The Life Of An Internet Entrepreneur, The Mindset And Motivation

 

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Curious about what the life of an internet entrepreneur looks like? Today Dean Holland looks back to when he first started online, comparing that to the life he leads today as an online entrepreneur. There are some important lessons to be learnt from this story…

“Good morning my friend! Dean here of course. On the way to Internet Profits on this fine, warm morning here in England. Welcome to today’s episode of The Drive.

Hang on. What day is it? Is it Friday? No, what day is it? Oh it IS Friday!!

Okay, normally this would be ‘recap of the week’. But I have something to speak about, and then I’ll do recap of the week. What the heck! Who cares. Let’s just roll with this.

So just before I come to the recap, a few big things, exciting things happened this week, that I will tell you about in a second. But I want to address something, okay?

You see, something was said on social media the other day. And I do like to see as much as I can, even if I can’t always respond to everybody. So please know your comments are read, even if I don’t always get the time to reply.

An Unavoidable Question That Needs A Full Answer

Because across all of our platforms like Facebook and… Well I say ‘all of our platforms’.  I don’t even bother with most. I should, but I don’t. Facebook and YouTube mainly.

I Sometimes Start Work As Early As 6am, And Finish At Midnight… Why?

But somebody said the other day, “You know what Dean, it looks like things are going amazingly well in your business. But why is it you still get up so early?”

I think this stemmed from over the last couple of weeks. If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that I’ve been getting into the office and starting my work online pretty early, right? Much earlier than I needed to.

I’m pretty much always the first there. I’ve literally been going in some days at like 6 am. And some of these days as well, I’ve been there to like 9 pm, 10 pm, even midnight on one day.

And somebody said like, “Why?…

“It Doesn’t Look Like You’re Living The Life Of An Internet Entrepreneur”

There’s this whole thing of like y’know, working on the beach or being able to do whatever you want. And believe me I can, to a degree, live the life of an internet entrepreneur like that.

Recently – Caribbean Cruise, Disney Parks, On Stage With Tony Robbins, Greek Holiday

If you think about it, over the last four or five months I have been on a Eastern Caribbean cruise. I have spent five days at the Disney parks. Been in Orlando, Florida and done some awesome stuff there. Spoke on stage with Tony Robbins. I have spent seven or eight days in Greece, in the Mediterranean. Cruised around the Med in a boat. Some amazing experiences, y’know.

But here’s the thing. Here’s the big crux of this whole thing, right? You might look at me and see like, “Oh, your business is amazing. You’ve got everything you want. A nice house. Drive nice cars. You got all this kind of stuff.” And yeah, I’m truly blessed. Like my life today is unrecognizable to how it was ten years ago in the life of an internet entrepreneur.

Ten Years Ago In The Life Of An Internet Entrepreneur

Like, ten years ago I was in over sixty thousand dollars of debt, driving a crappy little car. I was working at a construction company in a job I hated, with a boss who was just a complete dick! (Sorry about that, but it’s true.)

Ten Years Ago I Was In A Hellhole – Today Very Different, With A Big Vision For My Company

I had like five maxed out credit cards. I was paying off two sizeable bank loans. I had a minus $3,000 plus bank account overdraft. And I was in a hellhole. Like, literally living a ‘hell’ of a life.

Today very different, clearly very different. But I don’t see that. You know what I see? I see somebody that’s just getting started.

Because I have aspirations that are bigger than I could even possibly put into words. The vision that I have, the big vision for my company and the impact that we can make in this world for our industry, is far beyond what you see today. Like this is child’s play to where we’re gonna be.

The Hustle Mentality

So, why do I still get up? Why do I work? Well let me just be clear on something. Because there’s this whole hustle, 24/7 hustle, hustle, hustle mentality, right? I hustle five days a week. Monday to Friday, I give to the world. Meaning what I put in Monday to Friday is to make an impact.

I Don’t Do Anything On A Weekend – I Have A Great Work/Life Balance

What I do on the two other days of the week is for me and my family, right? What I mean by that is, when Friday ends I’m out of here! I don’t even have a computer at home. Robyn my fiancée does, but I don’t even have my computer at home anymore.

So I don’t do anything on a weekend, right? Yeah, sometimes I’ve got my phone. If I’m bored I’ll look at Facebook, But generally speaking I don’t do anything until Monday comes back around.

So I will grind when the time is there to grind, and when the time is right. But you better believe that I have a great work/life balance. And yeah, so I wanted to just kind of answer that, in that sense.

Do You ‘Deserve’ The Weekend Off?

If you’re not where you want to be, don’t be lazy. Get up earlier, put some work in before you go to your job. Come home, work. If you’re if you’re stuck in a job you hate, like I used to be. Then you don’t deserve yet to have that weekend off. And I don’t mean that disrespectfully. But if you truly do not like your situation, change it!

If You’ve Got People Depending On You, It’s So Important You Take This Seriously

I remember when I was in my full-time job. I would get up at 5-6 am, walk my dog, drive to work which was an hour’s drive. Work from 7:30 am through until 5 pm. I wouldn’t get home until gone six. I’d walk my dog, eat, and I’d get back on that computer. And I’d be there all night, sometimes until early hours of the morning. That was Monday through Friday.

Weekends, I’d get up first thing in the morning, walk my dog, and I’d work on the computer. I’m not saying I didn’t do any fun things. I’d still spend time with my partner who I was with at the time. But my main priority was to change my situation which I did not like.

And so should yours be. Especially if you’ve got family or people that are depending on you, it’s so important that you take this seriously and do what it takes. Because they may not understand what you want to do right now.

A Scam, A Fad, Some Nonsense?

A lot of people don’t ‘get’ internet marketing. They think it’s a scam, a fad, some nonsense. They think you’re being tricked and duped. But that’s because they don’t see you progressing. They don’t see you getting the results.

Stop The Excuses And Buying ‘Shiny Objects’ – Invest Properly In Yourself And Your Success

What they see is somebody they love sacrificing at the computer and not being around them, giving them their attention. When what you see is you are sacrificing so that you can give them more of what they deserve. More of your time, more of your attention, and have more freedom and security in their life, right? That’s the difference with the life of an internet entrepreneur.

If you’re in that situation, sometimes you see two different things. So you need to get results, so they can see the fruits of your labour. Which means stopping all the crap. Stopping all the excuses. Taking things seriously. Stopping buying all the shiny objects. Invest properly in yourself and your success, to get what you need to do things properly.

My Results Changed Their Tune

Because I tell you, people change their tune when you start getting results. The people that used to laugh at me, do not laugh anymore. There was a time (I mean, I don’t even associate with them anymore). But there was a time where I’d have work colleagues at my last job who would laugh at me, and talk about me behind my back, and would smile when they say, “How’s that internet thing going Dean, Haha?” Almost like it was a joke and it was stupid.

Ten Years On My Life Is Completely Different – I Do What I Love – To Me It’s Not Work

Those same people, when I handed my notice in, then it was more like, “You’re leaving to do your internet thing? Oh that’s interesting. Is it going well then?” Like, the tune changed. And now those same people are no doubt probably either still in the same job, or jumping from jobs they don’t like, or y’know even in a worse situation.

Me, ten years on? My life is completely different…

Finish reading > The Life Of An Internet Entrepreneur

“Borrow My Business” A Review Of Dean Holland’s FREE Web Class

 

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Dean Holland has just released a new FREE training video entitled “Borrow My Business”, which attempts to layout a precise roadmap for anyone to create a full time income on the internet.

Today I want to give you a quick synopsis and review of Dean’s new Borrow My Business training. This is simply to give you an overview of What You’re About To Watch… Checking through this should make it easier to take in the details of what Dean goes into great depth to explain and demonstrate.

Dean opens promising to show you how to make over three grand a month by borrowing websites, even if you’re a complete newbie with no experience or audience online.

He then shows you five examples of borrowed businesses, some of which are paying him over five grand a month. Dean mentions here that he’s let certain people borrow his own Ultimate Funnel business too.

Works Best For Newbies and Failed Online Marketers

Typically the borrowed business method works well for successful affiliates. But the most spectacular successes mostly happen for frustrated affiliates and complete beginners.

Some Of The Ordinary Folk Making Money Borrowing Dean Holland’s Business

Dean then breaks down what he’s about to cover in the next 45 minutes…

• How he’s making over four grand a day without personally selling anything.
• The two hidden reasons why most are failing online.
• How to earn multiple streams of income by borrowing businesses.
• How to get website traffic for free and turn it into $10,000.
• How to borrow Dean’s entire business to make three grand a month.

Dean starts by briefly going through his difficult beginnings online, explaining the rocky road he’s travelled through online scams, personal debt, shame and despair. Then he reveals precisely what the turning point was for him, and where he was going wrong for his first four years not making a dime.

Then, just 18 months after doing one specific thing for the first time (revealed in the training video), Dean was making tens of thousands of dollars a month.

After explaining, based on this experience, the two reasons why most fail online, Dean introduces a single mother who he’s helped to grow her own income online from home to over $100,000 doing exactly What He’s About To Show You…

“Borrow My Business” Contents…

1. The new way for the average person to get rich online without making or selling products, or being well known.
2. How to earn thousand dollar commissions by giving away high value items for free.
3. How to get laser targeted traffic for free and turn it into $10,000…

1. The New Way For The Average Person To Get Rich Online Without Making Or Selling Products, Or Being Well Known

Starting with item number one, Dean goes into how things used to work in the past. And then explains in detail the two hidden but overwhelming problems now facing all affiliate marketers today.

Dean then reveals how he solved this, and introduces the approach of “borrowing businesses” which completely solves these two problems. He reveals the opportunity of earning easy $100 commissions from $5 sales. And also a couple of other borrowed businesses which offer recurring income.

Trouble is though, these examples are rare. And they don’t even really solve those two big problems facing affiliate marketers.

So Dean then reveals that he set out to build the solution for himself. And this changed everything, Not just for Dean, but also for those borrowing his business from him. He shows Facebook Group posts from at least ten others, most of whom report making over a thousand dollars in one day.

2. How To Earn Thousand Dollar Commissions By Giving Away High Value Items For Free

Here’s where Dean reveals the secret of giving stuff away for free to get paid thousand dollar commissions.

He focuses in on three enormously successful online gurus, Frank Kern, Russell Brunson, and Tony Robbins. Dean explains that he paid Russell Brunson $25,000 to discover how this method works so well.

Simply put, Russell (and Frank, and Tony) give away some of their best stuff for free, in a free book. The magic is what happens on the back-end. This is how Russell Brunson, Tony Robbins, and Frank Kern make their millions.

Dean then explains he spent the next two years building out his unique business framework, that can be borrowed and used successfully by others in part-time hours. He goes into detail about sales figures and the range and scope of his business, that others are now borrowing and making thousands in their spare time.

He mentions the attention he started to get from media and online gurus as a result of his business’s enormous success.

Dean now breaks down precisely how his business works, from the front-end to the back-end. He explains the basics of what he calls The Ultimate Funnel, and reveals that he actually has multiple seven figure Ultimate Funnels that can be borrowed.

James’ Story…

At this point, he starts to tell the heartfelt story of James who had just lost his job and couldn’t afford to drive paid traffic. James developed and worked on a free traffic strategy that took just a couple of hours a day, and had access to borrow Dean’s Ultimate Funnels.

Within seven months James had surpassed his previous day job income, and has made over ten grand in the last 36 days. All from his own free traffic strategy to give away Dean’s books for free.

3. How To Get Laser Targeted Traffic For FREE And Turn It Into $10,000

Dean now goes on to explain the precise traffic strategy that James now uses to make his new full time income…

Finish reading > Borrow My Business

How To Start And Build An Online Business From Scratch For Beginners

 

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After a difficult period of time recently in the online business education industry, Dean Holland gives his thoughts on how to start and build an online business from scratch. He also points to a specific resource designed to free up affiliate marketing beginners to have fun and enjoy building their online businesses…

“Good morning my friend, I hope you’re well. It’s Dean here of course. This has been a rather serious time hasn’t it. So let’s lighten the mood here, in today’s episode of The Drive.

Companies being closed, FTC, widespread panic in the industry, everybody losing out. And yeah, I’m not gonna try and sugar coat that there’s obviously major shockwaves going through the industry. With many people potentially losing out on a lot right now. It’s a very scary situation for a lot of people.

But… I don’t want to focus on that right now. You see, we’ve focused on that quite a bit recently, and I know there’s a lot of people facing scary times. However I want to just switch gears for a moment.

I want to talk about the other side of what people don’t tend to focus on enough. Because… And I know what it’s like, right? I’ve been there, when you’re trying desperately to start and build an online business and things aren’t going your way.

Building A Business Should Be Fun, And The Work You Have To Actually Do Is Simple

Stuff’s going wrong! You’re spending money, losing money, trying things, failing at things. Y’know, buying and trying everything that comes across your path and into your email inbox.

And it’s frustrating, and overwhelming, and it’s tiring. Everyone around you is doubting you, and all you want to do is silence them. But you can’t, because nothing’s going your way, right?

It Should Be Fun To Start And Build An Online Business

But I want to just switch to the other side. I want to remind you that building a business should be fun. It’s simple – the work you have to actually do. Don’t mistake me though – it’s not easy, right?

It’s simple in terms of the things that you have to learn and do to start and build an online business. Meaning it’s not like becoming a brain surgeon is it? Let’s be honest… It’s not like you’ve got to spend the next 5-10 years stuck in college or university getting degrees with a doctor watching over your shoulder.

It’s not like that, right? We’re literally at home at our computer or wherever we choose to work from, and we’re trying to learn and implement in a few key areas to be successful, to get results.

I Was A “Busy Fool” And It Was Tiring, Because I Just Didn’t Have A Plan

I think where the frustration starts to come in is that people don’t know what those areas are. If I look back on myself, I can remember it felt like there was a million and one things to do. I was a “busy fool”. I was working and grinding at the computer hours and hours each day, not sleeping, juggling work life, computer life, and family life.

And it was tiring, because I just didn’t have a plan. I didn’t have direction, didn’t have help, didn’t have support. And it’s tough, tough, tough, in that sense.

But I’ll tell you that it’s worth it. It is hard work, but it is worth it.

Are You Looking For Someone To Tell You That It Can Be Push-Button Easy?

And there’s that good old transparency that the FTC are looking for… You’re looking for someone to tell you that it can be push-button easy. And this is one of the problems in this darn industry. People don’t want to hear that it’s hard work to start and build an online business.

Everybody blames the product creators, but let’s for a moment think about what people are looking for. People don’t want to hear that it’s hard work to build an online business from scratch. That it takes time, that it takes energy, that it takes hard work and effort, and it takes money.

Here At Internet Profits We Attract Only Those Willing To Work For Results

No one wants to hear that, right? So for a product creator selling their own products, it gets tougher and tougher. Because people don’t want to hear that. That’s not what they want to buy. I mean, who wants to buy something that’s hard work?

If I said to you, “I’ve got something you can buy. It can absolutely change your life. It’s gonna be $3,000. I’ll do a lot of the work for you. But then you’re gonna have to put in some hard work, and you’re gonna have to spend 6/12/18 months working hard and focusing. Not doing anything else, not buying other products, not being pulled in different directions. Only doing this, and working hard to follow my directions.”

I know a few might buy, but many are going to be put off. But that’s one of the changes that we made here at Internet Profits over the last 12 months… Is actually to only attract those that are willing and wanting to work for the results.

How To Make It Fun

But let me come back to my original point of today’s Drive… Building a business can and should be fun. Should be enjoyable. Because you’re learning new skills, you’re developing yourself, you’re growing.

The Way To Make It Fun Is To Invest In Yourself And Get Help As Early As Possible

It’s a process. And a process that, if you are willing to put in that work, can absolutely pay off and change your life. And that is the truth.

The way to make it more fun is to actually invest in yourself, and get the help as early on as you can. Don’t let it reach the stage of becoming not fun. Don’t let it get to the stage where you despise sitting at the computer because you’re so overwhelmed and frustrated every day.

“So what’s a good starting point then, Dean? Tell me!”

Well if you are looking to follow the path that I did, which is to… First learn a few key skills, where you don’t have to spend years creating your own products, or learning to get to that stage and becoming an expert. Then you should start off looking at affiliate marketing, right?

Traditional Affiliate Marketing Is Dead

Now affiliate marketing has completely changed over the years. It’s not the same as it used to be. Traditional affiliate marketing no longer works. And I touched on this a bit the other day.

But without going into it, I’ve got a free, short read. It’s like 20 pages. I call it a playbook for affiliate marketers. It shows you exactly what to do. Just cover shipping and handling. Grab a copy of that now…

The Playbook’s Goal Is To Expose The Truth, Then Focus You On Learning The Key Skills

Anyway that’s not what this is about. But do grab that playbook afterwards here. Once you do that, then you can focus on learning those key skills to start and build an online business.

Now to be transparent with you, my end goal is not for you to just get that book and it changes your life. The goal of that book is that it opens your eyes and shows you the truth. Then my ultimate next step for you is that I want you to become one of our Certified Partners, okay?

Now there’s a higher investment here, when you become one of our Certified Partners. Then I’m going to provide you with done-for-you products, funnels, websites, and everything that you need.

And then you’re going to be able to apply the key skills that I teach you, to do advertising and traffic generation. To build yourself an audience, an email list, and all that kind of good stuff.

Start And Build An Online Business From Scratch For A Full Time Sustainable Income

Now my goal there – not saying this is the result – but my goal for you, okay… Again, keep it FTC happy, right? I’m not promising or guaranteeing anything at all. But my personal goal for people is that you start and build an online business that can provide you with a full time, sustainable income.

Finish reading > Start And Build An Online Business

MOBE FTC Update: How To Protect Your Business And Move Forward

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Following along from the MOBE FTC shutdown reaction post from last month, here’s Dean Holland’s MOBE FTC update, and some further advice on how to move forward by building your own assets in your online business…

“Good morning everybody. Dean here of course. Welcome to today’s episode of The Drive, taking place actually at Internet Profits HQ here in our video studio.

I messed up! I went to do today’s Drive in the car and I was talking to myself. Got to the office and I hadn’t pressed the darn record button! So I’ve popped into the video studio. We’ve just been working on a few things – setting up and completing our live streaming capabilities.

Now I want to just talk about something… A few days ago I did a video about MOBE – that it looked like they’ve been pulled down. It looked like, at that time, they had been pulled down by the FTC and shut down… MOBE FTC update… That has now been confirmed.

MOBE FTC Update

If you go to their website, the receivers letter is up there, and there’s all kinds of legal stuff that now will ensue. Reading some of the stuff, it looks like a lot has been happening. I’m sure MOBE will be fighting this, and they’re gonna be having their day in court, so we’ll see what happens.

And what I would say is that I feel, y’know above all, sorry for the people that are directly impacted who have just invested and spent money. I can’t speak as to whether MOBE has done anything wrong.

Some Customers Spent Tens Of Thousands, Some Paid Days Before It Was Shut Down!

I’ve seen some of their products. I’ve seen great content and things from Matt Lloyd in the past. And so everything looked good to me. But I don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes, right? So I can’t speak to that.

But what I can say is – that there will be a lot of people obviously who can no longer access the things that they’ve paid for. And some customers have spent thousands, even tens and tens of thousands – and now have zero access. Some people even paid, like, days before it was all shut off. So what an absolute mess!

I think right now, there’s a lot of shock and fear in the industry. Y’know like…

“Why Do All These Companies Keep Being Shut Down?”

Well I want to give you… Obviously let me just throw a disclaimer up here… I’m not a lawyer, not a legal representative of any kind, in any way shape or form. These are all just my own personal views and opinions. So make sure you do all your own research.

But what I can speak of is just some, like, common sense stuff that we all need to make sure we adhere to. So for example, not making guarantees or promises of outcomes, right? You cannot legally, morally, or ethically guarantee an outcome.

It’s even risky territory to even hint at what’s possible. Because it could be decided that you’re making it suggestive that everybody can do this. And typically not everybody’s going to be able to do something. So you’ve got to make sure you’re not making promises or guarantees of income.

Do People Experience Transformations As Advertised By The Weight Loss Industry?

Testimonials… Y’know, it’s a big area. And you know what’s crazy? When you actually understand the laws and you look into these things, you’ll realize that probably nearly all companies are violating some laws to some degree.

Look at the weight loss industry. They show these transformations. Well, is it true? Is it true and correct that the average person is experiencing these transformations?

In the make money online space – is it true, when you show these testimonials, that the average person is getting this result?

Is The Average Person Getting Results As Advertised?

Even when you have software, and tools, and solutions, and services… When you show something like, “Oh look at this amazing website that one of our clients has got and is making all these sales.” Is that a typical result?

Y’know for example, even with Shopify. Chris on the team here was actually telling me earlier that something like 95% of Shopify’s revenue… And I might be off with the percentages… But 95% of Shopify is revenue was coming from people that weren’t actually doing anything with their store.

Kind of like gym memberships! I bet a lot of gyms make most of their money from people that don’t even go, right?

And when you look at all these things, there are some widespread practices a lot of people are doing, that actually the FTC would deem as wrong.

Don’t Make Misleading Claims Or Promises. Be Completely Transparent And Honest

So make sure you’re not making promises, or guarantees of results and outcomes. Be careful with using any kind of testimonies or anything like that. Make sure you’re being transparent – on what your customer is entitled to, what ensues after purchase, and what your product requires them to do.

If you’re selling something – but then, in order to use it… So, say if you’re selling a widget for a website. And in order for somebody to use that widget, they actually need to make sure that they’ve got other things. Well, they need to know from you that they’ve also got to have these other things. So transparency is a big thing.

And we could go on and on. But just use your common sense… “Am I saying stuff on my website that could potentially be misleading, or misrepresenting, or making unsubstantiated claims, making promises or guarantees of outcomes?” So anyway, do your own research.

MOBE Won’t Be The Last Online Business Education Company To Be Shut Down

But I just wanted to share a few little tips that could help. Because at the end of the day, MOBE isn’t the first company to be shut down. And it sure as heck won’t be the last.

I mean we’ve seen companies come and go in this market space over the last few years alone. Some big ones, y’know. There was Empower Network – gone, now bankrupt, dead. Digital Altitude sued by the FTC – currently still non-existent. Now MOBE. And so if you look at these companies, there are patterns. People were doing the same stuff.

And if you are one of the unfortunate people that has lost out because of this currently… I mean, who knows? MOBE might be able to win their case. I don’t know at this stage.

But as I said in my video the other day…

Finish reading > MOBE FTC update