Today, Sunday is Inspire your heart  with art day, so I thought I would share some good  art quotes with you!  Many things can be thought of as art.  Do you consider yourself an artist?

“The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.”
Bono

“Man can’t do without God. Just like you’re thirsty, you have to drink water. You just can’t go without God.”

Bob Marley

“You come to nature with all her theories, and she knocks them all flat.”
Renoir

“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.”
Michelangelo

Check out more Sunday Quotes at Sunday Citar!

Happy Sunday!

photo credit: Asbestos Bill

I am at Niche Article Marketing System workshop.  I have been having such a good time and surprisingly I am not in information overload.  I am close but not there yet.  I have been really looking forward to today because the topic is traffic!  How to drive traffic. If you recall from my last blog post with my NAMS goals, one of my goals is: I need to learn how to bring in more traffic.

This morning five incredible marketer sat down and shared great strategies for social media marketing.  I have learned so much and I am excited to implement it today!  You can learn the same things that I did from these fabulous marketers: Willie Crawford, Joey Smith, Jeff Herring, Kevin Riley and Maritza Parra! There presentation was recorded and is now available to listen to on audio!

Check it out at Strategies 4 Social Marketing.  This is going to help me get really use to using social media marketing.  This is something I have not been great at and it will bring in traffic to my websites and blogs.  It will do the same for you.  I have found the I have a hard time justifying my time on Twitter or Facebook. I just feel like I am wasting my time but I have learned today that I am absolutely not.

One more thing that is shared on the audio is… the experts secret weapons for social marketing!  These are things they use to save time and not sit in front of the computer all day.  So I invite you to use this social media marketing training.  It is so worth it!

The time has arrived for the Niche Affiliate Marketing System Workshop in other words NAMS3! I have been waiting since August to attend this NAMS event.  In preparation I have written my list of what to pack.  I have decide a niche to work on and I downloaded the NAMS Action Guide by Dan Morris.

In the NAMS action guide Dan encouraged everyone to write down what they are taking to the event.  Now this is not physical items but your skills and knowledge.

So here are the things I am taking to NAMS:

• I know how to use XSitePro.
• I know how to set up a wordpress blog.
• I know how to transfer files.
• I know how to use Aweber and set up a opt-in box.
• I know how to use  Tweet deck and Twitter.
• I know how to search for keywords.
• I can set up a affiliate accounts.
• I can use some html.

The list goes on from here!  I think that often times we don’t realize we know how to do something until we discover someone who doesn’t know how! The next list is what are your business goals for the event and what are the things  you want learn at the Niche affiliate Marking System workshop? Read more »

I have been looking for ways to increase my traffic in the niches that I am working in.  I have learned a lot over the past few months year.  I have learned about bookmarking, link building, social media, press releases, article marketing but the one thing that has really brought income to me is Squidoo!  I first discovered it through a post by Tiffany Washko called Seasonal Affiliate Sales.  I purchased the Info Product Killer after reading her post.  Next that lead me to Tiffany Dow and Squidoo! Tiffany Dow has a fabulous book out called Social Networking on Squidoo and she uses Squidoo in combination with Info Product Killer (IPK).

Why am I telling you all of this?

I am sharing this with you because after I followed Tiffany’s advice on how to create Squidoo lenses with the IPK formula I made money!  It was so exciting because I would open up my Amazon account everyday and I would see more and more sales!

At the beginning of this month Tiffany started a 52 week Amazon Lens Challenge.  The challenge is to create Squidoo lenses every week based on a Amazon best seller! I have been doing this and having great fun.  We have a Facebook page that we keep track of each other and our lenses in.  Tiffany is there to offer encouragement and help!

Again why am I sharing this?

Sorry sometimes it takes me a minute to get to the point.  This year I wanted to share with you my journey through this challenge.  I will share with you how well the lenses are doing and I will share my new lenses with you.  Squidoo is really fun to work with and Tiffany Dow is just a gem!  She is not getting paid to do this but is doing it willingly! Read more »