Bankruptcy to Millionaire

How would you like to discover exactly how I made money LAST NIGHT, WHILE I WAS SLEEPING?

Just three days after I threw down the challenge to ALL of my readers (it’s not too late to take part! Take action now!) I have been seen RESULTS. Yes, you read the right. CASH IN MY POCKET.

Am I going to tell you what I sold? No. Am I going to show you the eBook I’m using to promote it? No.

Not yet at least… affiliate marketing is a HIGHLY competitive field, and if I find a successful nice, I just CAN’T afford to give it up (and risk someone copying me). But what I am going to do is tell you what I did, to find success.

First, as I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’m taking MASSIVE ACTION. And conditioning myself for success.

I was working on my projects after I got off of work from my “real job”. I worked until about 10 pm, writing a sales letter, setting up auto responders, etc. I created a long list of To Do’s in order of priority, and just got to it. I told myself I would NOT leave until what I got done what I needed to get done. In this case, it was a fully functioning site, with a download page, auto responder, opt-in form, etc.

(I’ll provide you with my resources for these items soon.)

So I got it up and running, and I woke up this morning to the following stats of my niche site.

(Note: I’m testing 4 out of about 100 ad groups. So there is HUGE room for expansion if the averages play out.)

I woke up to the following amazing results from 10 PM yesterday - 11 am Today:

• 28 click throughs on adwords ads. @ 1.9% CTR on my adwords ads (I’m paying LESS THAN $0.40 for each click!).
• 9 Email Opt-Ins to receive the newsletter, and free eBook.
• 1 Email Testimonial praising the eBook.
• 1 $24.55 commission (sale)!

So not only do I have a profit of about $19, I also have a start of a mailing list that I can promote niche products to!

I can’t wait to give a further update on all of the techniques I’m going to use to promote via email, and eventually snail mail. So make sure to subscribe to my RSS so you get all of these juicy details!

I can taste my first $100 day already! Are you head toward your goals, or away from them? If not toward why not? Challenge yourself for success!

- Tevin

P.S. If you don’t already, make sure you check out a GREAT AFFILIATE MARKETING Blog: UberAffiliate.

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Success is a marathon. It doesn’t happen over night, it takes work and effort on a continuous basis.

You don’t expect to run a marathon after sitting on your ass for the last decade and actually finish do you? You shouldn’t expect anything different from success.

When I challenged my readers to work their ASS off for two weeks to reach a substantial goal that they set. I also am giving myself the same challenge.

I have challenged myself to work my ASS off to PROFIT $100 by January 28th. Just two weeks from the start of the challenge. But for me to work my ass off, I must CONDITION MYSELF. If I’m not conditioned I’m going to be warn out by the end of the first couple days.

Instead, I am forcing myself to take MASSIVE ACTION in all areas of my life. I am going to bed earlier. Getting up early and eating a hearty breakfast (a meal I am notorious for skipping). I am forcing myself to read.

I am reading equal parts of:

Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins & Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

When I drive I am listening to Yanik Silver’s copywriter workshop (about 12 Audio Cd’s).

I am forcing MASSIVE CHANGE in my life, to achieving MASSIVE SUCCESS. I am skipping lame television shows. I’m not wasting time Entrecard dropping. I am focused.

In the two days since I proposed the challange, I have:

1. Put together a 75 page eBook, that I am giving away for free.
2. Launched a niche blog to promote the ebook
3. Tweaked the blog to look like a sales page and not a “blog”.
4. Put the affiliate links necessary to promote the niche products in the eBook.
5. Tweaked my adwords campaign to promote the free eBook.
6. Started work on a “make money online” section of this blog to rank in the search engines.
7. Listened to two full CD’s on Yanik Silver’s Copywriting course which gave me some fantastic ideas to promote the free eBook.

And that’s just in the last two days. I can taste that $100 day coming!

What are you doing?

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The last 4 days have been incredibly eye opening on what it takes to grow a blog by leaps and bounds in a very short period of time. I’m going to share the secrets I’ve learned and answer a few readers comments on where this blog is going to go.

First I’d like to share that I’ve been enamored to see the growth of Winning the Web–pretty much overnight. I know Gyutae is getting plugged all over the net for his free John Chow and Cow reviews contest.

But it just has to be said, the man planned it down to a T. And with good timing, and smart planning, EXCELLENT blog entries (not to mention entertaining guest posts on big name bloggers), and unique Community Involvement implemented (i.e. Blog Hopping and his Blog Audits) his blog is taking off like a Rocket. Good work Guytae–I’ll be following your development, and I aspire to have the vision and foresight you have. (P.S. To Gyutae I hope to win a blog audit. heh!)

So all of this has me quite intrigued. It’s quite obvious that an enticing, and well promoted Blog Contest can grow your blog exponentially seemingly overnight–with smart planning and smooth execution. What contests are you running? You’ll certainly be seeing one from B2M before the New Year!

Next I’d like to answer some of my readers. Because a few phenomenal ideas have come from comments given to me. I’d like to respond to each of them individually here:

“Another thought to getting exposure that I have been reading about lately is guest bloggers, have you others that write the same niche, you maybe able to ask them to write for you and then their readers might follow giving you a new readership as well.
I have tried this with my Jericho Blog and it has worked, tho I do guest blogging more myself on a few other blogs.”
From: lisa coultrup ( kystorms) at http://jerichooncbs.blogspot.com/

Thanks Lisa for the comment! Guest blogging is another thing I’ve been reading quite a bit about lately. I think this is a phenomenal way to get exposer. I am going to spend several days writing Guest Posts for Blogs that I’d like to be featured on. I am then going to plan a surge. I’d like to get them all posted in the same week (or day if possible!) then coordinate a Blog Contest as well to build RSS and Technorati readers all around the same time period. The goal is to get a HUGE SURGE of traffic all at once.

“Hi, my advice for getting noticed would be monthly if not weekly accountability on your blog.
You could for example setup a bank account and accumulate money in it, and give the balance every month, over time it’ll be interesting.
Of course being a millionaire will mean you’ll have money invested in some other things than a bank account, so work it out yourself, but the keyword i guess is public accountability and regularity, so your readers build expectations”
From James at www.Blog-Money-Wiki.com

This is a PHENOMENAL idea. I’ve always wanted a monthly (or bi-monthly) progress report. Just didn’t know the “right” way to do it. A bank account is a truly interesting and entertaining idea. I am going to put a ton of thought into this an implement “Tevin’s B2M Progress Report”. This will be a full disclosure on EXACTLY where I’m at.

Thanks so much everyone, your comments are TRULY appreciated,

- Tevin Anderson

P.S. If you are interested in having me write a guest post for you; would like to post a guest post on this blog; are interested in doing any other sort of cross blog promotion; please email me: Tevin [at] bankruptcytomillionaire.com

P.P.S. Enjoy the link love everyone!

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On Saturday I blogged on having a lack of concentration. And feeling “lackluster” or stagnat.

That was Saturday.

THIS IS TODAY. And today I feel GREAT! I feel today is going to be a fantastic and PROFITABLE week.

• This site is growing by leaps and bounds. (Just broke the 200,000 mark on Alexa is just over a month of Blogging.)
• Last night at around 12:30a I register my new domain to launch my new site. (More on that in a second)
• I have some great ideas that should make some good money for the company I word for (and generate some commissions!)

What am I going to be doing?

Registering and starting this website will be my first trust step from moving to Bankruptcy to becoming a millionaire. It is a true exercise in wealth building because it could become a somewhat high paying residual income.

What I’ve done is, I’ve created a page to affiliate marketing a Dog Training and Obedience course. But the neat thing I’ve done is I’ve created a seperate landing page for each of the major dog breeds (so far I have about 18 of the most popular breeds).

I am going to begin marketing the site with adwords and other PPC methods. The great thing is this product will lead to a back end market. I will be able to continue to market additional products to the people in this niche. And I have a few ideas that could turn this business into a $1,000,000+ a year enterprise if this site is successful.

People love their dogs. And they love to take care of their dogs.

I am going to be tweaking and testing this site over the next few days to find out if there is any life to it at all. I will report my progress over time.

*Side note: Finally I am getting to the nature of why I started this blog. Yes it has started off slow. But with some skill, and some luck, and I DOCUMENT exactly how I go from doing nothing. To make real money. In REAL TIME. Thanks everyone*

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In my post earlier today about thinking and being positive about landing the job has paid off!

I thought through the entire event over and over in my head, exactly what I was going to say. And now I have the job working as a restaurant magician at Red Robin.

Thinking positive pays off!

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It’s been brought to my attention that I sometimes tend to post the negative things going on. Specifically my view on a day of cold calling… This is not my intention!

So today is a VERY important day for me. And I’m staying completely positive. Today is my audition for Red Robin to be their in house magician two days a week. This is a job that can pay as much as a part time job working only 4 hours a month. It would be an incredible coup for me if I were able to land the gig (because it will open all sorts of doors).

The thing is there isn’t an ounce of me that believe that I WON’T land the gig. I KNOW I’m going to get it. I have been doing magic for quite some time (professionally since I was 16, and winning talent shows even before then). I know what I’m doing. And I know I’m good. I will amaze them. And I will get the job.

The thing is this is just the first step. All morning I have been running ideas through my head on how I am going to use this as an “in” and turn it into a business model that hasn’t really been done before (at least around my area). Because even though the pay is great:

A) You can only work so many hours a night.
B) There are only 7 days a week

I can’t make more than a few hundred dollars a week. Even if I were to max out the schedule it could only turn into a few thousand a month! This would be fantastic! But it can be better, and I think I know how to do it. Structure it in a way where I am not limited to the amount of days that I can work, in the amount of places I can make money from at any one time, and this could be one of my limitless streams of income.

You see I can only trade My Time for somebody else’s Money for so long. Eventually I run out of time. Then I run out of money I can make.

So I have to put in as much effort to NOT ONLY trading my time for money (because right now I don’t have

many other options). But also making sure that I look at every angle of profitability so if there is an opportunity to make m

ore money I jump on it!

How can you implement this into your life? Are you trading every single hour you can for money? Is there a way in which you can work once and have it pay forever? Do some thinking…

Anyhow, if you by chance own or manage a restaurant I have something I want to talk to you about. I think it will benefit

us both a ton!

I’ll update you on my progress this evening!

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I’ve been poundin’ the pavement. Kickin’ the dirt. Hittin’ the streets. And a number of other euphemisms for cold calling lately.

Basically I’ve been walking into businesses unannounced and trying to get their business! Yea… IT’S TOUGH!!! And I pretty much HATE doing it.

For 2.5 days this week (and ever other day I’ve gone out prior) I’ve been catching nothing but AIR. Nodda. Zilch. I was wiffing at every corner. But I kept at it. 5 Hours each day, getting told “No!” “Get out!” “No thank you” “We’re taken care of…” “That’s not something we’re interested in…” “No I’m sorry he’s not available.” And pretty much any other blow off you could possibly think off.

But at last! After practicing my rebuttals, rehersing, getting over my FEAR OF FAILURE. I’ve finally gotten passed the first wall.

Today, I walk into Red Robin for the second time in as many days. Ask to speak with the manager, and a few words and a card trick later… I’ve finally got an audition which I’m sure to NAIL to becoming the regular performing magician at that Red Robin restaurant.

It’s a small step. Yes. But it is a STEP! I thought I just wasn’t cut out for this. I was beginning to think “maybe I CAN’T sell”… ugh. I hate failure!!!! That’s NOT me anymore. And BAM when I least expect it. I get my chance.

This is a great opportunity at a supplemental income, and will open up doors to other Red Robin’s in the area when I land the job! This is tremendous step for me in helping me pay down my debt, and come closer to becoming a MILLIONAIRE in 48 months.

So as my thanks to Red Robin.

EAT THERE!

Have a great Friday everyone!!! And remember, don’t just GIVE UP. Keep at it until you find success, or success finds you. You’ll be happy you did. I certainly am!

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Ok… so maybe I’m not a millionaire yet! But I’m making progress! I wanted to give a quick recap of whats happened so far in my journey to excellence and success:

• I’m facing my fear of face to face cold calling from my job. I’m forcing myself to go out and talk to business managers, even though I feel COMPLETELY out of my element. I much prefer selling with the written word.
• I am posting here on a regular basis and building a REGULAR READERSHIP! Thanks to everyone who reads this. It really means a lot to me. And the comments you’ve given me about how you are also inspired to achieve thrills me to no end!
• I am reading reading reading. Although this is also a fault! I’m not reading an hour EVERYDAY yet. But I will get there.

Now as I mentioned in an early post. I am beginning to try to monetize the things I do in life. This blog being one of them. I don’t plan or charging for it, or anything like that. But paying the hosting bill wouldn’t be bad.

With surges of pages views now starting to come in over 500 on some days. If I can learn to monetize that to a degree. That would be amazing!

Again thanks everyone for the support. And I’ll be talking to you tomorrow! Cheers to you and your success.

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I’ve been asked several times:

“Tevin, this is great. But what exactly is your plan to become a millionaire in just 4 years?”

This a great GREAT question. And one that I’ve had been thinking a ton about. Yes. Action is terrific. Yes. Getting over my fear of failure is a necessity. But after I have done all of that… Then what?

Just ambition and action on ‘nothing’ or just ‘doing’ doesn’t make me a millionaire. Not even close. I am going to have to revolutionary. I am going to have to set a new standard. I am going to have to have to completely change the way I think about money, and success. Becoming a millionaire in 4 years is no easy task.

Quite the contrary is is going to be quite difficult and challenging. And I’m going to have to greatly improve everything in my life.

So I have been putting a lot of thought it to what it IS that is going to make me a millionaire. And frankly I don’t quite know.

This is when I realized I really need a PLAN. Not just an idea. Not just the notion of being rich. Yes, I believe that is the first step. But certainly not the only one.

And today I had an epiphany in the shower. As I’m applying the conditioner I immediately though “ohhhhh”. And the more I think of it. The less revolutionary it is. And the more obvious it becomes.

Let me backtrack for a second. Yesterday I was on John Chow’s Blog and reading his October Income Report. And he was talking about the huge sums of money he made just from blogging last month. And he included a link to his first month of blogging just over a year ago. Where he made around $250 just from adsense in his first month as a pro blogger.

He started out doing a “case study” to see if making money blogging was an obtainable goal. I think he has succeeded.

But then an idea started to gel in my mind. To become a millionaire. I can’t dabble here and there trying to make money. I must concentrate to maximize making money.

Monetizing my life. Where can I make money in everything that I do?

This is something that will be racing through my mind through all of this. What can I do that I normally do, and then make a profit? What can I do that I enjoy doing that I can make a profit?

And not only that. How do I MAXIMIZE the profit potential? Just putting an ad on my blog is 1 think. But quite honestly I’ve made only just over 5 dollars in a week. Because I just placed them there. And quit. I haven’t figured out how to MAXIMIZE the every thing I do with this blog. Both to increase visitors and regular readers, and their value each time they visit.

It also really gelled even further that I have to “GO FOR IT”. I want to be a copywriter. Yes blogging is great. I love writing. And I hope one day this turns into a profit generating enterprise for me. However, that’s not why I’m doing it.

I blog because I want to share my adventure. I want to document me being POOR. I’m BROKE! I want to read these words 4 years from now to see how far I’ve come. I blog to help motivate and inspire others to do the same.

I would like to make my true money writing copy. I love selling with the written word. I have my “in” as a starting copy writer doing freelance Catalog Copy work. Nothing major. Nothing huge. But it could GREATLY improve what I’m making now (barely over $1000 a month.).

If done correctly I could consistently make as a beginning freelance catalog copywriter between $1500-$2500 a month working a little less than full time. This would be a huge bump in my monthly income! Then I can build from their. My experience coupled with my burning desire to make it will force me to success.

But to get there I am realize I am going to have to make some sacrifices for my long term happiness, and the long term happiness of others around me.

This plan will assuredly gel further over time. It will become more clear and defined. But as of right now, I feel I truly see and realize my destination. Unlike any other day before. Today I feel I have cleared a “brain hurdle” that was limiting my success.

Happy Sunday everyone and lets all have a fantastic week!

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Turns out Dogs are a great friend.

But “To Do Lists” seem to be my best friend. Not only do I get more accomplished. I get it done quicker and better when I have it written down as a constant reminder to myself.

When you have your own writing staring you in the face to do something. You get it done just to scratch it off the list.

Today my list consisted of getting “small” things done I’ve been putting off for not only weeks, but an ENTIRE YEAR. I made up some comb bound books for my cold calling session I’ve been putting off, that I’ll go on tomorrow at 10 AM Sharp. But I made a few calls and finally took my car in to be inspected for some damage I’d done to it OVER A YEAR AGO. The good news is, I did something I told myself I should do. The bad news is, the damage is WAY worse than I thought it would be… *sigh*

So I urge you. This week:

Begin Making To-Do lists. And follow through. Make sure you have it on you at all times. So you can write things down as you think of them. Then you have no more excuses for forgetting–and therefor not taking action.

Start your To-Do list with something you’ve been putting off for a long time(days, weeks, or in my case over a year!) and do it. No matter how small.

Once you begin to Take Action you begin to build moment. And eventually the inertia keeps you achieving things just out of habit.

Tomorrow should be a fun day! I’m going to be taking my new Mogul Smartphone on the road!

I’ll be supply video throughout the day updating on my cold calls! Should be fun!

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