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I must confess…

I’ve changed my mind about what I was going to write about today — four times already… why?

The answer is simple. You see, yesterday I gave you the formula for creative massive profits (VC)x2(P)=($$$). Then I asked you: “what you need to know next?”

And the feedback you gave me was excellent…better than ever…in fact they’re all… Continue reading Online Business Tip: Ask These 4 Questions, Stand Back And Watch…

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- A Formula For Online Business Growth: VCx2P=$$$
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And the streak continues…

Here’s a quick recap of what went down yesterday at “action-central”….aka the Strategic Profits blog.

Yesterday’s post “How 3 Blog Posts Cause Explosive Traffic, Engagement and Profits” is causing quite a flurry of feedback already. As well it should…I showed you what I was up to (behind the scenes) and how you can steal the tactics to grow your business fast.

(By the way, if you haven’t already read the post yet – CLICK HERE – to read it first)

Now, are you beginning to wonder… how I decide what I’m going to write about each day?

A client asked me yesterday if I had the series written in advance. I hate that idea. To me, it seems like cheating. I feel obligated to stay focused on you and your questions. I’m doing my best to make each post both timeless and timely. I won’t always succeed but I’ll sure try.

In any case, I don’t decide what I’m going to write until I’ve read all the comments from the previous day –- sit down at my “beach office” — and my pencil hits the yellow legal pad.

It keeps me focused on you. It keeps me on the edge.

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Today’s lesson is the most important one in the series so far.

In case you haven’t been following along, I suggest you get yourself up to speed first. Because it’ll make what you’re going to read here much more powerful and useful to you.

We started on last Friday with a blog post made up entirely of questions. It’s titled, “A Daring Blog Post.” (Click on it and read this one first).

Next, on Monday we continued the conversation with a post that answered the riddle of whose successful marketing starts with a single sentence. It’s titled, “Entrepreneurial Success in a Sentence.” (Click on this and read it second).

Then yesterday, I showed you the single biggest mistake both entrepreneurs and marketers are making online today and what you need to do to solve it. It’s titled, “Greater Empathy = Greater Rapport = Greater Profits.” (Click on this and read this third).

Good. Now you’re up to speed…and primed to get the most out of this post.

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Today I am going to talk to you about bonding, believability, credibility. How to get it, and translate it into blockbuster sales in one fell swoop.

But before I get cranked up on today’s post, I want to discuss a few items of interest. First, today’s post picks up where we left of yesterday.

So if you haven’t read Entrepreneurial Success In A Sentence yet – you should click on over to it and read it first.

Second, did you get a chance to read over all the comments fellow readers contributed and witness the collective genius of our community?

What’s that? You say you did catch all that? You say you read all the comments and you noticed the very same fact?

GOOD! GOOD! GOOD!

Now listen: did you also notice Christopher Vogelmann’s comment?

No need to flip back, I’ll tell you what he said: “Greater Rapport = Greater Profits”

More about that later.

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The conversation taking place on my previous post has been contagious.

So much so, it’s sparked a renewed enthusiasm on my part to tackle bigger challenges and issues currently taking place in our community, while also delivering profitable distinctions you can use to immediate grow your business.

Today, we’re going to roll-up our sleeves and begin a series that’ll solve the riddle of successful marketing. I said a series (as opposed to a single post) because we’re going to dive deep into what really makes insanely profitable marketing work – and that’s going to require some reflection on your part.

So, here’s the deal… I am going to post a new post (the next installment) each morning at exactly 10 A.M. on the dot everday this week.

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- A Daring Online Business Blog Post?
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Can you write a valuable blog post made up entirely of questions?

I think i can, but will you give me your opinion by commenting below once you finish reading it?

Should we begin? I’m ready, are you?

How’s your business going? Is it doing as well as you used to dream it would? Do you think you could improve it right now?

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by Brian Johnson

Is this a good thing?

Recently, Mastercard and Visa, as well as other merchant processors have conveyed some new regulations with regard to program execution such as one-time offers, forced continuities, and shipping and handling only, to name a few.

These new rules/regulations are due to longtime complaints from customers that are being billed for products they didn’t want or felt they were being misled into buying. All the processors have basically decided to shun any company that employs tactics like deceptive forced continuity type programs.

So the big question remains…is this a good thing or not?

Well, I guess the answer depends on you, your business philosophy, and the quality of products or services you provide for your customers.

I believe that there are many pros and cons to this new set of guidelines.

I’m very excited about these guidelines and plan to use them to our company’s advantage in order to lead our company to higher levels. We will simply do what we always preach and that’s to do the right thing.

Now, if you are one of those companies that is focused on taking every last dollar from your customers or trying to misguide or force people into a continuity program unwillingly in order to squeeze a month or two of program fees out of them… than you’re probably concerned about the new regulations. As you should be!

If you get caught violating these regulations, not only will you lose your merchant processor and merchant account, but most likely you won’t be able to get another account from other processors in the future.

Here at Strategic Profits, from time to time, we have tried optional continuity type programs. It is a possibility that we may offer some type of optional continuity program in the future, however, these new guidelines are making us step up our game, convey all of our offers with even greater clarity, and become superior in the way we handle our prospects and customers.

These new guidelines will force us to revisit the marketing basics that we know have worked for decades and decades (because consumer buying habits never change).

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- Online Business Owner: So You Want To Be One?
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Yesterday we discussed the difference between owners and victims. Today I want to tell you more about the “Owner’s Mindset.”

Owners give everything they’ve got to whatever they’re doing. They pour every ounce of energy into the current moment.

They realize that anything they could do while multitasking isn’t a high-leverage activity they should be doing in the first place. Instead it should be delegated or outsourced.

You see, when you give all of yourself to something you own it. In a sense, you wrap your responsibility around it completely.

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- Are You An Online Business Owner… or Victim?
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Yesterday, I shared with you this thought…

YOUR BUSINESS IS YOUR MASTERPIECE….NOT YOUR PRISON!

Today, let’s expand on it…

Online entrepreneurs can be separated into two different groups by the way they think…

Owners -or- Victims

Here’s what I mean…

Right now in your business you are either an owner of your outcomes, or you’re a victim of your circumstance.

Entrepreneurs who are victims, don’t realize the power they have to alter the results they’re getting. They fail to exercise their creativity to solve the current challenges standing in their way. Instead they give all their power away to circumstance. The net result — their business ends up getting worse and worse.

Entrepreneurs who are owners take ownership of every situation of their business. They realize they grow with each challenge they overcome. So they come up with creative solutions to their current obstacles. And in the process their skills get better and better…

Entrepreneurs who act like owners stay in the “profitable now.” They give all themselves to what they’re doing in the moment. They stay committed to the outcomes they’ve established and invest all their energy into achieving them.

You see, owners realize this…

Future business success is only created in the present moment. The small task, activity, or project you’re focused on right now will impact your business’ future more than all the excuses, worries, and fears you could possibly stack on top of each other.

Owners embrace the philosophy shared by Ralph Waldo Emerson when he wrote…

“Don’t wast life in doubts and fears. Spend yourself on the work before you, well-assured that the right perfromance of this hour’s duties will be the best preperation for the hours and ages that will follow it.”

So, for today, pick one excuse you’ve been using in your business and come up with all the different actions you could take that would begin to eliminate it once and for all.

If you get stuck, or you come up with a great new approach – share your obstacle or success by commenting below.

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- Online Business Profits…Now!
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Your business exists to make a profit.

Simple statement, right?

Well, before you agree, do a self-check to determine if your actions are congruent with this simple statement.

Are you currently prioritizing and managing your time (at work) according to what’s profitable and what’s not?

Yesterday, we talked about intentions — how entrepreneurs need to be crystal clear about the outcomes we’re committed to achieving each day.

Today, I want to take the conversation further…

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