Our Greatest Glory Comes Through This

The Cornerstone of Success Perseverance, the willingness to keep going know matter how bad things may seem, is a cornerstone of every success story. Today, Jason Leister shows you how to become GREAT at your chosen discipline, but as he says, "not in a robotic lifeless kind of way, but in a more methodical, deliberate and conscious way." Persistence. That's how we achieve what Ralph Waldo Emerson calls, "our greatest glory". Craig Ballantyne "Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail." – Ralph Waldo Emerson Sticking Around For Greatness By Jason Leister I've spent a lot of time in my life looking for something "better." When I was a musician, I was "looking" for something better in the business world. When I was in the business world, I was "looking" for something better in the marketing world. In each subject area, I'd work really hard at the beginning. I'd either have some good success or great success and then BAMO... the bottom would fall out. The glitz and shine of the new would wear off, or maybe I'd just get bored. Either way, the result was the same over and over: Things would start to get old and I'd start "looking" again. I would always approach "greatness" or the start of it anyway, and then run over and start looking for another mountain to climb. Maybe I was afraid of success, maybe I was afraid of criticism, I don't know. And it doesn't really matter. The important lesson I (finally) learned is that operating like this is no way to live or run a business. One, it's tiring as heck. Two, it's kind of selfish. Because living like that keeps me from making the real breakthroughs in life. The ones that often require many, many days of what I used to consider monotony. Those are the breakthroughs that will really allow me to make an impact on the world. Making an impact requires excellence. And that comes from doing stuff over and over. I did that in the music world. I practiced my instrument a lot. Sometimes as much as four hours in a single day. I talk about it like it's a lot, but in the world of a professional musician, that's really nothing. Whether I practiced 20 minutes or four hours, I wasn't mature enough at the time to continue doing the work when I got bored. And I have to tell you, I got bored very often. But that's because I was "blind." I couldn't see the work for what it was - a path to achieving something great for myself and others. Mainly for others. Instead, I just saw the work as more work, and I didn't have the discipline to do it. I've grown up a bit since those days. Now I know that my "work" is developing the discipline to stick around and to keep doing my work. I do the work even if it's easy. Especially if it's easy. It's easy because I'm good at it. It's easy because it's a gift. A gift I'm supposed to share. And I can always get better... closer to being EXCELLENT. For me, I think this is the key to success: Develop the focus and discipline to do the things I'm good at over and over. To become GREAT at them. Not in a robotic lifeless kind of way, but in a more methodical, deliberate and conscious way. I'm betting that at the end of my life, I'm not going to look back and talk about how much money I made in such little time or anything like that. But I do imagine that I'll probably look back on my life and ask myself just how many lives I changed and by how much. So what does this have to do with business? I think a lot of business owners do the same thing. In the end, it's easy to devalue and skip over what comes easy for you. After all, there's no struggle in it. There's no "overcoming adversity" in it. There's no big "I DID it" release when you get to the end. That's the story line that plays out over and over again in the movies. Man overcomes all odds to achieve success. That's just not how it happens most of the time. That's not real, it's just a story. In my experience, "success" is far less exciting than I thought it was going to be. It reminds me a bit of a business owner I know who told me about a really successful marketing campaign he did once... and then said something like, "Yeah, we never did it again." Instead of looking for the "right work" my goal now is to do my work the "right way" for me. And that is to do it like it matters. Because it does. We're all on this earth to do something or be something. And we all have to figure out what that is. I think it's easy for those of us that are afflicted with this syndrome called entrepreneurialism to always be striving... always searching for that thing that's going to give us "the rush." A new marketing method, a new piece of software, a new cutting edge technique... I know I'm guilty of it. Instead of executing what I do well on a consistent basis, my focus was always on searching for the new and exciting. Sure I could generate traffic, sales, clients, readers by sitting down every day and writing something valuable. But hey, did you hear about this new [insert marketing fad of the week]? We get addicted to the climb instead of addicted to excellence. Don't discount what you do well just because it's easy for you. Even if it seems too easy or unexciting. You could be on your way to something great. And that is what the world needs now more than ever. The world is waiting for you to discover your greatness. Do your work. Over and over and over again. [Ed. Note: Jason Leister is an internet entrepreneur, direct response copywriter and editor of “The Client Letter,“ the daily e-letter from ClientsSuck.net, where he helps independent professionals create success. You can contact him via his website at JasonLeister.com.]

10 Blazing Ways To Sky-Rocket Your Profits

Today's feature article is: 10 Blazing Ways To Sky-Rocket Your Profits
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1. Use a "P.S." at the end of your ad copy. This  is were you either want to repeat a strong benefit
or use a strong close like a free bonus.
2. Publish a free ebook and give it away from your web site or in your e-zine. This will increase your
traffic, sales and e-zine subscribers.
3. Create multiple streams of income with your web site. You could sell your own products, join affiliate
programs, sell advertising space, etc.
4. Give your visitors compliments in your ad copy. This can earn their trust and put them in a good
mood, in return they will be easier to sell too.
5. Create new products or services only if there is a strong need for them. You won't have anyone to
sell them to if you don't have a market.
6. Sell your backend products to your customers right after they order. Take them to a "Thank You"
web page that includes other products you sell.
7. Sell a few products on your web site instead of selling a large amount of products. To many choices
can overwhelm your visitors and they won't buy.
8. Include content and free stuff on your web site that promote the products you're selling. If they
don't read your ads, they may read your offerings.
9. Remind your visitors that you're human not just a web site. You could publish information on your
family life, a picture of yourself , a profile, etc.
10. Provide a "Contact Page" on your web site. Give your visitors as many options to contact you
as possible. This'll add credibility to your business.

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Quote of the Day:
"Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to." -- Greg Anderson

10 Boundless Ways To Anchor Down More Sales

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Today's feature article is: 10 Boundless Ways To Anchor Down More Sales

1. Multiply your marketing and advertising efforts  on the Internet. You can accomplish this by starting
an affiliate program or using viral marketing.
2. Increase your ratio of visitors that purchase your  product(s). You could change your headline, offer a
stronger guarantee, add testimonials, etc.
3. Find out who are your strongest leads for buying  your product by offering a free ezine. The visitors
that are very interested will subscribe to it.
4. Team up with your competition by starting an association for your specific industry. It could lead
to a profitable partnership with them.
5. Publish an e-zine for your employees. This could motivate them to do a better job or fill them in on
were your business is headed
6. Search for your business' name in newsgroups and discussion boards. Some of the comments you
find could help you improve your business
7. Attract people to link to your web site. You could offer them a discount on the products you sell or
give them free stuff for linking.
8. Develop your own opt in email list by giving your visitors a reason to give you their e-mail address.
Allow them sign up to free stuff and contests.
9. Create a "PR" web page for your business. List information that could be considered newsworthy
for e-zines, newspapers, magazines, etc.
10. Give your business and products credibility by linking to web sites that have written positive stories
about your business.

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Quote of the Day:
"...if the next generation is to face the future with zest and self-confidence, we must educate them to be original as well as competent." -- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

10 Killer Profit Boosters

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Today's feature article is: 10 Killer Profit Boosters

1. Gain an advantage over your competition. You should find one benefit your competition doesn't offer and use it as your main selling point.
2. Design your e-zine so it creates multiple free advertising streams. Ask readers to forward it to people they know, offer ad trades, etc.
3. Allow your visitors to subscribe to an update e-zine. Anytime you make changes to your web site they can receive an informative e-mail.
4. Focus your articles on information the targeted readers and e-zine publishers want. They will get published more often, which means free publicity.
5. Use problems to attract online traffic. Find a common online problem and use your web site
to solve it. People will visit and see your ads.
6. Have an informative FAQ page at your web site. Anticipate questions your prospects or visitors
may have; this will help improve your sales ratio.
7. Improve your negotiation skills. This'll improve your business because you're always negotiating ad
swaps, supply prices, joint ventures, wages, etc.
8. Beat your competition by giving away a similar product or service that they charge for. It could
be add on products, warranties, servicing, etc.
9. Build a larger online community by giving your visitors bonuses for participating on your message
boards or chat rooms. Try free products, ads, etc.
10. Instead of starting an affiliate program, start a referral program. Give people discounts and free
products for referring people to your site.
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Quote of the Day:
"Practice is the best instruction of them all." --  Publilius Syrus 

10 Innovative Ways To Use Your Autoresponder

Today's feature article is: 10 Innovative Ways To Use Your Autoresponder
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1. Collect leads with your autoresponder. You will get an e-mail digest of everyone's e-mail addresses who
requests information from your autoresponder.
2. Publish a price list of all the products and services that you offer. You could also include order forms,
product descriptions, and other sales material.
3. Publish free reports in autoresponder format. The reports should be related to your business or web site.
Giving away free stuff will quickly increase your traffic.
4. Collect vital customer satisfaction information by publishing a survey in autoresponder format. This type
of information will help you serve them better.
5. Instead of answering every customer question that's e-mailed to you, publish " Frequently Ask Questions" in autoresponder format. This will save time and money.
6. You could publish your testimonials or endorsements in autoresponder format if you don't have the room in your ad copy. It's more effective to include all of them.
7. Provide back issues of your e-zine archives in auto-responder format. This will give your subscribers and
web site visitors easy access to them.
8. Publish your entire web site in autoresponder format.Sometimes visitors don't have enough time read your
entire site. They could print it out and read it offline.
9. You could offer your ebook in autoresponder format. Your visitors won't have to download it or have the
software to read it right away.
10. You could publish the terms and conditions to any business transactions in autoresponder format. This
could include return policies, purchases, refunds etc.
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"We live by admiration, hope and love." -- William  Wordsworth

10 Cool Ways To Attract People To Your Web Site

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Today's feature article is: 10 Cool Ways To Attract People To Your Web Site

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1. Give people a free subscription to your e-zine.  Almost everyone is publishing a e-zine nowadays so it's important to give something extra with the free subscription. You could offer a free gift or advertising when people subscribe.
2. Provide your visitors with free content. Your content will be more attractive to your visitors if it's up-to-date or original. You could also offer people the option to reprint the content in their e-zine or web site.
3. Offer a free online directory. The directory could be full of interesting ebooks, e-zines, web sites etc. If people find your directory to be a valuable resource they will visit it over and over.
4. Give your visitors a free ebook. You could also include your own ad in the ebook and allow other people to give it away. If you don't want to take the time to write one, you could ask other writers permission to use their articles.
5. Hold free online classes or seminars. They could be held in your web site's chat room. The idea of "live" information will definitely entice people to visit your web site. You will become known as an expert on the topic.
6. Give visitors a free entry into your contest or sweepstakes. The prizes should be something of interest or value to your visitors. Most people who enter will continually revisit your web site to get the results.
7. Let visitors download free software. It could be freeware, shareware, demos etc. You could even turn part of your site into a free software directory. If you created the software, include your ad inside and let other people give it away.
8. Offer free online services or utilities from your web site. They could be search engine submitting, copy writing proofreading etc. The service or utility should be helpful to your target audience.
9. Give free consulting to people who visit your  web site. You could offer your knowledge via e-mail or by telephone. People will consider this a huge value because consulting fees can be very expensive.
10. Give your visitors a free membership to your online club. People want to belong to something,
why not your online club. You could also give away a free e-zine for club members only.

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"Forget the resolutions. Forget control and  discipline...too much work. Instead try experimenting. Go in search of something to fall in love with...something about yourself, your career, your spouse." -- Dale Dauten

Lesson 9: Make Money Selling on EBay

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Lesson 9: Make Money Selling on EBay
What is eBay?
EBay is the world's online marketplace; a place for buyers and sellers to come together and trade almost anything.
A seller lists an item on eBay, most anything from antiques to cars, books to sporting goods. The seller chooses to accept only bids for the item (an auction-type listing) or to offer the Buy It Now option, which allows buyers to purchase the item right away at a fixed price.
In an online auction, the bidding opens at a price the seller specifies and remains on eBay for a certain number of days. Buyers then place bids on the item. When the listing ends, the buyer with the highest bid wins.
In a Buy It Now listing, the first buyer willing to pay the seller's price gets the item.

EBay works exactly like an electronic �flea market� with these advantages:
EBay sellers pay a small flat fee plus a 1.5% percentage fee to eBay in order to market their wares.
Why selling on eBay?
-Starting a business on eBay is easy and quick
-You don�t require large investment
-Anybody can start an eBay business, no special skill is required
-You can sell virtually anything.
-With your eBay business you can have flexible work time
-You have a ready-made market of over 150 million person.
Sales can either be auction format (competitions between bidders), or traditional fixed price format. The sellers choose whichever format they prefer;
The buyers and sellers will likely never meet in person;
Fulltime staff is employed to enforce safety and fairness of selling;
An honesty incentive model called �positive feedback� is used to motivate buyers and sellers to trade with integrity;
Professional third parties payment services, like Paypal.
EBay is easier to use than a flea market.
How to start selling on eBay?
1- You need to create an account on eBay, it�s free.
2- You need to accept payment online, the best and the most familiar way is open paypal account, it�s free.
3- Before you start selling on eBay you need to know what to sell, and you need important tips to help in this business please read carefully.

Get Started selling on eBay
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