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Beautiful People, Victims and Control Freaks

Posted by Andrew    Posted in BLOG, Featured, My Rant    Posted in February 11, 2011    |    1 Comments

Hi there,

So its 1130 at night and I am here at the screen of my Mac. You know when you are lying in bed and there is something that comes to your head and you just have to get it out there...? Well this is one of those times, and the funny thing is it was really only the title that came to me, but something said I had to get up and write it.

I my life I have had the pleasure of meeting some of the most amazing people, and I guess that is what this is about, it is about giving thanks to that fact. To give thanks to all of the people that have touched my life in someway. I have learned something from everyone I have ever met and for that I am truly thankful.

Not too long ago I was involved with a home business a home business that is now defunct, which is sad and a good thing all at the same time, it is sad due to the fact that I believe it was built on solid principles and somewhere along the way they got lost and the company ultimately failed, one director was sent on a hiatus due to extra marital affairs while the other secretly coveted the the power of the whole company as his own, and ultimately had an affair himself.
The good part about that company was the beautiful people that have come into my life because of it and the impact that they have left on me.

I was lucky enough to have spoke to two such people today. So let me tell you about one of them.

The first conversation I had was a wonderful surprise, my skype went out of the blue from someone that I had not spoken to in over 6 months, and it was like we spoke just yesterday. This is someone who had put her faith in a company, not because she believed in that company, but because she believed in herself, and knew that with enough searching the right path would be shown to her, and what do you know, low and behold it has been.k This person had a vision board with a goal on it, a goal that most average people would think to lofty to consider. Upon review of this vision board some two years later the goal has been achieved. Was it easy? I would think not, there were hard times where she would have questioned herself as to whether or not she was doing the right thing, she would have had friends and family telling her that she was mad, and when would she come back down to earth, she would go through a life threatening situation only to pull through the other side to see a business with so much promise fail. Yet here she now stands with her goal reached and life exactly where it was meant to be. Why? Because when adversity stared her in the face she said NO I am NOT giving up, I DESERVE ALL OF MY GOALS AND MORE.

She is one of the beautiful people that I am proud to call a friend, you know, the ones who don't care if you have $20, or $20,000,000, you are still just their mate.

Victims

So the second part, you know in any good plot there is an protagonist and an antagonist, you know the good guy and the bad guy. Well you see there are these people in real life too. You can recognise the antagonist by the language they use, things like 'Its not fair, the water company is charging me too mcuh for my water' or 'Why can't I get a high paying job that I don't have to work for' or 'The government doesn't provide me with enough money each week'. You know what, I am going to say it here and now, why because I can, this is my blog my little piece of online real estate, GROW UP GET A FREAKING LIFE, stop bitching and start living, stop thinking you are entitled to something for nothing and get off your fat ass and stop being a victim! There is a thought!

Control Freaks

Ok so the last one here, and then I am off to sleep, control freaks.... I firmly believe that we all control our own destiny... so lets see where this rabbit goes, the thought obviously came from somewhere.

So if I think that we are in control of our own lives who am I referring to when I say control freaks? I guess it is the people who want you to live by their rules and then get shitty when you don't They are all paly paly until you do something different to the doctrine that they have set out and they you don't hear from them, well at least not until they need something from you and then wham! They are there, asking you once again to conform to their rules. You know I said it my post yesterday that I have had the most clarity when I realised once again that I am so powerful, sure people have tried to help me see that before, even the control freaks... yet it means nothing until you take ownership of it yourself.

So there it is a short little rant, and a MASSIVE Thank you to my beautiful friends, you all know who you are, thank you and NAMASTE

To Your Success

Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

Fakers and Shakers – Where the Heck has Andrew Hawkes Been?

Posted by Andrew    Posted in Andrew Hawkes, BLOG, Featured    Posted in February 8, 2011    |    No Comments

GOOMG, WTF have I been?

Hey Guys Andrew Hawkes here and from the looks of the cobwebs around the place here it is easy to see that this little piece of online real estate has been neglected for a little while.

Far out, "its been 5 months since my last confession!"

That is really how I feel, you know when you feel bad because you said you would do something and you didn't and you let someone down? That is kinda how I feel right now....

But not really, because the leave of absence has been well worth it. Its funny I have been thinking that I needed to get back here and let people know what it is that I am up too, and a post from a good friend of mine spurred me into doing just that,  Natale Louise wrote in 'The Hiatus That Changed Everything for Me'

Don’t get me wrong I have been working on many things in the background here, mainly on myself, no products but many ideas for how I want to take my brand forward online.

And that has most certainly been the case with me, so where the heck has Andrew Hawkes been?

Well those of you who know me will know that I pretty much willing to try my hand at everything, and if you read many of the post on this Weblog you will be able to find out exactly what I am talking about.

I have to say that the last three years have been the hardest for me financially of my life, and of course you can read more about that in my series Andrew Hawkes Gets Frank. Being the person that I am I understand that everything happens for a higher purpose and there is a lesson in most everything that happens in our lives, given that and the reflection over that time it came to me.

"There is obviously a lesson I am missing, what the hell is it?"

I traced my fortunes back to the first time I started making A LOT of money (not that this is the main factor here, the lesson is bigger than that) and then I looked at what it was that I was doing differently then to what I am doing now. There was ONE thing that was BLINDINGLY obvious... Well at least it was when I started LOOKING for it. Now we could go into a whole discussion about quantum physics and meta physics here, however that is not the topic, so we will leave that for another day.

In a car, when it breaks down, there is generally a cause, and you must do a fault diagnosis to determine what that fault is and rectify it, in other words when something was working, and now it seemingly is not, then you must trace back to where it was and stopped to determine what is wrong.

So I did a little 'fault finding' on my life, (NOTE I was not looking for faults, I was looking for when it was last working the way I wanted it too.)

OK So here is a list of things I was doing when I was making money;

  • Reading, good quality books for the mind
  • engaging people and looking for ways to help them
  • looking inside myself for answers
  • relying on ME

All of those things (and that really is just a snippet) allowed me to BE that person who would have great results and achieve the level of income I desired.

Now compare that to what I had been doing for the last two years;

  • Sitting on the Couch watching TV
  • Staying at home and meeting NO one
  • Looking outside for assistance of others to pick me up
  • Forgetting that I am so Powerful

You can see that there is a striking difference.

I finally realised that pushing products that I didn't really 'get' or was otherwise not emotionally involved with, or more to the point reliing on other people to 'Get it too' before I got paid was not serving me at all, I realised that after all of the personal development trainings and the things that I had done that I wasn't at all being true to what I wanted in life, and that was to be of service and to build a solid company with products that people are using everyday and that people are really looking for.

So since rediscovering this, I have made massive inroads to what is fast becoming a viable and profitable business, and I have never been happier feel free to check out the products and services on offer at Goin On Group's company website

So really that is it, this is where I am at, 2011 is alreday huge and it is only getting bigger, I love life, I love my family, and in just over 8 weeks I am going to be a father all over again. It doesn't get much better.

Namaste to all!

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Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

Personal Acceptance and How it Effects Your Outcome

Posted by Andrew    Posted in BLOG, Business, Featured    Posted in August 16, 2010    |    4 Comments

Hey all Andrew Hawkes here,

trust this will all find you safe and well. I want to share with you my thoughts on acceptance and the effects I believe it has on people.

I was watching an excerpt from a conference where I well known Success Coach was speaking of Happiness, now you might be forgiven for thinking that this well known success coach was tall with big teeth... however this was a different success coach.

He spoke of celebrities that had passed while trying to find that happiness. And how ultimately they died unhappy.

I was thinking about that, and I was thinking about my life... was it where I wanted it to be? Was I truly fulfilling my life's purpose? It caused me to question was I absolutely happy? You know Buddha said; "There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way" So what was it that caused me to look deeper?

I mean I am a happy guy, I have a loving family who want nothing but my success and happiness (what ever success means) I always endeavor to find the good in any situation. I have had many great teachers over the years, and one of the most profound lessons I have had was simply to be able to laugh at myself and not provide a negative emotion when it comes to silly little mistakes I have made. This ONE teaching has saved many great hardships. You see when you add raw emotion to an event you are applying some of the hardest setting concrete in the history of mankind! So if you are beating yourself up... well enough said I think.

What does this have to do with personal acceptance? Well hang in with me and lets see. When you look at society what is it that you see? Given the forum we are in here I will provide a couple of observations (at least this are my observations.)

As a whole people look for acceptance from people; for their achievements, their actions, their results. This is only natural and it ties in with the six basic human needs. And it really could fall into a number of them. What I have found, and again this is purely my observations (and my experience within my own life) is that we tend to look for acceptance from others as it is easier to that than it is to be responsible for ourselves. It stems from a lack of confidence in our own abilities. Now this maybe something inherent that has come from generation to generation, or it maybe due to someone being picked on in schools, or in the work place. The constant taunts about never amounting to anything, that a person is useless good for nothing. Any number of reasons. It may have been totally indirect;

e.g. A child hears their parents arguing, one parent calls the other hopeless, good for nothing, looser (what ever tag you want to put in here). They hear this often, every other week this same argument takes place. One day the child does something wrong while the parent that usually does the name calling is at their wits end, and although the parent does not hurl the same abusive language at the child, they tell the child that they are just like the other parent. (Perhaps you have witnessed or even experienced this yourself?)

What just happened here? After years and years of hearing that one parent is basically a looser, they child is now told that they are just like them... Hmm... Interesting right?

OK so back to acceptance, more importantly personal acceptance. Have you ever noticed that successful people really don't give to much weight to what other people are saying, they are not necessarily swayed by public opinion? There is a reason for this. They accept themselves for who they are. They are not trying to play a part, they are not trying to please everyone. They are who they are and have a great personal acceptance.

From this you could say that all it takes to be a success is to love yourself first. Accept yourself for who you are, don't be so hard on yourself, we are after all our own worst critics. And you know what, you are probably not wrong. I mean that the end of the day, surely if you have a great personal acceptance then you are already a winner right?

I say could say that is all it takes, as if you are striving for more then it is really the first step. However it it THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, with out getting this step straight you are going to go no where FAST, sure you may make some money... however I can almost guarantee that you lose it all and MORE.

You want success? You want wealth and happiness? Fall in love with the person looking at you in the mirror daily, accept them, and understand that that person that looks at you has all the acceptance needed for your life's journey.

No pictures today.... just good content. Please share with your friends, tweet it, share it on facebook, more importantly though, please leave me your thoughts below.

Namaste

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Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

Bare Knuckle Basics

Posted by Andrew    Posted in BLOG, Featured, General    Posted in August 11, 2010    |    2 Comments

Hey guys Andrew Hawkes here,

Bare Knuckle Basics Its been a while since I started working from home and internet marketing and in that time I have had a massive learning curve, you know I didn't hit it out of the park with my first attempt, and by the time I started getting my head around Google they went a changed the rules and what I had learned to that point was almost for nothing. I say almost as there were lessons taken from that which have certainly allowed me to prosper and grow. Which is very important.

You know when you talk to people about what working from home is about, when you ask them what it means to them, (asking a few people) you will get a variety of answers. Now I am not talking about the outcome of what it a Homebased Business will do for them, I am talking about what type of business they're involved with. Some will tell you it is about making sure you are talking to 150 people a day, others will say it is about ranking #1 on Google, and even more (growing daily) will tell you that it is about mastering Social media... You know what? From my observations all of these people are correct. Yet you will find home business guru's out there who to their credit have made a lot of money who tell you that there is only one of those elements is really needed. And that is to talk to people each and every day... now, I don't necessarily disagree with that sentiment. However if your focus is on internet marketing then talking to prospects every day may well be a waste of your time.

Of course if your focus us purely network marketing or mlm then yes you absolutely MUST talk to people daily to succeed. I'll be honest, I have no trouble talking to people, that doesn't bother me in the slightest... lets face it though people turn to an online business so they don't have to talk to people right? Well at least not in person. Something that I have certainly found is that when you do actually have money coming in, and not just talking about it it is far easier to actually talk to people. It is easier (albeit a psychological reason) to get people to talk to. As your business evolves you will most certainly start to understand your strengths and begin to work with them rather than trying (in vane) to fight or force against them.

Anyway I am getting a little of topic here... I was merely highlighting the fact that not all homebased business's are created equally, and regardless of the money that you are making if it doesn't feel quite right then change and do something that does!

Working from home has allowed me to really connect with who I am as a person, it has given me the opportunity to gain some great clarity as to what my purpose is. As such I am involved with a couple of different organizations all of which enable me to fulfill that purpose and vision for my life. Along my journey there have been a number of facets that I have learned that have enabled me to do things that I really enjoy and I and benefit monetarily from... so you could say my time investment in my education is starting to pay off.

Some of the things that I have discovered is that there are a lot of successful marketers out there that are missing some of the basic fundamentals, the Bare Knuckle Basics as I like to say. So I put it all in a report and what do you think I called it? That's right Bare Knuckle Basics. Now I am not claiming to be a guru or anything like that... far from it there is still much more to learn. I know what I know,  All the report is are some basic stuff that I believe can certainly help you move forward.... its free and useful information... they way I think it should be, and with your feedback I can continue to improve what is in that and subsequent reports.

I sincerely would love to hear what you think so you can grab your copy of the report by clicking bare knuckle basics, oh and the best part is yet to come!!

The report does contain some affiliate links, OK so sue me! lol Seriously tho, the report is re-brandable so that means that you can change the affiliate links for your own and give it away yourself, and YOU can make the money! That is cool right? Well I think it is... ;)

Well that is about it really, so here is the link again to bare knuckle basics

As always, please leave your comments here and be sure to share this with your friends and followers on Facebook and twitter. Thanks in advance.

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Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

I cracked the Homebased Code for Success

Posted by Andrew    Posted in BLOG, Business, Featured, My Rant    Posted in July 30, 2010    |    2 Comments

Homebased success codeHello out there Andrew Hawkes here,

I want to let you in on a secret.... I cracked it,  I cracked the homebased business code for success! And the good thing is anyone can do it. Are you ready? Shh.... come a little closer.... here it is 'consistent action, congruent with your vision or why toward the direction of your goal.' That's it. Simple right?

So then if it is so simple why does 95% of the worlds population live week to week and hand to mouth existences. Well I am pretty sure I have worked that out too. I used to think that it was because people were afraid (to a point I still do, just not like before) however now after the last few days working with the very talented Casey Van Liefde and some of the things she shared with me. It is not about being scared, Casey is a very talented Photographer and she really is an entrepreneur, she is happy to look at something at its merit, make a decision about it and then act in total congruency with that decision. This means that Casey has already succeeded here.

So what I came up with and what made me think that it was more than just fear was this, Casey and I had a conversation, we were talking about an opportunity, a very cool opportunity, one that utilises two fortune 500 companies, so companies with a proven track record. For a ridiculously low investment per month (I mean the cost of a cup of coffee each week) they could create a substantial residual monthly income. The catch is that the people that get involved have to actually do some work. I know crazy. Now I have been involved in homebased business for quite a while now and they biggest issue any body had with the opportunity I represented was the investment price.... So here Casey is talking to me about a stupidly low (seriously it should be more for the value you are getting) investment each month, and people are telling her, or rather implying that it was all a bit like hard work. What?

OK, so from that conversation I came to the realisation that people aren't scared... people are just plain lazy, they would rather sit on the couch, drink beer, eat corn chips and stay living in lack than put a little effort in to make a huge difference in their life.

But I guess it is deeper than that right? Yes people are lazy, however there is more. People would rather sit back give direction and say I told you so than get in amongst it themselves, and it comes down to one thing, and this one thing is condoned and even practiced by society. Lack of responsibility. It is far easier (see LAZY) to blame someone else for their shitty existence. As I said though in my post about What is Wrong with the World when the government set such a low barrier, it really is easy to be average, or even below average.

So here in summary, the homebased business code for success is pretty simple, follow it (with out detouring from the prescribed method) and you will have astounding success and that is with anything, homebased business, real estate trading, investing ANYTHING.

So what are you waiting for, stop BEing lazy, get off your a*se, stop blaming others for your short comings and become part of the solution as opposed to the problem.

You are that Powerful, Ignite your passion!

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Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

So here is what is WRONG with the World…

Posted by Andrew    Posted in BLOG, Featured, My Rant    Posted in July 25, 2010    |    2 Comments

Hey all Andrew Hawkes here coming to you as always from some tropical part of the world (its easy to say when you work from home).

Those of you who know me know that I am the perpetual optimist, I  generally always look for the good in everything that happens, and I know that anything that does happen (in my life at least) is a direct result of what actions I have either taken or not taken. I am truly that powerful... so are you, just keep that in mind.

So when I said to a couple of my buddies hey I am going to write about what is wrong with the world I was greeted with a little friction as it were. So that is how I knew I was on to a winner. You see I am never happy with the status quo, I like to shake things up when I can... now some people call that sh*t stirring I prefer to look at it another way, I like think that I am provoking thoughts and feelings in other that would cause an individual to think and act a different way. So here I am.. I was put on this earth for a purpose and it really is high time I lived that purpose daily instead of every now and then. So here we are.

Right so what is it, what is so wrong with the world. Where do I start? Seriously... there is so many places this can go... in fact thinking about it this post may have to be broken down into chunks!

What is Wrong with the WorldLets start with the Australian Federal elections... currently in Australia we are in an election year and the election has been called early, due, in part, because Australia's leader was unceremoniously over thrown as Prime Minister due to underhanded tactics (we may go further on that later). Anyway, both parties are on the 'campaign trail' drumming up supporters and votes.. and if you live in Australia there is no escaping it... I don't watch a lot of T.V. yet the little I have seen since the announcement of the election has been even worse than before... why, I hear you ask?

Well there are campaign ads on T.V. right? Of course, but these aren't ordinary ads. These are ads that actually, not only condone the slander of another person or party, they send a clear message that it is perfectly OK for you to do it. Think about it... this is the government... this is who will lead our country. My god this is where it starts, what sort of chance do we have if our own leaders use underhanded tactics to win? Now as far as I know no one is perfect... heck I have made some monumental mistakes in my time, that is all part of the journey of life. Most of us enjoy a certain amount of  privacy in our lives and to be fair are happy to, we don't want the whole world knowing some of the things we have done... we were young and stupid.

So what is my point? Well it is this... If you are that quick to point out someone else's flaws (and as I said we all have them) then what is it that you yourself are trying to hide or cover up. When political parties only point out all of the things that another party has done wrong instead of all the right reasons you should be voting form them... what are they hiding? If they truly had a solid plan or policies then would they not be better to promote that? Oh and in case you are wondering... I am lucky enough to have an unbiased view on this, you see I don't have the right to vote in Australia... and even if I did I am not sure I would, BOTH parties are as bad as each other. The question is however, What sort of example does this set for the country? It is no wonder that no one is willing to take responsibility when the damn government won't. It therefore is no wonder that Australia and New Zealand alike (I can't speak for other countries, I have only visited them) are a nation of Tall Poppies. You know what I mean, they like to tear someone down, try and squash their dreams. When the government sets such meager standards why would one try be more than they are?

Of course this is just one example... You can see it everywhere, in fact a good friend of mine highlighted in his book Integrity is Everything that business take advantage of the fact that no one is willing to take responsibility. He mentions in his book that one day at the gym his iPod run out of batteries and that he heard the gym radio when an ad came across telling members that 'they understand how life can get in the way, if you need to put your membership on hold we can help you out'. OK so I am paraphrasing a little bit here, however you get the point, its a flow on effect, the government can do it, so can we! The Gym's go on further though, they let people do this because they know that they have oversold memberships... if every member turned up at the same, there would be no room for exercise, in fact it would be standing room only... The gym is exploiting our lack of responsibility.

So in the above scenario it is the gym that makes it OK to not be responsible... That is a big part of what is WRONG with the world.

People on a whole are sheep, they are part of a herd and if one sheep does or does not believe something then the rest of them are likely to follow. Now this can be down to a number of reasons, they don't know any better, the other sheep in the herd are scared that the one that wants to leave may make something of themselves and forget about the herd... there are HEAPS of reasons that they might stay. What chance does one have to leave the herd when a countries leadership and society as a whole make is so easy to be below average? Not a very high one... that is more than likely why 95% of the worlds wealth is controlled by 5% of the population...

Of course it doesn't end there does it? No it takes someone pretty freakin strong to keep getting up after being kicked in the guts or being knocked down... It takes something pretty special to be able to cipher through all the crap that is out there, seriously... when you have companies (some even personal development companies) and countries that are run by so called 'enlightened people' tearing each other down at every turn then what chance does the average person have?

Can you guess?

NONE!

Of course you could be come above average... it is a choice... you only have to do one thing more than the average person does and then you would be above average right? It all starts with one step.

Well this is a long one....  should I break it up? Not sure it would flow right.... there is of course way more to say on this topic... perhaps now is not the time?

Enjoy

To Your Success

Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

Leveraging your Network to Generate Traffic

Posted by Andrew    Posted in BLOG, BLOGS and BLOGGING, Business, Featured    Posted in July 15, 2010    |    2 Comments

Are you doing it? Can you honestly say that you 'help your fellow man' with his or her blog? Are you reciprocating? It's a little known fact (although that is slowly changing) that when you help someone you help yourself. There are a few people that have cottoned on to the fact that by syndicating Team Workyour blog with 100 or so others you can totally dominate a niche, it really doesn't take that long. The stupid thing is that people are lead to believe that they need to pay for this sort of thing, like it is outside of the realm of possibility for them to be able to do it themselves!

How utterly dis empowering and pathetic! There is power in syndication, and there are entrepreneurs that are getting fat of the fact that the masses can't organise themselves enough to talk to a few of their mates and say "Hey, why don't we all get together and follow each others blog and comment on and share every post to the world via the vast range of social media outlets available to us now?" Damn.... there is an idea and you know what? It might just bloody work!

Of course it works! That is why there are 'tribes' and 'syndicates' popping up everywhere, there is power in it... what totally shits me about the whole situation is there is one person in each organization now sits back, collects a check and calls themselves an expert because they had an idea... Don't get me wrong, I applaud the fact that they had the foresight get the organisation happening, but come on charging people 50 bucks and month and upwards so that they can promote your blogs? Really! In this day and age of web 2.0 there is no need to do that... take my good friend Natalie Louise for example, some great out of the box thinking on her part, she has approached a number of people who she respects and who she follows and who follow her and has created a library of sorts with some great information and can get anyone started with online marketing for FR*E great info and freely available. You don't even need to follow her blog! (But you should cause its a good one)

So where is all of this going? Well, it's simple really, Warren Buffet has a theory on becoming wealthy (and if you don't who Warren Buffet is... Google Him, I'm all about teaching to fish, not giving fish ;) ) he says its a bit like a snow ball, what you need is a really long hill and some really wet snow. Basically what he is saying is that is it might not happen in an instant (its a bit like my post about making money from home).

What do you think would happen if you had a friend or a colleague who had a blog (and lets face it, if you are in business of any sort these days you should have one) and you said to them... hey if I was to follow your blog, and make comments, would you do the same for me? Do you think they would? You are offering something, your time, and realistically it doesn't take much time to read a blog and leave a comment, you do realise this helps you too right? I mean when you leave a comment (and I am talking about a quality thought provoking comment) you will not only will people see that and follow the link you leave behind to your own blog (generating traffic) the search engines pick it up also, creating better SEO for yourself. So how does this help your friend, well it will actually engage others who are surfing to read the post and quite possibly comment themselves. You see nothing creates interest better than others talking about it... I think back to when I lived in Christchurch New Zealand, my parents were visiting and we were at one of the local malls, we were walking along and I said to my father, "How is that for some marketing? Look over there, that shop has all of its windows 'wrapped' up and no one can see in" There was a Que out the door of about 20 people (there were maybe 2-3 people in store) the shop had created such intrigue as to what was going on that people were flocking to see it! Just then my mother said "oh look, there must be something going on, we better go and have a look!" Which was when I turned to my father and said "case and point!"

The fact is, nothing creates interest faster than others interest in it... you see what I mean, its a psychological thing.

So back to our friends blog... of course when he does the same the same thing happens for him or her. It truly is win win. And best of all it cost younetwork nothing except an investment of your time... and long term can literally provide you with a steady passive income stream, and if that doesn't excite you, you better check and see if you have a pulse.

Right now imagine for a second that you did this with only 5-10 of your friends or colleagues and they all did the same, just like a syndicate now how is your blog looking? Great right? I tell you this is one of (if not the best) way of generating long term traffic and income streams for you and your syndicate. Pretty simple right?

So are you doing it? I can almost guarantee you are not. To make it work you have to all support each other... I was involved in something similar that I had started... There was never any official agreement that we would all do it, I was really relying on integrity... unfortunately it wasn't reciprocated, I was digging and tweeting away, and there was no love coming back my way.... So I stopped....

This can and DOES work..... my advice on the subject is this... Have an agreement with 5-10 others to begin with, help each other out, invest your time... it will pay off... Remember if you are holding up your end of the deal with BLOGS and comments, you are winning anyway, so hit it hard...

Well that is my little rant for the day... feel free to leave your comments here and I will surely reciprocate ;)   After all, that is what it is all about!

To Your Success

Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

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