Archive for October, 2008
October 12th, 2008 at 11:57am
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When I first signed on for the Millionaire Mind Intensive Seminar, I was a little
sceptical. “This will take up my whole weekend,” I thought. “I read the ‘Secrets
of the Millionaire Mind’ book already. Sure, it was great, but do I really need
to sit in a room for three days to hear all that stuff again?”
Will I have to do cheesy exercises to prove I’m listening? Will repeating words and watching presentations prove that I’m committed to making money?
Thankfully, I ignored all my doubts and went. It turned out that, yes, I did need that weekend, those exercises and all those strangers! I thought I knew everything I needed to know already. But not long after walking through those doors I realized how much more I could still learn.
I did already understand the basics, thanks to reading T. Harv Eker’s amazing book. But until I participated in the Millionaire Mind Intensive I didn’t ‘get it.’ But as I did the exercises and listened to the speaker’s words I began to understand the concepts in a brand new way.
The Millionaire Mind Intensive goes beyond simply teaching you the strategies for creating and maintaining wealth. The learning exercises from Peak Potentials allow you to actually experience these strategies first hand and see them work.
*How to speed your path to financial freedom – up to 4 times faster!
*5 financial habits the wealthy live by
*Avoiding the main cause of nearly all financial troubles
*12 different ways you can earn passive income – even while you sleep!
Besides that, the exercises are a ton of fun. In my group we did a lot of great things – we sang, we made a gorgeous pictures, and we came awfully close to setting a reall $100 on fire. With each new exercise or activity T. Harv Eker taught us valuable lessons about our financies and attitudes toward wealth and money.
We didn’t use much to do this, besides our brains. No previous knowledge or skills are required for the intensive. All the materials were provided—but I did find the pens and empty notebook I brought along awfully handy because I don’t think I’ve ever taken so many notes in my life.
By the end of the weekend I had a completely new understanding of how to view money and success. Before the Millionaire Mind Intensive, I was just another person who “hoped” and “dreamed” of becoming a millionaire “someday”. But now, thanks to this training, and T. Harv Eker, I’ve learned the importance of adopting the millionaire mindset now!
Best of all, the same principles you learn to enhance your financial life can be used to create inner peace and happiness. The Millionaire Mind Intensive will teach you to be “rich” in every sense of the word.
The Millionaire Mind Seminar experience was an amazing breakthrough for my mindset and life – but it was so easy! Attending the intensive felt so right. Spending time with the other participants was a blast and listening to the speaker was a breeze. I realized quickly that I was actually looking forward to the exercises and learning.
The intensive is valuable to all kinds of invididuals and couples. I sat side by side with a variety of people. There were middle class earners who wanted to get ahead of the game, people who’d made some bad decisions and needed to break free from debt, young couples who wanted to make sure they started out right financially, and even rich individuals who wanted to discover new strategies for growing their wealth. Everyone in the room benefited from this Peak Potentials seminar.
Each and every one of us got what we needed out of the amazing seminar. Every single participant I spoke with (and I talk to anyone I can pin down!) loved the experience. There wasn’t a single person who regretted attending.
And they should be overjoyed! What Harv taught us can start to work immediately. They give you a great workbook, “90 Day Wealth Conditionning Program.” If you go home and put the strategies in place right away you can see results within 24 hours and the workbook will keep you on track for months after the seminar ends.
A person will see best results if they continue to use the program daily every day for the whole 90 days. It’s not a big commitment–less than 10 minutes a day.
I also didn’t feel pressured to buy other products and take other courses. We were, of course, offered information about these things… along with the freedom for each person to decide what would or would not benefit them.
But, after this fantastic experience, I’m sure I’ll take part in another T. Harv Eker course soon. I now know the benefits of studying his techniques and I’m sure I have more to learn. I especially want to know more about the passive income techniques highlighted. Learning 12 proven strategies was great, but I want to know more. Thankfully, Peak Potentials offers an entire course covering just that.
I highly recommend you attend the Millionaire Mind Intensive if at all possible. This was the best learning experience I’ve had in years. If you don’t think you have the time, pick up the ‘Secrets of the Millionaire Mind’ book. After you read that, you will want to make time!
I expected a “feel good, get rich quick” experience. You will feel great and you will learn amazing wealth generating strategies. But so much more than that – you will learn how to create value in your life, your business, and in everyone around you. How can you get more valuable than that?
My overall verdict: The Millionaire Mind Intensive seminar is highly recommended. Is there a level of recommendation higher that “high”? “Platinum”? I give it a platinum recommendation! (And I can afford it, because I’m a millionaire in the making.)
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October 12th, 2008 at 11:57am
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Ever since the creation of the television, it has been the top media outlet in the modern world. In the United States alone, there are millions of people who rely on their TV for both information from news and entertainment from daily scheduled programming. Today, a popular method of TV broadcasting is done via cable networks.
Cable television or CATV was commonly used in mountainous regions where broadcast signals are weak, so they used coaxial cables to broadcast television programming. Today, it is a common television service and in America and there are a lot of cable providers to choose from. Unfortunately though in most areas, you will just have one cable TV company serving your area, so if you want something different, you will have to go with satellite TV.
The top cable company in the United States is Comcast, it is by far the company with the most subscribers. It also offers high speed internet service and is currently in second place and fourth place in providing telephone service. However, they have a reputation for having some of the worst customer service among any company or government agency in the United States. Next is the Cox cable company which is owned by Cox enterprises. They have nearly 6 million subscribers to their cable service, internet and home phone service. They are currently the third largest cable company in the country. The third largest in terms of revenue is Charter cable company. In terms of revenue, they are behind only from Time Warner cable and Comcast. Then we have Bright House cable which is the sixth largest cable company. Most of these companies now also offer home phone service.
There are a lot of cable companies to choose from, however if these do not catch your fancy you can also turn to Direct TV who also provides high definition or HD service for those who want it.
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October 12th, 2008 at 11:57am
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Sometimes, people who intend to go into businesses may consider the option of using personal financial resources to fund their ventures than building business credit. Some things people use to start a business are personal savings, using their retirement funds and even, the worst thing in the world, getting a loan from family and friends. These assets can also be used to further expand an existing business to impel growth and expansion.
You may think that using personal assets for your business would be a much easier thing to do than trying to get business credit. However, keep in mind that separating personal credit from business credit is quite beneficial and advantageous in the long run.
The major benefit is you’re avoiding risking you and your family’s personal assets. You can’t deny that owning your own business is a risk, whether you’re having success or dealing with financial challenges. Using personal assets to fund a business (especially a troubled one) just increases stress if you’re a business owner and can really make things worse.
Apart from the personal liability, a business owner may also be vulnerable to whatever legal actions resulting from an impending bankruptcy. In order to avoid losing it all, the best thing you can do is build a separate business credit history from your personal credit.
The business enterprise would also benefit greatly in using only business credit in its operations. Well you would account for all spending much easier using the funds allocated for your business. This would make financial documents and statements easier to organize and present to anybody who cared to examine it. In general, this would help you be more efficient in managing the business.
Having its own business credit would also help an enterprise build a favorable business credit score. You can get this by paying on time and using your credit funds efficiently. A year or two of a good business credit history will allow you options to approach lenders for loans with higher limits, lower rates and better payment terms.
Still, there are some banks that require something to use as collateral to approve your credit application. If you really need to, make sure you get manageable interest rates so you can make payments in time and improve your chances of getting unsecured business line of credit the next time around.
For more information on building credit for your business go to http://www.buildingmybusinesscredit.com.
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October 12th, 2008 at 11:57am
Under General
If you're a small business owner that needs to increase cash flow for bigger projects that expand your business, then an unsecured line of credit may help. What is an unsecured business lines of credit? Well, unsecured business lines of credit will help your small business defray costs of unexpected expenditures that sometimes occur while doing business. When used correctly you'll be able to easily work through cash flow problems and keep them happening again. The good thing is you don’t have to put up your personal assets as collateral.
Consequently, the terms of payment for this kind of loan are quite steep. Also your looking at a higher interest rate. These types of lines of credit are also very hard to obtain. Plus another requirement the applying business must have is favorable credit score. The business credit score report is actually a vital document as lenders will use it to evaluate your loan application.
Once obtained, unsecured lines of credit can actually help your company manage its cash flow. It allows your company to make purchases despite having no available funds. This way there is no unwanted delay with your business projects. Also, you can use these types of loans to make your business more scalable for growth and expansion. Plus when it comes to working on your client projects, the line of credit will come in handy.
Remember, it would also help to evaluate the payment terms and interest rates being offered. Just make sure the payment terms are realistic and you can handle them. When you start making prompt payments for the loan, and you start building credibility with your bank, you can improve your business's chances for your business to get the same kind of loan with a higher credit limit. This kind of practice will also be reflected unto your business credit score, making favorable impressions in the eyes of lenders and the whole corporate community in general.
For more information on building business credit, go to http://www.buildingmybusinesscredit.com.
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October 11th, 2008 at 08:00pm
Under Marketing
If you look through the web for a while and note a variety web copies in a array of niche markets, you will instantly spot that nearly all don’t understand what they’re achieving. They are fooling around at best.
This piece of writing’s goal is to fix the 5 most frequent bloopers I happen upon in web copywriting throughout 9 years of my career.
Here are some copywriting tips:
1. The first fatal blooper is not capturing email addresses. You almost certainly heard it but “the money is in the list”!
2. The second fatal muddle is not utilizing a squeeze page to secure those your list. Capture pages out-capture every other pages… when it relates to securing your list. Since the profits in the back-end is considerably superior than the initial sale, a valid email address is perhaps more beneficial than that one-time revenue. Despite the fact that you may undergo a insignificant fall in sales, the amount of money you’ll earn by emailing those bonus leads will significantly compensate for them.
3. The majority of us are too hectic when it comes to our research. That is lethal mistake number 3. Not doing your research blinds you from the genuine wants of your prospects. You will never persuade them to accomplish anything if you cannot guide those wants to your item… and how are able to direct those wishes if are not aware of it.
4. Not having a convincing call-to-action is error number 4. How many times have you underwent a time when you are keen to purchase but can’t find where to do it. This sort of hindrance takes place more commonly than you assume, particularly if the website is not operating a sales letter system. Complex navigation frequently a factor to this predicament by confusing customers of where to click.
5. Remarkable web copywriters break copywriting “rules” repeatedly. To in fact be aware of what’s performing best for you, you have to track and test your sales copy. I’ve corrected a lot amateur copywriters who’re too lazy to execute a testing system. They imagined that if they adhere to all the rules and assume other people’s test outcome as their findings, they can create a persuasive sales letter. They never seem to make it.
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October 8th, 2008 at 06:45pm
Under Money
In most cases, lenders would prefer to offer secured line of credit in which collateral is put up for guarantee. On the other hand if the business owner does not want to risk their personal property for their business, you should consider applying for unsecured line of credit. But you should know that unsecured business lines of credit do not get approved easily, if at all. In order to improve their chances, business owners need to implement several strategies.
First, you’ll need to allow for a period of time for your business to accumulate a decent business credit score history. Most lenders would require at least two years of operations, preferably devoid of any unfavorable financial practices such as late payments or near bankruptcies.
Next, retain the services of a reputable credit agency that will keep track of your credit transactions and will provide business credit score report. . If you plan to apply for big money loans in the furture, then look into registering with Paydex®. The system keeps score on the promptness of your company's payments. In order to increase your chances of getting unsecured business line of credit, your company need to get as close to the 100 score as possible
Then you would need to have your business properly established with the state you do business in. It would be beneficial to have the business listed as a corporation or an LLC, as sole proprietorship virtually has zero chances of getting unsecured business lines of credit.
While you are still building up your business credit score, ensure a proper physical address for your company and procure a separate telephone line, fax number, and internet connection. It is also necessary to have these means of communication registered under your business’ official name, to further establish its corporate entity and acquire business credibility.
When it’s time for you to approach lenders and present a loan proposal, have a coherent documentation on the purpose and amount of unsecured line of credit you wish to ask. Include references from banks and trade partners in order to lend added integrity to your application. Don't forget to include proof of your company’s financial status in order to assure lenders your business is serious in establishing this type of credit.
Lastly, keep in mind that unsecured lines of credit carry higher interest rates as wells as stringent payment terms. Before signing the loan agreement, heavily look into if your company will be able to meet these terms through the life of the loan. If your business cannot meet the terms and conditions of the loan then don't take it. This would put your business into further trouble.
With these strategies in mind, you can increase your chances of getting unsecured line of credit without having to incur personal liability on your part.
For more information on unsecured business lines of credit, visit http://www.buildingmybusinesscredit.com, a web site that provides business credit information to small and home businesses.
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October 7th, 2008 at 04:39pm
Under Marketing
Would you waste your busy life filling out a lengthy order form buy a pair of socks online? I know I will get out of there. The person selling it is clearly lacking web copywriting skills.
I’d click “back” and search an alternative webpage.
But how many occasions have you been asked to do just that when you purchase anything? A lot! So if you would like to secure an edge against the competition, make it uncomplicated for your customers to find their way and purchase your product. Here are some copywriting tips you should learn by heart:
1. Make sure that your website are not difficult to look at. White background and black words are what people arefamiliar with reading so don’t try to be “artisitic” and use red words with black background as an alternative.
2. Make certain your letters are comfortable to read. Stick to the conventional, such as verdana and you’ll be fine.
3. Ensure your forms are not too lengthy, like the example I mentioned above. Collect only information you have to have at that period.
4. Categorize. There is a reason why stoes have huge signposts directing customers where to get a merchandise and why libraries have digital directories where you can find the book you desire. The reason is most of us are bad (and too lazy) at searching for what we desire! Categorizing your articles makes it effortless for users to find them.
5. Do not give prospects a reason to turn back and run off. Every so often I still face a “clear” button precisely next to the “submit” button at the end of a lengthy form. Why do anyone do that is past my comprehension. You do not want to position it there! It’s exceptionally unusual for anyone to fill in the entire form with erroneous data! It is more likely for him to press the wrong button, gets irritated and disappear.
So there, 5 simple web usability (a tiny part of web copywriting ) matter that you should always remember when building your subsequent website… if you want some purchasers that is.
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October 7th, 2008 at 04:39pm
Under Marketing
When most readers attend about killer copywriting courses, they are looking for “quick fixes”. Various small changes that have unbelievable result. I’m dare bet you are and there’s nothing incorrect with looking for quick fixes. Actually, it can be one of the finest things that occur to your marketing. But these tips doesn’t always work. Periodically these tricks boost your revenue, sometimes they don’t. Sadly, the awful fact is, they fail 99% of the time and when that happens, it costs you. Be it time, money or labor. It’s kind of gambling if you ask me.
Now, let me ask you, isn’t it infinitely better to stick to proven guidelines? Stages that you can follow to write a classic? Here, I’ll reveal to you the literal procedures I take to design messages so influential, it attracts customers to you instead of you scouring for them.
1. Do not accept a guru’s testing results as collectively undeniable. How regularlys have you read a book on copywriting or go to a seminar where the presenter discusses his test result? How regularly have you been persuaded to do the same? Stop! Halt because those “tricks” come off in his circumtances and not yours. Ironically, result sharing moments is precisely when the attendees are sitting on the edge of the chair throughout the whole seminar. I’m sorry to tell you that there’s no substitute to testing yourself.
2. Never commence advertising sooner than you have a testing procedure all set, even if you think your sales copy is “proven” to sell. Testing is the one and only way to ensure your web copy do not fail. If it fails, you can stop it before it drives to you bankruptcy and use your control to stop the failure.
3. Look an under-supplied market and fill the demand. Majority of entrepreneurs mistakenly run their business the other way round. They create a radical idea and assumed the general public will come rushing to purchase them. They’re wide of the mark! It’s more efortless to fulfill an existing demand than to give rise to a new one. How to know if there’s enough demand? Do short keyword study and look if there’s sufficient searches done in major search engines. Straightforward and effective.
4. Appreciate your customers and perform your study. Discover what interests them and what doesn’t. This is of greatest importance because, people don’t crave what is sound for them, they want what makes them feel good! Don’t make the mistake of offering your customers what you think they should want. Fill their demand. Whenever you notice yourself instructing people what’s best for them, then you are lecturing, not marketing.
5. Come up with a headline that halt readers instantly. I believe you’ve read a “best heading” or “best words for headlines” list. They can be relatively handy but that’s not where your focus should be. Again, your attention should be on your target customer’s demands and don’t try to sound like someone other than yourself. Your web copy should give the impression as if you’re seated in front of them, talking directly with them. As any competent copywriters would tell you, constructing a kick-ass headline is crucial to your web copy’s success.
6. Create an powerful offer. Your offer is way more crucial than your sales copy itself. If I’m selling a spanking new real gold Rolex for a paltry $100, would you accept my offer? I think I just made my point. Boost the value of your product so great that price out of a sudden isn’t an issue anymore.
7. All of the last 6 steps would be ineffective if you don’t perform step 7. This is the most important strategy you must include or you’ll be doomed to fail from the start. Gary Halbert used to asked the attendees of his seminar that if they are promoting hot dogs and if there’s a core plus they can have but not their competitors, what would it be? They came up with many awesome answers that covers better stand, tastier hot dogs, better location, and cheaper hot dogs. But Gary halbert said to them, “My advantage will surely be better all of you!” Take a guess.?
It’s starving people! If he can get his hot dog stand in front of a hungry crowd would it matter if his shop is old and his hot dogs are stale? The point is, get the approriate prospect to read your web copy! Promoting to the whole world is expensive and useless. Plus, a shotgun approach, canmost definitely distort your test results.
Follow all the 7 steps, and you practically can’t fail.
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October 6th, 2008 at 09:20pm
Under Marketing
One of the most critical fragment of web copywriting is a powerful offer. Nothing can be sold without an a powerful offer.
I would say that an a powerful offer is more vital than a persuasive web copy. Here are some copywriting tips: Before you even write a word of your sales letter, first craft an enticing offer or you will not reach the real possible achievements of your sales letter.
So here are 7 copywriting tips to get you think up a mouth-watering:
1. A tempting offer has a lucid promotion advantage. What do you offer that folks can get just from you?
2. The competition are only a click fomr you and a good number of people are plain impatient so you have to ensure you display your offer where your prospects can speedily note it.
3. The sting that your product dispose of has to be bigger than the pain your customer has to endure for dispensing cash. If they choose to live with a problem then expending money, you’re clearly not going to sell anything.
4. Your offer ought to be straightforwardly recognized. This is relatively apparent yet loads of persons totally neglect this. If nobody comprehends what you are striving to sell, then nobody will buy it.
If your offer is complicated, then take care to simplify it. Give explanation in point form, precisely what does your product achieve.
5. Your readers have to relate to the offer. Every now and then readers absolutely cannot relate to what you’re offering.
For example, as opposed to saying 30 meters you can say 3 football field wide. For folks who are football fanatics, the phrase “3 football field wide” expresses a a great deal clearer meaning.
6. Your offer should be free of risk. Risk is an obstruction in any purchase decision. If individuals have to take risk to buy your product, there’s a good possibility they will not buy.
7. Everyone can make a promise but only not many are able to deliver them. For your offer to truly generate an impact, it must be credible. This is where credentials and testimonials come in.
There, 7 copywriting tips to craft an an enticing offer. Remember, an offer is the heart of any business. When the offer is clear, no other trickery is necessary.
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October 6th, 2008 at 09:20pm
Under Marketing
It isn’t significant how much prospects you generate to your website, if they don’t buy anything, that means you don’t earn any revenue. Hence here are some web copywriting tips to increase your sign-ups…
But before I dive into the details, why sign-ups? Why not just push for a sale? That’s a good question. Here’s the answer: Studies have shown that only an awfully small proportion of prospects to your website purchase on their original visit. Really, it requires around 7 subsequent selling before they actually buy. It is, therefore, vital you capture your prospect’s email address to follow up soon after.
Now that you know the why, let’s progress to the how. Here are the web copywriting tips to increase sign-ups:
1. Always, always keep your forms as to the point as feasible. Whatever information you don’t have to have at that point in the conversion process, don’t gether it. “To the point” forms convert higher than extensive forms… consistently.
2. If you must utilize a long form, break it up into short chunks but not more than 5 concise parts. In my private test, I notice breaking up lengthy forms into concise forms increases my sign-ups by something like 5% but as soon as it hits 6 chunks, people be liekly to desert the form perhaps assuming it is never going to finish.
3. If you absolutely have got to use long lengthy forms that breaks into over 5 chunks, utilize a progress bar to let them see how much longer before they will be able to conclude the form…
4. If there’re any information that are not vital but possibly be advatageous to have (for analytics purposes), inform your visitors it’s not compulsory.
5. Declare your privacy policy awfully visibly in your form. If you acquired paid assurance services ( such as BBB), make certain you present their assurances.
6. Take away that “clear” button if you still possess one because humans don’t usually answer long forms using mistaken information. What humans occasionally do, is click the wrong button, erased every single one of the information, become upset and depart scolding you for placing that button there. So unless you’re anticipating other species than humans to answer your form, it’s best practice for your subscription rate if you eliminate it.
7. As for your “submit” button, tag it another way. Use phrases like, “buy now to get your report free of charge” or “Yes! Give me my free e-book!”
8. Plus do not use regular buttons, employ vectors as your buttons to catch extra interest.
9. You want to ensure people are aware your form exist and the 2 means I advocate to accomplish that are: implementing a distinct background color for your form or use images to magnetize notice.
10. If you do utilizing concentration to attract attention to your forms, ensure the pictures are applicable to your sales copy.
11. Last but not least, build it as effortless for your browsers to complete the form as possible. Do not put restrictions on how they must write their information. For example, I encountered quite a few forms that wanted me to complete my address in a pre-defined format. Obviously, it pisses me off when they did not advise me which format they want. And by the way…
12. If you do insist on a precise format, make clear what you want and why!
Want more copywriting tips? Then you should defintiely check out some of the killer web copywriting secrets I share here.
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