour” event tomorrow (Thursday) at 1pm PST where they’ll be giving away free .com, .net, and .org domains to 500 people “on a first-come, first-served basis (1 domain name per customer)”.

Maybe you’ve been wanting to get started with an internet business and just haven’t gotten around to purchasing a domain.  Or, maybe you’re just finishing up a new course and haven’t gotten around to purchasing a domain for it yet.  Well, whatever the case may be, this is your chance to get a free domain.  Their usual price is normally around $15/year for a domain registration, so why not get in on the deal?  That extra $15 in your pocket could pay your first months of hosting (This is my affiliate link) somewhere else…

Here’s some more information about their event:

http://emailer.emailroi.com/r.pl?tX1po5U1kPpuFSu4_0bf7e83747759803http://www.dotster.com

By the way, that’s not an affiliate link or anything.  I’m not making a dime for recommending this to you (obviously).  I simply copied it right out of the e-mail I received from Dotster.  I currently have a number of domains registered with them, and have only had a positive experience with their service, so I thought I’d pass this information along.

- Aaron Brandon

When was the last time you asked yourself:  ”Am I where I want to be in life?”

If you ask others, they’ll often lie to you.  They’ll basically shrug off that question and answer in the form of habit.

“My life is fine”, “I am happy”

But are they living their dream?

Everyone should have a dream of what they want to be doing.  And, if they aren’t currently at that point, they should be doing whatever they can to work towards it.

One commonly shared dream is owning a huge yacht.  There’s only one way to know if you’ve accomplished that dream.  Just ask yourself, “Am I on it?”

I have a dream.  To be honest, I’m not there yet.  That’s fine, I have time to get there.  I’ve seen others with far less time, and are so far away from their dreams, there’s a good chance they’ll never reach their destination.  That won’t be me, and I wouldn’t want it to be you. 

What are you doing right now?  Are you working a job, wishing you could run your own business and make more money instead?  If so, what’s stopping you?  I know others who work a full time job, and still manage to make available the time to work on their business on the side.  Their businesses are growing.  That’s a step towards most peoples dreams.  Working for yourself without a boss on your back.

Are you there yet?

- Aaron Brandon

Richard Lee’s headed somewhere…

He just posted a few videos on his blog.

Check this out:

http://richardlee.com/

- Aaron Brandon

I just came across a website with a number of “behind the scenes” methods which advertisers, magicians, movie producers, and photographers all use in their work.

Some of these methods rub me the wrong way.  Like food businesses which insert air into their products, selling you half the regular product and slap a different label on the product.

But I’m sure you can get something out of some of the other methods shown, and apply them in your own business.

Check them out here:

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- Aaron Brandon

A number of internet business folks have been mentioning mind mapping lately.  Some talk about it as being some sort of secret tool that will solve all of your problems.  In truth, it won’t.  But it is a neat tool, but that’s about all it is.

Think about how you create a PowerPoint presentation.

You know how it’s done.  You’ve got a topic, and a bunch of bullets.  Then, you might have some sub-bullets.

Sorry folks, that’s pretty much the same way mind mapping works!

Mind mapping simply changes how you’re visualizing those outlines.  Instead of a list, you’re creating a visual diagram of your notes.  Instead of a topic at the top, you’ll have a circle, or some sort of figure for a starting point in the middle of a page.  Instead of all of the bullets, you’ll have lines (or some graphic, like an arrow) pointing to each item in the list, and more pointing to the sub items.

Quite frankly, it’s more like a flow chart for a process, rather than having it in a written format.

But, I’m not actually bashing mind mapping .  To be honest, I use them for several of my own projects.

I believe giving myself the ability to visualize my notes in a more graphical way can help me be more organized.

Here are a few things I’ve used mind mapping with:

• Websites
• Business Procedures
• Instructions
• Presentation notes

I’ve even mapped out an entire online business.  The only problem I’ve had has been keeping it update constantly.  For example, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stop adding more ways to get web traffic to a website.  I come across at least one new way every day!

That reminds me, I’ve been debating whether I should create a product for using mind maps. 

I’m interested in getting your input.  If I were to create a product which showed how I use and create mind maps, would you purchase it?  Comments are open.

- Aaron Brandon

Some of my newsletter subscribers have been contacting me asking questions lately, so I’ll take the time and answer them on here on my blog.

One is, when will I receive the March newsletter?

My March newsletter was sent out towards the end of March, so if you haven’t received the newsletter yet, you should very soon.  Sorry for the delay.  I was pretty ill during the month of March, so my first issue took me longer than expected to put together.

Another question was how to subscribe to receive my monthly newsletter.  I created a page just for that, located here: http://www.aaronbrandon.com/newsletter/

If you subscribe now, you’ll begin receiving my newsletter starting with the April issue.  I’ll have a blog entry up shortly describing what I’ve included in the April issue.

And last, I’m using USPS to send out the newsletters.  I was able to get the “Earn An Income By Publishing Your Own Printed And Mailed Newsletter” CD sent out to all of my March subscribers, so if you received that, you should now know exactly how I’m sending out my newsletter.

- Aaron Brandon