A $2000 Dollars Weekend Project

the two thousand dollars projectHey there, long time no see right?

Well I have many reasons for not updating the blog as often as I normally do and one of the biggest reasons is that I’m in product creation mode.

That and a $2000 dollars weekend project I just did last weekend.

So to not waste anyone’s time let’s just get down right to it!

The Entrepreneur Mindset

I’ve never considered myself an entrepreneur and if I’m dead honest with you, I really suck at closing down projects.

I always get the lowest cut, the worse share, etc.

This time that wasn’t the case though.  Continue Reading →

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Hey Dude (or Dudette) Do Not Be Boring!

dont be boringYeah, that’s all I mean actually do not be boring.

I have seen it a hundred times before and yes, I even did it myself (sorry) but the idea is that if you’re boring, then you’re going to have boring followers.

It’s not like we’re fishing for enthusiastic people either but just think about this…

Would you rather have a person on your list that is an action taker, e-mails you all the time, is willing to take every possible risk or a person that is slow, doubts everything, asks questions about irrelevant things, wonders if he or she can get their money back soon just in case, etc?

You need  action takers!

You seek WARRIORS.

You are actually recruiting MARKETING SOLDIERS.

You need people that are willing to die for their success!

Okay that’s a bit too far away… maybe not actually DIE but you do need people willing to give it their VERY BEST and NO LESS!

You do NOT need people looking for big red “Push Here” buttons, screw them up and YES I really mean it!

Get RID OF THEM like the plague!

Let’s be honest, boring sucks.  Continue Reading →

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Just A Random (But Important) Update

sergio felix random updateHey guys, how are you doing today?

I’m having a fantastic day!

I’ve been broke, I made money, I started playing guitar after years of not touching one, I almost lost my parents and well a lot of things happened just on this ONE week so man, it has been quite a ride for sure!

This update is basically about a product that’s coming out very soon about WordPress and I really think you shouldn’t miss it even if you already own a blog.

You can see why on this video…  Continue Reading →

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Outsourcing Your First Mini Site Design

outsourcing your first mini site designOkay I’m just waiting to cool off from my third day run today and in case you don’t know what I’m talking about you can go and check out this post right here Running a Half Marathon in just four weeks.

Today I want to talk about something I have seen many times yet people are still reluctant to actually do it and that is outsourcing your mini site graphic design.

This doesn’t even happens a lot with mini sites, it goes all the way to the most basic graphic design object, which is your logo (if your business requires it).

Learn to Let Go and Outsource

I’ve fallen for this mistake myself as you can see there is no graphic or artwork of any kind around Marketing With Sergio but that’s just because I had the strong belief that I “had to” know it all before outsourcing it so I would know the real cost I was paying for something but this is just a lame excuse for not paying for something more professional-looking to be honest.

Anyway that’s not the topic today, the deal is, if you’re building your business and I mean business as preparing a real serious information product to sell, maybe some coaching, offering a service, etc., Having a great looking site, awesome graphics, cool looking artwork or even just a very good logo in place can mean the whole difference between someone actually buying from you or not.  Continue Reading →

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Running A Half Marathon In Just Four Weeks

sergio felix half marathon culiacanThe past weeks have been enlightening to say the least and here’s a quick recap of what I have been doing…

I finished a training from David Walker’s called 30 Day Marketer.

It literally changed my overall perception of marketing blogs for good and I’m really grateful to have been part of that first generation as well.

You’ll see the changes around here very soon.

I also finished reading Tim Ferriss’ book, the famous Four Hour Work Week.

Even though I disagree with many aspects on the book, I also learnt a ton of new things and I highly recommend you to read it as long as you don’t consider it to be some kind of THE marketing Bible because it’s definitely not.

This book is not just about traveling, working four hours per week or ‘hacking the system’ as many young entrepreneurs like to say these days…

It’s a very concise book filled with many different topics, great resources and it’s honestly highly entertaining and I think anyone interested in building an online business should learn a lot from it.  Continue Reading →

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Bloggers Roadmap Review + Bonuses

bloggers roadmap bonus reviewToday you’re in for a real treat if you get Bloggers Roadmap through my affiliate link but before that, let me spare you a quick story…

Once upon a time, I was… okay screw that, let’s just go straight to the point instead.

There are dozens (if not hundreds) of reasons why EVERYONE should have a wordpress site online.

It doesn’t even matter if you want to use it as a CV placeholder, a family genealogy tree or if you just want to showcase your favorite dog’s picture in it.

The possibilities that a wordpress based site gives you are practically endless but with this comes something we can’t take for granted and that is…

The learning curve.

And this is exactly where my friend Daniel Sumner comes in.

Real Networking Case Scenario

After several months of studying Internet Marketers both in the Spanish and English marketplaces I decided to stay with a few IM gurus (Filsaime, Kern, Reese, Dale, etc) a few Blogging gurus (Chow, Brown, Morrow, Clarke, Shoemoney, etc) a few young internet marketers (Milburn, Francis, Mainieri, Felix, etc) and well you get the idea.

The names are not important here, what I want you to understand is that I did my due diligence regarding Internet Marketers and boy did I did that!  Continue Reading →

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My First Marketing Interview

my first video interviewOkay this is not my first marketing review per se… I have done interviews in the past, well only once to be more accurate.

I still remember how much I would freak out by the mere concept of having to record a video and on the same week I started doing my first videos I decided to go even further by asking my friend Patrick Griffin if he would like to help me out with an interview and he said yes!

You can check out that video interview on this post how to record your first video online (thanks Pat!).

My videos may still not be awesome but I’m not nervous at all anymore and the best part is that I come across exactly how I am in real life, no need to fake anything.

Do You Mind An Interview?

“Not nervous” was a true feeling until a few weeks ago my dear friend Daniel Sumner asked me if I would like an interview with him for his upcoming training: Blogger’s Roadmap.

I was really excited about it since it’s the first time somebody actually asks ME for an interview so naturally I said “YES!”.

And then it hit me…

“Oh boy, what the heck did I just did?”

And then I started thinking a bit more…

“What if I screw up?”

Mixed feelings and crazy thoughts were blazing in my head every single day until Dan sent me an e-mail telling me we would have to re-schedule our appointment to get the interview done.

The first thing I thought about it was “I’m SAVED!”.  Continue Reading →

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Easy Actionable YouTube Vlogging Ideas For Marketers

youtube vloggingWell first things first, let’s define what the heck is a vlog.

A vlog is the shortened version for “video blog.”

And a video blog is nothing else than a blog that delivers the content strictly on video.

Easy peasy right? Now let’s get on with the actual content for this quick post.

Do you have Excuses or Results?

It’s not a secret that many marketers on the making are still struggling to keep themselves accountable with their online activities.

  • Some people may have problems following through an entire training course
  • Some others just can’t find the right time to do what they know they must do
  • “It’s too technical”
  • “I can’t afford it”
  • “It takes a lot of effort”

All I hear is “blah, blah, blah” and the list goes on and on but in the end… All there is to it, is you either have excuses or results.

Nothing else.

You can’t have both in case you didn’t know.  Continue Reading →

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The Power Of Simplicity

the power of simplicityI’ve just read the whole Steve Job’s biography and wow, that man surely was something!

In the hundreds of written reviews from that book, you’ll see all kind of remarks going from crazy to genius.

In my book that’s okay because he WAS a little bit crazy but geniuses are not regular people. They are different after all and Steve was definitely not a regular guy.

The book is an excellent read but if you’re not really interested in the history of computers you may not like it as much as I did and it’s LONG too.

The Power Of Simplicity

So why am I talking about Steve?

His simplicity.

He focused on making everything as simple as possible (in the engineering world, this is harder than doing the opposite).

The funny thing is that people normally tend to make everything as complicated as possible…  Continue Reading →

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Keeping Yourself Accountable

keeping yourself accountableI shouldn’t even be releasing this blog post but you know what, it’s honestly very important for both of us and yes, I mean you and me.

We need to keep ourselves accountable right NOW.

I have been in product creation mode for a few days and I have discovered plenty of things that went under planned.

I did use a huge mind map to create my product but guess what?

As soon as I was recording slides and the how-to’s I was getting new ideas that were completely in tune with the training so I had to include them.

This of course, resulted in a much bigger course than I have thought in the first place and now I’m not seeing when it’s going to end.

But fear not, I’m still repeating myself to not include stuff that’s not related to what I’m trying to teach and yeah, the training is getting a bit more extensive but I want to be able to deliver a cool training anyway so I’m OK with that.

Keeping Accountable Video

I shot this video at almost 2:00 am today and even though it is a bit long I do talk about the things I have bumped into while creating this training course.  Continue Reading →

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