Harry Harris Blog

“Mum – Come and ‘ave a look at this!”

Today I have been visiting my fellow students blogs trying to make more contact etc and I was wondering where I am when it comes to Google and Alex and Me so I typed in the search term Alex Jeffreys Coaching…..Well blow me over…

I found that I was at number 3…can’t be bad!  Now I just need some more traffic, but I think that this looks good for the future….I don’t know how exactly this happened -but flip me I am going to find out!

Proof (and an excuse to use my newly aquired Snap It program – it rocks!)

“Who sang Cross Town Traffic?”

As chance would have it I hard this song on the Radio today.  Many of you will recognise the words from none other than Jimi Hendrix guitar legend himself…..

So what am I going to do to get Traffic? (can’t write that without hearing the song…sorry, I know – a little strange) to my Blog as instructed by Alex Jeffreys.   Anydo….below is a video discussing what will no doubt be a long trip to the

“…..other side of town”

My objective is (realtively) simple, find the best ways to generate traffic to my blog so that (and as they say on X Factor in no particular order!)

a.) I win $1,000

b.) Learn how to do it in the most effective way

c.) Share my experience with you my good reader and fellow student!

Enjoy the Video (sorry about some of the production  – still getting use to Camtasia!)

“I can’t believe I did it….”

What?  Well two things really.  First that I was on the Brainstorming Session #2 with Mr. Alex “Han Solo” Jeffreys (which lasted 7 hours or so – can you imagine?  This man answered his students questions for 7 hours!) and had him critique my blog al vivo -and he said that he liked it(!) and it had a lot of personality and I had a great sense of humour and that he enjoyed the videos.

I also got a hey there from Gary Simpson and and his pitch for the staring role in the up and coming Class of 2008 Video (please see updated post for this on what you can do to get involved with this…if you haven’t already TUT TUT)

I was speaking with Garry Parkes via Twitter through the part of the session I had attented (got to class late) which was cool…I was really in the presence of greatness last night!  I will be contributing to The Profit Pulling Project Newsletter’s next issue – very exciting!

Alex told me that I should focus on how it is that I am building traffic to the blog now, in line with the $1,000 (yes folks you read that right!) prize for the blog with the most traffic in the next 2 weeks or so -  and get this – he will run ANOTHER competition based on the same criteria in January and beyond…what a guy!!

And the second thing?  Well I did an impression of Chewie from Star Wars (which you will hear in the rerun of the session, if you hadn’t already) that was a wee bit embarassing but fun none the less!

So let’s move on.

“Okay…gloves off? Check! Loins girded? Check! Hands dirty? Watch me dig baby!”

What has been happening in Happy-Harry-Land?  Well, I am glad you asked!

Progress report:

• Domain (x2) and Hosting – which was a steep learning curve but I got there….
• I have done my PPP (Profit Pulling Platform)  – check out http://internetzerotohero.com
• I have my blog together (tada!)  and related plug-ins, although I will be putting in an individual header and design (which will suit what I am looking to achieve!) which I have outsourced…more on that in a later post!
• Aweber set up and added to blog, landing page etc. and I have written a welcome email – I want to do a better ‘thank you for subscribing’ page so that is on my to do list! I also set it so that they get the confirmation email first and then access the free ebook.
• I have joined Twitter – http://twitter.com/harryharrisblog (see previous post, written before I saw Module 4, so ahead of the game there!)
• I am getting together my plan for Traffic Generation Mayhem – my words more revealed later – really, watch this space – I will reveal all and show exactly what I did!
• Done videos (as you can see on the blog) which I want to continue with and have GREAT plans for in the new year – loving it!

On many of the things above I will be creating a video and show EXACTLY how I did it for your benefit.

Unlike many of the students of Alex – I really am starting from ground zero (hence the theme zero to hero!) and I am VERY proud of what I (and others) have achieved!  Alex Jeffreys is an excellent coach and I look forward to having lots of success, thanks to Agent AJ!

Guys and Girls!

This is a very funny video I found as I was ‘doing homework’ and I just had to share it with you.

“Then we saw an ad for the internet!”

Lots of updates coming from me – I have been very busy getting things together…in the meantime, enjoy!

Harry

“You saw it first here folks…”

****IMPORTANT UPDATE: I WILL ADD YOUR NAME & URL TO YOU PHOTO FOR YOU****

In a previous post I came up with this idea that we would get our pictures together to commemorate our beginning of world domination – a new Jedi Order – and put it together in a video!

So that I can follow through on this promise I have created this Video Invitation.

So as I said in the Video, here’s what ya gotta do:

• Pick a picture of yourself (real) and I will put your name on it with website!
• Star Wars characters welcome (but not essential)
• Make a comment on this post so that we know you want to be in it!
• Make a post about this on YOUR blog linking back here!
• Send photo to class2008video[at]gmail.com
• Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/harryharrisblog (not essential but nice to be nice)

It will be great fun to look back and see how far we will have come with Alex and his coaching!

See you in Vegas Baby – let’s rally the troops!

Harry

I was in another sales related forum and left a comment talking about some of my ambitions….and I got a reply from none other than Frank Rumbauskas (http://nevercoldcall.com), pictured above.

Frank Rumbauskas is a HUGE name in the internet business and a best selling author on sales training and he commented that he has visited MY blog!

To quote:

.. I clicked through to your blog and sure enough, it’s hype-free like you promised!

It too am sick of all the over-hyped internet marketing offers, from people who make totally false claims about their income.

Thanks for the post!
Frank

Well I have to say I am as happy as Larry (and he is very happy) that Frank should have crossed my path…..I look forward to emulating alone with you dear reader his success with Alex’s coaching!

Onwards and upwards to greatness my friends………

“Tweet Tweet. Get some nuts at Harry’s!”

So I have a Twitter account now…..Why? I’m not a hundred percent sure in fairness – but I am sure it makes sense and I will explore this in a further post.

One very interesting thing though is this: Recently I was asked a very improtant question by my children that most parents will hear at some time in their lives, usually when their child reaches 4 or 5 (so bang on time then).

So what is this question?  Daddy why is that man fat?  What is wrong with his head?  What is on his face?  While these are interesting questions they are not the subject of this post…Oh no! The question that I am referring to is simply……

“Daddy – Can we get a pet?”

Now for some this is not an issue – but for me, I can’t see the point really (of pets that is not children) – all that mess and having to organise holidays around them (although that’s hard enough with the kids!)

So being the loving Father that I am, I found a solution…oh yes! Clever me.  Feel free to follow suit…

In my back yard (or garden) hanging on a tree and on the shed are an assortment of nuts and seeds for the birds to enjoy.  I figure that the kids should take an interest in ornithology and learn about their surroundings and how we must be at one with nature and take care of our little feathered friends and enjoy their visits- besides birds can take care of themselves and any mess is outside.  In fairness it has been fascinating and we have even bought a book(!) and now have a pair of binoculars – “Oh look a crested tit….” can often be heard in our house!

The point of this insight into my family ‘pets’ is…..

I was amazed at how just a few birds came at first (leading me to think that my clever idea had not been so clever after all)  but was suprised how more and then more birds came and now we have a number of different types, all frequently feeding at our garden – even the local cat has figured this out…..

So how did they find out?  Tweets and seeing what other birds were doing.  “You look happy and more improtantly fed…were have you been?” remarks Peter Bird.  “Oh yes well, I’ve been to Harry’s garden…there is a ton of stuff there – it’s as they say up north-happy days!” replies Paul Bird excitedly.

And so it continued….and now I hope that this is what will happen with my Twitter account…..stay tuned for more details!

My account is: http://twitter.com/harryharrisblog

See you in the garden……..should you follow me I will follow you, Tweet Tweet!

Some amazing stuff going with the whole community of Alex Jeffreys students…..

Check out Garry Parkes Blog and get involved NOW in his newsletter and book.  This guy really is amazing and has taken the whole community by storm…….

Go Garry, Go Garry……

A review of the first module where we are helped to understand the need to go ‘Forward to Basics’, get a grip on the fundamental things that contribute to a successful online business!

The “Gurus” DO NOT TEACH THIS! You only get this with Alex.

“But what if they don’t understand my accent….!”

So my first video is off the ground – inspired of course by Alex himself.

The question above was a very real one.  I am Irish as many of you know and while we have a lovely lilt (and ooze with charm) and we have among our collective sons the likes of U2, Colin Farrell, Westlife, and Boyzone and a number of other there was still an issue….

I thought that maybe there may be, however slim, a risk that people would not get my accent…but then I thought – STOP WORRYING, and remembered the words of our Great Mentor when he said:

“Don’t get it right get it started! Redesign later……”

…and if Alex can wooo the world with his Cardiff slang then I was sure going to give it a try with my Celtic lilt!

For your information the software/ programs used were:

• Camtasia 6 (really cool and fun)
• Mindmap – http://mindomo.com is were I decided to go as there are a few features including inserting videos and audio into the map and making it available online to others which I want to do in the future.
• Headset – cheap thing around $10, if that.

I have been a very busy chappy (new blog and all that – you like?) and also finally got my PPP up and running and on a domain http://internetzerotohero.com more on that later!

Stick close for some more videos and some very revealing revelations…..

Top of the mornin’ to ya – and the rest of the day to yourself! (we don’t actually say that you know!)

Harry