This is the Mason World Late Night Internet Marketing Podcast, Episode 8.

You want to build a business that you can call your own, but you can’t imagine abandoning the security of your day job. You are confident that you can find a few hours a week to pursue your dreams of creating a business on the internet, but you don’t know where to start. You’re looking for a plan.

Congratulations! You just found one. You are listening to the Mason World Late Night Internet Marketing Podcast, with your host Mark Mason, building internet businesses one night at a time.

Hello, and welcome back. My name is Mark Mason of MasonWorld.com and you’re listening to the Mason World Late Night Internet Marketing Podcast. I hope you’re having a fantastic day.

It’s been awhile since I’ve been on the mic, I have been incredibly busy. On November 21^st, I had my fourth child, Morgan. She is absolutely beautiful and she completely blew the wheels off of my podcasting schedule. That’s my excuse anyway.

Actually, when I first started podcasting I talked to the zen guru master of podcasting about my plans, Jason Van Orden. Jay told me, “Beware of pod-fade.” Sure enough, it’s hard to fight that pod-fade. You’ve got to really watch that. Whenever you have a podcast it’s really easy to let a week, and then two weeks, and then a month go by. Then all of a sudden you’re not podcasting anymore.

I’m back and I’m excited to be here. One of the main reasons that I’m back is I got a lot of email from people asking, “Where’s the podcast?” We’ve had thousands and thousands of downloads, lots of great feedback in iTunes, and people have really been encouraging me to bring the podcast back.

I really appreciate that. There is no better feeling than to get an email from someone telling you that they appreciate what you’re doing and that you’re helping them. That’s the point of this podcast, so I’m really glad to be back.

We’ll be talking about a lot of different things today, including a recap of the first seven episodes where we went over a bunch of different business models for internet marketing. I’m going to pull all that together for you today to kind of give you an idea of where we’re headed with this internet marketing adventure. Read more...

Man oh Man!  Finally back on the air.

In this episode of the MasonWorld Late Night Internet Marketing Podcast, we continue with our series introducing the different ways that you can make money online. Specifically, we take a look at how you can put it all together -- niche marketing, affiliate offers, blogging, information products, etc.

Better than that, we have the lovely and talented Nicole Dean in the house!

 

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When the transcript is available, it will be here.

In the podcast, I mention that I am still spending time in Lynn Terry's forum, and that I recently attended NAMS.

Some links mentioned in the podcast

• Moonlighting On The Internet (a real book)
• Ten Ways To Make $10K On The Internet (free)
• Lynn Terry Elite Member Forum
• Nicole Dean's website

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People talk about the magic of positive thinking like it is some mystical secret sauce that you can pour on your life to make everything OK. In my experience, nothing could be further from the truth. You cannot just think happy thoughts and have expect success in life and business without work.

However, Positive Thinking is an absolutely critical tool in your Internet Business toolbox. As you know, it takes many tools to be successful on line. If hard work is a hammer, and outsourcing is a power saw, I like to think of Positive Thinking at tape measure. The tape measure does not actually do any work, but it makes sure that the work that you do is according to plan. The tape measure makes sure that things fit together properly.

I am a big believer in the power of positive thinking in life as a tool to keep you focused and motivated -- but I am not an expert. So, I have invited Steve Thomas from Life Change For You to drop by and help us understand how positive thinking can help us in life and in business.  As a favor to me, Steve was willing to share his Tips for Positive Thinking in Internet Business.

Steve has worked in the world of self help and self improvement for over two decades. He has a BA in Business Organization and a Masters of Divinity degree. He is a public speaker and motivator, does a little personal coaching, has a website designed to help people change their lives. He even teaches yoga and meditation in his spare time.

The following article is a guest contribution by Steve.

Will positive thinking help in your internet business as well as in life?

Positive thinking has been around for a very long time. Some might argue that is has always been here in one form or other. We all know that positive thinking helps us in our day to day lives, but will it help you in your internet business. Let me try to convince you that it will.

A quick definition

When I say positive thinking, I don’t mean some Pollyanna way of looking at the world; as if nothing bad ever happens. I don’t know who really lives in that world, but it isn’t me and I doubt it is you.

My definition of positive thinking is looking at situations that come up in our lives and thinking about them in a positive way so that positive results happen. What if your blog completely disappears (it happened to me) how can you make the most of it and if not profit by it, at least learn from it.

Positive thinking as self defense.

I mentioned one scenario of what might happen. If you have been in the world of online marketing for any time at all you know that there is no end to the problems that can come up. Positive thinking and a positive attitude helps you to overcome those problems.

Just this morning I was supposed to record and interview with another online marketer for my podcast. The interview didn’t happen. No one was there when I called. The positive that came from that is that I was able to write this post today instead of tomorrow as I thought I would have to.

What is your biggest challenge? How can you turn it around to make something positive come of it? Are you not where you want to be in business? Why not and what can you do about it?

Positive thinking as a planning tool.

Even when things are going wonderfully, positive thinking can help. Where is it you want to go? Do you want to make a six figure income even if right now you are barely above poverty level? Becoming discouraged when you look at all you have to do to get there will not help. Thinking that you will never learn all you need to learn and that html is from hell itself is not going to take you to your goal.

A positive attitude, thinking positively about what needs to be done will have you plugging away at all that needs to be done and you will be nearing your goal much faster than weeping in your cup. You will believe in yourself or at least believe that those who have gone before know a thing or two and you can learn from them.

Both life and business are not as complicated as we sometimes tell ourselves. It takes a bit of courage and a positive attitude. It takes putting one foot in front of the other until you get where you want to go.

Regards,

Steve

Thanks, Steve!

I recommend that you stop by Life Change For You and learn how to change your life from being what you don’t want to the life you desire.

Have a great day.

photo credit: Melody Campbell

I am sitting in a room at NAMS with 20 people in a masterminding discussion with Mark Hendricks.  Talk about “business savvy” – Mark Hendricks is truly an amazing guy and incredibly insightful.  Mark Hendricks has probably already forgotten more about being in business on the internet than I will ever learn.

The conversation today was about many things, including the “True Path” and whether or not Social Media is on the true path.

Mark talked about managing relationships on the internet.  Relationships on the internet go through stages: Know Me, Like Me, Trust Me and about “Fish Jumping into the Boat.”  You just had to be there to get a full appreciation for Mark and the genius therein.

We spent some really good time talking about Benjamin Franklin and how that has impacted Mark’s business plan.

Best quote from Mark (there were many): “I’m a really good test dummy.”

Mark is not a huge fan of the hyped product launch model – he is more about delivering value over time, and encouraged us all to deliver real value to our customers.  He would rather have a lifetime customer than a quick buck and told us to avoid the “she got the coal mine and I got the shaft” model.

Great time with Mark – you can find him on Twitter @MarkHendricks.  My masterminding and 1:1 time with Mark was one of the real highlights of my trip to NAMS.