Do you want to virtually guarantee your success in this business? Then work really hard at being an Expert in your niche.

If you have found a good market niche, you are driving Adwords traffic and making a few bucks… one of your next steps especially if you want to expand into this niche is to develop a plan to become the expert.

Now I know there are many, many niches that you’ll think I could never be the expert in this niche. From my perspective I believe that you don’t have a choice. If you want to be SUPER successful in any business, you MUST become the expert.

This doesn’t mean that you have to go back to school, read every book on the subject, and spend years becoming an expert.

This is mostly perception. People must at least perceive that you know what you’re talking about and that you are somebody they can trust. You have to establish that the minute they hit your landing page!

There’s a lot of people that I see struggle because they never get out of the newbie mindset and they are timid. They never start acting the part. You must act the part! Be the expert.

Deliver your content like you are an expert.

Answer questions like you are the expert. Don’t ever be wishy-washy. Be confident. Even if you’re wrong… Be confident with your landing page reviews. Be confident in your follow up e-mail systems. Be confident in the reports you write. Be confident with every article you write on the topic.

From day one!! Most things on the net do not go away… you don’t want to have someone find something 2 years from now that reflects poorly on you.

Overtime you can learn. Remember it doesn’t matter what profession, business or expert you’re talking to, the chances are they don’t know everything. Even in this niche that I’m in here — Adwords — I see perceived experts in my own field here provide advice that is inaccurate or doesn’t make sense in every market or situation.

I see people getting advice that contradicts the Blast Method. Why? Because the advice comes from a source that is providing it out of context. The source may never have Blasted.

Experts are still perceived as an expert even though they are dishing out some nonsense advice; not everyone agrees with them, but they are still seen as an expert.

You still buy their stuff. You may make buying decisions based on their recommendations.

Even though not everything they say is right (and no one can possibility know everything) they are still perceived as an expert and you follow them.

Part of that is reputation.. but reputation is built on a person’s perceived Expert-ness.

No one knows everything… but to do really, really well in this business you must be perceived as an expert or you’ll never make the conversions or money that you deserve.

– Matt Levenhagen

One of the areas that frustrates me to a degree.. and maybe simply just baffles me… is that I see people not follow through and they hardly get started with the Blast Method before they are off doing something else or quit. This isn’t the majority.. but a percentage I see.

I know there are people that run into something mentally.. where they try it and just can’t see how it can work.

Or they are influenced by indoctrination from other marketers or groups that don’t understand the methods we use here. Or have learned things in the past they take as truth, but isn’t applied here. Sometimes people learn things from one marketer and assume that it applies to everything..

Or they hit other roadblocks.. with their Adwords Account, a network.. or affiliate program.

Whatever! There are things that are going to stump people.

The fact is that’s life and business. There are going to be obstacles.. there are going to be concepts sometimes that don’t make sense on the surface…

There are some things with the Blast Method that require an entire shift of thinking. They don’t fall in line with the traditional way of doing things. They go against the grain as what people might think is the right thing to do.

But… to make the Blast Method work, there are concepts and principles that must be adhered to no matter how someone feels about them. It’s like taking an important part out of an engine. It might need that part to run!

Now I’m going to transcend and go beyond just my stuff.. the Blast Guide, membership.. forum etc..

This applies to any product, service or membership you find yourself with out there.

Ask questions… seek out help.

That’s it!

When I first started promoting affiliate programs with Adwords using the Google Cash method almost 4 years ago (yes that’s the method I learned to start making money.. before I developed my own).. I did get stuck. Yep! It was new to me and I had some hurdles mentally and in my account to get over.

But I didn’t just roll over and say it didn’t work.. or give up.

You know what I did?

I asked for help. I made a decision in my mind that I would make this method work no matter what. So I e-mailed Chris and he got back to me with the answers I needed.. (not sure that would happen today, but at the time he did answer pretty quick..;) )

Determination.. fixated on making something work.

It took me at the time 5 weeks to find myself at break even. I’ve never looked back since. I spent $400.. and within those 5 weeks I made $400.

But it might not have happened if I didn’t ask questions and really study and try to learn the concepts Chris laid out at the time…

If you are reading this and you are a customer or member.. hopefully you’ve found your way to our forum. If you need help in anyway, that’s where to get it. You can actually post question in the forum.. my team members or other members will help you… or I will!

You can Private Message me anytime!

If that doesn’t work for you.. you can submit a ticket to answer your Affiliate Marketing, Adwords or Campaign Blast Questions…!

Forum.. Private Message System.. Ticket System..

Myself.. My Team.. Fellow Members..

There is your support system. Use it!

One of the reasons why many fail is because they fail to ask for help and guidance.. Which doesn’t make sense.. it’s not unlike any other type of training or schooling.. if you get stuck on a problem in math class or a concept in psychology.. you ask the instructor, teacher or professor.

Yes.. they give you textbooks and materials. But then your instructor takes you beyond the material AND they are there to answer your questions and help you to succeed.

So think about that. Whether it’s my products, services or memberships.. or others.

The material is your foundation.. but the people supporting the material will build on that foundation if you ask them to.

-Matt Levenhagen

Do you ever feel just absolutely bombarded by ideas and marketing models?

I am so absolutely amazed at the constant nature of it all.. I understand the why, but I feel sorry for those that are on the receiving end.

I sort of liken it to when I had my insurance agency and all the mail I got, reps calling me from this company and that… it was crazy! There was always a new and better policy they wanted me to promote.

The incentives were in place.. I was pitched all kinds of things so I could help someone else win a trip or something, lol..

The only way to handle that is to filter anything out that doesn’t pertain to your established mission and business model.

Once you do finally settle on the business you can get excited about, enjoy and want with all your energy… once you establish a solid game plan…

..as over time you learn about your market, establish your focus as a business, whittle out your USP and set yourself apart based on your strengths…

Focus only on those things that relate to what you are doing or can be applied to what you are doing..

I purchased LPGen the other week.. why? Because I could tell myself this software could work well in a few of my niches.. and I might be able to use it to test keywords and spin them off into static pages I create or fuller strategies…

I might be able to improve the Quality Score.. It might have features that could work for me. So it was an informed decision that fit what I am already doing.

Affiliate Elite on the other hand… Even though it’s hyped and looks interesting, it didn’t serve me. At least not enough for me to get goo-goo-ga-ga over and have to have it today!

The fact is you sometimes have to look past some great looking things because they might actually have a negative impact as it disrupts things you already have going.

For me I already manage a lot of profitable niches; niches I can expand a lot more..

For me when I need a new niche, I just Blast. And the Blasts that do find profits I can spin off and develop into complete niche websites and use other marketing methods with..

But thats’ how I start. I have a system that uncovers profitable niches. I learn where people are spending money, I then study the competition in that market.. figure out what people are spending money on and expand!

So.. do I really need another tool that does the same thing?

This is What it Boils Down To??

Buy only what makes sense.. don’t buy something because everyone else is.

A Dentist Office isn’t going to by a Black Jack Table or a Barbers Chair. They
are more likely to purchase equipment that improves on what they already have,
saves time and money.. provides more value to their clients.

Some thoughts today to think about..

-Matt Levenhagen