The World According to Juho

Hey there!

I think it’s probably due to the unusual offer I made a little while back, but a lot of people have been asking me lately what exactly the Effortless Freedom Online home study course holds inside.

And sometimes I think I don’t really want to keep harping on and on about this course… but the fact is, because it IS an evergreen process for creating income streams online… I’m not going to shut up.

So for those of you wondering what the course itself looks like, and what kind of material it contains…

Here’s a short video that will show you just that, inside the members-only site:

So if you’ve yet to make your first waves online, or desire the privilege of creating new income streams at will (in 5 weeks or less, sometimes under one week) - do check out my home study course.

I promise you, it’s not going out of style any time soon.

Filed under: Internet Marketing on August 25th, 2008 | No Comments »

Gooood morning fellow marketer…

While I’m yawning my way into a new day, and listening to the sound of a coffee pot churning up some roasted goodness…

photo credit: jenny downing (away)

Let’s explore the three steps that actually takes you from a complete standstill to someone who makes good bank from your very own blog, month by month.

1. BECOME A BLOGGER. Now of course, this is the no-brainer step. You must become a blogger before yuo can monetize that activity. Do what you need to do to set up a site, install your blog software, lay out the graphics, optimize for SEO and so on. Here are the two resources I recommend for doing this step: BecomeABlogger.com from Yaro Starak (a series of video tutorials to do everything needed), and WordpressDirect.com (a service that will help you automagically create a SEO optimized blog on a site you host yourself).

2. UNDERSTAND HOW BLOG PROFITS ARE MADE. Before you can run, you need to learn to walk. And to do that, go download the free report called Blog Profits Blueprint. In short, it will show you everything about how things work ‘behind the curtain’ of profitable blogging (as opposed to hubby blogging or vanity blogging).

3. ACCELERATE & ACTUALLY DO IT. While learning about profitable business can be fun, there’s no substitute for actually getting your hands a little dirty and doing it yourself. The only resource I can recommend right now in good conscience is Yaro Starak’s Blog Mastermind coaching. It will tell you exactly what to do, in what order, and how to ultimately collect your profits.

Now, you could justifiably wonder why all three steps involved material from Aussie blogger Yaro Starak.

And the answer to that is: he seems to be the only one who bothered to create resources that will take ANYONE, from a complete standstill, logically from one step to the next, all the way to monthly profits directly from blogging.

And until that situation changes, and I’m sure it will, I warmly suggest you suck in EVERYTHING Yaro has to offer.

Because this stuff works today, it works for anybody, it’s easy to understand… and above all, it is very very clear to implement.

So go for it. Your PayPal account will thank you for it later.

PS. If you happen to be a fellow Finn, go check out Marko Pyhäjärvi’s excellent blog on this whole subject of blogging for profits. It’s chock full of great, actionable tips on how to start building income streams through theme blogs designed for business. Updates almost daily, too.

Filed under: Internet Marketing on August 21st, 2008 | No Comments »

Hi friend,

I’ll keep this short.

Due to exceptionally high demand, I’ve decided to re-open applications for copy critiques after a good while doing this thing ‘under the radar’.

Read the full details on this page.

Thanks for your attention,

Juho

Filed under: Internet Marketing on August 13th, 2008 | No Comments »

Hi there, this is a quickie but a very very important one.

Here’s a very simple system I use personally to get things done within a single day.

It’s too easy to get distracted, “interested in something new and shiny”, or just take too long to do things…

So SOME kind of a system is needed.

Here’s what I do:

1. After waking up and doing my ‘morning thing’, I’ll go to a whiteboard and come up with no more than FOUR (often exactly four, sometimes less) things to accomplish today. A.k.a. four outcomes fully completed and done, giving you a sense of satisfaction about the day. If you do something beyond that, that’s great but by then you’ll already feel accomplished.
2. I chunkify and re-chunkify each of the four tasks relentlessly, into very small ACTIONABLE items. If I’m at the computer, I’ll use a great tool called the TaDaList.com. It allows me to quickly write up what I need to do to get to the finish line, rearrange and edit that list, and check off every item as I progress. It’s not a planning tool, it’s a tool to line up and track ACTION.

photo credit: Nils Geylen

Now, you’re mileage may vary and all that… but I’ve found this simple little system to be VERY useful in getting things done within a day.

Of course, if there’s overflow you can always draft the activities of the next day or two in advance.

But the main point is that having a simple system like this makes sure you’ll actually get to results each and every day, and will grow in accomplishments and self-esteem every passing day.

In my humble opinion, that’s pretty priceless.

PS. One important thing to add about the todo lists (or indeed, tada lists): it works fantastically well when you really chunkify to micro levels of your activity. Make the tasks extremely small and easy to accomplish, so that you’ll always stay on the move and won’t have to wonder what to do next. It makes all the difference!

Filed under: Success on August 7th, 2008 | No Comments »

Hi there friends,

As far as I’m concerned, today is a Very Great Day.

One of the reasons it’s great to be alive today is, there’s a wildly important ebook released into the wild today…

Go For Your Goals - Goal Setting for Kids!

FINALLY! A book for kids to learn not only about goal setting (even that 99% of kids never learn in school), but how to reach their goals with the auspicious wind of the Law of Attraction.

To watch a quick 2.5 minute video about it, press play below:

(Or if you prefer watching it on YouTube (lesser quality though), just go here.)As a father of two kids (aged one and six, respectively), I couldn’t be happier to tell the world about this fantastic book.Actually, it’s three books for the price of one! Here are the other two:

So there’s one for parents, one for little kids, and one for bigger kids.

I think I’ll send a copy for my godson’s parents today, actually… can’t think of a better gift for a young schoolkid’s future!

Oh, there’s one more thing… (to quote the erstwhile Columbo)

If you decide to get the book for your family, or whomever, you’ll also get a bonus gift from yours truly.

It’s an advance copy of a book I’m currently finishing up, called The Natural Laws of Money.

This brand new booklet describes how the Laws of Nature determine your level of wealth (And how to influence them!).

It exposes the exact laws that you need to follow to get more money in your life.

What’s not to like right?

So do check out the outstanding new book from Winsome Coutts & co, Go For Your Goals - Goal Setting for Kids!

Filed under: Success, Trends on August 6th, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Hey folks,

Here’s the fruit of an inspiration that hit me today while I was driving around in downtown Helsinki… so I just had to pull over and record this utterly important 2.5 minute quickie for you.

Just press play below:

So there it is. A product of your own, in seven days or less, to sell online forever. I’ll take on as many people as I can realistically handle, so apologies in advance if I end up turning you down.

If you did NOT get this in email (and hence cannot reply), you can contact me by leaving a comment below, or by sending me a direct message on Twitter.

PS: If you prefer to watch the video on YouTube (much lesser quality though), here’s the link.

Filed under: Internet Marketing, Success on August 5th, 2008 | 7 Comments »

“For all thy getting… get wisdom.”

I forget who said the above but it must have been someone really important.

And it’s important not only because everyone needs to grow in wisdom, it’s also because of the ‘getting things’ part.

Everyone is so focused on ‘getting more’ in the western world - and increasingly in the East too… that fewer and fewer people stop to think whether they should give as well.

After all, when you give something, you’re left with that much less, right?

Actually, that’s not right at all. Because when you give something, you not only give something valuable for someone who needed it. Which is commendable in itself.

But you also created a vacuum within yourself that will pull in the same amount to you again, and it doesn’t stop there - the flow now initiated will keep giving you more!

This works with everything - give knowledge that you have to give, and you get knowledge that you need. Give money, and you get more of it (just ask the billionaires who tried to give away their entire massive wealth but it kept coming back to them!)

photo credit: pfala

Now here’s the even bigger point.

A lot of people starting out in their business have a problem giving stuff away. After all, what’s the point of being in business if you’re not getting paid for it?

True enough, but there’s more to it. Here’s the pattern I see very often:

1. Newcomers try to give away stuff (information, products, gifts) without a sensible plan to make money somewhere down the line. (This is often called the ‘I don’t want to anger my subscribers so I’ll just keep giving and not ask for anything‘ syndrome. The downside is you’re training them to expect everything to be free! The resulting disillusionment may then result in:
2. Trying to get the money first, and think of providing value second (if at all). This usually results in little or no sales - a.k.a. a deadend approach.

Okay, before we get too gloomy here, this is the lesson:

Feel good about asking for money in exchange for your best, most valuable information. In fact, feel VERY good about it.

photo credit: Melody Campbell

And at the same time, feel free to give freely of your knowledge when it’s called for to get people to a place where they yearn for your best information.

I say ‘feel’ because you really need to feel it out the first time out. But then it becomes second nature. I dare you to try it.

Filed under: Internet Marketing, Success on July 31st, 2008 | 5 Comments »

In the past few days, I posted videos on what I call the Effortless Lifestyle and the Effortless Business Plan.

They elicited some nice feedback, but also some questioned whether it is so easy, justifiedly so. Specifically, the issue of traffic was brought up a couple of times.

While I think the term traffic doesn’t really describe the real issue here, here’s the Effortless approach to joint ventures online.

Which is also the best way to create targeted, long term traffic for your site. Just click Play, and the seven minute video will explain how that is so.

For more information, go to the Effortless Freedom Online site.

Filed under: Internet Marketing, Success on July 30th, 2008 | No Comments »

When you get into a rut (happens to everyone, myself included), have you ever thought what might be keeping you in that rut?

As with most dilemmas, there are many possible answers.

But the important thing is the solution, and here’s one simple solution you can always use.

Every single day, make it a point to do something you don’t do every day.

I know it may sound simple, but it’s really quite powerful.

Now, you may have heard the saying that “to do the same thing over and over expecting different results, is the definition of insanity“.

And that may be true, if you want to focus on the negative.

The important thing is to really loosen yourself up, every day, especially at the points when you’re just about to start something.

Just after you get up from bed, when you get to your work desk, when you first open up your computer, when you start a meeting, and so on.

These are the moments when you can either lapse into doing what you always do, or choose to do something new and fresh that will set you off in a new direction.

Just try it, you’ll be pleasantly surprised how much more you end up accomplishing, and prevent repeating old mistakes over and over again.

Worth 30 seconds to consider today, what do you say?

Filed under: Philosophy, Success on July 29th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Hi guys,

Here’s a kind of a follow-up to the video the other day.

You’ve asked for more specifics, so I did another video that gives you that.

Now, truth be told, there are more than one business model in the Effortless category.

However, this one anyone can tackle strating with nothing, and make a living on.

The whole process is explained in my home study course over here.

Hope you enjoy it, and put it to work for you!

Filed under: Internet Marketing, Success on July 28th, 2008 | No Comments »