Get Connected

April 26, 2011

"How Can You Earn an Income on the Internet"

There is only one basic answer to that question for me, and that is to "Get Connected."
Everyone is getting connected, so you better think about comparing yourself and your business to everyone!

Since the inception of the internet our world of commerce has changed drastically and social media with all it's various forms are becoming or should I say have become the dominant form of interaction. Online tools like pod-casts, blogs, search engines, video, and audio, just to name a few have been deployed into media such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Apsense along with marketing sources such as About.me offer realistic ways to get involved and productive for yourself and your business. It is the new media, the "me media" or "you media" for marketing in this new age of business.

Connecting your business to other firms, clients, and potential customers are essential as the old rules of business won't help you much. Survival depends on connecting, creating "real" value, speaking authentically and building trust with everyone. And everyone means your customers, colleagues and ~ yes ~ even your competitors.

So let's go back to ~ How Can You Earn an Income on the Internet? ~ then just sit and think for a minute - and ask yourself:
"How are you going to build your business and get your name out there?"
Well, first you must understand that business has been forced or is being obliged to change and this, in turn, changes everything we know about business and how you are going to have to connect yourself, your brand, your products, and your services. Your game plan will be to spread the word and your message far and wide; consider it has become a global market for yourself and your business. Part of that plan is to understand your 'target market" and connect with them and then build a relationship.

We all have access to the new technology, the internet, and the new age mobile devices that are out there, and these are the tools which connect you. Using these tools in conjunction with the social media tools I mentioned previously are the channels that will work for you as you work to add value, your voice and the ability to connect with your consumers; so Engage~Inform~Educate by taking part in the social communities available. It's driven by the time you need to invest, not so much by the money that you invest.

The people that are connecting and doing so through these tools and channels are growing their personal brand and their business and are rivaling some of the biggest corporations on the planet. You have the size, the power, the audience and the influence to become the entrepreneur you desire. Connect, communicate, share and grow your business and you will find the implications are massive. You as an individual and a company owning entrepreneur have only one choice: get involved, build your awareness and combine everything and you can eclipse your competition.


So - how can you earn an income on the internet - simple:
Get Connected!


Regards,
Corey Blackmur
Written by Corey Blackmur


All the Best,

Joseph F. Botelho One Gram at a Time

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Do you believe lazy marketers can be educated

April 25, 2011

Very well written article by one of the senior writers at APSense, take the time to review and leave a comment for feedback on this article written by Philippe Moisan

First, let me define what I mean by a lazy marketer. It's a person who will in do one or many of the following things:

1. Send a link to you in a PM right after accepting your contact request
2. Send a contact request to you, and then send a link in a PM right after you received
3. Post a link as a comment in your article
4. Post 2-word comments like "great info", "good article", "nice site"
5. Copy and paste parts of the content of your article as a comment
6. Puts truckloads of links in profile, no personal info at all
7. "I will add bio later."
8. Writes very short articles
9. Puts only a banner as the article content
10. Copies an article from another source and doesn't reveal he/she is not the original author
11. Repeats in the "write review" section of a RevPage what was written in the "About" section
12. Joins "add a comment" campaigns writing the same comment in every campaign, what I call a pass-through comment
13. Writes a testimonial to a member but doesn't mention anything specific about the member, or worse, advertises something
14. Jumps from one program to another instead of working the programs he/she is part of
15. Puts a link into the status
16. Creates a group but doesn't post subjects
17. Will put only minimal info in his/her APSense Business Center ( ABC )

I'm sure I could find other things to add to the list. I expect people were reading the article will make suggestions. They are welcome to do so. I will top your comments.

Now, some people believe that marketers that practice these ways of "building" a business can't or won't change.

I believe otherwise. Of course, I don't expect to be able to make every lazy marketer change habits. But if I'm successful at educating just a few, well, to me, it's worth the effort.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I see less lazy marketing at APSense nowadays. I'm not saying there is none at all. But it mostly comes from new members who:

* Think they can get away with it
* Are not well informed as to the proper ways of doing business
* Are in a hurry to have other members join their programs

Do you take the time to say politely to someone sending you a link in a PM that you don't accept unsolicited links? I've done that many times. I've rarely been blocked afterwords. Those that are upset, I guess it would have been a waste of time to try to build a relationship with that person in the first place.

Are you afraid to use the "report abuse" link? Don't be. Nothing bad will happen to you. Back in the last months of 2010, not only did I use the link repeatedly, but Dawie and I used to go spam hunting. We found some wicked fun in doing so. Any member who had abused an article soon became known as a nonserious marketer.

When I see a link to the status, I click the "Add comment" in the News Feed and suggest to the member that it might be better to post something else to get better attention from important members.

Don't put truckloads of links in your profile. I believe most members will just pass by, cause they'll see you as someone who is int interested in building relationships. Realize we are all marketers at APSense. There are tens of thousands of us, with more than 150 new members every day.

The ABC is an awesome resource for someone not having his/her website. Learn to use it. Look at what other members have done, be inspired by their efforts.

Please don't use testimonials as a spam tool. It can be so much valuable. You'll see, after some time, when many people get to know and appreciate you, you'll get testimonials, and you'll understand the value.

Writing 2-word comments is useless. Please, just top the article. Seeing a ton of "good article" in comments is not something a serious marketer looks forward to. We want to know something about you, or if you share additional information, people will look forward to your articles.

Writing very short articles doesn't look very professional. There are exceptions, like when we just put an Easter Bunny, that's enjoyable. :)

Written By

Philippe Moisan

Building an online business is not a hobby. It's something that can have significant ramifications in your life if you treat it as such. In the long run, that's what you will see.

In conclusion, yes, I do believe lazy marketers can be educated.

All the Best,

Joseph F. Botelho One Gram at a Time

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When you have this Feature, then you have it all

April 24, 2010

When l created this group l had one goal in mind, to have the ability to provide information that will have an immediate impact on our talents here at APSense. "The APSense Team" has been overly creative with all the latest features that we all can get our hands on.

The real question here is how many of us know how to operate these outstanding features
and coordinate them with our talents. Now this is an "ART" cause it will enhance your overall image, impressions on your first impression. Showcasing your abilities is what APSense will provide all Internet Marketers who have the desire to be the best they can be.

Why l created this group so we all can learn how to use and makes these features the most efficient ones we have to market our talents when used and operated correctly. No magical dust here, just labor under correct knowledge is what you will be provided with.

Sharing our wealth of knowledge with our group is a vital step in providing leadership among our "Social Network"...joining this group is a good step, in understanding how all new and old members will benefit from APSense one click at a time.

POST YOUR COMMENTS AS QUESTIONS

-What l mean by this is if you need an answer posted it here.
-Our members will share the most conman answer with your question.
-Having fun learning our concepts is rewarding and beneficial for your success here.
-Watching your abilities increase with confidence and new found niches.
-Understanding what your goals and desires are from APSense.


The rest is up to "YOU", All it takes is a "CLICK AWAY."

All the Best,

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Parents have the ability to control the confidence in a Child

April 23, 2011

I wrote this article back on the below date came across it and decided it had value for all us parents to learn from this article. I will provide a link to the original article, and you can read all of the comments made...

October 30, 2007

Parents have the ability to control the confidence in kids

This happened to me last night l watched this young man my son walking from the dressing room, he had just played the worse possible game, and no one knew it more than him. He was fighting the puck all night, without any or much support from his teammates. I watched his body language which indicated that his self-esteem, confidence was at the lowest form it could be at.

I keep an eye on him every step as he got closer and closer to all of the parents who like myself were waiting for their son's, he looks at me and say's dad don't say a word, please. I walked with him as we passed all the other parents, not a single word was spoken in fact they turned their backs on us. I was hoping to hear a sound or a word or two of encouragement some team spirit, but none was shared with us as we both walked out of the arena.


I had never felt so much pain as l did at that moment in time, more pain then when l lost most of my wealth in 2004. Here is a young adult and he had just learned one of the most valuable lessons in life, human behavior at its best. I told him, what you felt and seen tonight will prepare you for what to expect in life, humans will always have the reaction in a manner that will create friction.

I told him of how proud l was, for him holding his head up high as he walked by the other parents, you did it the right way. I was on my mind the whole hour plus drive home, the looks from the other parents, it was like we were something that didn't even existed.

So when l got home l spent about an hour composing an email to all the parents and shared my feelings and thoughts of what we had just experienced and asked one very simple question how would you have reacted if it was you in my shoes and you son in my son's shoes. Perhaps some of you have shared my experience, and perhaps other never will truly understand what had happened. The bottom line it's only a game yes at a high level, and the expectations are great but are we not forgetting one thing these kids are only 13 and 14 years of age.

Did l do the right thing by sending an email out last night, l know one thing my wife will provide me with an earful, but she wasn't there to feel what we felt last night.


All the Best,

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Why is a Testimonial important, at APSense or is It?

April 22, 2010

I been here at APSense for a long time, have to watch much come and go, it happens part of the process. Iit's like the song "Still Have Not Found What I am Looking For" but every so often you do encounter a member who has talent, desire and most of all the ability to just do it.

I being am honest l was very impress with her on her first day, l did guide her in the correct direction and what she asked at the tim. Wow she had it all figured out how can you not be impressed by someone who just listened to you... If you take some time and review this member, her name is Belinha Fernandes. I decided to write her a testimonial, on her first day, never did that before to anyone here just fact.

When she read that testimony, she was having an off day, and when she read it, it inspired her to get herself motivated and work at what she loves doing. Positive feedback is something you have to earn, with respect and most of the lead like a leader.

When you take the time to appreciate what we all have here, we understand the ability to share and make each us as successful as we possibly can. You can not buy a testimonial here if you; do it has "NO VALUE".

So when you looking other members profiles scrawl down and review and read the section of Testimonials, see how many they have what it say's you know the good ones from the bad ones but each one had a meaning.

I am also going to post this to the APSene Blog, providing Belindha Fernandes a larger audience of networkers who understanding Marketing at this level.

All the Best,

Joseph F. Botelho One Gram at a Time

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Network Champs, Let's Get started

April 20, 2011

Network Champs was developed by Lonnie Niver, Gilberto Cintron and myself (Joseph F. Botelho) today as part of "Building an Empire" that will provide us the ability to grow as a "Team" on Facebook with endless backlinks.

Network Champs, has only one concept in mind, and that is to make you as successful as you are willing to be. This program will only work if we all understand how Network Champs works, very simple. The concept we have developed is all about duplicating each others efforts, the more we get involved, the more powerful this system becomes. You will become part of this Team, see there is no one in the word Team; you will have the support leadership and step by step proven formula for success.

It's hard work, commitment, not a get rich scheme just a useful vehicle for getting us to understanding what Living The Dream is all about. Gilberto and Lonnie, l trust their abilities 100 percent, when we decided to do this, we had a reason and a solid game plan. As we grow and spread the knowledge of this groups concept, you will understand one thing!

"You Will Be Glad to be Part of this Group."


More information to enhance our direction coming your way. We will keep you informed and provide our group with instructions for all of us to become the best we all can be.

NETWORK CHAMPS ON FACEBOOK

All the Best,

Joseph F. Botelho One Gram at a Time

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From Setbacks to Getting Back Your Life!

April 16, 2011

From Setbacks to Getting Back Your Life!

There is never a better time in your life to set a new standard of goals when you have had; a real bad setback in your life. This is when it will count the most, you need new directions for you to reach out and get your life back. It happened to me back in 2004, l took a very large hit, but l listen to my dad who told the answer was in the mirror. God bless him, he was so correct, my attitude was not functional for what l just went through.

The hardest thing for any of us to admit is that we failed. and it was not my fault and make up the obstacles that will hold you back from obtaining the success; and your life back. You need to find and develop a new positive attitude for you to reach your new spiritual and financial goals.

The question here is how do "YOU" perform this transition? What l have heard and still hear is many of us have a hard time accepting setbacks in life. The key factors you need to fully grasp and understand is you need to let go of things that have happened to you and please forget about putting a whole new set of objectives in front of ourselves.

The main reasons are that our self-esteem has been shattered and have very little desire or motivation that it will take you to accomplish these new goals and find the success we all dream about. Just remember these words on this topic.

Show me a person male or female who's never made a mistake, and l will tell you one thing they have never done a thing in their life's this is a fact.

A mistake in life is part of reminding us that we are only humans and should encourage us to step out on a limb, and try something different.

Apply this newly founded attitude as an opportunity to sharpen your knife, and become more creative in your life!!

When you watch this man overcoming the most tragical consequence that one had to deal with as a child, then as an adult you will understand and found the courage to fight back and get your life to where it use to be.




Are you this person All the Best,

Joseph F. Botelho One Gram at a Time

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