OK, I'm Panicing Slightly!

The website is pretty much ready, largely because of my wifes efforts and I have an ebook I can flog soon. The question remains however - how to sell it? I don't have a website or anything set up, so I am assuming that ebay might be a good outlet.

Or I might partner up with someone else and let them do the efforts on my behalf.

But right now, I am pretty confident I know what I'll be doing New Years Eve!

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

Busy Getting Ready

I'm cutting things VERY fine with my product creation and not to mention the website I am about to launch in 3 days,

But I am still working very hard to get things done in time.

Which is why updates to this feed is not happening much.

Besides, the holidays are a time to get away from computers and enjoy the time with the family.

I'll let you know when my alter ego, Johnnie Joe, launches his ebook and when my publishing business launches the website for our main author.

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

Mad with Merry

Presents to pack, Food to cook and cards to exchange at the last day at work before Christmas. I am so tired and worn out I can't keep up anymore.

I wonder how many people will check if I do my Friday blog tomorrow??

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

Sales School

Had my first day at sales school today.

Disturbingly, I enjoyed it. And at the same time - it was exactly as I expected it to be. The language used is unsurprisingly gung-ho and I just find it everyway as disturbing as I thought I would.

but at the same time I find it facinating that the sales school information is meaningful to me. No, USEFUL in fact.

I am not questioning it at all, but a change from the normal daily routine is certainly a positive experience.

I still find myself asking "how long do I have to hang on in there with this job?"

just makes it even more important to enjoy it while I can.

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

How My Traffic Increased with Instant Buzz (short)

Hi,

if you have a website or an affiliate program that pays you per clickthrough then this little traffic generation program should do the trick.

While this was in trial it got me 5000 impressions, and in spite of my lack of effort in getting a powerful ad together, it still earned me over 30 signups to the program I am promoting.

http://www.InstantBuzz.com/jonanders

message me if you try the link and it doesn't work.

THERE IS A TIME LIMIT YOU SEE!

The link should expire on midnight Monday the 21st of December...

So hurry if you want to generate traffic for free!

http://www.InstantBuzz.com/jonanders

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

Recording My Research

This will dramatically reduce the amount of free diskspace on my machine, but I have started to record the research I am carrying out on my pc with Camtasia.

Makes it so much easier on me for a number of reasons:

it makes me focus on what I have aimed to achieve in the next 30 minutes.

it gives me a chance to listen to what I discover over and over again.

I make better notes.

I remember what I found!

I don't profress to know anything important. All I do is TRY out new things to help me progress. It's a constant state of innovation and re-invention for me.

So if I were to speculate on the impact of the video and why, on the face of it, it seems to be better for me, it would be a layman that declares the following:

I think it is because it appeals to all my other senses in a way that hand written notes can not. But maybe even more, because I get the chance to not only hear the information again, I get to hear myself narrate a rather interesting story.

The story is best when it unfolds for me while I speak. The enthusiasm is conveyed so much better!

Simply because I am!

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

Back To Work

I am back in the office again tomorrow.

I'm actually looking forward to getting back into it again. I do have so much to learn it's not even funny.

But it also means that I am back to one hour stints on the computer every evening. And this last two and a half weeks have been frustrating to say the least as I have not been as productive as I would have wanted to be.

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

Money And Motivation

My progress today was limited to researching 2 niches that I am exploring.

I have a list as long as my arm of actions for my business ventures, yet I am am researching valuable new ground - why?

Because they can be very profitable. Both niches seem to be popular so far, and I have no opinion of what the competition is like, but one can but try to find out as much as possible.

So what does this have to do with money or motivation?

Well, getting money for something is nice, but it is far easier to have the motivation to do something if the interest is there.

So to speak.


and that was the end of my 20 minutes

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

Camtasia

Sorted out camtasia yesterday between the bouts of dizziness and nausea.

At least it is unlikely to be anything other tha tension related but the mentioning of glaucoma worries me a little as it can potentially cause blindness. And If it is damaging the nerve the impact on the eyesight is not reversible.

But the video came out good!

Now all I need is half decent way to put it online.

I am sure the 12 days of christmas promotion and the grinch deal has something to offer!

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

Instant Buzz

In my feeble attempts to stay focused this week I have gone and installed camtasia video software that I got from a pc mag here in the UK and recorded a video for a program that I am a member of.

It was fun but an absolutely feeble thing to do considering the amount of work I have left to do between now and the end of the year!

google adwords in it's typical December fashion have gone completely dead. ho hum

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

Happiness is...

As I was laying in bed this afternoon trying to make the room slow down its rotation I decided to think about the nicest things I have ever experienced. getting dizzy over nothing this last week you see.

Anything to keep the nausia from getting so bad I needed to throw up again.

I tried to think back to when I was in Norway and nothing really came to mind. We had some cracking family Christmases when I lived there.

I tried to think about when I was in Holland, and nothing much came to mind. It gave me a really good friend, that I will consider a true friend for many years to come, even though we may only speak once or twice per year over email. I know that when I have a tough time, she was always there for me and guiding me the way I needed to be guided in the same way my dad used to.

Oh no. Melancoly here we come. I lost my dad to Cancer. Medical neglect rather as it wasn't the cancer that killed him but the side effects of the treatment. That's usually the way it is with cancer. bastards. But anyway - he was very good for me. And even though he passed away nearly two years ago I still talk to him. I've had enough conversations with him to know what sort of advice he'd give! In times like these when I have security on one side and opportunity on the other, he'd help me find a way to join the two.

But as for happiness, I can think of the feeling I had walking around Glendalock in Ireland. Peace. I can think of the feeling I had when I was asked by my wife if she could have my hand in marriage. ( I kinda saw it comming as it was the 29th of February and she organisesd this very elaborate set up for a very romantic proposal.

I remember the day my wife told me she was pregnant, and I remember my sons birth. ( although I have to concentrate for a minute to remember the birth date )

And I love the hugs he gives me when he's sad about something, when he's hurt himself, and also when he's proud of something and when he feels he needs to share some of HIS happiness with the world.

And that usually does it for me.

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

Day Sick

Been throwing up and suffering vertigo the last going on 3 days now.

I wonder what it is that I am supposed to learn from this?

1. That the home office set up desk wise isn't suitable to me?
2. That I should really reconsider my job if this turns out to be psychosomatic?
3. That I shouldn't under-estimate the consequences of skipping osteopath and massage sessions? ( for the last 2 years )
4. That there is some other reason I should be at home throwing up?


Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

Limits & Time keeping

Got chatting with someone today about my future, my aspirations and so forth and it seems I have to make a decision one way or another pretty soon.

There are things I enjoy about my job, but there are also things that do not sit so well with me.

I am learning great things that will be of great use to me in the future. But I don't like what I am learning.

I have a fantastic learning experience to go to in January that will be tremendously valuable for me in the future. But I struggle to get enthused by the location.

He suggested I toss a coin to decide between the two choices I have, and then let my reaction to the outcome be my guide.

I did.

Now, on to another matter. I have decided to give myself time limits on my posts here. no more than 15 minutes. When the time is up I stop. No more.

I have to do this to limit the time I spend blogging as I have other business matters to attend to.

Hey. this only took me 12 minutes to write...




Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=

I got Recognised!

Something happened today that has only ever happened once before in my entire 8 year career with my company, but the first time it was in private with my manager.

This afternoon, during the daily competition winners seremony, I got recognised for finding my first sales lead, on the second day of calling customers. Which apparently is a bit of an achievement.

And tomorrow I will be getting a bottle of champagne for it! Which will certainly make it easier to go in to the office in the morning.

But it doesn't hide the fact I am absolutely shattered these days.

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=