That is the new mantra and this is the blog for anyone who likes to ski, surf, travel, make money without working hard, eat organic foods, jump out of planes, backpack, sail, climb, camp, fly fish, grow plants, date foreign girls, buy outdoor gear and or any combination of the above. Stay tuned and get involved. Oh and P.S. - If you don't leave a comment I will hunt you down.
Come on, tighten up and give me your name and email address already so I can send you free swag, new gear reviews and the occasional indecent photo. No Spam, scouts honor.
So the question in everyone’s mind of late has been how can I aggregate? Social media has gotten so big and there are now so many platforms, how can I get them all in one spot. New social networks such as Friendfeed has sprung up and offer aggregation of your social profiles.
But what about bloggers? How can they bring all the conversations happening about their blog post back to the blog where they belong?
Echo by Js-Kit
Enter Js-kit and their new commenting tool called ECHO. Echo acts a bit like a social aggregator. It brings back all the conversations happening out in the swocial sphere and brings that back onto your blog. So if someone leaves a comment on facebook? Bang! it comes right back onto your blog as a comment and the same with twitter and flickr and so on and so forth.
Now you have a tool to aggregate all the buzz happening in your space and bring it all back to where it belongs. On your blog.
I have been neglecting you all for a few weeks and I truly apologize, but it could not be helped. In fact tonight is the first time I have had a free minute to even think, so I wanted to let you in on what I am up to.
Where to start, where to start. Well, ok lets start with the most pertinent thing to you folks in the internet marketing world or anyone who is looking to create extra income in their life. In about a week or two from today, I will be releasing my first product called Travelers Defense . This product has been a culmination of an exhausting 6 months worth of planning, consulting, marketing and brand building and we are almost ready to launch. Click on the link to go to the blog where you can find out more info and learn some cool travel info.
Second, I am also very excited about a brand new company that I am just starting the process with right now. This is really my passion project, but its finally starting to come to fruition. It’s called Holistik Health and it is really all about providing the general public with the truth about our bodies, the foods we eat on a daily basis and how we can maximize both through the right information and of course supplementation, so that is exciting as well.
So whats in it for you? Well, throughout the course of building my companies through these startup phases, i have developed something of a blueprint that I will be sharing with you folks over the coming weeks and months. There are some very simple and defined steps that you can take to begin taking footholds in whatever niche it is you want to dominate and I will expose them for you. So if you have ever dreamed of ownign and operationg your own company I am going to give you yet again, the keys to do so.
And finally, I am going to leave you with a bit of a teaser. Lets just say that I have been working with some very high level people on a big project out her in La Jolla, Ca. Rest assured, the company is going to be massivly successful and I am blessed to be a part of it. This video was shot several weeks ago, but i wanted to release it to you as a a prelude of whats to come.
So as always, stay tuned, tell your friends, tweet the post if you like it, bookmark the blog if you find it useful and of course keep learning and keep making it happen.
I spent all day today surfing a huge summer swell in San Diego. These waves were generated by an earthquake off the coast of New Zealand about a week or so ago. 74 degree water, sunny, 8-12+ foot waves and just a great day to be out at Blacks Beach in La Jolla, Ca.
Blacks Beach
So your probably wondering how I am gonna tie this in to business and life and so on and so forth so here is the ah-ha moment.
When your paddling out in 8-12+ foot waves its easy to get a little nervous, especially if you have not done it in awhile. You can begin to doubt yourself and even sometimes hesitate to take action.
Same as life, if you have fear or apprehension about something, the only way to get rid of that fear or apprehension is to “drop in.” Start that business you have always wanted to start. Begin writing that book you have always wanted to write. Paddle into that perfect 12 foot barreling left hand wave and get after it and something very interesting will happen almost immediately. Your fear will DISAPEAR.
Its amazing, fear fades with action. Even if you fall on the wave or have to rewrite that chapter in your book, the fear will be gone. You will realize that it was not so hard and wonder why you ever hesitated in the first place. That’s why marathon runners always say that the hardest step in a marathon is not the last step, its the first one. That is also the reason that so many people will never reach their dreams, because they are too scared to take that first step.
So today, after you read this, look at your life and figure out what you have been putting off because you were too scared to act. Suck it up, take a deep breath and take that first step. Put the first words down to your book. Incorporate that business you have always wanted and drop into that perfect left and then paddle back out to your buddies with a huge smile on your face, because you know they are all jealous!
Maybe you have heard about it, maybe you have not, but if you use twitter or facebook for any sort of business purpose, you now have a new ally that will help you drive more traffic. It is a url shortner that is put out by Stumbleupon and includes a lot of cool extras.
stumbleupon
You can now submit urls to both twitter and facebook directly using su.pr. The software then allows you to track how many clicks you receive from it and by what medium the clicks were received. You can also stumble (bookmark) the url to recieve even more traffic. In addition it makes it easy for other people to stumble your discovery so they can drive traffic for you as well.
Finally it has some really cool statistical data as well that lets you know what time of day you get the most response even! That is pretty baller. so just by switching over and using this new tool, you will be able to maximize your twitter and facebook updates to increase clickthroughs, branding and profits!
