How to make this year your best year ever.

How to Make This Year Your


Best Year Ever



By Yanik Silver

www.SurefireMarketing.com

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Every year I've been in business for myself online

has been better than the previous one. Recently, I

decided to create an "Apprentice" program (Yes, even

before Trump) and I was extremely pleased that we

had nearly 100% of my Apprentices get an online

venture up and running.

I've gone back and thought about their projects and how

they developed and I came to a striking conclusion that

will be worth a lot of money to you this year if you heed it.

There was one key aspect that got them off their butts and

making money and it came down to one thing...

...A Deadline!

As simple as that sounds, once a firm deadline was

established that's when the rubber met the road and all

obstacles melted away like snow flakes in a frying pan.

I'll give you a perfect example for one Apprentice we were

going back and forth a bit tidying up some finishing

touches on the project and trying to get it out the door.

Many times people can try to make everything too perfect

and it never gets out making money so we said we are

launching this project at the LIVE Apprentice Summit. That

was it and that was final.

The date of the Summit was getting closer and closer and I

could see this Apprentice start to sweat a bit. But I made

him make the commitment to this deadline publicly during

our group call and he couldn't back out now.

Fast forward to the day of his launch he had multiple

obstacles that would normally have put the project on hold

get swept away but not now. With the firm deadline in place

and the opportunity for him to be embarrassed our fine

Apprentice finished his project. We hit the 'send' button

and he made a tidy sum from a tiny list over the weekend.

And this was just the start because his project has made

well into the five figures already. And why did it get

finished?

The deadline once again.

What's your deadline for your first project or your next

project?

Is it something that's in your head? Not a good idea. It's

pretty easy to keep moving that forward or letting other

things take precedence.

Who knows about your deadline and who's going to hold you

to it? In some cases it's not a good idea to share your

deadline or goal with another person, especially if they're

the kind of negative energy vampire a lot of well-meaning

friends and family are. But if you've got a group of

colleagues all with the same thinking use them. This works

especially well if you don't want to look like an "idiot"

in front of them and they are people you really respect.

I'll tell you what works for me and maybe it'll work for

you too.

For me, I work best when I absolutely "have to" perform.

For instance my first product on Internet marketing

might never have been made (or at least it would have taken

much longer) if I didn't sell it before it was done. In 2000

when I first started marketing online a lot of people wanted

to know exactly what I did and how I started making money

so fast.

Well, I got my first opportunity to share my story in

Atlanta at an Internet seminar. I was extremely nervous and

my heart was beating out of my chest to go talk in front of

100 strangers. I gave my presentation and then I sold this

product (yet to be created).

I told people it would be delivered in a few weeks so they

knew it was a prepublication offer. I walked away with 10

orders at $200 bucks. All well and good except I couldn't

charge anyone until the manual was done. Even though it was

only $2,000 (less what I had to pay the promoter)

I knew that at least people wanted this information and I

could keep selling it once I finished it. I probably had a

week or two of 3 o'clock in the morning work sessions but I

completed it and charged the cards. I was under pressure to

get the manual done because these people paid me (though I

didn't charge them) and I owed them the material.

Since then I've updated my course material and it's been

worth well into the six figures just because "I had to

do it".

How can you set something like this up for yourself? If you

can stand the pressure - you can decide to put on a tele-

seminar. This is one of my favorite ways of creating

product by a deadline. You can do either a one-time tele-

seminar or series of tele-seminars and you get paid to

produce the product. How great is that? It doesn't matter

if you have 1 person or 1000 people on the call because

this is forcing you to create product and perform.

Once you've set your deadline for anything you'll

"magically" see certain resources fall into place. Trust

me, it's a bit eerie but when it occurs every time you set

a firm deadline you know there's something to it. Just the

act of making the decision sets these events into motion

for you. It's also because what you focus on becomes your

reality. Your perception has changed. Your internal

"radar" is now attuned to resources, allies, etc that can

help you get your project completed.

Now I leave you with one more secret...Set "mini

deadlines".

When you're looking at the whole task of setting up an

Internet business (or anything really) it's easy to get

overwhelmed. But if you break everything up into small

tasks with their own deadlines you'll be at your

destination before you know it. I promise it'll work for

you. In fact, that's one of the reasons I really like

Franklin planner systems (now Franklin Covey). I've been

using them since 1998 and that's when I first started

making some significant changes in my life.

Actually the founder of Franklin, Hyrum Smith has a great

book called "The 10 Essential Laws of Time and Life

Management" - this should be required reading for you!

Even though I hate ad slogans (since they don't work) this

one should become your mantra for the year - "Just Do It".

As cliché and overused as it is - that's all it comes down

to. Whether you're willing to roll the dice and put

yourself out there a little. I promise whatever the worst

case scenario you're thinking, it is far from the reality.

And if you need someone to send your deadline list to - go

ahead and email it to me. I'll keep it confidential and

we'll celebrate together when you reach your destination.



(c) Surefire Marketing, Inc.

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Yanik Silver is recognized as the leading expert on

creating automatic, moneymaking websites...and he still

doesn't know how to put up a website.

He is the author, co-author or creator of several best-

selling online marketing books and tools, including his

newest resource for making this year your best yet -

http://www.33DaysToOnlineProfits.com/56514

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