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A few of my favorite posts from The Internet Marketing Blog which I really think are worth reading:

Last week, PayPerPost announced that they were to acquire Performancings metrics system, but now states that both parties have decided not to go through with the deal. This comes after the heaps of criticism that came after the deal was initially announced, which has heated up even more now that the deal has fallen through.

PayPerPost insists that they will look for another analytics solution to incorporate into its marketplace. Performancing, on the other hand, has decided to offer Metrics to the open source community.

What would you do in order to save 5 hours per day? Would you pay money now or would you like monthly installments? Its really simple now. With things now to automate your lifestyle, you now get more time to do whatever you want.

I ran across a new favorite website. It showed me how to save 5 hours a day. I had this sticky problem of wasting too much time on my membership payments and renewals on my web forum. I found a new solution with this membership management software. It does all the hardwork of organizing and managing for me. I now have time to build my client base, find more places to promote, save time by placing ads easily and efficiently. I saved at least 5 hours per day just by using this software on my site. I now like to play golf and laugh at the other fools who dress in pink and blue checkers and swing at balls for 5 hours a day. I really have found the meaning of life.

So let me ask you: what would you pay for finding the meaning of life? Well, I think you over-estimate the meaning of life, because I only pay $25 a month. I spend all the adsense revenue on poor baby asparagus sprouts in New Zealand knowing that I only paid $25 for the meaning of life. Take a look at the site and find out for yourself.

Watching YouTube bloopers is addictive. I like to watch a few and have a good laugh before going to bed each night.

I noticed, most bloopers are due to misplaced faith. The kid who skateboards off the roof of his house, he has misplaced faith in his own abilities, or perhaps misplaced faith in the benevolence of gravity.

Some people would say that faith is empowering. I cannot disagree more. Taking charge of your life, that is empowering.

When I was 15 years old and homeless in Los Angeles, I had faith in God to get me back to Japan. I waited and waited and waited, and each morning I checked my pockets and was shocked to find that they didn't contain a first class ticket to Japan.

Eventually I got off my ass, got aggressive and got a ticket back to Japan. I made it happen. And my determination was of the kind that says, either I'm going to make it happen or I'll die trying.

Whenever I have issues in my life, I can pretty much trace the problem to some type of misplaced faith. Success is not something that happens to us as we patiently wait. Success happens when we grab the bull by the balls, hold a knife to his throat, and make it happen.

I am Christian, but I think "faith" is the biggest impediment to success, simply by virtue of its widespread use. Website owners have faith in some higher being to give them traffic and conversions. Perhaps they believe that they have it coming. Perhaps they think they are good people, and deserve success.

Success at Internet marketing, like success at life, requires determination. Take control of your fate. Forget faith.

Originally posted on John Scott's Internet Marketing Blog.