Get Motivated Stay Focused ~ Focus and Action for Online Entrepreneurs

Tips to Stay Motivated and Enthusiastic About Your Business

February 28, 2012 By Jackie Lee 7 Comments

When you're hammering along trying to build an online business it can be tough, and at times it can be demoralizing. You spend hours and hours working ~ or what feels like working ~ only to find you've been spinning your wheels and you've yet to earn a dime. First of all... don't give up! You CAN do it, and being motivated and enthusiastic is an important part of being able to stick with it long enough to have success. Have I ever told you my first 30 some-odd lenses at Squidoo didn't make … [Read more...]

How to Increase Your Income Exponentially

February 1, 2012 By Jackie Lee 12 Comments

All these years I've sat behind my computer screen... all by myself... feeling like I had to do it ALL myself. I felt like I had to figure it out all myself, and just muscle my way through everything until I got it right. Well... that's partially my personality, and it's partially because there weren't many people out there to follow when I first got started online. That is no longer the case... at all. You may know I recently switched up my business model. The biggest thing I had to … [Read more...]

What’s Really Important?

January 3, 2012 By Jackie Lee 40 Comments

This was going to be a post about social media. That was the plan for today. However, sometimes life has a way of handing you things that get you thinking and doing social media the "right" way seems just a little less important (but I will write that post don't worry). Anyway... yesterday a friend of our passed away. It was sudden and unexpected. She was quite young and it got me thinking. It's so easy to get all wound up and wrapped up in the computer, in the online world, in how to … [Read more...]

Creating an Editorial Calendar for Your Blog

December 27, 2011 By Jackie Lee 18 Comments

Here it is almost a new year, and I'm sure you have big plans for your blog and your business. As we discussed last week having a strategic business plan going into the new year is always key. This week we're going to take that plan and put it into practice! Because action is where your profits come from. If you're creating an authority type site, whether it's about a niche in general or even product reviews, your content is the foundation of your site. If you're not creating new content, … [Read more...]

Creating a Strategic Business Plan for the New Year

December 20, 2011 By Jackie Lee 22 Comments

It's that time of year again... the time where I start creating a strategic business plan for the upcoming year. I do it every year... in fact, it's one of my favorite things to do. It's also one of the most crucial pieces of the puzzle going in to a new year. I've created these business plans a little differently each year I've done business, some years have worked better than others. The one element that's always stayed the same is looking back over the past year to see what worked, and … [Read more...]

Change Your Mind… Change Your World

November 16, 2011 By Jackie Lee 28 Comments

It's been said... that to continue to take the same actions and expect different results is the definition of insanity. However... for the last year or so that's exactly what I've been doing. Taking the same actions... in fact, at times taking even MORE of the same actions ~ and expecting different results. Just because you do more of something ~ a thing that isn't producing the results you want ~ does not create the results you desire. So, not too long ago I decided to sit down and … [Read more...]

When to Give Up: 5 Easy Questions to Ask to Yourself

October 25, 2011 By Jackie Lee 38 Comments

As internet marketers, and online entrepreneurs we take hits. A lot. We take hits from Google, from family and friends who think we're scammers, we take hits from a lot of places. Sometimes it can seem like too much. Sometimes it can seem like Google is out to get you... you finally figure out how to rank your pages to get traffic and sales, and they pull the rug out from under you. Sometimes it makes you wonder when to give up. I'm hearing a lot of this sentiment around the net these days … [Read more...]

Aim Higher Dammit.

September 15, 2011 By Jackie Lee 45 Comments

I'm guilty of it. I'm sure you are too. Setting "attainable" goals. Isn't that what all the gurus teach? Here's what I say to that... BULLSHIT. Aim higher. Attainable goals are mediocrity in the making... set your goals high enough to make you stretch, to give you the willies, to scare the bejeezus out of you! And mean it. This week I set a goal for myself... to add 2 new team members to my MPT Today team in 72 hours. That's a big goal, considering I hadn't added any new team … [Read more...]

Money Making Systems ~ Are You Following One Or Reinventing the Wheel?

September 13, 2011 By Jackie Lee 35 Comments

Let me ask you a simple question: Are you creating the level of wealth you want in your online business? Ok. Second question: What system are you using to create wealth in your online business? I have had a serious AHA moment this week, and if you'll bear with me, you may have one before you finish reading this post. When I started internet marketing I read and read and read... I learned and learned and learned. Luckily I'm the kind of person who jumps into things half assed … [Read more...]

Do You Know What to Do Today?

August 30, 2011 By Jackie Lee 32 Comments

In every business model there are what I call "money making activities". These are the tasks that when you do them, they actually move you forward toward making money. In every business model there are a lot of time suck activities that we use to fill in the day, to make ourselves feel busy, like we're "working", but they do not move us forward toward making money. So... how do you stop filling your days with time sucks and start filling it with your money making activities? 1. Know … [Read more...]