I know I certainly am…..but the more I walk my talk, the more productive and profitable I become. And the same is true for you!

Have a plan and stick to it! Make it concrete and don’t let it settle into routine that does not generate results. Think about when you look at a beehive. Each bee has a specific job and they do not change from it.

When their task is finished, either they are removed from the hive, or killed off by fellow bee’s. Now we know that it is not that ruthless in the real world, but sometimes it gets pretty similar. Don’t be your own worst enemy, and get in your own way!
Set up a 60 day business plan and make it concise! Pick 10 companies or individuals that you believe would benefit from your services. Focus on them and only them. Send out content rich material that will make a difference for them professionally and personally. Follow up with a brief phone call or concise emails.
This will develop credibility and make you more marketable.
Know each day what tasks you need and want to achieve. Check it off in front of your eyes and let it be easily seen. As I tell my clients and students….”The brain thinks in pictures”….and it does. Use visualization skills that will keep you “rockin’ & rollin” and will you see your client list grow and your bottom line!
Now get busy!!!

Hey I only have 24 hours just like you do, but we have GOT to make those work for our personal and professional life. I know that Social Media Marketing is the buzz word for the last year, but now it has become a reality to incorporate CURRENT STRATEGIES with OLD STRATEGY with NEW & UPCOMING STRATEGY. That is Cross Channel Marketing. I was just “blown away” by this incredible guy called
Mike Koenigs Social Media Marketing Machines.
First off,he probably has one of the best online videos going! Great graphics and great, absolutely great information. Enjoy it and learn….simply learn from this guy. He is worth it.
I know I have talked about Ed Peters and his Post Card Mailings techniques…and that too works. But this genius uses all 3 techniques to generate significant results.
His objective is to generate 500 new millionaires in the next 5 years.
Now thats a pretty cool goal. And using this technique, I think he will achieve it.
Check out his site…..in between decorations, wrapping and frenzied existence…but do it. Just simply check out his cross channel MoJo Marketing!
I think the title tells it all. Give yourself the gift….your worth it!!

I’ve discovered you really have to make it a niche market and a targeted market of who you are going to go after. And you have to be relentless about this. And that is the ugly part about it!
How hungry are you?
Listen to what Tom Antion has to say and Alex Mandossian and apply what they teach and you’ll be part of the “good” and less of the “bad and the ugly.”
I’ve got too much scar tissue to prove it!

You have to take an approach of feeling in control, when you temporarily feel that someone has taken it away from you.
What are the circumstances that have just taken place, where you feel less about yourself. Where you in a group setting, where you were judged by your piers? Where you in professional environment and someone made a corrective criticism about something you just did?
Seriously the situations can and do go on and on, if we let them.
You MUST take a step back when you feel “threatened.” You must review what has gone on to cause that feeling. Nobody, but nobody wants to feel left out…ever. You didn’t want to be that kid who was chosen last on the line up for teams. Why?…because it simply made you feel unworthy. Like nobody cared. And that is where you have to take some responsibility for the rejection and find where y6ur strength is. Being judged by other people hurts. And nobody likes that.
I have frequently used with my clients a technique that is called Neural Linguistic Programing (N.L.P.) And this exercise has you taking a deep breath, pressing your thumb to the first finger on your hand and repeating the following sentence.
“I choose to be in control, feeling strong and confident is O.K. with me.” Say this sentence 1 finger at a time with conviction. Take your thumb and go thru your right hand then switch over to your left hand and repeat that sentence as you press your thumb to each finger….repeating it AND meaning it.
Talk it over with someone, if you are stressed by what has been done or said to you. JUST DONT IGNORE AND REPRESS IT…or you will continue to lose your confidence.
Trust me, you will continually have your confidence challenged thru out your life! Choose to take control and feel focused and crisply aware of your talents. Choose to live in the present and focus on the power of you. Just that alone can be a might challenge. No one but no one can live your life fully. You have the control and the choice to believe and accept yourself!
Look in the mirror and realize what a blessing you are in so many simple but necessary ways! My book “Who Stole My Confidence? 7 Rock Solid Steps To Take Yours Back!” is the right investment in your life at ANY stage!

Several years ago, a smart entrepreneur came up with the idea of selling a “PET ROCK.” It came with a carrying container, and it had a little bed of “straw” in the inside, and it came with instructions of how to care for your brand new “pet rock.”

Their marketing into the fact that everybody needed and or wanted a pet. But many did not want the hassle or inconvenience of taking care of a pet. And Eureka…..this was the answer. You did not have to walk it, or feed it, or even pet it. You certainly could talk to it, and take it where ever you went. Because it did come with its’ own carrying case. People named their pet rocks, and it did make several million dollars of profit for the creator. Think about what your value proposition is for your product or service.

Lindsay Phillips, came up with the idea of “Switch Flops.” She created the idea of having sandals that could have interchangeable velcro tops for the sandals you owned. Color, texture and accessories made it veery versatile, inexpensive and very marketable.

She saw a market and a need and it worked. And she was only 24 when it went global and made her a multi-millionaire. Opportunities are out there in abundance and you probably have an idea that DOES have a niche market.

Take the time right now to right down 1 FEATURE OF YOUR PRODUCT….
and now write down 3 BENEFITS OF YOUR PRODUCT.
That is the ratio you want whenever you are marketing anything. What is in it for your customer. What and why should they buy your product, and not just once!

There is much more information to come on your next step marketing strategies. Accomplish these steps first…and remember, the “first sale” is to yourself as the internationally recognized entrepreneur Alan Weiss always says.

As a small business strategist and adjunct professor of marketing and communications, Strong Incentives knows what it takes to make your mark and make it profitably!

Stay tuned for more! It’s worth it.