The Cardone Zone

On today's episode Grant Cardone talks about why so many of us are dragging and how to get pumped-up and rebooted for the new year. 2016 is just around the corner and it's important to renew, replenish and revive yourself for a fresh start. Don't forget about 2015 just yet though, because there is still plenty of time left to close deals and make money this year. However, it's important to also think ahead and set yourself up for success. Tune-in to hear Grant Cardone discuss three ways to reboot yourself:

1. Write goals everyday 2. Remove blocks 3. Add skills

With 93.1% of small businesses earning annual revenues of less than $250k and 57.1% with revenues of less than $25k, it pays to understand why small businesses are failing. Obviously, every business is unique, but there are some common causes for disaster.

On this week's episode, Grant discusses the five reasons (below) that businesses are flopping and how to avoid this pitfall:

Small Business Blunders: 1) No one knows who you are 2) You are too small 3) Don't grow fast enough 4) Don't invest enough money 5) Don't make money

Grant also goes one-on-one with callers and teaches them about the importance of acting like a business owner.

Finally, Grant invites viewers to sign-up for the Kick Start Your Small Business Interactive Webinar with Grant Cardone & Fran Tarkenton

If you are thinking about starting a business, just started a new business, or want to grow your business…..Don't miss this LIVE Video Webcast on October 21st where two completely self made legends show YOU how to take your small business from survive to thrive!

Grant Cardone, New York Times bestselling author and the world's leading international sales trainer will show you how to work to prosper, never make excuses, be open to failing and concentrate on massive goals every single day.

Fran Tarkenton, an NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback with over 50 years of business experience and 20 successful companies under his belt, will be covering his building blocks for entrepreneurial success, shows you how culture trumps everything, and how to maximize The Power of Failure.

Click here to reserve your spot: http://kickstartyoursmallbusiness.com/

Grant's Wealth Tips: 1. Study those who achieved wealth. 2. Understand money isn't made it is collected. 3. Don't earn to spend, earn to invest. 4. Create passive, residual income flows.

Grant takes callers and encourages them to study Warren Buffet, Mark Zuckerberg and other wealthy people and pay attention to what they do with their money. Callers agree that money was either a subject not discussed or, something they were educated not to have. Grant explains that capitalists use money to generate more so they can be free.

Grant Cardone offers tips and insights to help people grow their money so they retire with millions. You cannot save your way to wealth. In this episode of the Cardone Zone Grant explains how low interest rates make it a tough time to retire. He also explains that putting money in the bank and praying for a miracle isn't the way to build wealth. Interest rates are low which means you must find places to invest your money so you will generate more income and multiply it for the future. Grant offers four simple facts about money and what do with it.

Understand money is important. Money must work for you. Money must produce income. Money must grow or it will go. The show takes an interesting twist when Grant takes caller questions and comments. You never know what they will ask and what Grant will say. After one caller asks about real estate investing, Grant shares how he started in multifamily real estate investing and reveals some interesting and practical approaches to it.

Grant Cardone offers insights and advice to help the middle class break out and achieve true freedom in business, career and finance.

Each week NY Times best selling author, self made multimillionaire entrepreneur and international sales expert Grant Cardone focuses on matters affecting the middle class. Whether it's jobs and careers, finance, entrepreneurship, Grant's real, raw in-your-face delivery serves as a wake up call for anyone ok with just being comfortable. The Cardone Zone is like no other business show presently on air. After one viewing you'll be inspired to make success your duty, responsibility and obligation as you break free of the middle class and break into true freedom.

12 Steps to Make Your First Million: 1. Never Been Easier 2. Saving Won't Do 3. Live Below Your Means 4. Tax Angles 5. Mature From Income to Investor 6. Boss Up 7. Automate a Pay-Yourself-First Program 8. Be in a Hurry 9. Do the Millionaire Math 10. Do Not Diversify 11. Multiple Flows 12. Avoid Spending Money

On today's special holiday episode of Cardone Zone, Grant discusses when to lower your prices and when not to. According to the National Retail Federation, 135.8 million Americans plan to shop on Thanksgiving weekend and nearly 80% of holiday shoppers—183.5 million—are planning to shop on Cyber Monday. There is no doubt that consumers are wasting no time when it comes to shopping. Just this week, Grant slashed the prices at his web store on all of his products. These are the lowest prices ever—up to 90% off. While these prices are rock bottom, one of Grant's cardinal rules is, "Never use a lower price to close a deal." So how is his mega Black Friday/November special different? His goal is to reach 7 billion people and he wants everyone to be able to benefit from his content and is using price to get to more people.

Watch as Grant discusses the difference and suggestions: 1) When to lower prices 2) How to strike while the iron is hot 3) The importance of driving traffic

On today's episode Grant discusses the art of cold calling. It's necessary and unavoidable for everyone at some point in their lives—especially for entrepreneurs.

As long as you need something in business -- more clients, a permit, a loan or a favor, you will have to get to the right person, get their attention and convince them to take action.

Tune-in and watch Grant role play with various callers and critique their cold calling pitches. Grant offers tons of valuable information to make your cold call a successful one: Here are a few tips to master the cold call: 1. Be confident 2. Open with your reason for calling 3. Offer a bold claim early in the call

Cold calling is one of those things an entrepreneur must learn to master. The sooner you start to cold call as a way to promote your business, the better off you will be.

Every Friday at 1 PM EST, Grant Cardone does his solo show on Whatever It Takes Network. No noise. No co-hosts—Just his raw insights that will create massive success in your life and business. Grant has been labeled ADD, ADHD, Obsessive-Compulsive… and he loves it. He has embraced his ability to multi-task and hyper-focus to build four companies that bring in millions annually.

Grant Cardone shares key tips to help businesses establish a presence on-line via, blogs, videos, podcasts and more.

Grant begins the show sharing the following facts about digital media according to eMarketer: • Average time spent with digital media per day will surpass TV viewing time for the first time this year, according to eMarketer's latest estimate of media consumption among US adults. • The average adult will spend over 5 hours per day online, on nonvoice mobile activities or with other digital media this year, compared to 4 hours and 31 minutes watching television. • Daily TV time will actually be down slightly this year, while digital media consumption will be up 15.8%. • The most significant growth area is on mobile. • Multitasking helps to contribute to the increase in the overall time people spend with media each day, 11 hours and 49 minutes in

Grant then explains that if you are a company advertising, trying to gain attention, you have to analyze what people are watching, where they are watching and how you reach them. Where do you spend your money and when you do what do you spend it on? He offers the steps and thinking that he uses to best utilize digital media.

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Grant's Digital Mix: 1) Write an article or blog on a chosen topic related to your industry. 2) Create a video discussing that topic for YouTube or Vimeo. 3) Host a Podcast or Radio/Web Stream discussing the topic. 4) Create a custom content e-mail and blast it to your network. 5) Repurpose & Repeat

Everything we do here is to be multi-purposed.

Rules of the Game: 1) Attention is the name of the game. 2) Obscurity cost money. 3) Be everywhere! 4) Drive interest and respond!

On today's episode, Grant discusses how he defines financial responsibility and practices it as part of his daily life. The truth is, most people don't even know what they have—which is a major violation of financial responsibility. What you pay attention to is where you get results.

Watch as Grant explains his simple four step process and how to incorporate it in to your daily life: 1. Commit 2. Confront 3. Control 4. Commit again

If you want to achieve financial responsibility, this is a simplistic strategy to do so.

How often do you review YOUR finances?

On today's episode, Grant talks about something that even some of the 2016 presidential candidates could use a few tips about—how to sell yourself. Simply showing up is not enough. Grant discusses how some of the GOP candidates may have been on-stage, but they didn't show-up to blow-up.

Watch Grant discuss these three rules to selling yourself:

1. Show up, and then show up again — then show off 2. Claim the stage as the authority 3. Sell who you are

Think of your life as a movie and remember you are the producer, director and writer. That being said, it is invaluable to learn how to present yourself in a moment and command an audience.