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| Business Ideas - Mind First |
| 2008-09-14 11:07:06 |
I'm in Chicago - and after 2 solid days of rainfall - the most in the history of Chicago....EVER - I was in the mood for a change of scenery.Get there in your mind first,And your experience won't be too far behind.(I would go fullscreen)Refreshed?Then let's get down to Business.........
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| Hurricane Ike-like Thoughts don't Help Business. |
| 2008-09-13 08:50:10 |
Today Hurricane Ike is "pounding" Texas and the golf coast, but while the news outlets make their money by focusing on struggle and violence - I prefer to use hurricane Ike to help the BusinessViking cause:Coming up with ways to make more money by being more effective.I've been wanting to talk about a subject for awhile and Hurricane Ike has given me the perfect metaphor. When you're in a hurricane - or if you're watching it on TV - you'll notice debris blowing every which way, destabilized home......
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| More Conversions. More Sales. More Money. |
| 2008-09-13 08:48:08 |
You can quickly and easily understand how to get more conversions and sales - in fact, if you've read all my articles then you already have this information jumbled around in your head. But just in case you're new or....forgetful....I'll clean it up.I think a big problem comes when people go into a store or major website like Amazon or Ebay and they think: "Gee, look at how they do it. They just showcase all their stuff and people just start buying."So people set up their websites - put some hal......
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| Chrome: The New Google Browser Download |
| 2008-09-06 10:39:21 |
*Update: Here's the Link for the new Google Chrome.(Review coming)You might be a bit uncomfortable with the amount of power Google wields online, but you've got to give it to them: for a titanic-sized company, they're always ready for a change and a challenge - they're always game. Today - in mere hours or less - Google will officially give the 'go ahead' for their new web browser, Chrome.[Learn More. See their Advertising...]The browser is one subject to talk about - but another is the way they......
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| Feel Good: Improve Your Life. |
| 2008-09-06 08:38:37 |
[Video Below]It's Labor Day -- at least in the U.S. But really it doesn't matter where you live or what day it is when you see this - kick back for a few minutes. I hunted down this video and when I saw this guy ask his question I knew it was going here.[Why did I Like this Video?]The guy is chosen by the speaker to ask his question....The answer starts with: "We're going to give you exactly what you're asking for. Get ready for this."And you hear him whisper "OK" and shift in his seat like he's......
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| Business Online: Quick Trust. |
| 2008-09-01 09:57:53 |
This man is a spy.Well - he used to be for the C.I.A anyway. He's Mike Baker and in 2004 he did a reality TV show called SPY. A bunch of 'wannabe' spies join up and go through test after spy-like test to determine who really "Has what it Takes to be a Real Spy."How this came to me - 4 years later - don't ask.Now here's the helpful bit:As a spy, you need to be a master of peopleology. You need to know how to connect with people and gain their trust in MOMENTS. Your life or the possibly the lives ......
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| 2008 Democratic Convention: Lesson on Image |
| 2008-08-29 08:28:49 |
Even if you're part of the 50%+ part of America or the 98%+ part of the world that doesn't vote in the US or pay very close attention to the process - there are BIG business lessons to be learned from even just this single photo comparison.[Learn What that Lesson is...]On the left is a photo from the 2008 Democratic National Committee Convention in Denver last night - it's a pep rally for the guy who wants to be president. On the right is a still image from a video of the CURRENT Philippine Pres......
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| Changing Beliefs to Make Money |
| 2008-08-26 06:16:55 |
Isn't it great when something goes wrong in your business or at work, and it's as if God Himself was watching you, knowing that you're in need of something? He placed a coworker near you - perfect. Someone to blame.You feel great. Problem identified - it's not you - perfect.[Change Your Beliefs Changes Everything. Continue...]WAKE UP. The problem IS you. When you own the business, when you're the manager - YOU are the one. Now if you'll get over the "I want to feel badly for myself" bit - then y......
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| Business Advice: Fake Your Energy. |
| 2008-08-26 05:13:12 |
Warning:This will be one of the most important articles on the site - so though I expect many first reactions to the word "energy" to be recoil - I strongly advise you keep an open mind until the end. There's a phrase that many success 'gurus' advise and that is to“Fake it until you make it.”And that is supposed to mean "pretend that you're a success until you actually become one." I like that advice - BUT - it isn't a suit you put on only when you're 'at work' - and when you treat it that w......
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| Business Trick: Persuasive Selling I |
| 2008-08-26 05:07:58 |
The Stringing 'YES!'Here's a quick selling tactic that you have definitely run into, but you probably forget to actually use during your sales pitches, letters, negotiations, and even job interviews: The Stringing YES!Do you want to learn more?Have you been looking for ways to improve your business skills?Wouldn't you finally like to learn something valuable for free?Yes. Yes. Yes.Now buy my product![Master the Technique]And....you're supposed to follow the pattern that we've already established......
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| Successful Entrepreneur: Simon Cowell |
| 2008-08-26 05:05:38 |
A Lesson in Effortlessness[Video Below]You've seen him, heard him - watched him ridicule people who likely have mental disabilities - he's Simon Cowell the British...money mogul. He really can't be called much else given to the fact that he says he'll consider any job if it offers a paycheck.What I like about him - and especially this video - is you hear him admit that he doesn't know anything about the music industry on the technical side. He's basically just a fan with ideas. More evidence tha......
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| Business Power: More Customers |
| 2008-08-26 05:03:50 |
“If you Feed them,They will come.”I might be crow-barring these images into the business section but they'll illustrate my point as well as anything else.The point? Consistency creates comfort - and comfort means trust...and TRUST means money, opportunity, development - everything.Did you know that your website will be ranked higher if it has been registered with you for a longer period of time? Even the search engines need to know that you will be consistently present before they start to '......
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| Commercials that Work: Press Play. |
| 2008-08-26 05:02:45 |
The More Fun,The More Effective.David Elsewhere is just trying to enjoy some of his daily robot dancing(modeshifting) in the middle of the streets of LA when people keep interrupting his groove by calling his motoRokr: Mp3 Player / Cell Phone.I've seen creative ads before - the old guy who break dances for Great America, the cavemen for Geico - but this one drives home the point that it doesn't need to cost thousands to make a commercial stickily effective.Think of the most popular YouTube video......
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| Business Lesson: 2008 Beijing Olympics |
| 2008-08-12 04:58:06 |
BusinessWeak did a story this week about how businesses are gunning for sponsorship during the 2008 Beijing Olympics but what about small businesses and entrepreneurs?The story explained how GE, McDonald's and other multi-national conglomerates are pushing their advertising on a billion or so potential new customers. Even the security agencies were licking their chops for the opportunity to win big bids to secure this year's Olympics.But why is it always the BIG companies that figure out how to ......
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| Business Tips: Creative Brand, YOU |
| 2008-08-10 02:17:23 |
I'm exporting this post via a blackberry - so no time-wasting.Look around at other businesses, you'll notice that most of them are more alike than they are different. This is especially true of small businesses, who - thinking they don't have enough money to be flashy - opt to be the exact opposite: simple, basic, forgettable.Good news: It's easy to stand out without breaking your budget.[Story Continues]The simple answer is this: Be You.Now why does this work?First of all - despite the fact tha......
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| 5 Ways to Expand Your Business |
| 2008-08-07 06:58:48 |
Sometimes when you're running your business you reach a plateau - you flatten out before you really wanted to. Well there are some easy ways you can add some new revenue to your business and it doesn't matter if you're in the service or the product industry. These five little handy methods WILL apply to YOU.Let's get down to it:[Story Continues]5 Roads to ExpansionΘ Get Your Newsletter.Reach more people in more places by starting your own online newsletter. It doesn't have to be flashy. It does......
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| Business Interviews: Wikipedia Facebook Founders |
| 2008-08-07 05:45:21 |
I came across a few 2-minute video interviews between best-selling author, Seth Godin, co-founder of Napster.com and founding President of Facebook.com - Sean Parker - and the founder of Wikipedia.com - Jimmy Wales. They hit upon some solid internet marketing, sales, and business growth concepts so I thought it'd be interesting to hear them and see them make these points.A Networked World:First up you hear Jimmy Wales explain how an idea or a business concept or YOUR business can spread like wil......
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| Business Tips: Creative Publicity |
| 2008-08-05 06:41:05 |
Are YOU willing to live in your garage?I haven't done any pieces on fellow internetters yet, but when you see creativity and you see the entrepreneurial spirit in action and you get the chance to peak behind the curtain of a new start-up...well you just have to get behind that energy.This is Eric McCarty (aka Eric the Red) of Johnson City, Tennessee. As I mentioned in my article on Creating Publicity, controversy is one of the 4 pillars. Eric has created some of his own over at - FellowTip.com -......
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| Business Lesson : Richard Branson in 11 Minutes |
| 2008-08-03 02:31:35 |
I recently did an article on Richard Branson's new VirginGalactic milestone success, but I didn't really get into Richard Branson himself. There are people you learn about and when you watch them you have to say:“Well I like this about them and I like that about them, but other than those 2 things this person's life is a complete mess.”But Richard Branson is one of those few people that you look at and say, "This person really has it together. This is someone who is DOING what he should be d......
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| Increase Sales Sold: 3 Types of Sell |
| 2008-08-01 02:22:08 |
I don't care what kind of business you have, if you're trying to make money, you need to be able to sell - ESPECIALLY if you're an entrepreneur. 3 Steps - Use this chart to write "3" in hieroglyphics.But before I take even one more step down this path that you might think is boring business talk - let's change your perception of the word "sales" - I know I had to. Sometimes your eyes just glaze over on certain words if you think boredom is coming soon... BUTIf you replace the word 'Sell' with 'B......
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| New Business Ideas: Richard Branson |
| 2008-07-30 07:14:51 |
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson unveils The White Knight Two in the California desert. But this project isn't complete. It has done no test flights and in fact the actual ship that breaks through the atmosphere, named SpaceShip Two, is only 70% complete.So the ships aren't all completed, there have been no tests, and the date for their commercial use hasn't been set. Why is there a party?Well, as I mentioned in my article on The Power of Consistency, you have to break your bigger goals i......
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| Business Help: A Good Business is Memorable. |
| 2008-07-29 06:45:44 |
It was recently on yahoo that China now has more people online than the United States. True that advertisers spend 3 times more to reach US users - but the fact remains. Google recently let it out that it has indexed over a trillion webpages and some billions more are added each DAY!So in this indescribably cluttered and growing realm - how in the hell are you going to get people to remember YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR WEBSITE? If you want to last it's imperative that they remember you.So I've put toget......
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| Business Blog Interview: Alborz Fallah |
| 2008-07-27 02:01:06 |
This is a 2007 Holden Epica. It doesn't look like much but it played a big role in helping 1 blogger take his blog from struggling anonymity to leader of the pack.I recently came across a 2007 interview with a pretty successful blogger from Australia named Alborz Fallah. By 'pretty successful' I mean his blog was valued at $5,000,000.00 and earns him somewhere in the vicinity of $50,000 per month. Some 'pretty successful' numbers. But more than just read the interview and feel inspired - which w......
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| Business Lesson: Word-of-Mouth Starters |
| 2008-07-24 05:01:00 |
In a recent Forbes.com article, the best way you can get attention to your business or website is through: PUBLICITY. The article goes on to explain WHY - but that doesn't help you so here you'll learn HOW. How can you get some publicity? How can you spark some word-of-mouth about your business or what you're doing?Here are the Best ways to generate word-of-mouth AND publicity:[Story Continues]Δ The First.There are a few phrases that are music to publicity ears and one of them is "the first".......
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| Sirius Satellite Radio: Bad Debt. You Win. |
| 2008-07-23 07:01:00 |
If you're in the United States and/or you listen to satellite radio then you've heard about the..."crisis" going on between the only 2 satellite radio companies: XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. It looks like the two companies which have lost a combined Half a Billion Dollars in the last year alone are standing on their last leg.Learn from their mistake - and you just might be thanking them for helping you get your business to the next level.[Story Continues]So the story goes like ......
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| Website Mistakes = Business Lost. |
| 2008-07-22 09:01:00 |
It seems that many business people still aren't making their websites nearly as effective as they can be, and it might be because they think the job is too technical. That's why I'm giving this list of biggest website mistakes in PLAIN ENGLISH so anyone can quickly scan their site and make the changes.Maybe you're putting off the whole 'website' thing because it just seems too daunting. But even making 1 of these changes, which might only take 3 minutes - can improve your site's ranking, attract......
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| Business Lesson: Power of Consistency |
| 2008-07-21 05:59:49 |
There's a Chinese saying:"Be not afraid of going slowly. Be only afraid of standing still."In Ancient Greece there was a story with the moral:"Slow and steady wins the race."(In America it's a cartoon.)The cultures, the centuries, the languages are all different but isn't funny how they all managed to stumble onto the same idea: consistency counts. There really is no substitute for experience as a teacher and before I implemented this idea I never really understood how powerful it really was.[St......
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| Campaignin' |
| 2008-07-19 07:49:27 |
Don't Get Too Worked Up Over the Politics of it All.I wasn't going to post this but the song was stuck in my head so there must be something to it.When the video starts, you can go FULL SCREEN by holding your mouse over the movie and clicking the "X" thing in the bottom-right corner. Enjoy.Where are you in the political arena? Do you get caught up in it? Touchy subject? Could you care less? What did you think of the video?[The End.]......
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| Power of Authority: Get What You Want |
| 2008-07-18 05:19:01 |
Ever wonder how you can 'increase your conversions'(get what you want) -- in ANY area of your life? Plenty of articles go into putting up sparklers or using old tricks. There are even books about gaining power by using under-handed methods. But you don't need to compromise your ethics in order to have more influence.One thing you can do is consciously use the Power of Authority. When you feel like an authority, when you're seen as an authority - people respond. Here are some interesting and fun ......
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| Experts: Take a Hike. |
| 2008-07-16 07:01:00 |
"Experts" are a great and necessary part of any culture - specialists - they have detailed knowledge that can get you through make-or-break situations. But did you know that they're not infallible?They ARE capable of making mistakes, and when they do - they can be massive blunders with disastrous effects on YOU. If you have an expert or a mentor in your life - run through this checklist so you don't inadvertently stop following your dream:[Story Continues]So if you have an expert in your life he......
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| Obama Cover on New Yorker Magazine: Sustaining Image. |
| 2008-07-15 07:01:00 |
[Audio Clip Inside.]This week the New Yorker magazine ran a cover with Barack and Michelle Obama in less-than-flattering poses on its cover. Critics of it call it tasteless and offensive, while supporters of it suggest it might be hinting at some amount of truth on some level.Of course we'll take a look at it from a business perspective.In my article on the Business of Politics, I talk about the similarities that exist between politics and business. IMAGE was a big one and if you don't think thi......
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| Decide Study in Business |
| 2008-07-14 07:01:00 |
A few days ago I received an email from a 20-something reader who was feeling a bit frustrated about how to move forward with his career. Here's a bit of what he had to say:Hi, I read your blog almost every single day because it really gives a lot of information on business and how to become a better business man and entrepreneur. [shameless plugging]...I am not sure what career to pursue and really frustrates me. I love selling stuff and almost always get a great return in profits when I do. I ......
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| The Secret speaker: Joe Vitale. The Big Idea |
| 2008-07-13 06:01:00 |
If you haven't guessed, I like to switch it up on the weekends. Lighten it up. Change the pace. Keep it dynamic. So here is an interview with one of the contributors to the movie, The Secret Joe Vitale.I want to say this about him - when I first heard about him, before the secret, I came across one of his websites surfiremarketing or spitfiremarketing..I can't recall the exact name but it was one of those cheese-ball, promise the world type of sites. I wrote him off completely.When I saw him in ......
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| Start a Business: 15 Why's. |
| 2008-07-11 07:00:12 |
I asked a question in a forum that I have never seen before: "Why did you start your business?" 15 webmasters responded from all over the world and I thought it would be interesting and hopefully inspiring to hear all the different reasons why people get involved.Weigh in at the end with your OWN response by posting a comment.Here's what people had to say:[Story Continues] 1 Janet(Wisconsin, USA)It depends on which site I am talking about. This one is a "franchise" site of the company I work f......
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| Poker Lessons for Business |
| 2008-07-10 03:40:40 |
Poker is a great game to play. It's a great business too. And in fact the principles of poker apply to more than just itself - you can use poker lessons to help you improve your business skills. Did you realize that in the book, "How to Become a Billionaire", the author studied characteristics of many of the world's billionaires and 1 of those characteristics was that most billionaires play poker.You might write that off as: "Oh they just have money to throw around." But you'd be missing how you......
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| The Power of Shapes in Business |
| 2008-07-09 01:54:47 |
Shapes are more than just figures - they can portray meanings, they can call forth emotions, they can capture attention. Shapes are used by businesses, the government, charities, and the military to convey meaning and influence people by using subtle, but effective, suggestion.Are you paying attention to shapes in YOUR business? Here are some examples of uses of shapes and how YOU can use them right now:[Story Continues]The idea of using shapes to convey meaning is not a new one. In fact it goes......
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| Coming Soon from BusinessViking.com : |
| 2008-07-08 04:59:23 |
LEARN MORE.Look for this upcoming publication that reveals the strategy and leadership of one of History's Greatest Kings:Alexander the Great.This fall will be YOUR rise.Questions or Comments? Use the email address at right.......
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| Change Business or Business Idea - Good or No? |
| 2008-07-07 05:23:41 |
You're an entrepreneur - you've got a creative mind. Ideas come to you like clockwork. You write them down. You work on one of them. Wait - now you're working on the other one. No no no - work on THAT one. Ok Ok - THIS is the one you want to work on. Promise.Find yourself hopping from one project to the next without ever really seeing any of them through? Sometimes that can lead you to great opportunities - and sometimes you're just fooling yourself.So when is it a good idea to stick to it - and......
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| Interview: Bruce Lee |
| 2008-07-06 05:34:13 |
Bruce Lee was a master martial artist, a teacher, an actor - a success. You can tell by this interview 2 key qualities:First: He's completely confident. He knows his trade - even when he doesn't know, he knows that he doesn't know and he's comfortable with the fact that he's always in the process of growing. He doesn't try to pretend that he is all-knowing.Second: He is totally passionate about his craft and his life. You can tell that during this interview he is 'in the flow'. It might be his p......
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| Idea Talk I: Developing Your Idea. |
| 2008-07-05 17:43:02 |
Any idea can make money. Every idea is valid. And you say: "I have lots of ideas, and I'm not making money on any of them."You're either not applying your ideas properly, or you're not applying them at all. Here's how to take any idea to Market - here's how to turn an idea into cash.[Story Continues]You know there are commercials that go something like this:"Sick of seeing someone else make money on YOUR ideas? Call us today and we'll tell you if your idea is any good and we'll help you get it p......
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