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Mark S. A. Smith designs and implements customer acquisition systems that find and recruit customers for disruptive products. He speaks at entrepreneurial events delivering pragmatic ideas to grow and succeed.He is an electrical engineer, media technologist, computer programmer, hardware salesman, a software marketer, and business owner who works with leaders who must develop the best way to bring in the right customers, fast!Mark wrote 13 books and sales guides targeting government, educational, healthcare and the private sector, including three with Guerrilla Marketing author, Jay Conrad Levinson. He has authored more than 400 magazine articles.With his engineering, sales, and business background, he can teach information in a way that customers, salespeople, and management understand so that they can clearly communicate with their customers.

Creates powerful and innovative sales channel tools, combining product knowledge with proven sales skills. Creates custom white papers and books to sell technology to top management. Delivered thousands of speeches on selling.

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We have all heard of the blessings we can share with others. This is usually outlined as Time, Talents, and Treasure. I recently posted two quotes on Facebook that address this with a twist... "Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value!" and "Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom!"

This year I want you to start off strong and think about 3 other "T"s you may need to be successful this coming year

* Thoughts - Leadership

* Techniques - Systems

* Tools - Technology

In this episode, we will explore how you can stand out from the crowd by using your inner powers to grow your business through Thought Leadership!

Bob Burg shares information on topics vital to the success of today’s businessperson. He speaks for corporations and associations internationally, including fortune 500 companies, franchises, and numerous direct sales organizations.

Bob regularly addresses audiences ranging in size from 50 to 16,000 — sharing the platform with notables including today’s top thought leaders, broadcast personalities, Olympic athletes and political leaders including a former United States President.

Although for years he was best known for his book Endless Referrals, over the past few years it’s his business parable, The Go-Giver (coauthored with John David Mann) that has captured the imagination of his readers.

The Go-Giver, a The Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek Bestseller, has sold over 500,000 copies. Since its release it has consistently stayed in the top 25 on 800ceoread’s Business Book Bestsellers List. It has been translated into 21 languages and is Bob’s fourth book to sell over 250,000 copies.

Bob is an advocate, supporter and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve.

He is also an unapologetic animal fanatic and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Furry Friends Adoption and Clinic in Jupiter, Florida.

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We are at the end of another year and at the beginning of the New Year. Some things change, and some things stay the same. One thing that never changes is that we are all given the same 168 hours per week. Most of us spend 1/3rd sleeping, 1/3rd working, and we have 1/3rd left over for everything else in our lives (relationships, family, hobbies, relaxation or simple things like cooking and eating).

It's how you use that time that matters. It's hard to cut sleep and work, but you have to make a commitment to improving yourself is you want to see real change in the Next Year!

* Write Your Goals Down

* Look Back At Last Year

* Move Forward - Budget Your Money & Time

* Be Held Accountable

* Hire A Coach

* Join A Mastermind

* Get Out & Network

* Invest In Yourself

* Book Time To Improve Yourself

* Take Courses

* Read Books

If you feel you can't spare a minute or a second, you may need help? Maybe you have to hire more employees or contractors? I use Virtual Assistants to complete a whole host of tasks that saves me over 20 hours per month. How much time do you need or want to have to help you improve your business in the coming year?

 

 

 

Armand Morin is an Internet marketing industry expert who has built a multimillion-dollar international business. In 1996, he started with $1.83 in his pocket and no experience and has grown it into a multi-million dollar international business, which has done business in over 100 countries around the world.

Over the past 18 years, he has built his Internet Marketing empire to the point that he is one of the most well known Internet Marketers in the world today teaching everyone from newbies to the experts. He teaches exact techniques and strategies he uses in his business every day. His thousands of students have also produced millions of dollars in online revenue.

Armand Morin is one of the most referenced names in Internet marketing. A quick search on Yahoo, Google and MSN and you’ll see his name alone is on hundreds of thousands of websites. His name is mentioned in numerous books on Amazon.

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Getting your messages out and heard is my main business. There are many aspects of creating your brand and your messages, but this post is about the Tools, Technology, And Techniques we all use to get our messages created and distributed.

Tools

* Computers

* Tables

* Cell Phones

Technology

* Platforms

* Browsers

* Applications

* Search Engines

Techniques

* Blogs

* Podcasts

* Videos

In this podcast, we will explore all of these options in brief and how NOT to become overwhelmed with the production process.

 

Terri is a business mentoring expert and the Chief Heartrepreneur® at Heartrepreneur® LLC. She is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, radio host, and appears regularly in the media as a business coaching and consulting expert.

Terri got fed up with how business was treating prospects, customers, employees, and vendors and decided to shift the business mindset and created the term Heartrepreneur® to overhaul how we do business today. Dr. Levine is disrupting how business owners communicate, sell, and market their businesses.

Her programs range from business coaching and business consulting, business training seminars for business owners, business coaching training programs to develop coaching skills, creating professional training courses for others in the field of business coaching and providing additional products and services to companies seeking support to become Heartrepreneur® based businesses.

She is shifting how business is done today and her heart-to-heart proprietary Heartrepreneur® based strategies are taking off like crazy.  Her bestselling book, “Turbocharge How to Transform Your Business As a Heartrepreneur®” became an instant best seller among business owners around the globe.

All of Terri’s Heartrepreneur® programs shift leaders, employees, business owners, and entrepreneurs to a place of complete authenticity, transparency, and into heart-based communication.

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I sometimes call myself Captain Obvious. I have to often remind myself and my clients about some simple things that most of us all do but some either forget or ignore. This is especially true when it comes to computers and other electronic devices and keeping them safe and up to date.

Here are five things that I consider The Caption Obvious Credo...

* Turn Down Spammers & Scammers

* Look Up And Review Your Renewals & Subscriptions

* Embrace Down Time And Update Often

* Back It Up (I Mean Your Data)

* Write It Down

These five steps can do a lot to make sure you can manage your work day and workflow smoothly. Keep them in mind and do your best to embrace the Captain Obvious in yourself!

 

I am sad to report that Tom Justin passed away on June 22nd, 2017. This is the 2nd half of his interview that I have never posted before...

The Wizard Of AHA's is what clients have called Tom Justin. Creativity and problem-solving are at the root of Tom’s work in coaching, consulting, writing, and speaking.

His approach to solutions comes with a high degree of intuition and decades of experience and results with clients from American Airlines, Entrepreneur Magazine, celebrities, entrepreneurs, and people from all walks of life.

Tom brings an eclectic background from the arts to business to the worlds of spirituality and mind power to his audiences around the world.

He was a guest lecturer at UCLA's Experimental College for a six-week series entitled "Mind, Power and Intuition,” a course designed to increase awareness and intuition.

Throughout his adult life, he’s been a professional communicator in all mediums speaking to and training tens of thousands of people on the topic of personal, business, and transformational development.

In addition to his speaking, Tom has also been a highly sought-after marketing consultant and was a co-founder and a senior executive of a Beverly Hills multimillion dollar marketing corporation.

Tom is the author of “How To Take No For An Answer And Still Succeed,” a book on overcoming and using rejection in your personal and business life. A senior publishing executive remarked that it contained a surprising mix of spiritual principles for such a business-based book. Larry King and Jack Canfield have also commented on the book. This book is now available in digital and print.

Be sure to pick up his free special report, “How To Think and Create Like Einstein” on his website.

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Do you actively manage projects, or do they manage you? If it seems too easy it might just have hidden complexities. What your client considers a complete project may be very different than what you are proposing. The trick here is for you to make sure that your projects, deliverables, and outcomes are aligned with what the client expects.

Projects scopes change, Communications can become brittle and heated when opinions of expectations become unclear or out of whack. Here are some of the steps I use to manage project scope and clients expectations that may help you avoid mistakes I have made and get paid for the work you are proposing...

* Project Scope - Scope Creep

* Invoice Upfront - Detail Steps and Costs

* Email - Create A Paper Trail Of Expectations

* Clear Communication - Talk In The Clients' Language & Not Yours

* Do Projects In Phases - Phase 1/2/3... etc!

In this episode, I will outline what has worked for me in the past and how you can create realistic expectations while making the maximum profit your desire.