If you have participated in a giveaway before you know the potential benefits which you can gain by visiting the giveaway.

Some will say that such events a organized in order to generate a profit for the organizors. It is true that people will benefit financially from a giveaway. However, it is possible to profit from such an event without incurring any expense.

The BARGIN BASEMENT GIVEAWAY will have close to 400 products available for absolutely NO CHARGE. The opportunity to browse through these products is an excellent way to obtain excellent materials to help you develop your own online business. This can be in the form of educational materials or in products which can be added to affiliate or resale rights programs.

I would urge you to visit BARGIN BASEMENT GIVEAWAYand I would also urge you to begin to consider placeing a quality product in a giveaway. This is an excellent way to begin to biuld a subscriber list. I have been able to more than triple the size of my list through giveaway participation.and would urge you to also consider this technique if you are attempting to develop an online business.

Click on any of the links displayed above or the following web address to link to the BARGIN BASEMENT GIVEAWAY: http://bargain-basement-giveaway.com/go/232

If you’ve had enough of plodding along year after year and you want to improve yourself to make 2010 your BEST ever year, then you need to go here: http://selfimprovementgifts4.com/go/1189

Self Improvement 4 will be open only for a VERY LIMITED TIME from January 5th to January 19th 2010. When you go there you’ll find a multitude of products – all FREE – provided by Self Improvement and Internet Marketing experts from all over the world. Here is just a small sample of what you will find:

    * Resale Rights: The Fast Track to Internet Success– Kenneth Douglas
    * NLP – Love Your Physical Self – Elizabeth Benson
    * Dynamic Personality – Alex Perez Pratt
    * Transformational Fitness – Amy Lundberg
    * Anger Management – Giovanni Farotto
    * Managing Stress – Heather Step
    * How to Stay Focused – Piet Venter
    * Unlimited Abundance – Gary L Glasscock
    * 110 Self Help Super Tips – Jack Brown
    * Outrageous Health – Charly Leetham
    * Secrets of the Subconscious – Alvin Huang
    * Law of Attraction – Dechen Lau
    * How to Reinvent Yourself at Midlife – Iyabo Asani
    * Peak Performance – Frank Bauer
    * Personal Transformation – Tony Dovale
    * Easy Meditation – Esdee Penn
Get all of these and 100’s more here: http://selfimprovementgifts4.com/go/1189

The organizers of the event are Stephanie Mulac, Rodger Hyatt and Gary Simpson.

Just briefly, this is Stephanie’s 4th Self Improvement Giveaway. Stephanie started this style of event in 2006. It’s in the form of a “Giveaway” which is sort of like a giant electronic trade fair where 100’s of experts offer their products free to the public.

Because it has become so popular, this year Stephanie has enlisted the services of Rodger Hyatt, a very experienced internet marketer, and Gary Simpson who has a copyrighting and self improvement background of some 20 years.

You only have to walk into any book store in any country to see how popular the subjects of self improvement, self awareness and personal development are. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry churning out hundreds of new books, audios, CD’s and other paraphernalia every year.

These can be very expensive but at http://selfimprovementgifts4.com/go/1189 you can pick this information up completely FREE.

With 2010 upon us, what better time is there than right NOW to set yourself and your business up for future success? This event is a life-changing experience for those who take it.

Come and join Stephanie, Rodger, Gary and me and see for yourself.

If you want to grab the largest collection of self improvement and internet marketing products you’ll find ANYWHERE – all FREE – then go to http://selfimprovementgifts4.com/go/1189 NOW and claim your bounty!

 When I entered the relm of Internet Marketing I was a lamb entering a world dominated by lions. I quickly learned that in addition to learning the principles of internet marketing itself, I had a lot of work to do just to learn how to use the tools needed to have a basic knowledge of blogging. I was able to go to youtube and find bits and pieces of information but then I was faced with the task of trying to fit all the pieces together. Tommy has put the puzzle together for his readers by outlining the steps needed to create a blog, the proper sequence, and a very clear explanation of how to accomplish each task.

The e-book guides the reader seamlessly through how to select a domain name and how to register  the selected name. He next explains how to select a host for the new domain and the importance of nameservers to get the new site online. He then provides guidence through the selection of all aspects of selecting a Wordpress theme and how to work with it. He presents options for enhancing the theme with plug-ins and ultimately walks the reader through adding their first post even including how to add pictures and video to a post. 

For those planning to develop an online business Blog Setup Tutorial provides information about how  to monetize a blog. How to use Search Engine optimization or SEO to promote websites is covered as well as Google rankings and their importance. With the inclusion of information on Adsense, Aweber as Google Analytics, Blog Setup Tutorials is the most complete single reference I have found concerning blog construction. I can only Imagine how much easier my own journey through blog construction would have been had a source of information such as this been available.

While Blog Setup Tutorials is largely directed toward someone new to blogging, I have found it to be helpful to me also by revealing some of the finer points of blog construction and use that were pieces of information that were new to me. I am confident that others who have been blogging for a while will also find new and helpful information.

Blog Steup Tutorials is an e-book that both the “newbie” and the veteran blogger will find helpful. Perhaps the best thing about this new release is that following in the teachings of our shared mentor Alex Jeffreys, Tommy has provided the product of his endeavor at not cost. This certainly exemplifies Alex’s tenet of providing more than is expected. Thank You Tommy!!

Click on the cover of Blog Setup Tutorial in the left sidebar to receive your free copy.

 Along with gaining a great deal of knowledge I have been able to apply what I have learned to reach the goal I had when I began mentoring with Alex Jeffreys, I am making money online. In future posts here I plan to provide more information about the things I have learned regarding the differeng aspects of affiliate marketing and how to earn a considerable income in this area. I plan to discuss, amoung other things, how to earn an income by promoting the products of others as well as, what has become my personal favorite aspect of affiliate marketing, how to earn a healthy income in an area known as CPA Marketing in which potential customers of a vendor are asked to complete a variety of specific actions without actually selling a product.

I have observed the impact that techniques such as aritcle submission can have in attracting site traffic. I have also observed how differing styles of site banners can impact the conversion rate of a product. These are only two of the many techniques I plan to present in detail here in future posts. I would encourage you to return and read my future presentations which will be a combination of philosophy, theory and technique. I will also review products which I find to have value. Some of the products I will review will be free products while others will have costs associated with them. The common denominator of these presentations will be that they will concern items I believe to have value and not just an item from which I may benefit financially.

I am excited about the things which I plan to present and hope that you will return on a regular basis and be a part of things through your comments.

Ken

This also exemplifies also the power of networking. This is a principle which can be very effective both on and offline. The interaction of the members of Alex’s coaching program is a perfect example of this concept taking place online. In the current economic climate this can be very important. In my opinion networking can also have negative aspects. For instance, I take offense to the flood of email promotions that surround the release of a new product. While I understand the financial implications of such promotions they still remain for me an unpalatable aspect of networking.

I would welcome your comments pro or con to my comments.

Linda Caroll has written a post on her blog that provides some very important information about blog hacking. Follow this link to find this important information.  http://lindacaroll.com/web/sattanorg-wordpress-hack-steals-google-traffic.html. Linda is the behind the scene genius behind the makeover of Gary Simpson’s “Temple” a few weeks ago and certainly can speak( or write) with authority on web issues.

Gary Simpson has also added an excellent post ( http://motivationselfesteem.com/talk/845/warning-posts-and-comments-can-be-dangerous-to-you.htm )to his blog reminding us of the potential negative consequences of our online activities. Often when we are creating content for placement on the internet we feel a false sense of privacy and security because we are in the protective comfort of our home. Gary’s post along with the comments attached to serve as a reminder that our computers are a window to the world. They are a window through which we may look but also a window through which we may also be viewed.

I would encourage each of the remaining students in the coaching program to take a few minutes to reflect  and comment upon where they were before the mentoring program began, where you are now and where you hope to go using the information presented in the program.  I believe we each will find that we have made great strides in our journey.

1.  Kenneth Douglas (as in my site name ) is my first and middle name. I have chosen to use them online because I was unable to secure a domain for my first and last name (which by the way is Garrett). I’m sorry for the confusion I have caused some of you.

2. In my offline life I am a dentist and have practiced for 34 years. This is something, which like Gary and his martial arts training, I do not tend to make widely known outside of my professional settings. By doing this I often hear the phrase “You don’t act like a dentist” when someone becomes aquainted with me before they know my profession.. I have found that people often react to their concept of who or what I should be based upon their concept of my profession rather than me as an individual. ..

3. I have been described as being obsessive in the sense that when I become interested in something I tend to become totally immeresed as I pursue my interest (an example can be seen in #5 below). I prefer to describe myself as passionate about my interests. ( this has been recognized as a personality trait of persons who choose my profession)

4. I tend to be a perfectionest being described as a “type A” personality. (Again a professional personality trait)

5. I have done 5 102 mile bicycle rides in Death Valley as part of a fund raising event for The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

6. I am a Type I or juvenile diabetic but I choose not to let this limit my level of activity I have choosen  to view this merely as an inconvenience rather than a limitation.

7. My newest passion is the houseboat my wife and i designed and had built 2 years ago. We now spend the majority of our free time on it. It is also the basis for my desire to develop an online business. I want an income stream which will not be dependent upon location. I want to be able to manage it just as easily from my home office or the front deck of my boat.

8.. I am an animal lover. We presently have three dogs in all sizes,from a 100+ pound Great Pyrenees, to a 30 pound Beagle/ Hound mix with a Labrador/Austrtalian Shepard mix stuck in the middle for good measure. In the past I have owned and shown horses ( Morgans, American Saddlebreds and Hackney ponies).

9. I enjoy watching NASCAR racing and college basketball.

10. I enjoy doing geneology research, connecting with my history and learning about those members of my family who preceeded me.

11. Through my geneology studies I have established that I am 1/16th Cherokee Indian. This has led me to      do a great deal of reading in the areas of Native American history, religion, medicine and philosophys.

12. I am a coffee drinker ( sorry Gary, but I need my poison). As such, I enjoy experiencing coffee from various parts of the world. My favorite variety of coffee comes from the Blue Mountain region of Jamaica. I prefer to brew my coffee by using freshly ground beans in a french press.

13. I prefer to drink coffee without cream or sweetener but when drinking tea (hot or iced) i prefer it with sweetener.

14. While I am not generally a creature of habit, I enjoy relaxing on Sunday mornings with a couple of cups of coffee. When on the boat I enjoy the solitude of watching the early morning lake activity from the upper deck. 

15. I am usually in the process of reading multiple books at the same time. Usually a self-help or management type book, a fast paced action type fiction book, and something of a historical or biographical nature

16. I am a student of the American Civil War. I enjoy reading about this period and also visiting the battlefields of this conflict.

17. I must be active. For instance, I cannot enjoy relaxing on the beach doing nothing.  I must be up and moving about. This prompted me to begin scuba diving on a trip to the Bahamas.

18. I have been studying martial arts for about 2 years. This has given me insight to having confidence in ones abilities with out a need to publicize or draw attention to those talents. It has also helped me to refocus on the fact that there will always be someone who has greater knowledge from whom I should learn and also someone with lesser knowledge who I should be willing to teach.

19. I collect shot glasses as souvenirs of the places I visit. I divide them into three categories, cities, state and provences and attractions or events.

20. I prefer small town or rural settings rather than large cities.

21. I enjoy travel. Two places I have not had the opportunity to visit but hope to in the future are Ireland and Australia.

22. I have become aware  that in life you learn much more by sitting quietly and observing than by making everyone aware of your presence.

23. I am what my wife describes as a “pack rat”, I never want to throw something away because “I might need it”  I must confess I am improving in this area thanks to her tutelage.

24. As a result of the personality flaw revealed in #23 my sense of organization is best described as “stacking”. To the casual observer it appears to be chaos but mentally I can go directly to what I want when necessary. My desk is a monument to this disorder.

25. I enjoy  amateur photography

I hope this has been enlightening. It was more difficult to compile than i had anticipated when I started. Perhaps this was because of the way I subconciously want to filter the image I present to the world or simply because I am not very exciting, I will leave that determination to some brave soul with nothing better to do than to explore my psyche.