Welcome to the new age of marketing . If you’ve been following along since the first post, you’ll now have the solid foundation… the undercoat… the primed canvas… the online real estate. Your challenge begins NOW to build your business - at your own pace.

There will be many things to learn along the way and many hurdles to jump, but a whole new world will start to unfold. If we all take a leaf from Alex Jeffreys’ book, we’ll have fun with it and enjoy the journey. Challenge yourself. Enjoy the research. Think outside the box. As Alex Jeffreys says, "start small… think big."

Make sure you have a plan, take action and tick the "DID" tasks off your list as you go. (Alex Jeffreys has a "Did" List.) To help with planning there is a great free software called FreeMind that you can have a bit of fun with.

A new age of marketing has begun and thanks to mentors like Alex Jeffreys and Rich Schefren, we are privileged to be amongst the first to ride this new wave. The timing has never been more perfect.

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aWeber, industry-standard Automatic Responder is one of the best. Once you have established a blog, or any website for that matter, you will need aWeber in order to build a database of "subscribers" who will become Very Important People in your online activities.

This database is commonly called your "list" which is absolutely essential to any online business. With aWeber, you are able to keep a track of your list and send regular emails,  updates, newsletters, promotions, announcements and generally nurture a relationship with your subscribers.

Further down the track, each person on your list will be worth approximately $1 per month to your income. Imagine what this will mean when you have thousands of subscribers!

You can sign up for an aWeber account very simply right here:  aWeber Sign-up

So how do you get visitors to subscribe to your list? Often the best ways are to give away something for free (eg. an ebook or video) or create a newsletter that arrives in their email inbox on a regular basis.

aWeber is the best program to do this for you. It collects their first name and email address, stores their details, sends out a confirmation (that you would have pre-written one time only) and then emails them with the details of how to collect their freebie.

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Creating a blog for online business can be a challenge for newbies. My advice to those who are technically challenged (like me!) is to get someone else to do it for you. I can line you up with an associate of mine, Garry Parkes, who will install your Wordpress blog for FREE!

If you haven’t read my previous post (yesterday) you will first need to reserve a domain name. ie the name you have chosen for your blog. You can get the best deal from www.namecheap.com (under $10 per year). Remember that it’s always best if you can get a .com name.

You will also require a hosting company (the place in cyberspace where your blog "lives") and the best price on the internet is $4 a month and is only available by referral, through Garry’s special discounted hosting package at Hostgator (one of the most reliable hosting companies around).

If you’d like to be put in touch with Garry, please email me at Gaielle@SharpMarketingMethod.com .

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Planning your online business is oh so important! Firstly, look ahead and think about where you’d like to take your business AND your personal life one year from now. (Personally, if I could earn around $50,000 in the first year I’d be over the moon.)

Alex Jeffreys teaches his students to start small and think BIG. The plan should include leisure and holidays as well as the business aspects.

Once we have set a 12 month target, we can then break it down into 4 quarterly plans. The first quarter is then divided into 3 one-month plans. The first month can then become our primary focus. This is when we set up the structure of our online business.

Alex Jeffreys’ advice is to concentrate on one week at a time - he calls it "taking baby steps". While working on the current week, always have a plan for the coming week.

So, your homework is to think about your first 12 month goal. Start a journal and make a few notes. Have fun with it! Plan to enjoy the journey.

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