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A while ago I found out a sneaky little way to get quality leads on my email list and profit from them in a near paint by numbers way.

By using one of the cheapest traffic source I know of that produces leads surprisingly easy,  I received over 250 sign ups in 1 day. I didn’t have to do much more than adding the URL to the squeeze page, not very time consuming.

This is of course not all high quality targeted leads, so don’t expect to sell much to them directly. But … there’s a simple way to exchange these subscribers for more targeted & ready to buy subscribers.

Let me explain, Step By Step in an Overview, then more detailed.

This method works best in the Make Money Online Niche!

Email List Building Overview

1.) Send traffic to a squeeze page from Adf.ly.

2.) Swap these subscribers at Safe Swaps for more targeted higher quality leads.

3.) Monetize the leads in a Sales funnel (ready made alternatives below).

There are a few things necessary before proceeding with this method, BUT … these are standard tools that almost any Internet Marketer have.

The 3 Main Steps

1.) Hosting is a standard service necessary for Online Business owners, for those that doesn’t have hosting, this is what I recommend: Unlimited Website Hosting – $4.95 per Month    Note:  There’s a Free Domain included with this hosting, WHOA!

2.) An Autoresponder is necessary, this is my favorite and the one I use it myself: Get Awebers $1 Trial

3.) The incredibly cheap traffic source is Adf.ly, & in combination with a high converting squeeze page it’s not uncommon to get a 100+ or more subscribers for $10 and that’s incredibly cheap.  We will later swap these subscribers with other Internet Marketers email lists to get more targeted leads.  If you don’t have your own sales funnel I suggest you look at these 2 alternatives: Income Infuser & Killer Video Squeeze Pages

I recommend building a subscriber list of 500 or more in order to get people to do email swaps with you more easily.

4.) When the list has reached 500 subscribers or more(possible with less but this is my recommendation) we need to use the insanely good email swap website: Safe Swaps to increase our list with more targeted leads that actually buy stuff.

Making Money with Your List!

For the non-techie who wants to focus on just the numbers: Here’s 2 completely hands-free solutions I suggest looking at.

1. Income Infuser: This is a complete plug and play system including an awesome setup with squeeze page and a complete sales funnel  promoting our own product. Sales are paid directly into the PayPal account!
2.  Killer Video Squeeze Pages:  This is also a plug and play setup and builds on the same idea as Income Infuser but utilizes video squeeze pages that normally has a higher opt-in rate than regular.

If you know you’re way around writing copy and you’re not afraid to get your hands dirty with a little tech work.

1. Promote High Converting WSO’s over at Warrior Plus.
2. Promote Clickbank products(these often has email swipes ready to use for convenience).
3. Promote your own product is an awesome way but usually not for everybody.
4. Sell Solo Ads at Safe Swaps, many people are doing this as a full time income.

I’m sure you can think of many more ways to monetize these leads but these are a few I know of.

That’s all for now, hope you like this sneaky little method.

People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying “no” to 1,000 things.

Steve Jobs

There’s no doubt that Steve Job’s knew what he was talking about. When Steve got back to Apple he removed almost 300 products from Apple’s range of products, just to focus on the 10 that fit his vision.

Not saying no to 10′s or 100′s of good(and bad) ideas, is a very common problem.  Information overload is almost like a plague for many Internet marketers. It’s so easy to get distracted.

Personally, I try to always remember Steve’s message when making a decision on where to go next. Pick Carefully as Steve Jobs said!

Staying Focused & Organized is the solution to many problems … a quite boring and not so sexy truth … but crucial!

It does mean the difference between failure and success, I have absolutely no doubt about that.

I’ve managed to leave many of these problems(and related) behind me, to become a more productive & organized  human being, well … most often anyway. If you find yourself disorganized with little or no focus, I suggest you do something about it immediately because it will change your life for sure.

Taking a step back is the best thing, sometimes we need distance to whatever it is we’re doing to be able to see clearly again. Have a clearly defined goal.

Education & Learning …

Reading & learning is good, and information is necessary, but in the end we all have to produce something, in one way or another. If we don’t, no money can be made, no monetary transaction can take place because nothing is being sold. Somehow something must be produced and sold.

Information can distract us from getting work done, causing procrastination and   even induce another productivity inhibitor the one we all know as perfectionism.

But, information consumed right, from a good and trusted source, with moderation,  and when suitable applied to a work of one’s one … it’s often great!

Getting Things Done is All that Matters …

I would like to give a real example of  how I work today, compared to before.

The other day I purchased & implemented a WSO, nothing strange with that, I do it all the time.

With my my old mindset, being disorganized and unfocused, I would probably have spent at least the entire day implementing this WSO, for several reasons, some of them here below.

• Procrastinating & being a just a little to lazy.
• Making unbalanced and bad decisions, not valuing my precious time.
• Believing I’ve found the holy grail and never have to adapt or use any other strategy again … Ever!
• Sitting around waiting for results, watching statistics etc …

.. can’t really say my focus was on getting things done.

Fortunately, I’ve stopped behaving this way(to a large enough extent anyway, nobody’s perfect) and if you’re doing it … don’t.

I implemented this WSO in 25 minutes, much faster than I thought I would, but by taking time into consideration, the speed  of work is increasing naturally. Instead of trying to implement the perfect campaign, I make compromises where time & money are the 2 most important factors.

Step by Step Actions that I Took

1. Made a quick overview read the of the WSO PDF to decide if this was for me or not(… this time it was).
2. Added New Project in my Time Recording Sheet
3. Added New Project in Bookkeeping Sheet
4. Implemented the necessary steps enabling an evaluation of the method.
5. Added the exact number of dollars spent on this project to the Bookkeeping Sheet.
6. Added the exact number of time spent on this project to the Time Recording Sheet.
7. Added a Google Calendar note reminding me to check back on the results.
8. Moved on to the next task in my TODO list …

That’s it ….

Crucial Decisions Involved that Saves Hours & Sometimes Days

Deciding if to Implement fast(not always a Yes) :

1. Know what steps are involved.
2. Estimate time.
3. If decision is not to implement, move on quickly.

Project Start Routines that Signal: Here we go, let’s focus:

1. Add project to Time Recording Sheet(or whatever is used for time recording).
2. Add Project to Bookkeeping Sheet(or whatever is used for bookkeeping).

Implementation(don’t over analyze):

1. Get your hands dirty, Just Do It!
2. If you outsource the implementation: Write a really good work description and hire some competent people.
3. Be very aware of the time & money you’re spending, keep track!

Project End Routines that Signal: Here we stop, let’s focus on the next thing:

1. This could of course be phase 1 that’s ending, e.g enough for evaluation.
2. I almost always end with setting up a Google Calendar Notice, it’s my way of mentally letting the project go until Google Calendar notifies me to check into it again.

Important: Follow these 4 Invaluable Tips Below!

I almost forgot … the WSO I implemented does actually produce results!

I would like to talk about being organized and the importance of having good routines when running a business.

Even though this is by many considered a very boring part of business, it’s crucial and has to be the foundation for any working business.

A place for everything and everything in its place.–Mrs. Beeton (The Book of Household Management, 1861)

When I first started out doing business online(it was more play than business), I had no structure and no routines for keeping track of either time or money, so I really didn’t know how much I spent on products or projects.

Not that it mattered to much, because I wasn’t making a dime and as long as it’s a hobby it’s acceptable. However, sooner or later the efforts put into the online marketing has to pay off, and just playing around is rarely a winning concept in any business.

Before I got really organized, I always felt like an amateur that had little clue of what I was doing, and the results was just that … amateurish i.e.

Being organized was my missing link … is it yours to??

Making good profit is not easy for most people … a business person has to be very efficient, focused, tough and definitely in control of the figures.

I don’t know if you’ve seen the TV show Dragons’ Den, in which aspiring entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hopes of securing business financing.

One thing that all the venture capitalists have in common, is that they immediately dismiss any aspiring entrepreneur that doesn’t know the figures well enough in their business, and they usually end up leaving empty handed.

Knowing the figures is a must, still many people don’t!

I do believe, especially in the Internet marketing industry, many people have huge problems with primarily time & money management, and staying in control of them both. The funny thing is, that it doesn’t take much more than a spreadsheet and a little discipline to get it working.

The Simplest Alternative is Sometimes the Best – at Least That’s What I Think
I remember, I was hoping to find a system that could automate and aggregate dollars spent/earned and at the same time had integrated time management functionality, but I couldn’t find any that would satisfy my needs.

I found no tool that could keep track of the numbers the way I wanted to and that frustrated me.

When there isn’t a 100% fully functional technical solution to a problem, I tend to go back to the basics and perform the tasks manually. This is of course a matter of taste but if a solution doesn’t fill all my needs, it’s very often more hassle than it’s worth to use it … according to my experience anyway.

Do you recognise this problem?

I use 3 Spreadsheets to document my activities.

1. Time Recording
2. Money Transactions
3. Workout(yes … for the body)

and that’s enough. I have used other documents before, but I really like my current ones(download below).

I believe in keeping it simple, we’re all different and while some prefer high tech solutions integrated with one another, I think some manual work keeps me disciplined and on my toes.

About the workout document: I workout every day, well at least every working day . If you haven’t tried that out before I suggest you do, and the funny thing about workout is that exactly like in business … it’s the small things performed every day that gives result in the long run.

Time Recording and Money Transaction Spreadsheet
These 2 are pretty much the same, here’s a short description on how to use them.

• The Overview Sheet: Sums up all the money/time on all the other sheets. Starting at the cell D5 and downwards.
• The General Sheet: Is for money/time that you can’t tie to a specific project.
• The Project Sheet(s): Every sheet after the General and before the “DummyEnd” sheet are different projects, there’s no limit to how many project sheets one can have. If a new project is needed, just copy another project sheet and name the sheet to project name and start to track time/money.

I like these documents, because it’s easy to create new projects and keep track of numbers by adding tasks within a project.

Download Spreadsheets Here

If these spreadsheet templates doesn’t suite your needs, Microsoft Excel has many ready made templates for different purposes that might work for you.

More Tools & Services to Help You Get Organized

• Outright.com : Online bookkeeping, No more spreadsheets and piles of paper everywhere.
• Simpleology.com : All your stuff in one place.

Now I’m going to open my Time Recording Sheet and put in 1 Hour on completing this post … what are you going to do?