Ask John Smiley

I never thought my affiliate marketing mentor program was going to see the results that it has. The results are just amazing and I am super excited to see what the new year brings my mentor program and everyone that is in it, including me.

First, I want to touch on Bryan for a second. Bryan, has been noticed because of one of his sites by the famous Gary V. from Wine Library TV and his brother. What’s even cooler is they are all following each other on Twitter. When Bryan told me about this when it all went down I was super excited for him.

We all know that networking can yield a person some major results, networking with the likes of Gary can set your online profession in a whole new direction. Networking can really help your online business along but when you start to see the benefits from that networking, it is very exciting.

I never really looked into the buying and selling of domain names before. Since Greg has joined my mentor program my eyes have been opened. It almost feels to me that I am learning more from working with Greg then he has from me.

Greg is one hell of a nice guy and with talking to him through my mentor program I have been able to change the way I buy my domains for my sites I am building. So now I am not only buying names that are keyword rich, but are also worth something when I go to sell them, if I go to sell them.

So by being able to get domains that are going to be worth more down the road, my net worth is going to also increase. Well, maybe not my net worth but my online portfolio will that’s for sure . I am not saying the other domains I have are all junk, there not. I always bought domain names for SEO value before. Now I am buying domains for SEO and Resale Value. Two birds with one stone type of thing.

Mentoring someone in affiliate marketing to me is a lot more then just helping someone make money online. Its about networking as well. The one thing I need to work on for 2009 is finding away to bring everyone who is in my mentor program together, so we can all benefit from the program.

Creating automated income streams is a great way to live an abundant life, and it’s not as hard as you may think!

Every one defines wealth differently… Some say it’s having a boatload of money. Others say it’s having enough money to live and the time freedom to do what you please. I say it’s both. The only way your likely to have both is by creating automated income streams that don’t require your presence to earn a daily profit.

When you trade your time for money there is very little if any leverage at all. Your income is governed by two variables: one your hourly wage or salary and two the amount of time you work each week. As you can see there is not a lot of options here!

Here’s a great example of leverage at it’s best. Let’s say you have just two automated income streams. On an average month they each earn you 2-3 thousand and you invest 5 hours of your time in a week on each income stream. You are earning an average of $5 thousand a month and only working 40 hours each month. Now that’s something to run upstairs and yell down about!

Now the true power in creating Automated Income Streams is not to allow you to sit on the coach and watch TV all day (I guess you could if your wanted to, but where’s the fun in that?). The power in creating such leverage is to allow your self to spend time doing the things that inspire you and that you enjoy doing.

It’s not likely that your Automated Income Streams are going to create world peace. The goal of an AIS is not to change the wold, but to change your life style. Although with the extra time and energy you now have you just might start a business that will change the world.

Now days with the internet creating automated income streams is so much easier than in the past. With the countless amount of affiliate marketing opportunities you truly set your own limits.

Many people say they would do this and that but they just don’t have the time and or energy to commit to anything else. That type of thinking will only keep us stuck in our current situations with out any improvement. Thankfully starting automated income streams can be done with just a couple hours a week. But it wont take long before your small time investment will be providing you a nice sized income.