Saturday, February 17, 2007
What Are You Doing to Inspire Yourself in Your Business?
I ran across this cute article about a special gift that Ken Evoy's SiteSell customers gave him and how it reminds him of what his business is all about.
The story reminded me of what I've been doing lately with my office. But I'm not just going to babble on about my personal life here. There's something you can take out of these two stories to help your business. I'll get to that in a moment, though.
I've slowly (with help from my family at Christmas) been gathering items that inspire me. I've decorated my office with replica swords from movies that have touched me with their portrayals of courage, persistence, and sacrifice. I've added artworks that inspire and encourage me.
And I've surrounded myself with pictures that remind me of my greatest accomplishment: the adventures I have had with the six wonderful children that my wife and I have had the honor of raising.
My office is becoming a room that reminds me of the need to be bold, to be honest, to be fearless in all that I do. It's an important part of what keeps me moving forward in my business every day.
And here's where it comes back to you. What are you doing to inspire yourself? If your business is simply about making money, chances are good that you won't make the money you want and you'll quit.
What are you doing to make your business something deeper and more lasting? How are you striving to make a difference in the world around you? Making a difference doesn't have to be strictly a social or a political thing.
Ken Evoy makes it possible for online business owners to have the greatest chance of success by providing them with the most complete system for creating a profitable website ever devised. He puts his feet up on that tortoise footstool that his customers gave him and he's reminded that his efforts have touched many lives.
A friend of mine runs a business that creates beautiful etched artwork in mirrors and glass. As he looks around his business, he sees etchings like those that he knows have brought joy to thousands of customers around the world. It's deeper for him than just the money; he's brightened people's lives.
I look around my office and am reminded that my business is more than just uploading pages to the Internet; I'm touching people's lives and helping them to overcome the odds against them living the kind of life of which they dream.
Most people look at their business merely as, "How can I get people to give me money?" That's a sure recipe for business failure. If you're looking at it in that way, try seeing it this way instead: "What can I do to enrich others in such a way that it's only natural for them to repay my efforts with their money?"
Finding a deeper purpose to what you're doing is crucial to keeping you and your business moving forward. And reminding yourself of that deeper purpose is crucial to keeping you on track.
Jeff
I ran across this cute article about a special gift that Ken Evoy's SiteSell customers gave him and how it reminds him of what his business is all about.
The story reminded me of what I've been doing lately with my office. But I'm not just going to babble on about my personal life here. There's something you can take out of these two stories to help your business. I'll get to that in a moment, though.
I've slowly (with help from my family at Christmas) been gathering items that inspire me. I've decorated my office with replica swords from movies that have touched me with their portrayals of courage, persistence, and sacrifice. I've added artworks that inspire and encourage me.
And I've surrounded myself with pictures that remind me of my greatest accomplishment: the adventures I have had with the six wonderful children that my wife and I have had the honor of raising.
My office is becoming a room that reminds me of the need to be bold, to be honest, to be fearless in all that I do. It's an important part of what keeps me moving forward in my business every day.
And here's where it comes back to you. What are you doing to inspire yourself? If your business is simply about making money, chances are good that you won't make the money you want and you'll quit.
What are you doing to make your business something deeper and more lasting? How are you striving to make a difference in the world around you? Making a difference doesn't have to be strictly a social or a political thing.
Ken Evoy makes it possible for online business owners to have the greatest chance of success by providing them with the most complete system for creating a profitable website ever devised. He puts his feet up on that tortoise footstool that his customers gave him and he's reminded that his efforts have touched many lives.
A friend of mine runs a business that creates beautiful etched artwork in mirrors and glass. As he looks around his business, he sees etchings like those that he knows have brought joy to thousands of customers around the world. It's deeper for him than just the money; he's brightened people's lives.
I look around my office and am reminded that my business is more than just uploading pages to the Internet; I'm touching people's lives and helping them to overcome the odds against them living the kind of life of which they dream.
Most people look at their business merely as, "How can I get people to give me money?" That's a sure recipe for business failure. If you're looking at it in that way, try seeing it this way instead: "What can I do to enrich others in such a way that it's only natural for them to repay my efforts with their money?"
Finding a deeper purpose to what you're doing is crucial to keeping you and your business moving forward. And reminding yourself of that deeper purpose is crucial to keeping you on track.
Jeff
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Friday, February 16, 2007
Hottest Offer for February 16 -- FREE
I've mentioned a couple of times in the past few weeks the benefits of building an online business with SiteBuildIt!
Today I can give you a peak behind the SiteBuildIt! curtain. Today's hottest offer lets you see -- for FREE -- the training videos that help SiteBuildIt! owners build sites that give them a big edge over their competitors.
What you get for free
SiteBuildIt! is currently creating a video training library to help its customers find profitable business niches and build successful sites. The process that they teach for doing this has a proven track record of success.
So what good do their videos do you if you're not a SiteBuildIt! owner? Simply this: they haven't put them behind the password-protected, members-only section of their site yet. That's right. Those videos are out there for anyone to watch, SiteBuildIt! owner or not. (I'll tell you how to find them a little later.)
Granted, the videos show you how to use tools that non-SiteBuildIt! owners don't have access to. But even if you don't have those exact tools, there's a lot you can discover from these videos about how to duplicate the same techniques that give SiteBuildIt! owners such a huge edge over their non-SiteBuildIt! competitors.
Once you know the steps that give SiteBuildIt! owners that huge advantage, you should be able to find your own ways to duplicate them. And, frankly, one of the key niche-finding tools that the videos describe is accessible for free to anyone.
OK, maybe you wouldn't consider using a tool that you actually have to **gasp** pay for.
No problem. Here's a chance to find out what makes SiteBuildIt! owners so successful without it costing you a cent. Take advantage of the fact that SiteBuildIt! has left these videos out where you can still access them (right now the first eight of the ten are done and ready to watch).
I can't guarantee they won't go behind password protection once the whole set is complete. But make use of them while you know they're available. There's a reason why SiteBuildIt! owners have a greater history of success than their competitors. Here's a chance for you to discover their secrets.
To see these videos, go to the SBI Action Guide home page. Then click on the Video Action Guide Table of Contents link in the far upper left corner of the page. And enjoy!
Jeff
I've mentioned a couple of times in the past few weeks the benefits of building an online business with SiteBuildIt!
Today I can give you a peak behind the SiteBuildIt! curtain. Today's hottest offer lets you see -- for FREE -- the training videos that help SiteBuildIt! owners build sites that give them a big edge over their competitors.
What you get for free
SiteBuildIt! is currently creating a video training library to help its customers find profitable business niches and build successful sites. The process that they teach for doing this has a proven track record of success.
So what good do their videos do you if you're not a SiteBuildIt! owner? Simply this: they haven't put them behind the password-protected, members-only section of their site yet. That's right. Those videos are out there for anyone to watch, SiteBuildIt! owner or not. (I'll tell you how to find them a little later.)
Granted, the videos show you how to use tools that non-SiteBuildIt! owners don't have access to. But even if you don't have those exact tools, there's a lot you can discover from these videos about how to duplicate the same techniques that give SiteBuildIt! owners such a huge edge over their non-SiteBuildIt! competitors.
Once you know the steps that give SiteBuildIt! owners that huge advantage, you should be able to find your own ways to duplicate them. And, frankly, one of the key niche-finding tools that the videos describe is accessible for free to anyone.
OK, maybe you wouldn't consider using a tool that you actually have to **gasp** pay for.
No problem. Here's a chance to find out what makes SiteBuildIt! owners so successful without it costing you a cent. Take advantage of the fact that SiteBuildIt! has left these videos out where you can still access them (right now the first eight of the ten are done and ready to watch).
I can't guarantee they won't go behind password protection once the whole set is complete. But make use of them while you know they're available. There's a reason why SiteBuildIt! owners have a greater history of success than their competitors. Here's a chance for you to discover their secrets.
To see these videos, go to the SBI Action Guide home page. Then click on the Video Action Guide Table of Contents link in the far upper left corner of the page. And enjoy!
Jeff
Labels: hot offers, internet marketing tools, niche research, SiteBuildIt, start business, successful business
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Affiliate Marketing Audio Interview Posted
I just posted a 72-minute interview between a pair of super affiliates discussing what has brought them such success. Involved in affiliate marketing? Make sure you give it a listen.
Click the title above to get to the interview.
Jeff
I just posted a 72-minute interview between a pair of super affiliates discussing what has brought them such success. Involved in affiliate marketing? Make sure you give it a listen.
Click the title above to get to the interview.
Jeff
Labels: affiliate marketing, interview, James Martell, successful business
How to Avoid the Biggest Mistake in Getting Opt-ins
I just found a great tip about avoiding perhaps the biggest mistake that people make when they use a downloadable bonus to get visitors to opt in to their list. Are you making this mistake, too?
Jeff
I just found a great tip about avoiding perhaps the biggest mistake that people make when they use a downloadable bonus to get visitors to opt in to their list. Are you making this mistake, too?
Jeff
Labels: list building, opt-ins
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Valentine's Special Ending
If you don't have a website business up yet, or if you'd like to start another one, today's a good day to take action. SiteBuildIt! is holding a Valentine's Day sale.
I've pretty much given up on trying to explain all that SiteBuildIt! offers and have just put up a page on my site that visually leads you through everything you need to know about what SiteBuildIt! can do for you. Go ahead and check it out!
Jeff
If you don't have a website business up yet, or if you'd like to start another one, today's a good day to take action. SiteBuildIt! is holding a Valentine's Day sale.
I've pretty much given up on trying to explain all that SiteBuildIt! offers and have just put up a page on my site that visually leads you through everything you need to know about what SiteBuildIt! can do for you. Go ahead and check it out!
Jeff
Labels: hot offers, internet marketing tools, SiteBuildIt, start business
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Latest Newsletter Posted on One Stop Web Support
I just posted last Sunday's newsletter online. Here's what you'll find in it:
Jeff
I just posted last Sunday's newsletter online. Here's what you'll find in it:
- Step Four of the Seven Steps to Starting a Successful Business Online series—Planning a Business System that Gives You Steady Profits
- Review of Rich Schefren's Internet Business Manifesto
- Guest article by Chris Malta and Robin Cowie—Take Charge of Your Time, Take Charge of Your Business: Budgeting Your Time to Be More Successful
- Success quote by Napoleon Hill
Jeff
Labels: business system, newsletter
Give a Man a Fish...
Remember that old saying, “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for life”? There's a twist on that saying that's important for Internet marketers, especially those who deal in information, to know.
Although teaching someone to fish is the better long-term solution for the hungry person, the thing that brings their wallets out of their pockets is when you hand them a fish, preferrably fried and ready to eat. Most people want a ready-made solution, not something that they have to work at.
We're dealing with people on the Internet here, remember? You know, that place that has given the phrase "short attention span" a whole new meaning?
At the Internet marketing seminar I recently attended, each of the speakers offered some sort of coaching program at the end of their talk. One thing that struck me about each of these coaching offers was how much the focus of the offer was more on something ready to use, with training as more of a side benefit.
One speaker promised “a complete turn-key business along with extensive training on how to run it.” Another offered “a complete website to produce and market your teleseminars, along with a complete set of scripts and templates so you can base all of your future teleseminars off of the one I do for you.”
Now I'm not knocking these speakers or their offers. Hey, they're making big money because they know what works. And it's worthwhile to pay attention to what they're doing and to try to incorporate their insights into what you do as well.
So I encourage you to look at your business. See what you can do to incorporate a “fish” at some point in your sales system to satisfy the people who are more interested in buying a fish than in learning how to catch all the fish they could ever need.
Keep training them to fish if that's what you do. But be prepared, too, for those who only want to buy their fish ready to eat. Otherwise, you're leaving money on the table.
Jeff
Remember that old saying, “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for life”? There's a twist on that saying that's important for Internet marketers, especially those who deal in information, to know.
Although teaching someone to fish is the better long-term solution for the hungry person, the thing that brings their wallets out of their pockets is when you hand them a fish, preferrably fried and ready to eat. Most people want a ready-made solution, not something that they have to work at.
We're dealing with people on the Internet here, remember? You know, that place that has given the phrase "short attention span" a whole new meaning?
At the Internet marketing seminar I recently attended, each of the speakers offered some sort of coaching program at the end of their talk. One thing that struck me about each of these coaching offers was how much the focus of the offer was more on something ready to use, with training as more of a side benefit.
One speaker promised “a complete turn-key business along with extensive training on how to run it.” Another offered “a complete website to produce and market your teleseminars, along with a complete set of scripts and templates so you can base all of your future teleseminars off of the one I do for you.”
Now I'm not knocking these speakers or their offers. Hey, they're making big money because they know what works. And it's worthwhile to pay attention to what they're doing and to try to incorporate their insights into what you do as well.
So I encourage you to look at your business. See what you can do to incorporate a “fish” at some point in your sales system to satisfy the people who are more interested in buying a fish than in learning how to catch all the fish they could ever need.
Keep training them to fish if that's what you do. But be prepared, too, for those who only want to buy their fish ready to eat. Otherwise, you're leaving money on the table.
Jeff
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Monday, February 12, 2007
Passion for a Product
With Valentine's Day getting near, I thought I'd pass on to you a fun page that shows passion for a tool that a lot of business owners have fallen in love with.
Here's a bunch of videos that SiteBuildIt! owners created to express their love of SBI! and what it's done for them. I think you'll find many of these videos heartwarming and many of them just plain funny!
The page is titled, appropriately, "I Love SBI!"
Enjoy!
Jeff
With Valentine's Day getting near, I thought I'd pass on to you a fun page that shows passion for a tool that a lot of business owners have fallen in love with.
Here's a bunch of videos that SiteBuildIt! owners created to express their love of SBI! and what it's done for them. I think you'll find many of these videos heartwarming and many of them just plain funny!
The page is titled, appropriately, "I Love SBI!"
Enjoy!
Jeff
Labels: SiteBuildIt
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Derek Gehl Teleseminar on Monday
Want to here the hottest new marketing tactics a marketer who has made over $50,000,000 online in the past few years has found and tested this month? Derek Gehl is making his monthly teleseminar for members of his Internet Entrepreneur's Club on Monday.
If you have been considering joining the Club, now is a great time. Joining now will get you in on tomorrow's call to find out what's been working best for Derek and his team of top marketers.
And it will get you into the private forum where his team will answer any questions you have about building and marketing your business. I've personally been surprised by the responsiveness and thoroughness of Derek's team to any and all questions. There's a lot of information already accumulated in the forum and more questions being answered every day.
If the kind of insights that someone as successful as Derek can apply to your business would help yours grow, click here now.
Jeff
Want to here the hottest new marketing tactics a marketer who has made over $50,000,000 online in the past few years has found and tested this month? Derek Gehl is making his monthly teleseminar for members of his Internet Entrepreneur's Club on Monday.
If you have been considering joining the Club, now is a great time. Joining now will get you in on tomorrow's call to find out what's been working best for Derek and his team of top marketers.
And it will get you into the private forum where his team will answer any questions you have about building and marketing your business. I've personally been surprised by the responsiveness and thoroughness of Derek's team to any and all questions. There's a lot of information already accumulated in the forum and more questions being answered every day.
If the kind of insights that someone as successful as Derek can apply to your business would help yours grow, click here now.
Jeff
Labels: Internet Entrepreneur Club
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