Gary Shannon

36” Waist and dropping…

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:15:06 -0800

36” Waist and dropping…

42” waist to 37” 250 lbs to 230 lbs 27+% body fat to...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:38:00 -0800

42” waist to 37”

250 lbs to 230 lbs

27+% body fat to 15%

Goal 240lbs @ 10%

Vascularity please?

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:38:41 -0800

Vascularity please?

Audio

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:19:05 -0800

Audio

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:44:22 -0800

Never

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:31:02 -0700

Ever, give up

by charcol7 http://instagr.am/p/HFGyF9zJNm/

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:20:22 -0800

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Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:01:35 -0800

"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to..."

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:06:00 -0800

““Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.””

- Erica Jong

Bruised, battered; but back home #shiba #dog #found (Taken with...

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:50:59 -0800

Bruised, battered; but back home #shiba #dog #found (Taken with instagram)

Come home boy #lost #dog #shiba #vegas (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:06:05 -0800

Come home boy #lost #dog #shiba #vegas (Taken with instagram)

Anxiety attack central? (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:17:57 -0800

Anxiety attack central? (Taken with instagram)

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Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:57:03 -0800

You Shouldn't Make New Year's Resolutions

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:56:28 -0800

thespartanwarrior:

Because if you really cared you would have already started.

What’s stopping you from starting right now?

"Action is the foundational key to all success."

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:48:00 -0800

““Action is the foundational key to all success.””

- Pablo Picasso

The girls (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:46:22 -0800

The girls (Taken with instagram)

Jason (Taken with instagram)

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:34:28 -0800

Jason (Taken with instagram)

Little velvet ears and big bear (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:35:09 -0800

Little velvet ears and big bear (Taken with instagram)

Creating a real business online

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:41:00 -0800

My latest article posted on SearchEngineWatch.com

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If it isn’t quite clear that traditional (old) affiliate marketing is dead, then you’ve been living under a rock the last year.

“Pure affiliate sites consisting of content that appears in many other places on the web is unlikely to perform well in Google search results and can cause your site to be negatively perceived by search engines,” according to Google.

It is unlikely that you can realistically create a sustainable long term search based business employing strategies that are outdated and marketing products or services that are already eating away at your profit margin. How can you fix this?

Stop Being an Affiliate

Start thinking outside the box and turning your passion into a real revenue creating business. Create something.

If you have an affiliate marketing site that is based around selling rubber bands, cut the middle man out and find yourself a rubber band drop shipping partner. Or, better yet, inventory it yourself and think big.

There are hundreds of suppliers in China and around the world willing to supply you goods at rates you can make a real profit on – way better than you ever could being an affiliate.

So this is great if you sell a product or were an affiliate marketer to a product. What if you aren’t? Let’s look at another example.

Let’s say you’re selling auto insurance. Sure it was easy to generate some HTML code from CJ or another partner slam it on your website and be done. But you know where you can really make money?

Host the form yourself. Find a supplier locally to fulfill the insurance leads and get paid. You will make more money than a web affiliate program will ever pay and you can test the market out locally and just trial it in your area – then, expand.

The Beautiful Part of Not Being an Affiliate…

Is creating a database. For years I used to run affiliate marketing sites and at the end of the day you’re left with nothing.

If you create a real business with a real website, not only does Google approve but you’re also showing some determination and perseverance, which puts you ahead of the black hat spammers from the get-go.

A lazy man won’t go to these lengths. If you’re willing to put in the hard work here, you will be rewarded dearly.

Once you’ve successfully transitioned away from being an affiliate, you can then remarket your database of customers. Newsletters or other cross-over offers can help bolster your profit lines.

Passion

The most important thing is to actually create something you’re proud of and happy to work on. Forget the figures and the potential for financial riches. The best rich you will ever have is waking up knowing your work doesn’t feel like work.

If you like horror movies, write about horror movies. There are ways to generate passive income from doing what you love. Plenty of people do already.

My last piece of advice to the old affiliate marketers: just pick one thing and stick to it. You can never successfully create a sustainable business by slamming out hundreds of mini-sites and doing a shotgun approach.

Find what you love and start working on ways to make it generate money for you and stay focused.

Black coffee (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:54:54 -0800

Black coffee (Taken with instagram)