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Chapter 1: The Power of the Web

The internet can help you to live your dreams and to design the perfect lifestyle that will make you truly happy. Whether you have a small business that you want to turn into a big business, or whether you want to make money writing a blog on a topic you love – internet marketing can do that for you.

As an internet marketer, you can make a truly ‘passive income’. That means earning a living by writing an amazing website once or creating a product once and then
letting the income roll in forever more. You can even do this as an affiliate marketer, by selling someone else’s product.

As an internet marketer you can earn a little money on the side, writing articles for other people.

The only problem? Most people have no idea where to begin with this.

When I tell a lot of people that I make money online, their response is often to look at me perplexed.

“What do you sell?”

“Well…. Nothing…”

“Where does the money come from?”

I actually had to promise my grandma that what I was doing wasn’t in any way illegal because she found it so hard to understand that I could make money without leaving the house!

My sister recently decided she no longer wanted to do her current job and that she’d like to start off online like me. She asked me how she could get started, what she needed to learn and what a good resource would be for her to begin.

And I was just kind of lost for words. Truth be told, there isn’t really a great resource out there for people just getting started. Truth be told, there is a huge amount of misunderstanding regarding what internet marketing is, what it’s capable of and how you should get started with it.

This is why you see so many businesses get it entirely wrong. Have you ever visited a business site, only to see that it looks completely unprofessional and cluttered? Have you ever visited a brand’s social media page to see that it hasn’t been updated in months? Or that what is there is just uninspired and unlikely to convince anyone to buy from them?

A lot of small businesses will recognize the power of the web to bring them money and customers but they won’t have any clue how to begin. Thus, they will often end up just hiring the first SEO (Search Engine Optimization) company they can find and hoping blindly that the company will maintain its side of the bargain and actually help them get to the top of Google.

Sometimes that happens. Other times, the company uses outdated, spammy techniques and the business goes bust.

Either that, or the company does nothing much and the small business just wastes a lot of money.

But how is the company to know whether their SEO agency is doing a good job when they don’t really understand how SEO works?

This Book

This book then is that resource. This is the book that can take you from zero knowledge regarding the economy of the web, SEO, internet marketing… all that stuff… and bring you up to speed. You’ll learn the technical skills to build a brand, promote it online and create a marketing campaign. You’ll also learn additional skills that can take you to the next level – skills like design, website development and videography.

And you’ll learn how to leverage all those skills, how to harness them, and how to use that to accomplish all kinds of amazing things.

Yes, small business owners will gain the skills they need to be able to build their businesses online. But likewise, you can also take these skills and go freelance. You’ll be able to make money on the side, or as a full time career, by selling your new-found internet marketing skills.

Or, if you prefer, you can take those skills to create your own blog or YouTube channel. Then you can promote a cause that matters to you, you can become internet famous as a comedian/musician, or you can make a living writing about something that fascinates you.

Either way, you’ll learn the raw skills and you’ll be able to device a marketing strategy that takes all of them into account with perfect synergy.

The web can do incredible things for you, you just need to know how to work it. So, let’s figure that out together, shall we?

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What is List Building?

List building is simply building a list of responsive subscribers to whom you can promote your products or affiliate products directly.

There is a common term among most internet marketers which is, “the money is in the list”- This is true. If you really want to build a business online and grow it, you should build a huge list.

Every smart marketer invests daily or monthly on list building, this way you get the email addresses of more people who are interested in your business and products.
For example, if you have a list of 20,000 subscribers and you promote affiliate products to them monthly and you get 5% conversion rate.

If you are promoting a product that pays $30 as commission per product, you will be able to make $30,000 that month.

Someone who doesn’t have a list will have to spend up to $15,000 monthly to achieve the same result.

In this guide our focus will be on how to build our first 1,000 subscribers. Once you are able to do this, you will understand how the process works and how to scale it up for a bigger list.

List Building can be used to:
- Get ideas on what to promote next.
- Establish your reputation in a niche
- Develop relationships with potential business partners
- Send targeted visitors to a website or blog
- Build other peoples list
- Sell Products and services.

What is Email Marketing?

This is the use of an email Software or Autoresponder to distribute promotional messages, newsletters and free bonuses to your subscribers. Basically, you can send your visitors something that is interesting, hoping that it will entice them to buy from you.

Having your subscribers email addresses on your Autoresponder software make it easy to send them messages from time to time. Also, you could make them trust you by also giving them free and valuable information too, this way they will feel you are out to help them and not just to make them buy products repeatedly.

Email marketing can be set to run on autopilot with the help of an Autoresponder software. More on thislater.

You can create a series of promotional messages and schedule them tobe senton a later date. This way you can make money while you sleep.

Requirements for List Building

In order to succeed with List building, you must have the following:

a) An Autoresponder Service

An Autoresponder service will allow you put your list building and email marketing on autopilot. There are somany services out there,but I recommend www.aweber.com
b) Domain Name and Website Hosting

You need a domain name and a website hosting account where all your web files can be stored online for easy access by your visitors. I recommend www.namecheap.com for buying domain names and www.hostgator.com for website hosting.

c) A Squeeze Page

A squeeze page is needed to collect email addresses, it will be linked with your Autoresponder so that every email collected on your squeeze page and will be added to your Autoresponder.

You can easily create squeeze pages ifyou understand HTML, but the whole process has been made easier. There are lots of Squeeze page, drag and drop builders with many dynamic features. I recommend www.instabuilder.com. They have lots of training videos too.

Here is an example of a squeeze page:

d) A Download Page

This is also called a thank you page. This is where the subscribers will be directed to after subscribing. On this page you can thank them for subscribing, give them the download links and give them CPA offers as bonus offers. You can also use www.instabuilder.com to build download pages easily.
See an example of a download page below:

e) Free Report or Video

A free report is needed to ethically bribe people to give you their email addresses. This way they will be happy to give you their email addresses in exchange for your free report. People won’t just give you their email address for any report,the report must be valuable.

f) CPA Offers

With CPA offers, you can offer more free packages as a bonus to your subscribers. CPA offers are action based offers. You are paid when your visitors take a particular action, which could be to enter their email, zip codes, fill a short form or apply for a free trial offer. By doing this, you are giving away more free stuff and making some money too.

Picking a Niche and Sub Niche

Firstly, whatis a Niche?

A Niche is an area of interest of of a group of people. Examples of Niches are:
1. Make Money Online
2. Health and Fitness
3. Love and Relationships
4. Pets
5. Sports
6. Self Improvement
7. Gaming

The above are just a few niches you can work with in building your list.

You can get a comprehensive list of niches and sub niches at: www.ezinearticles.com.

A niche is very broad, so you will have to go with a sub niche.

For example, weight loss and muscle building are examples of sub niches in the Health and Fitness Niche
Golf and table tennis are sub niches in the Sports Niche.

Take note that we are building a list in order to be able to make money from recommending affiliate products or our products to them.
You must consider the following when picking a niche and a sub niche to work with:

I. Is there money in the niche? By this I mean are there people willing to spend money to get information or solve a problem in that niche?

You can know about this by doing a search for the sub niche at Amazon. If there are books on it, it means people are spending money on it.

II. The category of People interested in the Niche: if the only people interested in your selected sub niche are kids, then this is not a good niche to go after.
III. Are there lots of Affiliate products in the Sub niche? To be able to get the best out of your subscribers, you will have to send them great and new offers weekly. So do a search for affiliate programs to see if there are products in the niche.

The above Niches are the best to go after; I will suggest you go with one of them. But if you have another that meet the above 3 requirements, it’s ok.

For the purpose of this guide, I will use the Weight loss niche as a case study. Millions of people are spending money daily to look better. Our main focus will be to build a list of 1,000 subscribers in this niche and make money doing it.

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Introductory

Don't worry too much if you lack advanced technical computer skills. A lot of that can be remedied by just putting in a little bit of time each week in doing some self-study.

Don't worry too much if you lack advanced technical computer skills. A lot of that can be remedied by just putting in a little bit of time each week in doing some self-study. In this guide, you'll learn which computer skills are necessary to serve your sweet spot small business clients.

If It Works, Break It

You can do something as simple as getting a not-for-resale (NFR) copy of a product that you want to sell, install, and support and then working with the product in your lab. When you or one of your lead technicians or engineers has a spare half-hour to an hour, you can walk through the basic installations. Then, deliberately break the lab installations. Next, reinstall the software until you get more comfortable with the package.

Most of these products that you'll be installing for small businesses are very mature technologies. They're very wizard-driven, and at least for plain-vanilla configurations, they don't require tremendous levels of computer skills.

Installations Are Easier Now

Years ago, it was much more difficult to install the Novell small business suite or IBM equivalent, or the original 1997 Microsoft Small Business Server. But all of these companies, especially Microsoft, put a lot of money into making it easier for people who don't have advanced IT backgrounds and networking computer skills to install their small business server application suites.

In terms of your technical computer skills to service sweet spot clients, your staff needs to:

1. Have good strong PC hardware skills
2. Be able to handle a peer-to-peer setup
Computers and Technology
3. Understand what TCP/IP is all about
4. Know what POP3 and SMTP are
5. Know how to work with basic SOHO routers

If your staff possesses the above skills, you're definitely at a good starting point to get started with at least the smaller sweet spot small businesses (10-20 PCs).

Share the knowledge among your employees

Make sure your staff members cross-train each other and you. This way, no one's ever “too knowledgeable” to the point where they can blackmail you, extract huge raises or huge bonuses, or walk away with your client base. You have to make sure your company's internal know-how or intellectual capital can't just get up and walk out the door to your biggest competitor.

The Bottom Line about Computer Skills

In this article you've learned about which technical computer skills are necessary to service your sweet spot clients.

Chapter 1: Computer Backup

It's happened to most of us; we've lost a document or a folder because there was no computer backup.

Whether you lost a few lines you were typing because of power failure or your entire system crashed, computer backup is the only way to prevent such mishaps from destroying your files.

Computer backup can be basic or sophisticated, costly or simply the price of your average floppy disk. Depending on your needs and the importance of your files, you will need a computer backup system that reflects your budget and your lifestyle.

Many computer users prefer to keep it simple and back up their data with a floppy disk or by copying and pasting documents. This is the most basic form of computer backup, but it is not satisfactory for everyone. Floppy disks often wear out, and you can have files stored on floppy disks for years that might be not perform if they are stored on old disks.

On the other hand, if you use your files quite frequently, your floppy disk could wear out, which creates another problem for your floppy disk storage. If you simply store your document elsewhere on your computer, it might not survive a complete computer crash, although minor annoyances should not interfere with your files.
Because of problems with viruses, computer crashes are becoming a more frequent occurrence for many PC users, and therefore, computer backup software is the best option for many consumers.

There are many files that are worth the time and investment involved in obtaining good computer backup software.

Examples of such files are:

· Bank records
· Personal documents
· Digital photos
· Address books
· Software downloads
· Special projects

The best computer backup software not only creates a copy of your documents automatically, but it uses encryption algorithms to protect your information from unauthorized access and spyware. Your filename will also be encrypted to protect against intrusions. Most computer backup software is quite user friendly, and new files can be added instantly at the click of a mouse.

In addition to many great features, most computer backup software will enable you to:

· Create new backup programs
· Select files and folders for backup
· Define compression settings
· Choose target of backup
· Store backup info in various locations

The best computer backup programs are not rigid, but allow the user the flexibility to choose where and how their files will be stored. You can choose to have everything copied automatically, or specify which files you wish to have a backup.

If you have a large volume of material to store, you can select compression settings, which will minimize the size of your documents and will enable you to store more information. You can also choose where you want your backup information to be stored, and you can place the data in various locations automatically, for instance, in your hard drive, USB stick, Network folder, CD, DVD and Remote FTP Server. You can also create a simultaneous backup communication between a remote FTP server and local storage devices.

Your computer backup software should provide easy user interface, the option to store your data in multiple versions and the capability to restore your files to their original folders.

Most programs have a very easy to use help menu, and many have service lines to help customers who wish to communicate with an assistant. You can also obtain special features for your computer backup software, such as a disaster recovery CD or DVD, which will get your computer back up and running after a crash. You can have peer to peer backups for extra protection and virus scanning capabilities that will safeguard your valuable files against tampering.

Computer backup software varies in prices, and it is worthwhile to invest in the best program you can afford, especially if your business depends on valuable files. Don't let an unexpected computer crash destroy your valuable data, but invest in computer backup software today.

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Introduction

Deciding to set goals is one of the most important things you can do to improve your life. However, nearly 98% of people take the time to set clear goals for themselves in their life. It's essential for you to think about where you want to be, whether it's in one month, one year, or one decade from today. Taking the time to identify where you want to be is the best way to make sure you are going in the right direction and help you avoid pursuing goals that don't excite you.
Those who don't set goals for their life may not believe that they have any control over their lives, leading them to wander through life heavily influenced by the people and circumstance that surround them. They give their power over to the environment rather than using it to create the experiences they genuinely desire. This results in them achieving less than if they would have taken the time to set specific goals and plan their lives.

However, it is important to remember that merely having goals isn't enough. Something that can be just as bad as not having any goals in life have unclear goals that are not aligned with what you want out of your life. Unfortunately, many of the people who take the time to set goals, spend years in single-minded pursuit of a single goal, only to achieve it with the sudden realization that it isn’t want they genuinely wanted.

Setting specific goals is one of the best decisions you can make in your life. Learning to set the right goals will allow you to tap into your intrinsic motivation, live autonomy, mastery, or purpose, and put you on the right path for uncovering your hidden potential. This book will help you define your goals, as well as the kind of life you want to create. It will help you set goals that will inspire you and make you want to leap out of bed every morning. You might be intimidated about setting goals at first, but you’ll discover that the journey is more than worth it in the long run.

Chapter 1 – Why It’s Important to Set Goals

Setting goals gives direction to your subconscious mind, helping you to achieve your goals. They give you a path in life. However, setting vague goals like “I want to make more money,” or “I want to live a happy life,” won’t end up leading you to a fulfilling life. Your subconscious is a powerful machine, and gaining an understanding of how it works is a big part of setting goals that are successful. Maxwell Maltz, the author of Psycho-Cybernetics, explains how setting goals gives your subconscious mind direction.

"Your automatic creative mechanism is teleological. That is, it operates in terms of goals and end results. Once you give it a definite goal to achieve, you can depend upon its automatic guidance system to take you to that goal much better than “you” ever could by conscious thought. “You” supply the goal by thinking in terms of end results. Your automatic mechanism then supplies the means,”

Your subconscious mind behaves similarly to GPS; it is continuously scanning the environment around you for the information relevant to the details you've given it. This is why setting goals that are clear will provide you with a higher chance of accomplishing them. A strong signal is sent to your subconscious mind, allowing it to unleash its power of focusing on looking for opportunities to achieve the goal.

Setting Goals Empowers You

When you begin setting your own goals, in all significant areas of your life, rather than letting someone else set them for you, you stop giving your power away. When you set goals for your relationships, finances, career, health, and personal life, you begin to take your control back and become more empowered. You begin to make the conscious choice to become the creator of your own life and start to take responsibility for every single aspect of your life.

Taking the time to figure out your goals for your future will make a significant impact in your life. What would you do differently today if you knew how much you wanted to make in five years, where you wanted to be in twenty-five years, or how long you wanted to live?

Setting Goals Improves Your Self-Esteem

When you set clear goals, you can begin to improve your self-esteem. Having clear goals and knowing what you need to do to accomplish those goals not only builds your self-esteem but reinforces it as well. Part of our self-esteem, according to Nathaniel Branden, author of ‘The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem,’ comes from a disposition to experience ourselves as competent to cope with life’s challenges. This means that with every goal that you accomplish, you will feel better equipped to deal with other goals and problems in life.

One of the best predictors of personal happiness is directly related to high self-esteem. Consistently accomplishing the goals you set for yourself is one of the most efficient ways to build your self-esteem.

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Introduction

It’s always a fun thought experiment to imagine what you would do and what you would buy if you won the lottery. If you had a million dollars, where would you be right now? Maybe you’d buy a beautiful home on the coast, or maybe you’d travel the world and see all the sights. Perhaps you’d start your own business?

It’s fun to imagine these things but of course it is also somewhat limiting. There’s only so much that you could accomplish by winning the lottery and of course this is all tied to what you can achieve with financial clout alone. What would be much more interesting would be to imagine that you had three wishes.

If you met a genie and they said you could have any three wishes, what would you wish for?

I’m not asking hypothetically, I want you to play along and answer. What would you wish for right now?

Here are the rules: you cannot wish for more wishes. The Aladdin rule that you can’t wish for someone to love you is out though. That’s totally on the cards.

The other rule is that you’re not allowed altruism. So, no wishing for world peace, no wishing that your friends will be happy. This is about you. This is about what you want. Two more rules: it has to be physically possible. No wishing that you were immortal or that you could fly. Finally, no wishing for anything as a ‘means to an end’. In other words, don’t wish for a billion dollars and think that’s you sorted because you can buy all the rest. That’s just boring… Be more specific!
But nothing else is off the table. You can have riches, you can have fame, you can have a boat. You can become a rock star, you can find love, you can write a book. You name it.

What do you want? Write it down and put it somewhere safe.

Now here is the good news: I’m about to become your magical genie. Minus the beard and the song and dance number. Otherwise though, I’m going to give you what you want.

Or rather, I’m going to do something even better. I’m going to show you how to get everything you want. I’m going to show you how to become your own genie.
Because if you teach a guy to fish and blah, blah, blah. Enough pre-amble. Let’s do this. In this book, you’ll learn how to get out there and get what you want for yourself and to stop settling for less.

Chapter 1: The Law of Attraction – True or False?

In this first chapter, I’m going to talk about the thing you’re probably already expecting me to talk about. That’s the law of attraction. It seems only fitting that I touch on this first, seeing as you’re probably already thinking that you know the answers and how you can get everything you’ve ever wanted.

For those who don’t have a clue what I’m talking about, let’s go over it quickly.

What is the Law of Attraction?

The ‘law of attraction’ is a concept that has been popularized by a number of self-help gurus, blogs and books and that claims it can help you to accomplish literally anything with the greatest ease. The premise is simple: as you are, so you will attract.

Or to put it another way: fake it until you make it.

The example that is often used at this point to describe the notion is that of giving someone a gift. When you go to give someone a gift, you will usually start by assessing what they have and what they might like. If you have a friend of humble means, who doesn’t like splashing cash and who has hobbies like gardening
and reading, you’ll probably get them a book and some gardening gloves with a nice pattern.

Now imagine your other friend. You keep a wide range of company apparently and this person is rich. Ostentatiously so. They splash cash all the time, they talk about their exotic holidays non-stop, they have all the latest gadgets and their home is absolutely beautiful, perfectly modern and kitted out with a ton of exciting features.

What do you buy them? They have everything. They are used to a certain standard of living. So, you probably get them theatre tickets. Or an experience day. Or a cool gadget. A beautiful watch.

You get the point. The rich friend and the person who ‘acts rich’, actually gets more spent on them. They have put signals out into the universe as it were, and the universe has responded in kind. Someone who puts out humble signals and maybe doesn’t ‘act’ quite so rich, ends up with a gift that is much lower in value. Which doesn’t really make sense: surely the less rich friend would appreciate something more extravagant more? Surely it would mean more to them?

This isn’t just about giving gifts though. The same rules hold true in practically everything you do. Imagine those same two people going for a job interview. Who will be offered the more high-paid job?

Simply by acting like someone who is used to a certain standard of living, you will communicate certain ideas to your employers and they will likely see fit to offer you more money to work for them!

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Our body language, or the way we use different parts of our bodies when we are in public, is a very important indicator of our mental state. Several experts have noted how we can read people’s minds just by looking at their bodies. This is known as body language reading.

Now, you cannot do this too obviously. If you stare at a person’s body, you are going to be labeled a leech! But, there are those subtle signs that people give out all the time, and it only takes you a split second to read them.

For instance, you could just look at the way a person moves their eyes when listening to you, or the way they hold their lips when talking. You could look at the stance of their arms and legs and the way they use their hands. These are all vital body language signs. It doesn’t take you any time to read these signs, but they can tell you so much if you pay attention… and if you know what to look for.

This eBook is all about body language. It is an attempt to tell you of the various signs that people give out when they are reacting to you. By reading this eBook, you will be able to gain command over what’s in people’s minds.

If you think about it, there are so many ways in which this can prove immensely beneficial to you. Think of all the things you can do if you are able to delve into someone’s mind. You will be able to understand what they are thinking and how they will react to you in the next minute! If you are soliciting someone with a business proposition, by being able to read what is in their mind, you could give them just the thing they are looking for, even before their voice their apprehensions. You could put people at ease. If you are with your loved one, you could put their apprehensions to rest whenever they crop up.

Reading body language surreptitiously is a powerful tool of personal development itself. When you are able to keep everyone happy, people are going to consider you with greater regard. The confidence that that can instill in you is immense. It could help you become a better person, a person who can always be counted upon.
We are not saying that these methods of body language reading are infallible. There are exceptions, as always, and you will have to use your better judgment on some occasions.

Nevertheless, at the end of it all, these are signs that will work most of the time and in most of your interactions with people. This is the way people normally behave, and you will need to know how to weed out the exceptional reactions that might come your way.

Speaking of personal development, when you know how to read the signs of body language in other people, you are automatically enhancing yourself as well.
You know how body language is interpreted and hence you can manipulate your own body language so that you give out the signals you want. Can that not be done? Of course, it can! When you can read other people’s body language, you can certainly improve your own as well.

So, read on. This eBook is a very powerful resource. It will help immensely in improving your impression in society, which is so much more important if you are a public figure. Moreover, it will help you to understand what’s exactly going on in the minds of the people you interact with. This is a wonderful thing to learn… get started already!

What Their Body Is Saying But Their Mouths Are Not Telling You

The Ultimate Guide To Speed Reading Body Language Easily

Chapter 1:

Basic Principles of Body Language

Before we start out with the amazing techniques, we are going to tell you about reading body language, it is most important to first understand what body language really means.

This initial chapter tells you what this concept is all about, and what specific principles are involved.

Knowing these principles, you will know what you should be looking for exactly when you are trying to speed-read what goes on in a person’s mind. So, here is a brief description of what body language means and what you should keep in mind when you are trying to interpret it.

Basic Principles of Body Language

In both formal and casual communication, a lot of emphasis is placed on words or what people say. However, nonverbal communication is equally or perhaps even more important. Body language says a lot, and many times, what it says has more impact than the words that are actually spoken aloud.

For instance, a person might say “I am happy to welcome you into my home.” But, if their arms are crossed over their chest, their body is in a rigid stance, and their face is unsmiling, then an opposite message to his words will come across. The person they speak to will see and feel this, and will react accordingly.

Recognizing the power of nonverbal or body language, psychologists have long been studying a field of science called kinesics. This delves into body language as a significant factor in communication, and in extension, in human relationships. For example, for managers and leaders, understanding body language is very important. Nonverbal gestures and cues help them evaluate their employees and assess the reactions or thoughts of people in the boardroom.

From the job interview process up to the time when an employee resigns his job or gets fired, his body language is observed and “listened to.” Outside the work environment, nonverbal language is equally important. Every member of a family, parents and children, lovers, spouses, neighbors, friends, enemies—communicate through nonverbal means. And although silent, nonverbal messages are often loud, clear and unmistakable.

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Introduction - What Is Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency?

In this guide, you will learn all about Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency, how they work, why they exist and what kind of technology is behind Bitcoin. It wasn’t too long ago when people started hearing the words ‘Bitcoin’ and ‘cryptocurrencies.’

Few people outside of the crypto-communities knew what they were and many thought it was just another fad that was bound to fail in a few years or so. The value of one bitcoin was just a few cents then so obviously it wasn’t worth a lot. For this reason, it was ignored by the masses. There were far more profitable investments one could make, after all.

Those who invested sums of money on the new digital currency either believed in the system proposed by its founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, or they simply wanted to see how it works.

Either way, those who believed were rewarded greatly, and continue to be rewarded, as a single bitcoin now costs thousands of dollars.

It only took Bitcoin five years to breach the $1,000 mark in late 2013, and just a few years later, Bitcoin prices are at an all-time high – way past the $10,000 mark for a single bitcoin!

With skyrocketing prices and extremely fast growth, more and more people are curious about bitcoins and cryptocurrencies as a whole.

A Look At Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin’s Colorful Past

Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies which are electronic in nature. They do not have a physical form like paper money or coins which you probably have in your wallet right now. You can't hold them physically, but you can buy things with them.

Depending on the merchant you're doing business with, they may accept more than one cryptocurrency as payment.

According to CoinMarketCap (https://coinmarketcap.com), there are more than 1,000 active cryptocurrencies right now. If you’re looking to invest your hard-earned cash but can’t afford Bitcoin prices right now, there are plenty of alternative cryptocurrencies to choose from such as Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple, Dash, Monero, Zcash, and more.

We would, of course, advise you to do some in-depth research on the cryptocurrency you want to invest in as not all cryptocurrencies are equal. Some are more stable than others and would, therefore, make for better investments.

Bitcoin is not the world’s first cryptocurrency, but it is the most successful. Many have come before it but all have failed. And the reason for failure? Virtual currency had an inherent problem – it was easy to double spend.

You could pay $100 to one merchant and use the same amount of money to pay a second merchant! Scammers and fraudsters simply loved this loophole.

Fortunately, in 2007, Satoshi Nakamoto started working on the Bitcoin concept. On October 31st the following year, he released his white paper entitled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” which outlined a payment system that addressed the double spending problem of digital currencies.

It was a brilliant concept that drew the attention of the cryptographic community. The Bitcoin Project software was registered in SourceForge just a little over a week after the white paper was published.

In January 2009, the first ever Bitcoin block called the ‘Genesis block’ was mined. Days later, block 170 recorded the first ever bitcoin transaction between Hal Finney and Satoshi Nakamoto.

The very next year, in November 2010, Bitcoin’s market cap exceeded $1,000,000! This was a very pivotal moment in the development of Bitcoin as this lead to more people getting interested and investing in bitcoins. The price at this point was $0.50/BTC.

However, in June 2011, Bitcoin experienced the so-called “Great Bubble of 2011” after reaching an all-time high of $31.91/BTC. Just 4 days after reaching its highest price, the exchange rate plummeted to just $10/BTC.

Many investors panicked at losing so much money and sold at a loss. It took almost 2 years for the exchange rate to recover and surpass the previous all-time high. Those who kept their bitcoins made the right decision as the price has continued to climb and surpass everyone’s expectations.

What’s really interesting about Bitcoin is that while all transactions are public and nothing is hidden from anyone, no one actually knows anything about Satoshi Nakamoto.

Many have speculated that he is not just one person but rather a collective pseudonym for a group of cryptographic developers. Some have come forward claiming to be Satoshi, but to date, his real identity remains a secret.

Why Do Cryptocurrencies Exist?

Many people have started thinking that cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin in particular, are on the brink of replacing our national currencies such as the US Dollar, British Pound Sterling, Euro, Canadian Dollars, and more. This is because cryptocurrencies have started to become very viable alternatives to traditional currency.

Cryptocurrencies exist to address weaknesses in traditional currencies which are, of course, backed by central banks and governments. This makes traditional currencies prone to corruption and manipulation, among a host of other issues.

Unlike traditional currencies, there is no governing body that backs Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies which means they aren’t subjected to anybody’s whims.

Bitcoin is completely decentralized, open source and transparent. This means that you can see all the transactions that have ever been done on the network and you can check and review the blockchain data yourself to verify the authenticity of each transaction.

Bitcoin runs on highly complex mathematical algorithms to regulate the creation of new bitcoins and to make sure no double spending ever occurs on the network (remember, this is the Achilles’ heel of failed virtual currencies before Bitcoin).

The Bitcoin code is so secure and advanced that it’s virtually impossible to cheat the system so if you’re thinking you can create an unlimited number of bitcoins, you’re greatly mistaken.

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We are all different! You know you do not have to be a rocket scientist to know this. However, when it comes to dealing with the people who do not have the same personality like yours, how would you react?

Just because you have been a joker, it does not mean you can make a CEO of a multi-national company laughs. Just because you are passionate about people, it does not mean your boss thinks the same way like you do. Just because you do not want to hurt your best friend, it does not mean you should withhold the unpleasant information (being cheated by the boyfriend) from her.

When I was working in a jewelry company, I had no idea what was wrong with my boss that he kept pushing the limit of his employers to work overtime. When that happened, some of the staffs start mumbling and complaining about not having enough time to spend with their families or loved ones. To these staffs, relationships with their loved ones mean a lot to them.

On the other hand, my boss had a totally different idea about the entire incident. There was only one thing in his mind – delivering the promise, best products and excellent service to his big client. It is not difficult to understand why he kept pushing the staffs to the limit. No matter what it takes, his priority to keep his business staying at the top in the industry.

It took me a while to understand this.

In this e-book, you will learn and understand much more about the different types of personalities. While everyone is unique, you can generally

group them into 9 types: Controller, promoter, analyzer, supporter, controller/analyzer, promoter/controller, promoter supporter, supporter analyzer and centric.

Don’t worry if you do not know what these terms mean. As you journey together with this e-book, you are going to get acquainted with these personalities and your benefit?

Understand them better and know how to deal with them effectively.

Each personality type will be discussed in their areas of attributes, strengths, weaknesses and the right way to deal with them.

Are you ready?

Great! Welcome to the Personality Vault!

The 9 Personality Types

Find Out The Different Personality Types And Learn How to Deal With It

Chapter 1:

Understanding The Controller Personality

Do you have what it takes to be a controller? What does it mean to have the controller mindset and conduct? Don’t be scared by the term of controller. As you learn their attributes in this chapter, you are going to be equipped to deal with them effectively.

This chapter talks about:

- The Attributes of the Controller Personality
- A Controller’s Strengths
- A Controller’s Weaknesses
- How to Deal With a Controller?

Not all of us like the terms of controllers but you will learn exactly why you need these controllers on earth to make the world a better place to be.

The Attributes of the Controller Personality

A controller is usually someone who takes initiative in doing things naturally. They are the ones who have no problems with decision making. These people appear to be strong-willed, confident, capable and efficient.

When controllers are hanging out with their friends, they will come out with ideas of the activities. They will decide where the places will be and who will be in-charge of a certain task. When a controller is running his own company, he knows exactly which direction to head to. In a family, if a husband is a controller, the wife and children will not need to worry about a thing simply because the husband has already made all the decisions.

This group of people is very task-oriented. Whenever a task is given to them, you can be sure they are in good hands and know they will get it done on time. Their motto is this – no matter what it takes, it has to be done.

How about the sensitive side of them? Well, if you are a lady and looking for a new age sensitive guy, controllers are going to disappoint you.

Controllers appear to be insensitive and emotions will not normally affect them in any way. While some of your friends may not even dare to confront you of your wrongdoings, these people have no problems with it comes to confrontation.

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Unless you've found a way to live entirely free, you likely need some sort of steady income in order to endure. The traditional way to bring in revenue, naturally, is by having a job. You work for a company or begin your own, and the work you do earns you revenue, which you spend on things like a mortgage, rent, food, apparel, utilities and amusement.

Most individuals commonly work from their company's central location, a physical space where everybody from that organization gathers to exchange ideas and organize their efforts.

However, a few lucky souls have discovered ways to make revenue within the comfort of their own home. With the Net, an ever-changing arena for businesses, some looking to bring in revenue are discovering ways to do so.

A few forms are best for part-time endeavors for those looking to make a little extra revenue on the side, while other people may lead to full-time jobs and Net success stories. We’ve put together ways to make money on the Net, in no particular order.

Think And Grow Rich In The Knowledge Era

Practical Methods On Earning Big Money In The 21st Century.

Chapter 1:

Beginning With Content

If you are to bring in never-ending money, Blogging is a great choice. Quality content and writing style is the key to a great blog. Traffic and cash are by-products. So for a beginning you have to build a blog and write the things that you're great at.

If you're great at it, results will follow in about 3 month’s time. Chief source of money for bloggers is advertisement like Google Adsense, Adbrite etc.

Blogs

Blogs can be for business or pleasure. A lot of individuals now earn part-time or even full-time earnings by blogging for cash.

Pick out a blog. There are free hosted blogs online through a lot of sources that may help you by giving you the tools and resources to make it easy to begin your own blog. Or you are able to register a domain name and begin your blog from scratch if you've a bit of technical smarts.

Pick out a niche. Once you've decided on a blog, determine what you'll write about to draw in visitors. A few simply utilize their blog as a place to write editorials or opinions while other people blog about a particular subject they're knowledgeable on. A lot of professional bloggers recommend that you pick out a niche so you are able to build a following.

Advertise your blog. Utilize web services that will get you some attention like blog directories and social bookmarking. Utilizing these services may help you get indexed in search engines and get traffic to your blog. Remarking on other blogs may likewise build links in to your blog and help more individuals find you. Once you've some material to read and are indexed in search engines, you are able to start to truly monetize your blog and start earning money.

Monetize

Sign on with Google Adsense. Google provides the ability for individuals to display targeted ads on their blog. Google will give you a part of that revenue when individuals: click on the ads, view the ads and buy something from a sponsor. You have to apply to Google Adsense and wait for acceptance, and then you'll have to work with your blog program to embed the code so the ads display right. This isn't hard.

You have to follow Google's TOS (terms of service) in order to sustain good standing.

Apply to other sites that pay you to post on your blog. There are a lot of blog sites that will pay you a flat fee for writing a particular ad and link into your blog. Sites like Payperpost, Blogitive or Blogvertise offer these services once your blog has been indexed in search engines like Google.

Apply for pro blogging jobs. A lot of web classified networks advertise the ability to post on your own blog or on a blog belonging to a company. A lot of freelance bloggers bring in a regular revenue by blogging this way.

Link up with affiliate programs like Amazon and Chikita Mini Malls that provide the ability to advertise on your blog. A lot of affiliate marketing programs exist that allow you to monetize your blog and bring in based on click through rates.

Maintain

Update your blog on a regular basis. By keeping your blog fresh, you draw in readers who will keep coming back and who may click your ads or purchase advertised services.