Did you notice a few extra posts today?

I have been busy creating other websites and have returned to J-Six Solutions - the mothership - to do some website "grooming".

All of my websites are more or less stand alone, and I am now starting to link them up a bit to get relevent linking to work for me.

I have learnt so mush in the last few months I am keen to share the knowledge.

J-Six has been very good to me with income and traffic rankings etc (refer the alexa toolbar I just added)

Did you know the average website has just six changes per year? - what a joke. Search engines love fresh content, and you need to do much more than six.

If you have a website, and you should if you have been reading our posts (if not get a domain name here, and a web host here) - sorry couldnt resist! - then I urge you to update it regularly.

Now that I maintain so many websites I have put together a checklist for maintaining them (just like a garden). I have done plenty of work on the coolest guy on the planet website and also a new adsense website specializing in finance called www.finance-loans-credit.com.

I have twenty six other at this point, and I have a few very exciting ones to reveal soon.

Blog posting is such an effective way to keep your website fresh, and requires a little bit of effort on a regular basis.

I have learnt that it is better to do a few posts here and there rather than lots of posts every few months.

So a website has a metabolism just like us! Keep exercising it and avoid letting it get outa shape!

The coolest way to understand Search Engine behaviour - strange yet true...

This will seem strange, however I must tell you this story.

When I was researching about Search Engine Optimization last month, I stumbled across a competition being fought hard between the top Search Engine Gurus in the industry.

The deal is, you have to try and be ranked First for the search term "coolest guy on the planet".

So when you go to Google, Yahoo or MSN, you should be able to type in "coolest guy on the planet" and your name should come up first.

Well, as you could imagine, this should sort out the real experts from the pretenders - theorists need not apply!

I thought it would be cool to learn SEO (search engine optimization) by making my own Coolest Guy On The Planet campaign.

What more could a pragmatist do than try the stuff I have learnt over the last few months? And since I maintain multiple websites, I can apply the knowledge staright back into money making activities right?

One of the most fundamental ways to drive traffic to a website is to make the content sticky (worthy of repeat visits). So I decided to make the experiment an "open to the public" ongoing journal of each step taken to achieve a high rank in the search engines.

I must say, the results so far have been incredible, and you can find out where I am up to by visiting the coolest guy on the planet right now!

And tell your friends to check it out too please!

Info Overload - are you feeling burdened?

How common is Info overload?

Very common according to a recent gathering of business minds I attended. There is no shortage of information flowing to us, and we need a very sound system to manage!

A few tips to assist:

It is good to separate work from home by "being where you are at the time" not trying to do both. So by having a system you can make this possible.


The only way I have managed around information overload is to have a system.

1) have an excel spreadsheet (one at work - one at home) and put tabs along the bottom for each topic. Then when you reasearch or listen to an MP3 or read a book, just make notes in the relevant section for example: marketing / websites / Training ..... You know all your resources are in one easy spot, and you can back up to a memory stick.This can also be used for a To Do list and to manage income and expense information, home finances etc...

2) Start straining all your sources of information through a "filter" and immediately cut loose anything that is not great value and a good use of your time. Unsubscribe to useless newsletters and be ruthless with what you invest time on.

3)Carry a notebook and write stuff down. you don't have to worry about it once it is written down, you can easily find it later. You will free yourself up to think creatively. Pull out the notebook occasionally and rip out the junk notes, then you can enter the good ideas into your spreadsheet.

4) Map out your projects on a large A3 notepad, then make an action list

5) Develop and use a checklist. I have checklists for building websites, I use templates where possible. Refine the checklist when you learn something. This checklist can also be put on your spreadsheet.

You can have one master checklist with your monthly tasks, and smaller checklists for random tasks such as "website-checklist" with everything prompting you. The whole idea is to free your capacity up to focus on the doing rather than the worrying.

6) Finally - Put One whiteboard next to desk and put the next five things on your to do list up and cross them off as you go.

Put another one next to it with a Grid with all your projects listed down the side and each task across the top. Tick each box as you complete the task.

Hope that helps....

A three year old knows the secret to getting what he wants

Today a three year old presented me with an empty Cup and a full Bottle of Apple juice.

He did not whinge or whine or demand anything. He simply asked for a glass of apple juice.

What he had done was in fact present me with a very easy task, pouring the juice. He was outsourcing the job he was unable to do himself.

He also ensured he made it very easy for me to do this by removing any reason for me to decline the request.

So what?

Well, if you can identify a task you need to outsource, and you make it easy for the "contracter" to understand you desired outcome, you will achieve your result with ease.

When you make it easy for others to "do business" with you, then you will get what you want.

Can you apply this to something in your business?

What would you do with $10,000 to make a great Return on Investment

Recently in a business forum this exact topic was discussed, and I observed all different responses. Some good, some very dubious!

Assuming the basics - like investing in your own education and seeking advice from trusted certified and credble sources, I recommended the following:

1) Determine your offering by putting focus on a niche target market of prospects who are highly desperate for your product or service and who already spend money on your product, and identify a multitude of reasons why they would discriminate in your favour compared to any other option they have available to them

2)Pick a subject where you know far more about the topic than them

3)Decide a result you want in advance

4)Develop a process by working backwards to where you are now

5)Break the process into small and distinct steps

6)Start the journey and go from step to step

7)Remember to measure your results along the way

8)Feed the required changes back into the process

9)Don't listen to anyone who has not achieved the results they are advising you on!

10)Re-invest the profits back into the project and leverage your results.

11)Collect a great list of clients and resell them and suggest excellent complimentary products/services

12)Enjoy your rewards

This is EXACTLY what I do on a daily basis with success. If you have any questions or comments please drop me an email.

Good luck