This is the first episode of my “Blog Traffic Getting” series. This series has been inspired by my mentoring with Alex Jeffreys (visit Alex at MarketingWithYou.com)

In this first episode I introduce a cool plug-in that will get you tons of traffic by “Social Networking” with your blog comments…

Please follow my USTREAM channel at Blog Traffic Getting with Thomas Bartke so you can catch one of my upcoming shows live

Watch this video to see how I got first page ranking on a keyword that was rated “Don’t Waste Your time” by SENuke. The power of combining SENuke withGCSniper really does work.

Get a free trial for SENuke – click here!

If I feel depressed I will sing.
If I feel sad I will laugh.
If I feel ill I will double my labor.
If I feel fear I will plunge ahead.
If I feel inferior I will wear new garments.
If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice.
If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come.
If I feel incompetent I will think of past success.
If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals.

Today I will be the master of my emotions.

- Og Mandino

Have you heard about “The Family Adventure Project“?

Thomas here…

I want to share this real estate business related email with my internet marketing friends. The gist of the email can be applied to the internet marketing business as well. If you care, please comment on the email – and remember, your comment will produce an instant backlink to YOUR latest blog post!

Hey,

====================
Please read this entire email
all the way through the last
link in the P.S.! I’m about
to open your eyes.
====================

The real estate market has been
in a tailspin in most areas of the
country for the better part of the
past 40 months.

Every other week I see numbers
published that suggest that we’ve
reached a bottom, and that now
is the best time to buy.

The nationwide recession is
cautiously expected to bottom
out sometime this summer.

Extreme states like California
are expected (cautiously) to
continue the decline until at
least next spring.

More default mortgages are
expected to hit the foreclosure
stage.

These are primarily loans on higher
value homes.

They are not “sub-prime” but
adjustable rate and “neg-am”
loans that were made to folks
who had excellent credit and
income (at least at the time…)

You may know most of this already,
but it bears repeating.

Unemployment is at a generational
high right now, and there is no
real sign of improvement on the
horizon yet.

Let me ask you a question:

Where are YOU going to be 12
months from today?

I get often asked “what is the
best automated real estate system
to get started and make money
quickly?”

The answer is, it depends on YOU!

Maybe you’ve been sold too many
dreams, bought into too many
programs already, and still haven’t
found what you’re looking for.

Trust me – you are not alone!

To be successful in real estate
it takes disciplined, purposeful,
targeted action like you would
expect from any business.

There is no “push button” for
this market, no matter what the
gurus are telling you.

If you don’t FOLLOW the steps
to create your business, you
will not get one.

Yes, it is extremely important
to build a business using “systems”
so you don’t end up trying to
do everything yourself.

But there is no such thing as
getting a replicated web site
set up, sitting by the pool,
and start doing deals in a few
days.

Gee, I’m sorry if I put a wet
blanket on your “enthusiasm”.

You know what I’m enthusiastic
about? About success!

Check out the numbers on this
real-live short sale deal that
we just got approved yesterday:

Approved Short Sale <== LINK!

- $165,000 in discounted debt
on an accepted purchase price
of $115,900.

- the lowest comparable listing
is a short sale (not approved)
at $180,000

But let me tell you – this did
NOT happen overnight!

Talk soon,
Thomas Bartke

P.S.: 3 major breakthrough tips:

1. If you need funds for
back-to-back closings, you can
get them now at:

Short Sale Transaction Funding <== LINK!
(no “pay to play”, instant
approval letter, I personally
stand for the performance of
this lender!)

2. The best business-in-a-box
system for “hands-off” short
sales is:

Short Sale System <== LINK!

But you have to commit to following
the steps and build YOUR business!

3. If you want to start with a low-
commitment package, get “Flip for
Profits” now for free (less than $10
shipping & handling)

Flip For Profits <== LINK!

.
.
.

You may have heard that it’s really important to have a plan before you set out to do ANYTHING.

A great quote that really hits this home with me is something I got from Alex Jeffreys in the first module of his mentoring program: “An idiot with a plan beats a genius without one any day.”

There are two things to planning that I want to point out and share with you here.

Number one, it’s important to keep in mind that planning has a lot to do with scalability.

Scalability simply means that you can grow a process or implementation to a much bigger scale once you see that the process is working. For example, if you are writing articles or producing videos to generate free traffic, step one of your planning is to map out the process itself with the steps taht are neccessary if you are doing the entire process yourself. Step two of your planning is to think about ways that you can automate or outsource certain parts of the process map to make it scalable for you.

The second point that I want to point out about planning is that planning is a very powerful process to eliminate impatience and lack of persistence.

Most of the time we want results now, we are not patient enough to go trough any process that takes any amount of time if we cannot see immediate results.

That must be one of the biggest reasons most people fail in internet marketing and in many other businesses. Because many processes in internet marketing take some time to see the benefits and results. And they often require that you take not just sporadic, but MASSIVE action over a period of time so you can get the results of your efforts.

Keep that in min when you’re planning, and plan for scalability, too!

Are you alive? Leave a comment and let me know what you think!