{"id":800,"date":"2008-01-14T20:19:37","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T03:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/npt-digest-freaked-focused-and-cheesed\/"},"modified":"2015-07-22T16:45:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T23:45:12","slug":"npt-digest-freaked-focused-and-cheesed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/npt-digest-freaked-focused-and-cheesed\/","title":{"rendered":"NPT Digest: Freaked, Focused and Cheesed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/images\/vic-the-cat.jpg\"   style=\"float: right; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px\" alt=\"Vic the cat\"\/>Yes, this week I'm freaked, focused and cheesed.<\/p>\n<p> First, I'm freaked out about the fact that my old diabetic cat, Vic, is going in for surgery on Friday. Nothing brings Ros to her knees like thinking something might happen to one of her pets.<\/p>\n<p>So rather than freak, better that I put my focus elsewhere &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Most readers' comments on the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/poll-what-is-your-biggest-internet-marketing-challenge\/\">Poll: What is Your Biggest Internet Marketing Challenge?<\/a>&#8221; indicate that <strong>lack of focus<\/strong> is their biggest stumbling block.<\/p>\n<p>So, while thinking about that this week, I posted 2 articles by Brian Tracy (super motivator mentor whom I've been following since I was about 18), <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/taking-action\/\"><strong>Taking Action<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/preparing-for-the-future\/\"><strong>Preparing for the Future<\/strong><\/a> that could give those of you (me too) some incentive to focus on the task at hand. <\/p>\n<p>At the bottom of both articles is a link to a <strong>FREE CD offer<\/strong>. You can choose from more than 24 titles including <em>Unlock Your Potential<\/em>, <em>Change Your Thinking<\/em>, <em>Change Your Life<\/em>, <em>Goals and Simplify Your Life<\/em>. <em>Good<\/em> deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And what am I cheesed about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, it looks like <strong>Derek Gehl has beaten me to the punch<\/strong>. My next book was supposed to be about creating your own infoproduct, but on January 24th Derek is launching an <strong>all-in-one information publishing business in a box&#8221; that walks people step by step through the whole business-building process and gives them ALL the tools they need to create and market their own info product. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If building your own infoproduct in 2008 is one of your goals &#8212; then you'll definitely want to be on their &#8216;First Movers' list. IMC's products are always comprehensive and excellent value for money.<\/p>\n<p>On the blog and in the articles section, this week I also posted:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/can-i-use-auctions-to-sell-as-an-affiliate\/\">Can I Use Auctions to Sell as An Affiliate?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/ebay-affiliate-program\/\">How to Make Money as an eBay Affiliate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/akismet-catching-1500-spam-comments-per-day\/\">Akismet: Catching 1500 Spam Comments per Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/niche-marketing-no-mall-sites\/\">Niche Marketing: The Case Against Mall Sites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You'll also notice that all the <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/index.php#categories\">blog categories<\/a> are now listed at the bottom of each page&#8230; all 48 of them!<\/p>\n<p>Last but NOT least, if getting traffic from social marketing is your primary focus in 2008, then sign up for the SMARTS coaching program before they shut their doors in a couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>OK, now I'm going to focus on playing with the cat. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nRos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, this week I&#8217;m freaked, focused and cheesed. 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