"Can you just show me a simple step by step system to grow my business that doesn't cost me a lot?"
It's a good question, but I'm revealing this to you today not to answer it, but to dig beneath it and use it to help you recruit more people into your business.
So think about that question for a second. What does it say to you? What it shows me is that many people are willing to work if they have a game plan. They just want to know "How".
More than your company's products or services, more than how great your comp plan is . . . Most of your prospects simple want to know how you can help them quit their job, or supplement their social security income. They want it to be simple, and they want action steps. If I've learned anything about marketing it's listen to your market and then give them what they want. Be the provider of that and recruiting will never be a problem again.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
What am I trying to accomplish?
Some days, you wake up to challenges...
The alarm clock didn't go off. The modem isn't working. The milk has spoiled.
And yet, with those challenges come opportunities...
You awake to sunshine streaming through a window. You enjoy reading a newspaper instead of quickly scanning news online. You drink your coffee black, and realize you like it better that way.
What if you could turn all your Home Buyer Assist business challenges into opportunities, too?
It's possible.
Here's the secret: Focus attention on the daily tasks that will lead to success.
Before you make your coffee... Before you butter your toast... Before you drop the kids off at school or complete any part of your morning routine, ask yourself this question about your business goals: "What am I trying to accomplish?" More specifically, "What am I trying to accomplish today?"
It's a short question, but it packs a big punch.
Let's say, for example, that the idea of having a successful online business like the We Provide The Cash business created by John Alexander is enormously attractive to you. Not only does it sound cool to say "entrepreneur," it gives you the potential to make lots of money without spending much upfront. Yet, the same low-cost barriers to entry for an online business can mean a low probability of profit if you can't address the question: "What am I really trying to accomplish with this business?"
Whatever your goals, whatever your talents, you have to give this question your full attention every day. Anything less will lead you in the wrong direction - closer to frustration and further from your goals.
So, ask yourself again: "What am I trying to accomplish?" And continue to ask this question every day, several times a day, to maintain your focus.
Many wannabe online entrepreneurs struggle with this question. It's not because they lack confidence. It's not because they are trying to be evasive. It's simply because - no matter how long they have been thinking about building an online business - they just haven't given the question sufficient, serious thought.
What are you trying to accomplish with your Home Seller Assist online business?
If you choose to give your attention to something that will become your livelihood, you should certainly know what you hope to accomplish with it, right?
Think about companies like Starbucks and Apple. Their corporate and critical successes are due to passion, customer service, and paying attention to the right things.
You have to find those same magic seeds for your online business.
Without a well-researched and well-executed plan for growth, you stand little chance of succeeding as an online entrepreneur in a world of competitors.
Remember, the Internet is not located on a street corner. It's located on the World Wide Web. Your competitors may be anywhere on the globe. Are you ready to compete with them and win?
Do you know what you want to accomplish long-term? Just as important, do you know what you have to accomplish on a daily basis to reach that goal? Do you know what you have to accomplish today?
The alarm clock didn't go off. The modem isn't working. The milk has spoiled.
And yet, with those challenges come opportunities...
You awake to sunshine streaming through a window. You enjoy reading a newspaper instead of quickly scanning news online. You drink your coffee black, and realize you like it better that way.
What if you could turn all your Home Buyer Assist business challenges into opportunities, too?
It's possible.
Here's the secret: Focus attention on the daily tasks that will lead to success.
Before you make your coffee... Before you butter your toast... Before you drop the kids off at school or complete any part of your morning routine, ask yourself this question about your business goals: "What am I trying to accomplish?" More specifically, "What am I trying to accomplish today?"
It's a short question, but it packs a big punch.
Let's say, for example, that the idea of having a successful online business like the We Provide The Cash business created by John Alexander is enormously attractive to you. Not only does it sound cool to say "entrepreneur," it gives you the potential to make lots of money without spending much upfront. Yet, the same low-cost barriers to entry for an online business can mean a low probability of profit if you can't address the question: "What am I really trying to accomplish with this business?"
Whatever your goals, whatever your talents, you have to give this question your full attention every day. Anything less will lead you in the wrong direction - closer to frustration and further from your goals.
So, ask yourself again: "What am I trying to accomplish?" And continue to ask this question every day, several times a day, to maintain your focus.
Many wannabe online entrepreneurs struggle with this question. It's not because they lack confidence. It's not because they are trying to be evasive. It's simply because - no matter how long they have been thinking about building an online business - they just haven't given the question sufficient, serious thought.
What are you trying to accomplish with your Home Seller Assist online business?
If you choose to give your attention to something that will become your livelihood, you should certainly know what you hope to accomplish with it, right?
Think about companies like Starbucks and Apple. Their corporate and critical successes are due to passion, customer service, and paying attention to the right things.
You have to find those same magic seeds for your online business.
Without a well-researched and well-executed plan for growth, you stand little chance of succeeding as an online entrepreneur in a world of competitors.
Remember, the Internet is not located on a street corner. It's located on the World Wide Web. Your competitors may be anywhere on the globe. Are you ready to compete with them and win?
Do you know what you want to accomplish long-term? Just as important, do you know what you have to accomplish on a daily basis to reach that goal? Do you know what you have to accomplish today?
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
A Great Time to Start a Business?
Most people would say no.
Well, consider this...
William Hewlett and David Packard founded Hewlett-Packard in 1939, while the Great Depression had been underway for a full decade...
In September 1945, Masaru Ibuka started Sony after his country had been devastated by war and was occupied by a foreign power...
You see, a business start up can not only survive, but thrive in times of economic crisis.
YOU can do the same. And thanks to the Internet your journey to a bright financial future will be a lot easier - and faster - than Sony's or Hewlett-Packard's. You can be making $100,000 a year in no time with your own business with our proven strategies and coaching. Personally, after starting with the Home Seller Assist program in mid-June and with the training provided by John Alexander, I crossed the $50,000 in just over six months and you can repeat or even beat this!
Learn more here.
Well, consider this...
William Hewlett and David Packard founded Hewlett-Packard in 1939, while the Great Depression had been underway for a full decade...
In September 1945, Masaru Ibuka started Sony after his country had been devastated by war and was occupied by a foreign power...
You see, a business start up can not only survive, but thrive in times of economic crisis.
YOU can do the same. And thanks to the Internet your journey to a bright financial future will be a lot easier - and faster - than Sony's or Hewlett-Packard's. You can be making $100,000 a year in no time with your own business with our proven strategies and coaching. Personally, after starting with the Home Seller Assist program in mid-June and with the training provided by John Alexander, I crossed the $50,000 in just over six months and you can repeat or even beat this!
Learn more here.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
The "entrepreneur's mindset"
How important is it in building a business?" Your mindset IS your business.
It denotes where you will go and how quickly you will get there. The entrepreneur's mindset begins with their excitement about the success to come. The entrepreneur sees the opportunity put before them and he spends countless hours daydreaming thinking about the success and how it will FEEL when it comes to him. It fuels the fire. Without this, the gas in the tank, any entrepreneurial effort quickly empties.
They don't think about failure. You see an entrepreneur by definition is a person who offers a solution to a problem at a cost. At first, the problem that an entrepreneur faces in network marketing is how to solve their own immediate problems. How get a lead? How to get a new team member? How to help that new team member duplicate their success quicker than he or she did it? When they get these issues solved he benefits monetarily for the growth in his Home Seller Assist team, but metaphysically he profits for knowing he has added overall value to the task and process at hand for many many to follow.
The entrepreneur is not done at this point. There's more to be done. The entrepreneur sees the opportunity before him and sees that there is more value to be added. The people directly associated with him aren't the only people to have the problems they began with, so he devises a way to help more than his immediate circle.
The entrepreneur sees no failure. The entrepreneur detaches his emotions from all outcomes be they positive or negative. He sees the results of his actions as merely observable data to improve upon. The entrepreneur always asks himself "How can I do better next time?" And then sets out to improve upon their most immediate results for their personal growth and the benefit of all those associated with him.
The entrepreneur realizes that there is no such thing as "enough", he knows that just like an apple tree grows as large as it possibly can and then bares seeds, that he to must ALWAYS grow. If there is any one quality that the entrepreneur has that sets him apart from the average person is their confidence exceeds their competency.
The entrepreneur sees the opportunity before him and knows he must grow into it regardless of whether or not he knows HOW to do it. He just has confidence that he will. The entrepreneur asks everyday what it is that he wants and then sets out to get i twith excitement.
Step into this mindset and step into success.
Now is the time to take action!
It denotes where you will go and how quickly you will get there. The entrepreneur's mindset begins with their excitement about the success to come. The entrepreneur sees the opportunity put before them and he spends countless hours daydreaming thinking about the success and how it will FEEL when it comes to him. It fuels the fire. Without this, the gas in the tank, any entrepreneurial effort quickly empties.
They don't think about failure. You see an entrepreneur by definition is a person who offers a solution to a problem at a cost. At first, the problem that an entrepreneur faces in network marketing is how to solve their own immediate problems. How get a lead? How to get a new team member? How to help that new team member duplicate their success quicker than he or she did it? When they get these issues solved he benefits monetarily for the growth in his Home Seller Assist team, but metaphysically he profits for knowing he has added overall value to the task and process at hand for many many to follow.
The entrepreneur is not done at this point. There's more to be done. The entrepreneur sees the opportunity before him and sees that there is more value to be added. The people directly associated with him aren't the only people to have the problems they began with, so he devises a way to help more than his immediate circle.
The entrepreneur sees no failure. The entrepreneur detaches his emotions from all outcomes be they positive or negative. He sees the results of his actions as merely observable data to improve upon. The entrepreneur always asks himself "How can I do better next time?" And then sets out to improve upon their most immediate results for their personal growth and the benefit of all those associated with him.
The entrepreneur realizes that there is no such thing as "enough", he knows that just like an apple tree grows as large as it possibly can and then bares seeds, that he to must ALWAYS grow. If there is any one quality that the entrepreneur has that sets him apart from the average person is their confidence exceeds their competency.
The entrepreneur sees the opportunity before him and knows he must grow into it regardless of whether or not he knows HOW to do it. He just has confidence that he will. The entrepreneur asks everyday what it is that he wants and then sets out to get i twith excitement.
Step into this mindset and step into success.
Now is the time to take action!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Common Sense Gets in Your Way
The timing is never right.
For all the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up all the pins either. Conditions are never perfect.
Ask for forgiveness, not permission.
If it isn't going to devastate those around you, try it and then justify it. People -whether parents, partners, or bosses - deny things on an emotional basis that they can learn to accept after the fact. If the potential damage is moderate or in any way reversible, don't give people the chance to say no.
So if you're torn between pursuing a wild dream and following the common sense advice of people who care about you, what do you do?
I say... go for it! When I have followed my heart on career decisions and ignored the well-meaning advice of others, I have done very well.
Make your decision and then "sell" your loved ones on the value of being supportive of your new venture. Make an honest, enthusiastic sales pitch highlighting the many ways that following your passion will benefit them... not you. Make promises. And keep them!
"Someday is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you," says Timothy Ferriss. To that I would add this: The only thing worse than "someday" is "later."
29 percent of people fail to keep their New Year's resolutions after TWO WEEKS, thinking "I'll come back to this someday." Don't let YOUR dreams fall by the wayside. Learn how to get easy-to-follow advice and powerful success strategies that have been proven to work right here.
For all the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up all the pins either. Conditions are never perfect.
Ask for forgiveness, not permission.
If it isn't going to devastate those around you, try it and then justify it. People -whether parents, partners, or bosses - deny things on an emotional basis that they can learn to accept after the fact. If the potential damage is moderate or in any way reversible, don't give people the chance to say no.
So if you're torn between pursuing a wild dream and following the common sense advice of people who care about you, what do you do?
I say... go for it! When I have followed my heart on career decisions and ignored the well-meaning advice of others, I have done very well.
Make your decision and then "sell" your loved ones on the value of being supportive of your new venture. Make an honest, enthusiastic sales pitch highlighting the many ways that following your passion will benefit them... not you. Make promises. And keep them!
"Someday is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you," says Timothy Ferriss. To that I would add this: The only thing worse than "someday" is "later."
29 percent of people fail to keep their New Year's resolutions after TWO WEEKS, thinking "I'll come back to this someday." Don't let YOUR dreams fall by the wayside. Learn how to get easy-to-follow advice and powerful success strategies that have been proven to work right here.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Run A Marathon Without Gatorade?
A simple question right? Of course not!
Second, would you try to put on 20 pounds of muscle by just going to the gym and lifting hard? No you gotta eat right too! You've got to put fuel in the system to get the desired result.
I don't understand why so many people that get started in network marketing don'trealize this. Typically it happens like this: a person joins a new business like the Home Seller Assist program, created by John Alexander, initially fueled off the dream of creating residual income. They see their dream vividly in their mind and it excites them so they join. They go to their sponsor and they say "What do I do first?" There sponsor sends them off in one direction or another, depending on the particular marketing system that team is working with.
The new born networker gets moving in an all out sprint. Their sponsor says call 10 people a day, they call 20. Two weeks down the road they've called 240 people, spent $300 and recruited no one. They go to their sponsor and say "Why isn't this working?" The sponsor says "Just keep going and it will." The newbie, almost exhausted, gives it one last go and goes into an
exhaustive sprint. They say . . . "I called 20 people a day last time and it didn't work, I'm gonna call 40 a day this time cuase that's gotta do the trick." And they set out and do it . . . Two weeks later they come back to their sponsor after calling another 480 people who probably were not that happy to be called, and spending another $500 and the newborn networker has now taken on the negativede meanor of those she called. She provides proof of her work to her sponsor in a negative tone and with a negative mindset as if to say "You lied to me about all this." The sponsor says it's just gonna take time, but you are doing the right thing. Her immediate thought is "Yeah right." (But she doesn't say it out loud.) After the conversation she's already quit mentally, but she calls a few leads here and there for "good measure". Then a month later when nothing happens she quits and goes back to the 9-5 world. What happened?
Now you are probably thinking what happened is she wasn't taught to do the right things and for it she was not prepared properly. I agree and disagree, because there is one thing far more important that she missed. She didn't realize network marketing was a marathon. She thought is was an all outsprint. What happens when you try to sprint a marathon? 400 yards into it you gotta stop. Not only do you have to stop, but if you do make it a little further down the path and you don't refuel yourself, your body is NOT going to let you keep going. It's gonna shutdown.
So if you are going to run the network marketing marathon to success you have to fuel yourself constantly if you're gonna make it to the finish line (If there was one.)
What do I mean by fuel? What initially fuels you to success in your initial start out of the gate is your mental vision of what your success looks and feels like. Once you start getting some negativity down the road your vision quickly gets blocked. But it's that vision that fuels you. Simply,if your vision goes then so does your hope for any network marketing success. You have to ensure that no matter how much negativity you encounter (and you will) that it never smothers your dream. You have to defend that dream with all your heart's passion.
You defend your personal dream by reading and listening to the stories of other people's success. I guess personal development is what they call it, but I call it defending your dream.
In any game you must have both offense and defense to win. You actions to grow your organization are your offensive plays. Your defense is defending your dream - Ensuring it remains intact at all cost. And just like in any game there will be times when you are on offense and times when you're on defense. It's in those periods of defense that you need to be careful. That's when you need a good book with a good story of success that you can relate to.That's when you need to listen to uplifting information. That's when you need to comeback to emails like this one. Because if you let your guard down no matter how much offense you put out there, THEY will steal your vision and you WILL lose. (Just ask the Eagles!) Don't forget to drink your Gatorade you need your fuel!
On that note, you need to attend the webcasts at 8pm Eastern at http://www.fastbuyerloans.com each Tues and Wed
And to see how you get paid, head over to http://homesellerassist.synthasite.com and check out the Compensation Plan under the last box. That little system has now made me slightly over $50,000 since June. You can do it too....
Larry Potter
847-872-4047
Second, would you try to put on 20 pounds of muscle by just going to the gym and lifting hard? No you gotta eat right too! You've got to put fuel in the system to get the desired result.
I don't understand why so many people that get started in network marketing don'trealize this. Typically it happens like this: a person joins a new business like the Home Seller Assist program, created by John Alexander, initially fueled off the dream of creating residual income. They see their dream vividly in their mind and it excites them so they join. They go to their sponsor and they say "What do I do first?" There sponsor sends them off in one direction or another, depending on the particular marketing system that team is working with.
The new born networker gets moving in an all out sprint. Their sponsor says call 10 people a day, they call 20. Two weeks down the road they've called 240 people, spent $300 and recruited no one. They go to their sponsor and say "Why isn't this working?" The sponsor says "Just keep going and it will." The newbie, almost exhausted, gives it one last go and goes into an
exhaustive sprint. They say . . . "I called 20 people a day last time and it didn't work, I'm gonna call 40 a day this time cuase that's gotta do the trick." And they set out and do it . . . Two weeks later they come back to their sponsor after calling another 480 people who probably were not that happy to be called, and spending another $500 and the newborn networker has now taken on the negativede meanor of those she called. She provides proof of her work to her sponsor in a negative tone and with a negative mindset as if to say "You lied to me about all this." The sponsor says it's just gonna take time, but you are doing the right thing. Her immediate thought is "Yeah right." (But she doesn't say it out loud.) After the conversation she's already quit mentally, but she calls a few leads here and there for "good measure". Then a month later when nothing happens she quits and goes back to the 9-5 world. What happened?
Now you are probably thinking what happened is she wasn't taught to do the right things and for it she was not prepared properly. I agree and disagree, because there is one thing far more important that she missed. She didn't realize network marketing was a marathon. She thought is was an all outsprint. What happens when you try to sprint a marathon? 400 yards into it you gotta stop. Not only do you have to stop, but if you do make it a little further down the path and you don't refuel yourself, your body is NOT going to let you keep going. It's gonna shutdown.
So if you are going to run the network marketing marathon to success you have to fuel yourself constantly if you're gonna make it to the finish line (If there was one.)
What do I mean by fuel? What initially fuels you to success in your initial start out of the gate is your mental vision of what your success looks and feels like. Once you start getting some negativity down the road your vision quickly gets blocked. But it's that vision that fuels you. Simply,if your vision goes then so does your hope for any network marketing success. You have to ensure that no matter how much negativity you encounter (and you will) that it never smothers your dream. You have to defend that dream with all your heart's passion.
You defend your personal dream by reading and listening to the stories of other people's success. I guess personal development is what they call it, but I call it defending your dream.
In any game you must have both offense and defense to win. You actions to grow your organization are your offensive plays. Your defense is defending your dream - Ensuring it remains intact at all cost. And just like in any game there will be times when you are on offense and times when you're on defense. It's in those periods of defense that you need to be careful. That's when you need a good book with a good story of success that you can relate to.That's when you need to listen to uplifting information. That's when you need to comeback to emails like this one. Because if you let your guard down no matter how much offense you put out there, THEY will steal your vision and you WILL lose. (Just ask the Eagles!) Don't forget to drink your Gatorade you need your fuel!
On that note, you need to attend the webcasts at 8pm Eastern at http://www.fastbuyerloans.com each Tues and Wed
And to see how you get paid, head over to http://homesellerassist.synthasite.com and check out the Compensation Plan under the last box. That little system has now made me slightly over $50,000 since June. You can do it too....
Larry Potter
847-872-4047
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
How to Drive Off Your Customers
By David Johnson
Too busy in your business? More than enough revenue? Here are some ways you can keep those pesky prospects and customers away...
#1: Make Sure Your Marketing is All About You
After all... people who want to spend money with you want to understand how your products and services benefit them, so if you focus on you, your company's history, your features, etc., you'll be sure to keep people from bugging you. Whatever you do, don't use pictures of the people most likely to actually buy from you, and avoid connecting their needs and wants to aspects of your business most likely to appeal to them. Instead, just subtly communicate the notion that you're in business for your own benefit and that you really aren't interested in customers. They'll smell this a mile away and bug someone else instead.
#2: Ignore the Web
If your website hasn't changed since the Clinton Administration, you're on the right track here. Even better: no web presence at all! If you must have a website, make sure it doesn't show up in any search engines... and whatever you do: don't add fresh new content on a regular basis! You should convey to visitors that you might already be out of business just by the aged look of your site. To support this notion, hire a neighbor's kid to build it -- especially if he/she has no design experience whatsoever. Websites that have that "we don't care" feel do wonders at keeping people away. If you're still having response from your site, just bury the information that your customers want to find and add some contact forms to your site that do nothing and go nowhere. If you can get them to generate an error message, it's even more fun!
#3: Keep Your Marketing Efforts Unfocused
If people have a clear idea of who you are and what you're all about, they're much more likely to pester you. So, make sure that there's no unifying theme to your marketing. Buy ads at random, and always let whoever who sold you the ad design it for you. This way, all of your ads will come out looking different from each other. Make sure that your marketing doesn't target any one type of customer, and stick with the "shotgun" approach. Otherwise, your marketing might actually connect with someone, and then they'll show up or call, expecting service from you.
Well it's obvious (hopefully) that this is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but sometimes we need a bit of humor to see things the way they really are. Does this strike a little bit close to home for you? If so, I'm reminded of the famous saying, "If the shoe fits... change it!"
With a little bit of strategy and some focused effort, you can bring clarity and effectiveness to your efforts to reach out to your future customers – and your past and present ones if you have the opportunity for repeat business.
For some coaching and some up-to-the-second pointers on how to multiply the effectiveness of your efforts to keep your pipeline (and that of your team) full, join me along with Tom Ziglar on our upcoming webinar. Watch your inbox for a note from Zig Ziglar with your personal invitation.
David G. Johnson is the Founder of Epiphany Marketing, LLC. Since 1998, David has been delivering small business marketing solutions to companies whose reach spans the globe -- whether in software, healthcare, retail, services, contractors, or Internet-based business, the work that David has done with Epiphany has an impact that is measured in the millions of dollars. His company specializes in training, coaching and consulting small businesses in the art of high-impact, high ROI marketing. If you want to hear more from David, come join him at his webinar. Click here for more information.
Too busy in your business? More than enough revenue? Here are some ways you can keep those pesky prospects and customers away...
#1: Make Sure Your Marketing is All About You
After all... people who want to spend money with you want to understand how your products and services benefit them, so if you focus on you, your company's history, your features, etc., you'll be sure to keep people from bugging you. Whatever you do, don't use pictures of the people most likely to actually buy from you, and avoid connecting their needs and wants to aspects of your business most likely to appeal to them. Instead, just subtly communicate the notion that you're in business for your own benefit and that you really aren't interested in customers. They'll smell this a mile away and bug someone else instead.
#2: Ignore the Web
If your website hasn't changed since the Clinton Administration, you're on the right track here. Even better: no web presence at all! If you must have a website, make sure it doesn't show up in any search engines... and whatever you do: don't add fresh new content on a regular basis! You should convey to visitors that you might already be out of business just by the aged look of your site. To support this notion, hire a neighbor's kid to build it -- especially if he/she has no design experience whatsoever. Websites that have that "we don't care" feel do wonders at keeping people away. If you're still having response from your site, just bury the information that your customers want to find and add some contact forms to your site that do nothing and go nowhere. If you can get them to generate an error message, it's even more fun!
#3: Keep Your Marketing Efforts Unfocused
If people have a clear idea of who you are and what you're all about, they're much more likely to pester you. So, make sure that there's no unifying theme to your marketing. Buy ads at random, and always let whoever who sold you the ad design it for you. This way, all of your ads will come out looking different from each other. Make sure that your marketing doesn't target any one type of customer, and stick with the "shotgun" approach. Otherwise, your marketing might actually connect with someone, and then they'll show up or call, expecting service from you.
Well it's obvious (hopefully) that this is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but sometimes we need a bit of humor to see things the way they really are. Does this strike a little bit close to home for you? If so, I'm reminded of the famous saying, "If the shoe fits... change it!"
With a little bit of strategy and some focused effort, you can bring clarity and effectiveness to your efforts to reach out to your future customers – and your past and present ones if you have the opportunity for repeat business.
For some coaching and some up-to-the-second pointers on how to multiply the effectiveness of your efforts to keep your pipeline (and that of your team) full, join me along with Tom Ziglar on our upcoming webinar. Watch your inbox for a note from Zig Ziglar with your personal invitation.
David G. Johnson is the Founder of Epiphany Marketing, LLC. Since 1998, David has been delivering small business marketing solutions to companies whose reach spans the globe -- whether in software, healthcare, retail, services, contractors, or Internet-based business, the work that David has done with Epiphany has an impact that is measured in the millions of dollars. His company specializes in training, coaching and consulting small businesses in the art of high-impact, high ROI marketing. If you want to hear more from David, come join him at his webinar. Click here for more information.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Don't be cheap about your education
Success isn't for those of extreme luck or talent,
it's for those that prepare to be successes by
learning what works and doing it.
Don't be cheap about your education.
If it has to do with you're industry:
Buy it
Read it
Think about how you can apply it to your Home Seller Assist business
Test it
And if works keep on doing it!
Friday, January 16, 2009
Don't chase the money
You start with focus. You decide exactly what it is you want your life to be.
Then you ask yourself how do I want my Home Seller Assist business to support this lifestyle?
Next, you ask what would I love to do and love to STILL be doing 5 years from now. And then you go there. You find the problems to be solved. You commit to becoming a marketing expert, and then you etch your name into history in your own special way.
This can't happen if you're blinded by the need of money now. If money is what you want now and that's it, a business isn't what you're looking for. In fact, if you do, you'll always find yourself loosing more than you make. (I know because I've been there and done that and it ain't pretty)
Ask yourself right now and be honest. Am I chasing money, or I am starting a business because that's the lifestyle I want to live and then act accordingly.
Some may be offended by what I just said, but if you search your heart you know I'm right,and I'm telling you this because I know it will both save and make you money in the long run.
Either way, you deserve to give yourself that chance. Go here now, get this free blueprint,and REALLY listen when it shows up on your doorstep to the process, and if success in the We Provide The Cash arena is in the cards for you,simply follow my lead.
Then you ask yourself how do I want my Home Seller Assist business to support this lifestyle?
Next, you ask what would I love to do and love to STILL be doing 5 years from now. And then you go there. You find the problems to be solved. You commit to becoming a marketing expert, and then you etch your name into history in your own special way.
This can't happen if you're blinded by the need of money now. If money is what you want now and that's it, a business isn't what you're looking for. In fact, if you do, you'll always find yourself loosing more than you make. (I know because I've been there and done that and it ain't pretty)
Ask yourself right now and be honest. Am I chasing money, or I am starting a business because that's the lifestyle I want to live and then act accordingly.
Some may be offended by what I just said, but if you search your heart you know I'm right,and I'm telling you this because I know it will both save and make you money in the long run.
Either way, you deserve to give yourself that chance. Go here now, get this free blueprint,and REALLY listen when it shows up on your doorstep to the process, and if success in the We Provide The Cash arena is in the cards for you,simply follow my lead.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Remove Your Success Stumbling Blocks
Having trouble reaching your Home Seller Assist program goals?
You might be sabotaging your efforts and not even know it.
Do you know how to reach your goals?
Have you sat down and really thought about what it's going to take in order to achieve them?
What steps must you take to bring that dream alive?
Are your day-to-day life activities eating into the time you need to spend nurturing those goals?
Is anyone encouraging you towards the finish line of your success, like John Alexander does for those working We Provide The Cash !
If you can't positively answer the above questions, then stumbling blocks litter your path to success.
Before you start out on your path to success you must have a firm destination in mind and the route mapped out in advance.
You might be sabotaging your efforts and not even know it.
Do you know how to reach your goals?
Have you sat down and really thought about what it's going to take in order to achieve them?
What steps must you take to bring that dream alive?
Are your day-to-day life activities eating into the time you need to spend nurturing those goals?
Is anyone encouraging you towards the finish line of your success, like John Alexander does for those working We Provide The Cash !
If you can't positively answer the above questions, then stumbling blocks litter your path to success.
Before you start out on your path to success you must have a firm destination in mind and the route mapped out in advance.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Shoppers Are Making More Purchases Based on Recommendations Received Through Social Media Sites
Here's a surprising statistic: 49% of Web users now make a purchase based on a recommendation they received through a social media site (like Facebook, MySpace, and so on).
Okay, maybe that's not so surprising, but you know what is? Apparently only 25% of online retailers created a Facebook page this year!
Despite its clear success rate, marketers have generally been slow to make the leap to social networking.
So if you haven't tested the social media waters, NOW is the time to get started!
Personally, I use Facebook.com, Twitter.com and MySpace.com to help promote and gain contacts for the Home Seller Assist program which is also known as We Provide The Cash, created by John Alexander.
Social networking is the perfect way to develop your online presence, and continue to cultivate lasting relationships with your potential customers. It's also, as the statistics show, a great way to start generating extra income!
But before you run off and start building your social networking profiles and pages, you should know that other forms of social media sites will also be crucial tools for your business in 2009.
Take the social bookmarking sites, for instance (like Digg, Delicious, and StumbleUpon).
Currently, 52% of people are using these sites as they search for information online, and a full 81% of users read the links marked as "most popular" or "most emailed."
So what does this mean for you? Another key strategy for you in 2009 will be to create lots of content, and get it to appear on these sites.
You're going to want to write articles that are relevant and useful... and that your readers will want to pass along to their friends, family, and colleagues, and recommend on the social bookmarking sites.
In doing so, you'll continue to raise your online profile, establish yourself as an expert in your field, and build those all-important relationships with your potential customers.
Now take a moment and visit MySpace.com, Facebook.com and Twitter.com and look for my name, Larry Potter, and join me and follow my posts and I will do the same for you.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Think Like Wealthy People Think
Wealthy people, from an early age, think about how much they have, how much they want, and all the different things they can do to acquire and earn the money and things they desire.
On the other hand, what do poor people think about most of the time? Unfortunately, they fill their minds with thoughts of scarcity, lack, poverty, being unable to afford things.
They are always thinking and talking about how little money they have, how much things cost, and how they wish they could be better off financially.
What they think about most of the time is how little money they have.
Change your mindset and start thinking like John Alexander who created the program known as We Provide The Cash and see how you can start making a change in your life style today.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Here's a Good Idea (If You Want to Bankrupt Your Business)
By Charlie Byrne
No wonder the U.S Postal Service is in serious trouble. They apparently think having too many eager new customers is a problem!
Let me explain...
On a recent trip to a small town in Maine, I stopped at the local post office. And to kill time while (of course) waiting in line to mail my package, I grabbed a brochure.
The first problem was minor. At first glance, I could tell that the brochure was clearly meant to be "company internal" (for staff only), yet piles were sitting openly on the counter. Okay, no big deal. We all make mistakes. Meanwhile, having nothing else to do, I started reading it anyway. That's when things got much worse...
The purpose of the brochure was to explain to Rural Delivery agents that, when they're delivering mail or packages, they should be on the lookout for customers who are using competitors (presumably FedEx, UPS, etc.). If an agent notices such a prospect, they should "ask the customer if they would be interested in [better service]" and, if so, get their information and fill it out on a "lead card."
This, the brochure pointed out, is a "great opportunity to capture more revenue from the small to midsize customer base."
So far, so good, right? I thought so too. But here's the kicker - and I hope you are sitting down...
The "Q & A" section toward the end of the brochure started with this question: "How many leads should I submit a month?"
Any sane businessperson's response would be "As many as you can get - and hopefully even more!"
But apparently that's not the USPS way. Here is their guideline:
"Only submit 1 or 2 leads a month. There are a limited number of [follow-up personnel], and ensuring that all leads are addressed in a timely manner is the top priority."
I almost fell to the floor! (If I did that with the Home Seller Assist program created by John Alexander and known also as We Provide The Cash my business would be in the toliet!)
an educated Early to Rise reader, I don't think I have to. You know better.
You know that if you can get contact information for prospective new customers, you get it. Immediately and without hesitation. You can always figure out what to do with those names later - but you've got to capture those leads!
No wonder the U.S Postal Service is in serious trouble. They apparently think having too many eager new customers is a problem!
Let me explain...
On a recent trip to a small town in Maine, I stopped at the local post office. And to kill time while (of course) waiting in line to mail my package, I grabbed a brochure.
The first problem was minor. At first glance, I could tell that the brochure was clearly meant to be "company internal" (for staff only), yet piles were sitting openly on the counter. Okay, no big deal. We all make mistakes. Meanwhile, having nothing else to do, I started reading it anyway. That's when things got much worse...
The purpose of the brochure was to explain to Rural Delivery agents that, when they're delivering mail or packages, they should be on the lookout for customers who are using competitors (presumably FedEx, UPS, etc.). If an agent notices such a prospect, they should "ask the customer if they would be interested in [better service]" and, if so, get their information and fill it out on a "lead card."
This, the brochure pointed out, is a "great opportunity to capture more revenue from the small to midsize customer base."
So far, so good, right? I thought so too. But here's the kicker - and I hope you are sitting down...
The "Q & A" section toward the end of the brochure started with this question: "How many leads should I submit a month?"
Any sane businessperson's response would be "As many as you can get - and hopefully even more!"
But apparently that's not the USPS way. Here is their guideline:
"Only submit 1 or 2 leads a month. There are a limited number of [follow-up personnel], and ensuring that all leads are addressed in a timely manner is the top priority."
I almost fell to the floor! (If I did that with the Home Seller Assist program created by John Alexander and known also as We Provide The Cash my business would be in the toliet!)
an educated Early to Rise reader, I don't think I have to. You know better.
You know that if you can get contact information for prospective new customers, you get it. Immediately and without hesitation. You can always figure out what to do with those names later - but you've got to capture those leads!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Leveraged Traffic
What is unique about leveraged traffic is that it has all the positives of free and paid traffic without the negatives. It is both free and immediate - and highly responsive, to boot. There are several ways to get leveraged traffic, including viral marketing and affiliate marketing. But I want to talk about my favorite form of leveraged traffic: joint ventures.
Joint ventures (JVs) give you a quick and powerful way to get traffic to your website, build your list, and make sales. It's one of the methods I used to start and grow my online business - and it's a key strategy for big, growing companies like Early to Rise.
While there is no one way to do joint ventures, the most common JVs in the online world involve cross promotions, also known as e-mail swaps: Your JV partner sends an e-mail to their list promoting your product, service, or squeeze page - and in exchange, you send an e-mail to your list promoting their product, service, or squeeze page.
What you will find with the kind of traffic generated this way is that not only will you get a lot of it fast, but it will be much more responsive to your offer because it comes as the result of an endorsement from your partner (assuming you selected a good JV partner). As you do more joint ventures, you'll build your in-house e-mail list and will be able to leverage off of that to do more joint ventures with the owners of larger lists.
So how do you find a joint venture partner? It's as simple as sending an e-mail, picking up the phone, or meeting someone at a conference or event. Introduce yourself, develop a relationship, and see if it makes sense for you to do business together. Once you experience the power of a joint venture, you'll never look back.
Joint ventures (JVs) give you a quick and powerful way to get traffic to your website, build your list, and make sales. It's one of the methods I used to start and grow my online business - and it's a key strategy for big, growing companies like Early to Rise.
While there is no one way to do joint ventures, the most common JVs in the online world involve cross promotions, also known as e-mail swaps: Your JV partner sends an e-mail to their list promoting your product, service, or squeeze page - and in exchange, you send an e-mail to your list promoting their product, service, or squeeze page.
What you will find with the kind of traffic generated this way is that not only will you get a lot of it fast, but it will be much more responsive to your offer because it comes as the result of an endorsement from your partner (assuming you selected a good JV partner). As you do more joint ventures, you'll build your in-house e-mail list and will be able to leverage off of that to do more joint ventures with the owners of larger lists.
So how do you find a joint venture partner? It's as simple as sending an e-mail, picking up the phone, or meeting someone at a conference or event. Introduce yourself, develop a relationship, and see if it makes sense for you to do business together. Once you experience the power of a joint venture, you'll never look back.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Utah looks to make Sugar Bowl history vs Tide and Home Seller Assist
The Crimson Tide won its last national championship in the 1993 edition, its eighth victory in 12 previous appearances in New Orleans during the new year.
Will they prosper this time? Time will tell...
As for most Amercians, prosperity in the midst of a worsening economic recession might sound like a pipe dream going into 2009.
But the reality is that those who'll prosper in 2009 will be those with a definite plan in mind and a lot of courage. Those who work the Home Seller Assist program created by John Alexander will do great!
As we've seen during the 2008 holiday season, most Americans are focused on survival right now.
They're circling the wagons in an attempt to protect themselves.
But some lone guns are out in the hostile economic wilderness searching for gold mines of opportunity.
Prosperity Road won't be easy to travel at first. There's bound to be plenty of cactus and wild weather to hamper the journey.
But in the end, those gold mines will be worth the effort.
So how will you find your gold mine?
By mapping out where you want to go and how to get there.
If you want to go from survival mode to Prosperity Road, click here.
Will they prosper this time? Time will tell...
As for most Amercians, prosperity in the midst of a worsening economic recession might sound like a pipe dream going into 2009.
But the reality is that those who'll prosper in 2009 will be those with a definite plan in mind and a lot of courage. Those who work the Home Seller Assist program created by John Alexander will do great!
As we've seen during the 2008 holiday season, most Americans are focused on survival right now.
They're circling the wagons in an attempt to protect themselves.
But some lone guns are out in the hostile economic wilderness searching for gold mines of opportunity.
Prosperity Road won't be easy to travel at first. There's bound to be plenty of cactus and wild weather to hamper the journey.
But in the end, those gold mines will be worth the effort.
So how will you find your gold mine?
By mapping out where you want to go and how to get there.
If you want to go from survival mode to Prosperity Road, click here.
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