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Ok, I’m back. 

The holidays kinda got in the way of me posting a follow-up message about the blogging course Mark Joyner is offering for free.

But yesterday I went through the entire course and I want to let you know what I thought of it.

First of all, it’s actually one of the "elective" modules within the Simpleology site.  

Hopefully you’re familiar with Simpleology.  If not, you’re probably very new to the IM world.

And that’s perfectly alright if you are.  Welcome. 

Since I brought it up, here’s a quick overview of what Simpleology is.

It’s essentially a series of courses that teach you how to get what you want out of life.  All areas of your life - simply.  And that’s the basis of it all - simplicity.

In fact, the first module, Simpleology 101 (which is completely FREE, by the way) is entitled: "The Simple Science Of Getting What You Want". 

It’s a set of tools that teach you how to manage yourself better.

The better you manage yourself, the more productive you’ll be. 

It may look like a time management course on the surface, but let’s face it, NO ONE CAN MANAGE TIME!

So, it’s a SELF management course and well worth your time.

The next two modules - Simpleology 102 and Simpleology 103 - deal with the Simple Science of Money and the Simple Science of Personal Energy.  They come with a price tag, but are not unreasonably priced for the life-changing material you receive.

Anyway, I highly recommend you take the free Simpleology 101 course.

Now on to the Simpleology Blogging Course review:

•   It’s a series of 16 videos (the 1st is an intro) coupled with brief review quizzes that help to "set" the material in your mind.

•   Each video is short - the longest one is six minutes and twelve seconds long.  The majority are less than five minutes.

•    I watched all the videos and took all the quizzes in about an hour.

•   The videos are narrated by Mark Joyner himself and are full of descriptive cartoon figures that help the material be visually interpreted/recognized and sink in.

•  The course is perfect for new to intermediate level bloggers, but I believe experienced bloggers will also find a few valuable tidbits as well.  And if you’ve been blogging for a while, this course will at least be a good refresher and possibly a reminder of some of the things you should be doing, but aren’t.

•  It covers everything from what a blog is and why they are so powerful, to choosing a theme, how to write posts, monitization techniques, how to drive traffic, etc.

•  It also includes downloadable PDFs  - the Blogging Virtuosity ebook and Memory Joggers as well as bonus interviews with some serious bloggers like:  Jason Cain, Joel Comm, Lynn Terry and Priya Shah.

•  Additional bonus PDFs include: "How To Create Interesting Titles", "How To Overcome Writer’s Block" and "Which Blog Software Is Right For You?".

•  It doesn’t teach you about configuration or plugins and the like, since this is a generic blogging course and there are a bunch of blogging platforms out there.

•  Finally, the entire course is included on downloadable MP3 audio files you can upload to your MP3 player and take with you.

All in all, a killer course and mess of bonuses for nothing but a blog post.

To summarize:  If you have a blog and don’t know every thing there is to know about blogging (I doubt anyone does), this free course will be of value to you.   

It seems that Mark Joyner has done it again.

What has he done?

Well, he’s figured out another mega-powerful way to “Get Viral” on this wonderful thing we call the web.

If you don’t who Mark Joyner is, Google him. I won’t spend time or space in this post going over his lengthy bio.

Suffice it to say, when Mark talks, PEOPLE - including the biggest, most successful marketers today - LISTEN.

And so should you…

Why? He knows what he’s talking about, that’s why.

How else would such a man earn the nickname of “The Godfather of Internet Marketing”?

Pretty lofty title, huh?

Not something haphazardly assigned to someone, because those sorts of things typically aren’t accurate and therefore, don’t “stick”.

Anyway, here’s something Mark asked me to post on my blog. You’ll soon see why I say he’s done it again:

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I’m evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they’re letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.

It covers:

• The best blogging techniques.
• How to get traffic to your blog.
• How to turn your blog into money.

I’ll let you know what I think once I’ve had a chance to check it out.

Meanwhile, go grab yours while it’s still free.

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In case you haven’t figured it out yet, this little bit of text in one post of my blog gets me free access to a blogging course Mark and his dream team put together.

In the mean time, Mark and his course get blogged about in thousands of blogs across the world. Tagged and pinged and posted about like nobody’s business across the entire wild, wild web.

And I’m probably going to blog about the course once I’ve taken it (like his message says I will - also very clever), so Mark gets more exposure.

All for free! You see how smart this is?

And since you’re reading this and probably interested in the course, there’s a good likelihood that you’d be willing to write a quick post about it, too.

It’s as viral as viral gets.

Like I said before, the name “The Godfather of Internet Marketing” isn’t one you can declare yourself as or buy… it just wouldn’t stick and you’d be the laughing stock of the IM community.

Rather, it must be EARNED and bestowed upon a person by those qualified to do so.

I’ll sign off with this. If you get a chance to watch and learn from Mark Joyner, don’t let it slip by.

Read his books, listen to his audios, watch his videos, take his courses and watch how he markets!

You’ll be much better off for having done so.

Click on the graphics in this post to visit the site!

If you’ve been involved in developing an online presence for a while now, chances are you’ve found yourself in a position where you needed some high-quality, but inexpensive graphics for one of your sites.

And, if you’re like most people, you probably couldn’t afford to hire someone to create
them for you when you were first starting out.

So…

Like with most “newbies” to internet marketing, you decided to do it yourself.

You may have accumulated a few pieces of graphics software along the way, too. And
gotten better at it as time went on.

Personally, I’ve done the Photoshop 30-day trial, used Gimp, Paint, Paint.net, Powerpoint, Jahn’s various Kaleido Color softwares, Website Header Wizard and multiple HTML editors and the like. Probably more stuff that has slipped my mind.

I found Photoshop too expensive for my taste at $300 (though a great piece of software), Gimp too difficult to use (despite being open-source, i.e. free) and I still use the others on a regular basis.

Unfortunately, it seems that no single piece of software can do it all.

Maybe Photoshop can, but it takes a big comittment to learn all the ins and outs of such a complex program. Few people have the time or money to invest into such a piece of software. Which is no doubt why graphics designers don’t come cheap.

So, for small jobs when I don’t see the need for hiring a designer, I do it myself.

Nothing too fancy or complex, mind you. But nice, just the same. And a heck of a lot better than no graphics at all!

Recently, I added another fine resource to my graphics arsenal.

In fact, it only took about a minute of reading what was offered at what price and I was hooked.

Essentially, it’s a web-based piece of software that allows you to quickly and easily design your own graphics and then download them in one of three formats for immediate use.

I think what it does is use a series of scripts to take complex adjustments on super-advanced software and make them one-click easy for your graphics project.

In other words, I think it’s based off of either Photoshop or Gimp, with built-in shortcuts (done behind the scenes with specialized code) that make all the fine tuning faster and easier.

Here’s the best part: This membership is currently selling for a ONE-TIME price of only $6.95.

Actually, that may NOT be the best part. He’s also giving 100% commissions for all new referrals!

Bottom line: Less than seven bucks (one time) for a great tool, 100% commissions and the ability to create your own high-quality UNIQUE graphics with ease.

Unless you’re already a genius with Photoshop or have deep pockets, this is one tool that really delivers huge value for a truly rock-bottom price. In other words, one that virtually every webmaster will need and use regularly.

Five Stars - Highly Recommended!

Russ

PS: The graphics in this post were made with this service - in mere minutes. Also, you can see what I did on my other blog: http://websuccessmasters.com. I made the header as well as the graphic block with the RSS subscription icon (top right) using only this tool and Paint.net (free, open source).

I’m not sure why it took so long.

Maybe no one came up with idea until now.

Unlikely…

As you surely must know by now, video is rapidly taking first place among the various forms of advertising and communicating online.

First it was text alone, then text with graphics, then audio and now, video.

In fact, Google recently came out with video Adwords, a new advancement in online advertising.

But let’s take a step back for a second…

What happened to audio? Is it dead?

Not by a long shot!

So, why didn’t anyone come up with Audio Adwords?

Who knows. Maybe the technology didn’t exist or profit projections were bleak, but for whatever reason it never came to be.

Until NOW!

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I don’t often use the word brilliant to describe people or things. Particularly with regard
to internet marketing products.

But once in a while, something comes along that genuinely re-instills my confidence in
the forward evolution of the human race.

What I mean is, so many products you find today are simply rehashed versions of multiple other products out there. And what’s worse, the “re-hashing” is poorly done, at best.

If you’ve been at this for any length of time, you must have heard “don’t reinvent the wheel”. And that’s exactly how most people operate - they copy someone else.

Granted, it’s not easy to come up with an original idea or product, but it can be done - and IS done regularly.

Of course, there is that pesky and time-consuming aspect of having to sort through tons of “ore” before you find that one “gem”.

Which is why actually finding such a gem is not only rare, but quite uplifting, due to the
hope and imagination it inspires.

I recently found such a gem - and it’s brilliant and original - no doubt about it.

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