Hello again and how you doing?

I just want to make a quick post covering a few things and one really important thing.

First…the squeeze page tests are returning some good data here’s a sneak peak at some of the top converting squeeze pages so far…

Early results put these 2 pages in the lead at around 63 and 71% conversions respectively…strange that the long form is doing better!

I’ll be sharing more comprehensive info soon but I haven’t got round to collating it all yet for a few reasons:

Partly due to writing a new report: Safelist X

click the cover to grab your copy or log into the Blueprint Membership area

Partly due to having to make a few changes to the member’s area system!

What was formerly the Blog Member’s Area is now the Blueprint Membership and I’m no longer using the ‘Wishlist Plugin’. (note: I couldn’t transfer existing members so if you haven’t yet (most of you have) you’ll need to re-sign up – sorry for any inconvenience but at least it is still FREE and it’s better than it was before)

Partly due to time lost fixing the laptop when it went haywire.

Good old technology strikes again!

BUT mainly there’s a VERY GOOD reason I haven’t got round to doing it yet and it’s something I don’t hear people talking about that often!
Here’s a (3 min 30 second) video to explain… (if you’re really so busy you can’t spare 3 minutes then watch the first 20 secs and the last minute…then ask yourself why you can’t find 3 spare minutes in your day you workaholic!!)

As always your comments are *really* appreciated, show me your alive ;-)

Till next time…

(** RJB **)

p.s. I’m finally going to get round to transferring all the videos to amazon S3 with Easy Video Player instead of using my bandwidth, so there may be the odd video related glitch over the next few weeks as I’m making changes.

I grabbed 1,320,687 safelist credits in less than 3 days for less than 2 dollars!!!

(That’s enough to send out 1,320,687 promotional emails – which is the kind of volume that makes even low quality traffic worthwhile!)

Here’s the video showing you how you can do exactly the same (or probably even better)…

If you enjoy it (or even if you don’t) leave me a comment and let me know what you think…show me you’re alive ;-)

I’ve finally made time for a quick video about my online journey so far, what’s coming up & the REAL truth about the traffic myth…I hope you enjoy it! Let me know your thoughts!!

p.s. busy times right now but it’s get a bit less hectic soon so I’ll be posting more often over the coming weeks. Leave me a comment…show me you’re alive ;-)

only to discover a totally blank browser window staring back at me!

No error message, no loss of internet connection message, just a 100% blank white screen!!!

It’s worth noting here that I had logged into my Wordpress Admin Area the day before no problem…and that I hadn’t done ANYTHING bewteen logging out one day and trying to log in the next!

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!! <---The Noise of An Angry Rob!!

So, after much searching of sites and forums trying various suggestions I finally saw a title that really seemed to sum up my problem:

How to troubleshoot the Wordpress “White Screen of Death”!!

Perfect I thought: I followed the instructions here:

http://jaredheinrichs.com/how-to-troubleshoot-wordpress-white-screen-of-death.html <--Thanks Jared

That solved the problem (which turned out to be plugin related).

So all is good but it was a scary few minutes thinking that I had somehow LOST EVERYTHING!!!

It finally gave me the kick up the ass to get my blog backed up…seriously consider backing up your blog if you haven’t already it wasn’t actually that ‘technical’ either!

Anyway…

Speaking of getting technical: Step 3 The Getting Technical Video Tutorial Series is done:

click the picture to go to the videos

(There’ll be a few more getting added over the coming weeks but at least I’ve managed to stay pretty much on track and get most done despite a busy time of wedding related venue hunting, planning and all that – must be because I’ve read the Busy Fool Elimination Method – you should too ;-) )

The Videos take you step-by-step, over my shoulder, setting up a new website (www.myexamplesetupsite.com) right from step 1.

They’re all available for free because I’ve hosted these videos on youtube…BUT all videos for the next steps will ONLY be available to blog members (I’m going t be using something really cool for hosting instead of youtube but we’ll talk more about that in another post soon)…

…so if you haven’t got your free members area access yet then now you have ANOTHER reason to get it!

I hope you enjoy Step 3; check it out and let me know your thoughts, what else do you want to know about? is something missing? Leave me some feedback on the Getting Technical page and show me you’re alive!

Oh yeah just so you know what coming next…

Step 4 is : List Building (Unleash The List Building Beast)

Until next time…

Take Action & Enjoy!!

So… I recently returned from Alex Jeffreys’ Workshop in Vegas.

It was great to finally meet some of my fellow marketers and students in person and to hang out with a bunch of people who you can say “Google Slap” to and they don’t think you’re being kinky ;-)

But seriously if you haven’t been to an event yet, I cannot recommed getting yourself to one strongly enough for 2 main reasons:

Reason 1) The quality seminars.

We had great presentations by Alex, Stephanie Mulac, Jit Uppal, Dean Holland & Adam Spiel – If any of you are reading this then thanks again!!

These seminars all contained quite a few eye-opening “ah-ha” moments so I’d be amazed if anyone came away from these 2 days without AT LEAST 3 powerful things they can implement in their own business.

Plus it was inspirational to see how far people like Jit, Dean & Adam (who were members of Alex’s very first coaching program) had come along their journey.

Credit also to Garry Parkes who ensured the smooth running of the event throughout. Great job Garry and Thanks!

Reason 2) The “Networking”.

As if the workshop wasn’t value enough, the time spent hanging out in the bar, forging freindships, getting JV partners and getting EVEN MORE tips, tricks & advice from the guys already walking the walk was priceless.

Paul Wilson a.k.a “who is” (sorry mate but I think you’re stuck with that one), Marcus Passey, Garry Parkes, Guy Hague, Graeme Ashe, Ross Vegas, Gary Simpson, David ‘food critic’ Walker, Dean Oram, Dean Holland, Dan Briffa, Marc ‘the rohypnotist’ Milburn, Jit Uppal & of course Alex – it was a pleasure gents, and I look forward to hanging out with you all again sometime soon! …until then…one for the road ;-)

now back to business….

I’ve just finished my second eBook all about building your online business on solid foundations.

I’m just giving it away for free with NO EMAIL REQUIRED for now (part of a plan but i’ll get to that in a later post) so it’d be great for you to grab it and let me know your thoughts on the feedback page. I hope you enjoy!

Just click the cover to claim your complementary copy or log into your free members area account. If you’ve not got an account yet then get one HERE.

I’ve also just finished my second video; my blog welcome video is done. It’s not perfect but I’m getting better at video. Hope you enjoy it and again your feedback would be very much appreciated

And finally, a quick note about what’s coming next…

I’m working on the ‘Getting Technical’ video tutorial series (this comes after Step 1 – Building Solid Foundations & Step 2 – The Busy Fool Elimination Method) and will cover Step 3 – Setting up your Blog. I’ll be setting up a brand new example site from the VERY beginning….

As always it’s great to hear your comments particularly regarding what you want to see in the videos, so show me you’re alive!

Until next time. Take Action & Enjoy!

It’s my first video and it was a good learning experience (something I’ll be sharing with you later on – you can learn from my mistakes).

It’s not perfect but it’s done on schedule; as my mentor Alex Jeffreys says, “Don’t get it perfect, just get it going!”

Also I apologise if I sound a little tired; there has been a few too many occasions celebrating our engagement with friends – you bad bad people!! :-)

It would be great to hear your comments on what’s here and what you would like to see included in the upcoming videos :-D

So untill next time I hope you enjoy this…

This is what I did to fix it.

First I found this support thread: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/334199

but although showing someone else having the same problem, it didn’t give a reason why or offer a solution!

Then I found this, older, support thread: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/224950 this time with the statement “I fixed it!” and showing how it was fixed…

Brilliant, I thought, all I need to do is to make sure my htaccess file included the code shown in the “fixed it” post (shown below)

So, happy with my detective work, I accessed my htaccess file…only to find that it already contained the exact code required (pictured below)

?????

But I decided to copy and paste the recommended code over the existing code and re-upload the file anyway…

I reloaded my blog and all internal links we’re no longer leading to 404 error pages!!

Everything was back to normal!

It’s great that everything is working as it should again and there’s been no further problems with links going to 404 error pages since.

The only thing is that it leaves the question why it happened unanswered.

I hadn’t made any changes or updates during the time between when all internal links were working and when they all stopped working!

If anyone has any ideas it would be great to hear from you!

I once was so “busy” that even though I had a brand new Play Station 3 it sat unopened in it’s box for 3 months because I was so “busy” I didn’t have time to even set it up, never mind about playing any games!

How CRAZY that was when I look back!

The thing was I was not really busy…I was just being a BUSY FOOL!

I didn’t even realise how guilty of unnecessarily wasting time and effort I was!

These are the steps that will prevent you from becoming a Busy Fool.

It contains no padding and no waffle, just good solid advice, plans and step-by-step instructions to change the way you work making you super productive, laser-focused and it’ll have you completing more important tasks in a week than you normally do in a month!

Just click on the book cover to discover more and claim your free copy…

Enjoy!

Welcome…

What’s this all about and why should you listen to me?

First of all as a legal disclaimer, no-one should listen to me on any subject for any reason whatsoever at any time, ever! I’m not a lawyer, business consultant or internet marketing expert – yet! ;-) but seriously… I’m just a regular guy showing you how I’m building an online business so that you can do the same.

I’m Rob, I am 26 years old and I live in Lancaster, UK. I’ve have been internet marketing for a few years and doing O.K. but the game is changing and it’s time for a new approach. There is a great window of opportunity right now for a total newbie to build their online business. So I’m making a fresh start and embarking on an exciting journey and I’m inviting you to join me!

I’ve studied and learned from internet marketing gurus (all megabucks-earning internet marketing heavyweights, Google them for proof) Frank Kern, Perry Belcher, Nikhil Parekh & Ryan Deiss and have recently been lucky enough to be mentored by Alex Jeffreys, with a select number of students, in a new and exciting system and I want to share this journey with you.

This blog is about growing my online business but, just as importantly, it’s about showing you and helping you to do the same. It’s about setting up a business that will make you financially free to enjoy your life and give you the time to enjoy that freedom. No more 9-5 and chasing paychecks! It’s going to be transparent, honest and done together; like Alex says, “It’s marketing WITH you, not TO you!”

I’m not going to lie to you and you can see that I’m not a total newbie to internet marketing but I AM a complete newbie to blogging, social media and this new approach I’m taking, so right now as I write this we’re on this adventure together at step 1.

I’m sure I’ll continue to meet new, fun, interesting and like-minded people as I have already done many times in my journey so far – and I’m sure you will too.

So here’s your chance to follow the steps and learn with me through the successes, failures, mistakes and efforts on my journey to internet marketing success and financial freedom.

Who’s in?