Hi Everyone,

Wow, I must really be behind on a few things! I just read Alex Jeffreys most recent post (which he posted before Christmas) and was absolutely amazed that he actually DOUBLED his income goal for 2008! How amazing is that!? Alex should be very proud of everything he’s accomplished!

As one of Alex Jeffreys students, this certainly inspires me to strive harder to reach my goals. Alex has already gone above and beyond as far as his mentoring goes. I’m very proud to be one of his students, and I’m happy that Alex is so committed to helping us all become successful.

Alex is truly an inspiration to all of us!

Alex’s post shows that it IS possible to build a successful online business that makes a lot of money. Go ahead and read his post, become inspired! At the end of his post you can get a copy of Alex’s eBooks, which are free, and follow in his footsteps! You can view Alex’s most recent post by visiting his blog, Marketing With You.

Take care,

Lori James
http://www.everythinghomebiz.com
lorijames@everythinghomebiz.com

Okay, I’m finally posting on what I plan to do to get some traffic to my blog!

- Submit to my RSS Fee to RSS Feed Directories (already did this)

- Create a Hub on HubPages (already did this)

- Create a lens on Squidoo

- Comment on the blogs at winningtheweb.com

- Write some posts on what I learn from some of the blogs at winningtheweb.com

- Posting on some fourms

- Commenting on other Alex Jeffreys Coaching student’s blogs

- Creating a profile and participating on various social sites. (I will give specifics when I have created my profile on some sites!)

- Utilize some classified ad services

And anything and everything else I can think of along the way!

I will give an update sharing my “traffic getting” results within the next few days.

Have a great day,

Lori James
http://www.everythinghomebiz.com
lorijames@everythinghomebiz.com

Hi Everyone,

I’ve just published my first Hub on HubPages! The title of my Hub is “Build A Relationship With Your Subscribers”.

It took me quite a while to put it together since I was really anxious about it. I am also anxious about my Hub being read, did I do a good job on it, is it helpful, and on and on….

Your honest opinion on my first Hub would be very much appreciated! Click Here to view my Hub.

Thanks,

Lori James
http://www.everythinghomebiz.com
lorijames@everythinghomebiz.com

I hope everyone had a great holiday! I had a very nice Christmas and I was happy to be spending time with my family and friends. It was especially fun to see my grandson Mario so excited about Christmas! Mario will be 3 years old on January 2nd, so there’s still more excitement to come!

Now that Christmas is over, it’s time to really focus on catching up. The Christmas holiday has lasted for 4 days now instead of one, (including Christmas Eve), with lots of unexpected “surprise” visits! I was expecting to be able to at least accomplish a few things with my blog and work a little on getting some traffic during that time, but it didn’t work out that way. I do have to admit that there were times I felt like saying “just give me an hour or two, I need to do a few things on my blog and I need to get some traffic!” Unfortunately most of my family and friends don’t really understand what I’m doing online, and they have felt neglected by me lately and wanted attention. Family and friends are very important, so that was where my attention had to be!

The first thing I will be doing to catch up is to answer any older emails and comments since I don’t want to take any longer in responding.

The second will be to apply what I learned about RSS feeds from Garry Parkes’ first issue of The Profit Pulling Project, which by the way, Garry did a great job with!

And the last thing on the list for tonight will be a post about my plan for getting traffic to my site, plus one or two other posts.

I’m HOPING to be caught up in the next few days!

If you need to catch up, remember that focusing is very important! Just concentrate on one thing at a time and you won’t feel so overwhelmed while getting caught up.

Happy Holidays!

Lori James
http://www.everythinghomebiz.com
lorijames@everythinghomebiz.com

I had wanted to get off to a great start this weekend with getting traffic to my site, despite having to do my shopping for Christmas, bake cookies, and my grandson not believing in “sleep” lately. Even while I was busy with every thing else I kept thinking about how to get traffic to my site, and could hardly wait until I could get on my computer at night!

Well, it turned out to be a very frustrating weekend. I realized that their was something wrong with my “Twitter” account, then found some other problems with my Firefox browser. So, Friday night I had to uninstall, then reinstall my Firefox browser. Thursday night I had added a lot of students to my blogroll, then Saturday night I added even more students to my blogroll, posted on my blog, added some other links, etc…

This morning my grandson was watching a movie, so I figured I had 10 minutes or so to go online and check my mail and visit a few more of the other students blogs. I was shocked to see that the only thing on my blog was the Name of my blog, and nothing else, the rest was totally blank! I lost a lot of posts, a lot of student links, and some other links I had put on my blog in the last week.

I still have no idea how that could have happened! Anyway, I tried a few little things that didn’t fix it, then I tried to repair it, but that didn’t work either. So, I had to restore everything. I had backed-up my blog a week ago, but a lot of work I did after that back-up is gone. So, tonight I’m going to be adding students back onto my blogroll, and trying a few ways to get traffic.

Needless to say, I wasn’t generating any traffic to my site over the weekend. The earliest I had gone to sleep all week was 4:30am., so I guess doing my back-up was the furthest thing from my mind.

What happened to me could have been avoided if I had kept up with my back-ups. So, please remember to back up your work so you don’t lose it unexpectedly like I did! I know I’ll be remembering to back-up from now on!

I have to go generate some traffic now!

Take care,

Lori James
http://www.everythinghomebiz.com
lorijames@everythinghomebiz.com

Hi Everyone,

I have heard the statement “The Money is in the List” countless times over the past year. So, is it true? Is the money REALLY in “the list”? The answer is YES! Your list is where the money is!

Don’t overlook building your list, this is a BIG mistake! I don’t have a list. Why did I overlook building a list? I think it was because I really wasn’t sure HOW to go about building a list, so it seemed a little scary. Also, I have read conflicting information, such as “make money without having a list”, etc.. I have often thought of building a list, but it didn’t seem like it mattered much one way or the other. I didn’t realize the importance and the value of building a list for my business. I can’t believe how much time I’ve lost because I don’t have a list!

Well, now I realize the importance of building a list if I want to have a successful business. As far as being afraid of building a list, what the heck is there to be afraid of ? (I mean, really, it’s a LIST, how scary could it possibly be?!) If I mess it up I can just try again, right?

Most importantly, I now know I need to “take action” and start building my list right away, so that my business can grow!

So, once again….”The Money IS in the list!”

Happy List Building,

Lori James
http://www.everythinghomebiz.com
lorijames@everythinghomebiz.com

Hi Everyone,

Here is a free plugin I came across a few days ago and wanted to share the info with you. It’s called Tweet My Blog. This powerful plugin works for you in 3 different ways:

- Every time you post to your blog you will automatically “ping” your Twitter account, and since your Twitter account will automatically contain a link back to your blog post you could end up driving a huge amount of traffic to your blog.

- You will also receive a blog “widget” that will automatically show your recent Twitter posts.

- The Twitter “pings” and the blog “widget” both contain a link back to Tweet My Blog that contains your affiliate link. So you will also make money as an affiliate.

The plugin is easy to install, and the directions are very good. This is a great way to start generating more traffic to your blog. And, remember, it’s FREE!

For more information Click Here.

Enjoy!

Lori James
http://www.everythinghomebiz.com
lorijames@everythinghomebiz.com

I think I can say that I’m absolutely Ecstatic at this point. Module 2 was filled with such unbelievably powerful content! Coaching with Alex is just an experience that words cannot describe!

I can’t help it – this is soooo exciting!

Garry at http://www.garryparkes.com received well-deserved acknowledgement from Alex. Way to go Garry!

Well, I’ve got to get to work now…. I have a business to build!

Hi Everyone,

I am really excited to be starting Module 2 of Alex Jeffreys coaching tonight! So far I’ve been very happy with what Alex has been teaching us, and I know tonight’s coaching session will be just as great as the first session.

All of the other students are very nice and everyone is so willing to help each other. It feels good to be able to give support and to receive support from everyone who is sharing this journey to success!

I’m really looking forward to learning how to build a list. List building is one of the areas that I’ve had a very hard time with. I have no doubt that I will learn how though, Alex is THAT good.

So, keep following us while we learn!

Take Care,

Lori James
http://www.everythinghomebiz.com
lorijames@everythinghomebiz.com