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You Are Just Practicing If…

Narek Gabrielian — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 05:56:26 +0000

… you are not keeping score.

That’s what Vince Lombardi said…

One more time:

If you’re not keeping score, you’re just practicing.

Vince Lombardi

This is not only true in basketball, but in almost anything we do.

Internet Marketing Casualty

ESPECIALLY… in business.

A wise person once told me this:

If you do business casually, you will become a casualty

… and he was referring to a specific business.

However, I would even put it this way:

If you do anything casually, you might become a casualty

Are you on your way to becoming an Internet marketing casualty?

One way you can prevent this is by tracking your marketing campaigns and everything you do in your business.

You Are Just Practicing If… is a post from: Internet Marketing Strategist Narek Gabrielian

Former IRS Attorney and Missing Children

Narek Gabrielian — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:32:32 +0000

It’s good when your business makes profit, but it’s even better if most of that profit stays in your pocket.

Have you heard that saying?

It’s not about how much you make, it’s about how much you keep.

Don’t know who said it, but I heard it from a very successful business man from whom I learned a lot about personal finance.

Sorry to disappoint you, but this post is not about him and what he taught me. Maybe some other time.

Lower Your Taxes – Big Time!

There is a book that you got to read if you want to reduce you taxes. Hopefully, you don’t want to be an average business owner with average knowledge about taxes.

The book is titled, “Lower Your Taxes – Big Time!” (Wealth-Building Tax Reduction Secrets from an IRS Insider)

The author of the book is a former IRS Attorney and Senior Tax Law Specialist, so you are going to learn from a credible source.

Remember to get the Completely Updated 2009-2010 Edition (or whichever year it is when you are reading this).

Internet Revenue Service

IRS Publications and Forms

Apart from reading the book, I was also told by a colleague to call IRS and request several of their publications.

These IRS Publications are free and tell you everything about different tax-related areas. By reading these publication you can learn and stay up to date.

You can access the below mentioned publications and forms by going to the IRS webiste, but I would recommend getting physical because it’s easier on your eyes.

Don’t worry, the publications are printed on recycled paper and on the back of each one there are photos of missing children.

Call 1-800-829-3676 and ask them to send you the following publications:

Publication 334: Tax Guide for Small Business
Publication 583: Starting a Business and Keeping Records
Publication 525: Taxable and Nontaxable Income
Publication 535: Business Expenses
Publication 587: Business Use of Your Home
Publication 463: Travel, Entertainment, Gift, and Car Expenses
Publication 970: Tax Benefits for Education (If you in college)

You can also request different forms.

For example, the 1099-MISC Form (Miscellaneous Income) used for reporting taxes if you are doing some kind of work as an independent contractor (not employee).

If you have never filled out any of these forms, for example, the 1099 Form, then ask the to also include “Instructions for Form 1099-MISC.” I suppose every from has it’s instructional material.

IRS and Affiliate Programs

Some affiliate programs such as Commission Junction (cj.com) and Share A Sale (shareasale.com) require you to send them a 1099 Form so that they can report the amount of your commissions to IRS.

By the way, if you have an affiliate program of your own, you can do the same thing by using a free service here: Pay People Online. They will collect all the necessary paperwork from your affiliates so that you can properly report to IRS how much you paid your affiliates.

Do Your Own Due Diligence

I am not an attorney or CPA (Certified Public Accountant, not Cost Per Action ), so whatever I just shared with you is just from my own experience. Therefore, you need to consult a lawyer or an accountant for a professional advice.

Former IRS Attorney and Missing Children is a post from: Internet Marketing Strategist Narek Gabrielian

31 Secrets To Writing The Most Horrible Blog Post

Narek Gabrielian — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:34:15 +0000

1. Start with crafting an unattractive title

2. Get off the topic early and often

3. Report old news (something that is no longer news)

4. Make sure to distort facts as often as humanly possible

5. Complicate and confuse with every sentence (This one is crucial!)

6. Don’t include any images

7. Never touch the “Return” key (aka “Enter” key)

8. CAPITALIZE EVERYTHING (great monetization strategy)

9. Write in one sitting and never proofread or edit

10. Make it impossible to scan through your blog post (This skill takes practice to master)

11. Never use bolding, italicizing, or underlining

12. Never use any text formating (H1, H2, H3, etc.)

13. Be careful of accidentally inviting others to write a guest post

14. Bullet points are only for military action only

15. Don’t ever reveal what you want the reader to do

16. Responding to comments is a sign of weakness, so don’t do it.

17. Hide your personality in your blog post

18. Research is only for scientists

19. Make sure to include your keyword term in every sentence, even if it doesn’t make sense. The first step to becoming rich is by writing keyword-rich blog posts… keyword-wealthy is even better.

20. Always write in first person

21. Never use the word “you” in your blog post

22. The more serious your content is, the better

23. Don’t every provide resources

24. Never link to any other website, even if it’s your grand mother’s website

25. Never provide examples

26. The more clutter, the better

27. One sentence blog posts will make you an instant super blogger. That’s the whole idea behind Twitter… and look how popular it is.

28. Blog in irregular intervals. The longer the gap between the blog posts, the better.

29. Start a contest titled, “Find the RSS feed button.”

30. People love long-winded blog posts that they have to print out and enjoy as a non-fiction book in their spare time.

31. Use useless jargon to spice up your blog post

BONUS SECRET: 32. Remember to include your favorite color and the first teacher’s name in the blog post tags

Be persistent in your quest towards the most horrible blog post ever written.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

- Napoleon Hill

Share your tips and ticks on writing a horrible blog post…

31 Secrets To Writing The Most Horrible Blog Post is a post from: Internet Marketing Strategist Narek Gabrielian

Why Is Strategic Planning So Important In Internet Marketing? (Continued)

Narek Gabrielian — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:08:43 +0000

Let’s get back to the call between Paul Lemberg and Rich Schefren:

A very important question to ask whenever you stumble upon an opportunity:

“Is this going to move me in the direction that I want to go?”

Rich Schefren says:

Opportunist just says: How do I bring the next revenue stream. It may provide you with income, but it will not (less likely to) provide you with equity. Strategy starts with goals Opportunities are still fine, they can help you get to your goal, but strategy STARTS with a GOAL

Myth:

Even if you are very good at working smart, it doesn’t mean you don’t have to work HARD.

If you’re strategic enough, you can bypass work, but if you always act in an opportunistic way and not in a well thought out strategic way, then you never get to that point where work comes optional.

There are a lot of people who make a lot of money, but the day they stop making money is the day they stop working. When they stop working, they stop making money. This is not the recipe of life of fulfillment The key distinction between working hard and working smart is that you put thought into your work.

Most of us just seek on the next opportunity that comes along and say: “Oh, that will add to my monthly income!” and we just jump on it without actually looking whether its going to drive us towards our main goal.

Strategy comes from inside out. This means that you’ve got a vision, you’ve got goals, and you focus all your action to get to your goal. That is what’s going to be the difference between working hard and working smart.

Working hard:

“I’m just going to do more” “Oh, there is something. I can do that.” “There is something else that I can do also.” “Let’s do that and add to our bottom line.”

People are looking at the wrong place. They are looking at the outside as suppose to inside.

A very important question to ask whenever you stumble upon an opportunity:

“Is this going to move me in the direction that I want to go?”

If you missed the Part 1 of this post, here it is: Why Is Strategic Planning So Important In Marketing? (Part 1)

Why Is Strategic Planning So Important In Internet Marketing? (Continued) is a post from: Internet Marketing Strategist Narek Gabrielian