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An Online Marketing Strategy That Works For All Business Models

By Dorothy Jean Scott

I often get asked by business owners about Online Marketing Strategies. Many of my customers find information about MLM or Network Marketing when searching in Google for Online Marketing Strategies, and then ask me what a “real” business needs to be doing to drive Online traffic.

I am here to tell you – the 2 business models have no difference when it comes to Online marketing.

Here is a marketing strategy that I use in my business: 

  • Write a Blog post
  • Create an article
  • Go to Hellotxt.com and make an update
  • Bookmark your blog post
  • Create a Squidoo and Hubpage on a similar topic

When you create your Blog post keep in mind that people generally skim blogs and remember to keep the post brief. Be sure to include lists and headings to make the post easier to read / skim. This also gives you an outline for a more in depth article for either EzineArticles, Squidoo, and Hubpages. After completing your post/articles go to HelloTxt.com and make an update referencing your post. This will send your message throughout the social sites that you participate in. Bookmarking your posts is best accomplished by participating in a Digg or Del.i.ous group so that you are not bookmarking (spamming) your own content. Bookmarking sites frown upon listing your own content and you risk the site deleting you account if you get caught bookmarking your own content.

All of these steps will help to drive traffic to your website or blog and it will also get more of your content listed in Google when people are searching for your topic. Be sure to do some deep linking to more of your content as well as relevant content produced by friends/colleagues. 

Setting Up Your Online Strategy    

To follow the above Marketing Strategy You need to have a Hellotxt.com account set up. Go to HelloTxt.com and register for a new account. Set up your profile with an image of yourself and a short bio. Then link all of your other Social Sites to you HelloTxt account through the registration form. Make sure that all of your usernames and passwords are correct. Once this account is set up then all you have to do is log onto your HelloTxt account and send a short (140 characters or less) update – it will be distributed throughout your Social Sites. Be sure to include a link to your new content within the HelloTxt update.

HelloTxt will cover Social Sites that allow Profile Updates like:

  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • FaceBook
  • LinkedIn
  • Plaxo
  • Tumblr
  • Flicker
  • FriendFeed
  • Total of 42 Sites

What is missing from the list are sites like Ning Social Networks, Blogs, Modular Type Sites and any other Social site that you have some control over the content.

Examples of these types of sites are:

  • Any Ning Site
  • Blogs
  • Websites

For these type of sites use the Twitter Widget to reach these sites at the same time as the Profile updates. The Twitter Widget can be found in the Settings of your Twitter account. There is a link half way down the settings page that references adding Twitter to your blog. Click the link then follow the steps for the “other” type and then just walk through the setup for the Flash Widget. At the end you will get code to copy then paste it into your various Social Sites, Blogs, and Websites.  Taking this extra step will greatly expand the HelloTxt strategy to include your entire Online social network.

Dotty has spent the past 2 years building her brick and mortar web design business online as well as offline. She teaches other business owners how to get their businesses found on the Internet and gives them working strategies for building traffic, sales, and clientele on the Internet. To find out more about her business you can visit her website at Premium Websites or her blog at Attraction Internet Marketing

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Purchase Assistants – Can Save You Big Money

If you have every tried to purchase a product or service you can see how daunting the task can be given the amount of products and information available on the Internet and in print these days. A purchase assistant can help you get a product or service at a great value with less work from you.

 

Top 3 Benefits of a purchase assistant:

  1. Purchase assistants can give you an outside perspective on what you are purchasing a product for. Many companies simple do not have the time or internal man power to look at product purchases from an objective view point, so they just take the vendors assessment in relation to the need they are actually trying to fill. This can cost you thousands even millions of dollars on a software project for example because most vendors jobs are to sell not necessarily fill all your needs.
  2. A Purchase assistant can coach you through the buying process and take over when you are filling uncomfortable. A great example of this is in the Car buying process for women. According to research women receive higher prices and payments on cars because they are unwilling to push when they are trying to get the deal they truly want. A purchase assistant can step in and take that responsibility away from the buyer. The assistant can be the pushy one if it comes to that in the same way a sports or actors agent does for their clients to get the best deal.
  3. Purchase Assistants have connections in many different areas of business so you can get great deals on different offerings. Walmart is a one stop shop and that is why they are still growing faster than most other businesses. You can gain the same advantages by having an outsourced purchase assistant you can contact. This can save you tons of money because you don’t have to call many many places looking for products or services. One example of this type of company is Rapid Success Partners. They specialize in small business so they can help with buying anything related to your small business. Other firms specialize in large corporations and can help you in enterprise software systems for example.

 

Here are some examples of how purchase assistants can help you.

Rapid Success Partners Example.

Background – Marketing and Business Strategy

Products or services they help with purchasing.

  • Print Design
  • Digital Design
  • Web Design
  • Identity Development
  • Public Relations
  • Software
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Messaging Strategy
  • Leadership Strategy
  • Promotional Materials
  • Blog Design
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Myspace
  • WordPress
  • Speakers

As you can see their speciality and the areas they help with purchasing in are all related to marketing and business strategy. So when you look for a purchase assistant make sure they are assisting in their area of expertise. Fees for purchasing help can range from per hour for coaching to a percentage of the project. So be sure to ask about fees and cost structures up front.

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Facebook For Marketing Your Financial Planning Business – 4 Strategies

By Valerie Love

Facebook is an Internet marketer’s dream, if used properly. This article focuses on financial advisers who may be starting out or who want to expand their online marketing strategies.

If you’re wondering how to become a financial adviser, the info at the end of this article will help you evaluate your business options.

Note: I’ll assume that you already have a free Facebook account. If you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, and don’t have a Facebook account yet, head on over after reading this article and set up your account. It’s free and it’s a no-brainer for any business owner. I’ll also assume that you’ll begin searching for your existing client base on Facebook, and that you’re actively inviting them to be your friends.

Another note: Make sure you check with compliance about your company’s rules for online client interaction. If your compliance department is anything like mind was, they’ve got a book on it.

Let’s get started:

Strategy #1: Start a Facebook group. The advantage of starting a group is credibility. Set up a group that’s relevant to the area of being a financial adviser, that would appeal to clients. Make it a Getting Wealthy Club or an Investing for Great Returns Club.

When you set up the group, clearly state your ‘credo’, which is a statement of purpose for what this group is all about.

Once you start the group, invite your clients to join the group.

Then, visit the group daily, posting your comments, ideas and/or wealth building strategies. You’ll gain credibility and your clients will gain knowledge and a closer connection with you…which means more money. Financial planning success is built on relationships.

Strategy #2: Comment daily on your own feed with your meaningful thoughts. That means to go daily to your own Facebook page and post a meaningful thought for the day-one that will appeal to your clients.

As a financial adviser, you want to stay top of mind to your clients. This is a great way to interact with them, without selling something or seeming pushy.

Important Note: Do not post what cereal you’re having for breakfast or any of the other minutiae of life you’ll find on Facebook. That’s not effective marketing. You want to make your posts meaningful to your clients.

Strategy #3: Keep your clients on a separate list on Facebook and respond meaningfully to selected posts. Creating a list is easy, and it means that only those who are on the list will see the feeds for that list. You don’t want to mix your friends.

This is very important!

Keep your clients separate from your friends/family! Business is business and play is play. Keep this boundary in place. Then, when your clients post things that are going on in their lives, take note. Comment when you feel inclined too. Otherwise, keep the info in mind, for instance, a kid’s graduation, or a client who’s preparing for a marathon.

People share all kinds of personal info on Facebook with their friends, and you can use that info to create deeper bonds, because you care.

Strategy #4: Search for people in your niche market and invite them to be your friends. Facebook folks don’t seem to mind who invites them to be friends, it seems that most people on Facebook are open. There are some who are picky about friends, but they are by far the minority.

Facebook is one big party, so invite people who are in your target market to join your party. That way, they’re being exposed to your skill and expertise as a financial advisor on a daily basis. Sooner or later, they’ll connect with you personally.

Hint: you can find people in your niche market by the droves by searching the existing groups on Facebook.

So there you have it, 4 Facebook marketing strategies that are easy, and the best part is, you can begin today!

I wish Facebook had been an option in the days when I was getting started as a financial adviser. It wasn’t. But today, you can use this powerful medium to market yourself effectively, for free, and add to your client base, while solidifying existing relationships.

Good fortune to you!

Valerie Love is a Wealth & Prosperity Coach who teaches the art and science of wealthy living, personally and in business. If you’re looking for a unique and powerful way to add an additional four figures of revenue to your monthly income, visit: http://www.WealthCreationInternational.com or connect with Valerie via e-mail at: valerielove@liveyourdestinytoday.com.

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The Fabulous Tax Babe is Here

I once spoke to a room of bright, professionals who all happened to be CPAs. Each was there, of course, to get a portion of their requisite CPE credits. About an hour into the class, these perfectly nice CPAs who ranged in age from 26 to 56 began to laugh more. Smiles circled the room. The discussion escalated around various business tax matters. An hour flew by, then another, and another.

Before we knew it. Eight hours were gone. CPE credits were earned. The energy in the room emanated out across the hall where the audit class wondered what ‘all the fun’ was about.

If only they knew.

With a handful of four and five star rating sheets, the class ended with one participant hissing, “I came here for CPE NOT to be entertained.” Clutching his one-star sheet, he sneered as he left the class.

The Fabulous Tax Babe is all about tax CPE that is fun, entertaining AND powerfully technical.

Not technical without fun.

Not entertaining without technical.

All three – fun, entertaining and technical.

If you are looking for a CPE instructor who helps CPAs remember a time when taxes were fun, and CPE that gives CPAs a reason to jump with anticipation, come back to work energized, and filled with relevant tax information, then give me a call.

The Fabulous Tax Babe Presents the Following Topic

  • State and Local Tax
  •  Federal Taxation
  •  Tax Structuring for Profits

“Pam is an odd mix of accounting, business know-how, and Tony Robbins. I didn’t realize that CPE could actually be enjoyable. Not only do I look at taxes differently, I think about business altogether more creatively. It seems hokey to say this changed my life, but it certainly has shown me something I never knew was inside of me.”  - Mark Weber, Senior Accountant with Regional Accounting Firm

Fun…Entertaining

Powerfully Technical

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Business Coach

Top 3 things to look for in a business coach

Business coaching is very vital in business today. One can not be knowledgeable in everything.

1. Your Business Coach should be Experienced in business
The main reason why people go to business schools and still fail in business is because the trainers there do not teach from practical experience. When you are being trained by an experienced person in business, you will be assured of getting the best results out of your training

2. A successful business coach must be abreast with the modern trends in business marketing. If you want to succeed in business, you must employ the modern trends. That means that your coach must be well versed with what is happening in the business arena. You can not trust a coach who will not tell you how to beat competitors in your field in the modern way.

3. Your Business Coach must be able to bring all tools to your situation. A good business coach will use any and all means to help you get the result that you are looking for. This may include traditional and non-traditional business tools such as coaching, inner and outer work. One example is an intuitive business coach would use tools from the law of attraction to help you get the success you want in your business.

Though there are many many business coaches in the world the only way you can have success is to actually hire a business coach today.

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How to Get Twitter Followers Fast – A Guide to Grow a Massive Following

Twitter is one of the internet’s newest social marketing crazes. Twitter is reshaping the way that people think about traditional marketing and is spawning a new generation of web 2.0 marketing gurus. One of the keys to marketing with Twitter is to gain a large targeted following. Learning how to get Twitter followers fast is easy if you have the right resources.

First, here are some Twitter Following Limits You Should Know.

There are some Twitter following limits you should be aware of. Twitter limits the number of people that you can follow in an attempt to reduce the spamming activity that is prevalent on Twitter. Currently I have over 3000 followers but have hit some limits along the way. Once you reach 500 followers Twitter will put a hold on your following activities and will make your followers catch up to the 500 mark. Once you catch up and now have 500 followers per 500 people that you follow, you will now have the 10% rule applied. The 10% rule will only allow you to follow 10% more people than are currently following you. You have to build your account by these rules but there are some strategies to lessen the time that it would naturally take for your followers to grow.

How to get Twitter Followers Fast – Getting Targeted Followers

Targeted followers are the key with Twitter marketing. The more people that you have on your Twitter account that are interested in the products or services that you are marketing, the more success you will have. One of the best ways to do this is to search for people that are Tweeting about the Niche that you are in. Once you find a handful of people that are tweeting about your topics, check out their bios to see if they are in your niche. If they are, look at their followers and simply follow all of those people. A lot of people now have auto followers that will automatically follow you back but to really get Twitter followers fast you will have to unfollow the people that do not follow you back. I usually give them about 3 days to follow and then I will unfollow them using a free website called Twitter Karma. Just Google it and you will find it. Regularly doing this will allow you to keep adding followers with out stalling out by the 10% rule.

How to Get Twitter Followers Fast – Marketing

There are a lot of facets to learning how to market effectively on Twitter and there is still a lot of research taking place to find the best methods. The main Cardinal rule is that you should not spam people with an endless amount of Affiliate links. Instead spend some time retweeting interesting tweets an using the @ reply feature to start conversations.

One of the best resources that I have found to date is Twitter Traffic Machine. Twitter Traffic Machine not only shows you many more tricks on how to get Twitter Followers fast, it also shows you how to effectively market to them on complete auto pilot. This program will show you how to gain 16,000 followers in about 90 days and will make you a good income in the process. One of the things that I love about this program is that it is easy enough for the total newbie to jump aboard an make money but it also teaches the advanced marketer some tricks that are not publicly on the web. In my experience I was able to make my money back with this system in less then a week. ( I got a sale at about the 500 follower mark) It is ridiculously cheap and worth every dime. Twitter Traffic Machine.

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Visualize Your Marketing Success And Build Your Business

By Andrea Pekarik Welch

Do you ever imagine yourself lying on a beach enjoying the sun or hiking in the most beautiful forest imaginable, or spending the holidays relaxing and sharing good times with your family and friends? We all daydream and picture ourselves in places we would like to go or doing things we enjoy, but can that daydreaming bring us success in business?

What do you do next if you want to make your daydream a reality? When you want to take a vacation you start by thinking about where you want to go. You look at pictures, you surf the net and you see yourself in that place. You reserve your hotel, you buy your plane tickets, mark you calendar and dream of the day you will leave. When the date arrives you head off to enjoy all of your daydreaming and planning.

We hear all the time how athletes do this before any game or competition. They imagine themselves sinking that 3-point basket from half court or sinking a “hole in one.” As they prepare, they see themselves doing each move to perfection and then standing in front of the crowd with their trophy or a medal around their necks.

Visualization may apply to planning a great vacation and to winning athletic competitions. But can it help you succeed in business? Yes, I believe it can.

Did you hear about the Harvard Business School study where recent graduates were asked to write down their goals and then surveyed ten years later? The result of visualizing their success and writing down their goals was incredible. Graduates who had clear goals in mind were making two to ten times more money as their classmates who did not visualize or write down their goals. Well according to some this is a true story and according to others it is totally false. Either way, it does make sense that what we concentrate on most will manifest. Because as the saying goes, “be careful what you wish for, as it just might happen” can very well be the most powerful statement yet.

You probably have heard about “The Secret” and the powers of the Law of Attraction. Visualize it, feel it as if you have what you want, and before you know it, it shall be yours. True to some, hearsay to others, but isn’t it better to concentrate and “see” the positive things you want to happen in your life than the negatives.

I say “YES” absolutely…YES!

So why not put this strategy to work; do some “daydreaming.” Picture yourself there, feel yourself having it, engage yourself in the power of as if it were happening now.

Your Goals

Create a vivid image in your mind of what success means to you. Write down the answers to the following questions about your image of success:

• What will you be doing with your time?
• Who will your clients and customers be?
• How many clients and customers will you have?
• How much money will you be making?
• How much can you afford to give to your favorite cause(s)?
• What will your lifestyle be?

Your Objectives

You will need to identify a few specific marketing goals:

1. How many clients or customers do you want or will you need to be working with each month?
2. How many new clients do you want to add per month in order to bring in new clients?
3. How many prospects do you want to target each month?
4. How will you find them?

Your Marketing Strategy

You need a plan. Most small businesses owners struggle with this and don’t make a plan other than wanting their plan to be to make a lot of money. Making money is great, but how? Begin by asking yourself:

• What can I do to attract attention and prompt interest by potential customers?
• What can I do to increase the number of qualified leads I generate each month?
• How can I build the credibility of my company so customers will trust that we will deliver?
• How can I ensure they remember my company when they have a need and are ready to buy?
• What are the decisions potential customers need to make to become clients?

Your Marketing Tasks

Just having a marketing message, or an advertising campaign or a web site does not ensure you of anything. Each of these needs to achieve the specific goals and objectives that you have set. The best way to evaluate these efforts is from your prospects perspective. Ask yourself these questions:

1. What are my prospects concerns?

2. Are my marketing messages interesting to potential customers?

3. What would my response be to my own marketing calls?

4. Without mentioning the name of my business, its credentials or products, is what I provide clear to potential customers?

5. What do I want people to do when they visit my web site?

Just visualizing your success will not get you there over night, but it is an effective way to begin planning and seeing the big picture of what you can accomplish. Determine your marketing goals, your strategy, your objectives, and the tasks from this big picture and you will create a plan that will lead you to success.

Visualizing is VERY important, BUT writing down your goals is the key! By putting them down on paper, you will be giving your subconscious a clear vision of what you are wanting to accomplish and putting it out to the Universe. By visualizing it, writing it down and believing that you can accomplish your goals, the Laws of Attraction will take over, and anything is possible. Spend about 15 minutes each morning and about 15 minutes each evening “daydreaming” and seeing yourself in whatever place you want to be. Think it, believe it, live it.

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Get a 1000 Twitter Followers in 1 week with Tweet Adder

Tweet Adder is a Automated Promotion & Marketing Tool for Twitter which aims at getting you more targeted Twitter followers.

Some of its features:

  • Increase Twitter and Site Traffic to your event, charity, service, business, band, or website
  • Find Like Minded Twitter Users in Seconds
  • Auto Follow up to 1000 Targeted Profiles per Day
  • Get up to 500 new followers per day per profile (??)
  • Multiple Accounts, Unlimited Twitter Profiles & Chaining
  • Automated Scheduled Tweets Stay active without actually being active
  • Automated Scheduled Direct Messages
  • Automated Unfollows, VIP Safe List
  • Hide IP address with integrated Proxies

tweet adder twitter tool

I would have to say it is one of the most useful programs for twitter that I have found. It does have one bug right now that the programmers are working on which is the bit.ly URL shortner. It doesn’t work right.

You can have a 1000 new followers in as little as two weeks with tweet adder.

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Twitter Marketing Tips – 7 Unorthodox Strategies to Use Twitter For Business

By Kenneth Yu Platinum Quality Author

Twitter marketing is a highly effective way to drive traffic to your content and establish an online presence in the quickest amount of time. Here are 7 “weird” ways to unleash the immense power of Twitter in your small business.

1. Be Vulnerable

To be naked is to be human. When you start sharing your hopes, dreams and fears, you connect with people on a visceral level. Remember, people buy from who you are before they buy what you sell.

2.  Tick People Off

There’s a saying that when you try to please everybody you will please nobody. Be opinionated and the people who adore your persuasion will become your fervent followers. Polarization creates sales.

3. Tweet Nonsense

This sounds crazy, but hear me out. People hit up Twitter to chill and catch up with news. People don’t go on Twitter to do business, at least not deliberately. Hit their funny bone and they’ll respond by noticing you.

4. Become Yoda

People are addicted to positive thinking quotes on Twitter. The more motivation quotes you Tweet out, the more you get tweeted. The end result: People think you’re a deep thought leader worth following.

5. Start Dealin’ Cool

Again this bears repeating, people don’t go on Twitter to be sold to. Instead, they go to find breaking news and time-wasting Youtube videos. Here’s the key: Give them what they want (the cool), and they’ll give you what you want (the green). So go on Digg and tweet those links away.

6. Be a Master Asker

Don’t be afraid to ask for a specific action on your Twitter feed, for example a retweet. If you don’t ask for retweets, people will not give you one. If you don’t ask for props, they may not give you one. Ask and you shall receive.

7. Ooze Sex Appeal.

Be as suave with people as you would in real life. Offer compliments, be amicable, crack a joke or two. You’ll be surprised how well this translates in the online space.

And this will help you get as much Twitter traffic as possible.

BONUS TIP:

8. Raise the Banner. Stand for a cause and your followers will start standing in solidarity with you.

And now I would like to invite you to claim your instant free access to my Twitter marketing and psychology videos by going to http://DarkSideOfTwitter.com
Plus, you also get a motherlode of other limited-edition social media tutorials and videos.

From Kenneth Yu – The Puppet Master and Social Influence Marketer.

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The Rapid Success Experiment

Countdown to December 31, 2009

Most Challenging Economy in American History

What’s Possible for You?

You’ve found the Rapid Success Experiment – Welcome!

This experiment started June 15, 2009 with a question – What is really possible for people who decide to go big during the most challenging economy in American history?

With an email sent out to friends and colleagues, several joined us and the results already have surprised us.

    • One person moved from a declining business of 1 client per week to adding 10 to 12  clients per week – within a week of joining the experiment!
    • Another added $45K in new business.
    • Yet another added three clients in two days.

The goal of this experiment is to bring people together to contribute to a bigger vision of what is possible both individually and together. Some of the results will focus on money, others may include achieving a lifetime dream, challenging yourself to pursue your truest desires.

While there are those who work personally with us as group coaching clients (during this experiment, we have a 100% money-back guarantee for our coaching fee), we believe the opportunity to unite as a group is available to anyone who is committed to his or her future. You are truly the only one who can decide what your future will be.

Join this experiment is 100% free as a participant by joining the forum and/or our Yahoo! group. Download the Create Your Own Group guidelines and invite others to have a bigger conversation with you.

The Experiment

Open your mind and life to what is truly available to you. Challenge yourself to go big – shoot for the moon! Throw yourself into an experiment with others who want to ‘see’ what’s really possible in a time that is like no other in the history of the planet. Be part of something bigger!

The Steps

STEP 1

Decide RIGHT NOW to end 2009 on your most successful note (remember, this might include money, a change in your life, a different way to work that brings you greater joy – create this experiment on your own terms). Take responsibility for your future now. Join the Rapid Success Experiment.

STEP 2

Sort fact from fiction. Take stock of what is in your reality right now. On one side of a piece of paper, write down the ‘facts.’ These are things that are in your experience right now. They do not have reasons or ideas or emotions tied to them. For example, my business has decreased 50%. That would be a fact. If you write, my business has decreased 50% and that means I have to sell my house and I’m going to lose everything I’ve worked for. This would include some fact (the decrease in business) and some fiction (we don’t know what is going to happen yet – the rest of that is fiction – unless you haven’t paid the bills, and in that case, you would list this in the fact list).

Once you know what is ‘fact’ then only deal with the facts. When you notice fiction coming to you, realize those are fears that want your attention. Look at the facts, and affirm that you are the only one that will decide what your future holds. Your actions today equate to your future.

STEP 3

Create a vision for your business based on what you really want to create, not on what you think is possible ‘in this economy.’ Based on fact, look at your business again. What do you really want here? Look at your business with fresh eyes. Create a vision that opens your heart with possibility. If it does not move you, it is unlikely to move others. Ensure your vision has a specific picture in your mind.

Consider the opportunities that are available now to you in your business. For example, if your business has decreased, ask yourself what opportunity is available in the change? Is it time to move location? Implement changes you’ve wanted to make? If you’ve lost contracts, ask yourself which companies would want to know you?

STEP 4

Stay positive. Each day, think about your vision, and work with the new ideas that come to you. Challenge yourself on what you think you know. Today, our world’s economy is so different than it was even two years ago. Challenge yourself to consider the ideas that come to mind. When you find yourself saying, “That won’t work.” Or “This isn’t working.” Shift to, “What could I do?” Or “What is next?” If you have an idea that seems “ridiculous” shift to “what would happen if this worked” or “what could make this possible?”

STEP 5

Get Into Action. When fear creeps in, action is a powerful antidote. This experiment is not about taking unnecessary risks, yet it is an opportunity for you to challenge yourself to do things you might not have done before. Most of what is available to you does not have to cost anything. Talk to people. Ask for help. Accept help from others who are offering it. Open yourself to all that is coming to you already. Follow your actions, and as you do, new actions will come to you. Take a step knowing that you will soon know what the next step is.

STEP 6

Celebrate. Each moment of every day is a moment to celebrate. In every moment something is growing and something is dying. Focus on what is growing. Celebrate small victories, and large ones too. Love each moment as a gift and love every opportunity in each moment. Each challenge is taking you to a new person, to a new experience, and it is a great adventure for you to get to know what gifts are in store for you.

Daily

Visit your vision daily. Think about it in your mind, and notice any ideas that come along with it. These might include people to call, ideas to share, changes to make. Ensure that you consider each idea on its own. As you look at each idea, you might have other ideas. Simply ensure that each idea your pursue is based on your decision that it is a ‘yes’ for you.

Get Connected

This experiment will create a conversation that will connect many people together in a short period of time. By coming together with a powerful intention for this year, you can tap into others and celebrate with them and share your own celebrations. In this way, you will enjoy a new experience in your life of ‘what is possible’ based on many people who are experiencing what is ‘possible.’ You get to choose what you believe is possible.

If you want, join our forum or Yahoo! group to share what you are doing and hear what others are doing.

Join our Group (Dallas only right now)

Our Small Business :: Big Success (SBBS) group coaching is one-of-a-kind. We are a group of conscious business owners who believe the world can be a better place if we all work together.

Our 12-month group coaching is the location for our part of this experiment. Smaller groups meet to go through a proven, rapid success practice builder system. These groups offer support and intention as members go through their goals. With SBBS coaching, you have access to a coach for challenges, and can access a buddy coach for weekly accountability.

During this experiment phase, our SBBS coaching is $397 per month and the commitment is through the end of the year. Our guarantee is that you will make a MINIMUM of 100% increase on your investment. So, for example, by joining in August, the fee is a total of $1,985. We guarantee that you will earn at least $3,970 as a result of your efforts after joining the program. Most earn this within a month, depending on the cost of the services or products they provide.

Why Join the Rapid Success Experiment?

  • Generate positivity in the world of business.
  • Show yourself what really is possible for you when you ‘go for it.’
  • Improve your current business or start a new one.
  • Be a positive example to others around you to be about ‘can do’ instead of ‘can’t do.’
  • Be part of the solution for this challenging economy.
  • By focusing on what is possible, your mind will be tuned in to more possibilities.
  • You can tell others it works!
  • Why not?

Tell Others – Invite Them to the Experiment

The more the merrier! As we invite people from America (those around the world are invited too!), we begin to create an energy that says, YES! This experiment is more about focus and action than it is about talking. However, talking stimulates ideas between people. We encourage you to connect with people and have a greater conversation about what is possible. Move from rehashing what doesn’t work or what is awful and move to what could we do together?

And, when you give a gift to others, don’t forget that you are the recipient of the gratitude that comes with it!

Be a gift to others. Share a new idea. Invite others to be part of the experiment.


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