Best Ways to Make Money Blogging for Beginners

 

Best Ways to Make Money Blogging for Beginners

1. Google Adsense

Google Adsense might be the fastest and easiest way for a beginner to start earning passive income with a blog. The basic ideas behind Adsense is that you can display Google Ads on your website and when a visitor clicks on those ads you get a percentage of the ad costs. You've certainly have seen ads on other people's websites; you can have these ads appear on your blog or website as well.

Adsense is a contextual advertising network that places partner (business) ads on your website. It’s easy to set up—all you have to do is copy and paste some code given to you from Google in the places you'd like the ads to appear on your website.

Google will then show ads from advertisers that are a match to the content on your website so that ideally your website visitors are seeing relevant ads.

Don’t worry that your blog niche won’t be able to draw quality ads to your site. Google Adsense is one of the biggest networks on the Web, so you should get a healthy enough list of clickable sites to attract your readership.

And Google is smart enough to only show ads on your website that are relevant to the content on your website, so in many cases this can enhance the user experience on your site and the ads can be helpful.

Just make sure your content is of the highest quality!

2. Amazon Associates

Amazon Associates is the long established in-house affiliate program run by Seattle-based Amazon.com—the biggest online retailer in the world today.

It offers bloggers the chance to earn commissions by advertising Amazon products on your website—provided visitors click-through from your blog to Amazon.com and make a purchase.

The basic idea with Amazon Associates is that you can get a tracking link that is unique to you that links to any product sold on Amazon.com. If someone clicks on the link on your blog and goes back to Amazon and purchases the item, you are credited with the sale.

There are many ways you can promote Amazon products on your website. You could include a product catalog (pulled from Amazon.com) on your blog, you can write product reviews and link to the products you recommend on Amazon, and you can have a recommended resources page on your website; just to name a few.

The one caveat about Associates is that it probably suits bloggers who write about merchandising, retail products and shopping a fair bit. Logically, it will help your performance if visitors arrive at your website already predisposed to buying.

The program works by getting Amazon links, banners, or widgets (e.g. slideshows, ‘My Favorites’, ‘Wish List Widget’) onto your pages.

One added benefit is that if someone clicks on a link from your website to Amazon and ends up buying multiple items (not just the item you are promoting) then you would get credit for the entire sale! Imagine you recommend a book on Amazon, your visitor goes to Amazon to buy a book - and while they're there they end up buying a new TV, a Sony PlayStation, and some other things... you get credit for all of the sales. Not only that but any sales that are made in the following 15 days from that customer are credited to you as well.

3. Affiliate Marketing for Digital Products

Just like Amazon.com is a marketplace of physical good sold on the internet; there are also marketplaces of digital products sold on the internet as well.

One of the most popular digital product marketplaces is Clickbank.com. You can search the Clickbank marketplace for products related to your marketplace and promote them on your website, write product reviews, etc.

Just like with Amazon, if someone clicks on the link and goes back and buys the product you are promoting, you would get a commission for a percentage of the sale.

One attractive feature of promoting digital information products is that the commissions tend to be higher than that of physical products; ranging anywhere from 10% to 50% or even higher. As an example, if someone is selling a digital information product for $500 with a 50% commission - you can earn $250 per sale. This is much higher than commissions on physical products due to the high profit margins.

4. Create E-books and Information Products

Regular blogging is the ideal training ground for creating e-books, still one of the most popular forms of information products being sold by online entrepreneurs today.

Consider your blogs as “free” information that you offer to readers to demonstrate your expertise. With time, they become your fans and are ready for more in-depth material. This is your opportunity to make money—by presenting your e-books for sale alongside your free blog.

Just make sure that the e-book builds on your blog output—don’t simply rehash what they have already seen! After all, these people are now paying customers and will get upset with old information. Later on, as you become more established and your archived material becomes more extensive, poll your readers to see what topics they’d be interested in learning more about and potentially what topics of e-books they’d be interested in purchasing.

Again, you can sell an ebook for a much higher price than a regular book and benefit from a much higher profit margin.

5. Offer One-on-One Coaching

This is one of the quickest and easiest ways you can turn your expertise into money. The fact that you are publishing a blog and providing information in your market makes you an expert in your niche. In many cases people want to get personalized advice directly from the expert in their market.

You can simply put up a page on your blog offering one-on-one coaching to answer any questions they have or give them advice for a handsome fee.

Notice that I avoided putting a specific dollar figure on the amount you can make from blogging. It will come down to your work ethic, your skills as a writer, your ability to generate targeted traffic, and plain old good luck. It’s a bit like baseball: everyone played it as a kid, only a small fraction make it to college ball, an even smaller number become professional, but only the cream of the crop makes it to the majors.

You have to decide where in the blogging “big leagues” you want to end up.
The reality is that as more and more people from all over the world come online, the harder it will become to get attention online and generate income. That's why it's so important to focus on building your email list, so you can follow up with your visitors, build a relationship and increase sales.

That being said, there are countless success stories out there, and the formula for success is surprisingly simple. It’s just up to you to get it done!

Smart Tips To Increase Blog’s Earning

 

Smart Tips To Increase Blog’s Earning

1. Stick To Your Passion

Countless success stories have been recorded by those who “love” what they do. Passion is the fuel that powers your online business.

Donald Trump is extremely successful because he’s passionate about building exotic buildings and negotiating jaw-dropping deals.

There should be a nexus between making money and loving what you doI’m yet to see any successful person who lacks passion.

Blogging is hard work to increase your earnings and grow a profitable blog, you must be passionate about it. Don’t get me wrong, there are people who make money from their blogs even when they don’t like the niche, but why take risks?

Passion helps you to sail smoothly, commanding the income and building engaged tribe.Isn’t that what you wanted?

2. Join The Fast Moving Train

When it comes to turning a profitable blog, you’ve to know that nothing is actually new.

Savvy bloggers leverage on proven marketing techniques. They’re smart and wealthy because they learn from mentors and role models.

Have you discovered the secrets of a successful blogger?

Rather than appreciating them for the hard work and in-depth research, join the moving train and begin to implement the tips.

When I started blogging, I struggled for 4 months to earn my first $100. The reason why I struggled was because I didn’t network or connect with successful people.

But I’ve learnt my lessons and today, I’m a lot better. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel by formulating your own money-making strategy.

Of course you’ve the opportunity to explore the blogosphere and gain insights and greater income opportunities, but it’s better to focus on what works now and scale it up from there.

3. Creative Tweeting Can Increase Earning Potential 

I didn’t realize how powerful twitter was when I started blogging a year ago.

But twitter is the lifeblood of several businesses online.

Social media marketing has come to stay, and you need the right approach to profit with Tweets, Shares and Connections (LinkedIn).

Twitter is a microblogging platform that connects target audience to your business. Studying your followers would help you craft the best tweet and drive real-time traffic to your blog.

That’s the only way to get instant retweets, targeted traffic and potential customers to your blog.

If you tweet blindly; when your followers are out dinning and watching Soap Opera with families, you’ve just lost a precious gem – 140 words tweet.

So, start tweeting creatively. Make sure twitter is a part of your marketing weapon. Twitter is good and only you can make it better with your tweets. Can you do that?

4. Customize Your Blog’s Theme

The difference between two blogs that has quality contents, engagement and reach is the theme. The design matters and don’t be deceived by the myth that people don’t judge a book by its cover. It’s a myth that we’ve lived with for decades – but recent studies have revealed the truths about visual marketing.

On the internet, design, color, layout, specifications, structure and what have you matters a lot. If you want people to take your blog seriously, you’ve to customize your theme today.

What do I mean?

It’s not enough to get a premium WordPress theme or charming free theme, thousands of blogs have similar themes like yours. Blogging is a crowded business model, and you need to stand out from the crowd.

5. Engage Your Readers Quietly

I said quietly because it’s a gradual process – building engagement wouldn’t happen overnight. You need craft quality and valuable contents that people can connect with – it must be valuable and relevant to them.

As I said earlier, every topic you intend to write about has been addressed by some experts, somewhere. It’s the angle you write from that makes the difference and keeps people active (engaged).

As people spend more time reading, commenting and asking questions on your posts, it shows you understand your audience and have crafted a piece to solve their problems. This is what Google is after, and you’ll be rewarded with rich, targeted organic traffic consistently.

Study your audience as you would study for Final Year Exams in College. Get to know your readers and what piques their mind.

Remember, the more quality time people (readers, prospects, clients, customers and so forth) spend at your blog, the more they feel like buying from you. Engagement increases conversion rate – positive engagement, actually.

Blog Earning’s Takeaway

Where do you start from? Start by revamping your WordPress theme if that’s your CMS (content management system). I strongly believe that tweeting with the right knowledge about your audience, and when they’re logged-in can increase your blog’s traffic and influence.

 

Blogging & Earning

Hey look, an article about making money online that doesn’t mention blogging. . . oh wait, here it is.

First off, I’m a blogger so it seems wrong not to mention it, but more importantly, it’s a legitimate way to make money. It’s quite possibly the least straight-forward way on this list, but it’s very doable and it’s also quite possibly the funnest way on this list. I love blogging and I know hundreds of bloggers who feel the same. So let’s talk about making money blogging and what it really means.

Blogging is something that requires patience, persistence and discipline. It may mean writing everyday for over a year before you really start to see any money from it. There are exceptions to the rule, but from my dealings with other bloggers, it seems to be pretty common to spend one or even two years building your blog, your brand and your authority, before making any serious amount of money.

Some people argue that you can make money without a lot of traffic and while that is true in some circumstances, you will generally need a lot of website traffic to start earning from a blog and that takes a while. Once you’ve reached that point, here are the primary ways to monetize your blog and start earning:

> Advertising – This is definitely the most old-school way of earning money with a blog. It’s also starting to become the least common way. You can sell advertising spots directly on your site or you can sign up with a company like Google AdSense or Media.net. Either way, you won’t see a whole lot of money from ads until your views are well into the thousands each day.

> Affiliates – There are many affiliate networks, such as FlexOffers and CJ Affiliate that allow you to promote other people’s products and services. You simply put a link or a banner on your page and then you get a percentage if someone clicks through and buys the product/service. You’ll want to select products that are specifically within your blog’s category.This is an effective way to earn money once you have the traffic coming to your blog.

>Membership – Many people have created a paid membership area on their blog. This is typically for exclusive content that you can only access in the “member’s area.” If you have a really great idea on what to include, this can be a great idea.  You’ll have to create something that can’t easily be accessed around the web.

>. Products – You can create your own product, such as an ebook or computer software. You would then use your blog as a promotion tool to get people to buy your product. As long as you create a legitimate product with a whole lot of value, you should be able to get some buyers, but like everything else with a blog, you’ll need the traffic to get the sells.

> Services – You can offer a paid service, such as life coaching, blog coaching, goal setting or financial planning. Just be sure to investigate all the legal implications and make sure you’re not claiming to be a professional if you’re not one. With a service like this, you’re basically using your blog to sell yourself. You’ll need to convince people that you’re worth buying and then be able to back up your claims once they purchase your service.

> Sponsored/paid posts – Many blogs publish sponsored and paid posts. Sponsored posts are basically just posts about a specific brand, product or service. A company will pay you to publish an article about it. It’s similar with other paid posts as well. Your basically selling the spot for the article on your site. If you decide to take this route, you’ll want to build your traffic before you will get many offers.

> Subscription – If you think of something valuable (newsletter, online magazine, etc.) that you can consistently offer on a certain basis (weekly, monthly, etc.), you may want to offer a subscription service. This could be a fee charged each time your product is sent out or on a monthly basis. Either way, this has to be something that your customers can only get by subscribing to your website.

> Videos – This could be an entire section on it’s own. Many people have made money by creating YouTube videos. Evan of EvanTube is a kid and he has made millions by creating reviews of products that other kids his age would use. It’s not easy to get views into the millions, but once you do, you’ll start seeing some cash come in. Many bloggers have completely turned to videos to get their point across by starting a video blog.

If you’re truly interested in becoming a blogger, start by looking through the archives of ProBlogger, Copyblogger and Boost Blog Traffic. Then go read through all the free guides over at Quick Sprout. It may take you a year to complete those tasks alone, but it will be worth it. You’ll practically have a MBA in blogging.

How to make money with your blog?

 

Part 12: How to make money with your blog?

Monetize with CPC or CPM Ads

One of the most common ways bloggers make money is through placing ads on their site. There are two popular types of ads:

• CPC/PPC Ads: Cost per click (also called pay per click) ads are usually banners that you place in your content or sidebar. Each time a reader clicks on the ad, you are paid for that click.
• CPM Ads: CPM Ads, or “cost per 1,000 impressions,” are ads that pay you a fixed amount of money based on how many people view your ad.

Perhaps the most popular network for placing these types of ads is Google AdSense ( https://www.google.com/adsense/ ). With this program, you do not need to be in direct contact with advertisers; you simply place the banner on your site, Google chooses ads relevant to your content, and your viewers click on the ads. There are countless similar programs available if you find that AdSense doesn’t work for you, such as Chitika, Infolinks, and Media.net.

Sell Private Ads

Working with advertising networks isn’t your only option when it comes to selling ads. If you end up with enough traffic, advertisers may come directly to you and ask you to place their ad on your site. You can also contact advertisers yourself. The biggest difference from the above mentioned option is that there is no middle man, which means you can set your own ad rates.

Selling private ads can come in the form of banners, buttons, or links. You can even make money writing sponsored posts where you write about or give a review of an advertiser’s product or service. Another option is to write an underwritten post or series, which is where you can write about any topic, but the advertiser pays for a “Brought to you by” mention in the content.

The ways you make money with this can vary. For instance, you might charge a one-time fee for a link within a post. If you are hosting banner ads, you might charge your partner monthly.

Include Affiliate Links in Your Content

Affiliate marketing is also another great tool for monetizing your blog. Here is how affiliate marketing works ( https://www.bloggingbasics101.com/affiliate-marke/ ):

1. An advertiser has a product she wants to sell. She agrees to give you a commission from each sale if the buyer is coming from your site.
2. She gives you a unique link that tracks your affiliate code. That way, she knows when a buyer used your link to make a purchase.
3. You include your affiliate link on your site. You can do this directly in the content or through banner ads. If a reader clicks on your unique link and buys the product you have recommended, you earn a percentage of what she purchased.

You can utilize affiliate marketing through ad networks like Amazon Associates ( https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/ ), or you can create private partnerships with advertisers and businesses with an affiliate program.

Sell Digital Products

If you would rather not advertise other people’s products on your site, or if you are looking for another stream of income, consider selling digital products. This can include items like:

• eBooks
• Online courses/workshops
• Images, video, or music people can use in their own content
• Apps, plugins, or themes

Just remember that if you are going to choose one of these avenues that you make it relevant and useful to your readers. A lot of bloggers make the mistake of assuming they are developing a product their readers need; listen to your readers first, and then create a digital product that will meet their needs.

Sell Memberships

Another option to make money is to sell memberships to exclusive corners of your website. For instance, a career blog might charge $10 per month for users to gain access to their job board. A startup business blog might sell memberships to their forums where people can get personalized advice about their business.

The key here is that your exclusive membership has to be more valuable than something your visitors can find for free somewhere else, so be sure you’re developing something of value and worth the price.

Sell Online Courses

Selling an online course is another great way to make money online.
Courses usually sell for a much higher price point than ebooks. You can charge a premium for your expertise.

You’ll need to create the lessons for your course, plus any supporting materials that you want to include such as downloads, slides, checklists, templates, etc.

You will also need to decide whether you want to offer personalized support for your course. Some sites offer two tiers of each course: a basic version without support, and a premium version with email support.

Offer Freelance Services
As a blogger, you’re already an expert on your niche. You can start earning an income by offering your skills and expertise as a freelancer.
Freelancing is a popular way to make money online because it doesn’t necessarily require any upfront investment of time or money. You can just start offering your services to your current audience.
Once you start freelancing, you’ll need a way to invoice and collect payments from your clients.

Part 1: Why Should You Blog?

Part 2: What Should I Blog About? 

Part 3: How To Create Your Blog? 

Part 4: How To Make Money Blogging With Affiliate Income 

Part 5: How To Make Money Blogging With eBooks 

Part 6: How To Make Money by Freelancing, Staff Writing, and Advertising

Part 7: Why You MUST Build An Email List – And How To Get Started 

Part 8: How To Write Great Content That Gets Shared 

Part 9: How To Grow Your Blog And Get More Readers 

Part 10: The Resources I Use For My Business 

Part 11: How To Become Irresistible And Grow Your Following 

Part 12: How to make money with your blog?

Part 13: The Best Way to Make Money Blogging

Part 14: 7 Tips to Make More Money with Your Blog in 2021

Part 15: Only Blogging Advice You'll Ever Need

7 Tips to Make More Money with Your Blog in 2021

Part 14: 7 Tips to Make More Money with Your Blog in 2018

Blogging has become an integral part of marketing and a very infamous way of earning. Who doesn’t like sitting at home and working as and when they please? Well, as nice and cosy as it seems, you just don’t get paid for having a blog. A considerable amount of work and time is needed in order to bring your blog to a payable position. Get the entrepreneur out and let the blogger take a back seat for a while.

Advertising spaces:

One of the most basic approaches to making money online is advertising. The more the movement as much it attracts crowd and you are probable of getting advertising organizations. No one invests on advertising with someone with a low following. If this method works out well for you can also advertise your own products and ideas. Considering the fact that you have more options to profit, the advertising space can be put to use for self-publicity reasons too. It’s proven that marketing your own products earns a better profit than selling advertisements. If you want to cut yourself some slack on taxes, you can also use calculators for small businesses.

Email Subscriptions:

With so many blogs to compete with and create a rock bottom for your blogging business, it’s very important for you to be able to gain trust. You start with setting up a blog, focus on content that creates traffic or attracts crowd and give email subscriptions for free. This creates a niche for you.

Know what people want:

This is one of the most important aspects. You must know what you want to write about and is it something that’s getting you good traffic. Creating a niche is an important part of being able to earn through blogging. The more the traffic at your blog, the more crowd it attracts and other dimensions come into action.

Affiliate marketing:

Instead of waiting for your product to advertise you can take up other products and do affiliate marketing, where you can get a good commission without having to invest anything. The commission can go up to 50% and more and is very worthwhile.

everse Sales Funnel:

It’s a tried and trusted marketing strategy. Instead of starting with a cheaper product, start selling the more expensive and then unfold your sleeves, giving away the cheaper ones later. Sales funnels are currently being used by many of these top bloggers who are converting their regular site readers into high-value leads and sales.

Membership Sites:

This can actually help you increase traffic at your site. If you offer email subscriptions, download options or providing free content. After a couple of times you can charge them for customized content, exclusive for the person who ordered. This might not hit it at the begging but is an amazing idea as everyone needs academic articles, essays etc.

Freelancing:

If you think that you cannot get through with the above mentioned steps, go for freelancing. Almost every MNC or online merchandise store has a blogging section in their websites and are always on a lookout for writers, content developers and advertisers. Grab the chance and sit at home making money.

f you ever wanted to make money with a website or blog of your own, these are just a few of the most effective ways for you to get started. Google Adsense and affiliate marketing are two of the most effective forms of revenue generation, as they don’t require any upfront costs or have the need to hold inventory of process orders for your customers and site visitors.

Part 1: Why Should You Blog?

Part 2: What Should I Blog About? 

Part 3: How To Create Your Blog? 

Part 4: How To Make Money Blogging With Affiliate Income 

Part 5: How To Make Money Blogging With eBooks 

Part 6: How To Make Money by Freelancing, Staff Writing, and Advertising

Part 7: Why You MUST Build An Email List – And How To Get Started 

Part 8: How To Write Great Content That Gets Shared 

Part 9: How To Grow Your Blog And Get More Readers 

Part 10: The Resources I Use For My Business 

Part 11: How To Become Irresistible And Grow Your Following 

Part 12: How to make money with your blog?

Part 13: The Best Way to Make Money Blogging

Part 14: 7 Tips to Make More Money with Your Blog in 2021

Part 15: Only Blogging Advice You'll Ever Need

Money Making Secrets: The Science of a Positive Attitude

The Science of a Positive Attitude

A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: “Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights all the time.” When asked which dog wins he reflected for a moment and replied,“The one I feed the most.” – George Bernard Shaw Quantum physicists have been playing with the notion that our thoughts and feelings have a direct influence on the physical world. 

Everything, they say, is connected through energy. You know already about the three Laws of Attraction, and how much your thoughts and feelings have to do with what you create in your life. Did you know that scientists are now agreeing with what we call the Laws of Attraction? They are! Here's a simplified explanation of this scientific phenomena we call the Law of Attraction: At the sub-atomic level, everything is always in motion. Time and space don’t exist as we know them. A butterfly merrily flapping its wings in Japan can affect the weather in New York. It’s all energy that interacts simultaneously. 

Thoughts and feelings are also energy. (They have been measured as such). Because thoughts and feelings are energy, they vibrate (move). Each thought and feeling vibrates at a specific frequency (how fast it vibrates). Negative feelings vibrate at a slower frequency than positive feelings. The power (amplitude) of the thought or feeling is affected by the strength of the thought or feeling, which in turn is impacted by the number of times that thought/feeling is focused on. That is, if you keep repeating, “money corrupts”, it amplifies the vibration of that thought. Remember, everything is energy, and all energy vibrates at a specific characteristic frequency.  OK. 

Now, we get into the scientific Law of Attraction. The scientific Law of Attraction states that an object (physical object, thought, feeling) will naturally attract that with which it is in vibrational harmony. Strike a tuning fork, and the strings that are in tune with that vibrating object will also begin to vibrate. Thoughts, ideas, and emotions must follow this Law of Attraction because they too are "objects" with an energetic vibration. Now we get to the fun part. I suspect by now you really understand the Law of Attraction – like attracts like. Like thoughts or feelings attract thoughts and feelings that are vibrating at the same or similar frequencies. Likewise, these thoughts and feelings attract PHYSICAL objects (people, events) that are vibrating at a similar frequency. 

But, how does our mind actually take all this in and process it?Your brain is assaulted by thousands of messages each second. Everything you see, hear, smell, feel and touch is a message entering your brain. Part of your brain filters through all these messages and decides which ones will move into your conscious awareness. Have you ever purchased a new car, only to see thousands of that same car and color on the road for the next week? How about when two people can go to a movie and have entirely different experiences? If you've ever experienced that, you know what I mean by the brain’s filtering mechanism. 

When you focus your attention on something you don’t want, for example “I don’t want to lose any more money!”, you’re telling your brain to flag anything related to losing money as important. You “see” more evidence to support exactly what you do NOT want to see! It flags it as important because it's what you're focused on. Scientists say that the brain is plastic: it can and does remodel itself, sometimes within a remarkably short period of time. And with the brain, timing is everything. What this means for you is that as you focus more of your attention on positive thoughts, you are actually shifting the neural pathways of your brain! This is why it gets easier as you practice shifting your focus and practicing positive thoughts! Your brain is actually “reprogramming” itself to notice more positive things.  

This is particularly interesting when you think about the impact it can have on our ability to succeed at something. If you're focused on the "bad dog" - that is, why you're failing - you'll strengthen those neural pathways. Conversely, a continual focus on the “good dog” - success, with a positive mental attitude - strengthens the neural pathways for success!

Money Making Secrets: Why Gratitude is the Key to Getting Anything You Want

Why Gratitude is the Key to Getting Anything You Want 

When it comes to worldly affairs, the saying, "Seeing is believing" reigns supreme. When you “see” someone accomplish something, you start to “believe” in that person's ability. If a product delivers what it promises, you then believe that it works. When you see a "formula" yield positive results, you begin to believe in it. Evidence is essential in order for people to believe. This has led to the saying, "I'll believe it when I see it." The proof is in the pudding. But in spiritual affairs, the opposite is true. "Believing is seeing." If you believe first, you will see that thing that you believe in manifest itself in front of your very eyes. 

That's a testament to the awesome power of belief. This has led to another saying: "I'll see it when I believe it." However, for most people, believing is the problem. That's why most people who lack conviction when they recite affirmations, for instance, are missing the secret ingredient that's necessary to materialize their dreams. If you've ever encountered some internal resistance when you first read or speak a positive affirmation, that's an indication that you do not really believe what you're saying. For example, how can you really believe the affirmation, 

"I am perfectly healthy in body, mind and spirit" when outer appearances point to the contrary (e.g., you're sick or in pain)? An important part of believing is to feel "as if it has already happened." I have found that one of the best ways to evoke that feeling is to express gratitude after you recite an affirmation. Just saying the words, "Thank you" after you state your affirmation reinforces the belief that the universe (or God, or your Creator, or whatever name you call the Supreme Being) has already set about the fulfillment of your desire. You may not see your affirmed desire fully manifested yet at the present time, but expressing thanks makes you believe that what you've asked for is already done. 

Thereafter, you have a sense of expectancy that what you desire will eventually come to fruition. If there was ever a "formula" for manifesting desires, this is it. Ancient spiritual manuscripts, including the Bible, emphasize that a single-minded belief is essential in receiving what you ask for. They also warn against double-mindedness. Know with absolute and unwavering certainty that what you are affirming is already yours. "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." 

So believe that it's already done by simply saying "Thank you" or assuming an attitude of gratitude after affirming what you want. I once heard a wonderful quotation from an anonymous author that says it profoundly: "We can start with who we are and what we have today, apply gratitude, then let it work it'smagic. Say thank you, until you mean it. If you say it long enough, you will believe it. Today will shine the transforming light of gratitude on all the circumstances of my life."

Money Making Secrets: The Secrets of “Logging On Inside” to Succeed

The Secrets of “Logging On Inside” to Succeed

Logging on to the Internet today is just about as amazing as making a phone call. At the very least, we rely on it to communicate, research, sell, buy, and find recreation. But as amazing as the Internet appears, it has its limitations. However, there's another network you can access to get the help you need to succeed. It’s much larger and older than the Internet, infinitely more powerful, and doesn't require a computer. It’s the invisible network— and the mindset and system for tapping into it is what I call The 11th Element. The Internet connects us at the conscious level, while the invisible network connects us beneath our conscious awareness, at an unconscious level. Once considered “new age” or “way out,” today international scientists, including those at Harvard University and Stanford Research Institute, among various other private institutions, are documenting the unconscious as a real and potent force. 

You Have Already Connected: Have you ever known something was going to happen before it actually did? Or picked up the phone knowing intuitively who was on the other end? Perhaps you’ve known what someone else was going to say before they said it. You’ve certainly had hunches that proved to be accurate. Where do you think this knowledge came from? Rob Strasser, once a top executive with Nike, had a hunch, a feeling that the company should invest major resources in the new “Nike Air” line of shoes. 

Without any hard data backup, he pushed the project forward despite tremendous resistance from the management team. Nike Air ended up being one of the most successful product launches the company ever made. Where do think Strasser’s “feeling” came from? Stare at anyone through car window glass at a stoplight or in a crowded mall or sitting several seats in front of you in a theater. 

Often the person will turn to look directly at you because they “felt” you staring at them. How did they know not only that someone’s looking at them, but where that person is? When I was 16 years old, I was in a bad car accident at 3:00 in the morning. At that exact moment, my mother woke up, sat straight up in bed, and knew something “bad” had happened to me. How could she possibly have known? Why do you think you have an instant attraction to or dislike of someone you’ve met for the first time? Why do you feel you can trust them or that they make you feel uncomfortable? 

All these unexplainable experiences are examples of how we constantly log on to the invisible network without consciously intending to. The real question is not: “Is there really an invisible network connecting us all together?” The real question is: “How can I use the invisible network to help me build my business and wealth?”

Dual Purposes Of The Invisible Network: The invisible network serves two purposes in your life. It’s an information storehouse and a communications “switchboard 

1. Information Storehouse: On the Internet “search engines” store huge collections of information you can access to research virtually any subject. The invisible network also has search engines, but their functionality is much larger and more complex than their limited Internet counterparts. The invisible network automatically receives information about everything and everyone in the world and stores that information in its search engines. 

I call this collected information “master biography files.” For example, if someone is working on a cure for cancer in Japan, developing an invention in Australia, has a special skill and lives in South Africa, offers a unique product or service in the United States, or has new strategies she’s applying in England, the details are automatically sent into the network where you can access them for your benefit. Even more amazing, the information in the Invisible network is continuously updated on a real-time, moment-to-moment basis. That’s why tapping into the Invisible network helps you find what you need to produce extraordinary results, and provides access to raw power that goes so far beyond your conscious capabilities. 

2. Communication “Switchboard”: Messages flow 24/7 through the invisible network at the unconscious level. Every second people are sending messages asking for help in achieving goals and specifying the kind of help they’re willing to offer others. And just like in the “surface world,” we discuss, negotiate, make decisions, and make agreements at the unconscious level: “I’ll do this for you if you’ll do that for me.” The excitement happens when we see “on the surface” the positive result of our unconscious request. If the Internet excites you, imagine magnifying its available resources and possibilities billions of times and you have a slight idea of what’s possible when you start tapping into the invisible network. No matter what’s going on in your business or financial life right now—with sales, profits, income, operations, employees, net worth, investments, and so on—it’s all being shaped in powerful and amazing ways by information and messages previously sent into the invisible network. 

Asking for Help On The Invisible Network: If you send out 20 e-mails with a question, you’ll get answers back but you can’t expect answers to questions you didn’t ask. The invisible network works the same way. You must ask for the help you want and need! It may not always seem so, but at the unconscious level everyone on the planet wantsto help everyone else fulfill their life purposes and complete their missions. And just like on the Internet, other people will help you if you ask them properly. You just have to know how to find the right people and how to ask them for help so you get the positive response you desire. 

In my 11th Element work, I show you how to access the invisible network in the most effective way by working with your "Inner CEO" – the "internal guidance system" that helps you attain your goals based on their relevance to your mission and purpose. You can begin now as I did, without always having the contacts, ideas, skills, knowledge, and resources I ultimately needed and used to succeed. Begin by asking for help and letting your “inner guidance” be your guide.

Money Making Secrets: How to Attract More Money Into Your Life: Two Things You Can Do – Right Now

How to Attract More Money Into Your Life: Two Things You Can Do – Right Now 

One of the most common questions people ask me about the Law of Attraction is how to use it to attract more money. Money is simply the energy of abundance, and the Law of Attraction can therefore be used deliberately to increase abundance in our lives. To understand how to increase the energy of abundance, consider this: The Law of Attraction is all about vibes. The word vibes comes from the longer word—vibration. All energy is vibration. 

We commonly use the word vibe to refer to experiences that give off a negative vibe or a positive vibe. So, when we say we get a good vibe or a bad vibe from an experience, we are actually describing positive vibrations or negative vibrations. Here is an important concept that is vital to understanding how to use the Law of Attraction; vibrations are generated as a result of the thoughts and words we use. A vibration is simply a mood or a feeling. In every moment, we are emitting (sending or offering) a vibration. In the vibrational world, there are only two kinds of vibrations; positive or negative. 

The Law of Attraction is a powerful, universal law that simply responds to our vibration by giving us more of the same, whether wanted or unwanted -- in every moment, including right now! Definition of the Law of Attraction: I attract to myself, whatever I give my focus, attention, or energy to; whether wanted or unwanted. The Law of Attraction is an obedient law. Understanding that, we want to become more deliberate offer-ers of the vibes that we are emitting. 

Using the Law of Attraction to Increase Our Abundance: We have learned so far that all feelings give off vibrations, either positive or negative. Abundance is a feeling and that’s GOOD news. Why? All feelings can be duplicated! Abundance is a feeling, and that feeling has a corresponding vibration that we can duplicate. In many cases, people are duplicating the feeling of lack, sadness, or hopelessness simply by the thoughts and the words they use. Given that we can generate feelings by our words and thoughts, we can learn how to duplicate the feelings of abundance more intentionally, using our words and thoughts. 

The best news of all is, the Law of Attraction doesn’t know if we are generating a thought by; remembering, pretending, creating, visualizing, or day-dreaming. It simply responds to our vibration in that moment. And -- we can only hold one vibration at a time! By creating the vibration of abundance more deliberately and more often, we are INCREASING abundance in our lives. I suggest that you commit to this process of deliberately duplicating the vibration ofabundance, by using your thoughts, for the next 7 days. 

Start today! Here’s the exercise that will help you do that. 

Part One: Build a list of all the sources and resources where money and abundance can come from. Most people when asked: “How could you get more money?” reply that they could work more to earn more money. The belief that the ONLY way to increase your abundance, is to find a way to earn more money, is a limiting belief. There are actually many, many other ways that abundance can increase in your life. Here are 5 sources of abundance. Start with these and build your list to 60 sources or more! Sources of Abundance: Someone treats you to lunch (or breakfast or dinner) Someone gives you free advice or coaching You receive gifts You receive free transportation or lodging You get your 3rd cup of coffee free 

Part Two: Keep a daily log of all the sources from which you are receiving abundance. This will significantly help you to notice abundance in your life. Keeping a daily log shows you concrete evidence that abundance DOES exist and IS increasing in your life. Celebrate! When you notice abundance, celebrate the evidence of it in your life--and while celebrating, know that you are offering the positive vibration of abundance. Remember, at every moment, including right now, the Law of Attraction is checking to see which vibration you are offering, responding to that vibration, and giving you more of the same. Here’s a great tip! Two minutes a day of deliberate attention to abundance is better than no minutes. This exercise will have you emitting or offering the vibration of abundance more deliberately and more frequently. Have fun with this! 

Start doing this exercise for the next 7 days and notice the things you can now start telling yourself: “I’m so abundant! I’ve attracted evidence of abundance every day for the last 7 days.” “I’m so abundant; I’ve attracted 100’s of dollars of free advice in the last 7 days.” Become a deliberate offer-er of your vibration and the Law of Attraction will obediently bring you more of the same.

Money Making Secrets: Creating the Prosperity Mindset

Creating the Prosperity Mindset

The note was scrawled across the back of a flyer for the chaplain program. It was written by a parishioner, right after a Sunday service I had given at my own church. “I hadn’t realized until you pointed it out that it’s the rich people who are the spiritual ones,” he wrote. “I guess those slave holders were on the right track. The only thing wrong was the prosperity consciousness of those slaves!” No doubt the writer was being quite sarcastic, and thought his comments would expose the absurdity of my teaching, and support his beliefs. (Which it’s safe to assume, are that it is somehow spiritual to be poor, and that rich people are exploiting the poor.) 

It’s fascinating that he would pick such an analogy, because I DO believe that in many cases, rich people are operating at a higher consciousness than poor people. That’s why they are rich! I also believe people who allow others to steal their freedom have serious issues of prosperity consciousness. Since he didn’t sign his note, he won’t discover that instead of seeing irony in his comments—I see an element of truth. Imagine the amazement and shock he might feel. Perhaps you are feeling the same way now. 

The fact that rich people have amassed wealth indicates that they are living by at least some of the spiritual laws that govern prosperity. Of course, this does not mean that all rich people are spiritual and all poor people are not. Prosperity is a synergy of a number of factors, including a strong spiritual connection, optimum health, great relationships, rewarding vocation, and, yes, the material aspects. So, rich people who are sick, bitter and lonely are certainly not prosperous. By the same token, however, if you are healthy, spiritually grounded, have a great marriage, but struggle to pay your credit cards each month—you are certainly not prosperous.  In the book “As a Man Thinketh,” James Allen relates how usual it is for people to say, “Many men are slaves because one is an oppressor; let us hate the oppressor.” 

He then goes on to note the increasing tendency of people to say, “One man is an oppressor because they are slaves; let us despise the slaves.” The real truth is that both the slaves and the oppressor are co-creators in ignorance, lack, and limitation. While it seems that they are victimizing each other—in reality, they are each victimizing themselves. Prosperity and human dignity are both based upon value received. An oppressor cannot sustain prosperity because he is exacting more than he returns, and will ultimately bankrupt his own consciousness. A slave gives not enough value to himself, and likewise ends up in a state of spiritual bankruptcy. As the Course in Miracles teaches, they are no victims, only volunteers.A person will remain weak, dependent and miserable by refusing to raise his or her consciousness. 

A person can reject servitude, conquer limitations, and achieve greatness by raising his or her consciousness. To quote again from Allen’s book: “A strong man cannot help a weaker unless that weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must be strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.” It’s tough to develop the strength to be prosperous, if you’re being continually programmed that it’s spiritual to be poor. Especially if you’re not even aware you’re being programmed and it’s on a subconscious level. 

To experience true spiritual prosperity, you have to be manifesting prosperity in ALL areas of your life. Yet if you’re doing ok in most areas, but you don’t have much money—it’s easy to fall into the trap our note writer did. You want to believe that somehow your reward is coming later, heaven perhaps, and that you will in some way be compensated for living your current life of limitation. After all, who among us wants to believe that we are suffering needlessly, or have riches at our fingertips, but refuse to partake in them? Now to be fair to our letter writer—he certainly isn’t alone. 

This kind of thinking is quite pervasive today. So why would I write a book with a message, sure to threaten so many people? Because I fear what will happen to them when they are not threatened. I take the privilege and the responsibility of my platform seriously. In fact, I consider it sacred. I speak the messages I perceive people need to hear, not necessarily the ones they want to hear. It pains me to see anyone anywhere experiencing poverty and lack in their life. When you think about it, the idea of me giving a Sunday church service is kind of funny. I was raised atheist, and entered a church only twice in my first 30 years on the planet. (Once by accident, and once for a wedding.) 

When I found my way to the church I would eventually call home, I was unemployed, had no car, was $55,000 in debt, and selling my furniture to eat. My health was shot; my relationships were an absolute mess; and I couldn’t have been more unhappy. By the time the furniture was gone, and I was eating macaroni and cheese three times a day, I discovered a very fascinating thing... I came to understand that success and prosperity had almost nothing to do with opportunities, chance, luck—or even training, education, or skill. It had everything to do with consciousness, beliefs, and even subconscious programming that you aren’t aware of. Poverty is not an absence of money and things—it is a mindset. Prosperity is not an abundance of money and things—it’s also a mindset. When I began studying the laws that govern prosperity, I embraced the principles out of desperation . . . 

I applied those principles, and you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who has had a greater degree of turnaround. I am truly blessed, manifesting abundance in all areas of my life, in ever increasing ways. This only happened because I was willing to confront my weaknesses, discover and eliminate the insidious “lack” programming I had, and replace it with positive programming. To this day, I am ever vigilant, mindful of what I allow myself to watch and listen to, and the people I associate with. I had to get out of my comfort zone, brave fears, and face up to my beliefs. 

Once you have done this, you feel called to help others challenge the self-limiting beliefs that are holding them back from their greatness. That was the motivation I felt that morning, as I spoke at church, and the motivation that has me writing this book for you now. Money is part of the magic in life. It is an enabling force that allows you to be the real you. It allows you to go where you wish to go, do what you wish to do, and become whom you desire to become. Money is God in action! Poverty causes people to lie, cheat, steal, and even kill. 

There is NOTHING spiritual about poverty. Yes, poverty really does suck. Some of the people in my audiences are shocked when I make the statement that it is a sin to be poor. Of course, Charles Fillmore shocked the religious community of his day, when he made that proclamation almost 100 years ago. It still has the power to stun people today. Yet if you learn the actual translation of sin, it means to “miss the mark.” The Course in Miracles defines sin as a lack of love. I believe both characterizations are accurate. 

When you are providing true value to the universe—you are rewarded with riches. That’s the way the universe works. All the time, with no exception. When I speak to an audience, or write a book like this, I want people to understand a very simple, but very important thing. They can’t help anyone unless they have first helped themselves. Or as Reverend Ike would say, the best thing you can do for poor people is not be one of them! It doesn’t serve God or you, if you are broke, sick, unhappy, or in dysfunctional relationships. You have to believe you are worthy of prosperity in ALL of its forms. Then as you walk the path of spiritual consciousness, you will find that you begin to manifest it more every day. And that is what drives me to do what I do. 

So if I shock you, offend you, or threaten you with what I write—please evaluate why that might be. And know that I am coming from a place of love, and wanting the highest good for you. I want you to be healthy, happy and rich!

Money Making Secrets: Fears: A Detour on the Road to Success

Fears: A Detour on the Road to Success 

If you are like most people, you are often confronted with fears that hold you back - consciously or subconsciously. Although you weren’t born with them, you are under the strong influence of the environment that implanted them. You might even be tempted to think that worry and fear is the primary base from which your actions stem. Salespeople know of this powerful influence. People buy truckloads of insurance in preparation for some disaster that “might” happen. “It is better to be safe than sorry.” 

Do you have an extra set of keys (or two) for your house or car? Do you buy food, drinks or even pills that will help you improve your complexion or lose unwanted weight? Whether it is a fear of losing something good, or getting something bad, fear is a driving force that is always there ... New situations in life force you to confront a new set of fears. You may even comfort yourself by saying it isn’t so bad. Have you ever made a doctor’s appointment, a dentist appointment or a hairstyling appointment only to arrive in the respective waiting area with no pain or the best hair day you’ve had in a long time? 

Now you want to go home. Fear is a powerful motivator. Some of the more common fears are: 1. Fear of the Unknown 2. Fear of Failure and Rejection 3. Fear of Loss (losing what you have) 4. Fear of Facing Reality 5. Fear of Disapproval You have to deal with ALL of these fears if you want to succeed. You cannot deny them or banish them to your subconscious, as that will only add fuel to a fire that will probably and suddenly burst out beyond your control. Like fires, fears are easiest to squelch when they are still small. Confront your fears and banish them forever! Start with ... 

The Fear Of The Unknown: There isn’t a person alive that isn’t apprehensive, nervous or even fearful of entering new territory, wandering into the great unknown. What will it hold? How will it change you? Will you be able to handle the situation or complete the task? Will you know what to do and have the ability to do it? Will you be laughed at? Will it be worth it? One way of confronting the unknown is to recognize that without action you will never escape mediocrity. 

The primary difference between people who fulfill their dreams and those that don’t is action – the former move from words to action, the latter never get beyond the words. Ask yourself: What could I lose if I begin to act? Answer frankly. Typical answers aretime, pride and so on. You should note that these answers are merely superficial. What could I gain? An experience that will, without a doubt, make you richer (maybe financially) and one that will bring you closer, above all, to success. You shouldn’t forget that it is self-confidence, overcoming your fears and changing your habits or undesirable attributes (like transforming yourself from timid to outgoing) that bring you a step closer to attaining your desires. 

I remember a case where a young entrepreneur was taking an exceptionally long time to decide whether to start a new business that excited him, or not, because his mind told him that he wouldn’t succeed. After a conversation we had, he decided to start the business because he felt this was his path. He didn’t succeed; in fact, the results were pretty awful at first. I was surprised a year later when I received a kind letter from him thanking me for the time I had spent with him. He wrote that he has been a changed man since then and that he is enjoying what he is doing for the first time in his life. 

He wasn’t doing well, financially, in the beginning, but gradually he built a firm foundation and is now earning well. “If I hadn’t made the choice and taken that first step,” he added, “I wouldn’t have known that work exists that can bring in both money and pleasure. My first financial failure was a small price to pay for such awareness. More importantly, it enabled me to identify the fear that had been present in all my business and personal decisions in the past. Today, I laugh at the limits I was living under then. 

Now, I’m happy to meet new challenges and I have been succeeding in everything I do lately.” If making a decision appears too difficult, take a piece of paper, divide it in half and write out the pros and the cons. More often than not, the “against” side is filled with “circumstantial objections,” like “a lack of self-confidence,” or “I don’t have enough money or time.” The substance of these objections cannot compare to the reasons “for” doing something. 

Most of your reasons for not doing something are probably based on weak excuses. If you are afraid of doing something, your mind will find a way to make sure that you don’t do it, will even stand in your way and prevent you from doing something that it perceives you do not want. Be sure to address all your fears first and then take that piece of paper in your hands once again. Chase your fears away and consciously decide to take a chance in life. Trust me, it’s usually well worth the trouble! Of course, the decision (as always in life) is still yours.