Never used Viagra, have you?

It has been quite some time since I made a blog post as I have been focused on the product creation side of my business and did not want to lose my laser focus. For quite a while I had been telling myself that I needed to have a major overhaul of the whole set up and particularly the appearance of my blog.

Not Enough Value

My last visit had been to remove some links associated with a particular marketer as I felt he was not offering value to his customers and I didn’t want to be associated with that. This involved playing around with the word press widgets which were moved and edited before updating my links after which the appearance of my blog looked fine.

Misaligned

The next day I noticed that my side bars were displaced and were appearing under my footer, foolishly I thought it was a conflict caused by me moving the widgets and having my mind on other things dismissed it.

I soon had a call from site lock telling me that my site was linking to a world famous blacklisted Viagra site. I was shocked and even more so when they quoted me a massive $350 to fix the problem.

Viagra Alt Tags

So now being aware that there was a problem I took a look and sure enough there had been some trickery using image alt tags and html links. So I deleted them all and everything looked fine.

I went through and updated my word press version and all of my plug ins and discovered that share a holic has a new feature allow breadcrumbs using the images used in each posts. After activating this I discovered lots of breadcrumbs with titles like, “Get Your Ex Back” “Buy Viagra Online” and “Dating Tips For Men” it was then that I realized the extent of the problem.

Sneaky

So after changing all the text colours I was able to root out all the sneaky links that had been hidden this way. It took me two very long days to clear every post and save all of my work.

Lessons learned from this are to back up my files every week, update word press and plug ins immediately updates are available. I thought my protection was pretty good and I am still trying to figure out how they managed to hack their way in.

Security Upgrade

I was using a last pass password and the word fence plug in which they got past so I am also undertaking word press hardening which involves using a series of plug ins to make access much more difficult.

A lesson learned! Don’t be like me and get hacked by the Viagra man. Back up and update immediately and make sure you have a very long complex password.

Been put off Viagra for life.

Until next time.

Clive

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Missing Mojo

Hi, I have not made a blog post for some time. Simple truth is I got sick and then lost my mojo towards the end of the year losing momentum on all my projects towards the end of the year.

Clueless

It actually took a lot of effort to motivate myself again but I am glad I did and have slowly been picking up on my projects and planning out my goals for 2013. To be honest on the 1st of January I didn’t have a clue my head was just full of stuff, one thing I did decide on was that I needed some clarity and someone to kick me up the butt and keep me on target.

Consultation

I decided to take an hours consultation with Seth Larabee his story is actually quite impressive with him beating cancer, losing his business and the bouncing back, I felt I could learn a lot from him. Sometimes just talking things out with someone experienced within your niche can be very empowering as they understand in a way that partners and family do not.

New Perspective

The other great thing they do is drop ideas into your consciousness and help you to see things from a different perspective, not only your business but also your perception of yourself to. For me the biggest obstacle has been completing a product or

project, I start out great but as I near completion the nagging doubts and self-worth issues crowd my usually sound mind and I shelve the project and start a new one.
Not this time, it’s set as a goal and planned out. More about that in another post as I want to explain how I achieved this clarity.

1 Hour Non-Stop

It was not difficult in actual fact the hardest thing about it was just sitting down and doing it. It being something Seth calls a “Brain Dump” you literally write down any thought no matter how strange and keep going. I did this for an hour and then the next day did it for a hour again.

Onion

This was amazing almost like peeling an onion, the first layer distraction, worry and a lot of stuff that was just stuff and completely useless. The second time it was all older thoughts from when I was younger and then the ideas started to come. New ideas but also creative angles on things I had been stuck with for a while. By the time I had completed a third hour producing 9 pages of ideas and plans I really felt I had some clarity for the first time in a long time.

Understanding

For the first time I understand the importance of goals, making plans to achieve them and most of all how much the state and focus of our mind effects how we perform.
I am now doing this “Brain Dumping” in a more targeted way to bring clarity to my current project “Press Release Ninja” and in doing so found a banner/poster under my desk. I was going to use it but ended up vacating the room before I put it on the wall.

It says

When I let go of What I Am

I become What I Might Be

Lao Tzu 600 BC -531 BC

Glad to have found it and am taking it as a clear message for the year ahead.

So if you don’t have clarity you could call Seth or just do a brain dump instead and enjoy a clearer picture. Try it you will be amazed!

Let me know how you got on in the comments below

Talk soon

Clive

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