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Business Success Strategies -- Are You on a High or a Low?

At Alex Mandossian's Teleseminar Secrets Reunion, we did a "timeline" exercise. Alex started it by charting his highlights and lowlights from the past 20 years. It was fascinating to see this laid out for us and to know even someone like Alex was in the abyss at a couple of points.

Even more importantly, I learned two important takeaways I wanted to share with you.

The first came from one of the participants. He remarked that the timeline exercise really put things in perspective. These were simply events, not good or bad. They were neutral. Whether you're in bankruptcy or just broke the 7-figure mark, it's just an event. A fact.

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Michele PW, our official Advertising/Marketing Online Expert

MLM Lead Generation: Secrets Revealed

Every network marketer starts with the same question: How Do I Find People To Talk To?

And it's a great question. If you've been around MLM for any amount of time, you are familiar with the "NFL" (No Friends Left) Club.)

This is what happens when you've tried pitching your latest and greatest MLM opportunity to your friends and family. Soon, they start walking the other way when they see you coming.

My own experience is that your friends and family start coming to you AFTER they see you experiencing some success in your MLM business.

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Brian Rooney, our official Autoresponders Expert

What Small Business Owners Can Learn From Kiosk Salespeople

I was walking through my local mall the other day, when a woman at a kiosk asked me if I had a minute to try out her special, like-no-other-in-the-world hand cream. I'm the first one to admit that usually I hate being accosted by kiosk sales-people. But, I wasn't in a hurry and she got me on a good day -- my hands were a bit chapped from the Chicago winter weather.

So, I stopped and let her massage her magic cream into my hands. Not only did she rehydrate my dry skin, but she glossed my brittle nails to a top sheen with a nail buffer in one-minute flat. Well, needless to say I walked away from the kiosk with $25 worth of products.

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Jessica Swanson, our official Shoestring Marketing Expert

How To Operate A Profitable Membership Site - Part 1

I've been operating lucrative membership sites for nearly seven years now. They are a great way to build numerous nice residual income streams. I have friends who operate (co-own) over 20.

A membership site doesn't have to have a huge number of members, or charge an exorbitant membership fee, to be profitable. The key is to also design them to be as low maintenance as practical.

A site with just 200 members pay you $25 per month, gives you a residual income stream of $5000 per month. If you spend no more than one or two hours per week on this site, that's a very respectable hourly income.

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Willie Crawford, our official Joint Ventures Expert

How to Find Public Domain Films

Public domain films offer the online entrepreneur new ways to monetize their current products, as well as provide a fast way to create new products. Whether you are looking for an entire movie to include as a bonus for an existing product or just a clip to change for marketing purposes, you have hundreds of clips and movies to choose from, all waiting in the public domain.

Uncovering the perfect public domain film for your product takes a little research. Archive.org may be the perfect site to visit first. They have thousands of clips available for download in numerous categories. You can also find motion pictures from the Library of Congress at loc.gov. Other United States government sites offer free videos, like nasa.gov. In fact, government and military sites are the perfect places to uncover non-fiction video that you can use for info-product creation.

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Lisa Preston, our official Writing for Entrepreneurs Expert

What Marathons Can Teach You About Your Business Part 2

 I finished walking my first marathon in San Diego a couple of weeks ago. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. But it was also an amazing accomplishment.

One thing that struck me while hoofing it toward the finish line was the similarities between running a business and running a marathon (or in my case, walking a marathon). Here are 3 more (you can read the first 2 in Part 1).

3. There is no "should." When you picture the type of people who do marathons, who do you see? Young, thin, athletic?

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Michele PW, our official Advertising/Marketing Online Expert

The AutoResponder High 5

If you've been around Internet Marketing for any length of time, you've run across the term "AutoResponders" before. if you're not quite sure what AutoResponders are, here's a brief summary:

AutoResponders are like having your own personal assistant dedicated solely to making sure your sales messages, training, and updates get out to the right people at the right time. AutoResponders are a tool used by top Internet Marketers to build, manage, and profit from their own contact lists.

AutoResponders can range from basic "away" or "vacation" responses to full-featured lead generation and contact management complete with sequential follow-up messages and broadcast scheduling.

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Brian Rooney, our official Autoresponders Expert