Best Online Business: 2 Steps To Build The Best Business Online For YOU

Here are a couple of key steps from Dean to follow, to build the best online business that’ll be a perfect fit for you.

“So, ecommerce just paid for my friend to get an Audi R8. An orange Audi R8 supercar. He’s actually coming to see me today, to show it to me. And and I’m incredibly excited about it all.

Good morning. Welcome to another episode of The Drive. Dean here of course, on the way right now to Internet Profits HQ. A little later than normal today.

It’s just after 9:00 a.m. I was and the office late last night, well until about 1 am.

We’re running week one of a six week brand-new coaching program…

The Customer Acquisition Bootcamp

…teaching the clients in the program how to get their own free plus shipping offers up and running.

Very, very excited about that program. Very excited for the success stories that are going to come from it.

So today… Lots of stuff happening at Internet Profits HQ. I’ve got a friend coming to see me today. Somebody I’ve known for many, many years – a good friend.

We don’t see each other enough. I’m really excited to see him today, particularly because I’ve not seen him for months and months.

We actually kind of started our journeys together in a way. Or at least, have known each other from the beginning of my full journey since 2008, when I got my mentor for the first time.

I Was In Over Sixty Grand’s Worth Of Debt

…at that stage, five credit cards, two bank loans, less than nothing in my bank account, y’know – overdrawn, maxed out.

And when I used up that last bit of money on a credit card, and joined a coaching program – he was in that program.

Now here’s the thing. When he joined that program, he was in a very different situation to me.

He actually had a business model – a system, if you like – that he was running on eBay.

And he was making like anywhere between ten to…

$20,000 A Month On Ebay Selling Hair Straighteners!

And this was the first time I’d ever come across… and bear mind this is 2008-2009… this isn’t in a time where ecommerce was huge. He was the first person I’d ever seen doing what, I guess, is now called ecommerce, right? Selling physical tangible products on the Internet

I remember thinking like, “Wow!” For one reason or another… long story short… he basically ended up having to cease selling that product. And his whole business kind of crumbled, and he had to start again using the process that he’d learned and built up for…

His Best Online Business

And I remember always thinking like, “Why are you doing physical products, when it’s surely so much easier to do digital products? Why are you doing this?” It seemed so much more work, so much more difficult…

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The Worst Affiliate Marketing Mistake That Beginners Often Make

Dean goes into detail here about an affiliate marketing mistake that so many beginners make that denies them the huge commissions they desire.

“In the past seven days something that we did in Internet Profits, in my company, really reminded me, or made me see really clearly…

…One of the biggest problems in affiliate marketing today, and why a large majority of affiliate marketers in our industry are literally losing so much money.

It’s now very different to how things used to be when I first got started.

So I want to talk about this today, and I want to tell you what we’ve done over the last seven days on what this affiliate marketer’s mistake highlighted.

And why…

If You’re Making This Affiliate Marketing Mistake

…you need to change this up. Because you’ll make a lot more money in your business, from your email marketing and in your promotions.

Good morning! Welcome to another episode of The Drive. It’s a glorious, glorious Monday, and an amazing start to the week. I’m on the way to Internet Profits HQ, and I’m excited!

I’m pumped up today. Because for the last seven days, starting last Monday through to Sunday, we’ve been running a one-week campaign to our Certified Partners.

Now This Is Something That I Wholeheartedly Believe In

…that we’ve done, put together and created for our Certified Partners – that’s not only providing them with an amazing collection of everything they need to get better results. But is also going to save them a lot of money.

So it is like, the ultimate win for our Partners. Whenever you’ve got something you wholeheartedly believe in, I see it as your duty to get into the hands of as many people as possible.

And so I said, “We’re not gonna do anything this week, other than show our Partners what we have, explain to them why they need it, and why they will benefit from it, and explain to them how to get it, and when the deadline is they can get it by.”

We committed our whole being for a full seven days. No promotion of other stuff in between. Just seven days…

Full Focus On This One Solution

…one thing, one problem / one solution, for our Partners.

This reminded me of when I first got started in affiliate marketing.

The done thing was; if you were going to promote and support a product that was being launched… meaning you were going to promote it to your audience. Then generally speaking, launches were for a seven day period, give or take. Some were five, some were a bit more.

You would commit to the entire launch period, the entire campaign.

And You’d Make Good Money, Great Money

But the thing is…

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Business Process Outsourcing Tips For Your Internet-Based Business

Thinking of online business process outsourcing (to the Philippines, for example)? Here are some great outsourcing tips from someone who’s discovered how to outsource effectively, through their own trial and error. Over to Dean…

“Of all the things I love most about having an internet-based business, is our ability as online entrepreneurs to access tools, software, systems, and people all across the globe, to help automate, and outsource, and systemise our operations, our business, our procedures.

There’s really been nothing like it. No business has had the opportunity – no traditional offline business – has really had the ability that we, as online entrepreneurs, have.

And so I want to talk about where you get started with that type of stuff – Y’know…

How To Outsource – How D’You Get Started Outsourcing Work?

What should you look at? That’s what I’m gonna talk about in today’s Drive.

Good morning! Welcome to The Drive. It’s Dean here of course, on the way to Internet Profits HQ. And I feel a little bunged up this morning. I don’t think I’ve got a cold, as such.

But last night, had a pretty late night. Didn’t get to bed till about 2:00 a.m.

I’m Just Not That Kind Of Guy Anymore

Late nights really affect me. It really breaks the routine I have. But needs must… Sometimes you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do in business.

We had a webinar that started at 11:00 p.m. UK time. And it ran for about an hour forty five to two hours, something like that. Then finished up a few other bits and came home.

I Want To Talk About Business Process Outsourcing

It’s an area that was always so unknown to me, for a long time in my business. I always struggled with things like…

What business processes should be outsourced first? How do you do it? Where do you go?

Who Do You Outsource To?

What type of person should I be looking for? And then, how do you train them? How do you teach them?

I made some huge mistakes with outsourcing work, early on in my business. Well, some mistakes ultimately went on to teach me a lot. But I want to share one mistake with you in just a second.

But before I do that, let’s first talk about…

What Business Processes Should You Be Looking To Outsource?

…Or what can you outsource? Well the bottom line ultimately is, you can outsource most things that you could choose to. But that doesn’t mean everything should be outsourced.

So let’s look at the areas, let’s look at the things that you probably should outsource…

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Do Facebook Ads Work? Be Extra Careful Who You Listen To

I literally saw probably one of the most stupid comments (on the subject of do Facebook ads work?)… And it was backed up with the most idiotic responses as well, yesterday, on Facebook. I’ve got to talk about this today.

Good morning, welcome to another episode of The Drive.

I just came out of the store, picking up some orange juice, and this lady comes in with a young kid.

And Y’know, It Was Awesome!

I was behind her waiting to pay for the orange juice, and she was so upbeat with the guy in the store. She was like, “Hey Bobby!” (I assume that’s his name otherwise she was just making it up.)

She was like, “How are you?” “Have a great day!” And then she left, and I was like y’know – not many people are that happy in the morning. That is awesome!

However… So yesterday, I literally saw…

One Of The Most Stupid And Idiotic Statements

…damaging, potentially damaging statements, for people to read on social media, on Facebook yesterday.

And rather ridiculously and unfortunately, it was also backed up by a whole bunch of other people commenting – agreeing with the statement!

So I’ve got to talk about that, this morning.

The statement was, “Paid advertising on Facebook does not work. I’ve tried everything and it just doesn’t work. So don’t waste your money.”

And I Was Like… “What!?”

You’re literally making a statement in a place, in a social environment, where your words can impact others beliefs, and feelings, and thoughts… And you’re making a statement that’s not just untrue, but complete nonsense…!

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Turnover Rate – Discover Your Minimum Turnover Figure And Survive!

If you don’t know this one thing – your minimum turnover rate – then you could be destined for failure in your business. It’s that important! And that’s what I want to talk about here.

Good morning! Welcome to another episode of The Drive. Dean here, on the way to Internet Profits HQ. And it’s a little brighter this morning, although it’s that time of year where it’s freezing cold.

I’m actually running a bit late. I was doing a webinar with all those who’ve joined our Certified Partner Program last night, and it went on a little later than planned.

So when I jumped up out of bed this morning, I’m actually running behind. I’ve missed the gym this morning, I’m sad to say. But I’ll make up for it tomorrow. It is what it is.

I was talking to somebody – an offline brick-and-mortar business owner… When was it? A few days ago? Weekend maybe? I can’t think now, but just recently.

And we got onto the topic of…

Understanding And Knowing Your Outgoings

Understanding basically how much a business has to make in order to keep the doors open. Meaning ultimately, like the minimum requirement of profits or turnover rate in order to stay open, in order to stay in operation, y’know.

All too often (and this was this was my version on this). I was talking about, y’know, that it’s common practice in an offline business – a restaurant, or a store, a brick-and-mortar store in the high street – they need to know what their outgoings are.

They need to know that turnover rate figure, in order to understand how much they have to be bringing in, in order to keep those doors open, right? In order to keep paying the bills, to stay open – as a…

Minimum Viable Turnover Rate To Stay In Operation

…let alone then going into profit.

And a lot of business owners… He was basically saying, it’s surprising what he sees – a lot of offline business owners don’t know that turnover rate figure. They just kind of keep going about their business every day, and they don’t know that figure.

This is why a lot of people go out of business. Because they don’t know that minimum target, that minimum income they have to generate to stay open.

Then obviously, we got onto the subject of my industry – online business, digital business. And I said, “Well it’s probably even worse in this industry.” Because a lot of people when they start out, they just pluck out this figure and it tends to be,

“I Need To Make $10,000 A Month”

Now for some people I’m sure that’s true. But for the majority, most people don’t need to make $10,000 a month. It just seems to be that figure, that’s been clung on to and thought about.

And that’s the figure that everyone goes for… which is a fine figure by the way. I’m not saying that it’s not something to strive for and aim for.

But what I’m saying is, in terms of keeping the doors opn on the business… Or let’s just say, for example…

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Grow Business Online – How To Grow Your Online Business

"GROW BUSINESS ONLINE – HOW TO GROW YOUR ONLINE BUSINESS"

How to grow business online is the subject of Dean’s message today…

“So I ended up in a concert in Birmingham, England last night, with Robyn my fiancee. Just before that I tried to eat a 10 pound food challenge, which didn’t necessarily end so well!

But being at the concert made me think about something in business, and I was reminded of this recently when I was flying from UK to the US in business class.

And I want to share this lesson with you, because this is a way that you can definitely, definitely add a significant percentage of profits to your business. In some cases…

Double, Triple Or More, The Revenue You’re Making

…every single year online.

Good morning welcome to a bit of a different setting for The Drive. I’m actually here in the office. Not gonna lie. Reason being, I forgot the camera last night when I left. So I didn’t have it to do The Drive when I left this morning. So…

Welcome To Internet Profits HQ

You can take a look behind me, and see what’s going on behind us here.

So yeah last night, yesterday, I left the office around about 3:00 in the afternoon because my mom had actually purchased me and my fiance some tickets for my birthday (which was back in September) to go to a concert in Birmingham, England.

Actually took us about three hours to get there, because the traffic was really bad. So when we arrived, we hadn’t had any dinner. And so before the concert began, we decided to go for some food. We went to a smokehouse which did meats like, y’know, ribs and brisket and pastrami and loads of different meats.

We get in there and – I love food! If you’ve followed me for any amount of time, you’ll know that…

I Love Food!

And there was this “plate”. There was this meal on the menu, and it was basically called a mixed grill smoked plate. And it had all this food on it, and I’m like, “That sounds good! I get to try different things.”

And so Robyn my fiancee, she placed her order. She was having, like, a burger, and I’d ordered this big plate, this mixed grill. And the waitress actually turned to me at the time. She was like…

“You Guys Haven’t Been Here Before, Have You?”

I was like, “No, first time.” She says, “Well, the burger you’ve ordered is huge. Like it literally comes like this…” (Stacked high.) And Robyn was like, “Oh well, I’ll still have the burger anyway, even if I can’t eat it. I want the burger.”

Then the waitress is like, “And your mixed grill that you’ve ordered, that’s a plate for three to four people. It is like nine pounds of food.” So I’m like, “Well, I’m kind of in a rush here. I’ve already chosen. I haven’t got time to go back through the menu. I’ve got a concert to get to. I’ll just stick with what I’ve got. I can eat what I can, and we’ll do that.”

The waitress said, “Well it’s gonna be a challenge!”…

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How To Build A Successful Business – Karate Kid Wax-On, Wax-Off Lesson

"HOW TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS – KARATE KID WAX-ON, WAX-OFF LESSON"

Lesson on how to build a successful business from Mr Miyagi in The Karate Kid. Waxing the car, painting the fence, sanding the deck. It’s all like building a successful business really.

Good morning! Welcome to The Drive. What a strange morning.

I’m looking in front of me and I can see the moon. It’s like a faint moon in the sky right there. And behind me is the Sun, what a strange thing. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before.

Anyway… It is the start of another week. We’re on the way to Internet Profits HQ, here in the UK.

This weekend I happened to turn on the TV (I don’t watch a lot of television, to be honest). Sat down, turned on the TV, was just about to eat some food… and…

One Of My Favourite Movies Of All Time

…(in the top 10 at least, I’m sure) was on. And it was The Karate Kid.

The original Karate Kid, right? There should be only one Karate Kid… with Daniel LaRusso and Mr Miyagi. And, y’know, it made me think of, when you’re doing new things, like, in your business.

When You’re First Starting Your Business…

…for example, and you’re having to learn all this new stuff that you’ve never heard of before. And it’s like, “What on earth is it?” or “How des it all connect?” “How does this, work with with this – how does it do it?”

At all different stages of your business, you’re going to go through those moments where you, like, y’know, “Ah, I just bought Infusionsoft, a CRM system – how does all this work?” And it’s all…

New Information Going Into Your Head

And it was kind of like when when The Karate Kid was was being taught by Mr Miyagi. He made a deal with him – he’s like, “I will train you to do karate to defend yourself, for the the tournament, and your part of the deal is… you will listen to everything I say, and you’ll do what I say, without any questions.”

He’s like, “Yes”, Daniel-san agrees. And then he turns up the next morning to start his karate lessons, what Daniel-san thinks is obviously going to be how to throw a punch, how to kick, how to a block, how to defend.

And the first thing Mr Miyagi has him do is wax the car, and he teaches the famous thing,

“Wax On, Wax Off”

And he’s like, “Okay”. Just thinks it’s a chore he’s getting him to do, in exchange for payment of training him.

Then the next day, he teaches him to sand the deck.He’s like, “Okay this is like, sand, sand.” (circular motion of hands). Next day turns up, “Paint the fence.” Next time turns up, “Paint the house (side to side)”

And he gets angry at this point, right? He’s like really frustrated. Mr Miyagi comes back from fishing and he says, “What the hell’s going on? You’ve been fishing all day!

“You Said You’d Teach Me Karate – You Ain’t Taught Me Nothing!”

He’s really peed off about it, “You’ve taught me nothing, all you’ve had me do is be your slave for the last week.”

And then he’s about to storm off and Mr Miyagi calls him back and throws a punch at him.

And y’know, he’s like Wax On. Boom! Blocks the punch! Right? You probably know the story.

But the moral of it ultimately is…

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