Fatherhood has been teaching me so much, every day.

Today I’ve been learning to listen more. You know, even a little five year old needs to be listened to. The truth is most of us don’t listen to each other. Partly because many of us feel so un-listened to. So we are always trying to make our point, to be heard.

I truly believe that one of the primary needs a child has is to be heard…to be listened to and understood.

When we are understood we feel things are right with the world, like we are okay. Being misunderstood can be both frustrating and stressful.

Being listened to can be empowering. It doesn’t matter if what is being said is right or wrong, positive or negative…listen.

Every day of being a dad I feel like I’m the child, the one needing to learn. I’ll tell you this, I’m finally beginning to get clearer on what it is I want in life and always have wanted.

You see, the law of attraction is about more than just attracting things you want. It’s about experiencing the life you desire and that is in alignment with your soul. It’s about becoming clear of all the things you hold onto, believe, think…that are not in alignment.

Becoming clear also means gaining focus on who you want to be as a person…what you stand for, what is in rhythm with you.

My rhythm is being a father.

My greatest desire is to demonstrate perfect love to my daughter, to be a leader in my family, to be a hero at being a dad. That is my passion, to love my daughter and family with all my soul…not just in my head, but out loud and passionately.

My daughter is a miracle for many reasons. But perhaps the most powerful one is this. She is revealing divine love to me. She is helping me to see more clearly which will in turn help her have a better father.

Thank you God.

I have a heart for helping others, that’s for sure…it doesn’t end with my family. My desire is to empower myself to be free financially this year at the level that I can spend most of my time with both my family, fulfilling my purpose in that respect…and pursuing my passion for helping troubled young people.

You see, I used to be a youth pastor. Well, I had so many varied responsibilities that I was not a true minister…I spent most of my time doing administrative and accounting work. But my passion is young people, all ages, and helping them to learn to empower themselves with love, peace, passion, and understanding the power of God’s love to accomplish this.

I have a vision that I will be doing this soon. And not only this.

One of my latest visions and passions is to start a home for children suffering from terminal illness. I want it to be a hospital for kids, but unlike any hospital. It would be a home setting, where families can stay for long periods of time, in a home like setting. Where everything looks, feels, and is the most lovely, happiest home you could dream of.

The hospital-ness would be disguised…completely…so all the children could spend their days doing is having fun, laughing, playing, singing, enjoying life and focusing on life and love…feeling loved and listened to.

I would hire the top doctors, nurses, etc., who would be skilled in the art of helping the children physically while helping them to keep their minds focused on life and wellness, rather than disease. I believe a major flaw with modern hospitals is that we are taught to worry and focus on the very thing we don’t want to get worse or expand…the disease.

I say, let the professionals worry about these things and we focus on what we want to attract…feeling good, living good, and experiencing fullness in our souls and hearts. I firmly believe that a hospital of this caliber would nurture healing such that has not been witnessed. I see children having miraculous recoveries, families being given hope, and sorrow being replaced with joy and love.

This is one of my deep heart passions. I don’t know how it will happen but I believe and know it will.

What is your passion?

What is your purpose?

What makes you come alive inside? Because that is what you should be focusing on.

May 2009 be the year you draw closer to your life purpose and that your purpose is drawn closer to you!

Much love and gratitude,

John

1. First of all I’m not charging a monthly fee, but it will be an ongoing service.

2. Second, I’m not doing an ebook or even premade static content in a site.  All the content is being created “in real time” and is EXTREMELY fresh as a result.

3. The program is COMPLETELY interactive.  You get coaching every day as a result!

4. The techniques I’m revealing are based on my ongoing experience and research…as such I’m recommending people do what I do in the basic setup of my business…such as have a website, etc. But I show you where to do that so you get a good hosting provider for really cheap and can channel your money into advertising costs.

So those are some of the bullet points.

Lastly, as mentioned before the entire thing is just $27.

I want you to save your cash for Christmas/Holidays and for the expenses you’ll have in your new business.  So let me talk about expenses and what you can expect.

The first day I started playing with CPA affiliate marketing I incured about $16 ($15.82 to be exact) in expense for Google Adwords.  I made $48.75.  That was THE FIRST DAY, WITH NO TRAINING, NO CPA SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES, AND NO “ARBITRAGE CONSPIRACY” $2000 PRODUCT.

If I can do that, SO CAN YOU!

Why?

Because I’m going to show you the steps to get there.  I can’t show you the exact offer I promoted or the exact keywords I used (because that would reveal the product)…but I will show you everything else.

Now that was day one.

Since that day, in the following 10 days I made about $545 and spent about $242.  So profit was about $303.  That’s over 125% ROI (Return on Investment).

And that’s a SINGLE PROMOTION.

Ok, so you see some of the numbers and the potential.  Now I truly hope I’ve priced this program at a level that is easy enough for you to get in and get rolling so you can start experiencing the same results…or better!

Again, to get started today go to the next post down from this one and put your name and email in the form to get more info from me. 

Here’s to your success!!

John Westbrook

But the fact is I’ve changed my entire online business model this December and see a totally new approach for 2009.  I want to share this with you because I think it’s something that you can definately benefit from.

So here’s the deal, after Thanksgiving I was totally bashing a new “how to make money” launch…which was a product that promises to teach Affiliate Marketing…but focusing on promoting offers that pay per action.

Well, after reading the free report I got from the guys launching the product, I was truly intrigued by the numbers these guys were boasting for Cost Per Action online marketing results…in the 5 digits per day??? It sounded way too hyped.  But one thing I did is believe them about the numbers.

In case you weren’t aware, Cost Per Action Marketing is where you market a product or service and get paid when someone takes action…usually simple action like filling in an email submit form and you get paid for every lead you send the way of that company.

So it’s Affiliate Marketing (marketing on behalf of a company and getting paid for actions taken) but the person you sent to that company’s website doesn’t have to necessarily buy a product as is the case with most Affiliate Marketing programs such as Amazon.com’s, Walmart’s, Clickbank, and others.

With Cost Per Action (CPA) you can get paid sometimes $40 per lead generated! That means the person who filled in the lead form took no risk, it was easy for them to sign up to whatever the offer was, and you got $40 for sending them there.

Well here’s the cool link in all this.

If you could get highly targeted web visitors to go to a company like this, through your affiliate URL, a certain percentage of them would sign up right? If they are HIGHLY TARGETED. How do you get those kinds of people to go to sites that will pay you to get them leads?

Easy!

Using Google Adwords to purchase traffic by “bidding” on the search terms the person will type to get to your ad. Then when they click your ad it takes them to the affiliate link and to the company’s site you are promoting…a percentage of them signup and you get paid. If you can pay a low enough cost per click in Google Adwords you can make a substantial amount of income based on the conversion rate of that traffic.

For example.

You signup for a CPA Affiliate Network and locate an offer, let’s say on Free Credit Reports. You go to Google Adwords and setup an advertising account for $5. You bid on search terms that you think someone who is looking for Free Credit Reports would type in Google. You bid like 15 cents per click…this means you would pay 15 cents for every click on a particular term. Ok, so now you take copy the Affiliate Tracking URL in the Affiliate Network for that Free Credit Reports offer to your Google Adwords ad, set your daily budget in Adwords to say $15 and turn on the campaign.

Now if all goes perfectly, we’ll say 100 people click your ad at $0.15 per click. 10% of them “convert” to leads, meaning they fill out the form on the Free Credit Report site you are promoting. Let’s say that offer pays you $26 per lead. You just made $260 for a cost of $15!

Ok, moving on.

So I thought I’d try this stuff out just based on the free report this Arbitrage Conspiracy launch gave out and my own experience with Affiliate Marketing…

You see, I’ve done Affiliate Marketing since about 2005 and have done well at it.  But all my focus has always been on actual product purchases…companies that pay me when someone pays them through my link.  I  hadn’t gotten into the Pay Per Lead/Action arena.

Maybe I never really believed in it?  I don’t know, but the point is I never gave it attention.

What I have found since December 10 till today is phenominal and I have to share with you.

I started a campaign, based almost entirely on inspiration and I believe strongly in inspired marketing by the way.  So I started this campaign and immediately began making money.  And not just a few bucks.  I started making like $20 to $30 a day for spending only $15 in advertising per day.  

As I tweaked the campaign (mind you this is all from a single campaign promoting a single product) based on inspired marketing again, I found the numbers dramatically increase.  My ROI went through the roof and my CPC was way down.  

By the time I put things on pause, in 10 days of starting, I brought in about $545 from just promoting ONE OFFER.

So yeah, not too bad.

As I said, I put things on pause. There are a couple reasons I did this.

1. With the holiday (Christmas) my conversions dropped suddenly. To be expected. So I paused my campaigns in Google Adwords to avoid a break even or loss.

2. I want to wait for the Affiliate Network to pay me what I’ve made so far before I spend more. This is both a precautionary move and a budgetary one. And I recommend doing it in any new business venture. You want to verify the company you are working with (especially true in Affiliate Marketing) is going to pay you!

So here at the end of 2008 I’m clear on the methods I’ll be using to make money in 2009. I’m going to do Affiliate Marketing of course, but focus heavily on CPA offers through Google Adwords.

Now I know a lot of this is just greek to many of you…so I also decided to do a really different form of training on CPA and how to make money doing it. I haven’t named this training program yet or anything, but here’s the premise of it.

Basically I’ll have a forum setup where only members can login. Once logged in you’ll have access to all the training modules for that week/month/etc. As I learn new things, have new experiences, and discover more profitable techniques I’ll post them to the appropriate forum thread…which will be called Modules.

This way not only does the program grow as I learn and experience this first hand, you can kind of “look over my shoulder” and learn with me. Not only that, you can post replies to the forum threads (Modules) to get personal support/coaching on a particular point.

Like I said, I’m not new to Affiliate Marketing or using Google Adwords, but am to CPA the specific type of Affiliate Offers I’m now doing. So what’s cool about that is I can give you totally fresh insight, advice and feedback…basically allowing you to have zero risk in your experience. That’s the idea.

Now while I’ve already setup the forum and am letting people in already, I don’t want to just let anyone/everyone in. I want to make it a tight knit team so I can help you and you can have the highest quality of training and the best experience from this.

Also, I don’t want to make this blog or site a sales page and try to pitch you on stuff. So if you are interested in learning more about CPA, Affiliate Marketing, and how to make money in 2009 and beyond…feel free to put your name and email below to get on my Life Empowered Experience newsletter.

This is more than just a notification/information newsletter. It is more than anything focused on what I mentioned above…inspired marketing, the laws of attraction, and divine guidance in your life experience.

To get free emails, information, tips, inspiration, and learn more about what I’m doing to make money online simply fill out the form and submit.
 

I’ll keep this blog updated with news of my ventures and the exciting journey I’m beginning now.

Sincerely,

John

I want to talk about it in relation to your future.  Most of us look for things to be grateful for in our present or past experience.  But what about the future?

The energy we emit to the universe around us directly affects what is attracted to us.  When you are grateful and thankful for what you want you attract it to yourself.  It’s like having faith.  You ask, then thank that you have recieved it…that the process of “it” being drawn to you is in motion.

Here’s an example

“I’m so happy and grateful now that I am a Millionaire”

“I’m so happy and thankful now that I have a fulfilling and positive relationship with ____________”

You get the idea.

So this thanksgiving try it out…be thankful for what you will have.

Love and Peace,

John Westbrook

Okay, it’s easy but difficult.  Let me explain.  Most of us have been conditioned to think on and focus on negative things.  I don’t know why exactly, but these thought patterns are what keep us in our ruts.

If you want new results in life you MUST focus and train your mind to have new patterns.

So since we are discussing Poverty Consciousness versus Prosperity Consciousness, let me give a specific example.

You get to work and the person next to  your cubical, or the guy working across from you in the shop, or your supervisor who takes you to lunch…says something like, “Did you hear about Circuit City?  I guess they are declaring bankruptcy due to the economy.  And what about Starbucks?  95% down in sales?”

That kind of focus is Poverty Consciousness.

What about the gas prices dropping?  That’s GOOD!  Yet many will even turn something prosperous like this into poverty thinking with a comment like, “Yeah, it’s not going to last though.”

WHY!

Why do we tend to be negative?

Whatever the root cause is, let’s at this moment focus on the solution.

The first step in thinking prosperity is to surround yourself with likeminded individuals.  You tend to talk and focus along the lines of the company you keep.

Second, make a list of all the things you are thankful for that are directly related to prosperity in some form.  It doesn’t have to be financial prosperity, it can be relationship prosperity…maybe people find you fun to be with or don’t like going to lunch in groups when you aren’t there.

Thirdly, check yourself in the morning and at the evening, take your “Prosperity Temperature” to see where you are.  Realize you are a magnet and as you grow your prosperous thinking the things that you want are moving toward you.  Picture that.  See the new car, the home, the money, moving at a steady pace toward you, gaining momentum as you clear your mind of negativity and focus on what you do have now and how prosperous you are now.

And finally, spend at least 10 minutes a day with your eyes closed, visualizing all the prosperity in your life and then see it grow and expand out from you.  If you got some money unexpectedly, visualize it happening again only double.  

Have fun with it, don’t stress over it, and begin to think prosperous.

It’s challenging because of the preprogramming, but it’s easy to follow some simple steps to keep your mind on track.

Love & Peace,

John Westbrook

P.S.  I’ve noticed, coming from a Christian background, that many times Christians are worried to think in prosperous terms.  They think they should be suffering.  But I remind you of the Bible text that says, and I paraphrase, “…what ever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are good and holy, think on these things…”

Even the Bible admonishes us to think positive and prosperous thoughts.

It’s the mindset that says “I’m the victim”.

The “poor me” mindset is one that focuses on powerlessness and a belief that you are at the mercy of “it”…whatever it is.

“Poor Me” only produces one thing: poor me.  In other words, poverty.  It’s being conscious of poverty.

Being grateful helps keep you clear of this mindset and it’s important to train ourselves to think in the lines of prosperity.  Afterall, I’ll say it again…you get what you focus on and spend energy on.  If you focus on “poor me”, in other words, poverty, you will only attract what?  You got it!  Poverty.

If, however, you focus on Prosperity and become actually CONSCIOUS of prosperity, in other words it’s on the front of your mind, in your sights all day, you will attract…Prosperity!

So how do you focus on Prosperity?

It’s easy!

And it’s the topic of tomorrow’s post, see you then!

Love & Peace,

John Westbrook

Now be full of gratitude.

There is incredible power in this universal law.  Gratitude is one of the many laws of attraction and by simply having gratitude for your CURRENT life, and all the good things you NOW HAVE, you will attract to yourself more of those things.

Even if you can’t think of anything good in your life right now, you are alive aren’t you? (let’s hope right otherwise we have stranger problems)  You have air to breathe, food to eat, water to drink.  These “everyday” things may seem small, but if they are the difference between life and death they really aren’t so insignificant are they?

So be thankful and grateful for them!

As you exercise gratitude you’ll invoke the laws of attraction to bring more abundance…

And that really is the keyphrase…abundance.

Be grateful for the abundance, at whatever level, that you have now.  What this will do for you is create more abundance in greater and deeper levels.

it’s easy.

Sit down and say to yourself, in your mind or outloud, “I am grateful for__________”

Another way you can do this is by saying everyday, “I am so happy and grateful for __________”

Don’t just say the words, feel the emotion attached.  As you allow your emotions of gratitude for your current abundance to manifest, they will create the energy to attract more.

Remember, you get what you focus on.  By focusing on the good things in your life you will multiply them.

So today’s “assignment” for all of us to be grateful.

Love & Peace,

John Westbrook

But I never promised and never will promise that the journey of self discovery and personal growth will be easy or painless.

But I can promise that it is extremely rewarding.  Kind of like exercise, sometimes it hurts and sometimes it’s not easy to do, but it’s always rewarding and you always feel great about yourself when you do it.

So what does it mean to take responsibility and why is it so necessary and even powerful?

To take responsibility means very simply to look at your life and say, I did this.  I’m at this juncture in my life because of me.

Don’t try to over analyze and segment out what is and isn’t your personal responsibility.  It’s YOUR life isn’t it?  So it’s all your responsibility.

Now here’s why this is so important.

By taking full responsibility for your life right now you are simultaneously empowering yourself with the truth that because you are 100% responsible for your life now, if you choose to make it different you will have 100% control over it changing.

That is powerful!

You lift your mind and thinking out of the mentality of being a victim and empower yourself with the realization that you are only the victim of your own devices.  When you choose you are no longer victim but victor.

I’m not just talking about theory or concept here.  I’m speaking from personal experience.

Back in 2005 when I was fired from my job I chose to think as a victim of the company who fired me.  But looking back I can now see that I created that reality…I am 100% responsible for losing that job!

I can now pinpoint exact moments where I could have done things differently that would have changed my path.

Now, my desire for you is to feel empowered out of this whole taking responsibility thing, not to feel regret.

See, when I look at my past I see what I did to get me here.  But I’m also grateful for the experience…because above all else it’s why I’m writing this today.  Sure I could have gotten here another way, but I love my life and the experiences that have come before now.

Don’t look at your past with regret.

But rather look back and learn.

But you MUST take responsibility.  When you realize you got yourself here, you will be empowered to get yourself ANYWHERE you want to go.  You will realize that YOU hold the key to your life!

Those who deny responsibility and want to blame others are saying essentially that their life is not in their control…they have no control…so how could they possibly ever believe that they can change?

Begin today to change your approach to responsibility by taking time to be personally 100% responsible for your life.  Believe that you hold the power to create the experiences and the life you want, as much as you have the power to create the life you don’t want.  It’s all in what you are focusing on and believing in.  But that’s for another day.

I highly recommend the book “Zero Limits” by Dr. Joe Vitale, my favorite author on the subject of the Law of Attraction and a hero of mine.  You can pick it up at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, etc.

Zero Limits deals with the power of responsibility and tells the true story of an acclaimed Doctor from Hawaii who healed an entire ward of criminally insane patients without ever sitting down and counselling with any of them…it’s an awe inspiring and incredible story.  You can also get the book from Dr. Vitale’s site at www.MrFire.com

Talk to you soon!

Love and Peace,

John Westbrook

My focus and passion has always been primarily on how to live a positive and fulfilling life, and I want to bring the Life Empowered System into alignment with this. The money making training will be completely dropped.  I don’t like teaching it and I’m going to follow my passions.  If you want to learn how to do specific methods and techniques in making money online, I would recommend “Commission Blueprint”.  You can find the link to the right of this post. 

I’ll keep you all updated as to what this new site will form into and what services I’ll be offering.  For now, this blog will serve as a way to not just update, but to share powerful and practical ways to invoke the laws of attraction in your life.

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Talk soon!  

John  

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