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“Desiderata” is a poem which has always inspired me since I was old enough to understand the words and their importance. You know that feeling you get inside you when you are emotionally affected by a sad or moving  book or movie. Well that’s how it is with me in this instance. I’m into poetry as you know, and believe that poetry can be “the diary of your soul” because you release inhibitions and your inner secret self, as you pour your emotions into verse. The real you is always found in poetry, you cannot hide. Apart from that, I have thought of  “Desiderata” as a prayer, like the Psalm 23. Both in my opinion, make you feel closer to God, even if you never think of yourself as being “special” or “holy”.

Anyway, “Desiderata” was written in 1927 by Max Ehrmann  a lawyer of German descent, who lived in Terre Haute, Indiana, and died on September 9, 1945, aged 72. He is buried at the Highland Lawn Cemetery in Terre Haute. “Desiderata” derived from Latin, means “things desired”. I’m not sure why he composed this poem, but apparently he wanted to be a writer.

“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly;  and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.

And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.”

*** Saint Patrick’s Guild sell framed copies enclosed in glass, also gift wrapped. Price US$31.95.  Email:info@stpatricksguild.com

*** My eBay Store, The Metaphysical Shop, sells copies in A5 size, also as pocket cards, the size of credit cards. A$1.95 to A$4.50 plus shipping.

Mike  Geary is a Certified Nutrition Specialist as well as a  Certified Personal Trainer. He is also an Author (We will be talking about his book later as well as how to achieve great ABS!) based on years of experience with his many clients.

Here is his website where you can join and get access to his Mailing List, Articles, Tips, and Newsletter: http://tinyurl.com/2crnvv8

He has many stories to tell, this is just one of them:

“Whole eggs are a perfect food. I was on a weekend trip with some friends recently and one of them was cooking breakfast for the whole group. I went over to see what he was cooking and saw he was getting ready to make a big batch of eggs. Well, to my shock and horror, I noticed that he was cracking the eggs open and screening the egg whites into a bowl and then throwing out the egg yolks. I asked him why the heck he was throwing out the egg yolks, and he replied something like this…

“because I thought the egg yolks were terrible for you…that’s where all the nasty fat and cholesterol is”.

And I replied, “you mean that’s where all of the nutrition is!”

This is a perfect example of how confused most people are about nutrition. In a world full of misinformation about nutrition, somehow most people now mistakenly think that the egg yolk is the worst part of the egg, when in fact, the YOLK IS THE HEALTHIEST PART OF THE EGG!

By throwing out the yolk and only eating egg whites, you’re essentially throwing out the most nutrient dense, antioxidant-rich, vitamin and mineral loaded portion of the egg. The yolks contain so many B-vitamins, trace minerals, vitamin A,  folate, choline, lutein, and other powerful nutrients… it’s not even worth trying to list them all. In fact, the egg whites are almost devoid of nutrition compared to the yolks. Even the protein in egg whites isn’t as powerful without the yolks to balance out the amino acid profile and make the protein more bio-available. Not to even mention that the egg yolks from free range chickens are loaded with healthy omega-3 fatty acids.

Yolks contain more than 90% of the calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, thiamin, B6, folate, and B12, and panthothenic acid of the egg. In addition, the yolks contain ALL of the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K in the egg, as well as ALL of the essential fatty acids (EFA’s).

And now the common objection I get all the time when I say that the yolks are the most nutritious part of the egg…….

“But I heard that whole eggs will skyrocket my cholesterol through the roof”…..No, that is FALSE!

First of all, when you eat a food that contains a high amount of dietary cholesterol such as eggs, your body down-regulates it’s internal production of cholesterol to balance things out. On the other hand, if you don’t eat enough cholesterol, your body simply produces more since cholesterol has dozens of important vital functions in the body.

And here’s where it gets even more interesting…

There have been plenty of studies lately that indicate that eating whole eggs actually raises your good HDL cholesterol to a higher degree than LDL cholesterol, thereby improving your overall cholesterol ratio and blood chemistry. Also.. high cholesterol is NOT a disease!  Heart disease is a disease…but high cholesterol is NOT.  Cholesterol is actually a VERY important substance in your body and has vitally important functions… it is DEAD WRONG  to try to “lower your cholesterol” just because of pharmaceutical companies propaganda that everyone on the planet should be on statin drugs.

Furthermore, the yolks contain the antioxidant lutein as well as other antioxidants which can help protect you from inflammation within your body, which is the REAL culprit in heart disease, not dietary cholesterol!.

To bring to you even more proof that whole eggs are better for you than egg whites, I recently read a University of Connecticut study which showed that a group of men in the study ate 3 eggs per day for 12 weeks while on a reduced carb, higher fat diet which increased their HDL good cholesterol by 20%, while their LDL,  bad cholesterol stayed the same during the study.  However, the group that ate egg substitutes (egg whites) saw no change in either and did not see the improvement in good cholesterol (remember that higher HDL levels are associated with lower risk of heart disease) that the whole egg eaters.

Kevin’s Note: Cholesterol is a waxy steroid which is surrounded by lipoprotein so that it is water soluble in your bloodstream. Low density lipoprotein (LDL)  is “Bad” and High density lipoprotein (HDL) is “Good” because it removes cholesterol from arteries and takes it to the liver to be excreted.

So now you should understand that whole eggs are not some evil food that will wreck your body… instead whole eggs are FAR superior to egg whites!!!.

But what about the extra calories in the yolks?

This is actually a non-issue and here’s why… even though egg yolks contain more calories than just eating the egg whites, the yolks have such a high micro-nutrient density in those calories, that it increases your overall nutrient density per calorie you consume.  Essentially, what this does is help to regulate your appetite for the remainder of the day, so you end up eating less calories overall.  In addition, the healthy fats in the egg yolks help to maintain a good level of fat-burning hormones in your body.

Overall, this means that the extra fats (healthy fats) and calories from the yolk are so nutrient-dense that they actually HELP you to burn off body fat!

Also, your normal supermarket eggs coming from mass factory farming just don’t compare nutritionally with organic free-range eggs from healthy chickens that are allowed to roam freely and eat a more natural diet.  Your typical cheap grocery store eggs will have lower nutrient levels and a higher omega-6 level and lower omega-3 level.  On the other hand, the cage-free organic eggs from healthier chickens allowed to eat more natural feed and roam freely will have much higher vitamin and mineral levels and a more balanced healthier omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acid ratio.

I recently compared eggs I bought at the grocery store with a batch of eggs I got at a farm stand where the chickens were free roaming and healthy.

Most folks don’t realize that there’s a huge difference because they’ve never bought real eggs from healthy chickens… The eggs from the grocery store had pale yellow yolks and thin weak shells. On the other hand, the healthier free-range eggs from the local farm had strong thick shells and deep orange colored yolks indicating much higher nutrition levels and carotenoids… overall a much healthier egg.

The reason behind the above is the fact that a free-roaming hen allowed to roam on plenty of land will eat a variety of greens, insects, worms, etc transferring MUCH higher levels of nutrients to the eggs compared to an unhealthy hen that is trapped inside a dark factory farm hen house in horrible conditions and fed nothing but piles of corn and soy.  So there’s a DRASTIC difference in the nutrition that you get from the egg.

So next time a health or fitness professional tells you that egg whites are superior (because of their “fat-phobic” mentality towards dietary fats), you can quietly ignore their advice knowing that YOU now understand the REAL deal about egg yolks. Our modern society has been brainwashed with misinformation about fats and cholesterol.

Another interesting study about eggs…

I read a study recently that compared groups of people that ate egg breakfasts with groups of people that ate cereal or bagel-based breakfasts.  The results of the study showed that the egg eaters lost or maintained a healthier body weight, while the cereal/bagel eaters actually gained weight.

It was suggested that the egg eaters actually ate less calories during the remainder of the day because their appetite was more satisfied compared with the cereal/bagel eaters who would have been more prone to wild blood sugar swings and food cravings.

Oh, one last thing I almost forgot… I personally eat 4 whole eggs almost every day with breakfast, and I maintain single-digit body fat most of the year.”

END OF STORY!

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This Post is in THREE  parts because it can be difficult to isolate Goal Setting from other issues such as low Self-Esteem or Self-Confidence or even Depression. Here’s what I mean: Do you think someone depressed or emotionally disturbed is in a fit state to make goal setting decisions?  The reply of course is NO.

PART 1

Extensive research has shown that people who regularly set goals are far more likely to be successful then people who don’t.  Napoleon Hill, the famous author of the best-selling book ” Think and Grow Rich”, once said that “Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement, and its lack is the stumbling block for ninety eight out of every one hundred people because they never really define their goals and start toward them.”

A study was done to determine the importance of goal setting. College students who had gone on to achieve great success in business were asked to list their habits. The students who had made a habit of setting goals were in the top 3% of earnings in the population!

Goal setting is not difficult to make a beginning with, yet 97% of the population never do it. That means 97 people out of 100! I’m stressing the words positive habits here because they are the result of repetition so that the good habit becomes automatic. By making goal setting a positive habit, you can start putting yourself in the top 3% of the population of successful people. Your goal-setting habit can help you reach any of your goals, regardless of whether they relate to business, your work place, home and family, your personal needs, or  relationships etc.

Here are several simple steps towards helping  you start your goal-setting habits:

STEP 1 Have a think about where you are going in life right now, and where you would like to be. Clearly define your destinations and paths  ie how you are going to get there. Always write them down, and be very specific about your goals. Goals written down have a much higher success rate or conversely those not written down will most likely never happen.

Separate your goals and write each one in large print on colored paper. Stick these in your bedroom or some place where you will see them. Writing in your diary would obviously be a great thing.

STEP 2 Determine what the time line is for reaching your goals; set specific deadlines for each goal. This might be having a vacation in 6 month’s time! It could be organizing an important  large event.

STEP 3 Identify any obstacles that may stand in your way. Write them down, list them, and state how you plan to overcome them. These could be money, time off work, travel etc

STEP 4 Make a list of your family, friends, other people and/or organizations which can will help you reach your goals. Close friends at work, other parents at school or child care, etc could be very helpful.

STEP 5 Make sure your goals are sensible and achievable. Don’t set the bar too high. If you do you will fail. I always had trouble with this one because I’m a perfectionist and I had to learn to compromise. One of my Internet Marketing colleagues who now earns 6 figure income, set his first month goal at only $200.00  which I thought was very sensible. The warm & fuzzy feeling you get when achieving any goal, is great motivation.

STEP 6 It seems that many people don’t expect to succeed with anything because they think of themselves as losers. I think that’s a truly sad situation. They will surely need extra help from some of the programs I have planned.

STEP 7 Many people think of goals as chores and hard work. They should think of goals as making their dreams come true, and substitute the word dream for goal.

STEP 8 Live your dream. How this works is you pretend your dream has come true. Suppose you want a new Mercedes car.  What you do is dress up, then go down to the Showroom, pretending to be a buyer, and take a test drive. You smell the beautiful leather seats, stroke the wood-grain dash, listen to exquisite hi-fi sound, enjoy the silky smooth ride!  Suppose you yearn to own a new home!!!  Once again you dress up and drive to a suitable display home village. Taking your time you slowly wander through the exact home you would give anything to own. You absorb all the detailed design, the lovely colors, the furnishings, the beautiful carpet and tiles. It’s almost yours!! Such exercises as these, might seem silly but they have been proven to be very successful.

STEP  9 Only associate with positive minded people who will sweep you up and carry you forward with their enthusiasm. It’s so much easier to set and achieve goals when you are surrounded by kindred spirits.

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The voice you will hear is Dr Robert Anthony who is one of my mentors. Robert has spent the last 30 years unravelling the mysteries of “success” and how the mind holds the ultimate key to your success and happiness in every aspect of your life. In addition to being a Personal Performance Trainer, he is a licensed Psychotherapist, Hypnotist and best selling author of many books. He is also trained in all forms of Energy Therapy such as NLP  (Neuro-linguistic Programming) which grew from behavioural modelling.

Dr Anthony is a world expert in many areas including goal setting and self-confidence, so please take advantage of his wisdom and training.

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I have a friend Dan who owns a Company promoting mind-body-spirit, nutrition, fitness, and fat loss. Last week he sent me this message which I am now passing on to you.

“I have a saying that goes like this:  “There are over 6 billion people on this planet and I can learn something new from EVERY ONE OF THE THEM including strangers.

It is a true statement, you can learn something new from everyone on the planet…but only if you make the effort.

I travel a lot, and I have made it a habit to try and get to know the people I come in contact with, if only for a few minutes. You have to realise that these people are all perfect strangers to me.

Here are some examples:

I fly to Charlotte a lot for business. I take the same flight every time and rent a car from the same Company. When I get to the airport I check in my bags with the same baggage clerks and ask them
how they are doing. I look at their name tags and address them with their first name, “You guys look busy today John.”

It is amazing how just mentioning their name can bring a smile. “John, how long have you worked here…what is the funniest or strangest thing that has ever happened to someone’s luggage?”

You would be surprised at the incredible stories that people tell you about their jobs. These stories are seldom heard, because as you know, most travellers are in a hurry and just want to check their bags and go.

You will be amazed and enlightened when you ask them to tell you their stories. Their eyes will light up as they tell them, and they will smile and so will you. Both of your days just got a little better.

I always leave a nice tip, most service people are underpaid and overworked.  When I get to Charlotte I take the same shuttle to Dollar Car Rentals. I hand the shuttle driver a $5 dollar bill as he helps me with my bag.

I notice that most people do not tip him at all. I talk to the shuttle driver and find out that he is from Egypt, also that he works 7 days a week until he has raised enough money and vacation time to go back to Egypt and visit
his family.

He has no days off, he has a very hard life.

Had I never taken the time to talk with him I would never have known about his life, I would have just handed him my bags and gotten on and off the bus quietly like all the other people. But now, I know his name, and each time I see him working the shuttle bus route I always inquire as to when he will be heading back to Egypt for a visit…that makes him happy.

He was such a nice stranger, now he is a friend. When he drops me off at the rental counter I say Hi to the agent of the day.I call her by her first name because I have taken the time to learn their names and more about their lives. I ask her how she is doing.

Do you get where I am going with this?

I make it a habit to get to know perfect strangers, I always greet them with a smile and show sincere interest in “THEIR” life. People love it when you inquire about their lives, it makes them very happy.

Think about how many opportunities you have every day to make people happy, to ask strangers about their lives, their dreams. You will find that you will walk away feeling better about yourself for making them happier.

Zig Ziglar has a great saying that goes like this….”You can have everything you want in life if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”

Henry Ford once said, “If there is one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view, and see things from that person’s angle, as well as from your own.”

That is a very powerful statement. Notice that he says this is one “secret to success.  Try to make it a habit to listen to people very carefully and then put yourself in their shoes.

Try to imagine how they feel, what their needs are, and then think of ways you can help them meet those needs. Make it a habit to greet people with a smile and show sincere interest in their lives, call them by their first names, get to know them, and your own life will be deeply enriched.

Oh by the way, I forgot to mention a few of the fringe benefits of this habit.I always get upgraded to the nicer rental car, I get the best service at the restaurants I go to, I am almost always met with a smile and a “Hi Dan how are you doing?”

You see, when you have friends all over the world who used to be strangers, your friends feel good about taking care of you. This is just one of the fringe benefits you get when you are kind to complete strangers and have a sincere interest in their lives. Also you can never feel lonely – you are surrounded by new friends!”

I hope you enjoyed this message from my friend. If you really think hard about it, you will realise there are other benefits from kindness as well. You will feel happier, less stressed, and your self-esteem and self-confidence will receive a boost as well! A win-win situation don’t you think?

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Every so often there is an exciting product released that performs as claimed, is not expensive, produces fast results, has a great guarantee, and also has an option to purchase tuition from a blog support expert. The other important option available is to have your own blog built, monetized and maintained for you. You just pay a small fee which works out at about 83 cents per day. you get to choose what niche market you require, so you might decide on health & beauty, weight loss, self-help, fitness, home & family, sport, pets, as examples. If the cost of buying one of these blogs is $24.95 each month, and you want to earn money as an affiliate marketer, then you would only have to make $25.00 in 30 days to cover your cost!

I have added this post because blogging is very important, and here you have the opportunity of making money plus having your own blog all setup for you. Just remember that when you see an offer you like on the Internet, you can very often get a discounted price by saving that product to Bookmarks (Firefox) or Favorites (Google and Internet Explorer) then click X top right of screen to close that page.  Usually the next screen offers you a discount or possibly more bonuses. That’s how I got these programs for $27.00 instead of $37.00. If the vendor/seller says NO, you can always retrieve the product, then decide if you want to pay full price or not. .

Rob Benwell is now 24 and very wealthy from blogging. He’s got three cool cars….a black Range Rover Sport, white BMW325i and red Ferrari. Back in 2005 he was a poor college dropout with a dead end job, and no prospects for a good future. Then in 2006, with $100.00 (which was all he had) he started blogging and has now taught over 50,000 people how to be successful with blogging. You have to ask yourself, if he can be successful, then why not you?

His first product “Blogging to the Bank” was a sales sensation everywhere, and now the new improved “Blogging to the Bank 2010″ is available but nearly sold out! This little automated blog generated $19,479 last month. The sales copy and blueprint to success (just follow his steps) are here: http://tinyurl.com/2bx88k5

Following that came “Blogging Espionage” using Underground Secrets which earned $25,956.00 after only 7 days!

http://tinyurl.com/293g5nw

When I purchased Blogging Espionage, and read the PDF instructions (Portable Document Format) I was impressed with the way Rob referred his clients to special sites/domains  in relation to getting the best info on blog topic, keywords, domains, themes and setup, content and page rank and traffic.

Auto Blog System X is the follow-up to Blogging Espionage which sold over 15,000 units in the first month and is still selling 1,000 units per month.

System X earned $4264 in the first 7 days,  $27,353 in the first month and then $221,555 last month.

*You don’t have to have an existing website or blog.

*You don’t need much capital.

*You don’t need any technical knowledge.

*If you’re just a beginner, that’s OK too.

This is where you need to decide quickly. The VIP invitation list was only 225,000, all these systems ARE ALMOST SOLD OUT, and finally there are only 250 blogs available because that’s all the support staff can cope with. My opinion is the worst thing that can happen to you is you get your money back.

There is an option for tuition plus as a special offer you can have your own blog designed, fully setup, hosted,  monetized and maintained,  so you don’t have to worry about domain cost, hosting, installation, posting or content. But you can still add your own posts and content if you wish, so you retain control.

http://tinyurl.com/2asx5yo

There are a couple of other options such as Twittomatic Profiteer,  and  SEOPressor (Search Engine Optimization). There is a single site licence and also a multi site licence. It’s also compatible with WordPress 3.0. The bottom line is having good ranking with Google and other search engines,  resulting in plenty of traffic  and buyers.

http://tinyurl.com/27dgnre

Now here’s the situation, The systems above should  cost you $37.00 or less, maybe $27.00. The cost each month to have your own blog is $24.95 which is 83 cents per day.

Rob Benwell claims you can give up your job in less than one month. He will give you $100 if you try and don’t make at least $1000 in the first 7 days!
Here’s a free short video explaining the amazing Auto Blog System X:

http://tinyurl.com/24fjw95

I just wanted to say a sincere thank you to everyone who took the trouble to leave a comment, and in most cases kind words of encouragement. I am honoured that you like my blog and the posts.  Also I have been very busy and apologise to those people hoping for an email from me. I will try to catch up with 460 comments so please don’t think me rude  if I appear to be ignoring you.

The theme I’m using is Prosense by Dosh Dosh and The Wrong Advices. You can have brown, blue or grey. Colors of text etc is selected in the post editor. You are welcome to use any of my posts in websites, assignments etc as long as you acknowledge Kevin Johnston’s Blog at http://kevin-johnston.com

You can also link to my blog if you wish provided there is no sexism, racism or other undesirable content. I’m happy to link to you at my end if you want, you just need to tell me your URL  and  it’s name or description.

As for me, I’m just a quiet unassuming guy who wanted to be a doctor but ended up becoming a geologist. It still blows me away to hold a rock  containing a fossil, in my hand, knowing that it is 250 million years old. Apart from that, I’m an outdoorsy person who loves nature and loves people. I guess that’s why I enjoy my blog so much. It allows me to connect with you somehow by words, hoping that I’m striking the right note. People sometimes are like wounded animals who need a special type of caring and loving, to heal themselves. So I’m reaching out to you as a new friend.

Someone asked me if I find it difficult to find topics and write posts. The answer is a definite no, my mind is always bursting with ideas. It saddens me that a growing number of people have become lazy and greedy,they just want a quick buck. They submit computer automated posts or software that converts articles into posts. All they are interested in are Google’s ranking of their site, and Alexa traffic ranking, because higher ranking means more money. Sure, I like money, but it’s more important to me that you like my site, and that my posts contribute something worthwhile into your life.

I’m very aware that I need to use more videos. I agree with you entirely, it’s just that I have a sick computer, only two hands and only so many hours in a day.

In case you want to find my eBay Australia  Store, without having to search Google or eBay the direct link is http://tinyurl.com/2afu9ox

During the next week, I’m going to explain how my blog site started, was designed and got to where it is now, because some of you asked me that. We will also talk about my recommended hosting company, for the same reason. So, just to clarify, I’m going to list for you the major things necessary for your success, so you will have your own blog and website, your own online store, you will understand what you are doing, and at the end of all that you will have your own products and your own affiliates. YOU CAN DO THIS even if you know nothing about anything! At the same time there are certain things you MUST NOT DO otherwise you will destroy all your efforts both now and in the future!

Thank you again for your input. Please subscribe in the red box otherwise all the information I have for you which will blow your mind, will never eventuate, and the Newsletter will never become a reality. The best email address to contact me is  kevin@newbiesmentor.com

Most likely, the next post from me will be a difficult one. It’s about Internet Marketing and why some people make huge amounts of money, but others can’t seem to get off  the ground. There are awesome amounts of money to be made online, you just have to believe in yourself. NEVER surround yourself with negative minded people, it will choke and suck all the enthusiasm and creativity out of you!

Hi Guys. I’m not quite ready yet but I need you to subscribe ( name & email address) in the Red Box to my new free Newsletter. Don’t worry about RSS, it’s not set up yet. If you don’t subscribe then you won’t be getting the Newsletter which will also inform you of new Posts and other developments which concern most people. I’ve got so much great info to pass on to you that I think you will be extremely pleased. There will also be lots of genuine freebies. Anyway, let’s get started:

Here is a list of some of the topics that the Newsletter will cover:

1. Learning eBay, PayPal, ProStores and how dropshipping works.

2. Having your own online store. You choose what type of merchandise you want to sell.

3. What suppliers are there, and how do you find them.

4. Making money at home and how to start and succeed with a home business.

5. Learning Internet Marketing, web sites and what the technical words/jargon mean.

6. Learning Affiliate Marketing and other types like niche, article and mobile (phone) marketing.

7. Social networking and blogging

8. Learning Clickbank, Google, Yahoo and Amazon.

9. Learning Health and Beauty. Hundreds of products & tips.

10. Losing weight and getting lean and trim. Why most programs won’t work.

11. Nutrition, fitness and having great ABS. The foods you can eat.

12. Healthy foods which are NOT healthy.

13. Getting rid of under-eye puffiness, shadow, wrinkles and fine lines.

14. Getting rid of cellulite, acne etc.

15. Anti-aging products including assistance with menopause.

16. Fragrances, skin care and cosmetics.

17. New Age. The origins of tarot, yoga, chakras, aromatherapy, palmistry, birthstones, reflexology, crystal healing, celtic astrology etc.

18. Fortune telling, dreams, spells, auras etc

19. Eliminating shyness, lack of self-confidence/self-esteem, fears, phobias, bad habits, impotence etc.

20. Feeling fulfilled, needed, loved, popular and important.

21. The importance of a balanced personality. Self-hypnosis. Your subconscious mind.

22. How to be successful with everything. Conquer your world.

23. Goals and making your dreams come true.

24. Never give up. You are a precious person deserving of happiness.

25. The Law of Attraction, and The Secret.

26. Inspirational people like Tony Robbins, Bob Proctor and Colonel Sanders KFC.

27. Myths and legends. Was King Arthur real?

28. NEW LISTINGS, NEW STOCK, AND WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE EBAY AUSTRALIA STORE “THE METAPHYSICAL SHOP”

Note: Subscribers will be able to request a Post or Article on a topic of common interest!

You and I both know that self-confidence is the single most important component that separates people who are successful from those who are not...

Now there is a new, breakthrough, program that helps you significantly increase your self-confidence in just 7 Days!

Before I tell you more about the program, let me ask you a few  important, personal questions…

* Have you ever felt (or do you feel now) that you lack  Self-Confidence in certain areas of your life?

* You hate being shy anyway, but some people think you are boring because you are quiet?

* Are you ever afraid to start a new business venture, change jobs or step out of your comfort zone?

* Are you frequently indecisive, or possibly procrastinate?

* Do you put off or postpone making important decisions?

* Do you have a fear of going on dates or finding love?

* Do you find yourself at a loss for words when you meet new people especially in a large group?

* Do you value other people’s opinions above yours?

* Do you sometimes in company, wish to say something or express an opinion but feel that other people don’t think you are important or you might be ridiculed?

* Do you have trouble believing in yourself?

* Do you secretly fear that if you ask for what you want you will be rejected?

* Do you also secretly fear that no matter WHAT you do, your inability to be Self-Confident will hold you back for the rest of your life?

If you answered “Yes” to any of the questions above, then you already know that low self-confidence is holding you back from the truly happy and successful life that could be yours. I don’t mean just business success and having enough cash or possessions. I mean all the private and secret things you think about every day that are close to your heart, the things you would give anything to have or change eg love, recognition, popularity etc. YOU know what I mean!

But here’s wonderful news I have for you…

There is a program that is going to significantly boost your self-confidence in just 7 days — guaranteed! It also includes your personal self-assessment.

The original book “The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-Confidence” is published in 22 foreign languages and has sold over 1.5 MILLION copies!

Imagine how your life could blossom with unstoppable Self-Confidence!

This ground breaking program is here …  http://tinyurl.com/2a7kcfo

P.S. There’s nothing to lose — 7 Days from now you could be on your way to having everything that is very special to you. Don’t wait another minute, your self-confidence, happiness and inner peace depend on it…      Things postponed become harder to do………   http://tinyurl.com/2a7kcfo

And your lack of self-confidence  becomes more severe!

More and more people are going online to make money for all sorts of reasons. The vast majority (about 90%) don’t know where to start, have no direction, plan or business model, don’t know which product(s) to promote, don’t understand all the techno jargon, don’t know how to set up a decent website or blog, and so on…..Basically, they want to earn money as quickly as possible, usually working from home, but are totally confused and don’t have a clue how to reach their goal which is to be wealthy.

Good news!  Instead of worrying about the above, you can do what I did and have your own Store with up to 1,000,000 products discounted 60-80%. These are quality top-brand products like Panasonic, Nike and Philips. You can choose the look of your store, your business name (which is  a suitable domain name)  and you can decide the profit margin. If not sure just go with the default value which is 25%, you can always change it later. You don’t have to maintain an expensive inventory or warehouse, also you are not required to pre-purchase any products. You do not pay for any item until it is sold. Your profit is the difference between the retail/selling price and the wholesale price. Proceeds from your sales are automatically deposited into your PayPal account!

Here is your link to look over this website package: http://tinyurl.com/q8tmc3

To obtain a domain name which represents your business name I would recommend HostGator (very well known) at http://tinyurl.com/28zj5vn OR   D9 Hosting at http://tinyurl.com/2fsxr2x

D9 are smaller but have excellent personal service including Live Chat & Skype where you are known by name and not just by a number. I guess this makes you “James Bond” instead of “007″!

The merchandise comes from an increasing number of  different wholesalers who usually are also the dropshippers. You can use these suppliers to resell for yourself  on a different site, which could be eBay for example. Here is a list of just some of the available products: fashion clothing including weddings; sporting goods; gifts and leather products; carpets and rugs; DVD’s CD’s software and video games plus music; cameras, camcorders and GPS; jewelry and giftware plus collectables; nutrition and supplements; lingerie and underwear; all types phones and accessories; Nitendo, GameBoy, XBox etc

This is how your store plan works: When someone places an order on your website, that order is captured and processed for you within 1-2 days, you and your buyer receive a tracking number via email, your wholesaler/dropshipper delivers the merchandise to your buyer (within 5-10 working days) as if it came from you. There will be no labels on packages to identify the wholesaler/dropshipper. Everything is done for you including support.

Other features that I like are: the store owner is still able to add and promote his/her own products, use own dropshippers and customize the website via a control panel. This includes changing product categories, adding logos/banners, HTML code and meta tags etc; you get a free domain but can still use your own if you have one (just point the nameservers); web hosting is not required; you can buy merchandise for use at home but at wholesale prices.

So there you have it. Much less stress and you can get started immediately!    Your link again is: http://tinyurl.com/q8tmc3

To buy an available domain name (whereever possible get one with a  .com extension. My next choice would be a  .net extension)  go to http://tinyurl.com/28zj5vn OR http://tinyurl.com/2fsxr2x

Be aware that your domain represents (as much as possible)  your business name. Therefore you should try to choose a domain that is as short as possible, “catchy” and easy for customers to remember!

ps If you are a bit lost with some of the technical stuff, just shoot me an email to kevin@newbiesmentor.com and I will be only too happy to help you.

eBay started as AuctionWeb, and was founded in September 1995 by Pierre Omidyar, a computer programmer with a great love (since High School) of the Apple Macintosh platform. He had had several jobs, but at that time was working for General Magic, which was owned by several Apple geeks. The first item auctioned and sold was a broken laser pointer which went to a “collector” for US $14.83. AuctionWeb was part of a personal holding belonging to Omidyar.  At that time,  Omidyar’s office was a converted upstairs bedroom in his small townhouse.

Omidyar was born in Paris in 1967, an only child to French-Iranian intellectural parents (mother a linguist and father a medical professor) who emigrated to the US near Washington when he was 6. His undergraduate studies began at Tufts University near Boston in the mid-1980′s and were completed at the University of California – Berkeley when he moved west with his fiancee.

Basically Omidyar like many other Silicon Valley techies, was searching for a way to cash-in from the emerging World Wide Web and the Internet. His instincts told him there was huge potential to create wealth from the ideas he had for AuctionWeb. With his beard, ponytail and glasses he was what I would call “an entrepreneurial  geek”. Then there is the legend concerning the PEZ candy dispensers. Apparently Omidyar’s fiancee Pam Wesley and he were having dinner at home in Campbell, when she mentioned that as a collector of PEZ candy dispensers, since they moved west from Boston to Campbell, she was having trouble finding collectors to trade with.  The result was that Omidyar looked to the Internet for ways to help her. The romancitized version of this story is that the future eBay was created at least in part, to resolve her problem. 

Backtracking a little, Omidyar was on a small operational budget ($30.00 monthly) with AuctionWeb and ran the site as a hobby without charging fees, from his home using Best as his internet service provider. However listings and traffic on AuctionWeb increased rapidly to the point where, in February 1995, Best complained that AuctionWeb’s traffic was slowing down their system, and subsequently charged Omidyar the commercial rate of $250.00 a month. So Omidyar was forced to introduce fees, but decided to charge only sellers a “final-value fee” as a percentage of the selling price. At this time he still had his day job with General Magic.

In the background, dial-up service provider AOL and others were very busy signing up new internet users. Stanford engineering graduates Jerry Yang and David Filo were having mind-blowing success with their new search engine Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle which was such a “mouthful to pronounce” that they renamed it Yahoo.

Listings, Sales and traffic with AuctionWeb kept increasing to the point that Omidyar was compelled to hire Chris Agarpao as his first employee albeit part-time just to open envelopes and deposit checks.  Omidyar knew that he needed a suitable professional to come up with a proper business plan and strategies for further growth. So he formed an alliance with Jeff Skoll, an electrical engineer whom he had met previously. Soon after that AuctionWeb’s office was moved to Skoll’s house because it had more space, though not large. After that there was a difficult period of finding a suitable but affordable address which allowed for expansion, but was as close as possible to Silicon Valley. At that time Omidyar was still living at Campbell, and extremely busy promoting and adding modules such as feedback forum to AuctionWeb.

Revenue soon outstripped Omidyar’s salary with General Magic, so he left there to devote his full attention to the growth of his enterprise which included the consulting firm, Echo Bay Techology Group. He tried to register his chosen domain Echobay.com but found it had already been taken by a Canadian gold mining company Echo Bay Mines. So he shortened the domain to eBay.com in September 1997.

By the end of 1997, eBay was having 800,000 auctions a day. When eBay went public in September 1998, eBay had more than a million users registered and Omidyar became  an overnight billionaire. Earlier that same year, Margaret Whitman became President and CEO, with Omidyar as Chairman. I’m confused as to what happened to Skoll, some reports saying he was installed as President way back in 1995. Or did he just take his $billions into a new venture, bearing in mind that reports also claim that Skoll was partner in business, but that he and Omidyar were never actually friends?

In 2008 Whitman resigned her position and John Donahoe became the new President and CEO. At that time, eBay had expanded into many countries, the number of employees had jumped from 30 to 15,000, registered users numbered many millions, and revenue was about US$7.5 billion.

Interesting eBay acquisitions include: PayPal (2002), Craigslist 25%, Gumtree, and Skype. I would not be surprised if eBay bought further into social networking, and certainly into dropshipping and e-commerce. They are already involved with ProStores and Doba a huge US wholesaler and dropshipper. ProStores allows you to have multiple but different stores (including your eBay Store) under one “banner”.

eBay has its Headquarters at San Jose – California, and also has an office in Draper – Utah. I’m not sure if eBay is still the fastest growing Company of all time, but globally it is the most popular shopping site on the Internet. PayPal has enjoyed exponential growth and now services 180 countries and territories. The popularity of Clickbank certainly would have contributed enormously to PayPal’s expansion. There have been certain years such as 2003 which have been quite significant to eBay, but those fascinating stories will have to wait to another post.

ps eBay Australia was launched in October 1999 as was eBay United Kingdom.

I’m very excited to bring you an offer from one of my colleagues.  Just by subscribing  to three FREE Newsletters, you will receive $12,270 in total value of very useful bonuses. You only have to provide name and main email address, and you can cancel at any time. There is NO catch, NO small print, NO subscription charges!

I’ve joined myself, and I can say honestly that these bonuses are the best freebies I have seen anywhere on the Internet by far!  The bonuses are divided into 3 groups, and each group has 20 or more bonuses which are awesome.

Group 1 is Self Growth ( self-help and self-development)
Link for you to claim $4570.00 bonuses is:  http://tinyurl.com/2csvpck
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Here is a summary list of freebies:

Two free Hypnosis downloads

The 18 Rules of happiness

How to get the truth out of anyone

Mind mapping software

Relaxation screensaver

Advanced memory course

The Emotional freedom technique

Get anyone to like you in 30 seconds

Holistic healing secrets

Overcoming addictions

Motivator software

The Ultimate self-esteem workbook

Temptation blocker

47  Secret herbal remedies

404 Self-improvement tips

Sublimal power

Introduction to hypnosis

+ Audio interviews


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Here is a summary list of freebies:

Novel writing software

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Great ideas for fiction

Mugging the muse

Sticky notes software

Mind mapping software

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Writer’s inspiration program

Writing success secrets

The Art of writing

The Writer’s best friend

Rough draft writing software

Guide to self-publishing

Guide to writing dialogue

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Group 4 is Internet Business Tools (excellent but NO bonuses)
Link for you to look and/or buy products is http://tinyurl.com/2fk5g7y

NOTE: All products are guaranteed, the service is friendly and you are not pressured to buy if you don’t wish to. I think you will be most impressed. The Newsletters arrive as emails, usually once a week. The bonuses and products are delivered as instant downloads.

   One of my specialty areas is Health and Beauty which I enjoy promoting because the products encourage not only personal good health but also provide pleasure and happiness to many people. You are welcome to look at the following websites and see if they suit you. PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT I AM NOT PERMITTED TO PROMOTE THESE WONDERFUL PRODUCTS BY EMAIL – ONLY THROUGH THIS BLOG. ALSO CHECK THESE SITES BELOW FOR TRIAL OFFERS, FREEBIES AND SPECIAL DEALS!

What price can you put on a radiant happy smile, eh?

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Plumper Fuller Cushy Lips in seconds, your lips are moistured at the same time, plus has added lip gloss, and no side effects. Instant results using Vitamin E and B.

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Reduce Dark Under-Eye Circles, Puffiness & Appearance of Fine Lines and Wrinkles. Has a soft and non-greasy formula:        http://tinyurl.com/2ebve9b

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Celebrity Eye Lashes & Brows in 2-4 weeks. Have longer, darker, thicker and beautiful lashes and brows. Safe, proven results, just apply once daily:     http://tinyurl.com/27uxvqs

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Teeth Whitening System: Get a whiter, brighter, beautiful smile in seconds. Unique safe natural ingredients.http://tinyurl.com/2dvj54z

Beautiful Sunless Tan. Fast drying & lasting golden bronze tan. Includes clear moisturizer for healthy skin and reduces cancer risk. Self apply at home:    http://tinyurl.com/2c23hm2

Resveratrol Anti-Aging Solution: 3 Part System. Revitalizes your skin & reduces darkening, wrinkles and fine lines. Features cream + serum + eye cream; renewing healthy skin cells. Unique natural antioxidant:  http://tinyurl.com/2dvphpb

Acai Berry Weight Loss Formula & Program. Helps you lose weight, increases metabolism, energy &  fat oxidation plus fights fatigue and has antioxidant support:     http://tinyurl.com/2ftr4c3

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Harvested by Brazilians for hundreds of years as a food staple and for their rejuvenating and detoxifying properties, Acai berries have been all over the media, from articles in fitness magazines to features on popular television shows, and thousands of people all over the world say that Acai Berry has helped them lose weight and feel great. Many high profile stars in Hollywood are now using Acai Berry to jump start their weight loss plans.

The Acai Berry formula and program:

* Helps you lose weight

* Helps increase your metabolism

* Helps increase fat oxidation

* Helps fight fatigue

* Helps increase energy

* Provides antioxidant support

INGREDIENTS: Acai Berry (Extract) 50mg: From the fruit of the Acai Palm (Euterpe oleracea) indiginous to the Amazon River Basin. Reseach has shown that acai berries contain massive amount of antioxidants that help fight free radical damage throughout the body. It is generally thought that dieting and exercising increases oxidative stress in the body, so it only make sense to take a potent, free radical scavenger during this time.

Chromium (as polynicotinate) 75mcg: Chromium is a trace mineral essential for normal blood sugar metabolism.

EGCG from Green Tea Extract 225 mg: A potent antioxidant component in green tea, EGCG also helps fight free radical damage and is thought to support cardiovascular health. EGCG has been shown to increase energy expenditure (a measure of metabolism), and to increase fat oxidation.

Caffeine 200 mg: Caffeine is naturally found in certain leaves, seeds, and fruits of over 60 plants worldwide, including coffee and tea, and has been shown to have a stimulating effect on mood, stamina and energy.

L-Theanine 8mg: A water soluble amino acid found in green tea and in mushrooms. In-vitro and animal studies suggest that L-Theanine may also be helpful with weight loss.

Other Ingredients: Vegetable Capsules (Cellulose, Water)

Please go to the website for more information: http://tinyurl.com/2buq2lx

Stevia is a herb native to sub-tropical and tropical regions and found in South America and Mexico also parts of  North America.  Stevia species were first researched by Spanish botanist and physician Pedro Jaime Esteve, and the word stevia is a derivative of his surname. The leaves of the stevia plant have 30-45 times the sweetness of sucrose, and may be eaten fresh, or put in teas and foods. Stevia is commonly known in many other countries as sweet leaf or sugarleaf.

Steviva Brands FDA approved Rebaudioside A stevia extract is processed from the herbal plant “Stevia Rebaudiana“. When refined into a pure white powder extract (Stevioside=Rebaudioside A), stevia becomes 200-300 times sweeter than sugar and sweetens without raising blood sugar levels. Steviva’s stevia contains no carbs, calories, artificial ingredients or fillers.

Research has shown that stevia is safe for diabetics and persons suffering from hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia means a lower than normal blood glucose level. Symptoms include shakiness, disorientation and fits.

Click here to visit Steviva Brands, Inc. to purchase items.

Steviva markets 3 varieties of stevia:

1. Stevia powder is as above, has no additives whatsoever and is 100% neutral in every sense of the word. One bottle (1.3oz wt, 8oz vol) is equivalent to nearly FIFTY POUNDS of sugar.

2. Fructevia has less than 3 calories per serving and does not affect blood sugar levels like sugar. So it is safe for diabetics, low carb dieters, low glycemic dieters, persons suffering from hypoglycemia.  Fructevia tastes just like sugar and contains no GMO’s, Gluten, or chemicals. It is completely natural.
3. Steviva Blend is a low calorie, low carb blend of Rebaudioside A and an all natural gluten free grain extract called erythritol. The latter is found in nature in some fruits as well as fermented products like wine and cheese. Steviva Blend is great for cooking or baking, and is about twice as sweet as sugar. It has a granular texture like sugar.

In addition, Steviva provide organic stevia tea cut leaves for your tea cup. The Steviva product range is available in various sizes/weights to suit the home or commercial application.

It’s interesting to note that stevia from about 2007 has been used or investigated as a sweetener by major soft drink manufacturers such as Coca Cola and PepsiCo.

It’s even more interesting to note that since 1971, Japan has been using stevia as an alternative to artificial sweeteners such as cyclamate and saccharin because these were suspected as being carcinogenic. Japan is the world’s greatest consumer of stevia, with stevia accounting for 40% of the sweetener market.

Steviva wishes to emphasise that their extraction process from the finest organic plant leaves is water based. Steviva have a sampler pack of their 3 products mentioned earlier. This pack is sold at a reduced price so that you can try all 3 products to decide what’s best for you. This pack can be mailed with free postage (domestically). With any Steviva Brands purchase, customers will receive 1000+ recipes, Atkins Diet Plan and Carb Counter, Glycemic Counter, plus other goodies and tips and hints.

Steviva is fully endorsed by Mike Geary who has used Steviva stevia himself for many years especially the Blend, in coffee/tea, plain yogurt, cereals or oatmeal, also baking. Mike is a well known Certified Fitness/Lifestyle Trainer also a Personal Trainer and Certified Nutrition Specialist.

Please go to this website for pricing and further info: http://tinyurl.com/2895br8

Today’s topic is about artificial sweeteners because I’ve noticed ( and I’m sure other people have too) that there’s a lot of confusion and misconceptions revolving around these non-caloric sweeteners. Artificial sweeteners and the huge list of products sweetened with them are marketed to you relentlessly as “healthy foods” or “healthier” than sugar or corn syrup sweetened products. But are they really? Just to clarify, some of the most popular artificial sweeteners on the market today are:

Splenda (sucralose)
Aspartame
Saccharine
Acesulfame Potassium (aka – acesulfame K)

These artificial sweeteners are used in abundance in almost every “diet” drink, “lite” yogurts, puddings, and ice creams, most “low-carb” products, and almost all “reduced-sugar” products. Even most protein powders are loaded with artificial sweeteners too (just look on the ingredients list and you’ll usually see one or more of them).

Splenda is probably one of the worst offenders of claiming to be “healthy” as they say that it’s made from real sugar. Don’t be fooled! It’s still an artificial substance. What they don’t tell you is that Splenda is actually a chemically modified substance where chlorine is added to the chemical structure, making it more similar to a chlorinated pesticide than something we should be eating or drinking. The truth is that artificial sweeteners are not even close to being healthy, and as you’ll discover in a minute, can easily be just as bad for you, if not worse, than sugar or corn syrup.

Most people think that they are doing something good for themselves by choosing the “diet” drinks or “lite” yogurts compared to the sugar-laden versions, but the problem is that you’re exposing yourself to a whole new set of problems with the artificially sweetened drinks and foods.

I know you’re probably frustrated by all of the contradicting messages you hear each day about which foods are good for you and which are bad. I’m sure just recently you most likely saw some clever ad or commercial somewhere screaming out to you about health benefits for a food product that is loaded with artificial sweeteners but is promoted as being healthy.

In relation to alternatives, the fact still is that artificial sweeteners vs. sugar or corn syrup is really just a battle between two evils. So we have to ask ourselves which evil is worse? Another thing is, we are not just asking for ourselves as adults, as parents we all want our kids to be fit and healthy. Furthermore, what do we know about long term effects? Maybe some illness will manifest itself later. Look at the Japanese!  They have avoided artificial sweeteners since 1971 as being possibly carcinogenic (see notes below).

I’m sure you already know the problems with sugar or high fructose corn syrup sweetened products. The excess empty calories, blood sugar spike, and resulting insulin surge this creates in your body not only promotes fat gain, but also stimulates your appetite further, making things even worse.

On the other hand, artificial sweeteners save you calories, but there’s growing evidence that they can increase your appetite for sweets and other carbohydrates causing you to eat more later in the day anyway. Therefore, you don’t really save any calories at all. Also, studies have shown that artificial sweeteners can stimulate high insulin levels in your body too, which again can promote fat storage.

All of the 4 artificial sweeteners listed above are nasty chemicals that the human body is simply not meant to ingest but most of us are ingesting a whole lot of these chemicals on a daily basis. Aside from the problems I touched on so far, other health issues that have been related to artificial sweeteners in scientific studies as well as observations are:

some have been linked to potential cancer risks
negative effects on the liver, kidneys, and other organs
stimulating cravings
gastrointestinal problems
developmental problems in children and fetuses
headaches
just to name a few!

Now some of the above potential health problems are definitely not proven as fact in studies, but some of them have become obvious in high dose animal studies. Regardless of the fact that any real health problems for actual human use are not proven yet, it makes us wary about regular or long term use. Of course, despite all of the health issues potentially associated with artificial sweeteners, the companies that sell the products will continue to claim that they are completely safe and they have studies to prove that they are safe. The bottom line is that the body was not designed to deal with foreign substances like artificial sweeteners and the chemicals associated with them.

So let’s get back to alternatives. Well, your best alternatives for sugar or corn syrup would be either raw honey, organic maple syrup, or even a little-known high antioxidant syrup called sorghum syrup (common in the southern US). Even though these alternatives still have the same amount of calories as sugar or corn syrup… honey, organic maple syrup, and sorghum syrup actually provide some nutrients and antioxidants, so it’s not just empty calories. Empty calories stimulate your appetite more because your body is lacking nutrients.

Now you’re probably thinking that you’d like to still save on calories but avoid the nasty artificial sweeteners. Good news… You can! USING  STIVEVA  STEVIA which is a natural herb, and safe for diabetics!!!

I will write an article on Stevia this week, but for now please go to: http://tinyurl.com/2crnvv8

You will find awesome information about losing weight, keeping trim and lean, building great Abs, recipes, best foods for home and when eating out ( including McDonalds.)

If you want to feel terrific and look terrific: go to http://tinyurl.com/2crnvv8 to get tips from Mike Geary, Certified Trainer/Fitness-Lifestyle Coach and Certified Nutrition Specialist!

Also while you’re there check out his newsletter, recipes and any freebies!!

MIKE’S PROGRAM IS THE #1 RATED ABS PROGRAM ON THE INTERNET (AS RATED BY CLICKBANK)!

I have a large eBay store in Australia called The Metaphysical Shop which mails every day except when the Post Office is closed. I’m pleased to say there are many customers from all over Australia plus buyers in a large number of  overseas countries.

There is a lot of stuff  like wallets, pen sets, books and jewellery not listed yet, but currently the main items sold fall into the category  New Age (nothing wayout) or the category  Aussie Souvenirs and Novelties.  There are also some miscellaneous items such as charts and information wheels for types of beer & wine, BBQ’s & food/wine, sushi, cat breeds, minerals & vitamins, and Aussie birds. Both of the main categories  have many sub-categories to 3 levels. eBay allows you a total of 300. Here is a broad overview of available products:

1. Pocket and wallet cards plus bookmarks covering many topics but especially Love, Friendship and Inspiration. Includes zodiac, astrology, numerology, iridology, palmistry, reflexology, ancient runes, crystal healing, feng shui, chakras, herbal teas …… There is a complete set of 12 Zodiac bookmarks!

2. A5 and A4 guides/charts with like topics as above but including reflexology, herbs, crystals, colour healing, aromatherapy, yoga, interpreting faces/ hand writing/dreams, planets, essential oils, aroma and psyche, cat breeds, dinosaurs, wine and food, sushi, shiatsu self massage, chakras, palmistry, pilates, spells plus more.

3. Zodiac greeting cards including an actual birthstone. So there are 12 very colourful cards with descriptions and a different birthstone (semi-precious gemstone).

4. Large charts and wall charts for reflexology, chinese astrology, yoga, planets, advanced aromatherapy, crystals, self esteem & personality. Note that with all reflexology charts small or large – there are some for hands only, feet only, both hands and feet! Don’t forget many of these topics are also pocket or wallet cards!

5. Decoders and Information Wheels, some are New Age like, yoga, aromatherapy and crystals, but some relate to wine, beer, shiatsu massage, bbq’s and food, types of snakes, Australian birds. These wheels come in small and large sizes. There is a very good large Information Wheel called Australia At A Glance: includes States and Territories plus our Icons. Highly recommended. A decoder is like a book with several information wheels so you can absorb lots of information quickly.

6. Door hangers, road signs, fridge magnets, hats, tea towels, canvas bags and place mats etc Shows koalas, kangaroos, our famous animals & birds, Outback Australia, life on the land, our Aborigines and their culture, plus more. Includes Sydney Harbour, Sydney Opera House and our Gold Coast.

7. Souvenir key rings and pens for Australia, koalas, roos, crocodiles, sharks etc also Sydney and the Opera House. Includes our famous beaches and marine life.

8. Boomerangs plus boomerang fridge magnets. Single or in sets.

9. Glitter stickers in A4 sheets for Aborigines, koalas, kangaroos, animals and birds, Aussie Flag.

10. Pin badges for koala, kangaroo with Aussie Flag, also a G’day Aussie/USA friendship badge.

11. Bendable animal pens and magnet pens eg snake, lizard, shark, koala, crocodile, kangaroo.
I would like to emphasise that everything is very good quality but inexpensive, very few items exceed A$20.00!

I would appreciate if you had a look at my Store: The Metaphysical Shop. It is for sale at A$8000 but that is NOT why I am writing to you. I do have some other projects in mind, have been neglecting my photograhic business. I want to spend more time on Internet Marketing and this blog. I also want to get back to bush-walking and camping, plus writing poetry, maybe an eBook!

My Blog is at http://kevin-johnston.com and I’m sure you will find it interesting.

Your comments are always welcome.

One of the first things  you should do as a new Internet Marketer (Newbie) is join Clickbank as an affiliate. All the rich guys did this when they started and that is a major reason why they are wealthy today. Being an affiliate is a major source of their income. Did you know Mike Filsaime won a new Hummer car from Russell Brunson as top affiliate a couple of years ago?

Clickbank was founded in 1998, and is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise in Idaho. Clickbank is the world’s largest secure online retail outlet for more than 12,000 digital product vendors and 100,000 active affiliates. Clickbank is associated with Click Sales Inc as a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc.

Clickbank serves more than 200 countries, makes a sale every 3 seconds, and processes 26,000 digital transactions a day!

You can view Clickbank’s Marketplace, Products and Categories here: http://tinyurl.com/qh2u9g

*** Note that if you go to the Marketplace screen and you HAVE NOT JOINED,  just click Promote Products on the Menu Bar and that will take you to the sign up section where you will receive your “nickname ID”

Here are things you need to know:

1. An affiliate is someone who promotes a product or service for a vendor, in exchange for a commission when a sale is made. On joining, Clickbank provides your affiliateID/nickname ID and password which identifies you to receive commissions which are paid every 2 weeks. Initially 3 paper checks then direct deposit into your bank. You must be aged 18 years or more!

2. You must reach a payment threshold (usually US$100.00),  and the maximum you can receive for a single sale is US$150.00 The commission rates are set by the vendor.You must provide Clickbank with a reliable phone number and email address.
3. There is no limit to the amount you can earn, and no limit to how many products you promote. You don’t have to have your own website, carry any inventory, talk to anyone or phone anyone.

4. Clickbank recomend that you start by  promoting a product or products that you like and are familiar with eg golf or training pets. The Marketplace has 23 product categories and each of these has drop-down sub-categories. I only agree partly with Clickbank’s suggestion. What you must have are popular products  that people need and lots of buyers for these products.

5. An overview of how the commission system works is:You find a product to promote (as above) and create a customized Hoplink. A Hoplink is a special website address which identifies to Clickbank, the vendor and you as the seller via your embedded affiliate ID. If a customer clicks on a Hoplink you have posted and ends up buying the product within 60 days, you get the credit and commission for the sale.

6. A Hoplink may look like this: http://youraffiliateID.vendor.clickbank.net If you see hop.clickbank.net in a URL anywhere then you know it’s an affiliate Clickbank link.

A Hoplink that looks like this:  http://youraffiliateID.thecbcode.hop.clickbank.net means you are promoting a product called The Clickbank Code.

7. If you go back into the Clickbank Marketplace and have a look at the various categories and products, you will see a button called PROMOTE for each product. If you like that product, you click on Promote, and enter your ID on the next screen to create your Hoplink.  The top line is the Clickbank vendor code that you want to be an affiliate for. Underneath that is two lines of code. The upper line is in black print and the bottom line is in blue print. The line you want is the upper line in black print.

To refer a customer, send them to that link (domain name): http://cc053wf269grnlw3vhkf.hop.clickbank.net/  Just highlight it, right click then copy and paste it  into your ad, email or whatever. DON’T FORGET TO INCLUDE THE http://     You can type the link in if you want (instead of copying), just double check you got it right.  I usually save it in Notepad which I recommend you do too.

The reason the letters and numbers look “scrambled”  is your hoplink has been encrypted by Clickbank’s Hoplink Shield to minimize someone stealing your commission by substituting their ID for yours.

8. You can use if you want a Tracking ID , which is an alphanumeric code (max 24 characters) inserted into your Hoplink. It’s a method for Clickbank to report results to you as to where your clicks are coming from, but would only be needed when you had multiple Hoplinks in multiple locations.
9. Make sure you check all spelling, and make sure you test all your Hoplinks before using them.
10. Use Notepad or MS Word or some form of recording of all your links, ID’s and passwords. You should always have a writing pad (doesn’t have to be fancy) beside your computer!

11. Clickbank doesn’t have banners for you to use, but they do have HopAd Builder (go to Account Settings then HopAdBuilder after logging in.)  This allows you to create advertisements tailored to your site and content where these ads are either simple box or tabbed box in various layouts, fonts, colours etc. If someone clicks on these boxes and buys,  you get the commission. When setting up, there is one line of text where you enter several keywords. You might put: business, internet, computers or you might put family, health, beauty. Soon after that, ads will appear based on those categories. It’s all very similar to Google Adsense.

Any other queries such as refunds policy you should log in and check the Help Section. There is also a Glossary of Terms. I have always found Clickbank’s Support System to be excellent.

A friend and mentor of mine, Dan Robey has released an amazing new e-book called “The Power of Positive Habits”. He has put together a selection of fantastic bonus e-gifts (worth over $450.00) that you will receive FREE just for purchasing one copy of his e-book. I have seen the many bonuses on offer, and they are absolutely wonderful. It’s worth joining, just to get the freebies!

As you read Dan’s e-book you will discover:

* How you can REACH YOUR GOALS easily.

* How you can achieve GREATER SUCCESS.

* How you can KEEP IMPROVING YOUR HEALTH.

* How you can have HIGHER SELF ESTEEM.

* How you can get a TRIM AND FIT BODY.

* How you can LOWER YOUR CHOLESTEROL.

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* How you can REDUCE YOUR CANCER RISKS.

Here is just 1 endorsement of many:

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I wish you blessings and success,

A BIOGRAPHY OF MY COACH: Liz Tomey

Liz Tomey got her start in the business world in 1998 at the age of only 19. Her first business was a direct mail/mailorder business where she provided 1000′s of clients with her unique advertising methods that got them the leads and sales they needed.

She had over 400 offline affiliates who promoted her advertising services for a commission, and she filled the orders for them. Much like what affiliate marketers do online, but she was doing it offline before affiliate marketing was even very well known!

In 2004 with the rising costs of doing business offline, she took her marketing knowledge and moved her business online.

Instead of selling advertising, she started putting all of her marketing knowledge into products, and began selling those products. Using the same model that worked offline, she decided to create an affiliate program and have other people selling her products for a commission.

This model has worked since 1998 and currently (2010) it’s the same model she’s using to run your million dollar business!

Liz now offers several different marketing courses, coaching programs, memberships, and more so that you can learn real ways to build your business online. Liz is also a well known speaker and has spoken and been invited to speak at Internet marketing seminars around the world.

Liz is a well known and well liked marketer who truly focuses on the success of her customers, followers, and readers!

Below you will find information on how you can learn from Liz along with the many products, services, and coaching programs she offers.

1. Liz’s main site is her LizTomey.com site where she offers 5 different online coaching workshops she’s done on 5 different topics of making money online. You can get them right now by clicking here.

2. One of Liz’s best coaching programs she’s created is her Newbie Survival program. This program helps the “online newbie” decide how they want to make money online, and then gives you the steps, tools, and resources to do so. This program also gives you personal one-on-one access with Liz. You can check this program out by clicking here.

3. Another coaching program that Liz has created is called The Lost Reseller Scrolls. Liz created this program to show people exactly how she’s been able to build a huge list, an incredible affiliate income, membership sites, and more using resell rights products she buys and creates. This coaching program is an entire business model that anyone can learn and put to use. This program also gives you personal one-on-one access with Liz. You can check this program out by clicking here.

4. Liz knows that one of the biggest obstacles that online business owners face is getting traffic to their websites. Because of that she has created a membership site where you can learn everything you need to know to get traffic to your website. Plus Liz also gives you personal coaching for anything you need help on with getting traffic to your website. You can learn more about getting Liz’s personal help with traffic generation by clicking here.

5. Liz’s newest site is called Ready To Go Systems. From this site she teaches new online business owners the different Internet marketing systems they can use to create an online income. Right now for a LIMITED  TIME, Liz is offering a free video course called “Product Empire Profits” and you can get it at no cost by clicking here.

As you can see Liz Tomey is an incredible marketer with a lot of experience and the supreme skills needed to be a top Internet marketing coach!

ps Everything above seems great, but I can tell you that at one stage, Liz and her family nearly lost their home, their cars, furniture, everything!. What pulled them back from the brink of bankruptcy was developing their own products, and having their own affiliates. EVERYONE SHOULD AIM TO HAVE THEIR OWN PRODUCTS AND THEIR OWN AFFILIATES. THIS WILL EXPLODE YOUR INCOME!