| Copyright © 2004 by Willie Crawford |

As an Internet marketing consultant, and fairly high visibility
online marketer, I get to see a lot of things that the average
person doesn't. By studying what other successful online
businesses are doing, I was finally able to "break the code
myself."

If you're struggling to make your first $50,000 dollars online,
it's hard to IMAGINE the possibilities.

I personally know of an online marketer who is earning
nine hundred fifty thousand dollars a year selling SOCK!

I personally know a man in the UK earning twenty-five
thousand dollars a month selling Internet marketing videos.
I sold him the reprint license!

I personally know a high-schooler earnings thousand just by
introducing people. He brokers joint ventures for others
and earns a hefty commission.

I know of another man earning millions selling products that
he doesn't even own - on Ebay. He never takes possession
of the items, or personally handles them in any way. He just lists
the items for a percentage commission... and makes millions.

When you see how ordinary people are making their online
fortunes, you see just how possible it is for you too. You
also see that there are only a few real differences between
those doing incredibly well and those who will never even
"break even."

One of the first difference you'll notice is that the people
in the examples above think of their online business as a
REAL business. Even if they are operating from a spare
corner of the kitchen table, they do the things they would
do if they were running a large corporation....

- They have business plans
- They have budgets and cash flow projections
- They use methods of promotion that are proven to work
best for them, AND don't use those that are non-productive
- They outsource things that are not suitable for them or
their company to do
- Some of them put in long hours and are actually
workaholics
- Most of them studied what others who were proven
successes were doing and sought their consultation

Another difference you'll notice is that these people are risk
takers. They don't take unreasonable risks, but they are
not afraid of risk either. They know, just as we all do, that
reward is usually directly proportional to risk. Any investor
knows this!

Along the same lines, they also take action. A lot of
business "wannabes" spend too much time thinking about it.
You do need to really analyze things, but then you must
make a decision. The people mentioned above are able to
make decisions... sometimes-tough decisions. Once they
make a decision, they implement it.

The other glaring characteristic they all possess is that
they don't operate in a vacuum. They network with people
with similar interests. They realize that they have to work
WITH their competitors, suppliers, employees, and even
governments to make things happen. They are not afraid
to meet with or call others to bounce an idea off of them.
They realize that they don't know everything and so they
seek those who call fill in the gaps in their knowledge.

These few simple traits are a big part of what I have
observed to be the difference between the successful and
the unsuccessful online businessperson. These same
traits are also a big roadmap to anyone who wants to turn
their online business around and make it more profitable.

Adopt the mindset explained above... you are in business...
there are risks you must take...you have to decide that you
are going to take actions... you need to plan it all out... and
then you need to put your plans in action.

Do this and your online business is no longer a hobby that
you are tinkering with - it is a serious business that you are
treating appropriately. Ask yourself today, are you in business
or are your online activities just a hobby.

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Willie Crawford has been teaching others how to build an on-line
business since late 1996. Frequently featured in radio, magazine
and newspaper articles and interviews, Willie teaches the average
guy what the top marketers are doing but seldom talking about.
Willie provides detailed how to information in his newsletter,
through his personal coaching, and at his annual how to workshop.
Learn more at: http://InternetMarketingHowToWorkshop.com

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| © Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved |

If you ask most people what frustrates them most about the
Internet, many of them will tell you "It's the little
things!"

It seems like all the great tricks and tips that
make people exclaim "STOP! How did you do that?" never make
it into any manual (at least where I can find them).

My father (and co-author of "Turn Words Into Traffic")
calls it the "reverse oral tradition" of computing, where
children teach parents the survival skills of PC life.

Well, if you want to look good to your kids or buddies
around the water cooler, check out the following cool web
tricks.

~^~ Cool Google Tricks ~^~

Virtually everyone knows that Google.com ranks at the top
of most people's search engine lists, but it does a lot
more than just tell you where to find vitamins or
information on George Washington's wooden teeth!

Need a map to a specific location?

Type in the address, city and state of virtually any
location in the US, hit the search button, and Google
serves up several different map providers across the Web.

Want to know what software application a certain file goes
with on your computer?

Input the file name into Google's search box and a number
of reference sites will help you know exactly what purpose
a file serves.

I actually used this to feature to identify a piece of
"spyware" lurking on my computer.

Want to know who's calling you on the phone in the US?

You can just input the phone number on your caller ID or
cell phone display into the Google search box and get
information on listed numbers before your answering machine
can even pick up!

Log on to http://www.google.com/help/features.html for more
cool search features that harness the search power of
Google.


~^~ Text Zoom ~^~

Next time you can't see small text clearly on a website,
try holding down the "CTRL" key and then moving the scroll
wheel on your mouse up and down.

The text in your web browser (and some programs) will
increase and decrease in size as you roll the wheel back
and forth.

This little trick provides an excellent means of quickly
getting what you need from websites with tiny text.


~^~ Slow Surfing? ~^~

If your Internet Explorer web browser starts giving you
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your hard drive and, over time, they build up.

This collection of old web pages can eventually cause your
surfing to slow to a crawl and even cause errors!

Here's one way to clear out those old files. Click your
"Start" button, then "All Programs," "Accessories," "System
Tools" and "Disk Cleanup."

After an initial check of your hard drive (which can take
some time if it's the first time you've ever launched the
utility), you can check the boxes of the files you wish to
delete.

To speed up your surfing, at a minimum, make sure you
delete the "Temporary Internet Files."


~^~ Surfing Shortcuts ~^~

To quickly cycle back and forth through a series of web
pages you've visited, hold down the "ALT" key and tap your
left and right arrow keys.

Left arrow takes you back while the Right arrow takes you
forward.

The Page Up and Page Down buttons allow you to quickly move
up and down any web page without struggling to find the
scroll bar slider on the right side of the page.

-- Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist
(http://www.TheNetReporter.com) and is the author of
several best-selling ebooks, information products and
software programs.

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