Do you want to be fearless with your writing? Do you want to be able to get into the flow and produce article after article?
Sometimes it feels like I’m allergic to writing. It seems like I’ll never fill that blank paper staring back at me with killer content.
But does your writing really have to be awesome all of the time? I’m beginning to think that maybe it doesn’t.
All this talk of being remarkable, standing out and making a difference can be extremely constipating, because you become so self-conscious of what you’re doing.
The simple act of being yourself and doing your best IS being remarkable. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.
It’s YOUR journey. You decide what you want to do. I’ve found myself looking at others many times, but I’ve found it counter-productive.
In the end, you have to find your own groove and do your own thing. There are people out there that want to consume what you feel inspired to write about.
Have you ever thrown up a website, managed to get some traffic, but failed to make any affiliate sales?
That was me in the beginning. I had no clue what I was doing. I only knew that I was angry because I had worked so hard just to see $0 in my affiliate account.
An extremely large part in getting affiliate sales is writing effective presell copy, which essentially warms up your reader to the product you are recommending.
The more you love the product you’re selling, the higher your chances of making a sale. People can sense if you’re genuine and honest, so please don’t try any shortcuts.
I promise you, it will come back and bite you, hard. There are a lot of potential problems if you’re not making sales, but in this article we’ll focus on writing awesome presell copy.
Have you ever bought an ebook or product online? If you haven’t you probably have seen them all over the place, right?
For the longest time people kept telling me to create my own ebooks or products, but I haven’t been confident in producing anything until now.
I’ve discovered some interesting things as I’ve gone through this product creation process. One of the big things is that you don’t have to be groundbreaking.
I’ve seen this over and over again as I have analyzed the competition and other product creators in different markets.
If you’re solving a problem, especially if you have personal experience solving a pressing need, there’s a good chance you can create something and sell it.
Now, I’m not saying that you will automatically succeed, but if you don’t try you’ll never learn. Like I said, I have waited a long time to produce my first product. I wanted to be sure that I could deliver something awesome.
What does it take to be average? Are you average? Do you want to be average?
Being remarkable, unique and successful is your birthright. I am not just saying this to motivate you, but because I believe it to be true.
You don’t have to become something to do what you want. You only have to strip away the layers of fear, programming and beliefs that do not serve you.
This is done step by step, slowly. All my life I’ve been in a rush. I wanted to get to the end. Sure, I read a lot of books that told me the journey is what’s important, but I never really understood.
I don’t even understand it now, but I have my moments, here and there. In order for you to be average and absolutely useless, you have to try. You have to follow the rules.
All of this takes a massive amount of energy. It’s easier to be yourself and speak your mind. Being your own, true weird self is easy, and it’s fun.
We all have arbitrary rules that we impose on ourselves. Today I overcame one of them by shooting the video above and uploading it. The video is nowhere near perfect, but that’s okay. I’m okay with being a beginner.
I personally don’t like the video at all, but I’m throwing it out there anyway, if for no other reason, at least I am showing you that you don’t have to be afraid of being yourself.
When you start taking action and doing the things you’re afraid of, you’ll notice that you start moving towards your goals much faster.
Coming up with ideas can be tough, sometimes impossible, or so it seems. I’ve never had a problem with generating ideas, but I’ve discovered that they often do not manifest themselves in the way I expect them to.
Whenever I feel like I’m stuck, I move onto something else, because if I try to force things, it never goes well.
I learned this the hard way during the days when I was a professional poker player. As a poker player you have to be focused at all times, you have to tune into the flow of the game and, most of the time, you cannot force things.
I learned that when I let things unfold naturally, everything went smoother and the end results were better.
In the end, you have to find your own way of doing things. I’ve never had a real job, so I’ve been using my brain ever since I got out of school.
I’ve had a lot of time to get familiar with how my body, mind and soul conjure up ideas. I suggest you do the same!
Today I woke up with a headache, which is funny, because this is the second day in a row I’ve woken up with a headache and in general felt pretty weak.
Maybe it’s the WiFi we use. They aren’t healthy at all, so I intend to get a few cables for Ingela and myself, but it’s not a priority at the moment.
Headaches don’t bother me at all. I used to worry about them a lot, but now I allow them to be there and after a while they kind of fade away.
If I feel like I really want to get rid of a headache I use Emotional Freedom Techniques and it works like a charm, at least for me, and I know many people have used it to get rid of their migraine headaches.
The Consulting Conundrum
As the day went on, I had a call with a consulting client, which at first I had apprehensions of, because I never like to have appointments or set times for anything.
I’ve done a lot of stupid things when it comes to making money online. When I started trying to make money in early 2007, I had no idea what I was doing.
I thought I’d be up and running within 6 months making a full-time income.
I can now see how delusional I was. I see this a lot though. If you’re new to this scene and want to start making money on the internet, please realize that it isn’t something that happens overnight.
Look at it as a brick & mortar business, only with the internet, you don’t have to invest a lot of money.
All you need is money for a domain, hosting and a paid course or mentor to help speed up the process and minimize mistakes.
I started out with a coach, but I still screwed everything up. Sometimes you’re just not ready. I certainly wasn’t at that time, but I kept going at it and here I am.
My journey started when I was 16, I was watching TV one day, and they were talking about experimenting with lucid dreaming.
It fascinated me, so I started learning all about it. I did have some initial success with it, but after a while my interest waned.
Lucid dreaming led me to meditation and one thing led to another. It was all a path to where I am now. I’m happy I bumped into lucid dreaming, because without it, I don’t know who I would be.
If there’s something I’ve learned during the few years I’ve been alive, it’s that we all go through our life in different ways.
You can never force anything on anyone. You can only accept them as they are. We all have different purposes and passions in life, so it is only natural that we go about living our life differently from everyone else.
This is why it is so important that you listen to yourself and find your own game. Whenever I’ve tried to copy someone else, the result has been failure and unhappiness.
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Hi, I’m Henri
And this blog is about helping conscious people improve their lives not only through achieving financial freedom, but also improving their productivity, beliefs and realizing that you can live a life full of passion.
Do you want to be fearless with your writing? Do you want to be able to get into the flow and produce article after article?
Have you ever thrown up a website, managed to get some traffic, but failed to make any affiliate sales?
Have you ever bought an ebook or product online? If you haven’t you probably have seen them all over the place, right?
Since moving to Spain, strange things have started to happen.
What does it take to be average? Are you average? Do you want to be average?
Coming up with ideas can be tough, sometimes impossible, or so it seems. I’ve never had a problem with generating ideas, but I’ve discovered that they often do not manifest themselves in the way I expect them to.
Today I woke up with a headache, which is funny, because this is the second day in a row I’ve woken up with a headache and in general felt pretty weak.
My journey started when I was 16, I was watching TV one day, and they were talking about experimenting with lucid dreaming.
And this blog is about helping conscious people improve their lives not only through achieving financial freedom, but also improving their productivity, beliefs and realizing that you can live a life full of passion.
