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“You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you’ll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless.” — Caroline Myss

In order to create your internet traffic machine, you will need a blog. This is where you are going to send people to become acquainted with you, your business, and your opportunity.

Ideally, you will create a domain name and register it.

Next, you will set up a hosting account, go to Wordpress.org, download the current version, upload it to your hosting account, add a theme and some widgets, and you are on your way. That was simple, yes? This is called having your own, self hosted wordpress blog.

Maybe you don’t have a blog. If you are doing business on the internet, you are losing out. You can go to Blogger.com. If you have a google account you just login and create a blog. They have instructions to guide you through the process. When you register a domain name, simply forward that domain name to your blogger account. This will get you started right away. And it is completely free. If you do not have a google account, simply register for an account and you are on your way. You can do the same at wordpress.com. The cost is the same as blogger.com.

This blogging business is not exactly rocket science. It takes some learning, but it is simple, easy (once you get the hang of it), fun, and very profitable. As we go on through the next few weeks and months, I will go through all the material in some detail. Right now, the thing to do is to get started.

If you feel intimidated by the concept of blogging, don’t feel alone. I certainly was. The way I started was with a blogger.com account. It was a very special account. It was called a “top secret” account. That is to say, I did not tell a soul about it! It was a place where I practiced, experimented, and learned. Then one day someone left a comment on the blog. I was shocked. And the comment was complimentary! I was hooked. That was a long time ago. Now blogging can be highly profitable in and of itself. But more importantly, blogging can be the magnetic core around which all of your internet advertising and social marketing revolve.

Using your blog as the core magnet of your online activities will produce a steady stream of prospects for your business. These prospects have some relationship with you through reading your blog and perhaps leaving comments. They will be of a consistently higher quality that any type of lead you can ever purchase.

And we are just getting started…

So, funny man, what am I going to put on this blog of mine?

See you early next week.

In the meantime, you have work to do there blogger dudes and dudettes! Get started on creating your magnetic core today!
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