Your mind is equally powerful in both the positive and the negative sense. How you choose to calibrate your mind and harness this power is up to you.This past weekend, I was faced with that choice… for all of 26.2 miles and for 4 hours and 42 minutes.

I ran the OC marathon last Sunday – it was my first one ever! Prior to this event, the longest I ran was 13 miles back in high school when I was 45 pounds lighter… I’ve been wanting to do a marathon since 1999 but just never got around to it.

Things kept popping up and I just kept finding excuses to NOT do it.

Well, several months ago I decided enough was enough. I wasn’t getting any younger so I signed up for the race and that was that. Months later, there I was at the starting line. I felt well rested because as part of my umm… “marathon training”, I tapered for the seven months leading up to the event.

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In a sense this is much like how many of us start our businesses. Oftentimes we find ourselves taking that huge leap of faith and saying “no more excuses” and venture off on our own. The only thing is… many of us have never owned a business before and have absolutely no idea what to expect and how to run one.

No worries, you start off cruising, learning as you go, and letting your “passion” drive you. Much like running a marathon, you pace yourself and just soak up the venue and enjoying the scenery.

You sip the water that you wisely chose to take with you and chomp down on some “power gel”.

But what happens when you hit “the wall” at mile marker 20 when your muscles take turns cramping up; when you are afraid to stretch out because you might pull something; when your knees feel like they are going to explode; and when keeping your eyes open make you “tired”?

Do you take your eye off the prize and start thinking about the pain you are in? Do you let your fatigue get to your head and give up? Or do you power on ahead knowing that these hindrances are nothing compared to the prize that lies ahead.

Much akin to running a marathon, you will run into difficult times when running a business. There will be challenges that lie in your path to whatever it is that you seek as an entrepreneur. It is not the wisest, smartest, savviest, nor educated of us that become successful – it is oftentimes the most stubborn and yet passionate of us that prevails.

For me, crossing the finish line at the end of the 26.2 mile journey felt incredible. It made every painful step I took worth it. It gave me such a huge sense of accomplishment I wanted to pass out (or maybe that was just because I was so doggone tired, but you get the idea =] )

The victory wasn’t so much that I finished a marathon; it was that I followed through with my promise to myself to run a marathon and that in the face of hardship, I prevailed.

So I ask you, in times of fear and tribulation; in times of challenges and hardship; how are you harnessing the power of your mind?

Do you use it for good or for bad? Do you use that power to build yourself up or tear yourself down? For your sake and your business’s sake, I hope you are building yourself up.

I leave you with one of my favorite quotes:

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”

– Theodore Roosevelt

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“People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.”
- I Forgot Where I Heard This

About a year and a half ago, I was sitting in front of the computer screen much like you are now, intensely reading a newsletter about some guy telling me how I could easily grow my MLM business from home, in my pajamas while drinking my favorite beverage…

I was a little skeptical, but I was feeling a pain in my @$$ after having sponsored 17 people my first year in network marketing and having most of them sit on their hands, while they whined and complained because their broke cousin (who was still living at his mom’s house) had made fun of them for joining one of those “pyramid things”.

There I was: an MIT grad; in grad school at USC; hating my job in aerospace and thinking about getting a PhD in Engineering just to escape my J-O-B. My fraternity brothers were laughing behind my back for having started an MLM business… “You joined one of those pyramid things?”. ::Deja-Vu::

After a long night of “showing the plan”, I was sitting in front of my computer reading an email on how I could prove everybody wrong and really explode this MLM thing, online.

Too Stubborn to Quit

At that point, the only reason I hadn’t quit the business was because:

1) I had already told too many people about it

2) I was making enough money to keep hope alive &

3) I’m too stubborn to quit.

So I chose to trust the guy on the other end of the email and pulled out my credit card and forked over $37 to get “the secret mlm cash system”.

What the heck, right!?!

At least if this guy scammed me for 37 bucks, no one would know about it. Besides, money wasn’t an issue. I was making good money at the J-O-B and I would spend 6 times more money on a good night out in Hollywood.

So 3 days later, I got a package in the mail of a short 50-page book called “Magnetic Sponsoring” by Mike Dillard. And so began my journey down a crazy, deep and psychedelic rabbit-hole with Mr. Dillard as the ‘Mad Hatter’, slapping me around with his periodic “Alpha Networker” rants via email.

Enter the ‘Batman’

I told my upline sponsor, Raymond about the book and recommended he get it. At the time ‘Batman’, admittedly, was a bit too cheap and skeptical to buy it, but I told him I wasn’t going to loan him my copy and that he had to buy it for himself, if he really wanted to know what was causing me to jump off the walls.

So a week later, he forked over the $37.

Eventually, my two uplines above him bought the course as well. (Thanks for the commissions guys!)

So we got to work after that, and gradually we started implementing these tactics and low and behold, I started making money while I slept! Hmmm… interesting.

In fact, I had managed to create my own ‘magic slot machine’ — I remember in November of 2006 during my first 2 weeks of using ‘attraction marketing’, I inserted into Google $32 and generated $720 in sales. That amounted to about $330 in profits. Cha-ching!!

To make a long story short, a year later the products of all our study, work and on-going battle with procrastination were 2 awesome marketing systems:

1) CompleteMartialArt.com - For our Martial Arts Master and the World Hwa Rang Do Association

2) AttractionMarketingFormula.com - For you to learn what we learned, faster and with less frustration.

With quite a few more on the way…

MLM System Formula

So recently, our business started scratching the glass ceiling and we needed to figure out how to easily pass our techniques and secrets on to our downline and marketing clients.

It’s one thing to be able to do something ourselves and make it work. It’s a whole other thing to empower others to duplicate what we had just done. (Remember, most people are lazy, apathetic and scared, but we somehow have to make that work in an MLM business.)

Then along came the ‘Mad Hatter’ again, with the “solution”.

‘Mr. Hatter’ (Mike Dillard) was just coming off the heals of a very private summit at his home in Austin where he taught attendees everything he knew about creating replicated marketing systems for MLM. I couldn’t go at the time, but a couple of months later he started accepting applications for 15 people who would get the opportunity to review the DVD recordings of the event.

I submitted my application and I was accepted… “Holy Crap!“

He did ask to do one thing, though. Uh oh…. here’s the catch!

He sent us a Flip Video camera (nice!) to record a testimonial on what we thought about the DVDs. We got to keep the camera. (Score!)

So last night, after getting our butts kicked by Master Lee at the West Coast Hwa Rang Do Headquarters, Raymond and I sent ‘Mr. Hatter’ our thoughts on MLM System Formula and his entire system via YouTube.

I wanted to share this with you, to give you a glimpse into the journey we experienced over the past year and a half or so. It’s been a wild ride and both Raymond and I are dedicated to making it 100 times easier for you than it was for us.

So without further adieu, here’s our masterpiece:

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To Your Success,

Ferny

Someday, the things I say are going to get me in some real trouble like it almost did a couple of days ago…

As you know, I was pretty over-the-top after I heard that Mike Dillard was doing a 3-night training call series on copywriting.

The reason I was ticked was because I thought he was done.

I thought Mike had taught and said everything there was to teach about network marketing. He was suppose to go on a back-packing trip and never come back!

As you can see, one would assume it was over. One would assume that he’s taught me everything I need to know to conquer the MLM world. And that’s exactly what Raymond and I were in the process of doing.

But there was something missing…

He left out one little thing, which basically makes everything I mentioned above obsolete — as stupid as it sounds, the skill he’d been withholding was his ability to persuade, seduce, sponsor and sell using only his written words - selfishly keeping it to himself.

So of course when I received a “but wait, there’s more!” message from Mike, I was ready punch a hole in the wall.

And in all honesty, it’s normal for YOU to be skeptical and angry and blame the “guru” for sucking you of your hard earned money, and leaving you to alone to sink or swim after you invested in his (her) latest course.

I Would Actually Bad-Mouth Mike, Behind his Back

I’m not proud of it, but I’ve done it. In fact, I use to talk crap over a cold one with my business partners, frustrated because things weren’t going the way I wanted them to… blaming him and the “other gurus” for “leaving something out”.

In the meantime, every sales letter he sent out sucked me in like a hoover. Oh, the irony.

Nevermind the fact that I was completely avoiding responsibility for my own actions (or lack there of). Nevermind the fact that I had seen other people take the same information and soar with it.

I was full of it!

I finally decided to take massive action and we’ve been working on some awesome ventures with Master Taejoon Lee of Hwa Rang Do, doing quite a bit of affiliate marketing, mentoring and transforming my MLM organization and of course, introducing the world to the Attraction Marketing Formula, (not to mention many, many, many failures in between).

But no matter my success and experience, I will always look at the next offer with great skepticism, much like you will. It’s normal to ask, “do I really need this new course?” “Do I really need to give this millionaire any more of my money?”

So of course, when you let that little negative voice in your head lead the way, you tend to do some pretty silly things. But sometimes it can be fun, so I let “It” lead this time and write the email for me. “It” blasted a few harsh words and I went along for the ride.

But there was just one small problem…

Mike Dillard is on my email list and sent me a reply that very same morning!

Holy Cow! I thought he was going to throw a couple thousand bucks to some desperate MLM’ers and have me whacked for saying that I wanted to “beat him senseless”.

But it turns out, Mike wasn’t mad at all. He was actually very cool and appreciative that I had supported him for as long as I had — as a customer, as an affiliate, and as a student…

So now that I’m composed, squared things away with Mike, and “It” (the voice in my head) is in check, I want to be straight with you…

You DON’T Need to Mike’s Copywriting Tele-clinic

D-d-d-d-d-d-did I stutter?!? You heard (read) me right.

Actually, you don’t even need to be on this list; you don’t need the Attraction Marketing Formula course; you don’t even need to be marketing online.

Instead of trying to filter through all the online noise, just go back to your simple life of buying and callings leads; sponsor a couple of people out of those that you call; make a few bucks at sign up, then watch them quit 3 months later. No biggie. You still made a few bucks. ::shrugs::

Admit it, you were much happier before you knew there was a better way to market, because you didn’t have to learn anything new. So if you wish to return to that simple life, then close this browser window and go to your email inbox and unsubscribe from every marketing newsletter you are on, including this one.

Thanks for giving us a try. Don’t let the browser hit you on the way out!

Or Get on the Copywriting Call for FREE

If you’re still reading and battling that voice inside your head and afraid the spouse is going to kill you for spending one more red cent on “your silly little MLM business”, I have some good news for you.

You can actually get on his 3-part Copywriting Tele-clinic for FREE — there’s two ways actually.

One is to simply ask for your money back, if you are not happy with the content. Mike has promised to still give you mp3 recordings of the calls even after the refund. That’s $297 in value that he’s risking! (Borders on stupidity, if you ask me.)

The second way, I’ll let Mike explain here.

“But Wait There’s More” (I always wanted to say that.)

For anyone, who reserves their seat on the call, Raymond and I will send you a Free 60-minute DVD valued at $97, which walks you through the complete marketing blueprint Mike Dillard taught us and which we have successfully implemented in and outside of MLM.

This includes:

So you see? It’s a no brainer. Worst case is that you get $394 in value for NOTHING.

I think you get the picture. Time to take action and reserve your seat, click here .

To YOUR Success,

What Copywriting and Passive Selling Has To Do With My Desire to Beat Up Mike Dillard

“The most powerful word in the English language is ‘YOU’.
The 2nd most powerful is a 4-letter word, starts with ‘F’ and ends with… nevermind…”
- Anonymous

At this point, I’m pretty fed up and there’s nothing I can do about it. At least not legally…

Look, the fact of the matter is that just about everything that is fundamental about marketing I have learned from one person. Everything I’ve learned to be essential to your network marketing and online marketing business, I learned from a multi-millionaire named Mike Dillard.

Back in 2006 when I first started learning about internet marketing, there were many times when I wanted to walk over to Mike’s house and beat him senseless with his own rolled up Magnetic Sponsoring course .*

Why you ask?

Because every time he released a new product, I couldn’t help myself and I had to buy it. Sometimes it didn’t even matter if I had the money. I pulled out Mr. Visa and got whatever he was offering. He’s pissed me off more times than I can remember.

But you see, as I grew to know Mike and his marketing philosophy, I also came to learn two things about him:

1. He offered and incredible amount of value in every single one of his products. And short of what I do for AMF, he offers more than I’ve ever seen done online.
2. As much as I hate to admit it, he’s one of the best damn copywriters I’ve ever seen and has gotten me to buy every time he’s sent out a sales letter. Damn You, Mike! ::Shaking Fists in Air::

Which brings me to why I’m writing this.

For the first time ever, Mike and his newly minted head copywriter, Ben Settle will be having a 3-part Tele-clinic to teach you the most important skill you will need in marketing and promoting your business online — copywriting!

Yeah, I know. It may not sound as sexy as SEO, but trust me it’s far more valuable. I’ve learned this the hard way…

I don’t care if you ever buy another marketing course ever again, (including mine), if you want to get over that hump into profitability, grow a massive sales organization and sell tons of product, you better make it to this call:

To register, go here: Home Business Copywriting Course

What this is really about is your commitment to success. You can either take the freebies I’m pointing you to below and wonder what you’re missing or trust that this conference call has the passive selling answers you’ve been looking for.

Like I said, Mike’s copywriting has managed to siphon money from my bank account virtually on demand… and I’m a marketer! And he’s doing it again — the bastard!

But how I feel is irrelevant…

How’d YOU like to be able to do that to customers and prospects for your business? That is the essence of attraction marketing and is available to you at a bargain, which is why I can’t resist but grab my seat also. Register Today before all the seats are gone.

If you want to learn about Ben Settle, cruise on over to his blog. He’s offering tons of FREE audios on copywriting.

To YOUR Success,

Wow! I just browsed through Ben Settle’s Copywriting Grab Bag website and I was totally floored by the amount of FREE content available.

I literally spent the last hour downloading free interviews and reports he has available.

I believe Eben Pagan referred to this as “moving the free line”.

The internet marketing niche is definitely becoming more competitive and the way marketers have managed to stay competitive as the internet expands is by offering more free value, in hopes of garnering the majority of the profits from the backend.

What this also does is it allows the prospect to qualify the “guru” based on his free content. I’m seeing this method being employeed more and more, including by myself. And anyone that has opted-in to my newsletter knows this.

And with this growing trend, the only people who should really feel threatened are the “fake gurus” — he guys trying to build a list with the little chunk of knowledge they managed to suck away from someone else’s ebook.

And I know Ben is no slouch. He was recently hired by Mike Dillard as his head copywriter for Magnetic Sponsoring. And Mike Dillard is one of the leading copywriters in the internet marketing industry, so that speaks volumes.

They’re actually gonna be doing a 3-part tele-clinic on Copywriting, which I’m looking forward to. Two of the best copywriters in the industry on one call, delivering what I expect to be the best copywriting content I’ve ever received.

I’ve got my seat and so should you, if you really want to set yourself apart from other marketers and be able to offer REAL value to your list.

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If for some reason you can’t make it to the tele-clinic, you’d be a fool not to download the copywriting interview recordings Ben has available.

To Recruiting with Words,

Ferny

What do you get when you cross a squid with some sort of action? You get Squid+Do or rather… Squidoo! (Get it? C’mon that was a knee-slapper!)

Seriously though, while Squidoo has nothing to do with “squids” per se (save for the fact that its icon is a squid with a gigantic eyeball…) it does have plenty to do with action in the marketing field.

In case you haven’t been keeping up with the latest trend in Web 2.0 and all the hype surrounding Del.icio.us, Digg, StumbleUpon, and Squidoo, here’s a quick low down on what Squidoo is and why you should implement it into your marketing campaign.

Squidoo is like an organized (this is important) resource site meets social networking. On the “resource site” end, (more…)

The Easy Way to Do SEO & Why No One Is Talking About It

“One time while my wife was a resident we attended some work shindig for her…
one of her asshole staff doctors asked me what I did. I said that I made websites.
He kind of snickered and said ohh can you make any money at that?
I said, “well while sleeping tonight I will probably make more then you will
working all week”
- Jeremy Shoemaker

Boy, Raymond is going to be pissed when he finds out I’m showing you guys this, but I can’t help it. When I got something juicy, I just have to share it.

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But before I do, if you are new to this whole internet marketing thing and especially if you are running a home based business, bookmark this site and grab your copy of Magnetic Sponsoring. This will give you the necessary education to get you up to speed. This is the best resource on starting your home business internet marketing ever created.

When you come back to this page, all this will make much more sense! Ok, on with it…
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Some of you have been asking about how to rank high on Google and get FREE traffic through Search Engines. Well, up until recently I would have given you a long complicated answer about a strategy which would include:

• Asking other sites for back-links
• Researching your competition to find their link partners
• Keyword research to make sure you are optimizing for the right keywords…

And other details, which would probably cause your eyes to glaze over and give you the urge to scream and jump out of your window….

Well, please don’t do anything rash, because I got something for you so sweet and simple, my dog ‘Jarocho’ would pee all over it to claim it as his own. Here’s how to dominate your market on the search engines:

Watch Video Here!

Stay tuned because I’ll be giving you guys a lot more secrets like these.

But if you are eager to jump ahead of your competition and dominate Google among other market places, grab your copy of the most comprehensive internet marketing course ever created, Attraction Marketing Formula! Don’t let the internet trends pass you by…

If you get yours today, I’ve got a very special surprise for the next 5 customers. I won’t tell you what it is, but I guarantee you’ll be leaping for joy and thanking your ‘deity of choice’ that you purchased today!

To YOUR Success,

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Fernando and I have a saying between the two of us when it comes to business, in particular MLMs - “Posture B*atch!”

Excuse the foul language but you get the idea =]

There’s a lot of power behind that little saying and it’s something you must keep in mind at all times.

I don’t care if you are prospecting someone the “traditional” way or you are following along the guidelines laid out for you in Attraction Marketing Formula; you must always know that YOU are the (more…)

Can you spot the difference?

“Our company has been around for 27 years.”

- Vs -

“Our company has been around for 27 years which means you will be joining a company with great stability and past record and you will not ever have to worry about your business security.”

Yes. Of course the second sentence is longer in length. However, there is a subtlety that makes all the difference in the world.

Spot it?

Notice how the first sentence is a statement, a rather detached one at that. It’s merely saying “this is what it is…” There are absolutely no emotions to it. This is what we marketers call a “feature”.

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