December 4, 2009
- Outstanding Customer Service – Look To Dr. Neal E. Bozentka
When You See Someone Doing Something RIGHT: Tell People
So why am I writing about one of my doctors in a marketing/social marketing website?
Because his marketing and customer service is THAT good.
Meet Dr. Neal E. Bozentka, Oral Surgeon
Unfortunately I've needed Dr. Bozentka's services three times already.
As a kid I brushed my teeth regularly and as an adult I floss and use a stimulator every day and brush twice every day.
But even so, I've had some root canals and then some teeth drying out and needing extraction.
Dr. Bozentka does that for me.
He has his own practice in Swarthmore, PA USA and seems to be the "go to guy" for many general dentists in the area, including mine.
Learn About Customer Service From What He Does
So other than technical competence, why is he so good?
1. He's a nice guy. He takes time with his patients. We're glad to see him and he shares his personality with us so we're totally comfortable with him.
2. Two days before my appointment, I get a phone call from his office reminding me about my appointment AND reminding me about eating or not eating for 12 hours (depending on the type of anesthetic I've been told I will get). Nice, timely reminder… let's me know they are thinking about me.
3. His staff is really nice (and believe me, it starts from the top down – I've seen some staffs in "professional" offices that would scare a bouncer at an inner city bar). They are MORE than just cordial – as I sat in the waiting room, I could tell that on the phone and in person they really care about the people they work with and the patients who visit Dr. Bozentka.
4. His in-room staff are supportive and caring. When our blood pressure rises the most (you know… when the doctor comes at us with local anesthetic needles), his staff is right there reassuring us. And they chat with you when setting you up (you know: the bib and all that!). And I've gotten to know a couple of them (OK: so I've been there TOO often!), and they can joke around with me and put me totally at ease.
5. This is the ONLY professional office I have even been to where they tell me UP FRONT (even when I make the appointment) how much the procedure will cost. Hey, this is serious work that takes a great deal of training to be sure it's done well (and Dr. Bozenka's work is really great), and he deserves what he's paid… especially when I feel NOTHING during a tooth extraction and very little discomfort even after the local anesthetic has worn off. It's great to know going-in what it will cost me (and there are never any hidden costs – everything is laid out up front).
6. And if THAT weren't enough, early the morning after my most recent tooth removal, Dr. Bozentka called to see that I was doing ok (I was out on my AM walk, but he left a very nice voice mail). He expressed his concern and assured me that I could call him if I needed him. This wasn't a prerecorded message aimed at the whole world, this was a personal call from my doctor. When the hell has THAT happened to me before!??
How Is YOUR Customer Service
Don't we ALL want Raving Fans telling the world about the service we provide (the way I am telling YOU about Dr. Bozentka)?
Don't we ALL want to be recognized for professional excellence AND great caring for the people we serve?
Don't we ALL want our customers, clients, and patients to be MUCH better off after working with us?
And I have to tell you, this guy (and his terrific staff) makes it look EASY! He's not working hard to make you happy or show you the respect you deserve or make you feel comfortable in his office (and in his chair): that's just the way things are.
A tip of the hat to Dr. Neal E. Bozentka!
I teased him that I'm sorry that I've gotten to know him so well over the past few years – I wish he did some other kind of work (because I really hate losing my teeth!). But if I have to have this work done, I'm sure glad it's by Dr. Bozentka!
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December 1, 2009
- Successful Entrepreneur – Recipe For Success
Ten Ingredients To Your Success
Success in business isn't a magic spell you can learn at Hogwarts nor a secret that's passed down among the world's elite.
Success is a recipe that has a few proven ingredients. When you mix those ingredients with love, thought, and care, you'll create something that will nourish you and your family for years to come.
Here Are Some Of The Ingredients I Find Important In The Recipe For Success
1. Happy Customers and Clients. Yep, that's the number one ingredient that successful businesspeople have in their entrepreneurial cupboard.
No matter what service you provide, it's all about the customer. If the customer isn't happy, she might not be back to buy another record, designer handbag, case of wine, your marketing service, or your web design service.
Whatever you do in your business, you should always think about the customer. Each and every action you take should be geared toward providing the best customer service possible.
Imagine yourself as your customer and visualize how you'd like to be treated. Use that as a beginning to establish your business's service guidelines.
One other thing to consider: if you don't know who you're selling to, you can't market properly. And if you can't market to the right audience, the folks you do reach probably won't have much interest in your product or service. Know who you're selling to so you can reach the places where they hang out.
2. Results. People expect things quickly these days.
Our attention span isn't what it used to be (darn all those TV commercials with 27 edits for each 30 second commercial!), so when customers come to you with questions, you've got to be Johnny-on-the-Spot with answers.
When they call with orders, you'd better have the product to them yesterday or they will go to someone who can get them what they want when they want it.
If you always have answers and products/services for customers/clients, you'll become the go-to-person, something money just can't buy.
3. Follow up. Part of keeping your customers happy is following up on an order, especially if there's some sort of snafu.
(Let’s face it – no matter how hard you try, no matter how conscientious you are, SOMETHING will go wrong at times.)
As a customer, it makes me smile when I get a call or email asking if I've received the order and if I'm happy with the product. This will only take a couple of minutes on your part, but will do wonders for your reputation.
Now, when your business really gets cooking and you've got dozens or hundreds of orders to follow up on every day, you might need to consider getting some help. But isn't that a great “problem” to have?
(And for those of us working online, drop-shipment houses and auto-responders help immensely!)
4. Reputation. Your reputation is something that will grow when the first three ingredients are blended successfully.
This might take a little time, but it’s well worth the effort. A good reputation is crucial to any successful business endeavor.
(Hey, if anyone has ever talked to you about “branding” then THIS is branding – earn a stellar reputation and keep it!)
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November 30, 2009
- 068 The Invisible Touch – Your Favorite Drink
The Third Key: Relationships
I often describe my attendance at a marketing group meeting as "my oasis" in my month of work.
It's MY place; MY getaway; MY group of friends who speak a common language, understand the pressures I'm under as a Successful Entrepreneur, and who are open to sharing ideas, goals, and achievements.
Like the TV show, Cheers, it's a place "where everybody knows your name."
Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida USA the ULTIMATE Oasis
Harry Beckwith writes about Walt Disney World as an oasis, and what a great example it is.
Disneyland in California, USA was plunked down in the middle of a busy area and immediately all kinds of other retail and hotel properties sprung up.
Walt Disney couldn't control the look, the feel, the atmosphere around Disneyland because he didn't control the whole Oasis.
But in Florida it's different.
As a student of real estate transactions (I sold $247,368,657.97 worth of Investment Real Estate during my career and helped market more than $1 Billion as the head of marketing for Jackson-Cross Company in Philadelphia, PA USA), I was fascinated by the way Walt and his team purchased so much land.
Land for hotels, roads, monorail. Land for The Magic Kingdom and all the other park areas.
It is said that all of Disneyland can fit in the parking lot for The Magic Kingdom and still have room for 1,000 cars.
Yep – it's THAT big.
And there's room to continue developing for decades.
But more important than the size of all of it, and that you can see NOTHING else but Walt Disney World properties when you are inside of the thousands of acres, is the point that Walt Disney controlled how you THINK within his park.
You enjoy the Oasis and forget about the outside world.
You're on vacation, so spending is loosened up. Things cost most but you go with the flow because "it's a vacation." That might not work as well if the outside world were right within your sight.
Control The Atmosphere, Control The Oasis
And think about this for YOUR business.
No… you won't purchase all the stores around you or take up all the location on the Internet near your website nor will you be the only one in your marketplace.
But when you can control what people see, hear, taste, feel, smell when dealing with you AND you can make them feel important (just as they do at Walt Disney World and in the Cheers restaurant where they know your name), you will have built your own Oasis.
Make people feel important, give them what they want, and they will continue to come back to you.
It's like at your favorite club or restaurant where you order "the usual" drink and they know… they know WHO you are and WHAT you want. It's your favorite drink, and they KNOW that!
Get that way with your clients and they will LOVE you… and do business with you over and over again.
It's THAT important!
November 19, 2009
- Successful Entrepreneur – Can I Make It As An Entrepreneur?
How Can You Make Your Business Successful When Working By Yourself?
These are uncertain times, and it can cause even the bravest soul to think twice before launching a new business.
• Will I be able to pay the mortgage?
• Can I put food on the table?
• Will my kids have clothes and shoes?
• Can I do this on my own?
• Is there any way to know I will succeed before I begin?I can hear you now: "I want some assurances!"
Unfortunately, there is no blueprint for success, no surefire way to tell if a person can make it in the land of the self-employed. However, most successful entrepreneurs have a few traits in common, a few habits and ways of thinking that push them toward success.
Here As Some Traits I Think Are Most Important
They believe in themselves. The most important trait successful entrepreneurs have in common is an unswerving faith in themselves and their ability to get the job done.
They know they are capable of completing any task, no matter how daunting. Even if they don't know exactly how it will get done, they know they can figure it out and make it work. Even just this attitude sets them apart from 99% of the rest of the world.
Successful entrepreneurs know they can go head-to-head with anyone and come out on top. They thrive on competition and improving themselves through battle in the business arena.
They don’t shy from competition, they see it as part of the fun they have in this game.
“It's kind of fun to do the impossible.” Walt Disney
They visualize success. Successful entrepreneurs keep what they want to manifest forefront in their thoughts.
Successful entrepreneurs SEE the business they want to create and keep a picture of it in their heads all the time. And visualization isn’t all they do: they write down their goals and strategies to be sure they stay focused.
• They see themselves acquiring product and moving it out to distribution centers.
• They see the product moving off shelves and reorders flowing in.
• They see the service they provide helping their clients succeed.
• They see themselves shaking hands with business partners, closing deals, and the deal working out smoothly to the benefit of all parties involved.Entrepreneurs have an unswerving belief in themselves and their ability to get the job done. They may not know exactly how they will accomplish a given task, but they know they can figure it out because they see the success they will achieve even before they start.
They don't think about what could go wrong.
They never, never, never worry about what could happen.
Believe me, if you're worrying about all the things that can go wrong, you're not keeping the success-vision of your business at the forefront of your thoughts. You're not visualizing success. In fact, you're visualizing the bad stuff that can happen and all your energy is going into creating it!
And since what you think about most EXPANDS, be sure to think of all the success and goals you have to achieve and let them be utmost in your thinking.
Here’s something I learned from a good friend who happens to love to ride his motorcycle when the weather is good.
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November 5, 2009
- Marketing Ideas – 50 Simple Marketing Ideas You Can Use To Grow Your Business
Grow Your Business Online And From Home
Work-at-home entrepreneurs have many choices when it comes to marketing. Below you'll find 50 simple ideas that you can adapt to your own needs.
Some ideas are geared toward online audiences while some target your neighborhood and involve getting to know local businesspeople.
It's a good idea to choose a few methods from each category and make them work for your own business. Give each one a try to see which works best for you and your business.
Online Marketing Ideas
1. Start a Blog and write 2 – 3 times a week. Start simply at WordPress.com or Blogger.com.
2. Post articles online that others can use with your byline and signature information – visit EzineArticles.com.
3. Regularly comment on blogs that relate to your business – you can find some great examples at AllTop.com (which list the top blogs in the world and divides them into categories for easy searching). (In fact, look for my RaisingGreatFamilies.com blog there! We're proud to have it listed.)
4. Visit Meetup.com and instigate a gathering relevant to your line of work OR join an existing group.
5. Check out Podcamp.org or Barcamp.org to see if they work well for your business.
6. Create your own Facebook profile.
7. Join groups on Facebook that relate to your business and post regularly.
8. Create your own Facebook PAGE and use it like a mini website to promote your business.
9. Become a source on HelpAReporterOut.com.
10. Suggest a story about work-at-home entrepreneurs to a blogger or offer a post for other people’s website by joining BloggerLinkUp.com.
11. Write an ebook and offer it for free on your own website or Facebook Page.
12. Send a press release about your business to PRWeb.com or PRLeap.com.
13. Reply to questions on Wiki.Answers.com and similar sites.
14. Open a Twitter account and send 2-3 tweets a day about what you are doing in your business.
15. Distribute monthly eNewsletters to your clients (having captured their names on your website or Facebook Page).
16. Put your business in both online and print directories.
17. Use Google to search for forums that are in your niche (use your keyword followed by the work “forum” to find these) and become involved with the chatter on the forum (NEVER “sell” on these – participate and leave your name with your contact information below it).
18. Write pieces for other companies' eNewsletters.
19. Keep in touch with classmates through Facebook.
20. Search Twitter for people who tweet about your type business and begin to tweet back and forth with them (find them using keywords at Search.Twitter.com).
21. Optimize your blog by using keywords in the titles of your posts.
22. Videotape short weekly talks and publish them online.
23. See if Affiliate Marketing is right for you – search Clickbank.com.
24. Trade blog ads with other work-at-home entrepreneurs.
Neighborhood Marketing Ideas
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October 29, 2009
- Work At Home: 10 Tips To Create Your Business and Save Your Sanity!
How To Set Up Your Business From Home
So you're thinking of leaving the security and comfort of your day job and voyaging into the world of the self-employed OR you recently started working at home and aren’t sure what steps to take first.
Congratulations! Nothing beats the feeling of accomplishment you get from growing your own business from scratch, from taking on the world with nothing but wits and a lot of hard work. I've been working at home since 1983 and haven't regretted it for a moment.
Here are ten tips I've learned along the way to help make your journey a little easier.
Tip Number One: Set a schedule.
Time management can be problematic when you're self-employed.
It's easy to get sidetracked when you're working from home and before you know it, the morning is gone. You probably had to be at your old job at a certain time so do the same thing with your business. Resolve to be at the computer, on the jobsite, or with a client by 7:30 AM (or earlier) and stick to it.
For me, no matter what time I go to sleep the night before, I’m “at it” by 7:30 the next day. Some days I’m walking with my voice recorder creating WalkAbout Marketing podcasts and some days I’m at my desk. But it’s important to get started as soon as you can.
And turn off your email: don’t let it beep every time you get a new message. I literally average 837 emails every day. Most should never see the light of day, though some are important. But nothing is so important that I have to be interrupted twelve times an hour to reply to it. In fact, I only download emails to my computer ever half hour and only look at them a few times each day (when I can reply to several emails in one short stretch of time, and then back to finishing my goals for the day).
Tip Number Two: Tailor your workspace to your personality.
How do you work best? Do you like to work with music in the background or do you like it perfectly quiet? Do you like pictures of family to remind you of your goals (and the reasons you work so hard), or do you prefer motivational posters and superhero action figures to spur you on to greatness? Find out how you work best and set up your space around your preferences.
And speaking of space, I use a spare bedroom for my home office. When we bought this house in 1998, I picked out this space for my office. I can see the driveway when FedEx and UPS show up and it’s at the other end of the hallway from our bedroom. OK, so a 20-foot walk to work isn’t bad, I admit it!
However, when the door is closed, the office is closed and I don't think about work (well, usually – I admit that I work at the kitchen table when Pam and I “watch” TV together. I can always look up for the replay or when a news report catches my ear).
If you aren't able to have a separate space for an office, a room divider or curtains could do the trick. Just find some way to separate your space from the rest of the house and family and to hide your workspace from view so you don't have to look at it all the time (and be reminded of all the work you should be doing).
And let your phone go to messages rather than letting every caller interrupt your work when they have the whim to call you. Batch the messages together, find time twice a day to return calls and make all of them then. AND, better yet, if someone wants to chat with you by phone, SET AN APPOINTMENT – I don’t take phone calls that aren’t prearranged – believe me, your clients will get used to it when you help them see the importance.
Tip Number Three: Market yourself.
Now I don't mean paying for advertising, creating glossy brochures, or doing weekly direct-mail piece.
This website is FILLED with ideas for you so read my blog!
Also, do you have a Facebook account? Keep it up to date and post often. (You can friend me at http://facebook.com/CharlesSeymourJr – be sure to send a note when you friend me: you should ALWAYS send a note, and this way I’ll know why you are asking to friend me.)
Start a blog and use it like a diary. Think of all the things you are doing that clients and customers might be interested in. I post lots of videos to my blog (and to my Facebook profile, which acts like a mini blog for me).
Keep friends and family informed of what you're doing. Word of mouth can be the best advertising and it's free (but you have to give them something to talk about!).
Tip Number Four: Show that professionalism counts.
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September 1, 2009
- Marketing Lessons – Turkey and Havarti at Borders
Learn From Those Around You And Your Business Will Improve
There's a part of the brain that's called the Reticular Cortex. Here's how it work:
Do you know when you buy a new car and then you start to see the same car all over the roads? Did other people just buy the same car OR were they always there but you didn't notice them until you started to focus on them?
Right – the latter.
So… when you start to look for marketing lessons, you'll find them all around you.
And not those institutional ads you see many companies wasting their money on. I'm talking about direct response marketing ideas that you can use to make you some money.
Each week I go to Borders Books and Music near where I live (it's in Springfield, PA USA) (Read About My Borders Books and Music Here In My Piece Borders – Your Office Away From Home!) for what I call DPS Time – Dreaming, Planning, Scheming Time when I can work ON my businesses and not IN them. We spend so much time DOING but we need to spend more time thinking through what we want to do with them.
Recently I saw a marketing lesson I want to share. They are all around us if we will look.
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August 17, 2009
- Blogging – Lessons Learned From The Movie Julie and Julia starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams
Blogging – Find something that inspires you, write about it, KEEP writing about it, and Be Consistent
I'm a man whose passions run deeply and I'm not afraid to show them.
Family, theater, marketing, movies… I care deeply about each one and when it's time to talk about them, share my feelings, laugh or cry, I do it with gusto! (Wow, where did "gusto" come from – it just seemed like the right word, though I don't use it often!)
I LOVE going to the movies. I enjoy theater – I enjoy DIRECTING theater, I enjoy directing and seeing MUSICAL theater most – but MOVIES really take me away like nothing else.
They transport me, make me think, help me laugh and cry, and make me feel great just as I need them.
They give me freedom to dream like little else does. And then chat about them when they are over – share my thoughts with whoever went to the movies with me or with my folks when I see them in church on Sunday.
And I learned years ago that if no one wants to go with me, I'll go alone: I really do love to watch movies.
And there is a ritual that accompanies me every time I go to a movie: I need something to eat and drink, I need to sit near the back of the theater (dang that motion-sickness I feel as a passenger in a car that affects how closely I can sit in a movie), and I love to laugh out loud when something amuses me – doesn't matter if the theater is full or nearly empty, I really enjoy myself!
Friends have often told me that though they never saw me in the theater, they knew I was there – I have one of THOSE laughs…
Why do YOU see certain movies?
Have you ever stopped to think WHY you see a certain movie when you do?
- WHY does it draw your attention at that very moment?
- WHY do you feel compelled to see it?
- Why does it call out to you, make you reach for your wallet, and then get you to empty a large portion of your wallet for the ticket and refreshments.
August 13, 2009
- Marketing Guru Bill Glazer Coming To Philly September 9, 2009
Dan Kennedy's partner in Glazer-Kennedy Insiders Circle To Speak To Entrepreneurs
Delay and you will miss out on one of the most important nights you will ever experience (if you are an entrepreneur or have your own business).
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July 13, 2009
- Be Your Own Boss – NOW Is The Time
Be Your Own Boss – You CAN Do This With Some Help
No one said starting your own business would be EASY. No one said you wouldn't have to WORK at it.
OK… so your dream left you a long time ago, especially as the economy turned south. It languishes still and really doesn't show any sign of improving.
So… you're resourceful (to be a successful entrepreneur you HAVE to be resourceful): you came up with NEW dreams, and you know that only YOU can pick you up and get you moving.
But has the economy improved? Well, small signs are seen, but are they signs that impact you directly?
If you're like most people, the answer is no. You see some signs on the evening news or in the paper, but nothing affecting YOU directly… yet. Maybe some things for larger businesses but not for the type like you and I operate. (And let's face it, the only signs that matter are the ones that impact YOU directly… after all, we all listen to the same radio stations in our brains: WIIFM: What's In It For Me – so we want to see improvement to the economy around those things that impact use directly!)
Some are screaming for more tax cuts (but you have to earn money to take advantage of those cuts). Some scream for more stimulus, but do we want to pay down that national debt forever?
But YOU can't wait for the government to make things work: YOU have to make things work.
So, what are you doing to be a successful entrepreneur, now that you are your own boss and run your own business? How do you create your own work at home now that you are the boss?
How do you start to improve when those around you are struggling?
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July 6, 2009
- Blogging For Business – Turning Your Words Into Gold
Write A Blog For Business – It Can Be Fun And Profitable
Search engine optimization for blogs is easy to do if you follow a few rules.
To make sure that your main website gets noticed and your content absorbed, you need to attract search engines which then attract people who will read your posts.
When you become an expert (at least PERCEIVED to be an expert as your knowledge grows), people will arrive at your site to find out what you say.
And when you follow a few rules, you will turbo charge your work at home, get people AND Google to find you, and turn your words into gold.
Search engines (let's read that GOOGLE, as well as others) LOVE fresh content. Blogs are easy to update and add fresh content. And these days, Current Content will have a great impact than scholarly content that has been on a website for a long time.
Static isn't good. Current is.
Follow these rules to improve your blogging success:
1. Create a list of at least 50 keywords that apply to your business.
2. Each time you write a blog post, write on ONE topic… THIS post is about Blogging (it's not about guarantees or offers or direct mail – it's about writing a blog).
3. Write at least 2 times every week – you aren't creating huge novels, just some blog posts of great content. And as #2 said, keep the topic to ONE of your keywords and be sure to explain it fully.
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July 2, 2009
- Nonprofit Marketing – Spotlight on Lawrence Edw. Wilson III
Larry Wilson's Extensive Marketing Career Prepared Him Uniquely For The American Baptist Foundation
Larry Wilson and I go back a LONG time.
We both earned our MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. We worked closely on a huge theater production in the Harold Prince Theatre of the Annenberg Center on the University of Pennsylvania campus and the great Broadway Producer-Director, Harold Prince, came to one of our rehearsals and spoke to the cast after.
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June 29, 2009
- Business Marketing: 5-Step Formula to Add 6 Figures to Your Business THIS YEAR & Re-Ignite Your Passion While You Do It
Create A Side Business To Produce 6-Figures Annually
I’m a marketer and have been marketing ever since I left Wharton Graduate (of the University of Pennsylvania) in 1975 with my MBA in marketing, management, arts administration.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in personal sales. A billion or more dollars through my marketing skills. And a life-style that allows me to select the type work I want to concentrate on.
And since earning my formal degrees, I’ve been a student every day – learning from the best people I can find.
Two of them are Dave Dee and Alexis Martin Neely. Learn About Dave & Alexis Newest Information – Click Here!
I am mentioned in more of Dave’s products than any of single individual. I was just listening to another of his very helpful products about email marketing and he mentioned me quite prominently and read some of my materials. He has done that on other occasions too.
Why is that?
Dave and I share a love of learning: learning from success, and then sharing those successes with others.
And I pay him when I learn from him. And he pays me when I help get people to learn from him. We know that what we pay for, we appreciate even more, and we work hard to use the information we learn.
Like me, Dave & Alexis help business owners, like you, who've already figured out how to bring revenue into your core business; leverage your business SYSTEMS, processes, and intellectual property; and then take what you’ve learned to help other people.
And if you learn how to do it and work at it, you can turn your “sideline” business into a 6 figure (or more) profit center within your business (by packaging the way you do things in your own business and licensing your way of doing things to non-competitors in your industry).
In this season of Independence Day, this could be the start of REAL independence in your life.
Here’s what I’ve learned through Dave & Alexis:
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June 26, 2009
- Dave Dee and Alexis Martin Neely Work To Help Business Owners
Dave Dee – Marketer Extraordinaire – Knows How To Attract Free Giveaway Bonus Gifts For You
I'm a marketer.
I have years of experience, hundreds of millions of dollars of personal sales and a billion dollars of product I've marketed, and an MBA on the wall. I belong to business groups where I take leadership and presentation positions, sharing my knowledge, and I study great marketers like Dan Kennedy, Bill Glazer, Gary Halbert, and so many more.
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June 22, 2009
- Successful Entrepreneur – Keep Your Dream Strong
Work At Home – Get Some Help And Your Dream Can STILL Come True
Successful Entrepreneur – It's been your dream for SO long.
Remember your parents saying, “If you work hard enough, you can have anything in this life.”
As you were graduated from high school, then college, and pursued that six-figure job, “work hard, play hard” became your mantra.
Nothing ever got in your way as you pursued the American Dream.
Until now.
And with the World-wide Economic Meltdown of 2008 – 2009, it's gotten pretty tight around your place.
That pink slips in your friends' paychecks were like an electric shock to your heart. People down the street. Those you see in church. One of your grown children.
And fewer people are now on the golf course and tennis courts as they've stopped paying the fees to belong.
Sure, you knew the economy was lousy. You knew thousands of other people were losing their jobs.
But it wasn’t supposed to happen to you or people you care about.
What do they say: It's a recession when someone else is out of a job; it's a depression when YOU are out of a job.
And you know exactly what they mean as you see the scared look deep in the eyes of your friends.
Your life was all planned out! Get an education, get a great job, marry a wonderful woman, and raise a terrific family. Take memorable vacations to exotic locations. Send your kids to top colleges, and enjoy all the sentimental, inspiring moments of your childrens’ budding lives while simultaneously saving for your retirement, where you and your wife would slow dance off into the sunset of old age, reflecting on the deep meaning of your lives together.
SPLAT@*#+! Dream over! Vanished. Where did it go and what went wrong?
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