Friday, January 30, 2015

Hello all,

Running a business is tiring, time-consuming, and often frustrating. It's not uncommon for the "Entrepreneurial Light" to burn out. However, if you're not excited about your products or services, no one else is going to be. And, who wants to buy product/service they're not enthusiastic about? Quick tips for regaining your passion: 

1) Write down all the reasons you love your products or services

2) Tell others the story of why you became an entrepreneur

3) Imagine what you want your business to look like in 5 year, seven if it's unrealistic... perhaps especially if it's unrealistic

4) Read inspirational books, blogs, and articles about small business ownership

5) Take time to rejuvenate May all your failures be lessons learned,and your successes runaway hits!

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Don’t Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile but you have to sigh
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must, but don’t quit

Life is queer with its twists and turns
As everyone of us at sometimes learns
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won if he’d stuck it out
Don’t give up through the pace seems slow
You may succeed with another blow

Often the goal is nearer than it seems
To a faint and faltering man
Often the struggle has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup
When he learned too late when the night came
How close he was to the golden crown

Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems afar
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worse that you mustn’t quite

Anon

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

10 Ways to Drive Traffic to You

1. Add extra subjects to your web site. Most free ad sites only allow you to submit your web site to one category. This'll allow you to submit it to many.

2. Increase the perceived value of your product by making your offer scarce. You could use limited time bonuses, low prices, low quantities, etc.

3. Find out your competitions' weakness and use it as your "Unique Selling Proposition". It's the reason why people buy your products and not theirs.

4. Sell your products or services to a specific niche market. For example, instead of selling your fishing book to all fisherman, target it toward fly fisherman.

5. Test your advertising and marketing. You'll save time, money and big headaches promoting the right offer to the right group of people.

6. Persuade visitors to buy your product by telling them the future. Tell them what'll happen with their life in the future if they buy or don't buy.

7. Offer a free trial of your product for a set period of time. Don't charge or bill them until they decided to buy it. This'll take away any risk they have.

8. Create other web sites that draw your initial target audience. Then you can lead your prospects to your main web site by linking to your other web sites.

9. Inform people about your site or freebie through e-mail announce lists. You can find them by typing" e-mail announce lists" in any search engine.

10. Tell your visitors what they can avoid by buyingyour product or service will motivate them to buy.They may want to avoid pain, fear, danger, etc. 

Monday, January 26, 2015

“Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dreams closer.”



Marcia Wieder.

Friday, January 23, 2015

"Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent." -- Jim Rohn

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." -- Dorothy Thompson, journalist

Monday, January 19, 2015

Saturday, January 17, 2015

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

John Wooden

Thursday, January 15, 2015

From Twitter earlier today:

Big difference between "Talking Action" and "Taking Action"

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever; the goal is to create something that will."

-Chuck Palahniuk

Monday, January 12, 2015

Good Morning, I was recently reminded of one of my favourite quotes and mentioned it in another post (can’t remember where, I must be at that age LOL) and is very relevant and is from the famous scientist Isaac Newton who said:-

"If it appears that I can see further it’s because I am standing on the shoulders of giants". He obviously felt somewhat humbled by others who had helped him and who he had learned from.

Thursday, January 8, 2015

The quickest way to guarantee failure in 2015... Looking back on 2014, you are likely going in to the New Year...

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

This May Help.

1) Think about what you want and write it down. 

2) Decide EXACTLY what you want and write it down. 

3) Make sure your goal is measurable. 

4) Identify the specific reasons that you want to achieve this goal and write them down. 

5) Establish a definite date for accomplishment of your gaol and write it down. 

6) Create a list of action steps that you need to take to accomplish your goal and write it down. 

7) Create an action plan from your list of action steps and write it down. 

8) Take Action 

9) Do something every day 

10) View your goals as often as possible 

To finish a quote from the great Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high aspirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. 

Now, that's some excellent advice to live by. Give it a try!

Monday, January 5, 2015