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“The IM University” Has Changed Its Name!

"The IM University" has changed it's name to "Directions University"! We're now in our new home at Directions U and we're no longer updating this blog.

To continue getting great tips for growing your business online, twice daily Inspirational Quotes, and much more, visit us at:

Directions University


Why would we change the name? Well, because our former name just didn't describe what we really do.

At Directions University, we help to give direction to your life and business, help you shape the direction of your customers, and cause you to impact the direction of the world! You do this all through building your business strategically and having it use the power of the internet for maximum growth.

Come check out our new home where we've created a custom "Social Learning Portal" just for you! It incorporates a Social Network (like Facebook), a new Student Union (our forum), Social Groups (where you can get like minded people to join you). You'll even find all of our products turned into Courses that you can now access right through the new Portal in bite-size chunks so you don't get overwhelmed!

You'll find all the great content from this site PLUS all the new features and tools when you visit:
Directions University

Inspirational Quotes on Success

  • Not Every Difficult…

    “Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.”

  • Don’t Live Down…

    “Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.”

  • You Will Dare…

    “With courage, you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.”

Building a Business Online

  • How to Create a Custom WordPress Theme…

    Certainly there’s no denying that blogging plays a big role in the success of many online business.

    It builds relationships with your readers.

    The search engines love them.

    And it remains one of the best ways for you to establish yourself as an “expert” in a given niche.

    The toughest part, unless you’re really good at php and photoshop, is creating that “unique” look of professionalism for your blog.

    Just imagine…

  • For beginners only (or those who need help getting started)

    For the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to come up with the PERFECT gift for you and my other subscribers this year.

  • Working from Home is Closer Than You Might Imagine

    Who’d love to be able to tell their boss…
    “You can take this job and…”!?
    I bet you’d love to

Infoproducts

  • Former Cheerleader Teaches How To Use The Internet To Turn Your Passion Into Profits!

    Mary Wilhite, a former Chicago Bears Cheerleader, creates a new product that shows people how to use their passion to create profits by taking action.

  • Can You Write Copy in 90 minutes or less?

    David Perdew’s Niche Affiliate Marketing System Workshop, a group of experts laid out the entire process for creating an info product in only 90 minutes. They wanted to show everyone just how easy it is in a way that they could easily understand. How did they do that?

  • Info Product Systems Workshop… A Tremendous Success!

    People really got the power of info products! Everyone — including Best Selling Author, Jason Oman (author of “Conversations With Millionaires” and creator of www.InstantBestSellerSecrets.com ) was blown away when…

Entrepreneurship

  • An Opportunity to Really Profit with Twitter!

    Over the past year or more I’ve mentioned several times how you can use Twitter to help improve your online success. While this message will again stress the importance of Twitter it’s not quite my usual dissertation. But none-the-less it’s just as important (if not more!)… so please read on.

  • Meet Me and Mark Hendricks in Orlando in January

    Over the past 10 years I’ve been to countless seminars, workshops and training events but I’ve yet to see the strategy I’m about to tell you about used at any of those.

  • Can I help with Your Success?…

    Lately I’ve been seeing more and more people who are desperate for success.  They stumble across one of my digital products, they get excited when they realize the possibilities for their business as they read my sales letters, and they purchase.  But, less than 10% of those who actually pay for my products actually download [...]

Internet Marketing

  • Where Do You Want to Be in 2010?… It’s time to decide!

    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
    Tune into Relationship Marketing 101
    on Blog Talk Radio on Tuesday, at
    Noon Eastern for “Wholistic Business
    Tips”.  After we talk about the
    meaning of “Wholistic Business
    Building”, our guest, Zna Trainer,
    will join us to share the story of
    how she overcame a MAJOR health
    crisis by create a whole new form
    of fitness.

  • Why do some people succeed using PLR while others fail?

    Private label rights provide an efficient and workable means of generating a substantial online income.

  • Want to meet my Personal Go-To Money Mentor?

    Have you ever wished someone could just work some magic on your business and have your conversions and profits soaring? That would be fun, huh?
    It may come as no surprise to you that many of the top marketers I know have their own ‘Money Mentors‘. I’m no exception in that regard.
    The [...]

Affiliate Marketing

  • Using Affiliate Programs to Multiply Your Profits – Not Your Work

    If you’ve been online for any length of time, no doubt you’ve discovered that leveraging the efforts of others is one of the fastest ways to increase your bottom line.

  • Is Affiliate Marketing is one of the best ways for ANYONE to make money online?

    I need to apologize because I just realized that I’ve unintentionally been lying to you! For years, I’ve told you that there was no such thing as a “magic bullet” that could bring you instant success. However, today I learned that I’ve been WRONG!

    Ok, so maybe it’s not truly a “magic bullet”, but this is about as close as you can get! It’s a way for you to get started in a matter of minutes, to get a website up online without being a techy of any sort, and it’s a way to get traffic rolling in like waves during a hurricane! And, it lets you make money as an Affiliate Marketer in just about ANY niche you want!

  • You’re Being Lied To!

    People online often talk about various things like Viral Marketing, JV Giveaways, Product Launches, Dimesales, and other techniques as being the KEY to making money online. But every single one of them are lying to you! It’s not that any of these strategies cause you to make money. What REALLY allows you to make money is AFFILIATE MARKETING. Read on to learn how to build an army of affiliates in your business quickly so that you can EXPLODE your traffic, SKYROCKET your opt in list, and start seeing the success you deserve!

Business Strategy

  • Where Do You Want to Be in 2010?… It’s time to decide!

    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
    Tune into Relationship Marketing 101
    on Blog Talk Radio on Tuesday, at
    Noon Eastern for “Wholistic Business
    Tips”.  After we talk about the
    meaning of “Wholistic Business
    Building”, our guest, Zna Trainer,
    will join us to share the story of
    how she overcame a MAJOR health
    crisis by create a whole new form
    of fitness.

  • People Are Lining Up to Give YOU Money… Find Out Where!

    You’re gonna LOVE this…
    The Wacky Gals have put together a set of videos that explain how to use one of the Internet’s PRIME websites for finding customers.

  • Check Out This Brand New Twitter Tool… It’s Amazing!

    Twitter is all about relationships and about building a good rapport with those that follow you.  Once you have a loyal following of “fans” you can direct many of them (even hundreds or thousands) to whatever website you want all for FREE!

Blogging

  • How to Create a Custom WordPress Theme…

    Certainly there’s no denying that blogging plays a big role in the success of many online business.

    It builds relationships with your readers.

    The search engines love them.

    And it remains one of the best ways for you to establish yourself as an “expert” in a given niche.

    The toughest part, unless you’re really good at php and photoshop, is creating that “unique” look of professionalism for your blog.

    Just imagine…

  • Angle Bush is Guest Speaker on Blog Talk Radio Show – Relationship Marketing 101

    Join me and my co-host, Ronda Del Boccio, “The Story Lady”, as we interview Poet, Author, Lecturer, Trainer, Consultant and Radio Talk Show Host – Angle Bush!

  • How do you make money without having to compete on price and without having to run dimesales repeatedly?

    Once you’ve helped someone solve a problem, then all you have to do is show them something that helps them get bigger results, better results, or faster results and they’ll be more inclined to buy it!

Traffic Generation

  • The Secret to Getting More Traffic to Your Website

    For the last 3 to 4 months, I’ve been looking forward to the day when I could send you THIS message!  And finally, that day is HERE at last!

  • A Better Way to Get Targeted Traffic?

    When I first started out and published my first site to the internet I just thought people would just come and visit.

  • Get More Targeted Traffic to Your Site Every Month…

    One of the hardest parts of Internet marketing is getting ENOUGH targeted traffic to your website. Well, now there’s a method that will send thousands of visitors to your website every month!

Social Marketing

  • An Opportunity to Really Profit with Twitter!

    Over the past year or more I’ve mentioned several times how you can use Twitter to help improve your online success. While this message will again stress the importance of Twitter it’s not quite my usual dissertation. But none-the-less it’s just as important (if not more!)… so please read on.

  • Laurel Clark and “the law of attraction” on Blog Talk Radio Tomorrow

    Are you an entrepreneur or small business owner trying to make more money online? As an entrepreneur, do you find yourself wondering why you just can’t get the results you hear so many other business owners getting for their business using the internet?
    On Relationship Marketing 101, you’ll learn to build businesses that use the power [...]

  • The Power of Tribes on Blog Talk Radio

    Are you an entrepreneur or small business owner trying to make more money online? As an entrepreneur, do you find yourself wondering why you just can’t get the results you hear so many other business owners getting for their business using the internet?

Mindset

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

    This is perhaps the most important message you have ever read!
    I’m certain that it will at least be the most important message you’ve read this month!

  • Is Your Mindset Keeping You From the Success You Deserve?

    As I write to you today, I’m typing this message from my T-Mobile G1 phone, while I am in the car on the way to the Painted Desert & Petrified Forrest, on the Arizona/New Mexico border.

  • How to Have a Positive, Abundant Mindset & Lifestyle that Brings You SUCCESS & GREATNESS in All That You Do!

    The last 2 weeks, I’ve been on a cross country road trip with my inlaws.  We picked them up in Indiana a few weeks ago so that they could travel to Las Vegas and be with their youngest grandson for the holidays.

Resources

  • New “Point-n-Click” eCover Generator Will Blow You Away!

    I love graphic generators like any one else.
    But I don’t usually promote them because most produce really cheap looking, low quality images.

  • New Tool Makes it EASY to Design Professional Squeeze Pages!

    Want to create professionally designed squeeze pages with just the click of a few buttons?
    It can be done — and with this new tool it really is “click button” easy!

  • How to “Dress” Your Web Site for Success.

    Given the choice most people will buy a product from a site that has a professional look and feel over one that doesn’t. The old saying “you can’t judge a book by it’s cover” is probably true but the fact of the matter is that people DO judge… and usually rather quickly.

  • This simple copy & paste CSS can make your life a lot easier!

    Like it or not Cascading Style Sheets is happening.
    It is no longer a new emerging technology. It is being used on more and more web sites, and more and more users are using a browser that knows and understands better and better CSS.

  • How Can The IM University Help You With Your Internet Marketing?

    Have questions about any aspect of internet marketing or building your business? Driving traffic? Building a list? Organizing a joint venture? Or any of the other tactics you need to know in order to be profitable online?