The Soul Intention

Have you ever had that friend, who connects with you every so often, that when they do, you know the real reason their connecting is to sell you on their latest venture? Or how about that book, that on every other page has a pitch for an event, or some thread of hidden agenda that …

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More on Income Shots

I woke up this morning still reflecting on yesterday’s post. A few more thoughts… A while back I met a ‘leader’ in a Facebook chat. We had never spoken or connected personally before. Here’s what my brain remembers a bout the conversation. Me: “Hey _____, so nice to meet you.  I’m looking forward to getting to know you better. ” …

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The Weakest Form of Influence

The other day a friend asked on Facebook, “What’s your take on income screen shots?” No doubt, establishing credibility (showing your audience you can do that which they want you to teach them how to do), can be helpful. Income screenshots are 1 of the ways to do this, there are others. Here’s the thing …

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Free Traffic

Spark a fire, inspire a change, teach a concept. If you flip the switch for your audience, they’ll share you with others. A successful friend of mine has a saying.. “Share something worthwhile.” If it’s worthwhile, people will share. Quality turns into quantity. Free traffic.

Einstein on Communication

When you insult the message, you insult the messenger.   I have been guilty of putting down things I was not ‘up’ on in the past and then I realized that every time I did this, I was turning people away from my ability to influence them for good both now and in the future. …

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Facebook Vs. Blogging

A team member asked me yesterday, “Should I get a blog or should I just post and send people to my content on Facebook?” If Facebook and your blog got in a fight, your blog would get a KO in the first round. Here’s why. It’s your platform. Mark Zuckerberg can never take it away …

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Residual Value

The key to building a real residual income seems to be the same key to building a real residual, Blog readership Newsletter subscriber-ship Podcast audience Social media following Residual Value Without residual value, why would they continue to read, listen or pay? Once again here too, the long cut turns out to be the shortcut …

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Tricks Vs. Trust

In my spam box lie many an email from top earning online marketers. The subject lines are clever and the words of the content carefully crafted to trickily “get the click.” Every single email screams the same message, “click my link.” The thing is, had the email providers not classified these messages as spam and …

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The Be Back Rock

As you’re inviting people to look at your products and services, some will be open to looking, Others won’t, And others, won’t be content with just saying ‘no’. They’ll want to take the opportunity to throw rocks at you. A common one, occasionally thrown by other networkers, is the ‘mines better than yours’ rock. Unfortunately, …

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Entice & Takeaway

One of my first home business mentors taught me a powerful lesson. He said “When you’re fishing and a fish goes for the bait, if you pull the bait away just a little,  the fish will want it even more.” When I was endeavoring to persuade my beautiful wife to marry me, I told her, …

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