Tim on December 18th, 2008
I realized my last post came across as a “holier than thou” speech which wasn’t my intention at all, so I’ve reworded it 
My full intention is to both help others grow, in whatever field they like while also taking advice onboard from them to grow myself. It is a mutually beneficial win-win positive outcome for both you and I and not only can we both achieve every goal and accomplish every dream we’d like to make reality in this lifetime, but help see each others blind spots and make a significant difference, having a net positive effect on the world.
My Overall Vision and Mission in life is to help every single person in the entire world live the life they’ve always dreamed of. My primary goal is to give every person the ability to do what they desire with their life without any external influences (eg. Disease, mal-nutrition, lack of water, lack of information etc) holding them back.
I’d like to allow every single man, woman and child in this world to make a contribution to society as a whole and live their dream life, awakening people to the fact that you don’t have to work a crappy job, you don’t have to answer to superiors, you don’t have to live in denial of what you truly desire.
I’m a true believer that one day the world will be in such a state that everyone, everywhere can do what they truely desire, without constraint. The real question is, can it be done in my lifetime?
If I am to work alone that answer would be no.
Which is why I’d love to work alongside with others who want to make their own dreams a reality, who don’t enjoy maintaining the status quo, who want to make the world a better place, and who choose freedom and happiness over fear and close mindedness.
You CAN be who you want to be, you can do all the things you’d like to do and you can experience a fulfilling and amazing life.
I’ll admit that my life isn’t perfect, and honestly it never will be, perfection is a goal, not an outcome. I love the fact that perfection cannot be attained simply because it gives endless opportunities to grow, endless opportunities to learn and an amazing life experience.
I’ve stumbled and screwed up many times in life, does that make me a failure? Nope, honestly failure isn’t in my vocabulary, simply because everything in life is either a success or a learning experience.
If you haven’t failed in life, if you haven’t had all the odds stacked against you, if you haven’t fallen down, honestly: you haven’t truely lived.
But from those failures I’ve remerged stronger and better than ever before, and through them I’ve learnt a lot of amazing things.
Most people don’t know this, but my current job (that I’m finishing up at in january) is actually my 10th job in my life.
I’m finishing up to run my own business. Was this business a quick success with no downsides? Nope, This is actually my 7th business (started my first when I was 13) and from every business failure I’ve learnt something more, which has added onto my knowledge until I’ve finally made it to the mark where it’s making a substantial income.
In fitness I’ve hit multiple platues and I’m one of those guys that struggles and struggles to gain muscle, but through persistance and determination I’ve managed to go from 50KG to 80KG and more than doubled my strength.
In relationships I’ve failed, been rejected and been humiliated many many times (If you count every single girl I’ve talked to that hasn’t gotten at least a phone number its close to 700-800 rejections). From that I’ve improved my confidence, gone from a complete introvert into an extrovert and am currently dating one of the most amazing girls I’ve ever met, who I never would have had the confidence to even talk to before.
The point I’m making is that this is the kind of person I am, the kind of person that pushes forward to make major changes in the world, the kind of person that dreams big and goes for it. If you like to be safe and secure and work a nice normal job with little risk, that’s fine by me.
If however you’d like to grow together with me and help each other succeed in business, health and relationships, feel free to contact me through the contact form. I don’t promise guaranteed success, but I do promise It’s going to be a hell of a lot of fun 
(What’s the point of life if you’re not having fun?) and you may just learn a thing or two.
Cheers,
Tim
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Tim on July 28th, 2008
2 Weeks ago if you mentioned twitter to me I would of gone “oh yea, that thing, everyone keeps talking about it but its just so pointless…”. Which have been my thoughts of twitter ever since I heard about it over a year ago.
Now however my opinion has seriously taken a backflip, and I’ve started to realize just how powerful microblogging really is.
If you’ve never heard of twitter you can check it out at http://www.twitter.com. It is a web 2.0 service that allows you to post sms like messages which all your friends (and fans) can see. I like to think of it as a big permanent chatroom where you get to listen to who you want, and most posts are of great value, not simply spam messages or “OMG HI 2 U!!!” style messages.
What I really love about it is that it brings you and all your “Internet Idols” so to speak to the same level. I’ve been able to talk to a few of my Internet Marketing heroes (those that have helped take my businesses from barely getting by to thriving on the internet) one on one and realized that they are just normal fun people.
Not only this, it is excellent for finding great content, I’ve only been on twitter for a few weeks and have found 2-3 products as well as 5-6 blog posts of amazing quality that I wouldn’t have discovered otherwise.
Last of all its perfect for businesses and blogs, as you can announce anything you like, new products, new quality content and so on and all your fans can find out about it immediately without needing to visit your website. Note: Do interact with the community, if you simply go on to promote yourself without networking with others you’ll find yourself with no followers and no one wanting to talk to you.
My Twitter profile is at http://www.twitter.com/timjrobinson if you haven’t yet added me.
Finally, if I haven’t whetted your appetite for it enough, perhaps take a look at some of the other more influential bloggers talking about twitter and how much fun they’ve been having once they got onboard:
Probloggers 9 Benefits of twitter for bloggers: http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/01/23/9-benefits-of-twitter-for-bloggers/
17 Ways you can use twitter by Dosh Dosh: http://www.doshdosh.com/ways-you-can-use-twitter/
Stevepavlina’s take on twitter: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/07/twitter/
The Friday Traffic Report on automated messaging on twitter: http://www.jackhumphrey.com/fridaytrafficreport/reviews/how-to-send-notes-to-your-twitter-followers/
Twitter is an awesome source of blog traffic: http://davepress.net/2008/03/10/twitter-awesome-source-of-blog-traffic/
Cheers, Tim
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Tim on July 28th, 2008
So you want to have a fanatically popular blog right? The most visited and linked to website the Blogosphere? Perhaps you just want a powerful flood of visitors to your product page so you can quickly and easily make more money? Never underestimate the power of social proof. Having social proof will instantly empower all your content, giving it an effect of being pure gold even if you are discussing the merits of your mother’s Christmas pudding.
Ever wondered how the big blogs get so much power and influence? How they seem to grow exponentially while other blogs have just as many posts yet barely get by in terms of traffic? It’s the simple fact that people gravitate towards what other people like. Hence why 5% of the movies that come out in a year represent 95% of the profits, everyone goes for the blockbusters and everyone wants to see the latest movies so they can talk with their friends about them, share stories in their favourite forums and so on.
No one wants to go to that strange movie made by the weird guy in Russia that no one’s ever heard of, even if it is an amazing thought provoking movie, they’d much rather see spider man 3, because that’s what everyone else is doing. Same goes with your blog. Who would you trust more to make you money: A well known Internet Marketer who gets 10,000 visitors a day, or Joe Biggs, who has an audience of 15? They could even be writing exactly the same stuff, yet the well known guy will get thousands of people following his every move telling him he “spurts pure gold”, while Joe Biggs gets a handful of skimmers who leave his site within minutes.
The simple problem is: most people are sheep. Is it starting to click as to why the bigger blogs only seem to get bigger, while the smaller blogs seem to die out after many months or never really take off at all?
So how do you build this social proof? We’ll as a start don’t have anything on your blog/website that shows it’s unpopular, try and do the opposite and even if you only get 10 visitors a day, tell everyone that you get 300 visitors a month (which sounds like a lot more than 10 visitors a day) 
. Then report on your traffic increases with percentages, in the previous case, if you get 25 visits one day, report that you just got a MASSIVE 150% visitor increase literally overnight! You’re not lying, just presenting the truth in better light.
If your FeedBurner count is at 5, don’t put it on the site, as no one will want to subscribe to that, if it’s at 50 it’s a maybe and if it’s at 500 put it in easy sight of everyone, as many people will actually subscribe simply because 500 other people have already subscribed, even if they have no idea how good your site is…
The thing is people love to be in the “in” crowd and will do anything in their power to gravitate towards the masses. Whether unconsciously or consciously they see that FeedBurner number the first time they come onto your site and they’ll prejudge you based on how big that number is. If it’s at 5 they’ll think “oh another worthless blog” while when it’s at 500 it’s more like “Hey this blog MUST have some great content, if everyone else likes it…”
This goes true for comments too, if you aren’t getting many comments, encourage visitors to make them, make it as easy as possible to post a comment (don’t require logging in or anything), and even post your own comments under a variety of names to make the article look popular .
Same goes for Digg, if you have a Digg button but you don’t get many Diggs, don’t use one of those buttons that show’s how many Diggs you get or your visitors will think “oh well, this site isn’t getting voted much, must be bad quality” and from then on you’re on a downward spiral right before they have even read your content.
The pure and simple truth is that social proof will instantly improve the power, attention level and quality of your content without you needing to write, rewrite and write your articles again. Just like being in the “cool” group in high school meant you got attention no matter how cool you really were, being perceived to be a popular or “cool” blog on the net will attract instant attention to what you have to say and far more satisfied visitors.
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