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- Nov 26 2008
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Since we're all going to be up to our ears in holiday stuff for the next 6 weeks or so, I thought we might just skip ahead to the new year's resolution part...
Personally, it's one of my favorite times of the year. Because I get to look back on all the success of the previous 365 days and look forward in anticipation to the next 365.
Hopefully, you've had as good of a 2008 as Strategic Profits has. We've seen record-breaking growth--and 2009 looks to be even MORE promising.
And I hope you also have some big plans ahead of you for 2009. I can't wait to show you what's up our sleeve...it's really going to exciting.(This will be the first place you'll hear about it, so make sure you check back often.)
But like the title of the post says, there are a few things you can do to virtually guarantee your success in 2009. And no, they have nothing to do with buying a lottery ticket.
The secret to achieving the wealth, freedom, and lifestyle of your dreams is to actually DO it. Taking action is the most important part of any process, and the biggest player in your success...or your failure.
Because let's face it--the following scenario has happened to all of us at one time or another.
It's like this...
--The new year hits, and we come out of the gate firing on all cylinders.
--We've got tons of ideas, stacks of big plans, and we're ready to take on the world.
--But then it happens.
--Real life sets in once again. Stuff gets in the way...projects get derailed...launches become sidetracked.
--And before you can sing another chorus of "Auld Lang Syne", it's April. And you haven't done ONE thing yet.
Ouch. Sound familiar?
I know it does for me. I went through this cycle numerous times. And I'm absolutely certain that I'm millions of dollars poorer for it today.
But there are a few things you can do to avoid this trap. Here's 3 tips that can help you get moving in the right direction...
1) Shut Up: How many times have we spouted off about our ideas, only to never see them come to fruition?
I used to love talking about my plans, ideas, and strategies. But then I realized something: I enjoyed talking about it more than I usually enjoyed actually rolling up my sleeves and doing it.
Now, I hold back that urge to talk. Instead I channel that energy towards the act of doing. This increases my desire to get started, which is usually all it takes.
2) Reduce Shelf Life: Have you ever noticed ideas are more like milk then they are like wine? It's true--the longer an idea sits around, the more stinky and worthless it becomes.
Because if you let an idea sit in your head without being acted on, it becomes weaker and less promising.
After a few days the details get hazy...and after a week it's forgotten completely.That's why we need to cut the time from idea to implementation. Act as soon as you can with whatever you have to begin with. Doesn't matter whether it's at the beginning, the middle, or the very end--just grab a piece of the puzzle and jump into it immediately.
If you start by making smaller decisions more quickly--without overanalyzing--you'll gain momentum and REALLY start cranking away.
3. Dive In: I know it sounds simple, but when this is what it all boils down to.
If you need to write something, force yourself to sit down and write. Put pen to paper. Brainstorm. Doodle. By moving your hands you'll stimulate the flow of ideas and inspire yourself.
If you need to create a video, sit down and start recording. Doesn't matter what comes out, just as long as you press record and begin doing something. You'll begin to see the possibilities.
Same goes with audio. Or product creation. Or whatever it is you're trying to start on. Action must precede action, and the only way you're going to see success with your project is to actually do something that moves you towards the final goal.
If you put these 3 things into practice, I can almost guarantee that you'll come out a winner in 2009.
And by this time next year, instead of singing "Auld Lang Syne"...you'll be singing "We're In The Money..."
Sounds pretty sweet, doesn't it?
To Higher Profits,
Rich
P.S. Right now, I want you to think of 3 things you're going to do to kick off the new year right...
I'm talking about actionable tasks that will jump start your next project and get it moving from idea to implementation.
Got 'em? Good--now write them down in comments below so everyone can see them.
Why? Because once they go from your head to actual words in a post, you'll feel a stronger sense of commitment to getting them done.
Plus, they'll be displayed in all their glory for every blog reader to see--including me.
Can you say "accountability"?
So go do that now. And let's take the first step towards your business achieving HUGE success in 2009!
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- Oct 08 2008
- 90 Comments
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We've just announced the winner of our $100,000 contest...and man, was it TOUGH.
More than 600 of you chimed in on these three questions:
- Do you know what your single greatest constraint is right now? If so, what is it?
- How many constraints away are you from having the business and the life of your dreams?
- What are the three greatest benefits you'll enjoy once those constraints are removed?
You gave us some tremendous answers, making this one of the hardest decisions we've ever had to make.But when it all came down to it, one post shined brightest among all the others.
So without further adieu, the winner of $100,000 worth of my coaching and products is...
Sarah Hurty!
Sarah's post hit the nail on the head. She truly understands how much the concept of overcoming constraints is affecting her business, and how miraculous it will be when it is removed forever.
Below is Sarah's winning post:
o Comment by Sarah
2008-09-22 18:02:45
I work with financial advisors to help them market their practice, especially over the internet.
I work with a premier wealth preservation attorney with a list of approximately 100,000 financial advisors.
1. My single greatest constraint right now is refining processes and automating them. I'm working on that right now.
We sell a templated website with high quality content and interactive features for these financial advisors. It is completely customizable.
Then many of them opt for marketing coaching and SEO services. This is high dollar residual income, from services that provide high value clients for them.
Because their industries are so regulated in certain aspects, there are nuances to each client and site installation. Plus those who have a particular USP need that to be reflected throughout their site.
So much of the process can be automated, freeing up time for the essential one on one for the high level coaching.
2. I am two constraints away from having the business of my dreams. The first one is automating processes for the site installations and the SEO. (Again, both are part way done.)
The second one is "automated" process for content creation for my marketing membership that many of these guys are joining. I'm working toward this as well, but it is not finished.
Quite frankly, my business would absolutely explode both monetarily and in strong deliverables/results for the advisors. That would be a serious pleasure to see their success.
3. The three greatest benefits I will enjoy once these constraints are removed:
a) Spending more of my business time in intensive work with an inner circle of very serious advisors. This is germinating now, and ready to fluorish with the availability of time. I love and believe in the value that some of these advisors offer, and would enjoy helping them succeed to the height of their business dreams.
b) Being able to launch my "real" business goal when I first started three years ago: helping work at home/stay at home moms and dads accomplish their Family Mission. There is way too much to this to go into it here, and I don't want to share names in this venue. But my dream is for the profits from helping "western world" families accomplish their Family Mission (including the financial freedom to allow them to do whatever it is in the world that they are called to do) to fund the exact same thing happening for families in the "developing world" through micro loans.
c) Bringing my husband home from corporate medicine, setting our family free to go anywhere in the world to do what we are called to do, living our Family Mission.
Thanks, Rich.
Congrats Sarah--and well done!
To Higher Profits,
Rich
P.S. If you want to learn more about Sarah's business, go to http://www.whitecollarmarketing.com.
P.P.S. And keep an eye out, because we'll have more exciting promotions and major giveaways to come in the future...
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- Sep 02 2008
- 43 Comments
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Things are getting a little out of hand at Strategic Profits this week...
Tempers are flaring. Veins are popping. Normal conversations are turning into shouting matches.
I swear, you'd think this was the WWE instead of a marketing business (was that a chair that just went flying over my head?).
Seriously though, we did have a major rift in the office this week. And here's what's happened...
We were THIS close to releasing the new report. All the graphics were done, the formatting finished, and it looked fantastic.
The only thing left to do was cut it down to a more manageable size (if you recall, my first draft came in at over 300 pages). So I got the team together and the editors and asked them one question:
"What goes and what stays?"
We started poring through the report, line by line, and discussing how and where to trim it down.
And that's where the trouble started.
Everyone had a different opinion. Some wanted certain sections left in, while others felt that they only hindered the main message. Still the editors thought most--if not all--of the content should be left as is.
And as we went on, it was blatantly apparent that nobody wanted to give in. Discussions became more and more heated. The fur started to fly. I even had to separate a couple of team members before they came to blows.
It was ugly. And I mean UGLY.
Like, why not put out all 300 pages right? That's what some want because they felt it was so good.
I will explain why not soon.
Then, like a ray of sunshine through the dark clouds, a single voice spoke up:
"Why don't we let our readers decide?"
It was Kristen, one of our newest (and quietest) employees at Strategic Profits.
Kristen is the voice you hear when you call our offices. She hadn't said two words throughout the entire debacle until just now. But when she did, they were pure GOLD.
We instantly stopped arguing, looked shamefully at each other, and collectively thought the same thing:
"DUH!"
So long story short, we're putting the editing job into your hands. We want to know what YOU want to know. And here's how it works.
Clicking on that link above (or email to BlogReply (AT) Strategicprofits.com ) within the next couple days and it will send us an email where you can answer 3 simple questions:- How long have you had an online business?
- Are you making the kind of money and achieving the level of success and freedom you thought you would be by now?
- Why or why not?
I'll try to hold the fort until you do. Anybody got a taser I can borrow? To Higher Profits, Rich P.S. As if our in-office Battle Royal wasn't enough, now we've got an even more serious situation brewing here in South Florida... Hanna, Ike, and Josephine may sound like a 60's folk singing group. But they're actually 3 deadly tropical storms that are barreling through the Atlantic on a beeline towards our Delray Beach office. So needless to say, we'll be keeping one eye on your answer submissions and the other glued to the Weather Channel. Because when these things make landfall, they can wreak SERIOUS havoc. Please keep us in your prayers...
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- Aug 28 2008
- 87 Comments
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Okay, time to come clean...
It's been rumored all over the internet, I've been teasing you about it for a while, and I've even let it slip in a few emails and blog posts. But what you're hearing is true--there's a new report on the way. Watch this video and see if it whets your appetite... Now, I must tell you: this report is very unique from the others... Because the previous reports only took me a few weeks, maybe a month at most to put together. All the info was upstairs--I just had to spill it out on paper. But this one was totally the opposite. In fact, it's been coming together, slowly but surely, for almost a year now. See, I started noticing certain things about our business...certain "rules" that used to apply but don't anymore. And with each discovery, I would tuck it away in the back of my head, thinking "That's something I need to change in my business right away and tell my blog readers about." But then something interesting happened. To put it into disc jockey lingo, "the hits just kept on comin'." As I went on, more and more discrepancies started popping up...significant differences in how things used to work and how they work now. And we're not talking about subtle changes. We're talking MAJOR shifts in business building strategy. These are died-in-the-wool principles and standards that are still revered as age-old gospel today...but in reality, aren't worth the paper they're written on. So as the "back of my head" began to get a little overcrowded, I began jotting them down into my notes. And before I knew it, I had the makings of a KILLER report. Now, I knew I had to get all this down as quickly as possible in order to get the word out to thousands of entrepreneurs who were still following the old paths. And to be honest, there was no way to get it done around the office. Too many distractions. So I got away from it all--and I mean GOT AWAY--jetting to the remote wilderness of the Canadian North. I spent the next 3 weeks with no phone line, no internet, and nothing to lure me from my task at hand. And when I finally returned to Delray Beach (tired, unshaven, and resembling Grizzly Adams), I was completely tapped out mentally--but BURSTING at the seams to show everyone what I had on my laptop. Right now, I'm still putting the final tweaks and edits on this baby (first draft came in at 380 pages but the final report will be slimed down to the best parts...talk about your mother of all brain dumps). And the best part is, you'll be the first to see it. That's correct--when I unleash this report on the world, everyone on my lists will be the first in line to get their hands on a copy. I'll send out an email with a link to the download page. So if you're NOT on one of my lists (and why aren't you?) and you want to be among the first to see what all the fuss is about, then go here NOW and sign up immediately.
Because what's inside my newest free offering is unlike anything you've seen before. And it very well could mean the difference between success and failure for your business. Don't mean to scare you, but it's true. In fact, some of these discoveries scared ME. Because I was buying into this baloney just like everyone else. But I immediately put some processes in place to eliminate what was holding me back from doubling or even tripling my bottom line. And I began to move forward on the cusp of the most exciting trends to hit our marketplace since the web was born. And it's already paying off in a BIG way (more on that later). So stay tuned...because pretty soon, things are going to get REALLY interesting around here. Consider yourself warned.
To Higher Profits,
Rich
P.S. As you'll see in the video above, the report is only the tip of the iceberg...
In September, we're going to change the way you do business online (and offline for that matter) with a system that's going to blow everything else out of the water.
It's true--everything you've learned so far, all the dusty old tactics and tired, beaten-to-death methods are history.
It's a whole new world out there...one brimming with tremendous opportunity for unprecedented wealth, success, and freedom...and you're going to be among the first to capitalize on it.
I can't wait until you see what I've got for you. In the meantime, want to speculate?
Because you can in the comments below. Tell me what you think is inside this breakthrough new system, and I'll give you the hot-warm-cold signs.
Go ahead--tell me what you're thinking!
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