Simple Morning Routine For A Successful Day

by Online Business Mum

Healthy morning habits that will help you wake up early and happy. This simple morning routine is easy to do and can be adjusted to fit around your kids, partner and busy mum life.

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Why do you need a morning routine?

A morning routine is, simply put, a combination of activities you do every morning. Like getting out of bed, brushing your teeth, getting dressed, making coffee etc. So pretty much every person has their own morning routine, whether they realise it or not. All these things you do first thing every morning condition your brain and set you up for your day. Either in a positive, energetic, productive way or in a less favourable ‘I’m late and I’m tired’ way.

So the question is not if you need a morning routine, but rather ‘How should your morning routine look like to set yourself up for a perfect day - with purpose and in line with your goals and dreams?

What should be part of your morning routine?

It has been reported again and again that certain habits, especially if done first thing in the morning, have a tremendous impact on your day. That’s why so many highly successful people, top performers and celebrities swear by their morning routine. Hal Elrod has taken all of these effective habits and combined them in one book - his bestseller The Miracle Morning. He calls them the S.A.V.E.R.S which is an acronym for:

S - Silence (e.g. praying, meditating, mindfulness exercises, deep breathing etc.)

A - Affirmations (e.g. saying your goals, top priorities or statements for self-confidence etc.)

V - Visualisation (visualising reaching your goals, short term and long term)

E - Exercise (e.g. yoga, walking, running, push-ups etc. anything to get your body moving)

R - Reading (something you want to learn about or that will help your self-development)

S - Scribing (journaling, e.g. things you are grateful for, learnings, challenges etc.)

Doing all of these 6 habits in the morning, even if it’s just for as little as 1 minute each, will help you start your day with energy, confidence and a positive mindset which will have a great impact on your whole day.

Hal Elrod typically recommends putting aside 1 hour for your whole morning routine, but it can be as long or as short as you want it to be. And let’s face it, as busy mums it can be very hard to carve out a whole hour for yourself, so I’d like to show you how I’ve adapted Hal’s morning routine to fit into my day and around my family’s needs.

If you are looking for tips and tricks specifically on how to create your own personal morning routine that works around your kids, check out my other blog post here: How To Build An Effective Morning Routine Around Your Kids

My morning routine

Getting up - 5 minutes: At 6:25am my alarm goes off. I have a daylight alarm (a Lumie body clock) to wake me up gently. And an alarm on my phone on the other side of the bedroom which forces me to get up and not hit the snooze button instead. I get up, make my bed, put on my running clothes, drink a glass of water, go to the loo, brush my teeth and splash cold water in my face to help me wake up and quietly sneak downstairs to start my morning practice.

Exercise - 5 minutes: I take out my yoga mat (I use the IUGA Pro which I absolutely love!) and start with a short yoga sequence (usually a few sun salutations) to stretch my body and get my blood flowing. After that I feel properly awake.

Silence - 15-20 minutes: Then I sit down on my yoga mat and medidate for 15 minutes. Sometimes it’s a bit more, sometimes a bit less. But I find that I usually come out of my meditation naturally after 15 - 20 minutes at the latest. I tried different meditation methods in the past - guided, unguided, using a mantra etc. But most of the times I prefer to just be still and empty my mind until I am in a deeply calm and relaxed state.

Scribing - 5 minutes: After my meditation I write out my goals in my journal and any ideas that popped into my head while meditating or anything else I want to bring on paper.

Affirmations & Visualisation - 10 minutes: Then I say my goals out aloud and visualise with my eyes closed how I feel when I have achieved them and the steps I need to take in order to get there. I focus on tasks I’m doing, people I’m interacting with and how I show up when working towards this goal - e.g. motivated, joyful, proactive, of service etc. I start the visualisation process with my daily goals - the 3 most important things I want to get done that day. And then I move on to my long term goals.

By then (about 40 minutes later) my son is awake. My husband takes care of him first thing in the morning so I can finish my morning routine. So at around 7:10am I take over so my partner can have some time for himself too, and I get the little one dressed and ready for nursery.

At 8 am I do the nursery run. It only takes us 5 minutes on the bike to get there. So at 8:15 am I’m back home.

Exercise & Reading - 15 minutes: Remember, I’m still in my running clothes I put on this morning. So I pop in my earbuds (I've been gifted these Soundcore Spirit Sports Earphones by my husband which are not too expensive and work great!) and go for a quick 10-15 minutes run whilst listening to an audiobook about a topic I want to learn about.

I’m back around 8:30 am, take a shower and get ready for work.

At 9 am I make myself a cup of tea, sit down at my desk and start work.

My evening routine

To make sure I get enough sleep and to be well rested for my morning routine and my day, my evening routine is actually equally as important as my morning routine. Even though it’s super short. This is how it goes:

I set myself a bedtime alarm and - same as in the morning - put my phone across the room so I have to get up. In this case from the comforts of my couch which can be a real struggle for me to abandon in order to go to bed. So at 9:30pm my bedtime alarm goes off, I get up and start to get myself ready for bed.

Scribing - 10 minutes: At 10pm I’m in bed, writing in my journal about how my day went. - My greatest successes, my learnings and the things I’m grateful for. I also write down the 3 most important tasks I want to get done on the next day.

If you want to find out more about the journal I'm using, I've done a whole blog post about it here: RETHiNK Planner Review: The Daily Planner to Help You Achieve Your Goals

By 10:30pm I’m asleep. :)

This daily routine, even though it’s divided over different times in my day to make it work with my family, really sets me up for success each day. Don’t get me wrong, it doesn’t always work out as planned, depending on when my little one wakes up in the morning or if he gets up throughout the night when he is unwell. Or simply when my bedtime gets delayed for various reasons like having friends over for example. So I might have to cut it short on some days or even skip some parts. But it’s my ideal routine I’m striving for every day. And every time I manage to do it, or even just parts of it, I can definitely feel the difference it makes to my mood and productivity on that day. Basically, a day that starts with my morning routine is usually a very positive and successful day for me!


Do you have your own morning routine? If so, what does it include? If not, why don’t you try your own routine for a few mornings? I would love to hear how it goes for you and what difference it makes to your days. Let me know in the comments! :)

7 Signs You're On Track To Succeed Online In 2021

Some attribute the quote "success leaves clues" to Jim Rohn and some attribute it to Tony Robbins, but whoever said it, is dead on point. Indeed, success leaves clues.

Check out any "overnight success" and you'll discover the person had been toiling in obscurity for years before he or she became an overnight success.

Radio, TV and assorted media will be all over the place "celebrating the person's "Great Success". No one bothered when the person was going hungry, driving a battered car and wearing hand-me-down clothes.

So the three thought-provoking questions I want to ask you are:

    a) How many paid courses have you registered for in the past three years?

    b) How many relevant books have you invested in?

    c) How many gurus have you reached out to?

Yes, success leaves clues. Success will not fall on your lap from above. You must ardently search and go for it. If you do you'll become an overnight success and the media will roll out their drums to celebrate your success.

To increase your chances of success, narrow your focus and set your sights single-mindedly on how to make it online because that's the way the world is going and there is no going back.

The biggest and richest companies on earth are all online businesses; not in any particular order Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft.

While it used to take companies close to hundred years to become "Multinational Corporations" with operations spanning the globe, almost all the above "digital companies" became global behemoths within 10 to 20 years.

Not only companies, but individuals are making it big online. Bloggers and information product marketers like Jon Morrow, Brian Clark, Darren Rowse, Brendon Burchard, Russell Brunson, Amy Porterfield, and Neil Patel, to name just seven, all built their eight-figure empires within a few years of striking out online.

It doesn't matter whether you're into E-Commerce, Information Marketing, Blogging, Affiliate Marketing or any combination of online businesses, the key to online success is "CONSISTENCY" and following your clearly defined strategy rather than being an opportunistic profit seeker.

Here are the seven signs you're on track to succeed online. Not in any particular order:

1. You've drawn up your "CUSTOMER AVATAR" so you're quite clear who you want to serve. Your customer avatar is the mirror image of the dream customer you'd like to serve. As you know, all customers are not born equal so being very clear on the type of customer you wish to serve puts you miles ahead of the competition. Knowing your customer avatar enables you to build a profitable "MAILING LIST". With your mailing list in place you're on a fast track to online success.

2. You've built your "DREAM 100" online influencers list and reaching out to them. Online Influencers, Experts, and Gurus make things happen online. They've figured out what works and are building and scaling their eight-figure empires. Following, learning from, and modeling their success are the shortest and fastest ways to build your own seven-figure empire to start with without reinventing the wheel.

3. You've chosen the "THREE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS" you wish to concentrate your effort on and posting consistently. New social media platforms are born nearly daily but to succeed, you must select just three based on your own objectives not on the popularity of the media. Anything more than three will spread you too thin and render you ineffective. Whether you choose any three of Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, Periscope, etc., must align with your strategy.

4. You're daily building your "CREDIBILITY AND GRAVITAS". As the Bible says, "By their fruits you'll know them." You know that people will only follow you if you have credibility and gravitas. One of the biggest credibility boosters is having a New York Times best-selling book to your name. Making it big online as you already know is not a walk through the park so day and night take steps to reinforce your credibility and gravitas.

5. You're working quietly and with full concentration on your "LEAD MAGNETS", LANDING PAGES" and "IRRESISTIBLE OFFERS". These three: lead magnets, landing pages and irresistible offers: set the stage for you to start collecting leads, converting them into subscribers, showing them the stuff you're made of and making them offers they can't do without.

6. You're learning to craft "SALES LETTERS" with great Hooks, Stories and Offers. No matter how beautiful your product, no matter how stellar your credibility, and no matter how popular you're on social media, it's your sales letters that convert subscribers into paying customers sending cash to your bank account. Learning to craft effective sales letters and pitching the right audience put you in the league of winners.

7. You're learning how to create "IRRESISTIBLE PRODUCTS" that change your dream customers' lives. As every entrepreneur knows, whether online or offline, and more so online, where you're dealing with customers sometimes six time zones away, you're in the business of transforming lives. Simply put, you're in the transformation business. The better you're able to transform people's lives, the bigger your bank account will grow. What makes transformation happen are the great products you create. Products come last in the series because you have to tailor exactly to your dream customer's identified need.

The above seven signs separate those who are on track to succeed from those who aren't.

To summarize, you've created your customer avatar, you've selected your dream 100 online influencers, you've selected the three social media platforms you wish to be king, you're burnishing your credibility and gravitas day and night, your lead magnets, landing pages, irresistible offers, and sales letters are selling your irresistible products round the clock.

To accelerate your success, you're not only making irresistible offers, you're building offer-stacks as tall as Mount Kilimanjaro and placing order bumps strategically throughout your value ladder and sales funnel. These advanced online strategies can 10X your success rate. But first you must understand the basics by being humble enough to learn.

If you're doing any three of the above you're on track to not only succeed, but succeed massively online. If you're not, retrace your steps and refocus. Narrow your focus and concentrate on the few things that will bring you success in the shortest possible time. Just keep learning and suddenly you'll reach a tipping point where everything falls into place sending you to the stratosphere of success just like the online gurus I've mentioned in this article.



Paul is the CEO of Vision & Talent Training Group and the creator of Internet Business Mastery Course where he teaches how to build businesses online the right way. He is the author of seven books, including Bridges to the Customer's Heart, dubbed The Customer Service Bible, with endorsements from Pascal Dozie (MTN Chairman), Tony Elumelu (UBA Chairman), and Ben Ofungwu (ISN Chairman). Late Richmond Dayo Johnson, referred to Paul as "One of Nigeria's most authentic experiential writers." Paul's clients include Nigerian Breweries (Heineken), Dangote, First Bank, and Nestoil Group (whose clients include ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and NNPC, amongst others). A McKinsey Executive Panel Member, Paul has written for Process Excellence Network, comprising 240,000 process practitioners from all over the world. He is a Platinum Author at EzineArticles.Com. Phone: +234-8033075133, Email: paul@pauluduk.com, https://www.pauluduk.com/page, https://visionandtalent.com, Twitter: @paul.uduk

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How to Create Viral Pins on Pinterest - Over 500,000 Repins and Counting!

Great video by Kat Sullivan from Marketing Solved about how you can make your Pinterest pins stand out! 

How to Increase the Value of Your Business

There are many ways to boost your sales and grow your business, no matter your budget size. However, increasing the value of your business on a tight budget can be daunting. Because it is challenging to boost your sales while keeping advertising and marketing under control.

It's easy to open a business online and start selling. Hence, there are numerous of products online and so there are many competitors offering the same products and services you're offering.

The difference between the competitor's business and yours will determine how the customer perceives your value. You obviously want potential customers to see the immediate value you offer in all the different areas of your business.

Focus on the Value You Offer

Potential clients care about whether you can help them. Your marketing strategy should focus on clients' problems, as well as helping to solve the issues. For instance, if you're selling a weight loss product; focus on providing better health, feeling sexy, and increasing energy rather than the product. People like things that make them feel or look better.

Thus, all marketing efforts from email messages and social media engagement should focus on offering what clients want or need. You should focus on how your products or services solve customer problems. Providing valuable products to your clients will lead them to share these products with their friends and family, promoting your business. This will lead to more sales and it will increase the value of your business.

Use Different Methods to Reach Your Target Market

Not everyone on your email list follows you on Twitter or Facebook. Be where your customers are, whether it's on YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, or Facebook.

Integrate your content into different formats that will allow you to reach your clients across different social media platforms without duplicating the same stuff. For instance, you can turn a YouTube video into a how-to article for your website.

Share User-Generated Content

Consumers prefer to read product reviews before making crucial buying decisions. Highlighting reviews helps to ease any anxiety about taking a perceived risk. The more detailed reviews you have, the more trust you build and the more valuable your business and offers will seem.

These reviews are experiences and opinions from other buyers, and they lead a consumer to decide on whether to buy a product. Boost your sales and the value of your business by asking your customers to share their photos online. Sharing user-generated photos on your social media platforms will boost loyalty with current customers and it'll add credibility to your brand whenever potential clients visit your social media profiles.



If you have a limited budget, smart branding is perhaps the most inexpensive business growth tool you can create. Branding is important for small business owners as well as large ones. To learn more about how to make your business stand out, download my free checklist, Branding For Small Businesses at https://jonallo.com/branding

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13 Social Media Trends and Opportunities for 2021

Everything You Need to Know About Social Media Marketing Trends Today!

The social media world has exploded with activity, and social media trends of 2021 have shifted since the COVID pandemic onslaught. Sure, it's exciting, but it can also be overwhelming. You need to know how these shifts affect your business and how to capitalize on them to improve your marketing strategy.

So, we're making a foray into the digital world to help you understand the social media trends and opportunities for 2021. Let's get at it!

1. Make a Connection with Live Streaming

Humans need to stay connected for personal and business reasons. When they can't do that face-to-face, technology is more than happy to step in and bridge the gap. Luckily, social media new trends have come to the rescue during this pandemic. Live streaming, a popular medium that only grew stronger in 2020, will continue to play a significant role in 2021.

People have become used to learning and exploring in live streams as they reach out to satisfy their need for social contact and engagement. So, one of our top tips based on social media trends for business in 2021...

Go live on social media at least once a week! And be sure to include a call to action that sells your audience something valuable at the end.

2. Give Away Something for Free

One of the most valuable outcomes of maintaining a social media presence besides nurturing relationships is list building. When you post on social media, you can use your call to action to build your list. Free offers help facilitate this process. Selling something valuable doesn't always mean a money exchange. Your list is gold - your treasure chest of potential new customers and sales.

People will exchange their contact information to obtain something they value. For instance, some folks don't have the time to read every word of your blog posts. A good blog article summary, or access to a hidden page on your site that provides summaries for your most significant blog posts, could appeal to some of your prospects.

Other free offers could include the following:

• Access to slides from a conference
• In-depth guides and tutorials
• Behind-the-scenes glimpses
• Free reports
• And more

3. Showcase Your Brand Personality with Video

Good news! There's still plenty of room to build your online presence, attract an audience, and build loyalty with videos. And before you say, "Really? Isn't the YouTube market saturated?", think again.

Yes, it's true. YouTube has grown exponentially and remains the top channel for video. But the doors are open for branding through personality-driven content. Your unique personality-how you communicate with your audience differentiates you and helps you stand out. So, be authentic, be you, and have fun! Use videos to find and grow your tribe!

And don't stop with YouTube. Carve out your niche on other video channels. Here's a list to get you started!

• IGTV
• Instagram Reels
• Twitter Fleets - NEW in 2021!
• Facebook
• Pinterest
• TikTok
• Snapchat

4. Stand Out on LinkedIn and Instagram with Carousels

Let's continue to roll on into 2021 social media trends in marketing with engaging, movement-focused content ideas! Why settle for static LinkedIn posts when you can jazz things up with carousels? That's right! You can create and publish entertaining slide shows! These allow you to stand out in the sea of text-based LinkedIn posts and build awareness for your company page.

Not to be confused with LinkedIn carousel ads, you publish carousel posts for free. These posts draw attention and generate interest in eye-catching, dynamic visual displays that take up more real estate in a feed. So be sure to include a clear call to action at the end!

Plus, Instagram users get a huge benefit by using carousels in their feed. If a user doesn't like the lead image and scrolls past it, the second image displays on their feed. That gives you a second chance to gain engagement.

Ideas for Content to Share in LinkedIn Carousel Posts

• Statistics, infographics, and numbers
• Frameworks and step-by-step, how-to instructions
• Actionable business tips and lessons
• Conference slides and event content
• Snippets from your blog/listicle post

5. Emails & E-news Are Still Tried and True Methods

Let your audience know when you post something new: "This blog is going viral right now!" Yes, emails and e-news are still some of the best ways to grab attention for your articles and blog posts. So, keep growing that list! Then use social media to highlight the content your audience craves.

To gain permission-based subscriber list opt-ins, use creative calls to action (CTAs) that encourage your prospect to trade their contact information for the tips, how-to instructions, and entertainment they value.

With so many new social media trends, it can be tricky figuring out how to maximize their impact. Knowing that these social media trends for business exist and knowing how to use them to augment your strategy are two distinct concepts!

Let's go over some of the ways you can use social media marketing for your business!

6. Using Links vs. Audio-Visual Content

Whenever possible, use video, images, and audio to snag attention within social media platforms rather than redirecting them to your published content. Social channels want to keep people there where they can influence them with advertisers' campaigns.

Of course, you want them to get to your content, sign up for your free giveaways, and more. Here's a simple social media trends 2021 strategy: Try using the first comment under your post to post your link!

7. Engage with Your Tribe through Social Media Comments

Respond to comments on your social media content in a timely fashion. If people take the time to engage with you on social media, doesn't it make sense to well keep them engaged? That is the point, after all!

Don't allow comments on your posts to sit unattended. When you leave your prospects languishing, you risk losing their attention altogether. If you engage with them, this encourages future engagements which lead to relationships, trust, and sales!

8. It's All About the Timing

Traffic for your social media post depends on the first 10 minutes of the hour you post the content. Tag people and get the word out to increase traffic flow, especially if it's a live-streaming event. If you conduct a live stream every week, do it on the same day at the same time every week. That way, your audience can schedule it into their activities.

Are you presenting a one-off live stream? Get the word out multiple times in advance through various channels. Post your event details ahead of time via emails, e-newsletters, and posts. If you have connections with people who support your efforts, maximize those relationships and ask them to spread the word.

9. The Power of Social Media Comments & Bookmarks

One of your responsibilities to your audience is to curate helpful content. Whatever your industry, your audience looks to you for guidance, expertise, and resources. You can't create it all, so you need to find reputable sources for content to share. Social bookmarking sites provide the means to do just that!

And as social media platforms toy with the idea of doing away with likes (e.g., Facebook, Instagram), people need to find other ways to indicate their approval of the posts they enjoyed or found helpful.

Arguably, Instagram is one of the most popular visual-centric social media trends for business and has become increasingly influential in marketing. To build brand awareness, encourage people to save your Instagram posts (instead of merely "liking" them). Use a call to action in your image and text. A simple "Bookmark this!" could be the ticket.

How else can your business benefit from these saves?

7 Benefits of Social Media Bookmarks

• Save and organize resources you want to focus on at a later time.
• Share resources with your team or audience.
• Tag (label) content for easier referencing and searchability.
• Build backlinks from social media bookmarks to your website.
• Drive traffic to your website. (People find and click on content others have saved to their bookmarking sites.)
• Promote mentions you receive from others (bookmark articles that mention you and your content).
• Take advantage of SEO. (Search engines often bring up bookmarks in their search results.)

10. Ask Questions to Encourage Engagement on Social Media Posts

Want to encourage discussions and engagement on social media? To open the door for communication, remember the power of the question. Make it interesting. It would help if you posed a provocative question that leads people to want to share their thoughts. A vague "yes/no" question like "Agree?" doesn't spark discussion.

Examples of Discussion-Encouraging Questions

• I'm curious. Do you have a story to share about your experiences with _____? (Fill in the blank.)
• How have you benefited from ________? (Fill in the blank.)
• When was the last time you _________? (Fill in the blank.)
• What's your favorite memory of ________? (Fill in the blank.)
• Do you think there's a chance that _______? What leads you to that conclusion? (Fill in the blank.)

11. Ego Bait

I know... that's a pretty loaded term. But think about it. Influencers and industry leaders enjoy the spotlight. If they didn't, they wouldn't be influencers. Tag one or more influencers in your post and ask them to share.

12. Social Media Commerce

Social media has become increasingly more influential in consumer shopping choices. And some platforms have capitalized on this new social media trend by introducing shopping carts. Your customers can investigate and buy your products and services without ever leaving the social media platform.

Again, social media platforms want users to stay on them for as long as possible. Feel free to take advantage of the tools they offer. It's a win-win for you and the platform.

13. Humanized Brands-The Power of Authenticity

And, finally, you may have noticed this growing trend. People value transparency and authenticity in their relationships-and that ideal is spreading to how they feel about the brands they support.

The social media marketing trends of 2021 predictions from the pros indicate that your audience wants to know who you are and what you stand for. And businesses that align themselves with socially conscious themes are viewed more favourably by their customers.

Lean into yourself and let your light shine. Tell your stories. You are who you are, and there's a tribe out there waiting to meet and support you and your business!


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How to Make a Blog Successful

Blogging is essential in today's content marketing world. In fact, your blog is at the center of all of your content marketing efforts. Without an understanding of the ways in which you can ensure blogging success, you're just shooting in the dark hoping for a miracle. Miracles do happen online, but you're more likely to have success if it is planned.


Blogging provides many numbers that you can view and study. Viewing the numbers may help you do more of what is working, and less of what is not working. With the numbers, you can tell how many people are visiting your blog, what they're reading, where they came from and more.

Here are some numbers you'll want to look at:

How Many Visitors

This is pretty self-explanatory, but it's a good indicator if your content marketing is working or not. If your number of visitors is steadily moving upwards then your content is doing its job.

How Many New Visitors

Knowing how many visitors are new is also an important number to notice. This helps you know if you're getting a rise in notice and a wider audience.

Where the Visitors Came From

This is an important metric, because if you have more visitors from one place over another you can then put more effort in the place that is converting.

How Many Repeat Visitors

Having repeat visitors can be a good indication of having content that readers want to consume. If you have low repeat visitors, you may not be converting well or retargeting visitors well.

How Many Visitors Bounce Off

Most blogs have some bounces but if you have a super-high bounce rate, it can be a sign of poor targeting.

How Many Visitors Stay to Read

Look at how many people read your blog posts, and what they're reading. Create more content that they like to read.

How Many Visitors Comment

Engagement is a great sign of good social media marketing and if you don't have enough, do what you can to get more.

And the two most important numbers of all:

How Many Visitors Sign Up for Email Lists

One of the points of driving traffic to your website or blog is to get email subscribers. You should do what needs to be done to collect as many targeted subscribers as possible, because email is where you'll earn repeat website and blog readers and where you'll get customers.

How Many Subscribers Convert to Customers

The other number that is essential to know is how many subscribers convert to customers. This will help you know if what you're doing is working in the way you hope.

If you don't know this information, it's hard to know if what you're doing is working. If you really want to make a business exceed expectations and run a successful online marketing campaign, then looking at these numbers and responding with appropriate actions will make all the difference.



Are you are ready to be a better blogger? Discover 21 different one-a-day tasks and activities for getting more traffic, more prospects, more customers and more sales. Download my free checklist, 21 Days To A Better Blog, at https://jonallo.com/better-blog

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5 Simple Rules To Become A Successful Entrepreneur

If you want to become an entrepreneur, you may want to understand what it really takes to become one. There is no shortcut to success in any field. Many people made a lot of unsuccessful attempts before they gained success as entrepreneurs. So, these entrepreneurs have shared some rules that beginners should follow in order to achieve success. In this article, we are going to discuss 5 of the must-follow rules that you can follow to climb the ladder of success as a business owner.

1. Work smarter, not harder

If you think an entrepreneur is a professional who works day and night, you need to think again. Although hard work is the key to success, the reality is quite different. If you work every minute of the day, no one can guarantee that you will achieve the success you desire.

As a matter of fact, overworking can cause extreme fatigue. As a result, you will make mistakes that can cost you a lot of time and money. Apart from this, you cannot have all the skills required to take care of different aspects of your business. Therefore, you may want to work smarter, not harder. This is how a lot of people have made millions in the here and now.

2. Consult experts and hire professionals

Consulting experts is a great idea if you want to get effective guidelines to run your business affairs. For instance, you can consult Charles J Mosley Jr who is a self-driven goal-oriented entrepreneur. Also, he is the founder of Echelon Productions in Dallas, Texas. His insights can help you with your business matters.

If you are not good at something, you want to hire a professional that can take care of other assignments. This will give you plenty of time to focus on other aspects of your business that you can easily handle. Good entrepreneurs are aware of the importance of delegation.

Although it can be scary to add more employees and team members, you have the option to hire remote workers. They can work from their own offices and homes, and you don't need to arrange special workplaces for them.

3. Get more done in a cost-effective fashion

Although hiring the services of freelancers may not be an ideal choice for an established business, it can be quite an affordable option for a startup. The reason is that most freelancers are from third world countries where the cost of living is quite low. Therefore, this approach can be quite cost-effective compared to in-house full-time employees.

4. Face your failures

If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you may want to look for the right people for your business projects. However, this approach cannot guarantee success, which is why you have to be realistic. Sometimes, unforeseeable situations happen that ruin your momentum. In some cases, you have to suffer losses as well. The point is to avoid being afraid of failing. If you be patient and continue to struggle, you will achieve success.

5. Wake up early

You must wake up early every day and work hard until you see the results you want to see. You should keep moving even during difficult times. Life can be broader in your eyes if you understand the simple fact that the things you see around you are made by people who are just like you.

In short, you can follow these simple rules for success. They will help you keep moving and avoid making common mistakes that will slow you down. Hope this helps.


If you are looking for expert opinion on business matters, you can consult Charles J Mosley Jr He is a self-driven goal-oriented entrepreneur and founder of Echelon Productions in Dallas, Texas.

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My Internet Business Success Formula For Beginners - Your Proven Path to Success in 2021

To say it mildly, online businesses are minting millionaires in droves and this is the best time in all of human history to jump online and create wealth for you and loved ones faster than you ever thought possible. This is not utopian.

It used to take companies at least one hundred years to move from their humble beginnings to global brands. Global brands like P&G (1837), Nestle (1866), Heineken (1864) readily come to mind.

On the other hand, it took each of Microsoft (1975), Apple (1976), Amazon (1994) and Google (1998) less than 10 years to become household names.

Making it big is not limited to tech giants. Individuals are making a killing online in fields as varied and mundane as online training, physical fitness, and writing (otherwise called blogging).

Take as an example Brendon Burchard. He is an online trainer who started circa 2009. Today he has over 3 million students in over 100 countries. Hiss impact is so massive, Oprah refers to him as "One of the most successful online trainers in history." His networth is estimated at N22million.

Another example is Ramit Sethi. He launched his first blog in 2004 and in 2018 was featured in Fortune and Forbes simultaneously. In the same year, Forbes featured Ramit side-by-side with Warren Buffet and estimated his networth at $25m.

Making it big is not limited to the menfolk. Chalene Johnson, the global physical fitness icon, has an estimated networth of $10million, while Marie Forleo has estimated networth of $14million.

While Chalene Johnson has been a household name as a physical fitness coach for over 30 years, Marie Forleo catapulted to fame within the last 10 years aided by her Marie TV, online training, coaching and books.

The fastest, easiest, and cheapest way to make it big is to harness the power of the internet. As the internet gurus say, to succeed online, do what works. In short, do not try to reinvent the wheel.

The internet is a paradigm shift. While it has created stupendous wealth for those who master its ecosystem, it has also accelerated the gap between those who know how it works and those who don't.

Generally, whenever there is a paradigm shift, the knowledge base is reset to zero and everyone has to learn anew. To learn fast and easy, it's necessary to follow a proven path.

To succeed and thrive, you should follow what I dub Internet Business Success Formula For Beginners. As you know, there is order in the universe. If there were no order there would have been chaos. My Internet Business Success Formula For Beginners is a brief but powerful framework that shows you how to succeed Online. If you follow it, you'll succeed. If you don't, you will fail.

The formula consists of 7 steps. Here are they:

Learn day and night

Despite its seeming plug and play simplicity, the internet is a complex ecosystem. To succeed you must learn day and night because change is fast and furious, with basic algorithms changing overnight. Learning enables you to have depth and breadth and keeps you evergreen
Here is the highlight of the things you should learn. Learn:

• How the internet is evolving
• How to be visible
• How to connect with people
• How to build a list
• How to write scripts
• How to create products
• How to make your products discoverable
• How money is made online

Be Visible Off and Online

Being visible requires you increase your off and online footprints so you become known and start building credibility and gravitas. Here are the things you should do to increase your visibility:

• Develop evergreen intellectual properties (books, courses, learning guides, etc.)
• Have a home-base (website or blog)
• Have embassies (social media platforms)
• Have listening posts (mailing lists, social media platforms, podcasts)
• Have satellite towns/cities (guest posting, befriend social media influencers.)
• Stage events and develop your own platforms such as YouTube channel.
• Court the media

Build Relationships

To attract strangers, visitors, friends and former enemies into loyal customers and true fans you have to build relationships. While it makes sense to have a vast relationship base, it's more important to build a base of true fans. Here are the things you should do to build relationships:

• Give out valuable things, like books and e-books, free
• Reach out to your other online influencers
• Extend a hand of fellowship to strangers you meet by providing advice
• Help out with specialized information wherever you can, example in forums
• Make recommendations in areas you have authority; don't be shy
• Join people together as a connector
• Ask for help wherever you're challenged, again don't be shy.

Build A Mailing List

Make building your mailing list a priority so you have whom to market and sell to tomorrow. There is a raging argument online as to what comes first: mailing list on product. As a beginner don't be distracted by these chicken and egg arguments. List and product are the two sides of the same coin: you online business. Just note that with a list you can market what you don't have through affiliate marketing but a product with a list takes you nowhere. Also note that as a beginner you will not be able to do affiliate marketing. So build you list and pursue your product evenhandedly. Here is how to approach building your list:

• Start a mailing list from day one (at least now you know).
• Begin with the low hanging, medium hanging, and finally high hanging fruits
• Build a segmented list to enable you tailor your messages
• Employ an affordable mailing or contact management system
• Invite people personally to join your list and be persistent
• Give away valuable incentives, such as books, video lessons, etc.
• Keep at it day and night

Have Something To Offer (Create Products)

Create products to sell so you can add more value to your followers. People will follow you because you have something to offer them. When you do, you will make money but making money should not be your primary consideration. When you do it well, the money will come. Here are the things you should do:

• Equip yourself with knowledge and wisdom
• Write and refine your intellectual properties to perfection
• Develop irresistible courses, events & platforms
• Master the required technologies for production
• Master the required technologies for delivery
• Be consistent and focus on things that will last, the evergreens
• Specialize so people know what you stand for

Learn how to Market and Sell Online

Marketing and selling are the lynchpins that bring in the money. The most successful business owners online excel in marketing and selling. Invest a big percentage of what you generate into marketing to generate more sales and continue growing your business. Here are the things you should do to boost marketing and sales:

• Learn how to use marketing to grow your business
• Understand the psychology of buying and buyer behavior
• Learn how to build your business pipeline
• Learn how to build and optimize your sales funnel
• Learn how to craft sales scripts that convert visitors to customers
• Learn how to use social media for marketing
• Learn how to set up your landing pages
• Pursue selling with gusto because to sell is human but don't be salesy

Master Strategies to Win Long Term

Succeeding on a sustainable way online is a marathon. Commit to it for the long haul. Develop insight how effort is monetized online and where money is made along the value chain. Know that Rome, as they say, was not built in a day. If you pursue online business as a sprint or one hundred meters dash, you'll give up too soon and fail. Here are the things you should do at this point:

• Master and refine your winning game plan
• Master the four phases of online business (learning, audience, product, sales)
• Develop a long term view
• Keep keeping things evergreen
• Diversify into adjacent winning areas as you become more confident
• Develop offline assets to mitigate your online risks.
• Repeat and build on the principles of excellence

There you have them, the seven planks that constitute my Internet Business Success Formula. You may be wondering, where is technology, after all we are talking about the internet. The truth is, technology pervades all the seven steps, but technology remains what it is, an enabler. Technology enables you to scale and reach thousands online, but in the end relationships triumph. So we talk about hi-tech, hi-touch.

In the long run you must master technologies that enable you learn day and night, be visible off and online, build relationships, build a mailing list, create products, learn how to market and sell online, and master strategies to win long term.

Knowing the technical aspects or technology is important because you're dealing with machines and technology will help you scale and automate but it's not a paramount condition for success for a beginner.

Success online is anchored in the two magic numbers: 10,000 customer base and $10,000 monthly recurring income. You can achieve both easily if you follow the 7-Step Internet Business Success Formula I have given you in this article. Once you hit these numbers, you're ready to leverage technology to scale. That will be the subject of another article.


Paul is the creator of iSchool, iBFC (Internet Business Foundation Course, iBMC (Internet Business Mastery Course), Content Marketing Mastery Course and BWC ( Book Writing Clinic) where he teaches how to build business online, and write books among others. The founder of Vision & Talent Training Group, he is the author of Bridges to the Customer's Heart, dubbed The Customer Service Bible. Richmond Dayo Johnson, referred to him as "One of Nigeria's most authentic experiential writers." His clients include Fortune 500 and some of Nigeria's biggest corporations including Dangote, First Bank, and Nestoil Group (whose clients include ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and NNPC, amongst others). Paul has been featured in The Guardian, Vanguard, and SilverBird TV. A McKinsey Executive Panel Member, he's a Platinum Author at EzineArticles.Com with 49 articles. Paul's E-Product Development Blueprint For Beginners published on Medium has been downloaded over 1,000 times. A trainer par excellence, overall, Paul has trained over 5,000 in his banking and consulting careers and has over 350,000 training man-hours under his belt. Paul is always happy to help executives write books, create courses, and build their expert empires. Invite Paul to speak at your retreat, strategy or quarterly review session on Winning As A Team. Email: paul@pauluduk.com. Website: https://www.pauluduk.com/page.

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