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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
'Over Night Success'
Everything that happens to us happens in purpose. And sometimes, one thing leads to another. Instead of locking yourself up in your cage of fears and crying over past heartaches, embarrassment and failures, treat them as your teachers and they will become your tools in both self improvement and success.
I remember watching the movie called Patch Adams.Its one great film that will help you improve yourself. Hunter "patch" Adams is a medical student who failed to make it through the board exams. After months of suffering in melancholy, depression and suicidal attempts - he decided to seek for medical attention and voluntarily admitted himself in a psychiatric ward. His months of stay in the hospital led him to meeting different kinds of people. Sick people in that matter. He met a catatonic, a mentally retarded, a schizophrenic and so on. Patch found ways of treating his own ailment and finally realized he has to get back on track.
He woke upone morning realizing that after all the failure and pains he has gone through, he still want to become the a doctor. He carries with himself a positive attitude that brought him self improvement and success. He didn't only improved himself, but also the life of the people around him and the quality of life. Did he succeed? Needless to say, he became the best doctor his country has ever known.
So, when does self improvement become synonymous with success? Where do we start?
Take these tips, friends...
*Stop thinking and feeling as if you're a failure, because you're not. How can others accept you if YOU can't accept YOU?
*When you see hunks and models on TV, think more on self-improvement, not self pitying. Self acceptance is not just about having nice slender legs, or great abs. Concentrate on inner beauty.
*When people feel so down and low about themselves, help them move up. Don't go down with them. They'll pull you down further and both of you will end up feeling inferior.
*The world is a large room for lessons, not mistakes. Don't feel stupid and doomed forever just because you failed on a project. There's always a next time. Make rooms for self improvement.
*Take things one at a time. You don't expect black sheep's to be goody-two-shoes in just a snap of a finger. Self improvement is a one day at a time process.
*Self improvement results to inner stability, personality development and dig this .... SUCCESS. It comes from self confidence,self appreciation and self esteem.
* Set meaningful and achievable goals. Self improvement doesn't turn you to be the exact replica of Cameron Diaz or Ralph Fiennes. It hopes and aims to result to an improved and better YOU.
*Little things mean BIG to other people. Sometimes, we don't realize that the little things that we do like a pat on the back, saying "hi" or "hello", greeting someone "good day" or telling Mr. Smith something like "hey, I love your tie!" are simple things that mean so much to other people. When we're being appreciative about beautiful things around us and other people, we also become beautiful to them.
*When you're willing to accept change and go through the process of self improvement, it doesn't mean that everyone else is. The world is a place where people of different values and attitude hang out. Sometimes, even if you think you and your best friend always like to do the same thing together at the same time, she would most likely decline an invitation for self improvement.
We should always remember that there's no such thing as 'over nightsuccess'. Its always a wonderful feeling to hold on to the things that you already have now, realizing that those are just one of the things you once wished for.
A very nice quote says that "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear." We are all here to learn our lessons. When we open our doors for self improvement, we increase our chances to head to the road of success.
Take your business to the top!
Larry
I remember watching the movie called Patch Adams.Its one great film that will help you improve yourself. Hunter "patch" Adams is a medical student who failed to make it through the board exams. After months of suffering in melancholy, depression and suicidal attempts - he decided to seek for medical attention and voluntarily admitted himself in a psychiatric ward. His months of stay in the hospital led him to meeting different kinds of people. Sick people in that matter. He met a catatonic, a mentally retarded, a schizophrenic and so on. Patch found ways of treating his own ailment and finally realized he has to get back on track.
He woke upone morning realizing that after all the failure and pains he has gone through, he still want to become the a doctor. He carries with himself a positive attitude that brought him self improvement and success. He didn't only improved himself, but also the life of the people around him and the quality of life. Did he succeed? Needless to say, he became the best doctor his country has ever known.
So, when does self improvement become synonymous with success? Where do we start?
Take these tips, friends...
*Stop thinking and feeling as if you're a failure, because you're not. How can others accept you if YOU can't accept YOU?
*When you see hunks and models on TV, think more on self-improvement, not self pitying. Self acceptance is not just about having nice slender legs, or great abs. Concentrate on inner beauty.
*When people feel so down and low about themselves, help them move up. Don't go down with them. They'll pull you down further and both of you will end up feeling inferior.
*The world is a large room for lessons, not mistakes. Don't feel stupid and doomed forever just because you failed on a project. There's always a next time. Make rooms for self improvement.
*Take things one at a time. You don't expect black sheep's to be goody-two-shoes in just a snap of a finger. Self improvement is a one day at a time process.
*Self improvement results to inner stability, personality development and dig this .... SUCCESS. It comes from self confidence,self appreciation and self esteem.
* Set meaningful and achievable goals. Self improvement doesn't turn you to be the exact replica of Cameron Diaz or Ralph Fiennes. It hopes and aims to result to an improved and better YOU.
*Little things mean BIG to other people. Sometimes, we don't realize that the little things that we do like a pat on the back, saying "hi" or "hello", greeting someone "good day" or telling Mr. Smith something like "hey, I love your tie!" are simple things that mean so much to other people. When we're being appreciative about beautiful things around us and other people, we also become beautiful to them.
*When you're willing to accept change and go through the process of self improvement, it doesn't mean that everyone else is. The world is a place where people of different values and attitude hang out. Sometimes, even if you think you and your best friend always like to do the same thing together at the same time, she would most likely decline an invitation for self improvement.
We should always remember that there's no such thing as 'over nightsuccess'. Its always a wonderful feeling to hold on to the things that you already have now, realizing that those are just one of the things you once wished for.
A very nice quote says that "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear." We are all here to learn our lessons. When we open our doors for self improvement, we increase our chances to head to the road of success.
Take your business to the top!
Larry
Sunday, April 26, 2009
5 Steps To Keep In Mind
First off . . .
Have as much control over your business as
possible, from lead generation to lead
communication to monetization.
Second . . .
Think first of how to reduce expenses to a
minimum early to increase the likelihood of
early profit.
Third . . .
Have profit models for your business that
provide, most importantly from the outset,
instant and low risk profit. Concern yourself
with this task first and long term residual
income later.
Why?
If you profit now you stand a much greater
chance of profiting and creating long term
leveraged residual profit later.
Fourth . . .
Think in terms of leverage. Proactively
search out ways to automate as much of what
you do as possible so that you can focus on
the most important task of lead generation.
Fifth . . .
Think in terms of simplicity. Where
duplication is concerned, the simpler the
system you can create that produces results
the more likely those results will be
duplicated and long term residual income
growth will be achieved.
Larry
http://www.sellerdirectprogram.com
Have as much control over your business as
possible, from lead generation to lead
communication to monetization.
Second . . .
Think first of how to reduce expenses to a
minimum early to increase the likelihood of
early profit.
Third . . .
Have profit models for your business that
provide, most importantly from the outset,
instant and low risk profit. Concern yourself
with this task first and long term residual
income later.
Why?
If you profit now you stand a much greater
chance of profiting and creating long term
leveraged residual profit later.
Fourth . . .
Think in terms of leverage. Proactively
search out ways to automate as much of what
you do as possible so that you can focus on
the most important task of lead generation.
Fifth . . .
Think in terms of simplicity. Where
duplication is concerned, the simpler the
system you can create that produces results
the more likely those results will be
duplicated and long term residual income
growth will be achieved.
Larry
http://www.sellerdirectprogram.com
Friday, April 24, 2009
The Ticking Timer
If you don't get immediate action on a sales decision, you probably won't make the sale at all.
Solution: Seasonal offers have a natural time limit, but contrived time limits can work just as well. The "speed-reply" bonus is another common device.
Technique: If there's a limit on the number of customers who can sign up, give specifics. For example: "Frankly, after these 2,000 slots are filled, I'm going to have to close the doors. If I don't hear from you by then, you'll be turned away. I'll have no choice. Which is why I hope to hear from you soon." Emphasize benefits the prospect sacrifices by waiting too long. Fax and toll-free ordering can also be used to help speed up orders: "If you want to get started immediately, call or fax your order to..."
Larry Potter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJCsIMAiNY
www.ATicketToWealth.com
Solution: Seasonal offers have a natural time limit, but contrived time limits can work just as well. The "speed-reply" bonus is another common device.
Technique: If there's a limit on the number of customers who can sign up, give specifics. For example: "Frankly, after these 2,000 slots are filled, I'm going to have to close the doors. If I don't hear from you by then, you'll be turned away. I'll have no choice. Which is why I hope to hear from you soon." Emphasize benefits the prospect sacrifices by waiting too long. Fax and toll-free ordering can also be used to help speed up orders: "If you want to get started immediately, call or fax your order to..."
Larry Potter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJCsIMAiNY
www.ATicketToWealth.com
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Monumental Mistake
Most people who want to make money online make a monumental mistake when getting started.
They focus first on how they're going to make money from their website. They research what products they're going to sell, and they consider what kinds of ads they'll feature.
There's only one problem with going this route …
It actually hurts your chances of making any money. Because you'll end up missing the most critical piece of the entire online money-making puzzle:
Creating great content.
The fact is your content will ultimately determine your success or failure online.
Think about it … 99% of people access the Internet to find useful information. So, without great content on your website, they'll never find you … because the search engines won't index it properly. And for those people who do manage to find your site, they won't stay for long – let alone make a purchase – if your content doesn't have anything of value to offer.
So what makes for good content?
According to web expert Nick Usborne, all great website content has these four characteristics:
It has a clear voice and personality. You are what separates your website content from everything else out there. That's why everything you write needs personality and a clear voice. Establishing this is vital to writing content people actually want to read. One way to find the right voice and personality for your particular website is determining what Nick Usborne calls, "a point of view." Take a stance on how you'll be writing to your audience. And above all else, don't try to please everyone with your writing. It simply doesn't work.
It has credibility. Your visitors need to trust you. Otherwise, they'll never buy anything from you. For example, if they come to your site and know instantly that your intention is just to make a quick buck, they'll hit that back button in no time flat. Just be honest. Be objective. And be real. These three qualities will ensure your sincerity shines through, quickly gaining your visitors' trust.
It's interesting. This goes without saying. Your content needs to engage your visitor. They need to think, "Wow, this is really good. I'm glad I'm reading it." Too many people try taking shortcuts, either by using content-creating software or flat out copying someone else. This never works in the long run. Because ultimately, your visitor will know he's being duped. The best way to ensure your content is interesting is to do your homework. Research the topic you're writing about. Find interesting little factoids. Write in a conversational tone. Better yet, do a little keyword research to find out what your visitors find incredibly compelling and interesting. Then make that the topic of an article on your site.
It's useful. Make sure you're giving away valuable information in your website content. Answer your visitors' potential questions or provide solutions to their problems. Either way, make sure your visitor is better off as a result of having read your content.
Larry Potter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJCsIMAiNY
www.ATicketToWealth.com
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
7 Steps To Blogging Success For Marketers
One of the MOST important strategies for successful affiliate marketing is building relationships of trust with your customers and subscribers.
You'll always sell the MOST products (and earn the highest commissions) if you recommend your products to your list...
... and the MORE they trust you, the GREATER the chances they'll act on your recommendations.
Now, while I've always said that email marketing is the BEST way to go about building these relationships with your customers, it's certainly not the ONLY way!
Another excellent way to create a sense of familiarity and trust with your visitors and subscribers -- and build your online credibility -- is through a blog.
A blog gives your readers the chance to get to know the "real" person behind your website: You!
By writing short, simple blog posts related to your market or area of interest, your visitors will quickly begin to view you as a trusted friend who is looking out for their best interests, and they'll also see for themselves that you're a reliable resource for information and help.
So, if you'd like to try creating a blog for your site, here are seven simple "rules" you can follow to create one that your customers will return to again and again...
... and one that will help you sell even MORE of your affiliate products:
1. Post often, over an extended period of time
The most important element of EVERY successful blog is the frequency of posting.
Posting often -- daily if possible -- over a long period of time, is the best way to build a large, loyal audience. This large readership provides the base for you to make good money, so posting often is crucial to making your business profitable.
Ideally, you want your blog readers to return every day to read your latest post. If you stop posting for a few days, you risk losing those readers.
Imagine if your favorite daily newspaper often didn't appear for a few days without warning... you'd end up finding a more reliable source of news pretty quickly!
2. Make your content relevant to your target audience
Of course, there's no point posting frequently if your content isn't relevant to your target audience. By providing valuable information and links to other web sites and resources that they can explore for more information, you will keep your readers coming back for more.
To generate sustained levels of good traffic, it's not enough for your content just to be relevant to your audience -- it also needs to be insightful, informative, and even controversial at times (within reason).
And you don't have to be the greatest writer!
If your voice is your own, your tone is genuine, and your content is worth reading, then you'll attract an audience.
3. Encourage dialog and debate through your blog
The most controversial blogs often attract the most traffic. Political blogs are prime examples.
Obviously, if you're running a business blog, you need to be careful what you write, but there's no doubt that a great way to generate large spikes in traffic is to write something new, fresh, and, if not controversial, then at least noteworthy.
Not only does this generate interest in the blogosphere, resulting in other blogs linking to you, but it encourages debate. People leave a comment and then invariably return to read the responses to it, and maybe leave another contribution.
Asking for people's opinion, experience, or ideas is another great way to invite comments.
In a business blog you need to be careful when allowing comments to be left in case someone writes something damaging to your business.
However, blog comments can be managed, and there's no doubt that this dialog is one of the standout features of a blog.
4. Promote your blog everywhere, all the time -- online and offline
To make your blog work, you need to start by driving traffic -- and lots of it -- to it.
The most successful blogs use every tool, directory, and promotional technique they can lay their hands on. And because blogs are now so popular online, there are a LOT of these tools available for you to take advantage of.
5. Make friends, link, and connect
Blogging is not a solitary activity. "Community," "dialog," and "linking" are words you'll hear constantly in blog-related discussions. And the best blogs make full use of the linking features available to link to other relevant web sites or blogs.
By "making friends" and connecting with other blogs where your target audience may hang out, you can get those blogs to link to you, providing a bridge from their blog to yours... and more traffic for you!
Every time you post a comment on a blog you like, or drop the blog owner an email, you are effectively giving out your business card -- complete with an instant link to your blog.
6. Be active in the blogosphere
Just as blogging is a social activity, it's also an active one. The bloggers who really put themselves out there... who link with other blogs... who post comments on message boards, forums, and blogs... who become recognized as an authority in a particular subject... are the ones whose blogs pull in the really big traffic figures.
And ultimately, they're the ones who have the ability to make BIG money!
Think of promoting your blog as "working the room" at your local Chamber of Commerce networking lunch. Okay, the Internet is a large, global "room," but if you find out where your target audience and the other businesses that cater to that audience spend their time, then that's where you should spend your time "networking" and making sure they know who you are.
7. Make your blog a great place to hang out!
Of course, attracting tons of traffic is pointless if you don't ensure that your blog is a fulfilling and worthwhile experience for your visitors.
The content itself is important, but your blog should also be well designed, easy to navigate, and home to features like categorized archives and image folders.
The most successful blogs combine the best elements of chatrooms, online forums, and information and news web sites -- all held together by a template that's pleasing to the eye and easy to navigate.
Many blog readers treat their favorite blogs like their favorite coffee shops -- friendly, comfortable places where they can hang out to read, chat, and socialize.
Finally, remember that you don't need to be a professional writer to write your own blog! Just be yourself, write from the heart, and make sure you're providing relevant information to your audience...
... and you'll be rewarded with increased sales and commissions
Larry
www.ATicketToWealth.com
You'll always sell the MOST products (and earn the highest commissions) if you recommend your products to your list...
... and the MORE they trust you, the GREATER the chances they'll act on your recommendations.
Now, while I've always said that email marketing is the BEST way to go about building these relationships with your customers, it's certainly not the ONLY way!
Another excellent way to create a sense of familiarity and trust with your visitors and subscribers -- and build your online credibility -- is through a blog.
A blog gives your readers the chance to get to know the "real" person behind your website: You!
By writing short, simple blog posts related to your market or area of interest, your visitors will quickly begin to view you as a trusted friend who is looking out for their best interests, and they'll also see for themselves that you're a reliable resource for information and help.
So, if you'd like to try creating a blog for your site, here are seven simple "rules" you can follow to create one that your customers will return to again and again...
... and one that will help you sell even MORE of your affiliate products:
1. Post often, over an extended period of time
The most important element of EVERY successful blog is the frequency of posting.
Posting often -- daily if possible -- over a long period of time, is the best way to build a large, loyal audience. This large readership provides the base for you to make good money, so posting often is crucial to making your business profitable.
Ideally, you want your blog readers to return every day to read your latest post. If you stop posting for a few days, you risk losing those readers.
Imagine if your favorite daily newspaper often didn't appear for a few days without warning... you'd end up finding a more reliable source of news pretty quickly!
2. Make your content relevant to your target audience
Of course, there's no point posting frequently if your content isn't relevant to your target audience. By providing valuable information and links to other web sites and resources that they can explore for more information, you will keep your readers coming back for more.
To generate sustained levels of good traffic, it's not enough for your content just to be relevant to your audience -- it also needs to be insightful, informative, and even controversial at times (within reason).
And you don't have to be the greatest writer!
If your voice is your own, your tone is genuine, and your content is worth reading, then you'll attract an audience.
3. Encourage dialog and debate through your blog
The most controversial blogs often attract the most traffic. Political blogs are prime examples.
Obviously, if you're running a business blog, you need to be careful what you write, but there's no doubt that a great way to generate large spikes in traffic is to write something new, fresh, and, if not controversial, then at least noteworthy.
Not only does this generate interest in the blogosphere, resulting in other blogs linking to you, but it encourages debate. People leave a comment and then invariably return to read the responses to it, and maybe leave another contribution.
Asking for people's opinion, experience, or ideas is another great way to invite comments.
In a business blog you need to be careful when allowing comments to be left in case someone writes something damaging to your business.
However, blog comments can be managed, and there's no doubt that this dialog is one of the standout features of a blog.
4. Promote your blog everywhere, all the time -- online and offline
To make your blog work, you need to start by driving traffic -- and lots of it -- to it.
The most successful blogs use every tool, directory, and promotional technique they can lay their hands on. And because blogs are now so popular online, there are a LOT of these tools available for you to take advantage of.
5. Make friends, link, and connect
Blogging is not a solitary activity. "Community," "dialog," and "linking" are words you'll hear constantly in blog-related discussions. And the best blogs make full use of the linking features available to link to other relevant web sites or blogs.
By "making friends" and connecting with other blogs where your target audience may hang out, you can get those blogs to link to you, providing a bridge from their blog to yours... and more traffic for you!
Every time you post a comment on a blog you like, or drop the blog owner an email, you are effectively giving out your business card -- complete with an instant link to your blog.
6. Be active in the blogosphere
Just as blogging is a social activity, it's also an active one. The bloggers who really put themselves out there... who link with other blogs... who post comments on message boards, forums, and blogs... who become recognized as an authority in a particular subject... are the ones whose blogs pull in the really big traffic figures.
And ultimately, they're the ones who have the ability to make BIG money!
Think of promoting your blog as "working the room" at your local Chamber of Commerce networking lunch. Okay, the Internet is a large, global "room," but if you find out where your target audience and the other businesses that cater to that audience spend their time, then that's where you should spend your time "networking" and making sure they know who you are.
7. Make your blog a great place to hang out!
Of course, attracting tons of traffic is pointless if you don't ensure that your blog is a fulfilling and worthwhile experience for your visitors.
The content itself is important, but your blog should also be well designed, easy to navigate, and home to features like categorized archives and image folders.
The most successful blogs combine the best elements of chatrooms, online forums, and information and news web sites -- all held together by a template that's pleasing to the eye and easy to navigate.
Many blog readers treat their favorite blogs like their favorite coffee shops -- friendly, comfortable places where they can hang out to read, chat, and socialize.
Finally, remember that you don't need to be a professional writer to write your own blog! Just be yourself, write from the heart, and make sure you're providing relevant information to your audience...
... and you'll be rewarded with increased sales and commissions
Larry
www.ATicketToWealth.com
Ghost Twittering
You can follow celebrities and politicians - Shaquille O'Neal, President Obama, 50 Cent, Britney Spears - through their postings on the Web 2.0 darling Twitter. But you might wonder how they fit making those postings into their busy schedules.
Well... turns out they may not be writing them at all. Enter ghost twitterers, the perfect solution for the rich and famous who want to take advantage of the marketing potential of Twitter but don't want (or don't have the time) to put in the actual work. These specialized ghostwriters, often part of the star's entourage, use their client's "voice" and keep fans stocked with updates throughout the day.
Where does the marketing part of this come in? With frequent special announcements about such things as movie, book, and album launches.
(Source: The New York Times)
Larry Potter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJCsIMAiNY
www.ATicketToWealth.com
Well... turns out they may not be writing them at all. Enter ghost twitterers, the perfect solution for the rich and famous who want to take advantage of the marketing potential of Twitter but don't want (or don't have the time) to put in the actual work. These specialized ghostwriters, often part of the star's entourage, use their client's "voice" and keep fans stocked with updates throughout the day.
Where does the marketing part of this come in? With frequent special announcements about such things as movie, book, and album launches.
(Source: The New York Times)
Larry Potter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJCsIMAiNY
www.ATicketToWealth.com
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