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The Art of Persuasion (Part 3 of 3): 7 Tips To Sharpening Your Persuasive Skills 2008-03-07 12:53:55 Image by Commack Guitars
I first began learning persuasive skills when I was 15.
I worked in a guitar store and sold, you guessed it, guitars. Rarely did someone walk in and say, “I’ll take it.” I typically had to do a little convincing to get them to buy. No wait, not just convince them to buy, [...] Read more:Skills
The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Heard - You Never Learn From Your Successes 2008-03-03 10:14:42 I’m really getting tired of hearing people say how much they learn from their failures and they don’t learn from their successes.
No. Don’t believe it. You DO learn from your successes. And you DO become successful by remembering them.
The first line of my popular post 8+ Ways To Train Yourself To Be Creative which landed [...] Read more:Thing
, Heard
The Art of Persuasion (Part 2 of 3): Knowledge, Timing, Listening 2008-02-29 16:28:54 No, it’s not a superpower, sorry.
The Art of Persuasion can be learned and simply needs a little practice. But practice doesn’t make perfect. We need to continually learn and practice what we learn to grow.
If mere repetition of something was all it took to get better, you’d think we’d get better at being [...] Read more:Knowledge
, Timing
, Listening
The Art of Persuasion (Part 1 of 3): Storytelling & Observation 2008-02-23 13:21:00 Image by Obenson’s Photos
In college I had to give a persuasive speech to 20 classmates for a communications course. My topic? I had to convince people there was life on other planets.
This can be a particularly hard thing to do being that there is no tangible evidence in support of it.
This was a great topic [...] Read more:Observation
Create Yourself A Shortcut - How To E-Mail, Blog, and Text On The Go! 2008-02-18 13:43:10 Ever feel like there’s not enough time in the day to complete your tasks?
Is there a short cut?
I recently read an interview of an online buddy of mine, Harrison McLeod, on Dave Navarro’s Million Dollar Leverage blog. Dave is a time management coach for many entrepreneurs and in the comment section of Harry’s interview [...] Read more:Yourself
My Marketing Hero Himself - Seth Godin 2008-02-10 21:48:01 If you’re an entrepreneur and marketing is an important part of your business (it should be), then you need to get to know Seth Godin
. He’s the best-selling author of my favorite marketing book, Purple Cow, and in my opinion is way ahead of his time.
His Blog is the only one I subscribe to by [...] Read more:Marketing
, Seth Godin
8 Drawbacks to Free Web Hosting 2008-02-04 23:04:22 Being that I own a web hosting company, I frequently surf through online forums replying to people’s hosting questions. Of all the questions I answer, I see one that appears over and over again, what are the drawbacks of free web hosting?
So, for those of you who are interested, here they are . . .
Free [...] Read more:Hosting
What does the future hold for blogs? 2008-01-23 21:30:19 I read an interesting article today on one of my favorite blogs, Copyblogger, entitled What’s a Blog? I left a comment on there and I’m curious what you think. Read Brian’s post and feel free to comment over there but then return here and let’s discuss it.
Here’s where I see the blog world is going [...]
Always Remember 2008-01-23 21:18:58 The difference between a dream and a goal is a timeline.
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8+ Ways To Train Yourself To Be Creative 2008-01-23 17:27:14 To be creative, you have to first believe you are creative.
A short time ago I received an email from a young entrepreneur asking me how he was suppose to compete in a marketplace where the competition was high and more established companies had big advertising bucks. I mentioned a few ideas to him but the [...] Read more:Yourself
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Tips For Maximizing Your Potential 2008-03-14 23:01:22 Image Courtesy of Paramount Pictures
Bruce Lee once mentioned how the way martial arts were designed, you had to keep training or you lost your skill over a short time. As long as one trains, they can maintain their skill, but as soon as they quit, they immediately start to decline in their abilities.
And after [...] Read more:Potential
My New Real Estate Category 2008-03-17 21:13:38 It’s 11:59pm and I can’t sleep. I have the type of mind that rolled off the production line it seems without an off button.
I maintain control over the content on eVentureBiz. I like that. It’s not the typical web development company or hosting website that looks like one big ad that never changes. Some [...] Read more:Estate
, Category
Google’s PageRank: We All Love It, We All Hate It 2008-03-20 03:01:54 Some people pay a lot of attention to it. They toss and turn in bed at 3am thinking, what else could I do?
What is it that soaks their pillows at night with sweat?
PageRank
– our official stamp of approval our buddy Google
bot gives our sites.
Some people work really hard at obtaining [...]
Negotiating: It Never Hurts To Ask 2008-03-24 12:17:04 This is Lindsey’s first post. Lindsey is a wedding planner and for some reason decided she wanted to marry me!
Never say NO to Fluffy!
Recently, my husband John and I bought an investment property. While going through the renovation process I learned from him it never hurts to ask for something even if you think the [...]
Budgeting 101: A Smart Plan That Keeps You Safe & Allows For Wealth Building 2008-03-28 14:53:42 What’s that the title said? Did it say there’s a plan I can use to play it safe and build wealth at the same time?
This budgeting plan won’t make you wealthy, but it will optimize your position for creating wealth while setting you up for retirement even if you don’t hit the jackpot. It [...] Read more:Budgeting
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, Wealth
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Is Your Website Web 2.0 or Corporate? 2008-04-01 11:42:33 Can you guess what I think of corporate websites from this photo? Image by Mister Wind-Up Bird
A friend of mine, James Chartrand of Men with Pens, asked me a few days ago, “Why is your site/hosting different from everyone else’s beyond the “we care” mentality?”
He asked this in reply to me mentioning how I [...]
The Best Rule To Follow: Keep It Simple 2008-04-05 10:12:44 Ok, maybe not this simple
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This may be my last post for a week. My wife is about to have our second child and I may have to skip a week of posts. I promise to be back shortly providing great content we can chat about.
I can’t stress enough the importance of keeping things [...] Read more:Simple
How To Answer Questions As An Entrepreneur 2008-04-15 19:00:02 Image by oberazzi (Tim O’Brien)
A quick note to thank everyone for giving Lindsey and me a week’s break from blog posts for the birth of our son, Ethan. He was born on 4/8/08 and yes, we no longer sleep!
Is a question just a question or is there a deeper meaning behind it?
When someone asks me [...] Read more:Entrepreneur
, Answer Questions
Marketing In A Crowded Market 2008-04-18 07:00:42 Where’s my Starbucks!
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How you market your product and who you market it to is essential. If you hit the wrong crowd and deliver the wrong (or boring) message your product will probably fail or achieve only a limited amount of success.
Always keep in mind the essential Ps of marketing. It could be just [...] Read more:Marketing
, Crowded
, Market
The eVentureBiz Community Forum 2008-04-21 18:05:44 Hello all. I’ve been spending some time posting in the eVentureBiz Community Forum
and would like to invite readers to join in on conversations and topics.
The forum is a great compliment to this blog for a few reasons:
people who read this blog probably have similar interests and can make connections
it provides a place where I [...]
Good Business Decisions Should Become Second Nature 2008-04-23 05:00:39 Image by James Young Art
I can’t tell you how many times I hear or read about something and go, “That’s a good idea; good thing I’m already doing that.”
As entrepreneurs, it is important to achieve a level of enlightenment where you unconsciously and automatically choose good decisions.
You need to see what you should do, what [...] Read more:Business
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, Become
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, Good Business
A Special Offer For My Blog Readers Only 2008-04-26 13:37:45 Hello blog readers and thank you for your subscription. As a thank you for either subscribing to or reading my blog, I’d like to extend an offer only to you.
Until May 15th those who visit my blog and would like to get themselves online, I’m offering
you a discount on our web hosting services and for [...] Read more:Special
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Fear Can Ruin Your Business From Within 2008-05-06 12:39:29 Image by andycarvin
Do you invoke fear in your employees? Or maybe you’re cool, but you got that great at paperwork, bad with people kind of manager working for you.
Today I want to talk about something most people don’t think about when it comes to their company - internal fear.
The internal workings of a company [...] Read more:Business
Tell Me About You 2008-05-13 22:28:23 Image by bokeh
Who are you?
I may not have as many blog subscribers as Darren Rowse or Brian Clark, but I’ve managed to capture your attention for at least a moment and I’m curious who you are.
James, Catherine, and Barbara are perfect examples of online acquaintances I’ve made through the use of [...]
How To Buy A House Like A Real Estate Investor: Part 5 - Finding a Realtor 2008-05-17 09:03:43 Image by Wikipedia
This blog is about entrepreneurship (and succeeding online). I believe ethical and trained real estate investors are great examples of creative entrepreneurs and understanding their mindset will help us all learn to be savvy business-minded individuals.
Realtor
s Are Salespeople
Realtors are not created equal and if you’re planning to use one to find your next [...] Read more:House
, Estate
, Investor
, Real Estate
Finding Your Purple Cow By Thinking Laterally 2008-05-22 19:05:12 Image by iChris
Approaching product development, services, and situations by way of odd associations can spark that creative idea marketers love to develop.
I had an interesting email come in the other day in regards to an article I wrote a while back called 8+ Ways To Train Yourself To Be Creative. The person mentioned how [...] Read more:Purple
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