Offering Products and Real Opportunity versus selling "promises"

Hello everyone ..

Big Ed here coming to you from beautiful Colorado ...

Today I want to write a few lines about the differences between those offering REAL products and opportunities versus those selling nothing more than empty promise's and dreams of "what if" and "maybe"  ..

First off, it's a violation of FTC (Federal Trade Commission) regulations to promise anything online unless of course it's a guarantee of your services / actual product etc - There's a huge difference between guaranteeing something tangible and simply "promising" people they will get rich, lose weight, be beautiful, etc, etc, etc ..

Every opportunities success relies on motivation / work ethic of the end user .. Just because someone buys your system or opts in to your opportunity, does not guarantee they will become active.... So there's really  no legitimate way to promise these folks "success"  -

Be very careful on how you promote your opportunities ...I don't want to see anyone go to jail or pay big fines to the Government for false / misleading advertising -

I also wanted to touch on the absolute importance of communicating with your prospects / leads ...

Internet marketing (just like offline marketing) is a "numbers" game but, it's also a "people" game ... Every lead you receive is a real live person just like you ..It's important that you reach out to each and everyone personally to let them know you value them as human (not just potential sales) beings, and begin building a foundation of trust and integrity ...  Whatever you do, DO NOT rely on your auto responder messages to establish a relationship and / or do your selling for you!

Do you remember the movie "The Wizard of Oz?" In the movie, the "great and powerful" Oz was nothing more than an ordinary man standing behind a curtain manipulating controls that gave him the appearance of
being more than he actually was .... Once the curtain was pulled back, he became just another person like everyone else .. No better, No worse -

Online marketing is not that different from online marketing ... People buy from people they know, like and trust! Never forget this, and NEVER be the "man behind the curtain" to your prospects!

Always remember and NEVER forget ... Reputation is EVERYTHING out here! it can takes years to build, and minutes to destroy!

Until next time .....

This is your man in the Mountains reminding you to ...

• STAY POSITIVE
• STAY MOTIVATED
• STAY INSPIRED 
• And .............
• NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS! 

EJ "Big Ed" Benko

http://BigEdz.com

http://bigedzblog.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BigEdzonline

Skype: Edward.Benko

Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail .. A Self Examination Exercise

Do you ever feel / think that most of your business failures are due to trying too many different things?

Things that “promised” instant results and then fell flat once you started hammering away at marketing them?

You work hard, buying every new product, system, program, WSO, etc..reading this Blog or that article or watching some useless "guru" video constantly trying to learning.. But yet, you still achieve little to NO real results?

Don’t feel bad …..You’re not alone!

The internet has become a flood of information, content, and just plain garbage! In order to cut through all the nonsense, and find the correct information needed to help your business succeed ultimately boils down to a few simple things … 

• Direction
• Focus
• Motivation
• Consistency
• POSITIVETHINKING! 

You need to figure out exactly what to do to get results! So, instead of trying 1000 different products (AKA program hopping) slow down, take a deep breath, and re-organize yourself, your thinking and your strategies….. I have a favorite saying that helps me every day  ..

“Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail”

Here's an exercise I've developed designed to help give you more focus and clarity, take 10, 15 minutes and completed each section .. If you take it seriously, answer honestly, I believe you’ll be amazed at what you learn about yourself  -

SELF EXAMINATION:

Write out at least one paragraph describing exactly what your life would look like if you’re business was earning you $100k per year:

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What would your present and future look?

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How would you feel knowing your financial life is now secure?

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How would your, and your family’s life be better?

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Write about how your life will look one year from now if you keep doing the things you’re currently doing that ARE NOT getting you to $100k per year:

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If you continue stumbling around blindly, continue “system hopping” and trying to figure things out on your own, do you HONESTLY believe your income and quality of life will improve?

Yes ________    No ______

Be serious and 100% honest with yourself, No one but you needs to see these notes but they are something you should look at each and every day to remind yourself that ONLY YOU can make yourself a SUCCESS or a FAILURE!

Do you see the difference between your goals and your current reality?

Do you want to keep doing what you are doing and failing over, and over again or are you willing to take action, make changes, learn from those of us who are successful, and commit yourself to doing the things required to achieve your goals and dreams?

It's your choice! Only you can do it for yourself!  Are you ready to make a change? If so, CONTACT ME and I will help you ...

Until next time...  Stay Positive, Stay Inspired, Stay Motivated, and NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS!

Your man in the Mountains …

EJ "Big Ed" Benko

Successful Online Marketer, and Mentor

http://BigEdz.com

http://bigedzblog.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BigEdzonline

Skype: Edward.Benko

Wishing you all a Very Happy, Healthy Prosperous New Year

Good morning everyone ..

It's the morning of New Years Day here in Colorado ..  The snow is falling and it's calm, and  peaceful

I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a wonderful New Year

2013 is gone and 2014 is a "blank canvass" for all of us to paint new beginnings, stories and create new memories ..

Let's all use the lesson's learned in 2013 be they good, bad, indifferent or otherwise and use them as guidelines and building blocks for this brand new, fresh New year of 2014!

Remember to ALWAYS ..  

Stay Positive ...
Stay Motivated ..
Stay Inspired ....
And NEVER give up on your dreams! 

Your man in the Mountains ..

EJ "Big Ed" Benko

http://BigEdz.com

http://bigedzblog.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BigEdzonline

Skype: Edward.Benko

Explode your Advertising / Sales by Partnering with me

Hello Everyone ..

As many of you know, I've been a successful online marketer for over 20 years with my primary focus being on advertising, traffic generation, Solo Ads etc ....

I have achieved fantastic results for my clients and can and will do the same for you ...

I won't bore you or insult your intelligence with gimmicky sales hype or false claims ... I will simply tell you that my reputation as a traffic broker, advertising provider is 100% solid and that my work gets results!

This being said, I have decided to accept Exclusive "Done 4 You" advertising clients and provide them unlimited advertising for an the entire year at an incredibly discounted price.

This package will provide my exclusive clients with unlimited solo ads to my list(s) of 10's of thousands, marketing on my blogs, and all other resource I personally use to promote on a daily basis .. You will also be given my personal contact information and have  access to me 24 / 7!

If you want to EXPLODE your marketing campaigns and REALLY MAKE MONEY online, I can and will do everything possible to assist you in those goals by mentoring you, offering expert advice / assisting you in writing effective ads that work, and much, much more!

If you're genuinely serious about earning money online, and want to hire / have a PROVEN EXPERT in your corner ... The time to take action is NOW!  

Thank you and I'm looking forward to working with those of you bold (and smart) enough to do take action and throw your marketing into HIGH GEAR

Your man in the Mountains ...

EJ "Big Ed" Benko
http://BigEdz.com

MY 4 KEY PRINCIPLES FOR SUCCESS by EJ "Big Ed" Benko

I'm EJ "Big Ed" Benko ...  I've been a successful online marketer / offline business person for over two decades and if I've learned nothing else in my career .. I've learned these 4 Key Principles to Success! I believe in these 4 principles with all my heart, and practice them in my life on a DAILY basis .. I hope you will too - 

                                                MY 4 KEY PRINCIPLES FOR SUCCESS 

KEY PRINCIPLE #1: FOCUS - 

Stay focused on your business. Don't be a "rabbit." .. "Rabbits" are what I call people who "hop" from opportunity to opportunity. If you constantly change the opportunities you join / market, you will ruin your reputation. People will think you're unreliable and indecisive .. "hare"(get it? Hare /rabbit :) today .. Gone tomorrow   You need to build your reputation on a solid platform of stability, integrity, and reliability ..People will recognize these qualities and want to join you based on attraction and because you present yourself as being rock solid!

KEY PRINCIPLE #2: CONSISTENCY -

Without doubt, one of the (if not the biggest) biggest problems I see regarding why people don't make money online is because they think all they have to do is advertise their business now and then, and money will simply fall from the sky "automatically" .....  

COMPLETE NONSENSE and THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH!! 

The most successful and profitable online marketers, and entrepreneurs work their business on a consistent basis!  Each and Every day successful people are doing something to promote and / or work their business(s) period! There are, and can be no exceptions to this "rule" 

I'm not saying you have to put in 8 hours per day every day ..if you can only work your business 3-4 days per week so be it BUT make sure you're putting in maximum effort and not just going through the motions like the lazy, unsuccessful people are .. You know, the people that do nothing for themselves yet always complain because they are failing?  Imagine if large Fortune 500's only advertised their business  "once in a while" Do you think they'd be in business very long or capture the name branding, the reputation and the success
they've had for decades!! ABSOLUTELY NOT! Why would you plan your success on anything less and be foolish enough to expect BIG results from minimum efforts?  GET OUT THERE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN because if you don't, your competition will!

KEY PRINCIPLE #3: PERSISTENCE - DON'T and NEVER GIVE UP! 


This is one of the things that genuinely baffles me.... People want to be successful yet they don't want to put in the effort / work required to make their dreams of success a reality! HUH? 

I've been an online marketer for 20+ years and recently I've seen a "new breed" of marketer emerging ..  Lazy ones that think it's "enough" to join some "get rich quick" system, advertise for a few days and wait for money to drop in to their laps .. Typically, these "lazy people"  quickly fail, and give up ... The strangest part about these lazy people is that when they fail, they then turn around and blame everyone / everything else for THEIR failure! Complete Insanity! 

The ABSOLUTE TRUTH is that EVERYONE who is successful (even the so-called "overnight successes") has worked, and worked, and worked to become that way! It doesn't just happen!  YOU need to make up your mind and CHOOSE if you're going to work your business on a consistent basis or not .. Success is entirely up to you .. SO DON'T GIVE UP!

KEY PRINCIPLE #4: DETERMINATION - 

Become, Be, and Stay determined that you are going to succeed NO MATTER WHAT!
There will be good days, and not so good days and sometimes, we have to dig "deep" to keep going. But, that's what real winners do. Remember, "WINNERS NEVER LOSE AND LOSERS NEVER WIN"

If you need any help in you're marketing efforts ..contact me, I've been a successful online marketing coach / mentor for many years .. I've helped hundreds of people achieve their dreams, and I can help you also .. Visit my website / get more information here 

Until Next time, this is you "man in the mountains" telling you to ......

STAY POSITIVE ... STAY INSPIRED ... STAY MOTIVATED AND NEVER GIVE UP YOUR DREAMS! 

EJ "Big Ed" Benko

http://BigEdz.com

http://bigedzblog.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BigEdzonline

Email: BigEd80013@gmail.com

Skype: Edward.Benko

Excuse's ... the Mantra of LOSERS!

Are you familiar with people (or are you one of them?) who think and talk like this? 

"I can't make good money blah blah blah...." 

"I'm not the type of person who makes good money waaa waaaa." 

I believe most of you have heard these types of people and / or you are one of them and if you are .... It's your mental programming and it HAS TO GO!

Think about it...

Who taught you to think like that in the first place?

Were / Are they successful internet marketers?

Were / Are they rich beyond the dreams of avarice?

Of course they aren't! 

They were / are people who have been taught to think negatively and watch life from the sidelines! 

All they've EVER done is live an ordinary life and do everything they're "supposed" to do and the advice they gave you is the biggest crock of crap you've ever been told!

It's time to change your programming!!

If you want success, you MUST STOP being the one who sabotages your own success based on what "they" told you about yourself and never take advice from anyone who isn't where you want to be in business or in life!

Remember ....Water seeks it's own level - hang around losers and you'll be one too .. Associate with WINNERS and the World is yours for the taking! 

Your man in the Mountains ............

EJ "Big Ed" Benko

http://BigEdz.com

http://bigedzblog.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BigEdzonline

Skype: Edward.Benko

SEO is no longer a math problem, it’s a human one.

The old math of increased back links and stuffing keywords is DEAD and is now just fodder for Google to identify your website and then BURY it in the search results... Simply old school methods that DON'T WORK anymore! 

SEO is no longer a math problem, it’s a human one.  Social indicators are becoming key to ranking and link algorithms are being retired. It’s time for you to see / learn the truth about SEO and how to adjust your online efforts accordingly. 

Below are just some of the things you should and NEED to be doing on a Daily, Weekly, Monthly basis  to get yourself noticed and ranked ....

• Manual directory submissions .. 
• Article Submissions (5 unique article content *20 article directories)
• At least 1 Press release, 400+ words written
• PDF File Creation & Submission
• PPT File Creation & Submission
• Blog Creation and Posting
• Blog Optimization
• Facebook Business Page Creation
• Twitter channel Creation
• Increase twitter followers
• Increase likes, shares, tweets, reddits, and +1 in order to get natural backlinks
• Anchor text diversity (DO NoT not use exact keywords for backlinks).
• Find /  get Natural backlinks from link worthy articles
• Draft & submit original articles to Ezinearticles.com
• Create Google+ page for your business
• Distribute 5 posts daily via Google+ Page
• Participate in Forums
• Create blog for your website
• Create 1 new post per week on your blog
• Manually Submit your website to leading Web directories
• Write creative Meta Tags for your website(s)
• Learn / implement  keyword Research/Analysis
• Competitor Analysis (watch what they do / replicate it) 
• Learn / implement Header Tags Analysis
• Learn Web Page Inter Linking (Anchor Tag) Analysis
• Study Keywords Density, Proficiency & Proximity Analysis 
• HTML Sitemap creation for your sites / blogs
• Study XML Sitemap creation and how to upload them to the search engines
• Study / use Google Webmaster Tool Integration
• Study / use Bing Webmaster Tool Integration
• Learn about Google Analytics integration

If you aren't doing some (or all) of these things on a regular basis, you're just wasting your time .. Forget those idiots trying to sell you search engine submissions / back-links, etc ....it's nothing but GARBAGE and things your can easily learn to and do for and by yourself! 

I hope this small SEC "lesson" has helped you .. I know learning all these things sounds "difficult" but it's really not that hard once you apply yourself but, if you need motivation, keep reminding yourself that learning these things will make your marketing more effective & in turn will ultimately make you MORE MONEY! 

If you need help, guidance, advice, etc .. never hesitate to reach out to me .. I'm always happy to do what I can - 

Remember ... 

Stay Positive ...

Stay Inspired ...

Stay Motivated ...

And NEVER give up your dreams! 

Your man in the Mountains ..

EJ "Big Ed" Benko

http://BigEdz.com

http://bigedzblog.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BigEdzonline

Skype: Edward.Benko