I am constantly on the hunt for software and other tools that will help me get more done in less time.

Killer Resource #1 – Bubble US

Bubbl.us is a flash-based mindmap creator, which enables you to create interactive mindmaps, which can be shared and added to.

I am always on the lookout for new ways to make money on the internet but I find that ideas pop into my head at the most awkward times. Now, whenever I have one of these ideas I jot it down and transfer it as quickly as possible to my Bubbl.us account.

This has helped me tremendously in my online money making activities as I have carried out a lot of research after brainstorming and this allows me to reject or keep an idea.

Killer Resource #2 – Jing Project

Ever needed to make quick screen shots? Have you ever needed to share those screen shots with other as an email, embed them in your blog, or save them for later when you really have time to work with them?

Do you want to spend more time writing, and less time trying to figure out how to embed your images as HTML or skip having to upload things and copy the HTML? (All very complicated and time consuming … especially for those that just want to write or share their concepts and not be geeky web-monkies). Well, Jing Project is just what you’re looking for.

For the sake of space and brevity, let’s just say it does a lot of really useful things quickly and quite well. It can take screen shots, grab images or video within a browser frame, etc. I can easily share these screen shots and images with my virtual team.

Killer Resource #3 – Google Analytics

Track where your visitors came from, and which links they clicked. Web analytics software is essential for understanding your visitors. It tells you detailed statistics about the visitors to your website – where they came from, and which links they clicked once they arrived.

Dan “The Man” Lok

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Everything is either collapsing or imploding.

Ironically, my coaching clients are having their best year ever.

Why?

Your marketing costs go down because your competitors are not spending as much to acquire new customers.

So obviously that means if you’ve got the brain and the guts to go out there, you can acquire new customers at a lower cost.

Let me ask you a question…

Has your life changed dramatically?

Stop listening to the media bullshit and turn off all that negative thinking for a moment.

Just answer me honestly, “Has your life changed dramatically during this failing economy?”

I do understand that some people get laid off. But for most people, their income stays the same.

But for most people, their lives haven’t changed that much.

What happens during times like this is people delay their major purchases. Things like new cars or second homes, etc.

So if their income stays the same, and they aren’t making major purchases, that means your prospects actually have more disposable income.

And if you’re in the information marketing business, it’s during these times that people want advice. They want guidance or certainty. But most importantly, they want clarity.

If you can provide those things to them, you’ll prosper.

Here’s what’s happening…

The weak will fade out. They’ll go away because they don’t have the stomach for it. But the strong marketers¡K the smart ones¡K will survive and they’ll thrive.

They’ll come in right behind all those who leave and clean up.

And if you’re on my list. I believe you should be very excited at this precise moment.

The rich will get richer while the poor get poorer and the middle class stagnates.

It ain’t fair, but that’s life.

10% of the people will get very, very rich during times like this while the 90% will get crushed.

It’s your choice which group you will be in.

In fact, just last week, a friend of mine just bought a commercial building for 2.8 million and the appraisal just came in for $9.1 million.

Are there opportunities during this economic downturn? You BET.

Could you do a deal like this? Probably not. Because you don’t believe you can do it.

It all comes down to how you look at it. This is not positive thinking. This is factual thinking.

Don’t follow the masses. Don’t believe everything the media is saying and have a sheep mentality.

Think independently.

Dan

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I never heard from him after he bought those products.

He just studied the material on his own and never contacted me to ask questions, etc.

Then he attended one of my presentations…

He introduced himself, and we chatted for a while about various topics. He told me how much he liked my materials and how much benefit they gave him. I told him that was great, and I was glad to hear it.

A few months later, he called my office and told me he wanted some coaching and consulting for his business. So, what happened here?

From that first book, to the home-study program, to the coaching, consulting, and copywriting over several years… he has paid me $45,000.

$45,000. One client.

So why am I telling you this?

I want to give you a concrete, real-life example of a marketing funnel. When you’re marketing on the internet, you need to have an Ascension Ladder.

Your customers start climbing your ascension ladder when they buy your first, low cost product. Then you continue marketing to them to buy your next higher priced item. Your third product will be more elaborate and yet higher priced than the second product.

If you don’t have an ascension ladder in your business, in my opinion, you really don’t have a business.

A single ebook is just an ebook. A membership site is just a membership site.

If your customers do not see your ascension ladder, or how they can have more access to you through higher priced products, then your business does not have legs.

Some people say to me, “But Dan, my business is different. I only have the ebook.”

If that’s the case, then you have two options…

Number one, joint venture with someone who offers high-end products and mail to your list.

Or two, you create something that will give you locked-in, reoccurring revenue. Having a continuity program in place that will give you reoccurring revenue will make your business sustainable and more solid.

Dan Lok

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Sometimes when I’m traveling, I’ll read 2 or 3 books while I’m on the road.

People frequently ask me how the hell do I read one book a week. They’re always surprised to hear that… as busy as I am, how can I still manage to read so much.

If I am really busy, I’ll just buy the audio version of the book.

Then I listen to them while I am working out or driving.

I don’t read a book in a painstaking way.

I don’t read to memorize or learn everything the author has to say.

I quickly read a book in search of golden nuggets of useful information I can very quickly implement in my business.

Sometimes, I just read the table of content.

Sometimes, I just skim the book.

Sometimes, I just read the summary at the each of the chapter.

I want to extract one to three good ideas I can put into action within the next 30 days.

If I only find ONE big idea that I think is worth putting into action in my business, then I’m satisfied.

That’s all I need.

In other words, I don’t read books. I USE books.

My approach simply reflects the nature of doing business on the internet.

Business on the internet is highly fluid and dynamic.

It can change very quickly.

Remember, it’s not how much you know. It’s how fast you learn.

Wealth is attracted to speed.

Dan

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It’s because they don’t trust you.

The problem is not we ain’t selling enough stuff, the problem is they ain’t buying enough of your stuff.

Here’s a simple trick, use photos.

People on the web are skeptical. We’ve been burned before. We’ve been taken advantage in the past.

It’s natural.

Check out http://www.danlokrecommends.com/dominatecb.html

Show your visitors that you’re a real person running a real business. You’re not hidding behind your website or email address.

See all the photos they use?

• Photos of the author

• Bank statements

• Screenshots of websites

• Testimonials with pictures

Imagine if the guy removes all the screenshots and photos, what would happen to his conversion rate?

Exactly.

How many photos do you have on your sales page?

Dan

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My new book – The Power of Team, which I co-author with Tony Robbins and Wayne Dyer just hit #49 overall ranking and a #7 ranking on on the Barnes & Noble Best Seller list for Management and Leadership.

Dan

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It depends.

Depends on the quality of the resale rights products.

Depends on how many resellers are out there in the marketplace.

And most importantly, depends on your marketing skills.

I’ve made over $250,000 marketing resale right products. In fact, one of my best-selling programs – The Rebel Millionaire, I acquired the resale right from Vincent James.

I didn’t write a single word for that product.

Now, if you think you can purchase some resale rights, sit back and do no marketing…

Money will fall into your lap, I am sorry, you’re just naive.

But if you’re motivated and you’re just getting started, but you just don’t have the time and money creating your own products, resale rights products are one of the easiest and fastest ways to get some income coming in fast… really fast.

Here are some tips for you.

1. Only purchase rights to products that have real value to the end user. In other words, don’t sell crap!

2. Only purchase rights to unique exclusive products that haven’t been resold thousands of times already.

3. Only purchase rights from a credible author or a writer who has a trustworthy and reputation name in the market place. You will save a lot of time because you don’t have to create a product on your own.

4. Only purchase rights that include ready to use website, product images like an eBook cover and a professional sales page. You will save a lot of money because you don’t have to hire a graphic designer for all of this.

5. Only purchase rights that allow you to keep 100% of the profits.

Once you’re making a decent income selling the resale rights, I would immediately invest that profit and create your own products.

That’s how you build a long-term, sustainable business.

Dan

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I never quite understand why people would worry stuff like this.

There’s a guy that I know who now stops driving and rides a bike to work.

That’s a poverty mentality.

I just can’t imagine myself biking to a business meeting.

I also can’t imagine any successful and wealthy people would do that.

You might say, “Oh Dan, that’s because you’re rich. Of course you don’t have to worry about gas prices.”

You might be right.

But even when I was broke and I was driving a lemon, I never worry about gas prices.

I got rich because I THINK like the rich.

I always focus on wealth creation.

I don’t mean to be blunt, so it’s an extra few hundred bucks a month.

Who gives a shit?

I guess if you’re an employee and all you got is a J.O.B. (just over broke), I can be more forgiving.

Because you’re on a fixed income and you’ve got a family to feed.

But that’s the masses. That’s the poor and the middle class.

We’re NOT the masses. We’re NOT one of them. We’re entrepreneurs. We are wealth creators.

We don’t think like the poor.

We know there isn’t a damn thing we could do about gas price anyway. We still have to drive our cars.

So why worry about things you CANNOT control?

What you CAN control is changing your financial situation.

When you get to the point where you’re making so much damn money, crap like how much gas costs won’t matter anymore.

Dan “The Man” Lok

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The story basically went like this…

A reporter went into Ford’s office. And he came in with a challenge, “Well, since you’re SOOO successful, show me how intelligent you are.”

He went on to ask a lot of tough questions and Henry Ford had no idea how to answer them. So the reporter told him: “Listen, I’m gonna write about you. I’m gonna write about how uneducated you really are. I’ll show people why you don’t deserve the kind of success you have.”

Though offended by the reporter’s remarks, Henry calmly called all his managers to come into his office. Then he suggested the reporter to ask him questions again.

This time, everything changed.

When the reporter asked any of his questions, Ford’s managers had answers to all of them.

And after a few attempts to bring the wealthy man down, the reporter gave up saying, “That’s NOT fair. You’re cheating. I’m asking you, not your managers.”

But Henry Ford answered, “Well, I don’t need to have all the answers. I don’t need to. I just need to know who to call.”

You see, you have to do it by youself, but you can’t do it alone.

Internet business is a team sport. You can’t do it alone.

I’ll rephrase that again:

I don’t care how smart you are.
I don’t care how talented you are.
You CANNOT do it alone.

I am where today because of my TEAM?K because of my MENTORS?K because of my FRIENDS?K because of all my contacts and networks!

NETWORK saves LEGWORK.

Just because we have an Internet business doesn’t mean we don’t need to have a team.

It’s crucial to have a team. This includes your employees, your mentors, freelancers, graphic designers, web masters, etc.

Outside your business, your mastermind group?K your partners?K your mentors?K your advisors?K professionals etc. who can help you with many things you couldn’t!

Now the question is:

“Are you actively going out there and meeting people, developing important relationships in your life?”

Business success a lot of times is based on relationships.

See when you have a problem, and you try to solve it on your own (because you’re so damn smart)?K

“What if you can just PICK UP THE PHONE and get the best answers you could get?”

Not by your own efforts this time, but through other people’s? You don’t even know how much time you can save with this. Or how many costly mistakes you can avoid with this.

Listen, when I have a problem, when I need something, I don’t try to do it solely on my own!

I do have a big ego, but I don’t let it get in my way. Most of the times I’ll pick up the phone, and call who I think would have the best answers.

Dan “The Man” Lok

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And today, I’m going to show you a very powerful to do just that, without spending a dime (well, maybe a few dollars).

What am I talking about?

YouTube.

Now you should know YouTube pretty well. But allow me give you some facts:

Fact #1: YouTube went from ZERO to 4,000,000,000 MONTHLY visitors within 3 months. And it’s still growing by a staggering rate each day.

Fact #2: In 2006, YouTube won Times Magazine’s “Invention of the Year.”

Fact #3: YouTube is in the Top 5 most valuable web properties in the world.

Fact #4: YouTube features videos from hundreds and thousands of members, and has made MANY people famous.

Fact #5: And get this-more than 75,000 new videos are uploaded every, single day (you see that right.)

Fact #6: Last but not least-YouTube serves up to two hundred MILLION clicks daily.

What does that mean to you as a marketer or an Internet entrepreneur?

Well, it only means there’s a HUGE amount of traffic ready to be tapped into-if you know how to use YouTube to drive more visitors to your web sites.

We’ll discuss how you can use YouTube to drive massive views on your web sites in a while.

But first, “What makes a good YouTube video?”

If you notice, a lot of the videos on YouTube are made by amateurs.

They’re usually not professionally filmed videos.

But that’s what makes YouTube attractive, isn’t it?

These videos are not really professional, and most of the time “RAW”, but it’s realistic.

Sometimes, they are just THAT much more interesting because they’re not really perfect.

To answer our previous question, I’ll reveal some of my ideas here.

You see, I’m actually in the process of developing some of my videos to be uploaded on YouTube and use them to drive traffic to my web sites (there’s a ‘science’ to it… as some of my clients have proven time and again with their YouTube videos).

Here’s what I learned:

YouTube Strategy #1 – Your videos should be short. These shouldn’t be long movies, as people are busy and look for instant gratification most of the times. No more than 3 to 4 minutes.

YouTube Strategy #2 – Then, you’d want your web site URL at the bottom of your videos, so people can see it.

YouTube Strategy #3 – Next, this is IMPORTANT: Think of some ways to make your videos viral. See, people on YouTube are constantly on the mindset of: “If I like a video, I’ll like to pass it to my friends.”

So you want your videos to have some, one or ALL of these characteristics:

I mean¡K there’s so much you can do!

There’s an incredibly huge potential with YouTube.

I suggest you open your mind and at least look into how you just MAKE SOMETHING (again, doesn’t have to be perfect) to feature on it.

Plus, a lot of these things are COMMON SENSE!

You don’t have to buy any products to learn how to make videos people talk about. You see, what do you think would make a good video YOU would want to pass on to your friends?

Write them down, choose one of them and be your own producer for the first time if you haven’t (trust me, it’s fun too).

If you have, can you figure out how to benefit from some of the strategies mentioned above?

Go on there, make a video for traffic purposes or simply for demonstration.

Of course we’re barely scratching the surface of what you can do with YouTube. If you can get a little creative, there’s a LOT more you can do on this amazing place.

Dan “The Man” Lok

P.S. I’m sure you have heard all the buzz about social bookmarking. Social bookmarking is one of the fastest ways to drive hordes of targeted traffic to your site. Amazingly, in the last few years Social Bookmarking sites have been the craze for many SEO specialists and web-marketing gurus. These Social bookmarking sites provide you with and easy and efficient way to get traffic to your page and yield high rankings for niche keywords!

If you’re extremely serious about getting your pages ranked high, I strongly suggest you take a look at BookMarking Demon.

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