Hey, Boomers!
Here are the top five reasons why most blogs donʼt last. Hopefully, new bloggers will keep some of these points in mind when beginning their blogging career.

1. Blogging consistently is NOT easy.
It certainly is easy to set up a Blogspot account or even install Wordpress, but unfortunately, most blogs donʼt go much further than that. Many people find that writing informative and original articles consistently is difficult, and they are right – it is difficult. However, most experienced bloggers will tell you that it takes a while to build up that elusive blogging rhythm – the one in which you easily weave together insightful and unique posts.

2. New blogs see little to no financial return, initially.

Many people start blogging because they see John Chow [http://www.johnchow.com] and Problogger [http://www.problogger.com] pulling thousands each month from Adsense. These superbloggers make it look easy, but the fact remains, John Chow and Darren Rowse have been blogging for YEARS. It is extremely rare for a blog to make very much money before its three month mark.

3. Consistent web traffic takes time to build. Be patient.

I’ll admit itʼs hard to feel motivated to blog when you know not many people are reading your work. However, this early stage of blogging is arguably the most crucial. The first three months are the time to show everyone that despite not having tons of comments or a large number of RSS subscribers, you write interesting, original, link-worthy articles.

4. Lack the passion? Wave your blogging career goodbye.

Many new “make money online” blogs have popped up over the past few months. How many of those people actually make money online and are passionate about it? John Chow didnʼt start writing about how to make money online exclusively – he initially just used his blog to talk about his passions, only one of which was making that online dough. My passion is about personal development and motivational self help and only since I have been blogging has my passion for blog development emerged. Now, blogging is one of my favorite topics to write about.

5. Time management must be practiced seriously.

Itʼs no secret – most people would love to quit their day job and blog full time. So, they start blogging but find that, like anything, it takes a considerable amount of time. Add that to their already busy lives and it is something that often gets put off and eventually abandoned. When anyone adds blogging to their busy life, they must start practicing time management much more seriously. I find that it doesnʼt take me much longer than 20-40 minutes to write a solid post, so I make sure to carve out that time at least 5x per week. Just like going to the gym, blogging takes months of hard work to see any noticeable benefits. In my 2 months of blogging, only recently am I starting to see these benefits – including financial return, people linking to my posts, as well as some subscribers, readers, etc.

In conclusion, the number one lesson I have learned from blogging is that hard work over time pays off. With time comes experience and respect. I respect people who have been blogging for at least six months – that takes some serious dedication. The longer you have been blogging, the more people will see you as an expert or authority about your blog topics. There is a lot of power in published work. Blogging has taught me that to see measurable results in ANYTHING, you must work hard, stay ultra-dedicated, and perhaps most importantly, be patient.

“Baby Boomers – the generation that changed the world…and then forgot all about it.”

All the best, in your success!
Brett McKenzie
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Hey Boomers!

Did you know that blogging is really like having a conversation with someone you don’t know by using the written word. Only, it’s much more than that and I’ll explain.

When you are looking at someones blog, first impressions really do count don’t they?

You look at the heading, the design, where items such as posts, banners, how links are arranged and form either a positive or negative impression. With a positive impression your reader may read your last post and possibly look at a few other posts that are posted on your blog.

There may be other headings on your blog such as an “about me” page or a “home” page that will explain to your reader more information about yourself and your business ideas or interests. There may be also links to other social networking sites such as twitter, facebook, utube and digg etc.

The more information and valuable free content you can provide your reader, the more interested they will become. This is why your blog should have the capability of being proactive. A comments section is very valuable because it allows your reader to interact with your blog and provide valuable constructive information about your content or posts.

This interaction between your reader is built on honesty and trust and must be handled with great care and sincerity. Any information that you supply your reader must be thoroughly analyzed so that it can provide the best and most valuable content. This “true to blogging” mentality is the key to attracting other readers and bloggers with the same interests either likes or dislikes.

When you match valuable content with a truly interactive blog, you will be able to provide honest and sincere assistance to those who really need your help. This was once provided to me by a gentleman by the name of Chris Farrell who has also provided honest and sincere content to 1000’s of others needing assistance online.

For those of you who have enjoyed Chris Farrell’s free ebook “Create Your First Website by 3:45 This Afternoon”, I wanted let you know that you can now get the videos and receive them all in a step-by-step format making it especially easy to get started with your online business as soon as possible. These videos are a fantastic way to really motivate you to take action now, and they’re yours to keep. I keep them in my reference library so that I can access them anytime I want. Each video is so clear, concise and easy-to-follow that success is just a click away. There are millions of people starting online each and every day. Don’t let another day pass you by!! Get your copy of “Create Your First Website by 3:45 This Afteroon” “The VIDEOS” Today!

“Baby Boomers – the generation that changed the world…and then forgot all about it.”

All the best, in your success!
Brett McKenzie
http://www.theboomerbiz.com/blog
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Hey Boomers!
Here’s a nice piece of software that really helps me with surfing the web…The HowToSeeker!

Expand Your Mind, Expand Your Life – Experience The How-To Seeker

Just a quick note to you today. If you’re like me, you really enjoy learning about blogging, article marketing, list generation, newly launched products, skills needed to make money online, or anything that your heart desires…

I consume everything I can about it -books, sites, and other products.

Recently, thanks to a new online service, I was able to discover more content about it online than I could have ever imagined.

I’m talking tips, how-to’s, articles, and even videos – all with the click of my mouse, which is good, because I’m the furthest thing from a search expert.

What’s really great about this tool is that it actually helps me find how-to content for *almost anything* in my life I want to improve.

I’ve not seen anything else like it on the Web, which is surprising, because it’s such a great idea!

You’ve got to take a few minutes to check it out. I really think you’ll find it useful.

There’s a demo video on the site that explains how it works. You can view it below:

Grab Your Copy Of The How-To Seeker Now!

I love my “HowToSeeker”

“Baby Boomers – the generation that changed the world…and then forgot all about it.”

All the best, in your success!
Brett McKenzie
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Hey, Boomers! Planning your personal goals can be both challenging and fun…read on..

What is a personal goal?

Most people do have personal goals but have never written them down or heard themselves say them out loud. You can not achieve a goal unless that achievement is something you were striving for. A goal is only random thoughts until you give yourself the opportunity to sit down, actually think about setting personal goals and put them on paper. Writing them down provides you the chance to actually see them which may also present many surprises. There may be some personal success goals you did not realize you wanted to achieve.

How to set personal goals.

It is time to choose the direction of your journey of life. When it comes to setting personal goals, start off with what’s important to you in life. Think of the big picture. What do you want to do, who do you want to meet, how do you want to get from where you are now to where you want to be? Write everything down that comes to mind, even if it seems trivial or silly. Don’t do anything or think about anyone else while you are brainstorming. Give yourself 30 – 60 minutes for this goal setting exercise.

Take a look at what you have written down and start connecting the items that relate to each other. If you want to learn to sky dive and you want to sky dive over a certain area then these items get connected. Organize your list before you move on.

How to reach your personal goals.

You now have a list of how to improve my life to dos’ or long term personal goals. Break this list down into lists of what you want to achieve in 10 years, then 5 years and down to 1 year. This keeps you from feeling overwhelmed by everything you want to do. Make a separate sheet for each segment of time. This provides you the start to a life planning road map or goals.

Make your personal goal list manageable.

Breaking down these long term goals into short term goals will enable you to measure your progress and achieve your long term goals. Take each list and break them down into smaller and more manageable steps that you need to complete on your way to achieving your long term goal. This will increase your confidence knowing that you are aware of what you can do and now start thinking about how you will accomplish each step.

Now is a good time to go back and compare the two personal goal lists you have made. Make sure that the steps on your short-term list will, as you attain them, be helping you towards your long-term or lifetime personal goals. The important aspect of this is to ensure that what you are doing short term is taking you in the right direction toward your lifetime goals.

Set daily and weekly steps to reach your personal goals.

The last step, but a continuous one, is to create a manageable list of daily and weekly goals from your one year list. By doing this you will always be in the position of moving towards your long term goals. Everyday provides the opportunity to achieve a step towards a certain life changing personal goal, giving you the feeling of accomplishment.

Free resources, techniques, and tips for goal setting to help you achieve all you want in life.
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There are already many tools that people can use to make the process of distributing their articles more easily. Though this is invaluable in getting the contents more exposure, which is only half of the story.
Let us take a look first at the common mistakes that some people make before submitting their contents to article directories:

1. Confusing the reason to promote the articles with the reason to write them.
In article writing, there are three key benefits why you are promoting them; branding, lead generation and promotion, which are all part of your optimization efforts.
But there is only one reason why you write an article, and that is to inform your audience. If the article is not focused on this primary and most important purpose, it will fail to achieve the three promotion benefits because no one will be interested in reading them.
You need to figure out first how to get people to read what is in your article, then make them click on your resource box. You can achieve this by producing better contents.

2. Failing to maximize the promotional opportunities of article marketing.
You may know already that your articles can help you generate additional links back to your site. But do you know that you can get more visitors and better search engine results from that same article?
Mention keywords at strategic places. Just be sure not to overdo them. Some are even using anchor texts which is also an effective method. But it is important to know that majority of the directories are not able to support this.
Remember that is not only about the links back to your site. Part of doing well in your article marketing is getting picked up by publishers with a large number of audiences and gaining the ability of leveraging other brands because of the quality of your work. Better search engine results also are great benefits.
But these things do not put much money in your pocket. There are other factors that can turn your article marketing efforts into an opportunity that can boost your earnings. Not just increase the number of visitors to your site.
Start out with a plan and see to it that your article will serve the function that you intended it to have.

3. Publishing content that does not help your readers.
Maybe in the process of writing articles, you are thinking that all that is you wanted is links back to your site. And any visitors it can generate are fine.
Guess what? Not all article banks and directories are going to accept your content automatically. Oftentimes, they have some guidelines and specifications on the articles that they are accepting.
You can double the number of sites you can submit to by writing articles that the directories want to share with other people. All it takes is one publisher with a hundred thousand readers to increase your potential audience overnight.
Write the articles that publishers want in their publications if you want your article marketing to work the most effective way for you. This also means you have to obey the standard guidelines, spell checks, researching on a good topic and even hiring a writer to produce a good content on your behalf.
In the end, it is all really a matter of choice on your part. You can start getting a little exposure from increased links back but on a very basic level. Or enjoy massive exposure from a little extra time making quality contents.
It will be your choice. You may not be aware of the fact that an article submitted on directories is not meant to have the same level of exposure as highly-targeted content ones geared on a narrow group of people.
Learn the difference between these two and it will surely help you know what kinds of articles to write and to submit.

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Writing ezine articles is one of the best business-building activities you’ll ever invest time in on the Internet. They can be used in dozens of different ways to generate web site traffic, build lists, brand your name, earn affiliate commissions and produce sales of your products and services.

They are, unquestionably, a vital part of any successful Internet marketing campaign.

By now – if you’ve read anything in the member’s area – you know I’m a big believer in writing ezine articles. And you know that I’ve devoted many of the lessons in the member’s area toward teaching you how to write, distribute and market with them.

Yet there still remains a lingering question -

WHAT should I write about in my ezine articles?

I want to share with you some brainstorming ideas that will allow you to easily come up with a couple dozen (or more) hot ideas for your upcoming ezine articles. I’m going to briefly share seven (7) fill-in-the-blank article starters along with a brief explanation to help you get started writing attention-grabbing content.

When you’re ready to write your next ezine article, consider one of these not-yet-overused formulas…

1. What To Do When [Enter Problem Here]. The idea with this article is to offer a solution to an existing problem by matter-of-factly addressing the issue being discussed in the article. “What To Do When You Need To Lose That Last 5 Pounds” points out a problem many dieters face and hints that the article will reveal a method for overcoming this barrier. This article’s pointed style makes it a sure read.

2. Can [Enter Solution Here] Help [Enter Problem Here]? Similar to number one above, this article poses a question while emphasizing both the problem and potential solution. What really works here is to ask a “curiosity-building” question by providing a solution that doesn’t seem to fit with the problem. For example: If you’re trying to re-grow hair on your balding head, could you resist reading, “Can Cheerios Help Thicken Your Hair?” I don’t think so.

3. Should You [Enter Activity Here]? (Take This Quiz). People love quizzes. They especially love to see how they measure up in some area that they are particularly interested in. That combination makes this another ezine article that gets a lot of views. “Should You Quit Your Job And Start An Internet Business? Take This Quiz!” is going to attract every dissatisfied, looking-for-greener-pastures, internet marketing wannabe on the block.

4. 7 “Must Ask Questions” for [Enter Activity Here]. This is a perfect article for the entry-level beginner in any particular field. “7 ‘Must-Ask’ Questions for First-Time Homeschoolers’ When Choosing Curriculum” is just about a guaranteed read for all new homeschooling moms and dads who don’t want to blow it for their kids. (Note: The “number” of must-ask questions can be whatever you choose.)

5. 3 [Enter Topical Adjective Here] Lessons from [Enter Pop Culture Reference]. By using references to popular culture events, characters, television shows, news stories and trends, you’ll be able to get some cheap mileage from existing “hot buttons” of the general public. I recentl wrote an article entitled, “3 Word-Of-Mouth Marketing Lessons From the Academy Awards” that garnered a lot of interest. Guess when I released it? Yep, a week before the big awards show.

6. Mastering [Enter Topic Here]: How to [Enter Tutorial Statement Here] Part 1. This is a superb article idea for a series of related tutorials. The word “master” is a bit overused at times in marketing circles, but it means to “become an expert” at something or to “achieve dominance” over something. Who wouldn’t want to “master” their activity of interest? That’s why “Mastering Weight Loss: How To Shed 12-15 Pounds in 30 Days, Part 1″ and other articles in its mold make for much-read content.

7. What Kind of [Enter Desirable Object Here] Is Best For YOU? We all want what’s “best” for us, don’t we? “What Kind Of Internet Business Is Best For You?” indicates there is something revealed in the article that will allow me to determine which of the options available to me is best suited for me. This is a really solid article to point others towards additional resources (such as special reports, mini-courses, etc.) where they can get specific information about which of the “options” mentioned in the article is most interesting and compatible with them.

So, there you have some great ideas to get you started on your next ezine article.

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Hey, Boomers! Our 25th Wedding Anniversary is August of this year! Where did that time go…

So where to begin? First and foremost, you need to decide whether you are hosting a big get-together or a small intimate gathering. This decision should be based upon what your parents are most accustomed to and what they prefer. If you do not know, do some sneaky investigative work and find out. Secondly, you need to decide whether or not to have a traditional or contemporary anniversary party.

A traditional anniversary party usually adheres to the yearly material used for how long a couple has been married. In this case, the material is silver for 25 wonderful years of marriage. Most, tend to be more formal and are viewed as a second wedding reception. A contemporary wedding anniversary party is usually not as formal and incorporates other themes besides the traditional silver motif.

If you are going the traditional route, and have decided to host a large gathering, preparation and planning is a must. First, you need to decide who you are inviting and how many. Next, you need to pick a facility that can accommodate the amount of people anticipated. Although a person’s home can be used, most people tend to have parties at banquet or reception halls for easy parking and accessibility.

Creating invitations is where you can let your creativity shine. If you have extra cash, opt for professionally made ones. This will add a touch of elegance and class, and be a great scrapbook memento. Decide whether this is a black tie event or casual, and make sure to include in your invitation that this is a surprise party. You do NOT want to be getting a call from your parents asking how they can help!

Next, you need to decide how you will use your theme of silver in your decorations. There are many resources out there and party planning companies that can assist with these nit-picky details. As a rule of thumb, stick with silver as your primary color for decorating. Accent colors should complement the silver, not detract. For floral arrangements, the flower for the 25th is the iris which is a beautiful touch for center pieces.

Besides the decorating and invitations, food is very important. Depending on your budget you could provide a buffet for everyone, or go the economical route and provide shrimp cocktails and appetizers. Just make sure you have enough for all of your guests! As for dessert, it is nice to have another wedding cake. If your parents had a small wedding cake before, really go all out on this one by having a bigger and better cake.

As an added touch during their party, many prefer to show some sort of memorabilia for their parents, whether this be a slide show, movie, or specially made composite CD that highlights their loving and lasting relationship. It is also nice to find out what song they have danced to at their wedding and have them dance to it once more.

Next is the toast. Since you are hosting the party it is expected of you to give them a warm and heartfelt speech. Once again, spend plenty of time on this to show them how much you have appreciated them throughout the years.

Last but not least, is the gift. Since this is like a second wedding reception, if you can, splurge on getting them a second honeymoon. If you cannot afford it, tactfully include in the invitation that you are trying the help them go on a fabulous second honeymoon and see if you can raise the money. Try to top their first honeymoon and make it one they will never forget! If you are really tapped out, be creative and give them a gift that is related to the theme of silver. This does not necessarily mean jewelry or silverware, you could give them a gift basket filled with various items they would really enjoy. Let it be imaginative and come from the heart.

As for a contemporary or smaller wedding anniversary party, a back-yard barbecue may be completely acceptable. You could also have a themed party, like mardi-gras, disco, costume, and so forth. A themed party may be formal if you choose, but remember to make it classier if you can. Even if you are having a smaller or less formal get-together, a dedication to your parents should still be made to show them your love.

For the surprise element of the party, tell your parents weeks in advance that as a present for their anniversary, you have reserved them a table at some chic restaurant. If
it is not a fancy party you are having, tell them you have tickets to an event like a concert or play. Do not tell them who or what it is so they do not get their hopes up. After all, you want them to be surprised and happier that their having a party not going to see their favorite singer perform!

And as always, there are certain things that should not be done at a party. Although it may be amusing to belabor how long they have been married, it is not appropriate or funny to make your parents feel old. They already know!

No matter what route you end up choosing for a party, make sure it comes from the heart and will be a day they will cherish for the rest of their lives.

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If you find yourself visiting online marketing forums, you may be able to find many people utilizing article marketing as well as other forms of online marketing strategies to generate opt-in signups, website visitors; to generate revenue through ads as well as affiliate marketing and selling products. To put an article together is an essential; part of a marketing campaign, however this is not an easy task for everyone. You may look into these four sure fire tips that can assist you in jump starting your article marketing campaign to produce interesting articles according to your niche.

1. You should bear in mind that the title of your article is very much essential to boost the reader’s interest. Your title must be excellent and eye-catching to make your article marketing campaign succeed in generating more traffic for your website. You may have a lot of information stored in your content but without an interesting title, no one’s going to look into what you have to say. To have people click on your article’s title and read what you have to say, better give your article an eye-catching title.

2. This time around let’s focus on the body of the article, it should have a readable structure. People read articles on the Internet by scanning them instead of reading them thoroughly. To make sure that your readers look into the whole content, you have to ensure that the information you are giving is what they really need.  You may use subheadings and break your article content to smaller but informative paragraphs. If possible, you may use bullet points, to make your article easy to read or scan.

3. As always mentioned, the article should always be informative. If you would really like to gain the viewers interest on your articles, you have to create articles that provides more information to the readers. Your articles should be of good quality and they should be able to help you build a good reputation online. If you are not familiar of what information you need for your niche, then you might not be on the right business here.

4. Lastly, your summary should be catchy and can always be worth remembering. The article’s title may be the most essential part of your article, however it goes together with an excellent summary that would make it very much effective for the readers. This summary would then allow the readers to get the gist of what you have to say, so they would have an idea if it’s the information they want to read or not.

Article marketing is one of the most recommended strategies to promote your own website online. Now, that you are aware of this, help yourself by emulating these tips, and you’ll definitely realize that it’s worth a try.

R.S. Leger is the author of numerous articles that show how easy it is to make money with article marketing as well as other online tools that help people generate online income all from the privacy of their home or office.

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Hey, Boomers!

Most of us new to internet marketing are overwhelmed with information overload and frankly, spend way too much time wondering where to start. This is not only disheartening but downright frustrating. There are so many things to consider such as branding yourself with a domain name, finding a reputable hosting account, learning about an FTP client as well as developing a landing page and linking it with an autoresponder account. Other things such as building a webpage and or blog and uploading it to your server and creating followup emails that increase your credibility and trust with your readers and listeners. These things need to be carefully crafted and organized in such a manner so that they lead your customer or reader into the realm of total trust and awareness. In other words, they feel that they know you well enough to buy from you. But how does one actually start and is there a program or system of skills that need to be learned even before you try to attempt the vast learning curve you are about to embark.

First, lets put things into perspective. Most of us prefer to do things on our own because our brains are programmed to take the leap of faith. We know ourselves and we know our abilities and we feel that with determination, drive and self motivation that nothing will stop us from completing our goals. That’s the spirit! Getting yourself into the proper mindset is the single most important skill that will help you launch your ideas to the world.

But, what are you really selling, anyway? The answer may come as a surprise to you…it’s

YOURSELF… That’s right! You need to sell you before you can sell to anyone else. If you can’t convince yourself, how are you going to convince others about your program or product?

Fortunately, there is a system that really helped me when I first started online in April of 2009 and it was by far the best investment that I ever made for myself. The amount of time and frustration this system ingeniously eliminated was the best thing that happened to me. Check it out here!

These bite sized videos are delivered in such a way as to maximize your learning capabilities and boost your confidence and they did exactly that for me.

“Baby Boomers – the generation that changed the world…and then forgot all about it.”

All the best, in your success!
Brett McKenzie
http://www.theboomerbiz.com/blog
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Hey, Boomers!

A blog can be defined as the blogger’s online diary, where the blogger talks to an unseen audience in the form of quality content. There are a lot of blogs out there that have no meaning or no proper definition of what they want to achieve. You do not want your blog to fall into that category.

There are some mistakes that you want to do your utmost to avoid when blogging or if you are about to create your blog. Let us go through 4 of these mistakes that you need to avoid:

1. Try to avoid dark or black background: Some people get put off by dark colours on blogs because it can sometimes make a blog look clumsy.

One recommended colour for your blog background should be white or a very light colour. The point to note here is that when in doubt, stay neutral.

2. Writing for search engines and not for your readers: A lot of people tend to write their blogs with only search engines in mind. They do this so they can get top search engine rankings for their keywords.

Your blog will only be successful if you write for your readers in mind. It’s important to note here that an active and successful blog will only be excellent if it manages to really connect with its readers.

This is because what you should be looking for is return readers to your blog. If you manage to get only search engine robots to your blog that will definitely not help you achieve your blog purpose.

3. Article posts on blog not evenly spaced: It is sad but true that there are a lot of blogs out there that just jam all their words together.

Make sure that your blog is not one of those. Always evenly space your article post with paragraphs. This makes for very clean reading.

4.  Using a dot info or dot org to represent their blog: Using a dot com to represent your blog is very important. The average person that types into google will always likely type what they are looking for using a dot com.

One point to note here is that you should also use keywords for your blog domain, and it should end with a dot com. You can use Google adwords keyword tool to get ideas for your blog domain. 

If you avoid these mistakes on your blog, and with good original content, you should be able to attract traffic. This will enable you to achieve the goal for your blog.

“Baby Boomers – the generation that changed the world…and then forgot all about it.”

All the best, in your success!
Brett McKenzie
http://www.theboomerbiz.com/blog
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