Hey there,

I need your help…

I just submitted a video to a website that’s holding a huge contest where I can win an all expense paid trip to Dallas, Texas. Once there, I’ll be provided with a complete business makeover by Internet Marketing experts.

Winning this would be so incredible for me!

If you could take just two minutes and vote on my video, I would greatly appreciate it.

Here’s the video:

Now go to: http://www.marketingdoover.com/contestant/812990

Once you register as a voter or a contestant, you’ll be able to submit your vote. (One being the worst and ten being the best.)

Of course, giving me a 10 would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for taking the time to do this and for helping me!

Again, the link is: http://www.marketingdoover.com/contestant/812990

I really appreciate your time!

Speak to you soon,

Stuart

PS
Don’t forget to leave a comment – I’d love to know what you think. Good or Bad!

You may wonder where I’ve been these last few months and quite rightly.

My personal life took a turn for the worse last year and this demanded all my attention, and I needed to make time to sort it out.

You see my wife and I decided to separate and then ended up getting divorced – not a happy time! Anyway that chapter is over now and I’m back , stronger and happier than ever so will be writing more regularly from now on.

Sorry to leave you in the lurch like that but life sometimes doesn’t follow the road we expect.

Speak to you soon,

Stuart

What awful news…

When I heard this news last night I couldn’t believe it. But it’s true, on Easter Sunday Sir Gary, the Prince of Print, died in his sleep.

He was the best copywriter alive and his words taught me so much.

One of his best friends, John Carlton, has written a more fitting eulogy than I ever could. Take a moment to read it on his blog: http://www.john-carlton.com/

Gary, rest in peace dear friend – the world will never be the same without you!

Hi there,

I’ve just been reading about a remarkable young girl of twenty. Her name is Ladan Lashkari and I’m sure you’ll be hearing more about her in the future.

She’s making more money on the Internet than 95% of her fellow countrymen do in their regular jobs.

Nothing remarkable about that you may think until you consider that:

• She’s not allowed to accept credit cards
• She can’t cash USD cheques
• She can’t open a Paypal account
• English is not her mother tongue
• She’s a young woman in a severely restrictive male dominated society
• She’s not allowed to travel
• Her country is viewed in the most negative light possible – so much so that she’s even recevied death threats

But despite all these hurdles and others too she is forging ahead with a really successful business. You can take a trip to her blog to see for yourself how she’s overcome all these obstacles and built herself a successful business.

To hear her say:

“I think there’s nothing hard about it. It’s the perfect kind of business for people who want to be independent and work for themselves in a business that there’s no limit to your success.”

… puts a lot of people to shame. Most people give up when faced with even a minor hurdle then turn around and say that you can’t make money on the Internet unless you’re lucky…

BS!

All it takes is persistence.

And age is no barrier either, look at Ladan, she’s only twenty, there are others who are making oodles but are even younger… And I know some people who are way past ‘retirement’ age who have only just learnt about the internet but are already making money.

No matter who you are or where you live you can make money online if you have persistance.

This is what Laskan has to say about it:

“When you are just getting started, you should know it might take some time to make the amount of money you expect, and you should keep on and don’t give up — no matter how people around you try to disappoint you. I think this is the most important and difficult part… it’s where most people give up.”

I highly recommend you read her full story. Click here to be inspired.

Post a comment below and let me know what hurdles you’ve overcome on your road to success… Nothing is too difficult if you really want to do it.

To your success, always.

Stuart

When I was a teenager I was talking to an old man in a pub in England and he asked me where I’d just been.

As I told him that I’d just got back from a wonderful holiday in Morocco he said something that really made me stop and think.

His exact words were “I wish I could have done that when I was a child.”

I’ll never forget those words, words that spoke of lost opportunities, of regret about the things that could have been done if only…

Well, I really felt sorry for that man but I was grateful to him too. For inadvertently he had given me the best advice I’d ever heard.

You see as I sat and spoke to him, and listened to him lament his life, I made a vow to myself that I would never be like him in my old age, rueing the things I wished I could have done.

I vowed to take whatever opportunities life presented me and help others when I could…

That’s why I jumped at the opportunity to go live in South Africa twenty one years ago and then three and a half years ago China where I live now.

It’s been a fantastic education experiencing every facet of life in these wonderful countries and I’d never have missed it for the world.

But what about you, will you truly be able to look back when you retire and say that you’ve done everything you wished you could?

Too many people fail to live their life, they waste so many opportunities that are presented to them and end up lamenting those they missed.

Don’t be like them, whatever your dream is, it’s only a step away… Take the first step and your journey has begun.

I’d love to hear stories from you about your first steps and how you’re living your dreams so post a reply below.

To your success, Always!

Stuart