Eli Manning, of the New York Giants, Has No Plans to Spend Bye Week In Mexico
and neither do those of us working the Home Seller Assist program, otherwise
known as We Provide The Cash, which was created by John Alexander.
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning will get to enjoy a bye for the first week of the NFL postseason. His brother, Peyton, will lead his Colts into San Diego to take on the Chargers this Saturday night.
So, during a conference call, Eli was asked if he was going to San Diego to watch Peyton's game: "No, no, no plans," Manning said. As an afterthought, Manning added: "My plans to Cabo fell through, so I am going to sit here. That is a joke, by the way."*
With our webcast moved up a day, I spent most of today marketing the Home Seller Assist program and talking to potential clients and a new funder.
*That, obviously, is a jab at Tony Romo's vacation to Cabo during last year's playoffs. The Dallas Cowboys had the No. 1 seed in the NFC last year and an off week, just as the Giants do this year. Romo spent his off week in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with Jessica Simpson and her family. Romo's Cowboys would go on to lose to Eli's Giants the very next week.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Help Others - Help Yourself
By Zig Ziglar
Somebody once made the observation that the person who is wrapped up entirely in himself makes a very small package. It is also true that the package often contains a time bomb!
I love the 1977 Guideposts Magazine story about a man who was hiking in the mountains. He was taken by surprise in a sudden snowstorm and quickly lost his way. He knew he needed to find shelter fast or he would freeze to death. Despite all of his efforts, his hands and feet quickly went numb and he knew that something must be done immediately or he would freeze to death.
In his wandering he literally tripped over another man who was almost frozen.
The hiker had to make a decision - should he help him or should he continue in hopes of saving himself? In an instant he made a decision and threw off his wet gloves. He knelt beside the man and began massaging his arms and legs. After the hiker had worked for a few minutes, the man began to respond and was soon able to get on his feet.
Together the two men, supporting each other, found help. The hiker was later informed that by helping another he had helped himself. The numbness that had stricken him vanished while he was massaging the stranger's arms and legs. His heightened activity had enhanced his circulation and brought warmth to his hands and feet.
Isn't it ironic that when he lost sight of himself and focused on someone else and their predicament, he solved his own problem? It's my conviction that the only way to reach the mountain peaks of life is to forget about self and help other people reach greater heights. Buy that concept and I'll SEE YOU AT THE TOP!
Zig Ziglar is a motivator and teacher. He is the author of 27 books and loved by millions of people world wide for his practical wisdom and his gift of hope.
Somebody once made the observation that the person who is wrapped up entirely in himself makes a very small package. It is also true that the package often contains a time bomb!
I love the 1977 Guideposts Magazine story about a man who was hiking in the mountains. He was taken by surprise in a sudden snowstorm and quickly lost his way. He knew he needed to find shelter fast or he would freeze to death. Despite all of his efforts, his hands and feet quickly went numb and he knew that something must be done immediately or he would freeze to death.
In his wandering he literally tripped over another man who was almost frozen.
The hiker had to make a decision - should he help him or should he continue in hopes of saving himself? In an instant he made a decision and threw off his wet gloves. He knelt beside the man and began massaging his arms and legs. After the hiker had worked for a few minutes, the man began to respond and was soon able to get on his feet.
Together the two men, supporting each other, found help. The hiker was later informed that by helping another he had helped himself. The numbness that had stricken him vanished while he was massaging the stranger's arms and legs. His heightened activity had enhanced his circulation and brought warmth to his hands and feet.
Isn't it ironic that when he lost sight of himself and focused on someone else and their predicament, he solved his own problem? It's my conviction that the only way to reach the mountain peaks of life is to forget about self and help other people reach greater heights. Buy that concept and I'll SEE YOU AT THE TOP!
Zig Ziglar is a motivator and teacher. He is the author of 27 books and loved by millions of people world wide for his practical wisdom and his gift of hope.
Monday, December 29, 2008
The Secret to Success
It’s NOT Knowing Exactly What to Do…
Historical studies show time and again that there's a distinct reason some people are successful and others aren't. The secret? Successful people have realized that it's not just what they learned but how they learned it and I have learned everything I know about the Home Seller Assist program ( also known as We Provide The Cash ) created by John Alexander, from the videos online in the members area.
Ever noticed that you can read the right book or listen to the right CD and still not know how to put the right practice into place? That's because it's not about what you learn or even your capabilities - it's about how you learn and the methods of learning that you choose.
There is only one method that through the centuries has delivered 100% EVERY time: Work with a master as an apprentice, one-on-one. Only then can true education take place. Only then can you truly implement what you have learned, because you "learn by doing" from someone who has already succeeded.
Find out NOW what it takes to be mentored by the BEST - those who have already been there!
Historical studies show time and again that there's a distinct reason some people are successful and others aren't. The secret? Successful people have realized that it's not just what they learned but how they learned it and I have learned everything I know about the Home Seller Assist program ( also known as We Provide The Cash ) created by John Alexander, from the videos online in the members area.
Ever noticed that you can read the right book or listen to the right CD and still not know how to put the right practice into place? That's because it's not about what you learn or even your capabilities - it's about how you learn and the methods of learning that you choose.
There is only one method that through the centuries has delivered 100% EVERY time: Work with a master as an apprentice, one-on-one. Only then can true education take place. Only then can you truly implement what you have learned, because you "learn by doing" from someone who has already succeeded.
Find out NOW what it takes to be mentored by the BEST - those who have already been there!
Saturday, December 27, 2008
What did you learn from your answers to the first three questions?
This is where it gets interesting. Remember, the purpose of this exercise is not simply to know yourself and your business better but to actually to use what you learn to make certain that 2009 trumps 2008.
What do you now know about yourself or your business that you didn't realize or weren't thinking about before? Here are two random nuggets from my complete list of 62...
Creating products, programs, and free material to help entrepreneurs and their businesses grow consistently gives me my greatest feeling of accomplishment. Therefore, I need to spend time daily on creating these materials and not let the fast growth of our business - Strategic Profits - pull me too far away from what I do best.
For Strategic Profits to positively impact even more small-business owners, we have to religiously stick to our schedule of introducing new front-end products. We cannot allow ourselves to deviate from the schedule, no matter how well things are going, because client acquisition is the lifeblood of any business.
You should shoot for as many takeaways as possible, because it's here that the rubber meets the road. It's these takeaways that'll practically guarantee that 2009 will be the best year of your life and that if you are working the Home Seller Assist program created by John Alexander and also known as We Provide The Cash, you will have a great year!
Of course, it's not enough to just make your list (although that, by itself, will get you partway there). You still need to take this information and USE IT!
What do you now know about yourself or your business that you didn't realize or weren't thinking about before? Here are two random nuggets from my complete list of 62...
Creating products, programs, and free material to help entrepreneurs and their businesses grow consistently gives me my greatest feeling of accomplishment. Therefore, I need to spend time daily on creating these materials and not let the fast growth of our business - Strategic Profits - pull me too far away from what I do best.
For Strategic Profits to positively impact even more small-business owners, we have to religiously stick to our schedule of introducing new front-end products. We cannot allow ourselves to deviate from the schedule, no matter how well things are going, because client acquisition is the lifeblood of any business.
You should shoot for as many takeaways as possible, because it's here that the rubber meets the road. It's these takeaways that'll practically guarantee that 2009 will be the best year of your life and that if you are working the Home Seller Assist program created by John Alexander and also known as We Provide The Cash, you will have a great year!
Of course, it's not enough to just make your list (although that, by itself, will get you partway there). You still need to take this information and USE IT!
Friday, December 26, 2008
Link Request
Gone are the days of the generic link request form letter. E-mails addressed "To Whom It May Concern" are usually deleted automatically by website owners
Link requests are now a request for a kind of partnership. That doesn't necessarily mean reciprocal linking, but it does mean that site owners want to know that you have a genuine interest in their sites, not just in the "link juice" they can pass on to you.
Try to get familiar with the sites you want a link from. If you are targeting a blog, read it. Make some non-link-related comments. If you become part of the blog's community, you'll find the site owner much more receptive to a follow-up link request. You may also find that other commenters on that site have their own sites - and they may be willing to link to you.
If you find that you have no choice but to send a cold e-mail, try your best to find the e-mail address of a person to send it to. Not just a webmaster@ or info@ e-mail address. And when you write to that person, make it personal. Talk to them about why you like their site and why you think a link to you would be a fit for their readers/customers. Spouting off stats about your PageRank and traffic could be a turnoff for the site owner. If those things are really important to him, he knows how to do his own research (and will).
Link building may be a slow and tedious process - but it's an absolutely necessary part of a successful SEO initiative. Knowing how to get started will make it much easier for you to build the links you need. And once you start acquiring some really solid quality links, you will no doubt begin to see improvement in your search engine rankings, your website traffic, and even your sales.
Link requests are now a request for a kind of partnership. That doesn't necessarily mean reciprocal linking, but it does mean that site owners want to know that you have a genuine interest in their sites, not just in the "link juice" they can pass on to you.
Try to get familiar with the sites you want a link from. If you are targeting a blog, read it. Make some non-link-related comments. If you become part of the blog's community, you'll find the site owner much more receptive to a follow-up link request. You may also find that other commenters on that site have their own sites - and they may be willing to link to you.
If you find that you have no choice but to send a cold e-mail, try your best to find the e-mail address of a person to send it to. Not just a webmaster@ or info@ e-mail address. And when you write to that person, make it personal. Talk to them about why you like their site and why you think a link to you would be a fit for their readers/customers. Spouting off stats about your PageRank and traffic could be a turnoff for the site owner. If those things are really important to him, he knows how to do his own research (and will).
Link building may be a slow and tedious process - but it's an absolutely necessary part of a successful SEO initiative. Knowing how to get started will make it much easier for you to build the links you need. And once you start acquiring some really solid quality links, you will no doubt begin to see improvement in your search engine rankings, your website traffic, and even your sales.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Scratching Your Head
It was a late night last night of updating and improving and in the process of doing that it got me thinking . . .
An online business, and even more so an internet network marketing business, can really get you scratching your head sometimes. We're conditioned to think in a linear fashion. Do this and get that result is really how we think. Work 40 hours a week and get paid for 40 hours of work.
It's how we grew up and for most of us it's how we were conditioned to think about our results in life. When it comes to business this isn't always the case, and really most of the time it's not the case.
Business is not a linear thing. Just yesterday I was sitting at my computer scratching my head. 2 people joined my business directly in the last 2 days.
Not something to complain about, after all I never call a single lead and that's the way things work most of the time in my business, but this time it was a little different.
You see during that period I had absolutely no ads running for my business and still 2 people joined with me as their sponsor without me having to do a thing.
Why is it so easy now? Well, once you have passive traffic coming your way good things happen and you don't have to do anything additional actively for those good results. But this can get people confused. I know it did for me for a long time.
Some days would be great with little effort and some days would be not so great with a Herculean effort. What the heck right? That's business for you. It's not linear.
You set it up and once you get all the pieces in place sometimes the results flow like the mighty Amazon and others well just one lead would keep you going. This shift stunts most. They still want to think that their efforts should correlate directly to their results and when it doesn't, it frustrated the heck of them.
The best advice is settle down, know your conversion figures, and just keep on pushing.
Let me tell you . . . If you have a great marketing system, you're doing the right things for generating interest in your business via your marketing system you're on the right track despite what the results show. They will exceed your expectations in the long run.
Think about your business like this. It'smore like having a boat tethered to port by several ropes than going to the J.O.B. You may spend a huge effort getting one rope off and you've made progress, but there is still 8 more ropes to go and nothing's moving. You've made positive progress and you know it, just don't let money be the only marker of your success in the beginning. That will come.
An online business, and even more so an internet network marketing business, can really get you scratching your head sometimes. We're conditioned to think in a linear fashion. Do this and get that result is really how we think. Work 40 hours a week and get paid for 40 hours of work.
It's how we grew up and for most of us it's how we were conditioned to think about our results in life. When it comes to business this isn't always the case, and really most of the time it's not the case.
Business is not a linear thing. Just yesterday I was sitting at my computer scratching my head. 2 people joined my business directly in the last 2 days.
Not something to complain about, after all I never call a single lead and that's the way things work most of the time in my business, but this time it was a little different.
You see during that period I had absolutely no ads running for my business and still 2 people joined with me as their sponsor without me having to do a thing.
Why is it so easy now? Well, once you have passive traffic coming your way good things happen and you don't have to do anything additional actively for those good results. But this can get people confused. I know it did for me for a long time.
Some days would be great with little effort and some days would be not so great with a Herculean effort. What the heck right? That's business for you. It's not linear.
You set it up and once you get all the pieces in place sometimes the results flow like the mighty Amazon and others well just one lead would keep you going. This shift stunts most. They still want to think that their efforts should correlate directly to their results and when it doesn't, it frustrated the heck of them.
The best advice is settle down, know your conversion figures, and just keep on pushing.
Let me tell you . . . If you have a great marketing system, you're doing the right things for generating interest in your business via your marketing system you're on the right track despite what the results show. They will exceed your expectations in the long run.
Think about your business like this. It'smore like having a boat tethered to port by several ropes than going to the J.O.B. You may spend a huge effort getting one rope off and you've made progress, but there is still 8 more ropes to go and nothing's moving. You've made positive progress and you know it, just don't let money be the only marker of your success in the beginning. That will come.
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