Free Contest & Cool Prizes By CDF Network

Chad from CDF network (one of my favorite blogs on affiliate marketing) is running a free contest on his blog. The contest is open to anyone. Prizes include…

$200 ML Amex Rewards Card - Free $200 to spend on anything
This is perfect to test a new offer or a niche with PPC

Flip Ultra Video Camera - Perfect for taking videos
Its a cool looking camera. Here’s a picture and a review.

Ipod Nano
Well, who doesn’t know what a Ipod Nano can do?

USB Pen
Pen with 2GB USB drive. Slick idea.

Contest Rules:
You can earn up to maximum of 5 points by taking any of the following actions:

1 pt. for commenting on their contest blog post

3 pts. for stumbling their link and then commenting

3 pts. for Technorati Favorite CDF Networks and then commenting

5 pts. for linking back to their post from you blog

5 pts for signing up for MarketLeverage

Click here to visit the contest page.

Online Marketing: Stop being emotional about your failiurs and move on

You know when you’re struggling, everything seems dull in life. Well, I had been struggling to make a dime online for a long long time. Its just recently things turned around for me and now I’m making $250 a day. So, if you’re struggling with this “making-money-online” thing or with anything just don’t give up and keep at it because one day luck will strike you too. Before you know it, you will see yourself in the same position as other successful people you read stories about.

This post is not about PPC strategies, or link-building strategies, adsense or website creating techniques or affiliate marketing in general but more about psychological mindset that sets the successful people apart form the losers. That’s right, its all in your head. If you’re the kind of person who thinks you can’t do it, then chances are you won’t be able to do it even when you try. People who don’t worry about consequences are the ones that get ahead in the game. Sometimes it pays to just STOP thinking and just DO IT.

I want to take this opportunity to share my experience with you, my past struggles in online marketing and how I came to my recent success. It took more than a year for me to get to where I’m now. Honestly, I could have done this year ago but I couldn’t. Why? Because I was not a risk taker, I was not a positive thinker and I was too emotional about failing. If you are one of those people who are struggling to generate even $20 a day online, then either you’re not a risk taker or always worry about failing. Its this worry that “what if it doesn’t work out” always keep you from succeeding and trying new things. Everyone works hard but not everyone works smart.


Turn your bad luck to good luck

One advice I would give everyone is that is to stop thinking and just do it. Sometimes you sit there and think why should I create a new website or why should I try this because I don’t think its going to work. You need to realize that the only reason it’s not going to work is because you’re going to do anything about it. Pick sometime and then make up your mind to stick to it and once you do stick to it, then don’t give up on it until its where you want it to be. That’s how you will break out of bad luck.

The day I stopped worrying about losing money, the day I stopped whining, the day I stopped becoming emotional about my failures, the day I said to myself, forget everything, whatever happens happens, just do it and keep doing it until you get somewhere. It’s when things started turning around for me and before I know it I went from $0 a day from $250 a day in a month.

Chances are if you had been trying to make online for a while you know more than the person who hasn’t tried it. So, you are already way head of the game. So sit down, stop worrying about everything, stop being emotional about your struggles, put everything aside and just DO IT and keep doing it until you find success.