Everybody wants a better life. We all want to be rock stars, movies stars, models, never age, always have the answers, be a leader, be millionaires and live the high life. The #1 secret in sales is to use that information about people to your advantage. Make every pitch and close a better life pitch. While everyone else is pitching…
Secret #1. Decide you want to be prosperous and decide that you will do whatever it takes to achieve this goal. In deciding this you are deciding to take action that will change your life. Understand that prosperity does not just mean being rich or wealthy. It encompasses all things, from happiness, to health, to wealth, to life goals and…
10 Powerful Proven Ways to Write More Effective Ads: What is advertising? Advertising is salesmanship multiplied. And advertising copy, or copywriting, is salesmanship in print. The purpose of a copywriter’s job is to sell. Period. The selling is accomplished by persuasion with the written word, much like a tv commercial sell by persuading with visuals and audio. So,…
Part 1. How to Manage Unproductive Behavior It happens. You’re conducting a meeting and suddenly a small side meeting starts. Then two side meetings develop. Soon you have many meetings going at once, and all of them are out of control. Or maybe someone introduces an unrelated issue. Someone else ridicules the new issue. Everyone laughs, except the person who…
When you are at work, do you get frustrated because things don’t seem to be happening the way they are supposed to be? Most people are content just t be a part of a group. They don’t have a desire to build something larger than themselves. It isn’t unusual to have a follow the leader mentality. But maybe, just maybe,…
One of the hardest pitches to make is to investors, when you have a great idea for a business, and you want someone to give you money to make it happen. The biggest problem is that venture capitalists and angel investors are naturally skeptical. Why? Because 95% plus of the pitches they hear sound like sure-fire ways to lose money.…
How To Motivate Others & Achieve The Results You Want: What Is Motivation? If one were to answer that in one word, it would be drive. The single most important factor that helps us achieve our goals is motivation or drive. It is an energy-rich interest in getting a job done and achieving the ends set. Motivation is the little…
I am so glad I didn’t listen to all of the negative people in my life who said following my dreams was a stupid idea. Most of the time when I would try to share my hopes and dreams with someone, I would hear things like- “Michael’s just visiting Fantasy Land again”. I’m happy to report that “Fantasy Land” is…