Category: Lloyd’s Rants & Observations

  • Website Not Working properly Sorry!

    Website Not Working properly Sorry!

    Hi Guys

    Sorry, for some reason my posts are not showing up properly.

    I just wrote a post on how to get clickable links on youtube videos but for some reason I cannot get it to show up.

    It may well be the images that is causing the problem but whatever it is I am working on getting it fixed and my tech guy is on it.

     

    I will have this sorted asap and you will be able to see for yourself how easy it is to get clickable links on youtube videos for your website and blogs.

  • Everything in Perspective

    Everything in Perspective

    As time goes on we tend to lose track of the important things in life. We are very fortunate as a family and have a good life but sometimes things happen and it

  • The Proof of The Pudding is in The Eating

    The Proof of The Pudding is in The Eating

    The Proof Of The Pudding

    The proof of the pudding is in the eating as they say.

    This means that you cannot find out how good or bad something is until you try it out for yourself.

    Funny though how many people have opinions on things that they no little or nothing about.

    I see people promoting products, services and courses that they have no knowledge or experience of.

    All in their desire to make money for themselves. They forget that the more you give out the more you will receive. If you try and help others in your day to day life and offer help and assistance without asking anything in return, you will be paid back in dividends.

    Over time you earn respect and become an acknowledged expert in your field. Once this begins to happen then you are able to profit from the demand for your expertise in whatever field you are in.

    The Proof of the pudding is in the Eating

    This does not just relate to Internet marketing or online business but to any form of business.

    If you provide something of value for nothing and people enjoy or benefit from it then you will see those people coming back for more and the next time they will be prepared to pay.

    With this in mind remember the proof pf the pudding is in the eating and do not spend time and effort trying to promote or join a discussion where you know nothing about it.

    If you are going to promote a product or service make sure you try it out for yourself first. Learn about it and understand what it can do or not as the case may be.

    You can sell anything if you believe in it and this can only happen if you have first hand experience

    So remember, next time you are thinking of promoting something that the proof of the pudding…. Well you get the picture 🙂

  • Take Responsibility For Everything

    Take Responsibility For Everything

    Another tip for success in your business and life is to accept responsibility for everything that happens good or bad and even for things that you have no control over.

    Let me explain myself.

    When I ran a large sales organisation it was common for the sales people to blame the client for not buying. They would be full of excuses with all the reasons why it was the not their fault.

    The sales person would go home safe in the knowledge that it was not their fault. They would come in the following day and strangely enough have another bad day due to the crap leads they have been given!

    As soon as you pass the blame you lose.

    The best sales people always believed that they had done something wrong and this attitude meant that they did something about it, they looked for ways to improve next time, not wanting to make the same mistake again.Even if it was not their fault they still took responsibility.

    These were the ones that were in the top 10 and made the most money consistently.

    Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

    As soon as you

    No one likes to be criticized and it can be hard to be self critical but believe me if you take the blame for everything that happens then you will see improvements in every area of your life.

    so take a tip from me when things are not going right, look in the mirror and ask “what could I have done different” and “what am I going to do next time?”

    Take responsibility for everything your successes and your failures

  • Building Your Own Website

    Building Your Own Website

    Building Your Own Website

    WHY SHOULD I HAVE A WEBSITE

    Building your own website is not that difficult these days. There are a number of site building software programs available online and offline. If you can use a wordprocessor then you can build you own website

    • The world and his dog is online these days. People buy their road tax online, do their weekly shopping online, Bank online, tax returns, you can even pay your speeding fines online as I recently found out!!!
    • Essentially it’s the way the world advertises these days more money is spent on internet advertising than TV now..
    • Most households have internet connection either in their home or via their mobile phones.
    • With the explosion of the smart phones, blackberry’s and of course the iphone, now in it’s 4th generation people are now looking up all sorts of information. This new technology allows advertisers to be very specific with the demographics of the prospects or customers they are aiming at. Right down to having adverts appear in specific areas, towns or even streets. Adverts will only show when the smart or iphone user is in a particular location.
    • Smart apps will even show you a list of all the bars and restaurants locally to where you are anywhere in the world.

    How to have your business appear on a smart phone or iphone?

    • You have to register your business on Google places, which is FREE  and add your location Google maps. You DO NOT EVEN NEED A WEBSITE. Add photos of your business.

    WHY IS AN ONLINE PRESENCE IMPORTANT

    • As I said people will research the place they are coming to before they arrive and if they find details of your place and they like the look of it then they will hunt you out.. Also subconsciously if they have seen a photo of your place and they walk by there is a higher chance of them coming in because it is familiar to them.

    WHERE OR HOW DO I START

    • There are three options when it comes to building your own website for your online presence.
    1. i.     Buy a domain name and setup your own website
    2. ii.     Use one of the free website builders (ie yourbusiness.webs.com)
    3. iii.     Use the free social network sites.

    When building your own website you first buy and register your domain name.

    • Namecheap.com
    • Godaddy.com

    Use the above to find and buy your domain name. Try to use the business name.

    Designing – have someone design you your website.

    • COST – The cost is between £250 and £1,000 for a basic site depending on what you want it to look like and do.
    • You can also use one of the many FREE online web building sites. These are REALLY easy to use just fill in the blanks add some images and you are done. They make their money by placing adverts on your site. You can of course have these removed by paying them for using their site, which costs about £50 – £75 per year.

    Alternatively, you can use one of the many free online website builders that enable you to follow a step by step process to create a great looking website by filling in the blanks and adding photos and images.

    • Webs.com
    • Weebly.com
    • webstarts.com
    • doodlekit.com

    These are a few of the top website creators that you can use to create your very own website easily.

    The other option is social networking these are sites like

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Myspace
    • Youtube.

    You can register your business and invite people to join or follow you.

    If you want more information on building your own website then you can contact me on the contact us form.