Alex Jeffreys challenged us to see who could come up with the most traffic from December 17th until January 3rd.  Obviously I did not do as well as other students have done but I am going to post my results anyways.  After adding Google Analytics to my blog I was able to see each and every day how much traffic comes to my blog and here is what I’ve got.

My Traffic Results From Dec 17th 08 to Jan 03rd 09

Hey, Michael Ottman here with another graphics lesson for you. I was surfing Alex’s students blogs and came across yet another awesome site. Bill Vannot has a simple design and his blog is easy on the eyes. I definitely do not need to help him with his graphic for his free report.

In fact it is pretty awesome. There is however just one mistake that is all too common when it comes to putting graphics on blogs and websites. To the left is his awesome report cover. The dimensions are 238 x 300.

As I sort through the blogs of Alex Jeffreys students, I consistently come across graphics of ebooks, reports and others that are simply “non professional” looking. I see such great looking blogs with fabulous content but the graphics to some of these great blogs scream either “amature” or “cheap”.

I do not intend on being rude but rather intend to do my part to help others who have neither the resources, money or both to produce the kind of graphics that make people want to buy or click a link. For those of you who don’t know, I’ve started offering my services free to get Alex’s students a little boost for their blogs and to get my name out there.

Hey it’s new years eve and I want to let everyone know that I am ready to kick off 2009 with a bang!  Being a student of Alex Jeffreys has really helped me to focus on treating my business like a business.  No more surfing and email reading all day for me.

Again, I must say that I hope you all have written your goals down for the new year and organized them by priority.  For my first 90 day plan, I hope to get at least 2 paid products created and at least 4 free products.  I have a plan for my business to get the free content out there and make it viral. 

I am posting this in a new section I have called Graphics Creation. I am going to do my part in helping my fellow students of Alex Jeffreys by giving of my small services.

 I know a little about graphic design and I want to give some of Alex’s students resources to help their businesses to grow and at the same time, get my name out there.

I recently visited Chelsea Filan’s website and noticed that I could give her a better graphic for her newsletter. It took me about 20 minutes to duplicate her graphics but I think I came out with something better than what she’s got.  Her old one is on the left.

I really wonder how many of Alex Jeffreys students took the challenge of planning their yearly goals.  I just finished watching the two videos from Alex that explains how he planned his 2008 business year.  I’ve got to say he not only matched it, he surpassed it in awesome fashion.

I have no doubt that Alex did not just stumble upon his wealth nor did he become one of the lucky ones.  He has planned out beforehand and managed to create products for free with fantastic up sells with the purpose of them building upon one another.  Again, he could not have done this without proper planning.

In this post I would like to let you know of some of the ways I have seen people building their lists of opt in subscribers.  Over the years I have filled in many opt in forms and paid close attention to how my name was acquired.

In order to get a free report or newsletter is was required that I fill in an opt in form.  This method gets lots of sign ups because of the fact that free material was offered.  It is very important that the free material is of great value to the prospect.

Finding hype on the internet is easy because it seems that was all that I have found during my quest to find legitimate people online who were actually interested in my online success.  I have definitely found the real deal in Alex Jeffreys who has been phenomenal in giving his time and talents to truly help us succeed online.

His interactive video webinars are perfect and have helped me tremendously but there was something more I needed.  If you haven’t heard of Sara Brown and Tony Shepherd yet then you’ll be in for a treat.  These two have quietly made over six figures for many years by being honest, trustworthy and obviously dedicated to helping others to succeed in their online businesses.

I am completely impressed by many of Alex Jeffreys other students who have taken massive action when it comes to “just doing it.” Alex has given some great advice and coaching on getting the traffic to out websites but man, what good is it if I haven’t much content on my site?

I admit that I have been slow to write concerning the training and implementing the much needed work that it takes to get this website flowing. This is proof however that it does take work and effort to successfully build a profitable online business that provides value and service.

Creating value is easy when people have a need or want that they are concerned about.  It is because the value was created by them.  It’s your job in business to provide the need or want in a way that relieves people of their pain or causes them pleasure.

In this case I am providing a need to people who are not quite sure how to get the most out of their computers.  I realize that your computer is a potential workhorse and it’s capabilities far exceeds the ability of mortal man.  When properly used, one person in their bedroom at home can replicate the ability of an entire company.