Archive for August, 2008

RSS Mashing… More Tools For Your RSS Arsenal

xFruits RSS Tools I came across this unique site and had to share it with you. The site, xFruits, exposes many tools to help you do more with your RSS feeds.

You can set up email alerts from RSS feeds, turn xFruits email messages into an RSS feed, publish RSS feed content to your blog, turn your RSS feeds into podcast output and much more.

I’m not affiliated with this site in any way, but am always on the lookout for useful tools like this dealing with RSS. Have some fun with it, and let me know what you think.

Facing Your Fears – I Can’t Decide What To Do!

Up next in the Facing Your Fears series is the topic of choosing a path and sticking to it. Many newcomers get overwhelmed at the sea of possibilities online, and end up not doing anything simply because they can’t decide.

Isn’t it SO easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of information at our fingertips? We surround ourselves with people telling us left and right how to make money online.

Here, follow this plan! While you’re at it, check out this guide! Oh don’t do that, that won’t make you any money. This is the BEST way to make money online. And so on and so on.

It’s easy to get overwhelmed. And when people get overwhelmed, they naturally shut down in a sense. It’s tough to take action when you feel like there are a million decisions to make. How are you supposed to know where to start?

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Facing Your Fears – I Still Have A Lot To Learn

The fourth post in the Facing Your Fears series discusses an overwhelming feeling that many newcomers experience. So many people struggling to create an online business never seem to get anything off the ground. Many people simply feel like they must learn more before they can start applying what they already know.

I still have a lot to learn before I can begin making money online.

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Facing Your Fears – Fear Of Failure

Third entry in the “Facing Your Fears” series, dealing with the commonly held fear of failure. We’ve all been there! Some of us learn how to overcome it, while unfortunately others let it bog them down.

I’m too scared to invest the time or money into a project, only to end up failing.

Fear of failure stops many people in their tracks. You‘ve likely either experienced or seen this happen in the offline world just as much as the online world. I‘ll go back to what I stressed earlier in the series.

Until you‘re able and willing to take risks, you won‘t get very far.

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Facing Your Fears – How In The World Can I Compete?

This is the second post in a series of posts about facing your fears in the world of Internet Marketing. A common fear that a lot of new people cling to is that they fear their project, site, product etc. won’t be different enough to stand out.

Everyone and their dog puts up blogs and content sites, why would mine be successful and how can I compete?

I get stuck in this frame of mind sometimes. For example, I‘ll get this great idea to put up a content site on a certain niche. I‘ll do some brainstorming and initial analysis, only to find out that I‘ve easily discovered 10 sites doing the exact same thing.

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