Is Speaking Part of Your Business Model?

What is one of the biggest fears people have in life?

- Public Speaking!

What is the second biggest fear in life?

- Dying!

So, it’s kinda funny, when I am up speaking, there are more people in the audience afraid to get up and do what I am doing and who would RATHER BE DEAD, than speak on a stage!

But anyways, public speaking is part of my business model, is it part of yours?

Let me tell you some insights to the public speaking world as a popular internet marketer. (I’ll probably be revealing some major insider secrets here too, but I don’t care, learn and apply!).

As part of my public speaking gigs, I have received just a ton of benefits, which I would have never gotten if I just sat behind my computer and did my internet marketing thing.

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Copywriting and Craigslist: Could this go down as one of the best ads ever?

A friend of mine, sent me this funny posting off of Craigslist.org.

If you are a serious marketer, you’ll know the power of posting up ads for craigslist and how popular and profitable Craigslist can be for generating real leads.

Also, if you are a serious marketer, you’ll understand how important it is to write pursuasive copy in your ads that compells people to take action.

Here is one, that I think goes down in the "Best Ads of All Time" catagory. It’s passionate, it’s funny and it definitely has garnered a lot of attention, as many people have blogged about it, and now I have too, but, learn from this.

How can you craft an ad about your product or service with this much passion and hype to get people to notice you? Should you even go that far? Is this type of marketing pushing the envelope of what is acceptable or is it just the right kind of ad that matches the product he is offering…

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A Happy Holiday Story Worth Passing On

The following story was from CNN.com and it shows me and others that the human spirit of taking care of our own is alive and well, despite the doom and gloom of the media.

Pass it on, help out and be the solution for those in need! Enjoy the holiday hope and Merry Christmas Message.

(CNN) — A family facing foreclosure is anything but a unique story in these troubled economic times.

Daniel and Ebony Sampson with their children. “It’s a personal miracle,” she says of how their home was saved.

But this is a happier story of one family whose financial ruin was averted by the actions of a friend, the compassion of strangers, the networking power of the Internet and the holiday spirit of giving.

“This is our Christmas story,” said Ebony Sampson. “It’s going to be told for generations and generations to come.”

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Big Time Signs That We are in A Big Time Recession

So, now the news media is finally coming clean with info saying… we are in a recession. Duh!

It does not take a rocket scientist to see the trends which started back in early 2007 and are now spiraling out before us left and right.

Lessons from these notes:

1. Don’t put your job salvation in the hands of another company, it might not make it.

2. Good businesses do go outa business often. Remeber 92-98% of all businesses, whether home based or brick and mortar fail, go belly up.

3. Running a business in good and bad times is hard, takes work, and don’t expect to get rich over night.

4. Owning a Home Based Business is a better shot of financial independence. With some training, hard work and smart marketing, one can make a living, work from home and get the freetime and financial leverage everyone always dreams of.

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