One day, an expert in Time Management was speaking to a group of business students.  To drive home a point, he used an illustration those students will never forget.  As he stood in front of the group of high powered overachievers he said, “Okay, time for a quiz.”

Then he pulled out a one-gallon wide-mouthed Mason jar and set it on the table in front of him.  He produced about one dozen fists sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar.  When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?”  Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”  Then he said, “Really?”  He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel.  He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the big rocks.

Then he asked the group once more, “Is the jar full?”  By this time the class was on to him.  “Probably not,” one of them answered.  “Good” he replied.  He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand.  He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel.  Once more he asked the question, “Is this jar full?”  “No,” the class shouted.  Once again he said. “Good.”  Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim.  Then he looked at the class and asked, “What is the point of this illustration?”

One eager beaver raised his hand and said, “The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it.”  “No,” the speaker replied, “that is not the point.  The truth this illustration teaches us is if you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in at all.  What are ‘the big rocks’ in your life? Is it your religion or faith; Your significant other; Your children; Your loved ones; Your education; Your dreams; A worthy cause; Teaching or Mentoring others; Doing things that you love; Time for yourself; Your health?”

“Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you’ll never get them in at all.  If you sweat the little stuff (the gravel, the sand) then you’ll fill your life with little things you’ll worry about that don’t really matter, and you’ll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big important stuff (the big rocks).”

“So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the ‘big rocks’ in my life?  Then put those in your jar first.”

As an Internet Marketer, it is vitally important to utilize your money-time wisely.  Your money-time is the time you spend working your business.  At the same time, you are always building your list.  What is your list; it is the life blood of your business.  Every time you connect with a prospect, you want to have the ability to do repeat attempts at connecting until you have completed the transaction.  That transaction can be an opt-in to a free offer, giving information, or closing a sale with a purchase.  Utilizing a program like Aweber, can help you maintain your list while building it at the same time.

So how do you stop following leads?  Well, once you’ve planted the seed for a prospect to request more information by using an opt-in, Aweber’s autoresponder will do the rest by sending a series of emails that you set up to capture their attention and creating a Call to Action.  The call to action, can be asking for their name and email address for more information or to make a purchase.  The statics show that the majority of people do not make a purchase the first time they visit your website, so an autoresponder like Aweber makes sure your site gets multiple exposure, thus increasing sales.

Another way to generate new leads and build your list with Aweber is with a Newsletter campaign.  Each time you add new content to your newsletter, and you send it out to the members of your mailing list, make sure to have an Opt-in Box and an RSS Feed for any new leads that may receive your newsletter.  The new leads generated from your newsletter will give you the opportunity to start a new email campaign to market your product or service.

Aweber has many features that have made it popular with many large companies.  The click tracking feature, let’s you see what links your viewers are clicking on, thereby giving you the advantage of knowing the marketing campaigns that are working and which ones are not.

One of the best services Aweber provides is that all correspondence and autoresponders come from the Aweber domain, providing a significant advantage.  Aweber makes sure only people that have requested your information receive it, therefore it won’t be looked at as spam.  Confirmation of their email is required prior to receiving any mailings.

Although they weren’t all mentioned in this article, the many features Aweber has to offer, makes it a useful tool that will enhance the way you do business.  If an easier way to generate leads and build your list is what you looking for Aweber is the answer.

Top UK Internet Marketer Lee McIntyre recently presented his “Inside Out / Upside Down” workshop to a captive audience in Manchester UK teaching the exact steps he took to build his business and start earning $20,000 per month in just 56 days from scratch.

In fact, Lee didn’t build his business the “normal” way, and actually ended up doing the complete opposite to what most of the so-called “marketing gurus” out there teach.

And his methods definitely work!

Lee’s business is now doing a whopping 6 figures each and every month… and he teaches exactly how to do this in his “Inside Out / Upside Down” workshop.

You see, not only is Lee a great teacher (he used to be a high school teacher before starting his online business), but he also reveals exactly what’s working in his business right now without holding anything back.  And what’s more, the bulk of the closely guarded strategies and techniques that Lee teaches were invented by him – no one else is teaching this stuff!

For 2 days straight, Lee captivated his audience with his teachings on “The Massive Monthly Payrise Method”, “Deep Connection Dynamics”, “Automatic Traffic Control”, and his “Affiliate Army Method”… to name a few!  And many of the attendees were left spellbound by the sheer amount of profitable ‘how to’ information shared over the 2 days.

Now, it’s worth pointing out that many of the attendees at Lee’s workshop paid $997 for the ticket alone, not to mention the cost of travel and accommodation, but judging by the awesome feedback Lee received over the 2 days, he could have charged 5 times the price – it was THAT valuable!

Lee has also stated that he won’t be teaching this workshop ever again as it was a one-time offer and is never to be repeated.  Luckily though he did have a professional camera crew present to record the entire workshop and capture every profitable strategy and golden nugget of marketing information delivered over the 2 full days.

So how can I get my hands on a copy of these recordings? …I hear you ask!

Well, Lee originally decided to package the recordings as part of a high end training box set with a pretty hefty price tag… somewhere in the $1,997 ball park.  And for this price it would actually be a steal when you consider the sheer amount of profitable information that Lee taught over the 2 days.  But that’s not how Lee built his online business…

So Lee has done something a bit crazy here and he’s actually decided to give away the recordings to his $1,997 workshop completely for FREE.  (…yes, you read that correctly!)

You see, one of Lee’s main philosophies is to give first… and sell second.  It’s one of the BIG secrets to his fast online success.

But you’d better be quick, because Lee isn’t going to make this available for much longer.  He’s not THAT crazy!

To get in on this insane offer before you miss out altogether you need to go to the following page right now and take advantage of this before it’s too late:  https://aim.infusionsoft.com/go/freedvd/B2BWoman

Seriously, Lee is giving away the entire workshop for free!  So here’s your chance to learn from one of the top marketers in the UK right now who’s built his business by doing things differently to what most of the big gurus teach.

And what’s more, you’ll be completely taken by surprise when you witness the speed at which his methods can be followed to build your business in the fastest possible time.

Don’t let this opportunity slip through your fingers and grab this with both hands while you still can!  https://aim.infusionsoft.com/go/freedvd/B2BWoman

1. There is no startup fee
2. You do not have to possess any special skills; and
3. There is no need to own a website.

You simply start today and begin making money immediately. This article explains what Freebie Trading is and how anyone can use it to make extra cash online.

Most important to this great opportunity is that you are not alone.  I have been where you are right now asking “What is this?” and scratching my head saying “Huh?”  And that was just a short time ago.  The beautiful thing is I had an excellent mentor who walked me through the process step-by-step and I want to share that process with you.  Why? Because I know in this economy, there are many folks looking to have a little extra just in case.  I was one of those folks and when my mentor presented me with this opportunity to keep my family and my self afloat, I jumped all over it. So let’s get to it and see if it has your name all over it too.

What is Freebie Trading?

You may not have heard of “Freebie Trading” before, but it has been a profitable online avenue for many folks like yourself.  There are those that desire an extra income to supplement their existing income and there are those who have made “Freebie Trading” their full-time source of income.  The choice is yours.

So, what exactly is “Freebie Trading?” Well, Freebie Trading uses hundreds of websites called “Incentivized Freebie Websites” (IFW’s). IFW’s present trial offers from hundreds of companies (affiliate network) that pay the IFW site commissions to advertise their products and services. The IFW’s provide an incentive (cash or prizes) to people for signing up for the trial offers and also for getting a certain number of referrals to do the same. The types of prizes include iPods, Xbox 360s, Computers, TVs, CASH prizes of $40 – $120 per referral and much more. The types of prizes and cash amounts vary depending on the particular IFW site.

How does Freebie Trading work?

IFW’s get paid the commission from their sponsors on every person that signs up and completes the sponsor’s trial offer. For instance say Blockbuster uses an IFW to advertise their offer for a 30 day trial for a service to get movies delivered to you through the mail. If you like the service, after 30 days you get billed each month at the regular price. If you don’t like the service, you can cancel before the 30 day trial period has expired, and that ends your subscription to blockbuster’s service.

However, since you signed up through the IFW, you are credited on the IFW for 1 credit which qualifies you to send referrals to the site and collect the prize. (Some sites require you complete more that one offer to get 1 full credit).

Blockbuster is just an example, not all offers require you to pay for a trial period for their products. Some just require you to pay a small shipping and handling fee, others cost nothing at all. Even though many of the offers cost money, it is much less than the money you will make by completing the offer.

How do you make money by completing the offer?

Freebie Traders pay you to complete offers!

Completing a site’s offer requirements to gain a credit is known in the “Freebie Trading” world as “going green” or “greening”. If you sign up for an IFW site via another trader’s referral link and complete that site’s offer requirements for a credit, you ‘went green’ or ‘greened’ for that trader.

Typically, traders will pay for “going green” depending on the difficulty and expense of the site’s offer requirements, prize value, and amount of referrals required.

How does a Freebie Trader pay you?

Once you complete the required number of offers (go green) on an IFW, the site is available to you.  You will get a referral link that you can use to refer other people. You have qualified, and now all you have to do is get enough referrals to sign up (through your referral link) on the site and complete the required offers or ‘go green’ (just like you did), and you can collect the prize.

For instance, the prize you picked was in the form of $200 in PayPal cash (a typical cash prize); the IFW says you have to get 5 referrals to receive the prize. If you think about it, they are basically paying you $40 per referral at that point. You could pay 5 people $20 each to complete the site’s offers (go green), and still pocket $100 in cash.

Starting to make sense?

What’s in it for them?

At this point it may seem like either the IFW’s sponsors must be paying out a lot more in commissions than they are receiving from the trial offers, or the IFW is losing more on prizes than they are making in commissions. Money has to come from somewhere right? Where are the IFW’s and their sponsors making their money?

Well it turns out to be very profitable for them for a couple of reasons. First, a lot of people end up deciding that they like the offer and continue using the product or service (or forget to cancel). The more people using a product, the more word of mouth advertising that product gets. The system also relies to a certain extent on the concept of ‘breakage’. Breakage occurs when someone signs up to an IFW site, starts the process of completing offers, gets part way through and then quits or otherwise fails to meet the requirements necessary to claim the prize (such as not getting enough referrals). The IFW site still gets its commission on the products or services the person(s) did sign up for, but never has to pay out any prize. Amazingly, it’s a win/win/win situation most of the time.

So, what is Freebie Trading in a nutshell?  You get paid for completing offers and then referring people.  When you are getting started, as your trade partner, I will pay you for completing offers on sites for me.  Then I will show you how to move on to being a trade partner and being the one who gets paid from these same sites.

Make money working from home

The proverbial “Pie in the sky”

“Anything that looks to good to be true probably is.”  That saying is usually true; however, with Freebie Trading you can make money 3 simple ways:

1. Start out by doing trial offers from my referral sites and get paid by me.
2. After you’ve completed the offers, get your referral links to the sites and get paid directly from the sites.
3. You can also sell your prize on eBay if you choose a product versus cash prize.

I’ve looked at a lot of ‘work at home’ or ‘work online’ opportunities on the Internet, and from what I can see, freebie trading requires the least startup money, the least knowledge, the least risk, and has the best chance of returning quick results of any of them.

Freebie trading is for real

Unlike a lot of opportunities you may have seen online, freebie trading is a 100% for real industry that anyone can take advantage of to make some money. What’s really great about it is that you can start doing it with practically no money to start with. In addition to being able to try out freebie trading without spending any money, there is also very little risk of spending a bunch of wasted time. Typically you can start earning cash within a few hours of getting started.

How much money can you make with freebie trading?

The answer is that it depends on how much aptitude you have for this kind of activity, how much time you are willing to put into it, and to a small extent on luck. People typically make anywhere from $200 to $5000 per month. Freebie trading cannot and will not make you rich, but some people trade full-time and it is their only source of income.

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If you’re Apprehensive about Writing, Read Something: Reading is the number one way to improve your writing skills. Before writing anything, read something that is attention-grabbing (preferably in the area of interest you will be writing about) to get your creative juices flowing.

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Get Other Opinions on Your Topic: Once you’ve compiled some questions, ask experts or people you know with an interest in the field about your topic. Get their opinions and see if they raise any ideas you hadn’t previously thought of. You may want to include some of their responses in your own article.

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