JetSetLife.tv Doing A Lot of Things Right

This morning as I was going through my regular barrage of email, ads, e-newsletters and spam, I looked at an email from Rob over at JetSetLife.tv to see what was going on.  In his email, he actually asked ME (and every single other newsletter subscriber) to send him some questions about what is holding people back from building a successful online business.

I have not yet met Rob, but have watched a growing number of his videos and read many of his emails - he does genuinely want to help people.  I love his method and hope it creates a lot of engagement for him.  After listening this morning to Dave Navarro of TheLaunchCoach.com, I believe a side benefit (or possible even the main target of this exercise) is that Rob's readers will send him questions that will help him come up with new products to create and market?  Am I on track?

Anyway, here is the video of me asking Rob two main questions:



Basically my questions were:

1) How do you choose what to focus your time on?

2) How did you get started in internet marketing, what was your first product and how did it do?

What would you like to ask Rob?  Anything you would like to ask ME?  I'd love to get some videos from readers of this blog to share with all our readers.  If you have any questions, please feel free to comment, write or vlog with you questions.

Most Excellent Breakthough Thanks to The Launch Coach

This morning I've been doing a lot of plotting, planning, thinking ... I've also been listening to a bunch of really cool audio recordings from The Launch Coach who has stepped away from the Internet and offers a "Pay What You Feel Like" model for a lot of great content.

Thanks to listening to The Launch Coach recording on how to create products, I have decided that before I put together the Clean Eating Fitness Program that I am going to first create a great guide to getting jobs at ski resorts.  It's timely and there are a lot of people who would love to be a ski bum for a season (or three ...).   Not sure I have the right market to sell thousands, but I think it will get a decent response at $9.99.

If you have any suggestions on this, I would love to hear them but in the meantime I am looking for any and all information on seasonal employment, resort jobs, ski jobs, etc.

Thanks again to The Launch Coach, Dave Navarro and to The Millionairess in Training for sending the link!

Looking Forward to Being a Full Time Internet Marketer and Pro Blogger for Hire

It's been a real interesting week. After being approached by three separate parties wanting to contribute to me being a full time internet marketer and pro blogger for hire, I've got a renewed enthusiasm for projects like BellevueBusinessJournal.com and Eastside Entrepreneurs and a new excitement for my pet project Luxury Fitness Fun.

LuxuryFitnessFun.com has been born out of my desire to really design a life, rather than work at a J.O.B. 9-5 M-F.  In a way it was also made possible by the economy.  Up until recently (and maybe even now depending on the compensation) I would have been very happy to be able to land a job and get a paycheck.  I've basically been unemployed for most of the past 4+ years and knew early on that I did not like it.  Still the same, it seems like no matter how many contacts I have, positions I apply for or resumes I send out, I simply cannot even get an interview.  Guess I should just chalk it up to my appearance as The Hair Farmer and call it a day - and in many ways I guess I already have.

For way too long it was very easy just to feel sorry for myself, then I realized that I am not alone and that there are many other people in the same boat.  Over the past couple of years I have sure noticed A LOT more guys dropping kids off at school and the gyms seem to be a lot more crowded during the day than they used to be in the good old days ...  So knowing that other people are in the same situation somehow made it a little bit easier to cope with, but not a whole lot.  Knowing that there are other people and their families out there hurting was actually of zero comfort at all.

I finally woke up and realized that I have to take action - more, smarter, more, measured, targeted, more ACTION.  Since I've been so conveniently unemployed, it has been much easier for me to be involved in a "Clean Eating Project".  I'll be writing a lot more about it under Fitness at LuxuryFitnessFun.com in the near future, but basically I'm a little over half way on the 90 day commitment to myself to have a drastic and radical shift in everything I consume.  After only 50 days I have noticed a HUGE difference in my body makeup and I have learned oh so much.  It's amazing how much fat and sugar most people (especially us Americans) put into our bodies each and every day.  The first fitness "secret" I have discovered is that consistent consumption of the right types and amounts of food and drink are CRITICALLY important.  I emphasize "CRITICALLY' because I believe that nobody can be as healthy as possible unless and until they convert their total nutrition intake to that of Clean Eating.

If you are interested in learning more about eating clean, please make sure to subscribe to the posts at www.LuxuryFitnessFun.com

"Like"-ing the Mobile App from 107.7 The End - Which App Should it Replace on First Page?

I downloaded the mobile app for Seattle Radio Station 107.7 The End from the iTunes store the other day and am really digging it.  Great music with very few commercials (although the one about wearing seatbelts from the Smoke Shop Guy is really getting old fast.)  When first downloaded it ended up about 5 or 6 pages of apps deep, but is now on the front page - guess which app I moved down (waaaaaay down) the list?

Let me give you a hint:  There is a music app with some kind of ties to Facebook (or did they just create a FB app?) that has a mobile version.  Said mobile version is virtually worthless unless one is a "premium" subscriber.  This means that the app is really just taking up space on my iPhone and I should just deleted it.  I should also mention that I still have and will continue to use their (free) desktop version, although I think there may be better options for what it does.

What is your favorite music app? How many music apps do you have on the front page of your mobile device?

What Have I Done? I Just Volunteered to Be Troop Leader of My Daughter's Girl Scout Troop ...

Even I cannot believe what I just did.  I just did a bulk "reply to all" to an email from the very nice woman who was my daughter's Girl Scout Troop Leader last year.  She has been pleading for someone else to take over because she is super busy this year - but so far none of the mom's have stepped up.

This year would be their second year as a troop and is also the 100 year anniversary of the Girl Scouts organization - and Jackie really loves being in girl scouts, so I did a stupid thing .....  I said that if nobody else would step up (and Jackie is ok with it) that I would!  Not sure if I meant it more as a threat or an incentive to get one of the ladies to step up, but I'm hoping it does light a fire and one or more of the mom's do step up and help out their daughters!

This was what I wrote in the email:

Thank you ___________.  Unfortunately Jackie’s mom is working and taking care of a baby.

While I don’t think it is appropriate (or fair to the girls) for a guy to be a Girl Scout Troop Leader, I do think that Girl Scouts are important and that this 100 year anniversary should not be missed.   SO >>>> if nobody else decides to step up (and Jackie wants me to) I will volunteer.

You probably do not want a hair farmer being your girl scout troop leader, but it is an option ….

Thank you,

Joe

I Ate Pizza for the First Time in 45 Days and It Made Me Feel Terrible: Might Never Eat Pizza Again

Last night I was really hungry and felt like I needed a "cheat" meal away from my new, "clean" diet.
So I ordered a large pizza for my daughter and myself.  I used to be able to eat a large alone, but together we didn't even get through half.  I ate three slices, but kind of had to force myself through the third one ...  It did not taste good at all (although Jackie said it was really good) - and I'm not even close to wanting to order another one.

Eating clean has great benefits - gives me a lot more energy - and I'm getting used to it.  I don't think I will ever go back to eating a diet full of fats and sugars like I did for over 40 years ..