Just reading the comments over in the Affiliate Seeking Forums is very surprising.

There’s an entire thread devoted to people sharing ideas and trying to learn how to “make a million dollars” online, with affiliate marketing or internet marketing.

Most of the people chatting are new and still learning affiliate marketing. They haven’t made a single dime yet.

Now you can hear the pain and frustration in their words–Almost begging for someone affiliate marketing millionaire to appear out of a burst of smoke and save them several “get rich quick” ideas. Wake up people.

The fact is, if you haven’t made any money online, you’re not going to make a million dollars today. Or tomorrow.

Sure, in time you could become a millionaire, but obsessing about that goal today will kill you. Don’t believe me? Try it then. I dare you to constantly think about how you can make a million dollars online, for weeks on end.

I’ll bet that you’re stressed out already and it’s only been 10 seconds.

That stress will destroy your business, your motivation and your hope. Sure, everybody wants to make a million bucks, but few people believe they can do it. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

But that’s why you need learn how to set real affiliate marketing goals that are big and small, that you can actually get to.

Set 2 goals for yourself, just like I did. One small and one bigger.

Here are two goals that I used to motivate myself 4 years a go:

“I’m going to make 0/month with affiliate marketing by the end of next month!”

“I’m going to make 00/month with affiliate marketing by the end of next year!”

Thinking small can make your goals much easier to reach. And it makes the goal more real, like you can really do it! And believing you can do it will give you a “spring in your step” and motivate you to keep working.

Here are a couple goal setting tips:

Set a small, short-term goal that you believe you will reach. It can be anything from /month to 00. Just make sure you’re confident you can do it.

Set a bigger longer term goal that you think you can reach. This is where you can let your mind have some fun. Think of a goal that would really help you right now. Would an extra 00/month help your current situation. How about 00? Set a goal that you know will take hard work to reach, but is still possible.

Now go and reach your goals!

How? When you’re thinking about your goal you’ve got to ask a question. One question:

“How can I [insert your goal here] and enjoy doing it?”

When you ask yourself this question, your brain will start thinking of answers you’ll want to hear. And if you keep the “enjoy doing it” in the question, that’s exactly what you’ll get. Ways to reach your goals that are enjoyable, fun and exciting!

One more tip:

When you reach your short term goal. Change it! Keep adding to it and keep growing your business, your income and your confidence! And call me when you really believe that you can make a million dollars online.

By Joseph Weber

Conservative commentator Glenn Beck said Thursday the ethics investigation into the community activist group ACORN will yield no meaningful findings unless it reaches into the top levels of the organization or the White House gets involved.

“I think this whole thing is bogus,” said Mr. Beck, a Fox News talk-show host.

ACORN on Wednesday named former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger, a Democrat, to lead an independent inquiry into the liberal group’s social-services program. The inquiry follows the recent release of videotapes showing undercover operatives posing as a prostitute and pimp seeking tax and housing advice at five ACORN offices.

“It’s a show,” Mr. Beck told The Washington Times’ “America’s Morning News” radio show. “They moved too fast, too quietly. The president is not involved. Until you start going to the people at the top … the people connected to the White House, you cannot clean up this mess.”

Mr. Beck noted that ACORN’s advisory board includes Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and former Maryland lieutenant governor; John Podesta, a Clinton administration chief of staff; and Henry G. Cisneros, secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Clinton administration.

“How could you possibly clean up ACORN with these people on the board,” Mr. Beck said. “You have the worst of the worst sitting on this board making decisions.”

Mr. Obama’s election committee hired an ACORN affiliate to help with get-out-the-vote efforts in the 2008 campaign. The group also is being investigated for voter-registration fraud.

The flap over ACORN is one of several issues that has riled up liberals and others against Mr. Beck, and now a planned visit to his hometown of Mount Vernon, Wash., this weekend has divided that town.

Groups have demonstrated on the streets and in City Council meetings about Mr. Beck’s visit, according to the Associated Press, and petitions have been collected calling for cancellation of the visit. A small-business owner put up a sign that says: “Glenn Beck & Hatred not welcome here.” And the leader of nearby Whatcom County has offered the key to his city to Jon Stewart, the host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” in sort of a mayoral rebuttal after Mount Vernon Mayor Bud Norris proclaimed Sept. 26 as “Glenn Beck Day” to honor his success as a nationally known broadcaster.

The media circus and the strong public reaction over the event has not fazed Mr. Norris.

“I knew him here as a kid,” Mr. Norris, a Republican, told the AP. “I was really unaware, really, of what he was doing in the last 25 years or so until I became aware he was on CNN. … I decided to recognize him for his professional achievement, not for his political views.”

The announcement sparked a wave of opposition, riling up liberals in and around Mount Vernon, an agricultural city of 26,000 people, according to the AP.

In a statement, Mr. Beck said, “The people of Mount Vernon are great people and I’m humbled by this honor and proud to be from there.” He added he learned the value of hard work in his family’s bakery.

In his show, though, Mr. Beck poked fun at the surrounding controversy.

“I’m afraid of even landing in my own home state. It used to be sane in Seattle. In the outlying areas, it used to be sane. Now, not so much,” Mr. Beck said on his radio show Sept. 2, according to the AP. “You don’t know some of these people in Seattle … they don’t have a life. They’re out hugging salmon and setting them free.”

S.A. Miller contributed to this report.

Copyright 2009 The Washington Times, LLC

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/25/beck-probe-of-acorn-bogus/?source=newsletter_must-read-stories-today_more_news_carousel

Anyhow, the one with the best appearance and features seems to the www.yourcityguide.net. They pre-load the website with all my local businesses and have many other great features. I’m wondering if anyone has any experience with them or operates a city guide themselves. Do you think I have a good chance of success considering the minimal investment?

Learn that affiliate marketing is all about setting the right goals. Not just the “million dollars a year” online goal, but realistic goals that you can actually reach in a short time.

Just reading the comments over in the Affiliate Seeking Forums is very surprising.

There’s an entire thread devoted to people sharing ideas and trying to learn how to “make a million dollars” online, with affiliate marketing or internet marketing.

Most of the people chatting are new and still learning affiliate marketing. They haven’t made a single dime yet.

Now you can hear the pain and frustration in their words–Almost begging for someone affiliate marketing millionaire to appear out of a burst of smoke and save them several “get rich quick” ideas. Wake up people.

The fact is, if you haven’t made any money online, you’re not going to make a million dollars today. Or tomorrow.

Sure, in time you could become a millionaire, but obsessing about that goal today will kill you. Don’t believe me? Try it then. I dare you to constantly think about how you can make a million dollars online, for weeks on end.

I’ll bet that you’re stressed out already and it’s only been 10 seconds.

That stress will destroy your business, your motivation and your hope. Sure, everybody wants to make a million bucks, but few people believe they can do it. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

But that’s why you need learn how to set real affiliate marketing goals that are big and small, that you can actually get to.

Set 2 goals for yourself, just like I did. One small and one bigger.

Here are two goals that I used to motivate myself 4 years a go:

“I’m going to make $100/month with affiliate marketing by the end of next month!”

“I’m going to make $1500/month with affiliate marketing by the end of next year!”

Thinking small can make your goals much easier to reach. And it makes the goal more real, like you can really do it! And believing you can do it will give you a “spring in your step” and motivate you to keep working.

Here are a couple goal setting tips:

Set a small, short-term goal that you believe you will reach. It can be anything from $1/month to $1000. Just make sure you’re confident you can do it.

Set a bigger longer term goal that you think you can reach. This is where you can let your mind have some fun. Think of a goal that would really help you right now. Would an extra $1000/month help your current situation. How about $5000? Set a goal that you know will take hard work to reach, but is still possible.

Now go and reach your goals!

How? When you’re thinking about your goal you’ve got to ask a question. One question:

“How can I [insert your goal here] and enjoy doing it?”

When you ask yourself this question, your brain will start thinking of answers you’ll want to hear. And if you keep the “enjoy doing it” in the question, that’s exactly what you’ll get. Ways to reach your goals that are enjoyable, fun and exciting!

One more tip:

When you reach your short term goal. Change it! Keep adding to it and keep growing your business, your income and your confidence! And call me when you really believe that you can make a million dollars online.