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Thanks for sharing, Yvonne. There’s a lot to think about in that one sentence!
I am creating a hopeful ending for 2017 that will bode well for a better 2018.
This past year held some discouraging moments due to the eye troubles I experienced.
Next year, I will be healthier, more productive, and more successful.
May all your endings be better than your beginnings! 🙂
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Free Planner to Track Your Work, etc.
Julie, it looks like you’ve put together a great plan!
Did you get your free planner yet? I am offering My Inspired Year Weekly Planner 2018 to everyone here as a thank you. It covers goal setting and creating new habits, and has check boxes for your daily tasks, like those you’ve outlined.
Wishing you all the best for 2018!
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Thank you!
Don, your book is awesome! So practical and definitely needed.
I also enjoyed reading more about your story.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Do we have permission to share the link? I would love to send this to my list.
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Thanks for the reminder, Bruce.
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Private Messages
Here’s another great reason to remember to look at your own profile page from time to time:
Your profile page is where you’ll receive notification that someone has sent you a private message.
I just checked mine and saw that there were messages from 5 days ago! Sorry friends for not getting back to you!
So, make sure that your profile is up to date and do check in to see if you have any messages or friend requests waiting for your response.
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I always find that the start of a new year energizes me, so I do take time to plan and review my goals for the new year.
I think it’s the presence of my family and friends at Christmas that gives me the support and inspiration I need to face the new year with hope and confidence.
That said, I do best when I revisit my goals regularly and readjust as needed.
As for 2018? Still finalizing my goals… I’ll get back to you! 🙂
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My Inspired Year Weekly Planner
Merry Christmas, PreneurPals!
I hope I can give you the gift of a more organized and focused life in 2018.
Get your free planner download below:
My Inspired Year Weekly Planner
If you’re enjoy the planner, you might be able to pick up some Christmas cash by promoting it as an affiliate at 50% commission.
Your comments and feedback on the planner and website are welcome. Thank you for your support, friends!
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Thanks, Malik. Looks like lots of good information in your download.
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No. But you certainly know how to craft an intriguing subject line, Scott!
Kudos!
🙂
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Thanks, David. I am recording some videos right now for my membership site, doing it cheaply and easily with my iPhone. It has a great camera and I just can’t afford anything fancier right now.
I’ll let you know how it goes 🙂
Norma
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I just signed up. Looking forward to reading your emails!
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Great stuff!
Thanks, Scott. I hope you are still recovering well from your eye surgery.
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Always PDF. I get frustrated consuming video or webinars because I find them too slow.
But it is great to offer a variety of things to attract those who have different learning styles.
I respect that some people prefer video, and that audio is great because you can consume it while washing dishes, etc.
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Hi Susan,
I’m so sorry you had such a frustrating day. I hope tomorrow is better!
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Bruce, I wish I had a great answer for this one! I lost a lot of ground since I tore my retinas last year. It feels like it will take forever to gain back the momentum I had then. So frustrating!
An army of minions would be nice. Or a business partner. For most of us, working online is a solitary endeavour.
Sometimes you can power through difficulties and sometimes, sadly, we are stuck when illness or other problems overtake us.
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Shopping Carts
I’ve had some experience with a few different shopping carts and can answer questions about:
Ecwid (aff. link), which is a cart that allows buyers to add hard copies and/or downloadable items to their cart. You build your shop at Ecwid and put it on your site(s) with a bit of code. There is a free option and monthly fee, depending upon how many products your have. I use it at Nallenart.
Ejunkie works well, but it’s been a few years since I used it.
I’ve also used WooCommerce for WordPress – easy and free, but you need to buy addons to integrate autoresponders, etc.
I’ve had some success selling products through JVZoo as a product creator and as an affiliate, but haven’t really used Clickbank.
I just bought ThriveCart (one time fee), which does a great job on sales funnels, does recurring billing by integrating with membership sites, works with autoresponders, and has a built in affiliate program for your products. I am gradually switching everything over to ThriveCart. It doesn’t allow buyers to add multiple items to a shopping cart, though.
I second Sean’s recommendation about Chris Lema. His membership site review is awesome! He really covers everything and is very knowledgeable.
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Focus!
I learned from going through Sean’s training here that I am too scattered. I’m still trying to do too many things at once and this is why I’m making slow progress. I need to gain some focus and put certain projects on the back burner.
This is tough to do because they’re all my babies and I’m already invested in them.
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LOL button?
I’m not really being serious here, but don’t you wish sometimes there was an LOL button to go along with reply, thanks, quote, etc.?
I really do laugh out loud sometimes at some of the witty comments and remarks that fly around this forum.
Thanks, friends, for brightening my day. 🙂
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My Inspired Year Weekly Planner
Hi Friends,
I want My Inspired Year Weekly Planner to be one of your favourite productivity tools.
Click here to get a FREE copy and send me your feedback.
Coupon applies to the downloadable version only. You can print the pages and put them in a binder to have your year at your fingertips. Includes the last quarter of 2017.
If you like it, you can earn 50% by promoting as an affiliate.
Thank you!
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Wow! Very nice, Malik. Great looking pages. Nice pictures of you looking both friendly and authoritative.
The email I received right away contained this link:
Thank You – Here is your download
http://www.dfyprofitssystems.com/freedl
The “from” tag said it was from Cheryl at crackerjack consulting though. Is that from you? Should that say your name instead?
Or am I just looking at the wrong email? I haven’t received anything that has your name on it.
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Love that story about the artist! It’s all about willingness and a commitment to doing the work.
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My favourite part is all the great people I’ve had a chance to meet. Honestly, I’ve barely begun to explore the training. It’s the people that bring me back.
That said, I’m looking forward to digging in and getting into the information part of the site. Especially now that it’s easier to untangle. (Thanks, Sean! Hope I wasn’t too harsh in my comments!)
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Hi Scott,
Praying for a speedy recovery and the best possible outcome for your surgery. Just be patient! It can take months to fully recover from eye surgery, depending on what they had to do to you.
Don’t rush getting back to the computer/phone/tablet screens. Not that we don’t enjoy hearing from you, but make sure you give yourself time to recover.
We’re in this together!
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Hi Diana,
You can change the size of your images right in the WordPress editor.
Just use the text editor instead of the visual editor. (Try not to let all that code intimidate you!) Each image has a tag around it that indicates its size, location, etc. The size part will look like this: width=”xxx” height=”xxx”
If you want all your images “medium sized.” Just change the width attribute to width=”300″ (or whatever looks good) and eliminate the height attribute altogether. WordPress will automatically change the height proportionately.
So, this… width=”xxx” height=”xxx”
becomes width=”300″
Or whatever number you choose. If you have already selected “medium” images, you can’t make them bigger without losing clarity. Just go back and choose the big images and use the code to make them smaller.
Preview your page as you go to ensure your sizes look good.
If you mess up and your pages look crazy, the top right box of your editor has a Revisions option that lets you go back to a previous version of your page. You can’t kill your site in the Post/Page editor.
If you can get past the idea of looking at all that code, this is the easiest way to get your images exactly the right size.
You can do it!
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Your site looks great, Kristin. I joined your mailing list and look forward to hearing from you more.
It all starts with how we think, for sure. Attitude and mindset make all the difference.
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Thank you!
Yvonne, thank you for sending along your Relationship Marketing Report. Great information, and I love how you personalized it by including some of your own story. I seem to be right there in your target market (50 and Wiser woman!) so I would be happy to give feedback wherever you think it might be helpful.
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Oh, dear. Where do I start?
Sean, you asked and you’re getting my honest opinion.
- The Good is that there is a ton of useful information.
- The Bad is that the overall impression from the page is that it’s crowded, chaotic, and hard to understand.
- The Ugly – please refer to the Bad.
I am hopeful, though. My observation is that the site is becoming more aesthetically pleasing as new features are being added.
This has resulted in easier navigation and a better end user experience. If we could just organize that
Core Access Page… it would be an improvement from my point of view.There are far too many columns. Also, the training content and forum links should be separated and more clearly identified.
Sean, I do appreciate all you do! 🙂
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Hi Willie,
Your process is fine, but I recommend you edit or replace your lead magnet download. It talks about making money in 2011, which suggests that some of the links and information could be outdated.
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People do have a hard time supporting things they don’t understand. They do understand money, so the faster you can start being profitable the better!
That’s why Sean’s theme of keeping things simple can really pay off – with, hopefully, a shorter time to profitability.
Thanks, Sean, for providing a platform for us to be supported and to support each other.
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great question!
Hi Bruce,
I have been working way less than I used to, but the exact number of hours is hard to say.
This is something I never really track. It’s a great idea, though. Thanks for the challenge.
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Hi, Yvonne. I received your email, but the link didn’t work for me. I got a “page not found” message.
I sent you a reply email. Your report sounds great, so I’m hoping you can send it to me.
Thank you!
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Hey Scott,
I hope your surgery goes well. Keep us posted!
Praying for you,
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Just a quick observation. Your article links send people away from your website. I recommend placing the entire article on your new site so that you don’t lose people. Then put a link at the end of the article to something that will make YOU money, such as your own product or an affiliate link.
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Bruce, I hope this next week will be a positive time for you. Think of all the people you have helped and encouraged right here at PreneurPal.
Stay thankful and encouraged, my friend!
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Who moved my cheese?
I have the book and studied it as part of the pastoral leadership training at my church. (Really! I’m not kidding!)
Now I can’t wait to take another look at it.
Here’s a teaser for you:
“Movement in a new direction, helps you find new cheese.”
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Finding Your Voice
Finding your online voice is so important. Then I first started writing, I wrote everything as if it were an undergrad assignment.
It took me years to feel comfortable with writing in a more natural, conversational style. (Contractions!! Short sentences!! Oh, my!!)
I try to imagine that I’m writing a letter to a good friend. It helps me get the right perspective for blog posts and emails.
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Yes, Bruce, the 2018 Planner is available as a physical product or a downloadable.
Go here to see the sales page:
My Inspired Year – myinspiredyear.com
There is free training there to help you get the most out of the planner and just get inspired to work on setting goals and other great things to move you forward.
Affiliates (DL version only) get 50% instantly through Paypal. Know anyone who needs a Planner? 🙂
Affiliate sign up here.
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Bruce,
WordPress automatically creates and stores different sized files when you upload your images. That’s why you have the option for different sizes when you import your image into your post (full size, thumbnail, medium).
I’m not sure if it stores the resized image when you use code or if it just resizes “on the fly” as the images load.
I would guess the latter, because I think this is the same process it uses to resize featured images on posts and pages. I’d need to dig to find out for sure, though.
Either way, if it’s smaller, it’s smaller, in terms of bandwidth. That’s how I understand it.
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Exactly! It’s all about perception.
We tend to “spend” our money that way too, sometimes.
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Hi Bruce. I’m not familiar with any particular teaching on mental toughness.
My approach is closer to behaviour modification. Action is what brings results, so cultivating good habits, even in little things, can give us the boost/reward we need to accomplish the things that are capable of making a bigger impact on our lives, like increasing our income.
The mental game is everything when it comes to being successful, but we can’t “think” ourselves into the right attitude. If we could, we’d already be where we want to be.
It’s not just mental, but “incremental.” (See what I did there? – Heehee!)
Winning each day, step by step. Doing those things that lead to success.
Not just thought but action. One good habit at a time. One day at a time.
That’s how my planner is designed to work. And why I have those encouraging emails in my autoresponder.
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What are they doing, Scott? I’ve had five eye surgeries in the past year and a half after both my retinas tore. The last one was a vitrectomy and retinal membrane peel to remove the scar tissue from the back of my eye. It’s still tough to read and remains to be seen what kind of improvement I’ll see from the surgery. Not the nicest thing to have to go through.
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Small world, isn’t it?
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I’m sure you’ll do a great job, Bruce. Happy music!
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Sure thing, Kristin.
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Hi Jennifer,
I like to shop in Buffalo when the exchange rate is good. I’m also a fan of Ted’s Jumbo Red Hots. It’s my favourite lunch when I’m across the border. 🙂
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Hi Norf,
Sorry I didn’t get back to you because I didn’t check the page to see your questions. Yes, I built my site at normaesler.com. I have been building websites since 1997, for myself and other people and also have a hosting business. I make money mostly through my own products, but also some affiliate marketing.
Let me know if there is anything I can help you with. 🙂
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Claire, we’re all cheering for you. You’ve got this and your business is going to be great! 🙂
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Amien, I’m so glad to hear that you will soon be back up and running again.
My best advice: relax, take a deep breath, and make a list of what you need to do. Then prioritize and remember that you can only take one step at a time.
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Thanks, Scott. I just emailed you through your website about the planner.
And yes… it starts with P! Maybe it’s a sign?? 🙂
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