Beyond Positive Thinking

Keeping your thoughts focused on the positive is great, but it doesn’t take you all the way to your goal. You need to go beyond positive thinking.

Here’s the problem as I see it: There are many negative influences surrounding a person on an ongoing basis and their potential to drag the person down can be greater than the basic act of positive thinking can counter-balance. You need to take it a step beyond.

Recognizing the negative influences...

Do A Barrel Roll

I realize that the “do a barrel roll” novelty is probably wearing off by now, but on the chance not everybody has heard about it, here it is again. And besides, it might give you some inspiration to pep up your Internet Marketing business!

I’ve written about it in my own blog – Why Do a Barrel Roll? – where I explain how it came to be and include a direct quote from Google about it, plus a link to an ABC News video featuring the novelty.

Here,...

How Search Engines Work

There is no simple explanation of how search engines work, but we can take a brief look at the three main processes involved.

Keep in mind that search engines typically take into consideration millions of factors during the course of their normal operations.

The first process is Crawling. Search engines crawl the Internet looking for new web pages and updated pages. Once found, these pages get added to the search engine index. Dead links...

Personal Development Plans Have No Value ... Unless...

Personal development plans have no value ... unless you apply the steps and techniques that are part of the plan. It’s like they say: Knowledge is not power. Applied knowledge is power.

In his training materials, Brian Tracy often elaborates on various “steps to success” that have worked in his life and in the lives of countless others who have learned and applied his recommendations.

A key concept that...

Let the History of Search Engines Inspire You

If you are looking for your major purpose in Internet Marketing, you can let some of the history of search engines inspire you.

Few people achieve greatness in their life or in their career. Most of us just plod along, hoping to keep our nose above water, perhaps hoping to achieve something at least a little above average.

Of course, we have all heard the gurus telling us that if we want to achieve greatness, we...