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ROI for Marketing epreneurs, we can’t think of our efforts to become successful as means to simply make some cash and sit comfortably in our nice homes, we have to think above and beyond that. I mean, isn’t that the whole point of being an entrepreneur: changing the world and solving problems? I think so, at least.Marketing ROIRunning a small business and especially one that is at the start up phase requires being very diligent in making sure that all expenditures and costs are made with an eye towards the value of spending money on that initiative. As an entrepreneur, you will make many decisions that force you to choose between two options or more and demand that you make the decision based on what is"best for the business." To do that with marketing, means constructing a way of comparing against very different components (run an ad or conduct a workshop? Enhance the website or invest in a brochure? etc.).Unfortunately, marketing is not always easily quantified. For instance, while the value of brand awareness and recognition is a very important I have no doubt that there will always be that majority of entrepreneurs that are doing things that they aren’t really passionate about to turn a quick buck and possibly make some serious cashflow one day, all knowing that they aren’t in the game to change the world, but to increase their wallet size. I have always told people to : * 1.) find something that you love * 2.) change the world with that something * 3.) try and hard as you can to make a lot of money doing that Notice how the money part came last. It’s imperative that you’re doing something that you have a lot of passion for, because in doing so you can and will change the world. Do that, and the money will come don’t worry. Never settle Ne How To Be A Medical School Superstar Listen to me very closely young entrepreneur; I will only say this once: choose the red pill and you wakeup in the morning inside your nice mansion with a so-so business that you’re proud of, but you know it could’ve been better but you don’t really care about changing the world like you once did… OR take the blue pill and wakeup in the morning with a head full of magnificent ideas that can lead to the changing of the world by producing something never before seen…wakeup with the energy, passion, and ambition to make something unfathomable, something mind-blowing.You took all of the pre-med prerequisites in college. You know your biology, your organic chemistry, your anatomy. Now it's time for medical school. Medical school may be one of the most difficult challenges you will face. But the most successful doctors don't just make it through medical school; they shine. Here are a few tips to help you become a medical school superstar.Know Your StuffThe key to a successful medical career is to have the most important medical information at your fingertips. There is a lot to know about health and the human body, and as a doctor you will need to know it all, and in many disciplines, know it quickly. Rote memorization may not be too exciting, but if you want to excel in medical school, you have to show your professors t Which pill would you take? The pill that leads to instant wealth with a so-so/decent business or the pill that can potentially unlock new doors for mankind through innovative, original, and unique ideas/concepts? I don’t know about you guys, but I’m thinking BIG so I’d have to go with the blue pill. For many, the red pill would be their drug of choice, but what’s the fun in living a life of mediocrity, especially knowing that you could’ve done so, so, much more but instead you settled for less? But this isn’t the matrix and there are no magical red and blue pills that entrepreneurs can take to change the outcomes of their lives. In reality, the pills many not exists but the same choices exist nonetheless. I’ve touched upon the concept of finding the reason "WHY" (visit www.cashcampus.com/ftt for related article) you are an entrepreneur in a previous post, but let’s now take a look into why some entrepreneurs plan for magnificence and some plan for mediocrity. Gulp…down goes the blue pill As entrepreneurs, many of us are scared to think big. We are scared to close our eyes and think about the possibility of someday being bigger than Bill Gates; we are scared to think about one day being more influential than Oprah Winfrey; we are scared to think that our companies can change the way people think. In order to achieve massive success and create world-changing ideas, you have to really believe that you can. Now that may sound simple, but it really isn’t. To be honest, it took me a long time to actually convince myself that I could potentially amass more wealth and create a bigger company than Bill Gates one day. I mean why not, we both have minds, right? It took a long time for me to think that I can create something that helps mankind and changes the way people live on Earth. Now, I am not saying that I actually will achieve more wealth than Gates and become more influential that Oprah one day, but that doesn’t really matter because that’s where my bar has been set: the highest! Higher than the highest! My grandma always told me to “set your hat where you can reach it.” Well no disrespect grandma, but I can’t subscribe to that mediocre way of thinking. I will not set my hat where I can reach it, I’m going to throw that hat into the sky as high as I can, because my success can’t be measured by what I think that I can accomplish. That just won’t work because I’m not thinking with limits…the sky is the limit. We have to be able to remove all of the limiting factors that haunt our minds. All of the thoughts of becoming “comfortable” and “playing it safe” with our businesses. Conformability won’t change the world, my friends. It’s going to be a long, hard, and painful (and of course, fun) experience in our quests to create something really great. If you don’t want to endure the pain to create something big enough to change the world, then take a step back, go get a manicure, and a nice massage. You won’t experience any pain and struggles, no worries for you. But on that same note, you’ll never make anything big happen in your life. Gulp…down goes the red pill Yeah…yeah…yeah… you’re sitting pretty in your mansion, you have your so-so business that never changed the world, and your drive to innovate and create has been extinguished along with you passion for entrepreneurism. My friend, you never thought big and as a result you never truly reached your goals in life – not even close. So what, you have some nice materialistic things that you think defines true success, but they really don’t. As entrepreneurs, we can’t think of our efforts to become successful as means to simply make some cash and sit comfortably in our nice homes, we have to think above and beyond that. I mean, isn’t that the whole point of being an entrepreneur: changing the world and solving problems? I think so, at least. I have no doubt that there will always be that majority of entrepreneurs that are doing things that they aren’t really passionate about to turn a quick buck and possibly make some serious cashflow one day, all knowing that they aren’t in the game to change the world, but to increase their wallet size. I have always told people to : * 1.) find something that you love * 2.) change the world with that something * 3.) try and hard as you can to make a lot of money doing that Notice how the money part came last. It’s imperative that you’re doing something that you have a lot of passion for, because in doing so you can and will change the world. Do that, and the money will come don’t worry. Never settle Nev Discover The Best Accounting Software tead you settled for less?One of the most important decisions that you will have to make while starting or operating your small business is that of which accounting software to use. It could certainly be a nightmare if you make the wrong choice.During the past 20 years accounting software has advanced far beyond the old fashioned basic lined accounting books with 'in' and 'out' columns. Nowadays it is certainly possible to find accounting software that will assist you in all of your personal and business accounting tasks, from accounts receivable to online banking. With such a wide array of accounting software packages available, It can be difficult to decide which accounting software program will best fit your needs.Before choosing an accounting software program it is worth whi But this isn’t the matrix and there are no magical red and blue pills that entrepreneurs can take to change the outcomes of their lives. In reality, the pills many not exists but the same choices exist nonetheless. I’ve touched upon the concept of finding the reason "WHY" (visit www.cashcampus.com/ftt for related article) you are an entrepreneur in a previous post, but let’s now take a look into why some entrepreneurs plan for magnificence and some plan for mediocrity. Gulp…down goes the blue pill As entrepreneurs, many of us are scared to think big. We are scared to close our eyes and think about the possibility of someday being bigger than Bill Gates; we are scared to think about one day being more influential than Oprah Winfrey; we are scared to think that our companies can change the way people think. In order to achieve massive success and create world-changing ideas, you have to really believe that you can. Now that may sound simple, but it really isn’t. To be honest, it took me a long time to actually convince myself that I could potentially amass more wealth and create a bigger company than Bill Gates one day. I mean why not, we both have minds, right? It took a long time for me to think that I can create something that helps mankind and changes the way people live on Earth. Now, I am not saying that I actually will achieve more wealth than Gates and become more influential that Oprah one day, but that doesn’t really matter because that’s where my bar has been set: the highest! Higher than the highest! My grandma always told me to “set your hat where you can reach it.” Well no disrespect grandma, but I can’t subscribe to that mediocre way of thinking. I will not set my hat where I can reach it, I’m going to throw that hat into the sky as high as I can, because my success can’t be measured by what I think that I can accomplish. That just won’t work because I’m not thinking with limits…the sky is the limit. We have to be able to remove all of the limiting factors that haunt our minds. All of the thoughts of becoming “comfortable” and “playing it safe” with our businesses. Conformability won’t change the world, my friends. It’s going to be a long, hard, and painful (and of course, fun) experience in our quests to create something really great. If you don’t want to endure the pain to create something big enough to change the world, then take a step back, go get a manicure, and a nice massage. You won’t experience any pain and struggles, no worries for you. But on that same note, you’ll never make anything big happen in your life. Gulp…down goes the red pill Yeah…yeah…yeah… you’re sitting pretty in your mansion, you have your so-so business that never changed the world, and your drive to innovate and create has been extinguished along with you passion for entrepreneurism. My friend, you never thought big and as a result you never truly reached your goals in life – not even close. So what, you have some nice materialistic things that you think defines true success, but they really don’t. As entrepreneurs, we can’t think of our efforts to become successful as means to simply make some cash and sit comfortably in our nice homes, we have to think above and beyond that. I mean, isn’t that the whole point of being an entrepreneur: changing the world and solving problems? I think so, at least. I have no doubt that there will always be that majority of entrepreneurs that are doing things that they aren’t really passionate about to turn a quick buck and possibly make some serious cashflow one day, all knowing that they aren’t in the game to change the world, but to increase their wallet size. I have always told people to : * 1.) find something that you love * 2.) change the world with that something * 3.) try and hard as you can to make a lot of money doing that Notice how the money part came last. It’s imperative that you’re doing something that you have a lot of passion for, because in doing so you can and will change the world. Do that, and the money will come don’t worry. Never settle Ne CEM Can Improve Customer Loyalty ook me a long time to actually convince myself that I could potentially amass more wealth and create a bigger company than Bill Gates one day. I mean why not, we both have minds, right? It took a long time for me to think that I can create something that helps mankind and changes the way people live on Earth.‘A 5 percent increase in customer retention increases profits by 25 to 95 percent.’‘The greater the loyalty of customers, employees, suppliers, and shareholders, the greater the profits reaped .’This is the received wisdom from experts on the nature and importance of customer loyalty. Yet in a world of product and service commoditization and as the timelag between imitations to innovation declines, how can organizations differentiate themselves to build loyalty?The answer lies with Customer Experience Management creating the ‘emotional responses and connections with products and brands tha are difficult to build in any other way’ . In effect marketing is not just concerned with the uniqueness of the 4 Ps and more focused on the way customers feel Now, I am not saying that I actually will achieve more wealth than Gates and become more influential that Oprah one day, but that doesn’t really matter because that’s where my bar has been set: the highest! Higher than the highest! My grandma always told me to “set your hat where you can reach it.” Well no disrespect grandma, but I can’t subscribe to that mediocre way of thinking. I will not set my hat where I can reach it, I’m going to throw that hat into the sky as high as I can, because my success can’t be measured by what I think that I can accomplish. That just won’t work because I’m not thinking with limits…the sky is the limit. We have to be able to remove all of the limiting factors that haunt our minds. All of the thoughts of becoming “comfortable” and “playing it safe” with our businesses. Conformability won’t change the world, my friends. It’s going to be a long, hard, and painful (and of course, fun) experience in our quests to create something really great. If you don’t want to endure the pain to create something big enough to change the world, then take a step back, go get a manicure, and a nice massage. You won’t experience any pain and struggles, no worries for you. But on that same note, you’ll never make anything big happen in your life. Gulp…down goes the red pill Yeah…yeah…yeah… you’re sitting pretty in your mansion, you have your so-so business that never changed the world, and your drive to innovate and create has been extinguished along with you passion for entrepreneurism. My friend, you never thought big and as a result you never truly reached your goals in life – not even close. So what, you have some nice materialistic things that you think defines true success, but they really don’t. As entrepreneurs, we can’t think of our efforts to become successful as means to simply make some cash and sit comfortably in our nice homes, we have to think above and beyond that. I mean, isn’t that the whole point of being an entrepreneur: changing the world and solving problems? I think so, at least. I have no doubt that there will always be that majority of entrepreneurs that are doing things that they aren’t really passionate about to turn a quick buck and possibly make some serious cashflow one day, all knowing that they aren’t in the game to change the world, but to increase their wallet size. I have always told people to : * 1.) find something that you love * 2.) change the world with that something * 3.) try and hard as you can to make a lot of money doing that Notice how the money part came last. It’s imperative that you’re doing something that you have a lot of passion for, because in doing so you can and will change the world. Do that, and the money will come don’t worry. Never settle Ne Succeed By Impressing The Right People! the thoughts of becoming “comfortable” and “playing it safe” with our businesses. Conformability won’t change the world, my friends. It’s going to be a long, hard, and painful (and of course, fun) experience in our quests to create something really great.There is a Zen story that I like a lot about the man in a rowboat who saw a distant ship on the horizon.As it got closer, he thought, “Hmm, it’s heading toward me; that’s strange.”Then it got closer, still. “Hey, you, what’s up? Turn away!”Still closer, he screams, “You’re going to hit me! Turn away, turn away!”The next thing he knows, he’s spitting water, wondering what happened. As he looks at the ship, continuing on its course, he notices it doesn’t have a pilot.He wasted all that time shouting to no one. He would have been better off changing his own course slightly, than trying to get the attention of a phantom.Yet, this happens all the time, in business and in personal life: We try to impress the wrong people.Let m If you don’t want to endure the pain to create something big enough to change the world, then take a step back, go get a manicure, and a nice massage. You won’t experience any pain and struggles, no worries for you. But on that same note, you’ll never make anything big happen in your life. Gulp…down goes the red pill Yeah…yeah…yeah… you’re sitting pretty in your mansion, you have your so-so business that never changed the world, and your drive to innovate and create has been extinguished along with you passion for entrepreneurism. My friend, you never thought big and as a result you never truly reached your goals in life – not even close. So what, you have some nice materialistic things that you think defines true success, but they really don’t. As entrepreneurs, we can’t think of our efforts to become successful as means to simply make some cash and sit comfortably in our nice homes, we have to think above and beyond that. I mean, isn’t that the whole point of being an entrepreneur: changing the world and solving problems? I think so, at least. I have no doubt that there will always be that majority of entrepreneurs that are doing things that they aren’t really passionate about to turn a quick buck and possibly make some serious cashflow one day, all knowing that they aren’t in the game to change the world, but to increase their wallet size. I have always told people to : * 1.) find something that you love * 2.) change the world with that something * 3.) try and hard as you can to make a lot of money doing that Notice how the money part came last. It’s imperative that you’re doing something that you have a lot of passion for, because in doing so you can and will change the world. Do that, and the money will come don’t worry. Never settle Ne Chapter Ten epreneurs, we can’t think of our efforts to become successful as means to simply make some cash and sit comfortably in our nice homes, we have to think above and beyond that. I mean, isn’t that the whole point of being an entrepreneur: changing the world and solving problems? I think so, at least.The German Code for Germany is perhaps best illustrated in a story.Lego, the Danish toy company, found instant success with their interlocking blocks in the German market, while sales foundered in the U.S. Why?The company’s management believed that one of the primary reasons for their success was the quality of the instructions they provided inside each box that helped children build the specific item (a car, a spaceship) that a particular box of blocks was meant to build. The instructions were quite a breakthrough in the field: precise, colorful, and refreshingly self-explanatory. They made construction with Lego blocks not only simple, but in some ways magical. If one followed the path through the instructions, tiny plastic pieces methodically turned in I have no doubt that there will always be that majority of entrepreneurs that are doing things that they aren’t really passionate about to turn a quick buck and possibly make some serious cashflow one day, all knowing that they aren’t in the game to change the world, but to increase their wallet size. I have always told people to : * 1.) find something that you love * 2.) change the world with that something * 3.) try and hard as you can to make a lot of money doing that Notice how the money part came last. It’s imperative that you’re doing something that you have a lot of passion for, because in doing so you can and will change the world. Do that, and the money will come don’t worry. Never settle Never settle for less, just keep on wanting more. That may sound like greed, but it isn’t. Greed for change is good – it’s necessary. You can change this world but it all starts with a thought; a thought that enables you believe that you can; without it, you can’t. Life is too short to think small. Think big and get big results. It’s scary thinking that big, I know. But let’s do it together. After enough time passes and big things start to happen with your business, you’ll soon see the power of how you think directly reflecting the outcome of your business. And you’ll see that you made the right choice by taking the blue pill. The pill that set you free from mediocrity and living I life filled with what-ifs and how-comes. And if your eyes hurt after taking the blue pill don’t worry, that’s just because you’ve been blind in seeing your true potential and what you can really amount to in life. You can see now, so make it happen.
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