Ultimate Dads Success Ezine 011

Spread the Word!

Twenty-one young people joined our church this past Sunday. They were confirmed after weeks of education, communication, thinking, and wondering. And when I say young, I mean 8th grade (that’s young!).

My family says that I filter everything through my “marketing glasses” and I admit that I see parallels in most things that go on.

These young people searched to find their message (and the message that they could agree with that was floating around them from those they were working with).

They had to write a clear statement of faith, using words that others would understand and grasp onto.

They had to get before their peers, their families, and congregation and tell everyone what they believed and what they were thinking.

How many times to we (as marketers for our businesses) fail to find our own clear message? Fail to write our thoughts clearly so others can accept them (or, at the very least, understand them clearly)? Fail to stand up and stand out, telling people what is happening with us to that they can decide if they want to join us (by buying our product or service or sign up for our Ezine… as examples)?

The message is all around us. Let’s be clear with the message we deliver and always ask people to join us (let’s call that the Call To Action – make it clear, make it often).

Charlie

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The Six Senses in Proactive Selling

As William “Skip” Miller states in Proactive Selling: Control the Process – Win the Sale, there are six crucial aspects of Proactive Selling. Not the kind where you are an order-taker, waiting for someone to tell you want they want… but of the salesperson who goes out and finds the prospect and then keeps working to make the sale.

What are the top six most crucial aspects of Proactive Selling?

1. The Sense Of Confidence – The air you have about you that’s bred by preparation and previous wins. The best part about confidence is that it’s contagious. You can give it to your prospect. (Don’t confuse confidence with its evil twin – arrogance.)

2. The Sense Of Positive Anticipation- Everyone has read the best book on the subject before the age of five – The Little Engine That Could. I think I can, I think I can. Thinking you can is 50% of the outcome. (So is thinking you can’t.)

3. The Sense Of Determination – The sense of hanging in there no matter what. Determination is having the prospect tell you “no,” and you hear it as, “not yet.”

4. The Sense Of Achievement – Everyone subconsciously strives for their goals. Sensing achievements comes from a replay of the satisfaction you gained from making your last sale. Remember how good it felt?

5. The Sense Of Winning – Everyone wants to win, but only a few actually do. That’s because the will to prepare to win must exceed the will to win.

6. The Sense Of Success – This is the hardest sense to master because you must sense it before you actually achieve it. That calm feeling of money in the bank. An “I can do it” attitude. And a well-lit path in front of you. The sense of positive purpose.

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Twitter is more powerful than most people think!

These Twitter tools will make it easy to zero in on the information you’re looking for.

1. TweetGrid: TweetGrid is a search dashboard that will make your Twitter searches streamlined.

2. Twendz: Use this real time Twitter search engine with keywords and word clouds.

3. twitority: twitority is a great tool for searching Twitter users that have authority.

4. Flaptor Twitter Search: Mine the Twitter web using this simple search tool.

What do you find is working on the Internet? If you have a short article or suggestion to share with others here, please let us know. Share Your Internet Marketing Ideas Here!

Previous topics include:

- I tell people that I’m “on a deadline” so that I won’t be asked to waste time that I should be working toward my goals.

- I gave you a tip that I got from Dan Kennedy years ago: Only accept SCHEDULED telephone calls from clients.

- I presented something that I’m “famous” for (and the envy of many of my friends stuck in a “job”): my DPS Time – Dreaming, Planning, Scheming.

- I told you about SKYPE.

- I told you to stay away from TV, radio, newspapers, etc until late in your day – keep your engine running well with positive, uplifting, spiritual or meaningful messages instead.

- I suggested that you watch other industries, not just your own.

- I said that you should join a local business group to stay in touch with others.

- You also read about Setting Up A Blog.

Today I want to urge you to use video in your blogs. I won’t tell you how to do it in this short article… that’s for another time.

But videos deliver a message and help build a relationship very quickly. People SEE you and HEAR you and LEARN what you are all about. Your personality shines through and though some folks won’t like you (heck, remember in first grade that one kid in the corner who didn’t like you… life hasn’t changed much from then!) but most will understand you much better after seeing a video.

Here are two short examples of personality through videos:

1. I did a testimonial for Bill Crosby’s Twitter Traffic Machine. Twitter Traffic Machine and Bill’s video that includes me – Watch Bill Crosby here! OR go to my site and see the Tools We Use section and scroll down just a bit to see the video Charlie Seymour Jr’s site with the video testimonial about Bill Crosby – Click Here Now!

2. My daughter, Liz, has a terrific music CD on the market. At the top of her website we used a short introductory video so Liz could say hi. Liz Seymour Welcomes You To Her Site – Watch Liz Seymour here! (And then page through the site a bit and see ALL the videos we use. By the time you’ve seen 2 or 3, you’ll have a really good idea who Liz is and what music she presents!)

Video doesn’t have to be fancy. The video of Liz has about 5 transitions. The one for Twitter Traffic Machine is also very straight forward – no fancy gimmicks are needed in these videos.

Think about where YOU can use video… and then get going!

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Is Sales PREVENTION Getting In Your Way

Marketing and Selling: Do You Practice Sales PREVENTION? Are you doing SO much RIGHT but letting the whole thing fall apart by one or two little things you’re falling down on?

I won’t repeat all I wrote above nor all that’s in my post. Marketing and Selling: Do You Practice Sales PREVENTION – Read Charlie Seymour Jr’s blog post here!

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From 50 Universal Truths About Men

1. Why should I remind you that “I love you?” I already told you once.
2. I’ll do anything for sex; even commit to you for life.
3. I hate arguing with you. I’d much rather find a compromise.
4. I love long hair. Sorry, but I do.
5. When you speak softly, I can’t help but listen.

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Send us some of your favorites!

Here’s something amusing, if not “funny.”

The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. And the winners are:

1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.

more to come!

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Charlie Seymour Jr, founder of UltimateWorkAtHomeDads.com Charlie Seymour Jr is an Ultimate Work At Home Dad, an entrepreneur, and a marketer with a heart for families, children, the arts, and how they tie together. He created
UltimateWorkAtHomeDad.com, RaisingGreatFamilies.com, ILearnedItAllFromMyKids.com, and FathersAndTheDaughtersTheyLove.com.

Charlie has studied with some of the best direct response marketers on the planet – one on one, in the classroom, at seminars, and with work at home courses. He is no stranger to thinking big. He is an entrepreneur with a variety of interests and abilities, mostly focused on families and the Arts. He honed his skills as a business marketer and entrepreneur after earning his MBA in Marketing and Management from The Wharton School in 1975 and his BA in Economics and Music from Tufts University in 1973. He sold $247,368,657.97 as a salesman and marketed more than $1 billion as the Vice President of Marketing for Jackson-Cross Company.

Charlie is featured in the new book, Dream Inc, about 32 Philadelphia-area entrepreneurs and their million dollar secrets to success, and The Ultimate Success Secret by Dan Kennedy and Michael M. Capuzzi. Artistically his life has also been rich by directing musical theater when not working.

He is a frequent speaker and author about Marketing, Work At Home, and Web 2.0. He runs his own photography and video business; is an online community builder; and has been an Ultimate Work At Home Dad for nearly 20 years. In addition to his major online projects, Charlie created http://LizSeymour.com to assist his daughter as she produced her first music CD. His personal portal site is http://CharlesSeymourJr.com.

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