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Do you struggle with writing for your blog on a consistent basis? Do you want to learn how to be consistent with blogging? If so, here's what you'll discover:Why MOST bloggers focus on the WRONG thingWhy picking a single day of the week makes all the differenceWhat FARMING has to do with BLOGGINGAnd much much more!BONUS: Want to start an online business, but don't know where to start? For a limited time, you can grab our 9-page blueprint called: The Discover Your Message Blueprint. Just go to https://MarketYourMessage.com/DiscoverWhat's Next? Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you: Step 1. Get the Book Your Message Matters Book: https://jmill.biz/MqjYJPStep 2. Discover Your MessageTake the 14-Day Discover Your Message Challenge: https://jmill.biz/pfeonPStep 3. Get Personal Help & Mentoring Apply to Jonathan's Mentoring Program: https://jmill.biz/pNzhrB
Will Roadhouse Featured on HGTV's "House Hunters International" CEO of Compass Group International
Real Estate Services that are Customized and Tailored to each of our Affluent Clientele. - Why MOST real estate professionals have little to no experience in International Real Estate? - Why most of these real estate professionals DO NOT know the needs of "EXPATS?" - Why go with Compass & Roadhouse International? - Over 18 years of International Real Estate experience and knowledge! - How we differ from other Real Estate Brokerages? - Latin America to Asia with a focus in Thailand & Costa Rica! - Our Services and Expertise are UNMATCHED! - Our Real Estate Services & Fees. We will find your next Dream Home Overseas! Luxury Beachfront Homes (and Penthouses) starting at $1 Million USD (and up). Bangkok & Beach Cities! Resort Living at it's BEST! Exclusivity - Privacy - with First-Class services & amenities in the best Locations throughout Thailand! (Thailand) Portfolio of Ultra Luxury Residences: Our Thai developers are the "best-in-class" and the top 10 largest (and most reputable) Luxury home developers in Thailand! Our Mission: Assisting our affluent clientele in relocating their luxury lifestyle to Thailand. Specializing in Bangkok & Beach Cities (Beach Front Homes). See you in Thailand! Will & Aoy Roadhouse Roadhouse International (Commercial & Luxury Real Estate) Specializing in off-market Hotel Listings & Luxury Homes! International Real Estate Consultant & Asset Management Compass Group International (est. 2002) All Social Media Apps (search): Will Roadhouse Facebook Page: @WillRoadhouse Spotify - Anchor - Soundcloud Podcast Channels: @WillRoadhouse iTunes - Amazon Music Podcast Channels: @WillRoadhouse YouTube: @WillRoadhouse Instagram: @WillRoadhouse Twitter: @WillRoadhouse --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/willroadhouse/support
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*For video version of this discussion, check out my YouTube channel - link on my website further down* This week my guest is Danny Pehar, an expert in the Cybersecurity space, member of the Forbes Technology Council, and someone very active on social media in educating, not only other cybersecurity professionals, but also the "non-technical", everyday, regular, normal people - such as myself! I came across Danny on LinkedIn and was really drawn in by how simple and easy-to-understand his content on Cybersecurity was - so you know the D-Man had to interview him! In this discussion we covered: - Is Cybersecurity really a big deal for "non-technical" people/users to be aware of? Why? - Most common Cybersecurity attacks and the motivations of the attackers - Danny's "Walled House" Analogy and what it means for all of us with respect to Cybersecurity - What do we do everyday to put ourselves at risks? - "Work from home" - convenient but risky? - Trends, advice to new grads and those with an interest in building a career in this exciting space - And much more! To follow/connect with Danny and learn more about him: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannypehar/ Twitter: @dannypehar Website: www.DannyPehar.com Enjoy - and don't forget to 'like', comment, and share! Dean Kulaweera - IT Recruiter www.deankulaweera.com
Smart Agency Masterclass with Jason Swenk: Podcast for Digital Marketing Agencies
How is your agency surviving the economic crisis? How can a great agency culture help during a downturn in the economy? As an agency owner, there's nothing more important than knowing your values and surrounding yourself with people who are working toward the same common goal, especially at times like these. In today's episode, we'll cover: Is your agency prepared for the economic crisis? 2 Reasons you should always start with why. 3 Ways to find the right people for your agency team. Today, I had the opportunity to sit down with Mark Emond, founder and president of Demand Spring, a revenue marketing agency. Over the past several years, Demand Spring has grown to nearly 20 employees who work in different parts of the world. Mark is here to discuss why it's important to know your agency's vision and how to create a team that supports your vision. Is Your Agency Prepared for the Economic Crisis? I always like to look at recessions and economic changes as a cleansing. Those that are prepared and are good at what they do will succeed. The rest of the agencies who are just winging it and reacting to the economic changes are the ones who really struggle. There are a few things you can do to make sure you are in a good position. Prepare in advance. It's harder to make the right decisions when you're doing so under pressure or in a panic. Identify which costs you can cut. Try to avoid cutting manpower. Instead, look at your billing and eliminate any recurring spending that is eating away at your margins. Work with your vendors to see what kind of allowances can be made for pausing or extensions. Know your why. When you can tell your clients why your service matters and what you provide, they will have a hard time letting you go. 2 Reason Why You Should Always Start with Why Most of you have heard me talk about knowing your why. Your why is your purpose or reason for doing what you do. It's your driving force that inspires and motivates you. Knowing and understanding your why is key to growing your agency because: It will make the hiring process easier. Think about the last employee you hired. Were they a good fit? If you don't know what your agency stands for, how are you supposed to hire employees that will help you achieve your goals? You'll be able to provide more to your clients. How can your clients understand the value of your services if you don't even understand why you are providing them? When you know your values and the culture you want to create, you will have an easier time providing exceptional customer service at every touchpoint. 3 Ways to Find the Right People for Your Agency Team Let's be honest, building a team you love is hard. It takes a lot of work to find people that support your values, support your team, and are actually good at what they do. But the good news is, there's a large pool of candidates out there right now. Your team can quite literally be the difference between success and failure. So how do you find people right for your agency? Bring in your team to help conduct the interviews. Obviously, the final decision about who you bring on board is yours, but culture-fit is important. When you get the opinions of current employees, you're more likely to find a good fit. Dig deep. Don't ask for references. Just don't. Candidates aren't going to hand over a bad reference. Instead, do a little digging. Mark says he usually jumps onto LinkedIn to reach out to second connections. These people are the ones who will truly know a candidate's strengths and weaknesses and will be able to provide greater insight into whether they will fit into your culture. Hire for attitude and culture (and be creative with your questions). If part of your culture is being resourceful and scrappy, don't ask a candidate if they are "resourceful and scrappy." Of course, they are going to say yes. Instead, ask them questions that will help you determine their likelihood of fitting in. Values and culture can help you stand out from a crowd of "me too" agencies. During an economic downturn, this is more important than ever. Start with why and you'll find you'll have an easier time getting the rest to fall into place. Want to help your e-commerce clients convert increase CRO? Our partner, Justuno, offers an AI solution that captures leads, personalizes messaging, and gathers audience analytics. Justuno is SaaS that features pop-ups and messaging that can be tailored to your client’s target audience from paid ads, mobile, desktop, and even former customers who haven’t purchased in a while. This helps your agency control ad costs and increase engagement for improved SEO. With more than 20 years in e-commerce, Justuno is trusted by hundreds of agencies and thousands of businesses around the world. And for a limited time, Justuno is offering FREE unlimited agency accounts to Smart Agency Masterclass listeners. Head over to Justuno.com/Jason to get started.
What happens when working harder doesn't work? Discouragement and disappointment become the norm. So why keep trying? Because you matter! Your well-being is worth the journey. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact So why are you pushing yourself harder than need be? You have one life to live. One body to love. One heart to impact. Yes, you may want results faster. But think about how long it took you to get where you are today. It doesn't matter if you're underweight, overweight, or just tired, nothing happens overnight. Yet that is what you're hoping for. There is no magic pill, no magic timing. So when working harder doesn't work, what can you do? Remember... The K.I.S.S. ~ I'm just getting started! Hope isn't found in what you accomplish. Hope is found in each step you take. That step may be resting. That step might be walking instead of running. That step may be eating more greens. That step might be taking a vacation. That step may be about building belief. "One step at a time leads to miles of greatness!" Take your time and be present. You don't have to rush to get where you are headed. Walk in the journey with your head held high. Create your now. Do what you can do on a consistent basis. Rest in the process. Be diligent in what you do and patient for what's to come. Each step you take every day brings you closer to your goal, your overall well-being. REFLECTION: If you were to remove the results from the equation, would you keep doing it? Yes or No --- no maybe here! Why? Most of the time, it's because the results are attached to something greater than the measurable goals. You feel better. You have more energy. You have a zest for life. You sleep better. You have a kick in your step. When working harder doesn't work, change your strategy. Reframe how you view your health and wellness. Is it a priority? 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In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin discuss the pitfalls of meal plans. The unpopular statement, why all meal plans suck. (2:58) The mistakes the guys made in their early days of personal training when it came to providing meal plans to their clients. (5:15) Why MOST people cannot stick to a meal plan. (11:52) Challenging the trainer to not go the lazy route. (15:46) Is following a meal plan long-term considered a disordered form of eating? (19:09) What restricted eating can promote. (20:26) It is NOT for me. (26:56) Real-life changes, so change your routine. (31:19) How the answers are NOT what will give you success, it's how you GET to the answers that will give you success. (32:58) Tips to build long-term results and change behaviors. (36:30) Nutrition is individualized. (43:28) Related Links/Products Mentioned March Promotion: MAPS Powerlift ½ off! **Code “POWER50” at checkout** Food, We Need To Talk : NPR Pica | National Eating Disorders Association Mind Pump Blog Mind Pump TV - YouTube Mind Pump Free Resources People Mentioned Food, We Need To Talk (@foodweneedtotalk) • Instagram
Texas is a great place to invest in residential real estate for cash flow and appreciation. If you’re looking to invest, find the right market and the right real estate professional. Why? Most agents don’t know how to help investors buy or sell properties. Today, Clint Coons of Anderson Business Advisors talks to Jason Reynolds of Visions Realty & Investments, Inc., which offers client-focused service for investors wanting to buy or sell real estate. Jason is a full-time licensed broker and realtor in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. He has sold more than 300 units, closed over $40 million in volume, and hosts the Real Estate Now Podcast. Highlights/Topics: Why did Jason start in real estate? Followed in the family business. His great-grandfather was a broker from the 1950s till the 1990s in Corpus Christi, Texas. Who trained Jason to be a broker? Steve Fithian, company founder and current broker. Why be a broker working with investors? Few brokers focus on investment properties and understand how to look at them, find them, work with the client, and analyze it. Why do most agents not work with investors? They don’t have the bandwidth or understanding. It takes a lot of knowledge, time, and expertise. How to find investment-grade residential real estate? Local Board of Realtors, find names of top sales agents, interview a few, pull MLS data, and perform due diligence. Do you have to be all in with either investors or homeowners? Depends on the person or company. Visions Realty takes pride in doing 90–95% of its business with investors. What issues occur with occupant vs. investment transactions? Unexpected and unique issues that are unfamiliar to real estate agents that don’t work with investors daily. If someone wants to buy investment property through financing, do investment brokers have lenders to refer people to? Refer them to at least three recommended providers. Is the realtor or investor expected to find property management teams? If you’re the investor, you’re making the decision. Get recommendations, but always vett them. What’s the difference between new build vs. existing for investment property? Depends on the client’s goals, stage, and long-term plan. Are new properties going to turn into a rental vs. existing property? Will that CapEx impact your cap rate? With new builds in the DFW area, typically you reduce your cap rate a couple points, as opposed to a pre-owned property. For an investor coming into a new market, should they find an area with more owner-occupied properties? Yes, it will help you to attract and keep tenants. Resources Jason Reynolds’s Cell Phone Number: (817) 269-0988 Visions Realty Frontline Property Management Real Estate Now Podcast MLS Real Estate Listings 1031 Exchange Form 1040 Employer Identification Number (EIN) Fannie Mae Clint Coons Anderson Advisors Anderson Advisors Tax and Asset Protection Event Anderson Advisors on YouTube
Less than 80% of Christians share their faith. Why? Most are either afraid or they just aren't confident on how to do it. In this weeks lesson Trevor discusses the importance of sharing our faith and ways to do it.
COMMENT:I certainly put the cat among the pigeons yesterday, so to speak, when I mentioned that our dog sleeps in our bed.I said it in passing and somehow it took over my whole radio show. The feedback was heated.There were those of you who said 'that's disgusting, a dog in a bed is dirty and full of germs', there were others who said 'my rottie has slept with me forever, loves a snuggle'.Others claimed their dog sleeps on their bed no worries, others who said dogs belong in kennels, some hard-hearted souls who even said the only place dogs should sleep is outside.So clearly I'm a massive softie.I raised the issue of the dog sleeping in our bed because my daughter's away on school camp, and the dog usually sleeps with her (yes.. in her bed). Tucked up under the duvet, head on the pillow. They're both so cosy it's quite a feat to wake them in the mornings.Kate Hawkesby, Mike Hosking and Lulu the Maltese.But with my daughter away, this week the dog is sleeping with us. I feel under pressure to explain that she's just a small dog, tiny in fact, a mere 3 kilos of white fluff.She is also, as a Maltese, a 'companion' dog. 'Companion' meaning she loves and needs to be around people all the time - not a tie her up on the deck leave her outside all day and night type of dog.So why is that disgusting - given plenty of people sleep with their cats on the bed?And if your dog is a beloved part of the family, and clearly we're dog people I'll grant you that, then why is it so wrong that she sleeps on the bed?I checked with my boss and fellow dog owner after the show and asked if their dog sleeps on their bed. His does, and not only that, they're often joined by small children too. That's one crowded bed. How many of us are sleeping with kids and animals every night?But others were grossed out. Why?Most dogs are probably cleaner than half the toddlers carrying daycare bugs that wander into parents' beds all the time surely?I know this may fly in the face of the old master-dog relationship rules, and I know for many people without dogs it might seem weird, but if you're a dog person, then I think you'll get it.I can't even conceive of putting the dog outside. She's not a farm dog, she's a family dog.And in my opinion, a much-loved family pet is more than welcome on the bed!
Often leaders are focusing so intensely on growth that we miss the fact that our team’s emotional experience is suffering. And when they’re suffering, they’re in their Critter State (versus the ideal of being in their Smart State.) Why? Most likely because safety, belonging or mattering are missing. But how do you know who needs what, and when? When I do culture coaching I use three main tools to find out: SBM Behavior Decoder to help leaders understand what a behavior is communicating SBM Communication tools for the individual SBM Index for the entire organization Today we are diving into the SBM Behavior Decoder and how this tool can help forge greater emotional agility for your tribe. You don’t need to ask if a team member needs safety, belonging, or mattering--their behavior says it all. The SBM Behavior Decoder below will help you give them what they need to shift to their Smart State. Click the infographic link and view the Behavior Decoder. SBM Behavior Decoder Infographic What Do Your People Really Crave? If people are in their Critter State and craving safety, they’ll take safety away from others. They need their outside world to match their inside world. This could manifest in the workplace as someone spreading gossip, rumors, or fear in general. If people are in their Critter State and craving belonging, they’ll isolate, withhold information, or form silos—they will essentially “leave the tribe.” They feel they don’t belong, so they’ll behave accordingly… and their outside world will reflect their inside experience. If people are in their Critter State and craving mattering, they’ll take mattering away from others via condescending behavior and making people feel small. They don’t matter, so they make sure that others don’t either. Then their world will make sense. Discover the SBM Trigger of An Individual Once you determine what you think your people really crave, based on their behavior, you can begin a dialogue to confirm your findings. Ask your people - What is most important to you at work? Please list in order of importance: You’re on a team that has a plan, and people have your back. (safety) You’re part of the team, and you have equal value to others. (belonging) You’re acknowledged and appreciated for your unique contributions, and you are making a difference. (mattering) This dialogue starts the process of becoming aware and once we are aware of what state we are in, we can apply the appropriate tools to manifest change. Next, notice both the “go to” behavior of a person in Critter State, as well as what lights them up. If their “go to” is Belonging in Critter State, you may want to try giving them Belonging regularly to light them up. You could do this by saying “I’m so glad you’re on the team. You really bring a lot to everyone! The team is better with you on it.” Notice also your “go to” and what lights you up, as well as your family members too! The Net-Net When we give people what they crave, their critter brain calms down, and we can guide them into their Smart State. This is where true rapport, connection, alignment, enrollment, and engagement live. Oh—and high performance, collaboration, and sustainability are the results! Remember, safety + belonging + mattering = trust. I’ve added links to more information on this topic in today’s show notes for you.Resources Mentioned:The ArticleSmart StateSBM Behavior DecoderSBM Communication Emotional agilitySafety, belonging, or matteringForming silosTrue rapportEngagementHigh performanceContact ChristineYou’re busy growing. Let’s have a strategy session when it makes sense, which means you are…· Committed to getting better results and finding out how awesome your performance can truly be· Ready to make this a priority and get started in the next few months· Allocating budget to improving the leadership, culture and results of you and your company· Able to make the decision to move forward (or can convince the person who can)Ready? Great! Please fill out the form here. If not, check out our resources and subscribe to receive news and more tools as they become available, and we’ll work together when the time is right. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
It seems that mental illness is a taboo subject in the church. Why? Most likely because we just don’t understand what mental illness really is – and because the longer we’ve been in church – there is a good chance that we’ve adopted the 3 unspoken church rules about it: 1 – Don’t talk about […]
Show Description:In recent years investors have shifted to index funds from active fund managers in a big way. Some, including Michael Burry – which was the story of the “Big Short”, believe that small-cap and particularly small-cap value is the place to be given the rush to index funds. Why? Most index funds are capitalization weighted which means the largest stock, gets the largest percentage of the portfolio. This ends up putting most of the money invested into generally larger capitalization companies. Is there a better way than active and indexing? We believe so and will cover in this show. In this show you will learn about:· Indexing vs. “smart” indexing· How most indexes are created· Where does your money goes when you invest in and index?· Why are investors moving out of actively managed funds?· A way you can invest and get the best of both active and passive
Show Description:In recent years investors have shifted to index funds from active fund managers in a big way. Some, including Michael Burry – which was the story of the “Big Short”, believe that small-cap and particularly small-cap value is the place to be given the rush to index funds. Why? Most index funds are capitalization weighted which means the largest stock, gets the largest percentage of the portfolio. This ends up putting most of the money invested into generally larger capitalization companies. Is there a better way than active and indexing? We believe so and will cover in this show. In this show you will learn about:· Indexing vs. “smart” indexing· How most indexes are created· Where does your money goes when you invest in and index?· Why are investors moving out of actively managed funds?· A way you can invest and get the best of both active and passive
In this episode of Quah, sponsored by Organifi (organifi.com/mindpump, code "mindpump" for 20% off), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about using wall-sits to rehab an injury or fix an imbalance, why hunger goes up after a MAPS Anabolic foundational workout, slow controlled repetitions vs using some momentum for muscle growth, and the pros and cons of rucking or weighted backpack walking. Hear how Sal applies the ‘sober test' to the guys. (5:05) The ‘supergroup' is back together: The guys share the fallout from their group workout + PRx continuing to shock the guys with their newest products. (14:02) Why MOST supplements don't do a whole lot. (22:20) Is a babies' temperament linked to their gut bacteria? (25:28) Artists of the past touring the country as holograms?? The evolution of AI and entertainment. (26:33) Update on the strange times surrounding Tony Robbins. (32:13) Random facts with Mind Pump: Were some of our former presidents' badasses?? (34:13) The current and troubled past of US/Iran relations. Why war is NOT good for an economy. (39:01) #Quah question #1 – Thoughts on wall-sits when trying to rehab an injury or fix an imbalance? (44:25) #Quah question #2 – I have been noticing the day post a MAPS Anabolic foundational session, my hunger goes through the roof. Is that a signal that I should increase my calories through healthy foods and undulate the rest of the week? (52:30) #Quah question #3 – What builds more muscle, slow controlled movements or weight moved with some momentum? (58:40) #Quah question #4 – What is your take on ‘rucking' or weighted backpack walking? (1:07:33) People Mentioned Jessica Rothenberg (@thetraininghour) Instagram Tony Robbins (@tonyrobbins) Instagram Max Schmarzo (ATC/CSCS/MS) (@strong_by_science) Instagram Related Links/Products Mentioned June Promotion: MAPS Strong ½ off!! **Code “STRONG50” at checkout** Visit PRx Performance for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Code “mindpump” at checkout** Babies' Temperament Linked to Their Gut Bacteria Whitney Houston Hologram Tour, New Album in the Works Is Abraham Lincoln in the Wrestling Hall of Fame? Home | The Roosevelts | PBS What shooting down a $110M US drone tells us about Iran Visit Brain.fm for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners. Mind Pump Free Resources
Original Broadcast: July 2008 Monthly Theme: Names of God Now [Elkanah] used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts at Shiloh (1 Samuel 1:3) YHWH Sabaoth (Lord of hosts) Our final name to meditate upon this month is the most prominent name for God in all the prophetic writings ... YHWH Sabaoth, LORD of hosts or LORD of armies. Two hundred thirty times this name for God shows up in the prophetic writings. Why? Most of the prophets found themselves proclaiming the Word of God to a nation at war. YHWH Sabaoth brings to mind pictures of great generals who led troops into battles like George Washington, Robert E. Lee and George S. Patton. It was YHWH who lead them into battle and defended them. It's still the same today. We pray that God would protect our military from harm and danger. How do we know that we can ask for that? Because He is YHWH Sabaoth, the Lord of hosts. He also leads you into your everday battle and protects you from the devil. But you shouldn't take it for granted. St. Paul reminds us, "Put on the whole armor of God" (Ephesians 6:11). A general doesn't lead his troops into battle without the proper equipment. Read Ephesians 6 and see what YHWH Sabaoth gives to His soldiers for protection. Amen.
Episode # 2 “Why Most of Us Need Breath Training” Hi, this is Michael Lingard bringing you the second episode of Better Breathing Means Better Health entitled “Why Most of Us Need Breath Training” The fact that you are listening to this second episode tells me you know this is true and that you are wondering whether you could benefit yourself. I have been teaching the Buteyko Method of breath training for over fifteen years and have been delighted to see what a great help it has been to all those I have taught but it has also been a disappointment to me that this powerful health promoting work has not gained mainstream medical support. There may be many reasons for this lack of interest from the medical establishment and the public at large but two main ones come to my mind. As regards the medical establishment there is a bias towards disease management and treatment rather than health education and promotion, and with something so radical as this, they demand more scientific research before committing resources or recommending it. We now know that doctors are given little training in health promotion and natural medicine during their years of study and this has now been recognized and efforts are being made to improve this aspect of healthcare. So doctors by and large are reluctant to refer their patients to breath educators. We may also have to wait a long time for more research to be done since most is financed by the pharmaceutical companies who would not want to demonstrate simple breath training and other lifestyle changes could dramatically reduce the need and demand for their drugs. As regards the public in general I understand it is a lot to expect of them to believe that they need to train themselves how to breathe since they have been doing it ever since birth! They don’t need to have walking or talking lessons so why should they need breathing lessons? The second barrier to acceptance is that they not unreasonably go to their doctor for all advice on health matters, who either doesn't support the idea of breath training or dismisses it as irrelevant. The third barrier in the UK is that we have all become used to the idea that all healthcare is free at point of delivery and Buteyko Breath training is not funded by the NHS but can cost a few hundred pounds and that can be difficult for many people. I decided that perhaps the time had come to use modern communication technology to launch breath training more successfully, hence this free podcast you are now listening to. I hope I can make a small contribution to the growing awareness and use of healthy lifestyle self-help systems. So let’s start on this journey towards a better lifestyle and improved health and wellbeing. During my thirty-five years as a holistic healthcare practitioner I have found that over seventy five percent of my patients breathe badly and that this may account for much of their poor health or at the very least is contributing to the disease or illness they complain of. In fact I have found only a few percent breathe optimally and these people tend to have already been doing breath work in yoga, tai chi or other such training. There are two major causes of this widespread problem, stress of our modern lives and lifestyle problems including our diet, exercise and work. If you took time out and watched my video I suggested in episode one “Chronic Hidden Hyperventilation 21st Century Epidemic” you will by now realize why stress produces this dysfunctional breathing due to our ancient fight/flight response to stressors. The lifestyle connections are not so clear cut but from my research over the past two years I have found a strong relationship between what we eat and how we breathe and also that how we breathe influences what and how we eat. You may never have considered the possibility that you over-breathe especially as we are advised to do deep breathing, encouraged to take deep breaths when stressed and generally taught to increase our breathing to get more oxygen into our bodies. But we have been taught wrong! It is not as simple as that and the truth is quite the opposite. Over-breathing lowers our body oxygenation and in fact if you are stressed you will already be over-breathing and the last thing you want to do is to forcibly increase your breathing! To summarize the physiology quickly; we all need to breathe about five litres of air per minute at rest, and our breathing is automatically controlled, not by the level of oxygen in our body, but the level of carbon dioxide. The level of carbon dioxide should normally be around 5 to 6 percent ideally for optimal oxygenation. We produce far more carbon dioxide than we need, so breathing is the body’s way of controlling this. If the carbon dioxide level is too high breathing is increased automatically to expel the surplus, if too low, breathing is reduced to conserve it. So why does carbon dioxide matter? Professor Buteyko called carbon dioxide the hormone par excellence, as it has a profound effect on all of the body’s functioning. When carbon dioxide levels fall too low smooth-muscle wrapped around airways, blood vessels and other hollow organs begins to contract. This is the sensation every asthmatic feels when an attack is imminent, airways narrow & constrict and make it hard to breathe, this is one of the reasons many people suffer hypertension as the narrowed arteries demand a higher blood pressure and why others may suffer panic attacks through restricted blood flow to the brain. Many people breathe through the mouth rather than through their nose and this makes over-breathing more likely because of the large mouth compared with small nasal passages. Breathing through the nose filters out dust and irritants and so mouth breathing leads to more irritation of the airways. Also when we breathe too much there is an increase of histamine production that makes us more sensitive to pollen and other allergens. The nose is for breathing, and the mouth is for eating and talking. When we breathe through the nose dust and irritants are filtered out, the air is warmed if it is cold, the air is moisturized if too dry and most bacteria are killed off while passing through the nose so protecting us from infections of the chest. When carbon dioxide levels are low, the blood carrying the oxygen to all the cells in the body doesn't releases oxygen readily and holds onto it. This creates a sensation of a shortage of breath that makes us try to breathe even more, but as we breathe more we expel even more carbon dioxide and our problems gets worse. So perhaps you now see why breath training is essential for most of us in the West. But let's check whether you are breathing too much now. We're going to measure what Professor Buteyko called the “Control Pause” (CP). The control pause is the maximum comfortable breath hold after exhaling while at rest. It gives a fair measure of how well your body is oxygenated. If you are breathing normally and have good oxygenation, you will be able to hold your breath for 45 to 60 seconds without any effort. If you are very poorly oxygenated you may need to take a breath almost immediately or manage only a few seconds before you have to take another breath in. So let's try it now. Make sure you're sitting comfortably and relaxed and that you haven't just eaten as this will affect the result, wait at least an hour after eating before checking your control pause. Keep your mouth shut and breathe in through your nose a normal breath, breathe out through your nose and then hold your nose. Checked the time on your second hand of a watch or start a timer. Hold your breath until you feel the need to take another breath in, release your nose and breathe in. Note how many seconds you were able to hold your breath. This was your control pause, make a note of it and in the next episode will discuss how well your breathing is and what the control pause means. In preparation for the next episodes and for recording your exercises you should purchase “The Breath Connection – The Buteyko Guide to Better Breathing & Better Health” by Michael Lingard £10.00 from Amazon .co.uk or Lulu.com HERE
Episode # 1 Your Breathing, The Most Neglected Factor in Health and DiseaseFor the people and doctors in the East this is no revelation as Eastern medicine and health care has always paid great attention to the quality of breathing. This is not a surprise when you think that we can live without food for three weeks, without water for three days but we can only survive three minutes without air. Surely just based on this fact alone, we should give more attention to our breathing?Learn more before you start on this course at just click HEREDuring this course you will learn how improved breathing will benefit many diseases including: asthma, allergies, angina, anxiety, circulatory problems, depression, gut problems, hay fever, hypertension, IBS, migraines, ME, panic attacks, skin problems and many more.The common factor in all these conditions is that the individual has developed a bad habit of breathing too much all the time, very often because of stress, some trauma, diet, or other lifestyle problems.You will learn how, by simply improving your breathing and a few other lifestyle changes you will be able to enjoy a healthier life, usually with improved energy, better sleep and fewer health problems. The Buteyko Method has been subjected to clinical trials that have proved its effectiveness and millions across the world have benefited from the training. Until now training was either in small classes or one to one and cost a few hundred pounds, even internet based courses have been over a hundred pounds usually. *With the new facility of the podcast we can offer a very good introduction to the training for free. *The Buteyko Method of breath training was the life’s work of a great Russian physician Professor Konstantin Buteyko who studied the impact of breathing in health and disease and gave this great work to the world to improve the health and wellbeing of as many people as possible. His first teaching of the method in the West was in Australia over thirty years ago, it has since spread across the world and has helped millions of people with many health problems and others have found it has improved their general health or their sporting performance and fitness.What he discovered was that the vast majority of ill health and disease is associated with poor breathing and in particular with over-breathing or chronic hidden hyperventilation. Once the individual’s breathing was returned to normal many of their symptoms and health problems were relieved or eliminated entirely.I would recommend you spend a little time watching my video on YouTube called Chronic Hidden Hyperventilation 21st Century Epidemic that will give you a useful overview of what you are going to be learning on this course. HERESo, when you are ready to start on this journey towards better health go to episode two entitled “Why Most of Us Need Breath Training”In preparation for the next episodes and for recording your exercises you should purchase “The Breath Connection – The Buteyko Guide to Better Breathing & Better Health” by Michael Lingard £10.00 from Amazon .co.uk HERE or from Lulu.com HERE. This is not essential but as a revision book and for exercise recording you will find it invaluable.
Learn about why people around the world keep their milk at different temperatures; a diet that’s good for your health and for the health of the planet; and, a cognitive bias that might make you think that everyone agrees with you. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: Why Most of the World Buys Their Milk at Room Temperature — https://curiosity.im/2EGslG2 The Diet That's Good for Your Health and the World's — https://curiosity.im/2u3LQTU Think Most People Agree With You? You Might Be Fooling Yourself — https://curiosity.im/2EFDcA0 If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.
94% of content created generates ZERO backlinks, and 1.3% of articles take 74% of all social social shares. Most content does not work, but why? Is it better to be "small data" rather than "big data"? DuckDuckGo addresses this question by collecting zero data about its users, and providing a high-privacy platform. Topic 1: DuckDuckGo Inspired by this article: https://www.popsci.com/google-duckduckgo-bing-comparison What is DuckDuckGo and why does it exist? How important is result customization versus privacy? Users will need to consider what they value more. Topic 2: Why Most content doesn't work Inspired by this report by Brian Dean and BuzzSumo: https://backlinko.com/content-study Massive report from Backlinko that looked at 912 million blogs. Longer headlines perform much better than shorter headlines. Also that shorter headlines can feel like stock headlines, meaning they are generic, and that could be a reason people are turned off by them. There is no correlation between social shares and backlinks. Topic 3: Do marketing agencies practice what they preach? Inspired by the headline "Do Agencies Practice the Content Marketing they Preach." We talk about the history of Brafton marketing.
In this exciting episode, Peter Bregman shares his thoughts about leadership and the importance of showing up with confidence, being connected to others, and being committed to a purpose in a way that inspires others to follow. He explains that the most successful leaders not only know what to say and do, but are willing to experience the discomfort, risk, or uncertainty of saying and doing it. These leaders display what Bregman calls Emotional Courage. “Think about a conversation you need to have, but haven’t. You have all the skill and knowledge you need, but you aren’t doing it. Why? Most likely it is because you believe it may cause you to feel something you don’t want to feel. You might become disconnected from that person. Or they might come back in anger or act in a passive aggressive way that can damage relationships and put projects at risk. It could simply make you uncomfortable—and no one likes to feel uncomfortable. Emotional Courage is not how much you know—it is about what you are willing to feel,” says Bregman. The four elements of Emotional Courage are simple to understand, but not always easy to implement. To be a leader with Emotional Courage, you need to: Be confident in yourself. To be confident, you need to understand who you are as a leader and then determine who you want to become. Asking for feedback is a powerful way to uncover blind spots, while listening to and accepting that feedback is the key to changing your behavior. Building confidence creates the foundation for your leadership style. Be connected with others. Listening with a willingness to learn something new is the birthplace of connection. Following through on commitments builds trust for a lasting, honest relationship. True success depends on connecting with others. Be committed to a purpose. Create a clear, powerful, compelling focus toward a larger purpose in order to channel your energy and the energy of those around you toward a common goal. Achieving a common purpose requires extreme focus. Act with Emotional Courage. Understand when you don’t want to feel something and take steps toward it. Be courageous and act boldly. Emotional courage feeds on confidence, connections, and commitment. “The key thing to remember is to be aware of what is important to you and be willing to take the risk to increase your own productivity. That will have a positive impact on personal and organizational results—because you will be operating with Emotional Courage.” About The Ken Blanchard Companies The Ken Blanchard Companies is the global leader in management training. For nearly 40 years, Blanchard has been creating the best managers in the world, training over 150,000 people each year. From the award-winning First-time Manager program, based on the best-selling business book, The New One Minute Manager®—to SLII®, the most widely taught leadership model in the world, Blanchard is the provider of choice for Fortune 500 companies as well as small to medium businesses, government agencies, and educational and nonprofit organizations. About Peter Bregman For more information on Peter Bregman, visit www.bregmanpartners.com.
Though the field of research around the gut microbiome is brand new, the latest understandings are changing our definition of the optimal human diet. We are also learning how factors like activity, stress and sleep impact the microbiome. So, what foods promote the growth of beneficial strains of bacteria? And how can we make better lifestyle choices that will increase diversity in the microbiome—and improve our health overall? Medical biophysicist Dr. Sarah Ballantyne, PhD, is the creator of The Paleo Mom, an award-winning online resource that distills the science behind how diet and lifestyle impact health. She also serves as the co-host of the syndicated Paleo View Podcast and architect of the premier Autoimmune Protocol Lecture Series. Sarah has a background in academic research around critical care medicine, gene therapy and cell biology, and she is the author of a number of bestselling books on the nutritional approach to optimal health. Sarah’s path to becoming an internationally-recognized health advocate was informed by own journey, and she is on a mission to tackle public health at the level of scientific literacy. Today, Sarah offers insight around gut health, explaining the connection between a leaky gut and a lack of diversity in the microbiome. She discusses how to modify your diet to improve gut health and the science behind the lifestyle factors that impact the microbiome. Sarah also shares advice on changing your diet gradually to prevent GI issues, leveraging food-based probiotics and working with a functional medical practitioner. Listen in for insight around the dangers of the ketogenic diet and learn why a balance of macronutrients is what’s best for you—and your gut! Topics Covered [1:45] Sarah’s mission to improve public health Educate people around WHY choices better Empower critical thinking about new info [4:00] Sarah’s take on the terms Paleo and nutrivore Resonates with nutrivore (receive nutrients from food) Message of Paleo diluted by infighting in community [8:55] Sarah’s insight around gut health Leaky gut connected with lack of diversity in microbiome Mushrooms considered foundational for healing Gut loves phytochemicals and polyphenols Fruits and vegetables, herbal tea and honey Vitamin D deficiency inhibits growth of beneficial strains [16:00] How to modify your diet to improve gut health Cook with whole mushrooms 3X/week Incorporate fish and seafood (Omega-3 fats) Eat organ meat for vitamin A Variety of high-fiber vegetables [19:18] The lifestyle factors that impact the microbiome Stress, lack of sleep and overtraining decrease diversity Activity increa [21:23] Sarah’s advice on dramatically shifting your diet Can cause GI symptoms depending on species at start Approach diet iteratively, give microbiome time to adjust Consider bacillus-based probiotic supplement No way of precision editing individual microbiome yet [29:02] What you can learn from a stool test Identify strains to tackle with anti-microbial (e.g.: SIBO) Recognize and treat parasites [32:07] Why Sarah recommends food-based probiotics Fermented foods include hundreds of strains Exposure to soil-based organisms (e.g.: organic vegetables) More time in nature, find places not treated by chemicals [38:02] Sarah’s thoughts on the ketogenic diet Only supports in case of neurological disease (i.e.: epilepsy) Mimics starvation, problematic for long-term health Not enough fiber for gut microbiome [41:44] The importance of balance in your diet High-fat and low-fat diets both detrimental Need moderation of fat, protein and carbs Each macronutrient between 20% and 50% [45:40] Sarah’s advice for people with difficulty absorbing fiber GI symptoms likely related to gut dysbiosis Constipation—start with leafy greens, move up slowly Diarrhea—bifidobacterium, lactobacillus most beneficial Work with functional medical practitioner Learn More About Sarah Ballantyne The Paleo Mom The Paleo View Podcast Resources Books by Sarah Ballantyne Go to Bed Online Program Autoimmune Protocol Lecture Series The Danger of Ketogenic Diets and Why Most of Us Shouldn’t Do It Healthy Gut, Healthy You by Dr. Michael Ruscio TPV EP316: Is the Carnivore Diet Healthy? Squatty Potty Step and Go Stool
Sales reps are taught a lot of things but they are not often taught about how to approach senior level executives. Why? Most people don't know how. In this episode, Matt Conway, founder of MattConway.com talks about the skills needed to prospect to CEOs and why companies can't seem to figure it out. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Sales Leadership Summit The Definitive Guide to Sales Cadence In This Episode You'll Learn: Why it's so important to go 'high' when prospecting Why companies don't go high enough and how they can What are some of the skills needed to prospect to CEOs
What are foreclosures and why do they happen? To make it simple, foreclosures are properties that have been repossessed by the lender. The buyer fell through with their obligation to make payments, which can happen for a variety of reasons. Whether someone has an accident that impedes their ability to produce income, they lose their job, or they are going through some other hardship, there are many ways for a person to find themselves in this position. The bottom line is that if payments are not made, the property will be foreclosed upon. This is why my team and I tell buyers at closing that, “If you don’t pay, you don’t stay.” Once the lender takes a property back, it is considered an REO (real estate owned by a third party). On the MLS (the multiple listing service), professionals actually have the ability to see whether or not a listing falls under this category. Since this information isn’t available to consumers, buyers will need to trust the help of a professional to locate foreclosure properties for them. “Before someone has stopped making payments on a house, they probably also stopped maintaining the house.” In fact, I often receive calls from people saying they want to look at foreclosures. My first question to them is, “Why?” Most people tell me it’s because they want a good deal. At this point, I tend to encourage them to look at other homes. I will certainly pull foreclosed homes for them, but I like to show clients that I can also find them great deals on listings that aren’t REOs. Generally, my opinion about foreclosures is this: Before someone has stopped making payments on a house, they have probably also stopped maintaining the house. People who don’t have the money to make payments will likely also not have any funds to make sure the house is in good condition. The maintenance of foreclosed homes is almost always delayed maintenance. Despite this, there are a few benefits to foreclosure listings. From my perspective, I like that foreclosure properties aren’t being listed by an emotionally attached seller. The bank wants to get rid of this property, making them easier to negotiate with. That being said, most foreclosure listings are sold as-is. Whether the property a buyer is looking at is a foreclosure listing or not, I always advise them to get a full inspection. Going so far as to turn the utilities back on in a foreclosed home to do so is definitely worth it. If you have any other questions or would like more information, feel free to give me a call or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Goals. Simple word and impossible to obtain. Why? Most people set them too high, compare themselves unrealistically, do not write them down and never reward the small accomplishments.
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While the agent opens the lock box, buyers have plenty of time to take in every detail of your entryway.Selling a home? Get a free home value reportBuying a home? Search all homes for saleStatistics show that your front door is actually one of the few places in your home where you can spend money on an update and get a positive return on your cash when you sell. Why is this?Most homeowners don't even use their front door, preferring the garage door or a side door that's closest to where you park. It's there for show, but it actually gets less attention thanks to how little most homeowners use them. Bugs get into the lamps by your entryway and the glass gets dirty from fingerprints.When you sell your house though, the agent will usually bring buyers through the front door. Why? Most homes being shown have an electronic lock box on their front door so that these buyers can enter the home in the most picturesque way. They come in the front door that might open to a foyer with the light flowing in and a view to the kitchen.It's just the best way to enter a home.“While the agent opens the lock box, buyers have plenty of time to take in every detail of your entryway. ”Keep in mind that that lock box takes a moment to access. That means the buyer will just be standing there waiting for the Realtor to open the lock box, giving them plenty of time to look at the whole entryway. They'll see all the dead bugs piled up in your lights, the cobwebs around the door, and the dog's nose prints on the glass next to the door. You want buyers to come in through the front of the house and form a great first impression, and the best way to do that is by making the entryway look brand new.If you have any other questions about preparing your home for the market, don't hesitate to give me a call or send me an email. I'd be glad to help.
Stephen is the CEO of Predictive ROI and the host of the Onward Nation podcast. He is the author of two bestselling books, speaker, trainer, and his digital marketing insights have been featured in SUCCESS, Entrepreneur, The Washington Post, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and other media. Good Morning Onward Nation — I’m Stephen Woessner. Have you ever noticed how most people only pay attention to the final product of a successful business owner? They say things like…“I can never be like them.” or “They got lucky.” What most people don’t see is what the business owner overcame on their path to becoming successful. All of the struggles. All of the daily rejections. The heartaches. The betrayals. The rumors. The criticism. Even the empty bank accounts. And all of those lonely nights while they worked hard to make their vision become a reality. You see, Onward Nation, the only difference between the one who quits, and the one who doesn’t, is that the successful owner showed up every day. The successful owner worked hard every day. They hustled every day. They learned from a proven mentor every day. They worked hard to improve every day. They did all this…even though they felt like quitting…every day. And eventually, they became who they are today…a successful business owner. All of this is a very powerful lesson that I learned from Patrick Bet-David, founder and host of the popular YouTube channel, ValueTainment. Onward Nation, if you haven’t already subscribed to Patrick’s YouTube channel, I highly recommend it. Patrick is exceptional at teaching success principles and lessons you can apply immediately in order to move your business onward to that next level. And during this solocast, we are going to dig deep into one of the fundamental – yet underlying principles that I just shared from Patrick. The principle is fundamental to success — but Onward Nation — it is also easy to miss, overlook, or to take for granted. The principle is that there is no such thing as an overnight success. There isn’t. No matter what industry — no matter what sector — the companies that have achieved sustainable success reached their pinnacle after years and years of perfecting their craft. Successful people think about long-term wins – not short-term wins. It is about the long-haul, it is about endurance, and outlasting the competition not just for today – but for years and years down the road. So I am going to share some examples to illustrate this powerful principle. Why? Because it is critically important to realize that success takes time. Your success requires your full attention. Your success requires failure, it requires making adjustments, repositioning, trying again, failing again, reintroducing products, and maybe even being on the brink of collapse as was the case with Apple, before you finally, truly “make it.” My hope for you is that you will celebrate the challenges and obstacles that are in your way right now. With the right perspective – you will see them as the gift that they are. Each challenge – each obstacle – each setback – is actually making you stronger — if you let them. Each embarrassing failure is forcing you to think differently — they are testing your commitment to your vital priorities, vital function, and your wherewithal. Will you push forward — or will you quit, Onward Nation? My hope is that you will always push forward and never quit. There is no such thing as an overnight success. Instead, it takes persistence and tenacity over the long haul. The path to success often winds and swerves – and then ultimately – you make it – after 15 to 20-years of grinding it out and remaining focused on your vital priorities that you are then seen as an “overnight success.” To that point, I encourage you to go back and re-listen to my interview with Verne Harnish in episode 205 and listen carefully to how Verne introduces himself to you, Onward Nation. Verne says this is his 34th year of doing just one thing — helping companies scale up. His organizations and companies are devoted to this “one thing”…his books are dedicated to this “one thing” and even his family and friends are dedicated to supporting him be successful with this “one thing.” The discussion with Verne is so compelling because he takes some time to dispel the overnight success myth by sharing some interesting data points and stories. One of those data points is that there are over 11,000 new companies launched every hour all over the world today. Just think of that, Onward Nation…11,000 new companies an hour. However, the vast majority of those companies will not be successful — they will lack the fortitude — the staying power to effectively scale their business. For example, Verne went on to share that of the 28 million businesses in the United States, about 24 million of the total are solopreneurs and will never scale up. Why? Most lack the resources — and I don’t mean just financial. Often times, as Verne shared, it is not a question of “how much do I need to scale?” but typically a question of who do I need to be in association with in order to scale up over the long haul. Verne cited Apple and how the company had slowly moved along with their 25-year timeline — nearly collapsed — until Steve Jobs came back. At the time Jobs returned, they had 9,800 employees and were nearly broke. And likely all of us know what happened following the iPod’s release in 2001 — but it didn’t succeed right away…in fact…the iPod floundered a bit for a couple of years. But in 2003, it got some traction and now Apple has scaled to over 110,000 employees during the last 13 years. It would be very easy to forget about those first 25 years of trial, error, struggle, losing millions of dollars, nearly going broke, and then focusing on just one thing and doing it with excellence in the iPod — and then traction takes hold. Success requires a disciplined effort over a long period of time. Some people look at Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of Vaynermedia in New York City, as this guy who came out of nowhere to leap in front of the social media space and is now super popular with a massive following. Couldn’t be further from the truth — and Gary would be the first one to tell you. His story is one of grit, tenacity, outworking the competition, and playing to win for the long term. When Gary launched Wine Library TV — his daily show — for about the first year, his audience was really small…almost discouragingly small…but Gary didn’t quit. Then year two…then year three…then year four…then year five, and then year six. Six years, Onward Nation! Six years of producing a high-quality show of 20 to 30-minutes of engaging video content — every day — that’s what it took for Gary Vee to win. Just think about that for a minute. The magnitude of content he produced. It is really easy to look at Vaynermedia today and become impressed with the success — heck — nearly 900 in NYC and five other locations across the United States — those are significant accomplishments. But to me, and I suppose it is because I’ve had the rare opportunity to be Gary’s guest at Vaynermedia, to go behind the green curtain to interview him and to learn from him, I know that one of the things he is most proud of — and he should be — is all of the hard work, the struggle, the determination to make something out of nothing. Gary truly enjoys the journey to success — and he would be another one to tell you there are no shortcuts to success. And just because someone gets paid over $50,000 to deliver a keynote today — like Gary does — there is precious backstory there and it’s the backstory that is much more interesting. Let’s take a look at the late Peter Drucker, arguably the godfather of modern day management. Verne Harnish shared with me during our interview that of Peter’s 39 groundbreaking books, only 13 of them were written before Peter’s 65th birthday. Peter wrote twice the number of books after he turned 65. What? It takes a long time, Onward Nation, to collect, curate, and share the wisdom that is deep and impactful enough to matter and add value to a lot of people, like Peter did. Or, how about Picasso? Of his top 10 paintings — six of them were painted after he had turned 50. And four of the of 10 paintings were completed when Picasso was 51. Again…it’s the long-term commitment to your vital priorities and vital functions…perfecting your craft with years, and years, and years of disciplined effort. I have mentioned vital priorities and vital functions a couple of times this morning — so if you want a refresher on terminology — just go back and listen to episode 203. I dedicated an entire solocast to the topic of the vitals in your business and the lessons I learned from one of my mentors, Darren Hardy. So let’s move onto another example of long-term success. It would be very easy to look at James Patterson, one of the most successful novelists in history, and think — wow — here’s a guy who has it made. How amazing to be that lucky — to just write all day — what a joy. Again, let’s go behind the green curtain. I had an opportunity to interview the incomparable Linda Kaplan Thaler — oh my word, Onward Nation — Linda is brilliant. She was the creator of the AFLAC duck and so many ad campaigns that I know you will recognize if you go back to listen to our interview. But during our conversation, Linda told me about how she used to work for James Patterson when James was the creative director of the agency where Linda worked. James and Linda worked together for 17-years and became great friends. As Linda shared with me, James did not become a great novelist by accident or luck. Instead, to perfect his craft, James would get up every morning at 4:00 and would write for four hours until 8:00 when he would leave his home for the agency. He would then put in a full day — go home — and be in bed by 8:30 every night. And he rinsed and repeated this process for 21 years, Onward Nation. Staggering. 21 years! Just think about how many times during those 21 years that he would have second guessed himself, called himself bat crazy, how much criticism he received from friends and family encouraging him to just quit and to give up on his dream, and so much more. But he didn’t. He remained committed to his vital priority — and after 21 years — he became the successful James Patterson we know today. Or, how about Henry Ford? He was 40 years old when he founded the Ford Motor Company with the help of friends, family, and several investors who collectively helped him raise $28,000 in capital in 1903. And if you look through Mr. Ford’s timeline, you will see trials, tribulations, blood, sweat, tears, heartache, success, followed by disappointment, followed by triumph, followed by obstacles. So, let’s put all of these stories and principles into context by remembering the excellent lesson taught to us by Cody Foster, founder of Advisors Excel, our exceptional guest on Episode 81 of Onward Nation. Cody said to me, “Stephen, don’t compare someone else’s front-of-stage with your back-of-stage.” If you only look at someone’s front-of-stage — what you see in the public eye — you miss all of the struggles, the obstacles, the pain, the suffering, the courage, and their zig-zagged journey to where they are now. For example…we could look at Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, one of Hollywood’s hottest and most in-demand actors today…and it would be easy to fall into the trap of thinking that his path to success was different…that it wasn’t full of struggle, grinding it out, working hard to be the best…and most importantly…that it took 20-years for Dwayne to reach the pinnacle of success that he now enjoys. An injury on the football field at the University of Miami that ended any hope of a professional football career that then he directed his attention toward professional wrestling. And then he worked tirelessly to perfect his craft…slowly…training…making mistakes…until he made it to the big show…22,000 people in New York City’s Madison Square Garden…and a pay-per-view television audience for his first big shot at a win back in 1996. And due to all of the excitement…he forgot to direct his attention toward the correct camera…so the huge at-home audience saw a lot of The Rock’s back. Did this send him spinning and worrying about the mistake? No! He got back to work…and ground it out for years until he won his first WWE championship. And then that success led to controversy and tension…which he battled through…and finally some smaller movie roles…then a movie series…then some larger roles…and in November 2016…a starring role in Disney’s Moana as the mythical, Maui, whose bigger than life personality is a perfect fit for The Rock. And if you want to see some awesome behind the scenes video for the recording of Moana – just check this out: But what if The Rock would have quit after football? What if he would have quit in his early WWE career and let the frustration of not getting an early break set him back? What if he approached the smaller movie roles with less than full enthusiasm and instead decided to hold out for the big one? What if, Onward Nation…The Rock had not been willing to invest the 20 years of blood, sweat, and tears to become an overnight success? What if? And what if you don’t? You will be robbing the world of your special gifts and talents. What if Napoleon Hill gave up and quit because he had not become an overnight success? But, most people don’t know the story behind the success of “Think & Grown Rich” — and how the first edition, per se, was a great book but not well-received by the American public. Why? Well, several factors. First, it was published in 1928 — just one year before the Great Depression. The American public was not looking for — or ready for — a success manuscript at that time. And second, the book was huge and it was under a different title. It was the 612-page “Law of Success” — wow. I own the book — it is sitting on my desk right now — and it is amazing. It is essentially a more comprehensive version of “Think & Grow Rich.” Smartly, Napoleon decided to revise and repackage the Laws of Success by trimming it down — making it more concise — and then publishing it as “Think & Grow Rich” in 1937, nearly 10 years later, following the Depression. “Think & Grow Rich” then went on to sell 70 million copies worldwide. Again, no such thing as an overnight success. So don’t give up, Onward Nation! I hope you realize that the struggles you are facing — perhaps the abyss you are staring into right now — is all part of the master plan. You are more talented, more wonderful, more gifted, more incredible than you can possibly imagine. You are a child of the highest God and were blessed with an abundance of talent — so don’t quit — don’t give in — don’t stop. Keeping moving forward — success is there for you — just not overnight. So with that…I want to thank you again for taking the time to be here with me today. It is an honor to have you here — thank you for tuning in — I am delighted you chose this episode to be what you listen to, study, and take with you on your morning run, or maybe Onward Nation has become part of your daily commute, or in some other way has become part of your morning routine. However our daily podcast fits into your daily routine — I want you to know how much I appreciate you sharing some of your invaluable 86,400 seconds you have in your day with me and the strategies we learn and share each day from today’s top business owners. And please continue to let me know what you think of Onward Nation…good or bad…I always want your feedback. My direct email address is stephen@onwardnation.com — and yes — that is my actual Inbox. No fancy filters or filing system and I read and reply to every single email. So please let me know how you think we are doing. I look forward to hearing from you. Until then, onward with gusto!
When we look at even, we tend to look at causes that are visible to us, we don’t look at the cemetery, meaning the things that are not obvious and salient to us. Yes history tend to kill a lot of information that was not deemed relevant at the time. Just as if you want know the causes to become multimillionaire –you will hear beautifully well-crafted and compelling words of self-appointed consultants and experts, data scientists purport that risk taking and working hard are necessary. After all, almost all rich people took risk and work hard. But it doesn’t mean that taking risk and working hard make you successful unless if you take the cemetery of bankrupt people and force them to write their biography, you will discover that that they share the same traits. Therefore Taking risk and working hard are necessary to become rich and also a source to become bankrupt. And you only see the winners, not the losers- hence Hence History is written by the winners not by the losers The answer here is simple and easy. A system with small mistakes doesn’t have a high ration of bankruptcies. Why? Most people outthere are unconditionally afraid of failure without conditioning what type of system they are in or what type of failure it is “Remember 2 types of mistake” Fourth most experts and consultants out there selling programs of how to get rich quick scheme by conflating benefit with absence of risk. Another of saying it is mistaking absence of evidence for evidence of absence. Just like discussing growth without concern for fragility: like studying construction without thinking of collapses. Think like engineer not like an expert who gives you prediction (hence knowledge which turn out to be fragile). Warren Buffett put it this way “you cannot succeed if you cannot survive”, hence first and foremost you must build a robust system. Yes Business Robust Strategic will not be release by the beginning of February but by the end of January 2017. Life isn't about getting predictions "right"; it is about knowing how to navigate the environment and controlling it. This by the way is title of the next podcast
Lots of restaurants hire in a pinch for the wrong reasons with the wrong approach. I see want ads all the time for desperate restaurants seeking experienced people... "Wanted Experienced Cook.. Experienced Server" - Why? Most of the time, these people usually don't work out - No wonder turnover is so high in the restaurant business. Instead, I always hired for personality, approach and a true desire to serve the public. It's made all the difference in my successful restaurants and it will work for you. Listen as I show you how to Get an “A-Game” from your “A-Players”, by developing what I call your restaurant “Dream Team”. Here’s how you can: - Minimize turnover in your restaurant and build a “Culture of Hospitality” -Combine Great Service with Salesmanship - Develop a Service Staff that makes friends with your customers and brings them back again and again! Go out there and Rock Your Restaurant. Roger
The Paul Gough Audio Experience: Business Lessons for Physical Therapists
In this Episode of the Physical Therapy Business School Podcast I'm joined by a very special guest… …Her name is “Vicki Smith” and she was the FIRST and remains the longest standing staff member of my own practice. She's now the REAL boss of the Paul Gough Physio Rooms and has been with me for 8 years now. In that time she has witnessed a LOT of changes to my business, the Paul Gough Physio Rooms… We've re-invented ourselves from a clinic that was 80% reliant upon referrals from third parties… …to a clinic that is in complete control of it's own client flow - with 80% of our patients now being SELF REFERRED and happy to self pay, in cash, as a result of the direct marketing that we do. Vicki has been there with me as business hit an all time low as referrals from those third parties DROPPED… …as insurance companies SLASHED our re-embursement fees… …and she's been there as I introduced the new “Value Added Marketing” strategy that has TRANSFORMED my business fortunes BUT at the same time, almost tipped one or two of my staff over the edge as we struggled to cope with the HUGE impact of the value added marketing strategy we adopted in 2013. Vicki is going to share with you much of what she's learned from working alongside me, what her best advice would to anyone trying to grow a business - as well some of the things she's learned about why very FEW people ever want to pay for physical therapy - and how we build a business in-spite of that! This is an incredibly authentic interview with someone who I consider LARGELY responsible for the success of my clinic and I'm delighted to be able to share this with you to learn from. Every practice needs a great marketing strategy - but more important than that, every successful practice needs a “VICKI SMITH”. Listen to the interview and you'll see exactly what I mean… - The bizarre circumstances that me and Vicki met - and how she almost “took her clothes off in front of me”… (2:38) - The early challenges we faced when beginning to grow the clinic from when it was just me and her - to adding more staff… (8:55) - How to let staff know what you expect - and why it's so important… (16:58) - Why people don't want to for physiotherapy any more… and what they will pay that you can provide instead! (24:50) - Why MOST patients want to pay for solutions to internal problems - not external problems like back pain… (39:44) - How to make your patients at home in your practice from the very first interaction they have with you… (46:05) Be sure to subscribe to the show AND please leave us a review - we would love to know how this show is impacting you. To get your question answered by Paul Gough - Leave your question for the PT Business School Podcast here: www.paulgough.com/question Here's the link to the Youtube video where Vicki describes how she almost took her clothes off in front of her soon to be future boss: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbcJmBc5FmM Books referenced: Predictably Irrational, by Dan Arely: www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrat…ctably+Irrational This show is brought to you by: www.ptprofitacademy.com the online training organization that helps great physical therapists become successful business owners. Visit my own clinic website, here: www.paulgoughphysio.com
Stephen is the CEO of Predictive ROI and the host of the Onward Nation podcast. He is the author of two bestselling books, speaker, trainer, and his digital marketing insights have been featured in SUCCESS, Entrepreneur, The Washington Post, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and other media. Good Morning Onward Nation — I’m Stephen Woessner. Have you ever noticed how most people only pay attention to the final product of a successful business owner. They say things like…“I can never be like them.” or “They got lucky.” What most people don’t see is what the business owner overcame on their path to becoming successful. All of the struggles. All of the daily rejections. The heartaches. The betrayals. The rumors. The criticism. Even the empty bank accounts. And all of those lonely nights while they worked hard to make their vision become a reality. You see, Onward Nation, the only difference between the one who quits, and the one who doesn’t, is that the successful owner showed up every day. The successful owner worked hard every day. They hustled every day. They learned from a proven mentor every day. They worked hard to improve every day. They did all this even though they felt like quitting every day. And eventually, they became who they are today…a successful business owner, Onward Nation. All of this is a very powerful lesson that I learned from Patrick Bet-David, founder of PHP Agency, an insurance marketing organization, and is the host of the popular YouTube channel,ValueTainment. Onward Nation, if you haven’t already subscribed to Patrick’s YouTube channel, I highly recommend it. Patrick is exceptional at delivering impactful education, success principles, and business lessons any business owner can apply immediately in order to move onward to that next level. And during this solocast, we are going to dig deep into one of the fundamental – yet underlying principles that I just shared from Patrick. The principle is fundamental to success — but Onward Nation — it is also easy to miss, overlook, or to take for granted. The principle is that there is no such thing as an overnight success. There isn’t. No matter what industry — no matter what sector — the companies that have achieved sustainable success reached their pinnacle after years and years of perfecting their craft. So I am going to share some examples with you over the next several minutes to illustrate this powerful principle. Why? Because I think it is important to realize that success takes time. That success requires your full attention. That success requires failure, making adjustments, repositioning, trying again, failing again, reintroducing products, and maybe even being on the brink of collapse as was the case with Apple, before you finally “make it”. I want you to rest easy today — and to celebrate the challenges and obstacles that are in your way right now. They are a gift — they are making you stronger — if you let them — they are forcing you to think differently — they are testing your commitment to your vital priorities, vital function, and your wherewithal. Will you push forward — or will you quit, Onward Nation? My hope is that you will always push forward and never quit. Back when I was a sophomore in high school, I decided that I wanted to play football. Now, truth be told, I didn’t know the first thing about football…literally…I didn’t even know the positions on the field. I knew zero plays…nothing. And to make matters worse, I was 6 feet tall and about 150 pounds, slow, lanky, without any skill at all. In fact, I was so bad — and I am honestly not exaggerating at all — I was so bad, Onward Nation, that I actually sat on the bench during practice. As a young kid in high school, I thought my coaches were disrespecting me by not letting me practice. Now that I am older — I can only imagine the coaches meetings — they probably went something like this. “Ahem, okay gentlemen, we need to make some adjustments here in practice…has anyone seen that Woessner kid, yeah, he’s really bad. He has no talent on the field. Let’s let him stay on the team but we need to keep him busy on the sidelines because he is so bad that he will get destroyed even in practice.” Which was likely followed by lots of agreement and laughing. I distinctly remember talking with my dad one night when I felt like quitting because I was frustrating with my lack of opportunity — again — I didn’t realize the coaches were helping me, they weren’t trying to hold me back — they were actually ensuring I could move up just not in football — and my dad told me it would be okay if I quit. And that took me back a little bit. Quit? After the call, I thought long and hard about what he said — and I later decided that it was not okay if I quit. Quitting was not okay — and even if I never played another down on the team — I would not quit. I would attend every practice — every game — and root on the guys who were much better than me. But I would never quit. I wasn’t going to be successful in football but quitting to me felt like I would be given up on a lot more than just 10th grade football. So I finished the season no matter how embarrassed I was to be riding the pine bench. I think about those lessons often because they still fuel me today, Onward Nation, and my hope is that the lessons fuel you, too. Don’t ever give up. Remain committed to your vital priorities — and eventually — you will succeed. There is no overnight success — it takes persistence and tenacity over the long haul. To that point, I encourage you to go back and relisten to my interview with Verne Harnish in episode 205 and listen carefully to how Verne introduces himself to you, Onward Nation. Verne says this is his 34th year of doing just one thing — helpful companies scale up. His organizations and companies are devoted to this “one thing”…his books are dedicated to this “one thing” and even his family and friends are dedicated to supporting him be successful with this “one thing.” The discussion with Verne is so compelling because he takes some time to dispel the overnight success myth by sharing some interesting data points and stories. One of those data points is that there are over 11,000 new companies launched every hour all over the world today. Just think of that, Onward Nation…11,000 new companies an hour. However, the vast majority of those companies will not be successful — they will lack the fortitude — the staying power to effectively scale their business. For example, Verne went on to share that of the 28 million businesses in the United States, about 24 million of the total are solopreneurs and will never scale up. Why? Most lack the resources — and I don’t mean just financial. Often times, as Verne shared, it is not a question of “how much do I need to scale?” but typically a question of who do I need to be in association with in order to scale up over the long haul. Verne cited Apple and how the company had slowly moved along with their 25 year timeline — nearly collapsed — until Steve Jobs came back. At the time Jobs returned, they had 9,800 employees and were nearly broke. And likely all of us know what happened following the iPod’s release in 2001 — but it didn’t succeed right away…in fact…the iPod floundered a bit for a couple of years. But in 2003, it got some traction and now Apple has scaled to over 110,000 employees during the last 13 years. It would be very easy to forget about those first 25 years of trial, error, struggle, losing millions of dollars, nearly going broke, and then focusing on just one thing and doing it with excellence in the iPod — and then traction takes hold. Success requires a disciplined effort over a long period of time. Some people look at Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of Vaynermedia in New York City, as this guy who came out of nowhere to leap in front of the social media space and is now super popular with a massive following. Couldn’t be further from the truth — and Gary would be the first one to tell you. His story is one of grit, tenacity, outworking the competition, and playing to win for the long term. When Gary launched Wine Library TV — his daily show — for about the first year, his audience was really small…almost discouragingly small…but Gary didn’t quit. Then year two…then year three…then year four…then year five, and then year six. Six years, Onward Nation! Six years of producing a high-quality show of 20 to 30-minutes of engaging video content — every day — that’s what it took for Gary Vee to win. Just think about that for a minute. The magnitude of content he produced. It is really easy to look at Vaynermedia and get impressed with the success — heck — 500 employees on Park Avenue in NYC — and that is darn impressive. But, to me, because I have had an opportunity to be Gary’s guest at Vaynermedia, to go behind the green curtain to interview him, and to learn from him, I know that one of the things he is most proud of — and he should be — is all of the hard work, the struggle, the determination to make something out of nothing — he truly enjoys the journey to success — and he would be another one to tell you there are no shortcuts to success. And just because someone gets paid $50,000 to deliver a speech today — like Gary does — there is all kinds of back story there — and it’s the back story that is so interesting. Let’s take a look at the late Peter Drucker, arguably the godfather of modern day management…Verne Harnish shared with me during our interview that of Peter’s 39 groundbreaking books, only 13 of them were written before Peter’s 65th birthday. Peter wrote twice the number of books after he turned 65. What? It takes a long time, Onward Nation, to collect, curate, and share the wisdom that is deep and impactful enough to matter and add value to a lot of people, like Peter did. Or, how about Picasso? Of his top 10 paintings — six of them were painted after he had turned 50. And four of the of 10 paintings were completed when Picasso was 51. Again…it’s the long term commitment to your vital priorities and vital functions…perfecting your craft with years, and years, and years of disciplined effort. I have mentioned vital priorities and vital functions a couple of times this morning — so if you want a refresher on terminology — just go back and listen to episode 203. I dedicated an entire solocast to the topic of the vitals in your business and the lessons I learned from one of my mentors, Darren Hardy. So let’s move onto another example of long term success. It would be very easy to look at James Patterson, one of the most successful novelists in history, and think — wow — here’s a guy who has it made. How amazing to be that lucky — to just write all day — what a joy. Again, let’s go behind the green curtain. Last week, I had an opportunity to interview the incomparable Linda Kaplan Thaler — oh my word, Onward Nation — Linda is brilliant. She was the creator of the AFLAC duck and so many ad campaigns that I know you will recognize when you hear our interview. Cannot wait to share our discussion — we will air it as episode 226 on Monday, May 2nd — so stay tuned for that. But during our conversation, Linda told me about how she used to work for James Patterson when James was the creative director of the agency where Linda worked. James and Linda worked together for 17 years and became great friends. As Linda shared with me, James did not become a great novelist by accident or luck. Instead, to perfect his craft, James would get up every morning at 4:00 and would write for four hours until 8:00 when he would leave his home for the agency. He would then put in a full day — go home — and be in bed by 8:30 every night. And he rinsed and repeated this process for 21 years, Onward Nation. Staggering. 21 years! Just think about how many times during those 21 years that he would have second guessed himself, called himself bat crazy, how much criticism he received from friends and family encouraging him to just quit and to give up on his dream, and so much more. But he didn’t. He remained committed to his vital priority — and after 21 years — he became the successful James Patterson we know today. Or how about Henry Ford…he was 40 years old when he founded the Ford Motor Company with the help of friends, family, and several investors who collectively helped him raise $28,000 in capital in 1903. And if you look through Mr. Ford’s timeline…you will see trials, tribulations, blood, sweat, tears, heartache, success, followed by disappointment, followed by triumph, followed by obstacles. So, let’s put all of these stories and principles into context by remembering the excellent lesson taught to me by Cody Foster, founder of Advisors Excel and my guest on episode 81 of Onward Nation. Cody said to me, “Stephen, don’t compare someone else’s front-of-stage with your back-of-stage.” Meaning…if you only look at someone’s front of stage — what you see in the public eye — you miss all of the struggles, the obstacles, the pain, the suffering, the courage, and their zig-zagged journey to where they are are now. And the last example I want to leave you with is Napoleon Hill. If you have been listening to Onward Nation for a while now — you know I love Napoleon’s book, “Think & Grow Rich.” I have such high regard for this book — it is, in my opinion — the ultimate guide to achieving success. But, most people don’t know the story behind the book’s success — and how the first edition, per se, was a great book but not well-received by the American public. Why? Several factors. First, it was published in 1928 — just one year before the Great Depression. The American public was not looking for — or ready for — a success manuscript at that time. And second, the book was huge and it was under a different title. It was the 612-page “Law of Success” — wow. I own the book — it is sitting on my desk right now — and it is amazing. It is essentially a more comprehensive version of “Think & Grow Rich.” Smartly, Napoleon decided to revise and repackage the Laws of Success by trimming it down — making it more concise — and then publishing it as “Think & Grow Rich” in 1937, nearly 10 years later, following the Depression. “Think & Grow Rich” then went on to sell 70 million copies worldwide. Again, no such thing as an overnight success. So don’t give up, Onward Nation! I hope you realize that the struggles you are facing — perhaps the abyss you are staring into right now — is all part of the master plan. You are more talented, more wonderful, more gifted, more incredible than you can possibly imagine. You are a child of the highest God and were blessed with an abundance of talent — so don’t quit — don’t give in — don’t stop. Keeping moving forward — success is there for you — just not overnight. So with that…I want to thank you again for taking the time to be here with me today. It is an honor to have you here — thank you for tuning in — I am delighted you chose this episode to be what you listen to, study, and take with you on your morning run, or maybe Onward Nation has become part of your daily commute, or in some other way has become part of your morning routine. However our daily podcast fits into your daily routine — I want you to know how much I appreciate you sharing some of your invaluable 86,400 seconds you have in your day with me and the strategies we learn and share each day from today’s top business owners. And please continue to let me know what you think of Onward Nation…good or bad…I always want your feedback. My direct email address is stephen@onwardnation.com — and yes — that is my actual Inbox. No fancy filters or filing system and I read and reply to every single email. So please let me know how you think we are doing. I look forward to hearing from you. We will be back tomorrow with an incredible interview with Jordan Goodman, America’s Money Answers Man. You will not want to miss this discussion, Onward Nation! Until then, onward with gusto!
One of the business guides I return to again and again is the book Great Leads. This book tells you everything you need to understand about communicating with your audience in a way that cultivates the relationship and results in increasing sales. No matter how many times I've read this book, I'm always blown away by the statistic they open with: “80% of emotional impact will be determined by the first 20% of the copy.” Did you know that? Because I sure didn’t! The first few hundred words of your copy are known as “the lead.” And if those first hundred words are the entryway to a sale, your headline is the front door that every client has to walk through, in order to get to your product. Of course, what you really want is for them to be stampeding through! To get this, you need a killer headline for your sales page. Four Essentials of a Killer Headline #1: The Rule of One Readers don’t want to hear everything you know about a topic. Instead, they are looking for just a single, useful suggestion. Something they can take action on and see results. In advertising firms, they refer to this as the Rule of One--focusing on one powerful emotion within your reader. Too many ideas sends the reader’s mind in too many directions. You can use any number of different stories, predictions, statements or promises, but they all have to support that one Big Idea that your reader will grasp immediately. Here are a few classic examples of headlines that use the Rule of One: “Is the Life of a Child Worth $1 to You?” “When Doctors Feel Rotten, This is What They Do” “How I Improved My Memory in One Evening” When you stick with this Rule of One, it makes the copy stronger AND it makes writing the rest of the sales letter easier. Learn how to use the Rule of One in our free guide--click here to download it now! EPISODE FREEBIE Get the Free Guide: "Quick Guide To Writing A Killer Sales Page Headline" FREE DOWNLOAD #2: You need to provoke emotion. Strange but true fact: people respond to emotion before they respond to reason. So you need to grab your readers' attention by appealing to their current emotions. Once you have their emotional attention, they'll give you their intellectual attention so that you can convince him with all the great reasons to become your client. Here are some examples: “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” This one appeals to the emotion of fear--nobody wants to be helpless in this situation! “Do you make these mistakes in English?” This headline appeals to the emotion of insecurity--that you might be making a mistake and everyone knows it but you. #3: Determine Which Lead to Use Any advertising or marketing offer can be categorized as one of these six major types. The trick is to determine which type of lead is the best setting for your Big Idea. The Offer Lead “I Guarantee That You Will Shoot Your Lowest Score Ever on Your Next Round of Golf!” "Don't Pay One Penny Until This Course Turns Your Mind Into A Mental Magnet” The Promise Lead “A Hollywood Smile in 3 Days” “Build Your Memory in 4 Short Weeks” “Grow $500 into $4.8 Million” The Problem-Solution Lead “Do You Have a Secret Fear of Losing Your Job?” “Don’t Put a Cold in Your Pocket” “Feel Stronger Fast” The Big Secret Lead “The Strategy That Turns Every $1 Into $50” “The Only Investment Legally Obligated to Pay You 181% Gains” “An easier, more foolproof way to garden — anywhere” The Proclamation Lead “Warning: Your PDR is Obsolete” (I don’t even know what a PDR is, do you? But I definitely don’t want mine to be obsolete!) “Why Most 20th Century Medicine Will Soon Become Extinct” The Story Lead “They Laughed When I Sat Down at the Piano...But When I Started to Play!” “15 Rivers to Cross ... and only 7 bridges Here’s how we were able to bring you … THE GRANADA" “I’m writing to you from our shelter tonight…” All these leads are super fun to play with. If you like getting creative, you’re going to love experimenting with all these. Get more info on these lead types, including what type of audience responds best to each one--listen to the full episode on iTunes. #4 Determine Your Reader's Awareness Level Finally, to determine the most effective lead for your sales page, you need to know what your target market already knows about:. Who you are Your product The research behind your product Their own problem The possible solutions The awareness of your target market can be divided up into 5 different levels of awareness, from completely unaware to well-informed and already raving about your brand. Now here's where it gets fun: each awareness level fits best with a certain kind of lead. Once again, knowing your audience really well is the key to communicating your offer in a way they can't resist! Want to learn how to practically put this all together? Click here to download our free guide. EPISODE FREEBIE Get the Free Guide: "Quick Guide To Writing A Killer Sales Page Headline" FREE DOWNLOAD Creating a Gateway for Your Ideal Customer As you might remember from earlier episodes, there are a few different ways to determine your target market's awareness level. Go back and listen to Episodes 55 and 56 if you need a refresher. Or, if you're ready to take a deep dive into the strategies for finding your ideal audience, you can sign up now for the Profit Lab--but hurry! Registration is closing soon, and today is the last day to get a massive "early bird" discount on this course. Finally, click here to download this week's free guide--it will walk you through each of these four essentials to create a killer sales page headline of your very own.
After a hectic life upheaval, the intrepid hosts return for their long-awaited next episode (7? 8? Who remembers at this point?). Join Casey and Faolan as they talk about sexual and romantic chemistry on-screen, (sort of) answering important questions such as: what is it? how do you measure it? who has it? what effect does it have on fans? WHY? Most importantly, Faolán turns into a teenage boy and Casey lets loose her inner lit professor. Some spoilers, sort of?
One of the biggest, untapped prospecting opportunities is our own personal and professional networks. But many of us are reluctant to do it. Why? Most common reasons are because you: 1. Have a fear of rejection 2. Don’t want to sound stupid 3. Don’t want to mix business and friendship 4. Don’t want to feel awkward 5. Believe there's no value in it 6. Don’t know how to explain what you do to a lay person None of these have to be true. They’re only true if you believe them — or if you’re not prepared to address them. Let's analyze each of these reasons...
When I was creating notes for this podcast and planning out these steps, I got curious as to what others would say so I asked “What would be the first step to branding and social media marketing success?” in Google + community Social Media Professionals and on a LinkedIn post by Joe Pulizzi who was sharing “Why Most […] The post Ten Steps to Branding and Social Media Marketing Success appeared first on Strategic Marketing Solutions.
Today I’m answering a question from Vanessa in the USA, who wants to know how to handle it when her man pulls away. In response I share: Why MOST men pull away – So you can feel good about him taking time out, instead of feeling confused or hurt. How to handle it when you feel hurt if he disappears unexpectedly. (physically, or emotionally). What you can do to inspire him to take the time he needs, in a way that works for both of you.
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