Bad days happen. Hate happens. Irritation, confusion, misunderstandings, panic, sadness, disappointment, anger — these all happen. How we deal with them, however, is what makes us who we are.

What wrong would it do if companies stopped trying to push each other off of the hill, and instead concentrated on how to make their product the best available? What if companies stopped spending half of their time talking about another company’s product? The community can do the comparisons for you.

What are you doing about making sure that you’ve staked out your little bit of a customer’s mental real estate?

So, dream smaller. And dream often. Dream as frequently as you can. This may be the best time to hone your skills as an employee work hiring. Don’t regurgitate your education. Don’t pigeon-hole yourself. Try something. Try everything. And then, remember not only what your degree and/or what your past jobs may say you’re good at — show employers what you’re GREAT at.

The interesting thing is that a recession is actually a great time to invest in internet marketing.

Affiliates struggling to earn $100 a month often find it hard to believe that other people could possibly earn as much as $10,000 or even $100,000 a month in commissions. Believe it. Big commissions do happen.

If you’re going to use affiliates as a money-making venture, then you’re going to not only have to increase the traffic to your site, but you’re going to have to make the affiliate something that a visitor is going to want to click on, and then make a purchase from. If you can do those two things, then you can make the affiliates work well for you.

You too can create a product that can be a rear-door method to drive traffic to a site that might not necessarily be something that mainstream media would put their ads on. Call it affiliating yourself, in a way.

Confidence isn’t being the arrogant authority on a subject. Admitting your faults and openly expressing your desire to learn and better yourself (in all the ways that is possible, from personal to business) is where REAL confidence comes in. Having the stones to admit that you’re not perfect but you’re open to suggestions is where real confidence comes in. And THAT’s sexy.

Make sure that the affiliate programs that you endorse and promote is in addition to what you’re selling. Let them be the cherry on the sundae…but make sure that you’re still the sundae.