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Re: Can Penny Auctions make money for Internet Marketers?

Wayne Edwards — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:55:34 -0000

Excellent information, Peter. I'd always thought of making money online via internet auctions only in terms of eBay or similar sites. You make making money via penny autions sound so simple, I'll have to give it a go...

Re: Motivation & Inspiration

Marriage Quotes — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:42:49 -0000

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Re: Get big or get out, will Internet Marketers fare better than small farmers?

Peter Wright — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:30:26 -0000

Good point Alan and one of the reasons I decided that time spent on a certain Social Marketing trading game could, for me, no longer be justified.

Re: Get big or get out, will Internet Marketers fare better than small farmers?

Alan Jobe — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:59:34 -0000

It seems to me, one of the biggest problems that Internet marketers face is that far, far too much attention and energy is expended chasing ephemera and far too little is invested in creating actual sales that produce actual revenues. Tell me that you got your page rank up to 5 or your Klout up to 60 and I'll just shrug. Tell me that you sold 2000 widgets last month-- I'll be impressed.

Re: Empower Network & 10K Challenge, Internet Marketing systems update.

Toddtaylor — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:21:19 -0000

I just started the 10k challenge myself, and like your blog, i have also seen the empowerer network but hae not tried it. I recently started a website/blog also and am trying to review different online marketing tools and training.

Re: Why we should buy electronic gadgets made by exploited Chinese factory workers.

New Class Traitor — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:54:52 -0000

Interesting reflection. Let me add a few factual things that get lost in this debate. The first two points were explained to the current POTUS by the late Steve Jobs when asked if he could bring those jobs back to the US (his answer was basically "they can't be"):
(a) Wages account for about 2 (two) % of the production cost. If Apple manufactured these devices in the West at prevailing wages, they would become more expensive, but not by a whole lot.
(b) However --- and every tech hardware company faces this problem at this point --- at this point it isn't just the final assembly that is done in China, and not even just the first layer of the supply chain, but the second layer of the supply chain that are all in China, within kilometers from the Foxconn assemblyplant (which BTW is Taiwanese-owned).
(c) In addition, while the US credentialing (I am increasingly reluctant to call it 'education') system is very good at turning out semi-literate and innumerate graduates in "nothingness studies" that can parrot the latest New Class/BoBo dogma, it is rather less successful at turning out skilled manual workers that can work with acceptably low quality control problems.
(d) Furthermore, smartphones and devices like that require small (per device) but nontrivial amounts of rare earth metals. Guess which country produces 97% of them, under (needlessly) appalling conditions? Yup, you guessed it in one. And guess what pet causes of the eco-set consume large amounts of rare earth metals? Those fretting about their iPhone or the neodymium in their headphones should fret ten times as hard about windmills and Priuses (Prii).

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Because of its monopoly, one could say that the ChiComs have manufacturers like Apple by the short and curlies. Let them move production abroad and the taps will be closed. Fortunately, that particular problem may bring its own solution, as skyrocketing rare earth prices have triggered a renewed interest in exploitation of RE deposits in, e.g., Australia.

Re: A lesson in achievement from a blind baseball sports writer

Peter Wright — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:52:25 -0000

Thanks for the comment Darren. You are correct about feeding ourselves daily doses of inspiration. The amazing thing is, it only takes a minute or two to read something inspiring and we can change our whole day.

Re: A lesson in achievement from a blind baseball sports writer

Darren — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:37:24 -0000

Peter, how right you are about the distractions one may encounter working from a home office. Other family members in the home can be distracting as well. It's very important to set boundaries with others living in the same household.

I, too, am a subscriber to My Daily Insights. Just as you mentioned, it provides a great does of inspiration and motivation to me. As you know, we live in a negative world so we must feed ourselves daily positive and motivating information. Otherwise, we would become part of those who see nothing but doom and gloom in the world.

Thanks for sharing this post. Make it an awesome day!

Re: What the Taliban’s Spring offensive means to Western jobs

Roger Hoyt — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:31:09 -0000

Interesting Post Peter. I agree with you 100 percent with everything that you said. Political Parties are failing in America, Infrastructures are failing and the Government is clearly not doing it's job to protect individual rights. Instead, the over qualified person gets shoved to the side, while a Minority gets the job. Why? Because they'll work for less. Unions won't be able to keep making what they're making and eventually will collapse too. While Unions are a great idea, they've already done what they've came to do. Now it's time for them to back off and focusing on protecting people. Instead of causing massive inflation. If the poor can't keep up with that Massive Inflation, guess what, you'll eventually be without a job and be back at square one. So, in the end, it's the Unions and Big Boys who are going to be hurting. I'm taking matters into my own hands.

Re: 4 reasons why the 10K Challenge is a good Internet Marketing System.

Roger Hoyt — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:20:39 -0000

This is great, I'll have a look at this system. I've got to do something and learn what I can about Social Media.

Re: 4 reasons why the 10K Challenge is a good Internet Marketing System.

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Re: Purpose, the secret to a long, productive life.

Peter Wright — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:26:18 -0000

Thank you Kevin, you are right. If the average North American watches 4 hours TV a day (and I think it is more than that) 365 days a year that is 1460 hours. Most of us can write a page an hour so if we used all those hours to write we would produce 3 or 4 books a year even allowing for research time. Makes you think. Good luck with finishing your coding.

Re: 4 Tools to make life in social media easier.

Peter Wright — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:21:15 -0000

Thank you Marie, glad you find them useful.

Re: Purpose, the secret to a long, productive life.

Kevin Whitman — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:43:16 -0000

Nice article. Makes me wonder what a lot of people could of done with all that wasted time. Also I need to some how push myself to finish coding a website I've been working on.

Re: 4 Tools to make life in social media easier.

Marie Dina — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:35:15 -0000

Peter is always coming up with great ideas on marketing, sites to go to, blogs, and everything else under the sun to keep all of us business people on our toes and up to date. The man is awesome. Kudos Peter.

Re: How one jouster combined passion and skill in a successful business.

SEOGuy — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:25:12 -0000

Your server struggle reminds me of what I went through in the process of doing the exact same thing with my Pain Kickers site recently. Articles I was writing for knee pain treatment were no where to be found. While this certainly is not as dangerous as jousting the end result remains the same. If you are passionate about something it will show in the way that you handle those frustrating moments that will arise.

Re: Grace under Fire – Doing what is Right.

SEOGuy — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:06:06 -0000

Not at all what I was expecting to read in this article. I thought you would be heading toward a religious conversation and the state of Christianity in today's world. I was wrong. As a result many memories about standing up for moral and ethical rights against the church body I was part of at one point came rushing back to me. The best knee pain treatment in those days was found within the scope of prayer. We are given 2 dates and a dash. Date #1 is when we are born. Date #2 is when we die. What really matters is what we do with the dash.

Re: Purpose, the secret to a long, productive life.

SEOGuy — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:52:37 -0000

Interesting you should mention this today. I was just talking to my wife earlier this AM about how my dad's death at 56 was entirely unnecessary while his dad's death at 92 happened without natural causes. How long a person lives certainly has a lot to do with purpose. My purpose is to help people understand how to use back and
knee pain treatment to remove pain from their lives.

Re: Grace under Fire – Doing what is Right.

John (Dan) Roberts — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:53:26 -0000

This is a great post, Peter. Interesting story plus your experience and a good lesson to be learned - Dan Roberts

Re: About Peter Wright

Marie Dina — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:51:15 -0000

Peter is the most giving person I know to date. His life has been extraordinary.

Re: About Peter Wright

Marie Dina — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:45:34 -0000

Peter is an exceptional person in all regards. He friended me and has helped me in many way. I call him my "Dilithium Crystal."

Re: Social Media – the tool of 21st century vigilantes

Peter Wright — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:55:13 -0000

God points Roger, regrettably most of us, and I am certainly as guilty as anyone, find it difficult to have much respect for people who behave like idiots or dress in a manner generally associated with criminals for example.

Re: Social Media – the tool of 21st century vigilantes

Peter Wright — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:52:12 -0000

Quite right, I would also find it difficult to defend the murder of a teenager or any one else for that matter. The point I was trying to make is that the vast majority of comment in social media has been based on the assumption that it was murder in the absence of many concrete facts.

Re: Social Media – the tool of 21st century vigilantes

Alan — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:21:56 -0000

You're certainly right that we should not rush to judgement before all of the facts are in. However from all that I have seen and read, it appears to me that the guy murdered a teenager. I find it very difficult to defend that.

Re: Social Media – the tool of 21st century vigilantes

SEOGuy — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:07:00 -0000

There is no doubt that social media can be used for immediate good and bad in today's world. Just look at Obama for example. No matter how you slice it he did use social media to win the election. One thing to keep in mind when positioning yourself for a specific cause on the Web is that you can quickly become the identified target to eliminate should the wrong individual get ahold of your content. Understanding the risks involved will without question help you to experience pain relief from the results.