Archive for March, 2009
A 5 Letter word with 4 Letter Emotion Explains WHY EVERY PERSON IN NORTH AMERICA SHOULD HAVE A HOME-BASED BUSINESS
In the midst or marketing, it is important that people remember some basics. The following will walk you through an understanding of the financial consequences behind my statement, “A Five Letter word with Four Letter Emotion Explains Why Every Person in North America should own their own business.”
TAXES is the Five Letter Word with FOUR LETTER Emotion!
I am offering 9 webinars next week on this topic on How to Pay Less Tax LEGALLY. WHY? I want to take away any excuse you might have for not attending, as well as any excuse for not understanding how You Can Increase Your Net Worth by Thousands! In fact, I want you to attend and bring every friend you have who IS or IS NOT in a small home-based business. The sign-up links are at the bottom of this post
Two important insights offered by the Forbes 400 (Richest people in America) are important to understand:
- Forbes magazine conducted a survey and it was determined that 75% percent of the Forbes 400 (rich people, not your broke friends/family with an opinion) said the best way to build wealth is to become and stay debt free.
- Every issue of the Forbes 400 repeats the same lesson over and over again: The best way to build financial independence is through your own business.
Having acknowledged the above, hang with me through this post and it could literally CHANGE YOUR LIFE! Are you willing to accept that the above two concepts from the likes of Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Lawrence Ellison (Oracle), The Waltons (no, I am not talking about the old TV show… I am refering to the “Waltons” as in Wal-Mart…Jim Walton, S Robson Walton, Alice Walton, Christy Walton), Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google), Michael Dell (Dell Computers), Phil Knight (Nike), Jeffrey Bezos (Amazon), and Oprah might be fairly easy to implement and be ideas from which YOU can benefit? (Notice it doesn’t say a business has to be HUGE…it just says it has to be YOURS!)
While you might be focusing on how little you have in common with the Forbes 400, my goal is to help you shift your thinking and beliefs to realize the potential you each have for implementing both of these simple concepts! First, I want to make sure we are all on the same page. Check out the following and tell me whether or not this is a true statement:
Whether you are an employee, or self employed, you pay TAXES.
Well…I guess I finally found SOMETHING that every person can agree on. WOW! That feels GREAT!
Having admitted to the truth of the statement that you pay taxes, whether you are an employee or self employed, you have most likely found yourself saying on more than one occasion, “I HATE PAYING TAXES!” Now, I would venture to say that the deeper truth of that outburst of frustration is one borne out of stress and a true desire to Pay Less Tax Legally. Am I right? I mean, who in their right mind consciously wants to pay more than they owe.
Unfortunately, in the same way you twitter away money (or time) on impulse spending and instant gratification (yes, “twitter” has become a verb), you twitter away money by OVER PAYING your taxes. STOP THAT! Now, I LOVE Twitter, so I am not attaching a negative to Twitter; however, one of the challenges people have in doing social media marketing is how to balance their time. I know many who admit they have “twittered away” valuable time on Twitter! Ok, back to Taxes!
I have scheduled Webinars from March 30-April 2, at 11 a.m. PST and 6 p.m. PST, with a desire for what you owe on YOUR TAXES in 2009 to be different than what YOU PAID on your taxes in 2008. I am doing this in celebration of “APRIL-The month that causes people the most Stress because of TAXES!” Actually, allow me to clarify. I will not have the webinar at 6 p.m. PST on April 2. Friday night is date night with my spouse. I call Friday evenings “Fall Apart Night”… the night we just hang out, have a candlelit dinner, dance and enjoy the hot tub (of course, we often do this during the week, but it is a definite on Friday evening!). Anyway, less I digress…you will find the webinar schedule at the end of this blog post. Simply click on the link for the date and time of the webinar you choose to attend. Folks, 30 minutes with this “Pay Less Tax Legally” Webinar couldliterally CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
In my webinars, I will show how ANYONE…that includes YOU…can KEEP more of their money. And… If YOU take action, how YOU can potentially increase YOUR net worth by thousands of dollars.
A few questions…perhaps these will inspire you to some ”AHA” moments regarding your debt, taxes and your finances:
- Did you know that just starting a home based business triggers (on average) $10,000 in deductions out of money you ALREADY spend? If you are in a 25% tax bracket, that is $2,500 in extra cash flow.
- Did you know that applying that $2500 cash flow to a $200,000 mortgage @ 6% will save up to 9 years and up to over $81,000 in interest off YOUR mortgage?
- Did you know that according to the GAO (Govt Accountability Office), the typical small business person overpays their taxes by (on average) $11,000 a year?Now, here’s where it gets even more interesting • THAT additional cash flow applied to that same mortgage will save up to 21 years and $160,000 in interest.
- The last and more important question…Did you MAKE any more money in the above scenario? NO! You just started taking all the tax deductions you are ENTITLED to have as a small business owner…or as a “soon to be” small business owner once you attend this webinar.
The above scenario gives a blueprint on How YOU can do that, utilizing the same money you now have!
I hope I have convinced you to at least “show up” for a 30 minute webinar on “How To Pay Less Tax Legally!” Choose a date/time below and sign up! Email this post to your friends, and have them join you. Join the Conversation about DEBT & your financial future. Discover a Personal Financial GPS that can change the way you look at taxes forever!
Register for a session now by clicking a date below:
Monday, March 30, 2009 11:00 AM-11:30 AM PDT
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:00 AM-11:30 AM PDT
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 11:00 AM-11:30 AM PDT
Thursday, April 2, 2009 11:00 AM-11:30 AM PDT
Friday, April 3, 2009 11:00 AM-11:30 AM PDT
Monday, March 30, 2009 6:00 PM-6:30 PM PDT
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:00 PM-6:30 PM PDT
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 6:00 PM-6:30 PM PDT
Thursday, April 2, 2009 6:00 PM-6:30 PM PDT
Once registered, you will receive an email confirming your registration with information you need to Join The Webinar. Log in 5 minutes early so that you don’t miss anything, as we will start right on time!
And, as my Gift to YOU (or any of your friends) for attending my webinar, I will send you my ebook…FREE! Yes, you will receive Mortgage On A Diet – How To Activate Your Personal Financial GPS & Stay Out of Debt FOREVER! (a $24.95 Value!)
Note: If you can’t attend ANY of my webinars, you can still go to BizProPlus and click in the upper right where it says “Media.” We are hosting a series of broadcasts to show the benefits and power of Bizpack and its associated content. The broadcasts are available every day at 7 p.m. MST. If you are a non-agent, just put in “Dotti Berry” where it says “Referred by” and your name and email address. When you are finished watching the broadcast, and you want to get in by April 4 and save the activation charges, you can then sign up for your FREE replicated site on the home page of BizProPlus where it says “Pre-Launch Registration.”
And if you think the IRS is against you, think again. The IRS kicked off a new campaign in May, 2008, to help small businesses! Click here to read.
Last, but not least…if you are searching for a home-based business, Sandy Botkin has written an excellent article on How to Evaluate Any Network Marketing Opportunity. Who is Sandy Botkin? Sandy is the author of the best selling book Lower Your Taxes Big Time. Additionally, Mr. Botkin was one of eight attorneys selected by the Internal Revenue Service to train all new attorneys to the Internal Revenue Service’s Corporate Tax Division. Bottom line is that Lower Your Taxes Big Time is one of the books listed in my “Favorite things.“
Coach B’s newest videos! Why Marketers Should Embrace Online Videos!
THIS IS “Must-Read” Blog…Why Marketer Should Embrace Online Videos…
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Here’s are new videos I just added:
Check out my new video at MagneticMarketingDiva and sign up for my free Wednesday night webinars. The one on March 25at 9 PM EST is “Blogging Yourself To Success!”
Here’s another one…No J-O-B For ME! Check out Why EVERY PERSON in North American Needs a Home-Based Business! It just makes $ENSE! Visit HatePayingTaxes. If it isn’t up yet, check back tomorrow! Or, you can click here to view. After all, it is tax season and most of you want to know HOW you can Pay Less Tax LEGALLY! Now, I can run a FREE ANALYSIS. You will know HOW MUCH you Can Save in Taxes Per Month with Your Home-Based Business!
If you’ve always want to “Cheat & Eat”…in other words, Lose Weight, WITHOUT Changing Your Eating Habits, You’ve Got To See My Cheat And Eat For Life Video!
Last, but now least, is my SurfTheNet4Money Video. If You Want to Surf and Watch other Biz Ads in order to Gain Credits, and Then Use Those Credits for Advertising Your Business…Without It Costing You a Penny, then Take Two Minutes & Discover The Magic Of Compounding & How To Multiply Your Golden Eggs!
BLOGGING SECRETS EXPOSED!
Are You Ready to EXPLODE Your Business through Blogging? That’s the Theme of my Wednesday night Webinar coming up on Wednesday, March 25 at 7 pm PST. You can register NOW at MagneticMarketingDiva!
Remember, People Cannot Be Duplicated… SYSTEMS Can! And you are going to Discover MORE than You Ever Realized was Possible through this Blogging System!
So…come on…Join In the FUN! BLOG Yourself To Success…The ONE Strategy That Can Put You HEADS ABOVE THE REST! It Will Instantly Build Your Credibility as a Professional and A Leader in the Industry If Done Correctly.
Get ready to Increase Your Conversions, Build Trust and Generate Additional Income Streams on Autopilot! We Only Have Space for 1000 Participants. Remember, we had 2800 People Attempt to get on the Call to Hear MIKE DILLARD. Don’t Delay! Register Right NOW! Get on the Call 10-15 minutes Early to Secure Your Spot! Just go to MagneticMaketingDiva and Reserve Your Spot!
And, here’s Three Gifts on Blogging for YOU!
http://tr.im/blogtalkmonitor
What’s so Amazing about The Amazing Race?
What’s so amazing is the diversity of both the individuals and the teams. In a face paced episode 6 tonight, we watched as our friend, Mel White, and his son, Mike, moved back into 2nd place. Our plans are to enter the next one. Hey, we love those “once in a lifetime experiences.” Check out the gallery pics from tonight.
Amazing Race..Mel White…Mike White…YOU are some of my Favorite Things!
Social Media Marketing? What Is IT? What Is The Best Way to Use It? What role does Google Analytics play?
To have not heard ANYTHING about social media today, you would have to be either dead or living on an island with no contact with the outside world. The way we interact, create, consume & share information is changing on a daily basis as more people log online and engage in the digital world. This is a major padadigm shift in business models.
The interesting thing is rather than ALL OF US being at the mercy of the advertisers anymore, they are truly at our beck and call, as social media has created a new type of partnership, a more equal partnership. We, the consumers, have a lot more say in what happens. It is a different era than when the traditional advertising giants clearly were the lead partner of the dance team. Today, however, that traditional lead is now following more and more, due to the folks in its data base who have stepped in to exert their influence and take the lead position.
If you aren’t blogging, chatting it up and offering opinions on forums (whether personal or business), sharing your most current pics and videos, and/or engaging on social networks (whether it is generic ones like Facebook and MySpace or special passion ones like Food Connect), you are clearly, as they say, “behind the times.” (Note: register for my FREE Webinar on “Blogging Your Way to Success” on Wednesday, March 25, 7 p.m. PST at MagneticMarketingDiva). The bottom line is that if you don’t want to be left behind, and you aren’t sure where to start, a system can help you! Visit me at Millionaire Self.
And, the bigger picture is this…Where the people are, so go the advertisers. Why? Because they have to in order to stay alive, you know…profitable. You cannot continue to ads in newspapers for 15-30 year olds, when they are not reading them. And many who “read newspapers,” are actually reading online editions. I , on the other hand, still LOVE getting my USA Today, grabbing a cup of coffee, and sitting in my sun room (after getting out of the hot tub) on the week-end…enjoying the pleasure of reading the paper from one end to the other! Especially right now with men’s and women’s basketball championships underway! Of course, just consider me bi. I like holding and reading the newspaper and also getting up-to-the-minute updates on news, sports, etc. Yea, I want to have my cake and eat it too! The question becomes…How long can advertisers continue to do both? If it comes down to making a choice, what do you think they are going to choose? I believe they will go online if there are limited funds.
It is truly an interesting era today. If I want to look up the meaning of a word, I no longer grab my dictionary…I go online! If I want to make dinner reservations, I no longer look up the restaurant in the yellow pages…I go online to FoodConnect. If I want to research a topic and gather data, I no longer pick up an encyclopedia as I did when I was in grammar school, 45 years ago. If I did, the information would be outdated compared to the up-to-the-minute and revised data I can obtain on the internet. Some pundits point out that the internet can also leave us feeling overwhelmed and disconnected while simultaneously connecting us. There may be some truth to that…that is, until our best friend in 1st grade finds us through Facebook, and we end up chatting for an hour online!
The bottom line is that the internet, overall, encourages us to Engage & Join the Conversation! Before you start thinking, “Oh yea, that’s what Anderson Cooper and Twitter encourage us to do,” hold on just a minute! Two Women & a Poodle had that as their rallying motto for their year-long journey, Gay Into Straight America, long before those two uttered those words. As we criss-crossed America in 2005/2006, we encouraged and cajoled people to engage and connect…to commit to deeper conversations. We have continued this mantra through our non-profit, Stand UP Speak OUT. I am one of the “Two Women,” Robynne Sapp is the other one, and Rylee Joy is the standard poodle. See what Two Women & a Poodle say. What does this have to do with Social Media Marketing? Well, check out the site, Social Media. See what they say, and notice the end result similarities of what we both were/are attempting to accomplish.
“SocialMedia truly understands the world of social networks and viral marketing.”
- Drew Lesicko, Assistant Product Manager, IAC
- Social media is media that relies on its audience to create, modify, or distribute the medium’s content.
- Social media is 10 of the top 20 destinations on the web.
- Social media is where 82% of internet users watch video clips, 72% read blogs, 63% visit photo sharing sites, 57% have profiles on social networks.1
When we asked people to Join the Conversation back in 2005, with the intention of Engaging Hearts & Minds, Creating Authentic Connections, & Transcending Differences that Separate Us, we met mostly offline… in rest stops, coffee shops, restaurants, churches, PFLAG meetings, corporations, and homes. Our main “online activity” was putting out a newsletter each and every week while we were on the road. Halfway throughour journey, we started blogging and podcasting to reach a larger audience.
At Social Media, they say, “People are already talking, the question is how do you become part of the conversation.” Goes rigiht in line with what we were saying on our journey.
So, I’ve answered “What is IT?” Now to look at little more at “What Is the Best Way to Use It?” That is where Google analytics comes in. The best way to use it is mostly each person’s opinion. And, yes, there is Google analytics available to check out your stats. They say, “Win Customers, Not Just Visitors.” Google analytics helps you identify the key words, ads, referrals, and campaigns that contribute the most to your bottom line. The NEW Google Analytics displays your analysis within the context of larger trends. I like their thinking. They say “See the forest. And the trees.” That thought process resonates with my overall philosophy of a both/and world vs. an either/or one. Those living in an either/or, black/white, world are going to be left behind. It’s like listening to those who argue, ”Which is more important…Sales or Marketing?” As my colleague, Brooke Barnett, Mr. “It’s math, not magic, “ says, “There are two things I wish I had learned earlier in life. “Sales Rule the World. Marketing Rules Sales.” Once again, you might be tempted to decipher whether one is more important than the other, but that question misses the deeper truth I’ve been discussing. It isn’t either/or. It is both/and… literally and metaphorically. If you want to increase your SQ (Success Quotient) you have to intergrate the two.
If you have read many of my blog posts by now, they can almost become mini-novels, and you might find yourself thinking, “Where is she going with this?” I will now tie the threads together to weave the big picture of my claim that you would see the end result similarities of what we both were/are attempting to accomplish, the “both” being Two Women & a Poodle on their year long journey back in 2005/06 and SocialMedia.com and what they are attempting to accomplish in 2009.
Ok…drumroll…It is clear to me is that AUTHENTIC CONNECTION & DEEPER RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER is what we all aspire to have through engaging with one another in this internet world. So, in essence, that’s not so different from what we want from our lives offline. It is the one common thread that we experienced with people, over and over again on our journey. It is the very reason we said, “You can’t Hate someone whose story you know,” and that is true offline or online. When we get to know one another, it is magical!
Yep, folks…bottom line is it’s all about connection!
Share In The Daily Revenue of Online Advertising Companies & Get Exposure for YOUR Business
I am presenting a webinar for United First Financial agents who are interested in discovering how they can surf the net and view the ads of other companies, gain credits, and turn around and use those credits to adverstise their BizPack opportunity. BizPack, offering a suite of tools for small and internet businesses can go to BizProPlus. You can sign up for FREE, immediately gain your own replicated website, and offer the opportunity to others. Both the $299 Activation Fee (to personally use the product in your small business), and the $50 Agent Activation Fee are WAIVED through April 4.
Go to http://xr.com/Surf and sign up for the webinar at 7 p.m. PST tonight (March 19). You will learn how to Join These Sites for Free, in addition to how to Purchase Ads & View Websites to Earn Revenue Share if you want to Surf4Money, rather than just surf others’ ads for receiving credits to use in your own advertising.
You wouldn’t like a “once in a lifetime, history-making, ground floor level opportunity, would you?”
Economist and Presidential advisor, Paul Zane Pilzer has stated that the health and wellness revolution will be the next TRILLION DOLLAR industry.
But another weight-loss product? Ok, you are thinking, “So, what else is new?” But…What if this one REALLY is different? What if this one is truly revolutionary in that it allows you to lose weight without changing your eating habits? If it sounds too good to be true, listen closely. If you don’t, you might miss the opportunity of a lifetime! Cal Nutrasciences has developed a patent-pending product that may finally make your dreams come true.
Everybody knows that weight loss can only happen if you consume fewer calories than your body burns. Any product that doesn’t reduce the amount of calories you absorb or increase the calories you burn won’t result in weight loss. So, here’s the “skinny” on it (no pun intended). Canadian clinical trials, conducted through an independent, accredited testing laboratory showed that CNI’s core product, Cheat™, removed an astounding 25% of the calories from the diet of the group that used the product as compared against a similar group using a placebo. Not only that, the company offers a 90 day money back guarantee. That is unprecedented in the industry.
With obesity reaching epidemic proportions in the United States, and threatening to break the health care system with diseases which are by-products, such as multiple new cases of diabetes II, this seems to be the right product at the right time.
Go visit a website I discovered…CheatAndEatForLife. This company is only in pre-launch and they had $1 MILLION IN SALES during the FIRST FOUR WEEKS! If you are looking for a networking opportunity, go check out Cal Nutrasciences & Position Yourself for a Revolutionary Breakthrough in the field of Weight Loss!
The unprecedented 100% 90 day money back guarantee makes this a no-brainer!. Vist Robynne Sapp at CheatAndEatForLife. Her motto is CHEAT…EAT…LOSE & LIVE! All I can say is, “That resonates with me!”
Robynee says, “Maybe once in your life will you ride a new company wave with a past history of 1 billion dollars in weight loss sales with the chance to be part of fast becoming trillion dollar industry. The SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE know it’s in the early days in every company where NEW MILLIONAIRES are created.”
In addition to a product with $1Million in Sales in the first four weeks of the company existence. With a “once in your life-time, history-making, ground floor level opportunity” to ride a new company wave with a past history of 1 billion dollars in weight loss sales, CNI has created a win/win situation. During these economic times, it is an ideal time for creating a home-based businesses, and it is easy to see why there is excitement about the launch of this new company.
Robynne shared the following info that will probably be of interest to you. It is the “nuts & bolts” of how this weight-loss product can help you lose 8-16 pounds in 30 days without changing your eating habits!
How Cheat™ Works…
The Cheat™ story starts with the Konjac plant. Native to tropical eastern Asia, it was originally introduced to Japan as a medicine in the 6th century and has been eaten there for almost 1,500 years. Konjac is made up almost entirely of water and the dietary fiber Glucomannan. Glucomannan is extremely difficult for humans to digest and has virtually no calories and no fat. It has been shown to help normalize cholesterol levels, prevent high blood pressure and normalize the level of sugar in the blood. For these reasons, it has come to be regarded as a health food in Japan. Both Konjac and Glucomannan have interested scientists as potential weight loss aides. Clinical evidence suggests Glucomannan may be beneficial in weight loss because it promotes feelings of fullness while traveling through the digestive tract.
Aware of the various benefits of Konjac the scientists at CNI began an effort to develop a way to unlock the power of this amazing natural plant. What interested themthe most was that Konjac forms a gel-like mass which moves safely and harmlessly through the digestive track, preventing any of its contents from being absorbed by the body. If this gel could be combined with our food, would it not be possible to also trap some of the food content in the gel and have it pass through the digestive system without being absorbed by the body?
After considerable technical innovation, they developed a method a unique method for crystalizing the Konjac so that it could be sprinkled onto food without effecting the taste or texture. When the Cheat™ crystals reach the intestine, the protective coating breaks down forming the gel that traps up to 25% of our food. The secret to Cheat™ is the patent pending process they used to micro-encapsulate the remarkable all-natural fiber. Normally, calories, fats and nutrients start to be absorbed by your body in your small intestine. However, when food mixed with Cheat™t reaches your small intestine, the encapsulation breaks down and Cheat™ is released to form a gel that traps a portion of the food. This gel, along with the food it traps, is not absorbed by your body, and instead passes harmlessly through your digestive tract.
The next step was to ensure that the additive was safe, was free of debilitating side effects and most importantly was effective. Extensive Canadian clinical trials were conducted and the results were AMAZING! Cheat™ has none of the embarrassing side effects common to fat blockers.
Here are some benefits of using Cheat™ in addition to stopping calories from being absorbed. Konnyaku, sometimes pronounced konyaku or konjac, is an unusual Japanese food which has a jelly like texture. It is made from konnyaku root. Konnyaku has very few or negligible calories, no fat, but high in fiber and rich in minerals. Konnyaku is one of those miracle foods which has several health benefits, including: lowering cholesterol, preventing high blood pressure and even can help with weight loss. Konnyaku expands in the digestive system which can give the feeling of being full.
Check out CheatAndEatForLife. Let me know what think. If you purchase the product, come back and comment with your results.
What’s in a blog “skin?”
As I was transitioning from free blogs to paid ones, I almost got caught up in “analysis to paralysis,” as I researched blog sites, looking at various ones to what types of “looks” resonated with me. I finally decided to just keep writing and not worry about my “skin” right now. If people want to judge me by my “skin,” so be it. My hope is that my writing will be enough to keep people interested until I get a new set of clothes. It is easy to be bamboozled by the skin and clothes. The truth is, the outside doesn’t have to be PERFECT~ In fact, it is from within where the truest beauty is offered. So, here’s my bit of wisdom…Don’t worry about it looking PEFFECT. Just start writing on your blog!
Some favorite things
Where do I begin? The items speak for themselves. The largest gig IPod…Flip Video Camera (quite frankly, just about the cheapest and easier way to video & upload to YouTube!). Just click on these items, and learn more about the nitty gritty details!!
Note: I actually came back in and edited this after discovering the new IPod shuffle. As they say, it is “jaw-droppingly small.” Indeed it is…and yet at only half the size of the previously generation, it has 4 GB of storage and holds up to 1,000 songs! Here’s the clincher…well, let me just say that “it speak for itself.” Literally! The VoiceOver2 feature gives this Ipod shuffle a voice! With the press of a button, it tells you what song is playing and who’s performing it. I can even tell you the names of your playlists, giving you a new way to navigate your music. Now, that moves it to my “Favorites List!”
But…the book…the books…just a few words!
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Mike Dillard had this to say about Dave Evans’ book, Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day: Catch Mike’s interview with Dave about his book! Go to http://xr.com/MikeDave
Social media can work for you and your business…Or it can utterly destroy you. The choice is yours. Dave Evans share with you his social media blueprint – “an hour a day“. The bottom line is it’s time to pick up your copy of Dave’s book. Mike calls it “the best bang for your social media buck!” Start generating leads with a social media marketing campaign today. There’s no time like the present moment.
- Lower Your Taxes Big Time by Sandy Botkin is a “must read” if you have a small or home-based business. Why? Taxes are the BIGGEST EXPENSE that you have! Most people think it is their mortgage (which is second) and don’t even consider their taxes as an expense which can be drastically reduced. One of the best ways to see understand why every person in North America should have a home-based business, even if you have a J-O-B, is to have a free analysis run with uDeduct, showing you exactly what you could save in taxes (thousands of dollars per year!). Visit BizProPlus and I will be happy to do that for you!
Sandy has also written an excellent article on How to Evaluate Any Network Marketing Opportunity if you are considering plunging into that industry. Mr. Botkin is not only an author, but was one of eight attorneys selected by the Internal Revenue Service to train all new attorneys to the Internal Revenue Service’s Corporate Tax Division. Bottom line is that Lower Your Taxes Big Time is one of the books listed in my “Favorite things.”
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Jeffrey’s Gitomer’s Little Red Book of Selling…simply the BEST for approaching sales and people! When I add a new person to my team, they have been receiving one. I think I am going to have to start sending them a group called “Dotti’s Favorites!” and include The One Decision, Go For NO!, for the mental part of life and business, and Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day and The Findabilitiy Formula: The Easy, Non-Technical Approach to Search Engine Marketing by Heather Lutze for the internet part.
- I can’t leave Mike Dillard’s courses out of my favorites things…
Go to MillionaireSelf and you can get ALL of the best from Mike, PLUS Tons of my FREE Videos & Training on Internet & Social Media Marketing.You will be able to check out Mike’s TOP Programs!- Building on a Budget; Magnetic Sponsoring; PPC Domination (don’t feel bad if you don’t know what that is…it’s “Pay Per Click”); MLM Traffic Formula; & Black Belt Recruiting. - Before you leave, visit Magnetic Marketing Diva. Each Wednesday night, I’ve got the BEST of the internet GURUS, bringing cutting-edge information on ATTRACTION MARKETING and Internet & Social Media Marketing…If you missed MIKE DILLARD on my most recent Wednesday night webinar, at least you have next Wednesday to look forward to. Keep checking back, and you will find out who our surprise guest will be next Wednesday… always bringing you the BEST through free LIVE WEBINARS each Wednesday evening at 9 EST through Magnetic Marketing Diva.AND, if you go to MillionaireSelf and simply spend JUST $1 and try out my totally customizable, self-branding SYSTEM for two weeks, you will be able to access the recorded MIKE DILLARD LIVE INTERIEW that you missed !
Magnetic Marketing Diva’s Wednesday night webinars…Join me with Mike Dillard on 3-11
If you are a network marketer, you will NOT want to miss my live Wednesday night webinars. Yes, the rumor you have heard is true. THE ONE AND ONLY MIKE DILLARD will be on my webinar on Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Sign up at Magnetic Marketing Diva. There are only 1000 spots available. Sign up NOW if you want to attend. Each Wednesday, I will be bringing you dynamic internet gurus…LIVE…not via email, offering their insights and feedback, and allowing YOU to ask questions. You would pay thousands to hear these gurus speak at a week-end seminar. I am committed to bringing you the BEST on the internet, each and every Wednesday. The info for each week’s webinar will be updated no later than each Sunday before the Wednesday night webinar. So, go now and sign up at Magnetic Marketing Diva. Come back each Wednesday night and join us for a potentially LIFE-CHANGING webinar!
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Connecting with Andrea Waltz…Take the 30 Day Challenge & watch “Go for NO!”
Here’s an example of how cool it can be to connect with people, simply by passing along something of value when you identify it. This is how the story began. Cathy Buchanan, a friend of mine in my primary business, sent me a link to this fabulous this 3 minute video called “Go for NO!” Well, I was thrilled with it. I immediately sent it out to my team. I tell people that I get up everything morning hoping to hear “No.” They look at me like I am crazy (which is sometimes true), with a quizzical look on their face. I then explain that if I am willing to hear “No,” I am assured of hearing “YES!” It’s sort of like committing to having authenticity in your relationships, whether business or personal. If I am willing to commit to being transparent and truth telling and sometimes uncomfortable and painful moments because of it, I am assured of having aha moments and genuine authentic connection and intimacy and love in my life. Back to “Go to NO!” Andrea’s short video, however, is 10 times more powerful than me simply sharing that “tidbit of wisdom.” It all goes back to what I say about marketing. People are not duplicable. SYSTEMS are! So, people can’t drag me around with them on a daily basis, saying, “Dotti…tell my friend what you say about getting up every day hoping you hear ‘No.’ ” On the other hand, anyone can watch this 3 minute video every single day. Why not try this. Commit to a 30 day program of watching “Go for NO!” See what happens. Anyway, to continue…I Twittered about “Go for NO!” and talked about it on Facebook…I wrote a blog about the most inspiring videos on the internet, and chose “Go for NO!” as the best 3 minute one. I also contacted Andrea Waltz, who developed the program, and told her how much I like it, tshared hat I had twittered about it, and that I had blogged about it. GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? She wrote me back and offered to send me a free signed copy of her boook (which I did not yet have because I had just discovered the video and was excitedly getting out the word about it). I then wrote back and gave her my address, accepting her kind outreach. You know, great gestures like that make a big difference. I then made sure I connected up with Andrea in every way I could in order to stay abreast of any new info she puts out, and right there on Facebook, she wrote on my wall…”Hi Dotti! Glad to get to know you! Your signed copy of “Go for No!” is on the way today…” One last funny part…for years, I have been telling people that I failed my way to success in business, running into obstacles, crawling over obstacles, and removing obstacles until I found the success I sought. I wanted to take my current primary business to a new level. That began my journey of learning & discovering (meaning eating, sleeping and breathing) what I have coined as Age of Influence Marketing ™. You might be saying, “What is that?” It is literally online, attraction marketing on steroids. The good part is that THESE steroids are LEGAL! I guess my bottom line is now that I have discovered you, Andrea, we’re connected and friends for life! 
I would apologize for “plagarizing” what I see in all of your writing about “fail your way to success,” but I promise I had not come across your work until now and have been saying it for my 30 year journey of failing my way to success.
One example of failing my way to success…
One year after my business was named ASI (Advertising Specialities Institute) Small Business of the Year in the United States in 1995, I started another business, only to have two business partners embezzle everything, sending me back to ground zero. I picked myself back up, determined not to be a victim. I decided instead to use it as a learning experience, telling people that I would have gladly paid a quarter million dollars for the lessons I learned and the insights I gained about myself, but I would have rather had it been my choice to spend the money. I committed to social justice work on behalf of obtaining equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons…started on my doctorate work to become a clinical sexologist…and later embarked on a year-long journey across America in 2005/06. None of this would probably have happened if everything had “gone the way I planned.” It fit right into my philosophy that matches what Helen Keller said, “Life is a Daring Adventure or Nothing at All.” And, I certainly would probably not be involved in coaching and teaching people about internet and social media marketing had my real estate holdings not been impacted by renters not paying. But I LOVE THE LIFE I HAVE!
Our friend, Peggy Campolo, wrote Roby yesterday and said I was just like her husband, Tony…a racehorse! I consider that comparison to Tony to be the highest compliement! At 55, some people start believing the saying about “the old gray mare, she ain’t what she used to be.” Are you kidding me? As long as I am connecting with people, living my truth, living as the gift that I am, and being present to my moments, I will continue to live, love and laugh my way through life. I will dance on the edge before leaping into the air into a swan dive, trusting that the best will happen and that a safety net will be available whenever I need it. I believe that I am in front of a powerful tsunami. Unfortunately, a literal tsunami has made us forget that the word doesn’t necessarily have to represent something bad. It’s all about positioning. If I position myself right, I can be in front of this powerful online,/internet/social marketing/social media tsunami and allow it to propel me forward. I can simultaneously fail my way to success, while daring to ride the wave to success.
I enjoy people who are willing to take risks, for I know that person has an energy that offers an exchange in relationship that allows us to empower one another. Andrea doesn’t know it yet, but she’s being added to my Life Team, people whose energy I want to engage. Stay tuned for that blog soon on my Life Team Top 10! I just put this “terminology” into my life playbook as I read one of my most recent favorite books, The One Decision, by Judith Wright. Now, Judith, listen up…you are on my Life Team Top 10 too! Roby recently wrote her, sharing how we are reading the book together, with Roby reading it out loud to me as we sit in the hot tub or in the sun room each morning, enjoying our cup of coffee. We often do this because Roby is a kinisthetic learner and either has to read the book out door to have its meaning “stick” with her or listen to it on MP3 (which we also do through Audible). We were so enjoying the book, which I picked up in a little bookstore in San Francisco. Ok, I know it seems like I am going off track here, but the threads are meaningful to me! I was there at the Institute, where I am finishing my doctorate in Human Sexuality. After class, I decided to go watch where they were filming Milk. Old cars lined the street and I looked across and saw Sean Penn standing in front of Harvey Milk’s old photography store which they had restored to its original look. Who knew at that time that Sean would go on to win the Oscar for Best Actor? Check out his acceptance speech. Obviously, I love it because he embraces and understands my desire for marriage equality. You might be asking how I got from Andrea’s “Go for NO!” to the movie, Milk and Sean Penn. Think about it. Harvey Milk was the quintessential walking billboard for “Go for NO!” Nothing stopped his quest for creating equality for ALL (not just the GLBT community)…not even putting his life at risk. In fact, if Harvey were alive, Andrea would probably have him signed as one of her spoke persons!
Ok, back to my time in San Francisco. I then walked in a bookstore that caught my eye (I never walk past one that doesn’t). It was directly across the street from Harvey’s old photography store. As I browsed, I saw Judith’s book, The ONE Decision. The title immediately resonated with me on a DNA level and I picked it up, read the back cover, flipped through the pages, and bought it immediately. I then got “consumed” with school, real estate investing, and “life stuff” with it sitting on my bookshelf until Roby picked it up recently. She began reading it, and then we were suddenly reading it together. The time had come for this book to BE in my life. Although I am normally the one who likes to use yellow highlighter pen and make notes in my books, Roby felt a desire to do that with this book, recognizing it is going to be a “Life Bible” for us. Roby contacted the Wright Leadership Institute, placed our order and discovered that we would also receive two complimentary guest invitations to one of Judith’s week-end trainings. Roby then wrote an email to Judith, sharing how impactful the book is being for her, although just halfway completed at the time, and how much we were enjoying it together. We received the kindest personal note back from Judith, saying how touched she was by Roby’s email. And…when the book arrived, there were FOUR, not two, complimentary invitations, allowing us to invite our dear friends Kimberly & Kelli to join us!
I told Roby, “Well, Judith doesn’t know it yet, but I don’t just want to read her book. I want her as a personal friend!” Same way I feel about Anderea. Am I saying that we are all going to become personal friends? Not necessarily, but maybe so. I leave it open to the possibility the universe brings as we attract people into our lives. What I am saying is that these are the types of individuals with whom I want to surround myself. Folks, if you don’t shoot the ball above the rim, you will never score! (my background from being Women’s Basketball Coach at the University of Kentucky causes me to often use basketball analogies!). I already realize that Judith is a “Go for NO!” person and Andrea is a “ONE Decision” person. Me? I’m also both, so hear me out, Andrea and Judith, I am recruiting you for MY LIFE TEAM!
Back to Andrea and “Go for NO!” Next, check out her “Fail Your Way to Success” blog. Last, but not least, go to her “Go for NO!” website. Check out her You Tube video from being a guest on Idol Chat.
What do you do next? Get Judith’s and Andrea’s books NOW! (click below) . Also, take the 30 day “Go for NO!” challenge I am suggesting…Engage & BE PRESENT with yourself for 3 minutes each day by watching ”Go for NO!” for 30 days, and watch your success explode! And, remember, it’s all about authentic connections…mine with myself, mine with you, and ours with one another!
Guess what?? Just as I was finishing this blog post, my signed copy of Andrea’s book arrived in the mail. Isn’t synchronicity magnificent? Stay tuned for a future blog about my “LIFE TEAM.”
Mike Dillard, the Godfather of Attraction Marketing & Magnetic Sponsoring Guru, is alive and well and speaking at my webinar, but we lost a great Attraction Marketer in Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity
What do Mike Dillard and Millard Fuller have in common? Both have exhibited the essence of true, authentic Attraction Marketing…You give value to people, and in turn, you inspire them, and then they follow you because they trust and believe in you. Mike is a master of magnetic sponsoring, yet Millard was doing it before Mike was born. Our world is better because of both have offered of themselves, for both have changed their perspective “markets.”
If the opportunity to hear Mike Dillard speak doesn’t get you excited, nothing will! Likewise, if hearing Tony Campolo as the principal speaker at Millard Fuller’s Life Celebration Party doesn’t get you excited, nothing will.
Check in for the Interview withThe Biggest Name In the MLM Industry, The Pioneer of Attraction Marketing, The Guy Who Revolutionized The MLM Industry Forever, Mr. MIKE DILLARD!!! If you are serious about your business, don’t miss this! Go to MagneticMarketingDiva and sign up for this dynamic, jamming webinar that you don’t want to miss! How often do you get to personally hear Mike Dillard without going to a big week-end seminar. And, though his emails are great, there’s NOTHING like hearing him live in a webinar!
To discover how you can hear Tony Campolo speak about the life of Millard Fuller, founder with his wife, Linda, of Habitat for Humanity, keep reading this blog…you will learn how you can.
Don’t choose one or the other…Mike speaking about ATTRACTION MARKETING or Tony speaking about the ATTRACTION MARKETER, Millard Fuller. Do both. You won’t regret either!
Now, here’s a truth you can take to the bank. You CANNOT duplicate MIKE DILLARD or MILLARD FULLER! Mike is uniquely MIKE…Millard was uniquely MILLARD. And you know what you have in common with them? You are Uniquely YOU! It would be pretty fricking boring if we were all alike! But…here’s what you can do. You can duplicate SYSTEMS…and we’ve got a SYSTEM that can help you with Mike’s ATTRACTION MARKETING! Mike’s ATTRACTION MARKETING & our system will propel you to success in your business. It’s the way in which you approach marketing, rather than marketing in and of itself. And thank goodness Habitat Humanity continues to exist because of a SYSTEM and will not disappear with the death of Millard. Do you get the connection?
Here’s an example…Let’s say that you are going to a party and you don’t know anyone. If you go in and just begin meeting people and asking them questions about themselves, at the end of the night, they will go up to the hostess and say that you were the most engaging guest they chatted with all night! On the other hand, if you walk through the door, jump up on the food table and say, “Ok, folks…put down your wine and plate. I want you to pay attention. I have a GREAT Product and a GREAT Opportunity for you.” Well, this is what will happen. Somebody will scream, “Get the hook,” and you will be dragged off your pedastal (the food table) and tossed out the door, without ever having met anyone! What a missed opportunity, eh? Ok, I am so close to the border here in the Pacific NW, and I LOVE my Canadian brothers and sisters, I have to throw in an “eh?” They are so much better with words. Do you know what the correlating “words” for “eh” is in the United States. Well, let me tell you by sharing a story. My friend, Laura, who lives in Vancouver and has been a friend since we met in Arizona when I was living in Kentucky, one day said, “XXXXXXXX, don’t you know it?” She was visiting me (or I was visiting her…don’t remember which now), but I looked at her and said,”Don’t you know it?” She said, “Yes, that term you say at the end of the sentence.” Well, I doubled over in laughter. I said, “You must be talking about when I say, ‘XXXXXXXX, you know what I mean?’ “ We both go so tickled. Every time I think of that story, I am filled with joy for the spontaneous exchange. So, now that I live in the Pacific NW in Blaine, WA barely twenty minutes from where she lives in White Rock, we do something like this to cause us to fold into giggles. “Laura, I believe that social media connections and being on Twitter and Facebook is the key to your friend’s food social networking site Food Connect, don’t you know it…you know what I mean…eh?” And then we look at one another, and know that we’ll be friends for life. Does it matter that we speak differently…me with a strong southern accent from growing up in the south, and Laura with her special way of speaking? Hell no! Authentic connections are simply that…engaging moments of being present with one another in the simplest of situations, laughing and sharing. So, check out Food Connect! If you are a foodie, this is the site for you…share recipes…connect with foodies all over the world! Isn’t it great that we don’t have to have the same passion, the same business, the same life in order to JOIN THE CONVERSATON? The bottom line is that we are all connected…we are all on the same TEAM!
You may feel that I have digressed from my sharing about the MIKE DILLARD webinar that you can sign up for at MagneticMarketingDiva. Not at all. In fact, that story is a perfect illustration of ATTRACTION MARKETING. It’s all about the relationship. That applies whether you on online or offline.
Speaking of connecting, it was with great sadness that we lost one of the greatest of connectors this week. Who is that? Millard Fuller, the founder of Habitat for Humanity. Most people in our world know about Habitat for Humanity, but few know that Koinonia Village is the birthplace of this magnicent organization started by Linda & Millard Fuller. Roby and I had the privilege of speaking at Koinonia Village in Americus, Georgia.
From the Koinonia website, it says…
“Preliminary autopsy results suggest congestive heart failure, the same cause of death 40 years ago for our founder Clarence Jordan. Millard came to Koinonia in the early 1960s at a crucial time in his life and his marriage. He immediately became good friends with our founder Clarence Jordan. He often said that he learned most everything from Clarence while sitting across from him, helping to milk the farm’s cows.
Together with Clarence and our neighbors, Millard started Partnership Housing, which grew up to be Habitat for Humanity International. In 2005, at the age of 70, Millard and Linda founded Fuller Center for Housing to continue working to provide adequate housing for the world’s poor.
Millard wanted to be buried in the same manner as was his spiritual mentor and friend Clarence. So, like our founder Clarence, Millard will be buried on Picnic Hill in a shipping crate with no significant marker for his grave. ”
If you don’t know the deeper story of these two amazing, original ATTRACTION MARKETING men, visit Koinonia website. Roby was emailing today with our dear friend, Peggy Campolo, and they were talking about his passing.
Ain't life grand? We stayed at Peggy and Tony's home on our year long journey. I first met Peggy in 1999 when we gathered in Lynchburg, VA for the first ever Soulforce gathering. Peggy said today that Rylee Joy was her best house guest ever...and that we weren't too bad! She said to give Rylee Joy hugs and kisses.
Roby told Peggy that we are on the Koinonia email list, and learned about Millard’s death a couple weeks ago, and discovered in the most recent newsletter that her husband, Tony Campolo, will be the principle speaker at Millard’ Life Celebration Party. Roby told Peggy, “ How neat is that! I told Dotti I would love to be able to see it/hear Tony, etc. … do you think it will be videotaped or recorded somehow?” Well, guess what folks. Peggy contacted Linda, Millard’s wife, and she wrote back, saying…
Find a computer with good speed internet connection. Go to www.FullerCenter.org and find the button on the homepage to click on for the webcast. Practice now by pulling up the Fuller Center web site. While you are there, click on the blue camera and you will see my work of loading photos in gallaries that show our work around the world.Isn’t
Isn’t it great that we all can share in knowing more about Millard Fuller by looking at those photos and listening Tony Campolo speak about him at his Life Celebration Party?
The memorial service for Millard Fuller is scheduled for 2 p.m. March 14 at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga., the church Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. once co-pastored with his father. The public is invited and welcome to attend. In 1992, Millard was honored with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award, and was invited to preach at this church in 1993.
Ann Karp, a program director at Koinonia, asked us to speak there after she read about our year long journey criss-crossing American in 2005/06, with the intention of engaging hearts and minds, creating authentic connections and transcending differences that separate us. Roby & I were the first gay people ever invited to speak there. This picture is immediately after we spoke. Part of this newsletter from our journey tells of our time there. Read it and learn more about Clarence Jordan.
Rehoboth Baptist Church in Americus, GA, the church that Clarence and his family attended, before being forced out.
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Though Koinonia’s roots were in the Christian faith, it evolved over the years Peacemaking is a core value of Koinonia. I believe that is the reason we were asked to speak there. That we are gay just happened to be a part of who we are. The bigger picture, I believe, is that our message resonated with their core values. People of all faiths go there to spend up to two weeks.
Ok, once again, you may feel that I have digressed from my sharing about the MIKE DILLARD webinar that you can sign up for at MagneticMarketingDiva. Once again, I repeat. NOT AT ALL. We each are a unique part that weaes a beautiful tapestry. It is about BRANDING YOU…that YOU being your unique & authentic self, LIVE YOUR TRUTH, The magic that happens will astound you, and you will ATTRACT all that you desire into your life.
Connections…Connections…Connections…Where would we all be without our connections to one another?
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