And what is Freedom for YOU?

If you have ever pondered on these questions and you wonder what it takes to be true to yourself in such an uncertain world  this video may be the most important 3.38 minutes you have ever spent.

More than 1,000,000 people have watched this video. Now it’s your turn.

This is perhaps one of the most important speeches in recorded history.

It was given by a comedian by the name of Charlie Chaplin. I have posted this in my blog because it perfectly illustrates how our world has come to be  is in such a dire mess – and how we can change that.

Why is this video message so important?

I consider that in today’s media rich world, more than ever it is vital that we keep our wits about us.  Not for fear of being duped or conned or having the wool pulled over our eyes, but for a desire to find a global truth and to connect  in trust and wisdom.

What do you think?

When you take the time to think about it, it is easy to see that authority figures and corporations are so well engaged (and well funded) in campaigning for our hearts, our minds and our money.

Under this onslaught of  biased information,  isn’t it simply common sense to take a standpoint of  intelligent skepticism, to  observe impassively ,   to ask probing, uncommon questions and think more deliberately for ourselves.

What you think you know, your  ”knowledge”,  is just about everything you have learned and been taught.  Your  ”wisdom” is the ability to have discernment of that knowledge. If you are using wisdom, then you will know it as truth.  Make no mistake here, you can easily be mislead by your own thinking and ideas  if you are mis-informed and mis-guided from the outset.

So how can we think with more clarity?

Start by asking questions about the motives and motivations behind your own choices.

1. Why are you really doing what you are doing?
2. What do you think it will bring you?
3. What is the key benefit?
4. It is really getting you the result you want?

Then ask the same of your cultural rules, your national and spiritual leaders.

These are all ideas and questions worth considering

1. Are their actions and choices taking your environment and the wider world into a better place?
2. How are they creating harmony and cooperation in local communities and the wider world?
3. How is our world becoming a more prosperous, peaceful place because of their actions?
4. How are their actions affording us more choice and personal freedom?

Watch and listen

The video on this page speaks with more passion and purpose then my written words, and  if this video speech touches you and you find uncommon sense and wisdom here, I ask you to take just a few moments and share it.

Simply click on the social media buttons below, comment in Google plus and pass this amazing energy and thoughtful message ro everyone you know.

*Translations of the video script and this post are welcome*

Do you need a motivation strategy to succeed in life or is Will Power simply enough to get you through?

It’s an interesting question don’t you think? In my opinion no matter what road we take in life, all of us need to be positively motivated to succeed.

If you think about it, the greatest achievers in life, people like the Napoleons, the Di Vinci’s, the Mozart’s – always managed themselves well. This is what made them outstanding achievers.

To exceed beyond societal norms you have to learn to manage yourself.

You must be willing to do what it takes to develop yourself beyond average knowledge and expectations. In order to have a real and positive impact in your own life and the lives of others, it’s important to understand where you do and can the greatest contribution. What I mean by that is to apply your time, energy and heart to things that count toward being “great” in your area of choice.

So what is it for you?

• What’s the goal you are striving for?
• What results are you seeing?
• Where are you placing your energy today?

What is your motivation strategy?

Let’s bring to mind something that you do consistently. For instance, maybe you exercise consistently, that’s a great example. Think about why you exercise? If exercise is not in your routine, you could think about something else, like starting your own business.

What we are looking for here is the answer to “Why do you invest the time and energy to do what it you’re doing? ” SO consider your answer. What is first thought that comes to mind – why exercise? Why do you want to have your own business?

What you will notice is that you are either moving towards something – moving towards some sort of pleasure – or you’re moving away from some sort of pain or fear.

Talking about exercise for instance:  Some people exercise because they want the feeling of the energy They want to have an amazing body. They want to live long and healthy lives. Those would be “towards.”

Some people though exercise because they don’t want to be fat. They don’t want to die young. They don’t want to be slow. They don’t want to… whatever. Those would be “away from.”

This distinction is really important for you to understand – it is the key to lasting success – so let’s figure out what your primary strategy is. Do you move towards pleasure or do you move away from pain?

Was the reason that you wanted to start your own business? Was it because of the excitement and pleasure that you believe having your own would have; or was it to get away from some intolerable or uncomfortable situation you found yourself in? When you think about growing your business, is it because you don’t want your business to stay small; or do you want it to grow big? These are powerful distinctions and they will colour and influence how you approach success.

On a personal note I have been asking myself:

” Does a Move-Away strategy have enough motivating power to get me all the way to the finish line” ?

The reason why I’m personally asking this question is that right now what I’ve discovered about myself is that moving ‘away from’ is a very powerful strategy… until you don’t have anything to move away from. You see what I have realised is that once we get to a place that is far enough away from our fear, that ‘big gun’ loses its power over us.

For me personally, the moving away strategy is no longer as effective as a business acceleration strategy because I’m content with what I have in my life. Yes I can accommodate much more success and surely enjoy it – and yes I can see clearly that there is more to come, however I’m not running away from bailiffs knocking at my door or the fear of losing my home for instance.

The NECESSITY and PRESSURE that I make a success of things has reduced. The fear and stress of loss has faded away and the sense of urgency has gone with it.

What this means I’m left with a quandary. You see I have a value that says “do your best” and I know that right now I am coasting in certain areas of my life, drifting comfortably down river toward my goal, knowing that I will get to my destination simply because I am on track and taking consistent action.

But is that enough for me?  Truth is the answer is “no”. I am a high achiever. I enjoy ‘beating the odds’. So I have realised that I have a couple of options open to me. Either I can change my personality (my pre-disposition to move away from) and / or I can change the way that I motivate myself by adding a second motivation strategy to my tool kit – I can add a move more towards strategy to partner and balance the strategy of moving away, therefore increasing my capacity to succeed 10 fold. Now I don’t know about you, but I really like the idea of that.

What does this mean for you?

Well, it might be an idea for you to think about these things over the next couple days,  and in my next post l will talk a little more about specifically what to do to upgrade and implement your motivating factors.

Feel free to stop by my Facebook pages or my blog and make a comment. I really enjoy the interaction and hearing what you have to say.

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Well, there are only two ways to do it. One is putting a lot of time into optimising your site and doing the various tasks for hours each day, and the other is to work out an affordable budget for your search engine optimization and marketing, and to hire reputable and reliable people to do it for you.

Some SEO systems may seem to cost a lot but there are inexpensive and free methods that can give you good results.  Search Engine Optimisaton (SEO) like any other approach in information technology is always evolving. There are any number of methods that can help to land you in that sweet spot, on the top ten rankings of Google or one of the other well known search engines so long as you are willing to keep abreast of the updates and changes and put in the time to implement a daily strategy.

To tell you the truth, there is no big secret to SEO.

Essentially you can get information on the numerous web optimisation tasks that you need to carry out every day anywhere in the Internet. The problem is that you may not be able to tell the good and current advice from the outdated information and techniques that you find. It takes a lot of time, patience and practise to get SEO right.

Lets have a look at some of the SEO options you have available to you.

1. Link exchanges

One inexpensive (but very time consuming) SEO method that can get you good results is link exchanges. What this means is that you are inking to your site both and from other web sites. When you know what you are doing, and depending on the quality of the websites that you would like to exchange links with, this method can be low cost or free – if you do not take into consideration your time. As you link with more and more quality sites you will be surprised at how the link juice will bring you an eventual spiking up of your page ranking.

2. Write or acquire key word rich articles

Writing truly informative and keyword-rich articles is one sure-fire way to make your Internet business more visible to the people searching for the items and services you have on offer. There are two methods for creating a successful article marketing SEO campaign: – One is to write your own articles and the other is to acquire articles from article directories that allow you to post pre-written articles on your website. The caveat is that you keep the resource box or the author’s by-line intact. You should be careful not to get too carried away and stuff your articles so full with keywords that even idiots will get bored with reading them.

Remember that the quality, originality and readability of your articles will be the foundation of your website’s reputation and visitors will only choose to hang out with you based on how well you inform or entertain them. Good writing will keep your readers happy and they will come back to your website for more.

3. Organize your site navigation

Providing easy steps in navigating your site is one way to make your visitors feel at home and at ease with your site. This, in turn, will improve the flow of traffic to your website.

4. Optimise you website so the search engine crawlers can read it.

When optimising your website, there are a few basic issues that you should keep in mind. Major search-engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo are in constant competition to deliver the best results for their users. Search-engines regularly change the algorithms they use to determine the relevancy and importance of your site.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) techniques are constantly changing and even then, many SEO agencies disagree on the actual specifics required to optimise a website.

There are only a few things that SEO’s generally agree on:
Content is important, especially dynamic content that is regularly updated, and sticky content like good quality, short educational videos for instance.

You should also think about:

• Optimising Content
• Keyword Optimisation
• URL Canonicalization
• Optimisation of HTML Tags – title tag, meta tags, header tags (h1 tags), image alt tags and formatting tags
• Keyword Density
• Header Tags
• Text Formatting
• Text Close to Top Left
• Key Phrases (or Keywords)
• Alt Text
• Incoming Links
• SEO Tools

Search Engine Optimization is essential to your business success.

Being realistic about it, whichever SEO route you decide to take,  if you want to drive targeted traffic to your website search engine optimization is essential. Maximizing the benefits of a well optimized website will yield an increase in earnings.

SEO is not brain surgery however, if you are not well schooled abut your SEO options,  and you are trying to go it alone you might find you are in over your head.  If you use the wrong approach for your type of business or for the outcome you want to achieve it might cost you thousands of dollars in time and energy before you see any result.

I so not want to be the harbinger of bad news,  but I can tell you from painful and personal experience that if you want to keep up with your competitors and if you are   serious about making money on-line, especially when you are first getting started in business, it makes sense to seek out a reliable SEO Service.

By outsourcing your SEO you are stacking the odds in your favour.

es that  will take on the tasks, and many others, that are mentioned in this article. This is by far the best way to give you a good head start and boost your rankings and visibility in a market place where businesses get pushed out of the limelight every day.

Author Maya Mendoza

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What will you do with your future?
You have two choices
You can choose to just survive
or
You can choose to succeed
But know this
If you choose to succeed
and decide to prosper
and commit to focused goals
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

You were born to succeed

Your best can still be in front of you
Your Future is in YOUR hands
Inside YOU is untapped potential
You have unlimited Value
Your dreams can definitely come true
You are unique and special
You can achieve whatever you put your mind to

ENLARGE you vision
Retrain your brain
Increase your confidence
Attract the good around you
Seize the profitable Opportunities in your path
Step Forward Daily
Unleash you maximum wealth
and don’t forget to…
Decide what you want
Prepare for your success
Believe in yourself
Plan before you do
Ask questions and question Everything
Avoid the negative
Move outside your comfort zone
Let go of the past
and remember….

NEVER GIVE UP

 

 

With enthusiasm for your success

Maya Mendoza

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Are you a sidetracked marketer trying to build a network marketing home based business but losing momentum getting caught up in every day demands and MLM overwhelm?

My good friend Heather Stephens has written a wonderful (and inspiring) post on creating a 5 point Home Based Business Activity Plan.

I don’t know about you,  but having been ‘away from my desk’ for about 7 weeks now due to illness and finding my energy more in a stale of ebb than in flow I certainly find myself getting lost by the sheer number of things we are required to master to gain consistent flow of profitable income from our business

The problem seems to be that many of the activities we do will not generate income right off the bat,  and yet if we leave them out of the marketing mix all the time and energy we invest can leave us peddling hard but getting nowhere.

It’s always a good thing to have a plan in mind (and in writing) and a proven strategy that will get you on track, help you to manage you time effectively and make you more productive in the right areas – I believe a good ‘activity’ plan is the best antidote to overwhelm and procrastination.

Highlights from Heather’s post include ‘how to niche a project and put complimentary projects together’  , and ‘the next time you do a training or a presentation, record it on video. You can then strip the audio from the video and have the audio transcribed, break it down into blog posts, tweets, articles, etc’.

You can find the whole article and benefit from Heathers’ common sense P.L.A.N and easy to apply advice here 5 point Home Based Business Activity Plan.

So what did you think? I always love hearing your feedback, so please leave me a comment down below with questions, thoughts, or feedback. And (yes, here’s my call to action) please share this post with your Twitter and Facebook friends by clicking on the share buttons below. I totally appreciate it!! Thanks so much for spending time with me here today!

With enthusiasm for YOUR success

Maya Mendoza

The ideas here are copywrite free so take your pick and  copy and paste (fill in the gaps to suit your product) to  use them in your own advertising.

Feel free to use them ‘as is,’ or adapt the text to suit your product or service.

Free ……… just for visiting

This headline works well when you’re giving away a free sample, or product, that your target market finds desirable.

It won’t work if your freebie is completely unrelated to your main product.

Now making $1,000 a day is easy

This headline is suited to affiliate programs, MLM, and home-business opportunities.

The headline works, because it implies the program being advertised has made some kind of breakthrough designed to help ordinary people make good money.

Are you ready to make more money?

Who wouldn’t answer ‘yes’ to this question? It hits all the right buttons with people on the lookout for a new opportunity.

Buy one, get one free

The old classic still pulls them in, because there a very few offers where a person wouldn’t want two of something.

It’s especially powerful when your product is known to be a cut above the competition.

Everything half price…today only

Want to see some serious sales results immediately? Reduce the price, and force people to act now if they want to take advantage of your generosity.

No time to ………?

This headline works well for any device or program designed to save time, make people’s lives easier, or that is aimed at a busy target market.

You can fill in the blank with an essential activity that…

• Must be performed by your target market, but uses up time they might otherwise prefer to spend more pleasurably
• Is pleasurable to your target market, but must be put aside for more pressing and less pleasurable activities

Successful ……… secrets revealed

You can fill in the blanks with almost anything, as long as you’re selling something most people find difficult. For example: Successful sales secrets revealed.

The title of this article, 20 proven ad headlines that work is a variation on the theme.

Discover the secret to ………

Discovering things implies excitement. Discovering secrets adds even more spice to the mix. Naturally, you’d only use these words if you’re replacing the blank with something exciting to your intended audience.

Don’t use it if you’re selling something hum-drum. Nobody worth selling to wants to the discover the secret to vacuum cleaners.

Discover the secret of ………

This variation is best used when you’re dealing with something previously known to another group of people, and of great value to your target market. For example: Discover the ancient healing secrets of the Incas.

Anyone else want to get rich today?

Here’s another question most people will answer with a resounding ‘yes.’ The power comes with the implication that you’re offering a speedy way to get rich.

Lose 5 pounds in just 7 days

Do you offer a weight loss program? Then you want people to get the idea that your product delivers results fast. And ‘just 7 days’ seems faster than ‘one week.’

Five reasons why ……… beats the pants off ………

Does your product outperform a better-known competitor? Then this headline was written with you in mind.

You’re going to need to be certain you can back up your claim, because the rest of your ad won’t work if you don’t immediately follow up this headline with some compelling evidence.

I made $175,000 last year. Here’s how…

This headline sets you up as the man with the plan in the mind of your target audience. It states you’re already doing what they want to do, and now you’re ready to show them how.

That’s a very powerful proposition, and you get to make it right there at the start of your ad.

How to double your income in 7 days flat

Maybe you can’t make this claim. If not, then adapt it to suit your purposes. The key points to get here are…

• The headline is specific (double your income)
• The headline is time-bound (7 days)
• The headline offers the reader something he/she wants
• The headline uses the word ‘flat’ to make ’7 days’ seem more immediate

It’s the breakthrough working mom’s have been praying for

Use this only if your product…

• Really does do something new
• Is something working mom’s will find useful

Naturally, you can adapt the headline to your specific target market. For example…

It’s the breakthrough seniors have been praying for

This variation on the ‘working mom’ headline will only work if your target market is likely to believe in the power of prayer, and your product does actually solve some problem faced by that market.

Your ad needs to go on an explain how the problem is solved.

Announcing the skin-care breakthrough you’ve been waiting for

This is another example of how you can target specific groups of people right from your ad’s headline. In this case, the product is used to reach out to your desired audience, rather than a direct appeal to a defined group.

What your ……… is too afraid to tell you

Anyone who sells something in a new way that benefits the buyer, can put this headline to good use. For example: Here’s something your bank is too scared to tell you.

Your target market will find this approach hard to resist, assuming you have something useful to tell them.

6 things your ……… doesn’t want you to know

This variation on the ‘afraid to tell you’ headline takes a slightly different approach. By making a more specific claim, the power of the headline increases.

The ‘doesn’t want you to know’ phrase adds intrigue by implying the reader is being disadvantaged in some way. This helps to establish you as the good guy, assuming you have ’6 things’ to report that are genuinely useful to the prospect.

Everybody said it was impossible. Now they’re asking me how I did it

Is your offer unbelievable? Are you trying to sell something that seems too good to be true? Then this baby is your salvation. For example: Everybody said I’d never earn $100,000 a year online. Now they’re begging me to show them how I did it.

Compelling, isn’t it? It’s a great way to get past your target market’s natural scepticism.

OK that’s all folks – I hope you enjoyed the list.

If you learned something new or this post added value to you please  Tweet and Facebook it to others who will benefit by clicking on the share buttons below.   I totally appreciate it. Thanks so much for spending time with me here today!

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Best regards,

Maya Mendoza

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Introducing A  Non-Techie Guide to effective SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)

I don’t know about you but the more technical side of website building and blogging can leave me cold and confused. However,  I have realised lately that as my Blog is the centre of my Social Marketing hubb, that I had better make an effort to better understand the basics of SEO.

The problem is where to go to get the information I needed in a language that a novice could understand because up until today everything I have read kind of assumed that I knew more than I did so it all went over my head a bit.

Then I stumbled across Aaron Torong (http://www.aarontorng.com) and finally the light bulb went off in my head.

Aaron has written a great piece about SEO – - and guess what? I understood it!

It was something of a relief to read such a neat, well described and concise breakdown of SEO – and Aaron was right …

Now I have a better understanding about SEO basics it is easier to see what I need to do to help the Crawlers index my posts.

Aaron  says:

“The first step towards learning search engine optimization, or SEO, is to understand how search engines work. You have to understand how they work before you can optimize your web site”.

Take a look  at Aaron’s post here and see for yourself.

ENJOY!

Thanks for spending time with me here today.

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O Great Spirit, whose Voice I hear in the Winds,
Hear me — for I am small and weak:
I need Your Strength and Wisdom.
I seek Strength, O Great One, not to be superior to my Brothers –
But to conquer my greatest enemy: Myself.

I seek Wisdom: the Lessons You have hidden
In every Leaf and Rock so that I may learn
And carry these messages of Life and Hope to my People.
May my hands respect the many beautiful things You have made;
May my ears be sharp – to hear Your voice.

May I always walk in Your beauty;
And let my eyes behold the red and purple Sunset
So that when Life fades with the setting Sun,
My Spirit will come to You without shame.

So what did you think? I always love hearing your feedback, so please leave me a comment down below with questions, thoughts, or feedback.

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Determine your ONE Major Goal
And work on it Every Day….

This is the secret to becoming a millionaire it is the secret to great success in life.
Follow this advice and you will look back in 12 months from now and be
absolutely staggered at the progress you have made.

So, what do you think?

You’re on a DoFollow Blog so the link love will keep on flowing if you leave a comment about what you WANT to achieve we would love to hear about it.

…and While you’re at it, I’d love to connect with you on facebook & twitter…

With enthusiasm for YOUR success

Maya Mendoza

www.MayaMendozaBlog.com

seededbuzz

I just read this GREAT article in Seeded Buzz about why people are not linking to your blog – - – and how to sway a little link love in your favour.

The post is to the point and full of tips like “You have to give if you want to receive” and  “stick to proven linkbait formulas” and “WRITE catchy blog article headline”

But, sometimes to come up with the right headline can be a bit of a headache. So  to help you out,  the writers at Speed Buzz recommend a tried and tested tool called Linkbait Generator.

Linkbait Generator is a nifty web service specially designed for bloggers that generates blog ideas and catchy and off the wall titles and headlines hat really get the creative writing juices going.

The type of headlines generated by Linkbait Generator are known as the list headlines. For example:

• 6 bits of HOT advice about GETTING BACKLINKS That will land you in the hospital
• 10 under-appreciated things about you won’t want to know about being treated unfairly in the USA.
• 8 outrageous frauds involving Facebook and  backlinks that everyone thinks are true
• 10 Facebook profiles that make the Elephant Man look good in the movies.
• How Twitter Retweets can help you survive a zombie outbreak

As incredible as it may seems these types of  headlines when used the right way,  will most likely to generate a lot of clicks!

Do take a moment to read the original article at and also see what Linkbait Generator can bring to you.

Thanks for spending time with me here today.

If you learned something new or this post made you smile or added value to you, please tweet it and facebook it to others who will benefit! You’re on a DoFollow blog so the link love will keep on flowing if you leave a comment
With enthusiasm for YOUR success

Maya Mendoza

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