Tip Of The Week Archive 28th January 2012

Hi ~Contact.FirstName~, Welcome to this week's Tip Of The Week email newsletter. Who'd have thought the first month of the year would have whizzed by so quickly? Have you remembered to update all your copyright dates yet? Does every page read Copyright 2012? if not you might want to to the Tip Of The Week archives and re-read the newsletter dated 31st December 2011 which gives you a free tool to help you update all your copyright dates. If you have missed a newsletter, they are all in the archive waiting for you. Enjoy! Nick www.Nick-James.com
In 1924 an English artist named William Wolcott visited a friend in his New York office. I don't know why, but Wolcott got the sudden urge to sketch and asked his friend if he could use the paper that was on his desk. 'That's not drawing paper,' said the friend, 'it's only ordinary wrapping paper.' Wolcott replied that nothing is ordinary if you know how to use it and dashed off two sketches that sold later that year for $500 and $1000 - a huge sum in those days. That is a great way to live - to be able to see the extraordinary in things that everyone else takes for granted. We are all surrounded by a world of mundane items. Why not take a moment today to look at something really dull and try to find inspiration in it? There is a little exercise that is often done at seminars where the audience each have 30 seconds to write down as many uses for a humble paper clip as they can think of. Inevitably they find dozens of ways that that simple bit of bent wire could be used that have nothing to do with its intended purpose. Playing a mental game like that is a great way to get your mental energies flowing. Look around your desk, your office or your home - pick one dull, boring thing and open your mind to its hidden possibilities. Incredibly, you'll find uses that you didn't even think you could imagine, but even more incredibly, the sheer act of thinking outside the box in this way will start to make all kinds of connections appear to you in all areas of your life. And when that creative energy really starts to flow - watch out world! When most people start their online business, they seem to have two main stumbling blocks... The same two problems ALWAYS seem to come up, they are: 1) "I don't seem to have the time to do everything" 2) "There just seems so much to learn and new skills to develop." And one final point is that when you do start your 'new venture' you're always wondering if you're doing it the right way! I can appreciate the reason why anyone new to the world of Internet Marketing can feel this way. Because even today, I sometimes feel that I don't have the time to do everything I want to do or that I don't have the time to learn new things. If you're like me, then this week's recommended resource could really help you. ==> CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS If you already have a successful web business then this isn't for you. However if you're still struggling to get off the starting blocks and are frustrated with your current rate of progress, then this may just be the help you need to launch your business. Two of the UK's leading Internet Marketing experts, Neil Stafford and Neil Travers have put together the ideal solution if you are still struggling to get going and it comes personally recommended. ==> CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS Lesson Two: Targeting and Taming Traffic - How You Can Quickly Build Your List Now we are approaching the core of your new business, no matter what type of online business you've chosen to create. And that's traffic. Visitors to your site should turn into subscribers: Click here to read the full article: A Video Tour Around WordPress Front End WORDPRESS TUTORIAL SERIES: If you are new to setting up Wordpress Websites let's take a quick tour around a new Wordpress website and how it looks to your prospective website visitors: Click here to watch the full video screencast: A Video Tour Of The WordPress Dashboard Control Panel WORDPRESS TUTORIAL SERIES: If you are new to setting up Wordpress Websites let's take a quick tour around the Wordpress Dashboard that controls all your themes, plugins, layout and content management.:Click here to watch the full video screencast: How To Spy On Your Competitors To Gain Project Ideas Would you like to find out what projects your competitors are working, BEFORE they have got their idea to market? Here's an article that shows you how to do just that!!: Click here to read the full article: Clean out your clutter. Why do we spring clean our homes? It is to get the old stuff sorted out and to make room for new. Why not treat your life the same way? We all have old stuff clogging up the works - whether they are physical things like boxes of files or emotional things like unresolved issues. Take a little time to get yours in order and the rest of your life will run far smoother. In Victorian times, ladies were taught to never put books by male and female authors next to each other on the shelf unless those authors were married. There is a delightful Chinese saying: 'Many thanks for pushing my wheel.' It means, thank you for your recommendation. It often follows another traditional saying, 'I hope that you will remove the weeds that obstruct my mind.' (A request for advice and guidance). We DO have weeds in our minds, all of us, and we ARE often like wheels resting against a wall. Sometimes we can tend to the weeds ourselves, and sometimes we can set our wheel rolling without outside help - BUT most of the time we don't. So if someone else helps me to remove my mental weeds and set my wheel in motion I am not going to hesitate to let them - and thank them heartily for their efforts.   Douglas Adams said, "To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity."