The notion that one can build a thriving and successful internet marketing business without the need to invest in their own personal education, is not a sound business principle in my opinion.

There is simply no greater place to spend your money than on learning a new skill set, or something that can transform your way of thinking that brings more value to the marketplace.

I remember when I first got into internet marketing one of my first things to do was to go out and buy a new piece of software that promised to deliver all the results I was looking for in my business.

I bought it up as fast as I could, set it up and implemented. I soon found out that it was a lot more work than I thought it would be, and it wasn’t giving me the results I wanted, and all of this after one day of using it……lol!!!

It wasn’t that the software didn’t do its job, it was that I didn’t have the right mindset behind using it the way it was supposed to be used, and because of that my results suffered.

My mindset was that of looking for a magic trick in my business. I soon realized that if I wanted results, I needed to put some money into my understanding, and my way of thinking.

I see a lot of people online that are looking for the same exact magic trick that will bring them results and they are suffering in their business because of it.

I strongly believe that investing in yourself is perhaps the most important investment you could ever make.

Once you learn a new skill, or transform your mind in a way that helps you overcome a challenge you are different because you have added more value to yourself.

When you add more value to yourself, you bring more value to the marketplace.

Jim Rohn, one of my favorite mentors of all time said it this way….

“You get paid in direct proportion to the value that you bring to the marketplace”

My question to you is, what value do you bring to the marketplace?

Do you have the skills and knowledge that someone in the marketplace is willing to pay you for?

If so than find a way to market it and get it out to the masses, because if you have a skill that people will pay money for, you can write your own paycheck my friend….

Investing in your skills is the best place to put your money every month without fail.

Wishing you success in business and life,

Mark Harbert

ViralURL & Viralinbox Team Member

Personal blog: http://markharbert.com
Skype: markharbert

P.S. Have you signed up for Viralinbox yet? http://ViralInbox.com/

We had some people ask us how they can install the free ViralURL Plugin in their FireFox browsers.

Here is a quick 2 minute video that shows how to get that easily done…

Click here to download the free plugin

To Your Success in Business & Life,

Frank Bauer CEO, Add2it.com	&	Colin Klinkert CEO, ColinKlinkert.com

We have just added two new features to ViralURL. This video will go through and show you how to utilize them.

If you have not signed up for your ViralURL account, you can do so here!

Hello all my friends and loyal readers at the Viral King blog. I wanted to take this opportunity and introduce myself with my very first post.

I just recently became part of the team at ViralURL and Viralinbox and my goal is to really help take these sites and services to the next level and do what I can to assist you in your business.

I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Colin Klinkert and Frank Bauer for being an inspiration on what can be achieved when you love what you do and do it with passion.

You guys have created some amazing stuff over the years and have incredible insight and vision as to what is needed in the marketplace today and for me it’s an honor to work with you guys.

With that being said, for my first post I wanted to really take a minute and talk about something that I believe to be the most important aspect to you business success, and it has to do with your mindset.

Many people in the home business/affiliate marketing industry are constantly looking for the “how’s” of what to do to build their business.

In other words they mostly take the attitude of “Just tell me how to do it, and I will do it”

If building our business was only about a specific set of techniques than there would be more people that were successful at it.

There would be way more millionaires than there currently is…but the truth is….the true power to attain success is not in the “How’s”, it’s in our attitude behind the “How’s”!

One of the things you will learn about me as we get to know each other over the weeks, months and years ahead is that I love personal development.

You see there is nothing that I believe to be as important as the mindset you carry as you build your business.

Your personal philosophy has everything to do with whether you will succeed or fail.

You personal philosophy is what you know, how you hold it, and how it affects what you do.

The philosophy that we hold in our brains affects every action we make, every day, all the time.

If you study the successful in business, you will see that the majority of them love personal development of some sort, and believe in bettering their skills and attitudes.

There simply is no better investment you could make on a daily or monthly basis that than of your own personal and professional development.

Some people think that they need to invest in the latest and greatest software to take their business to the next level.

I don’t believe for one second that this is the case and I will tell you why.

One of my favorite quotes ever is…

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein.

Our level of thinking must go up a notch before the success will follow.

The truth is, if you want to get better and make more money in 2012 than you made in 2011, you must look in the mirror and look to improve your skills and improve your mindset….in other words, YOUR ATTITUDE!

In the world of internet marketing, it takes constantly being on top of what is working, and staying sharp mentally.

Never think for one moment that you can stay at the same level of thinking and attain greater heights of success simply by getting a new tool or trinket. They can certainly help, but they are not the end all be all of your success.

Thinking this way will only keep you from reaching your true potential and keep you from reaching your desired goal.

Over the coming weeks and months you will see many articles on here from me pertaining to mindset and attitude.

I urge you to begin to take action to improve your thinking and philosophies and with that your bank account will improve as well.

If you have never looked at personal development or read a book on the subject, there are some time tested classics you can start with like…

• Think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill
• The science of getting rich by Wallace D. Wattles
• As a man thinketh by James Allen

These are great places to start. I promise that as you begin to shape your mindset, things will begin to change for you.

Our brains are a computer, the data we put in, will eventually come out, so let’s make sure you put in the good data, and not a bunch of viruses.

I am excited to take this journey with you, and hope that I have the opportunity to play a little role in your success through these blog posts and articles.

Please take a moment and leave a comment below as I would love to know your thoughts, and what you think contributes to a person’s success!

Also, if you got something out of this post share it with your Facebook friends and your followers on Twitter.

See you on the next article!

To your success,

Mark Harbert

PS. Come over and say hi at my personal blog: MarkHarbert.com

The brand new ViralinBox Notifier Gadget for Gmail users is now ready for you.

This gadget keeps you updated and notifies you of unread messages in your ViralinBox DoNow box and allows you to earn advertising credits simply by using it.

Here is a quick video that shows how easy it is to add to your Gmail account…

Here are the FAQ’s…

How do I to add the ViralinBox Notifier Gadget to my Gmail account?

1. If you don’t already see the Gadgets option in the Settings section of Gmail, go to Labs, and enable “Add Any Gadget by URL”.
2. In the Settings section of Gmail, go to Gadgets, enter http://viralinbox.com/notifier.xml and click on “Add”.

I don’t seem to have Labs in my Gmail account. How do I enable it?

1. Google has some more information about Gmail Labs available.
2. If Gmail Labs doesn’t appear in your Gmail account, please try updating to the latest version of your browser. For the best experience with the gadget, we recommend Firefox 3.0+, Internet Explorer 7, or Safari 3.
3. If you’re using Gmail in a language other than US English, it may also be worth trying to switch your Gmail language setting to US English, and see if Labs is enabled.

Can I change the position of the gadget?

1. With another Gmail Labs feature, you can re-order any of the boxes on Gmail’s left hand side (including the ViralinBox Notifier gadget).
2. To enable this feature, go to Settings then Labs, and enable “Navbar drag and drop”.

How do I remove the gadget?

1. To remove this feature from Gmail:
2. In Gmail, click on Settings then Gadgets.
3. Click the Remove button next to “ViralinBox Notifier”.

To Your Success in Business & Life,

Frank Bauer CEO, Add2it.com	&	Colin Klinkert CEO, ColinKlinkert.com

Yes, even 3 1/2 years after our launch, ViralURL.com is still going strong!

Listen to the testimonial one of our ViralURL.com members very recently left…

Dear Colin and Frank,

Over the weekend it was time for me to send my email to 6,000 members. Now this past weekend was a holiday weekend here in the US for July 4th Independence Day. So, I thought my response rate would not be great over a holiday weekend, and actually considered NOT sending it.

I’m so glad I sent it anyway. I generated over 30 leads, made several sales, and added THREE new team members.

I am so thankful. ViralURL has an extremely responsive list. It has become one of my favorite List Builders out there.

Susanna F. Fera
InternetIncomeIsEasy.info

Question: Would you be interested for us to add a system where members can give feedback on what they liked and didn’t like about other members mailings so we can all learn from each other to write better email ad copy and get even better results over time?

Let us know in the comments below!

To Your Success in Business & Health in Life,

Frank Bauer CEO, Add2it.com	&	Colin Klinkert CEO, ColinKlinkert.com

Great news! Our brand new ViralinBox Notifier Toolbar is now freely available online by clicking here!

Let me quickly introduce the 3 main benefits of using it to you…

• You are always informed of how many messages are in your ViralinBox DoNow email box… and how many new ones got added!
• You earn text and banner ad credits simply by using the toolbar!
• You are just one click away from your emails and our mailer system!

Also, it works with all the major browsers like FireFox, Chrome, Internet Explorer & Safari… on Windows, Mac & Linux based systems.

Click here to view a video on how to personalize your toolbar and speed up load times (especially in Chrome).

As I announced in my video on the “A Personal Challenge” blog post, Colin & I are now both taking part in a personal health & fitness challenge to break free from the beer gut causing lifestyle that seem to have been part of being an Internet Marketer lifestyle package.

Now… how did it all happen and why should you join us?

How it happened is quiet straight forward… Joel Therien, a successful Internet Marketer that I personally met at the WIME seminar and know online even longer, is as I write this in the Pre-Launch for his brand new 7 Minute Workout program. He contacted me a few days ago and asked if I would be interested to become an early beta tester and help him spread the word… if I like it.

Originally I thought it’s just another “Here is a bunch of workout videos” type program and even though I like Joel and was attracted to the 7 Minute part of his program as that’s about as much as I can see myself spend on exercise time with all the work that constantly needs to get done… I was originally skeptical.

The second objection about me “spreading the word” was, that I am working in the Internet Marketing niche… and not at all in the personal health & fitness niche.

What made me change my mind? And why should you consider the 7 Minute Workout program as well?

There are two parts to my answer…

• The first part is that there is so much more then just a bunch of fitness videos to Joel’s program!

  Let me show you…

The first thing you will find once you log into the members area is that you are not alone, you are part of a very active community with two common goals…

…to become fit & make money while doing so! That’s right, and that’s the second reason…

• There is a money making aspect connected to Joel’s program and to be totally transparent, that attracted me to it as well.

  Joel explains how it works in detail in the second video that you see after you opt-in at 7MinuteWorkout.com on day 3 after joining the free pre-launch… oh, and while you are at the opt-in page, make sure you watch the video, it’s really funny.

You can take these 2 steps now, or after you finished reading the rest of my 7 Minute Workout program review.

What also positively impressed me was that it’s easy to adjust the program to your personal level by answering 18 quick & easy questions…

… it took me just 2 minutes to answer all questions and it even takes into consideration if you have equipment or not… I like that it isn’t a requirement and gives you custom exercise workout routine videos…

I personally learned already how to get into proper eating habits while being in Jenny Craig, but if you don’t know about that yet, Joel explains that as well and his program provides a Food Tracker, healthy and delicious recipes & a recipe and menu builder…

And to help us start on track, a Weight & More tracker is build right in as well…

As you can see, I like it and joined already Colin’s challenge as mentioned in my “A Personal Challenge“post… now I would like you to do the two steps mentioned before…

Step #1: Watch the funny video at 7 Minute Workout… because laughing keep us all young & healthy! And then…

Step #2: Enter your name and email into the form at 7 Minute Workout to see the first out of 3 videos that will give you all the details.

I am looking forward to see you in the members area & in the best shape of your life the next time we meet at an offline event.

To Your Success in Business & Health in Life,

Frank Bauer CEO, Add2it.com	&	Colin Klinkert CEO, ColinKlinkert.com

P.S. – Have you done Step #1 & watched the funny video at 7 Minute Workout? Do that now.