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5 Lessons I Learned From NYT Bestselling Author Mike Michalowicz

December 13, 2013 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

I had the honor of having Mike Michalowicz as a guest for a Google+ Hangout. Mike and I talked about The Pumpkin Plan and his upcoming book, Profit First. I read The Pumpkin Plan a few months before the Google+ Hangout. Even if you have read The Pumpkin Plan like I did, you will learn a lot from the Hangout. Here are the 5 things that I learned from Mike Michalowicz:

Fear leads to action. On his 24th birthday, Mike lived in a retirement home where the people there were “either 80 or dead.” Mike said that it was fear that drove him to start his multimillion dollar businesses. That was a way of looking at fear that I never thought of.
Just start. Mike said that people keep on thinking and thinking. However, it is more important to just start. When starting, it is also important to start by spending as little money as possible just to see what works.
You need to be clever. Pizza stores are very competitive, and many of them end up being out of business. However, the pizza stores that go out of business still have their telephone numbers. When Mike teamed up with a pizza store, he looked for telephone numbers of other pizza stores that went out of business. Mike was able to find 3 telephone numbers of 3 pizza stores that went out of business. Then, Mike and the people at the pizza store went to work creating automated messages that directed those people to their own pizza store. That pizza store Mike was working with got three times as many customers.
Write a book about something you like. Mike knows a lot about growing pumpkins. He gave a summary about his knowledge during the Hangout, but in The Pumpkin Plan, he goes further in detail about how planting the colossal pumpkin (the orange fruit). He does relate growing the colossal pumpkin to growing a colossal business just as well, but Mike knows a lot about pumpkins. Since he knows a lot about pumpkins, writing The Pumpkin Plan was the perfect choice.
Give people teasers. Mike’s new book, Profit First comes out in July, but we won’t have to wait until July to see some of his book. In the Hangout, Mike said he would have a link to the first chapter of the book in one of his upcoming blog posts. Mike also gave a lot of teasers for The Pumpkin Plan which can be found all over his YouTube channel.

It was an honor to have Mike as a guest for the Google+ Hangout. Here’s the link to the hangout, and we will be doing another Hangout when his new book comes out.

Kickstart 2014 With JumpStart

December 13, 2013 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

Shannon Oleen has had a very inspirational career. Throughout that career, she has chased and reached her passion of sports. Shannon’s great uncle pitched in the World Series and her mother competed in ballroom dance competitions.

Shannon ended up becoming a cheerleader for NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. Shannon, a Kansas native, had the experience of cheering for her home team in front of 80,000 people. Shannon did put the poms down, but she has done some reporting for sports teams.

After pursuing and reaching her passions, Shannon decided to become a motivational speaker. Shannon is a KeyNote speaker who recently came out with her new training course, JumpStart.

JumpStart is a training course that will give you the motivation you need to have a strong 2014. In JumpStart, you will get inspirational emails from Shannon that will keep you on task, and success stories. The four success stories are from leaders in the NFL, the Fashion World, Reality TV, and a Fortune 500 Company.

Shannon is a powerful role model for anyone who wants to chase their dreams and turn them into something remarkable. Shannon is a sports fanatic who became a cheerleader and sports reporter.

JumpStart will allow you to chase your dreams, turn them into a reality, and have a strong 2014. You can get JumpStart now for $97, but Shannon decided to give everyone a 25% coupon. By using the coupon Marc2013 at checkout, you will save 25% when you get JumpStart.

If you want to have a very productive 2014, get motivated by the success stories of famous people, and chase your dreams, JumpStart is the perfect training course for you. When Shannon told me about her JumpStart training course, I immediately wanted to learn more about it. What I have learned about her JumpStart training course is amazing.

If you are thinking of a way to transform your business or achieve a lot of goals in 2014, the JumpStart training course will help out a lot. This training course closes after December 31st, so get it now before it’s too late.

Shannon has inspired me, and she will inspire you too.

How Focus Noises Can Increase Productivity

December 12, 2013 by Marc Guberti 5 Comments

I have been listening to focus noises for the last few days while working, and I have never been as productive as I am now. I have been able to write blog posts while avoiding my email and other distractions.

The focus noise I have been listening to is similar to the noise a helicopter makes (but not as loud). This has led to a dramatic increase in productivity. There are focus noise options on YouTube such as rushing water (I have tried working while listening to this noise and experienced similar results of productivity).

The problem with music on the radio is that there is not a constant sound. There is no way to get the tunnel vision we need in order to be productive by listening to different songs on the radio. With these focus noises, you hear the same sound which always gets repeated. Working with this sound will allow you to get the tunnel vision you need in order to increase your productive. When you turn off the radio, you will feel some kind of difference because the sound will be off. However, when you turn off a focused noise, the tunnel vision gets snapped, and the difference is greater.

Focus noises are an underrated way to getting a lot more done.

365 Ways To Improve Your Business In 2014: The Day By Day Action Plan That Will Transform Your Business

December 12, 2013 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

The New Year is a moment of transformation. Many people write their New Year’s resolutions and challenge themselves to accomplish more than ever before. However, only 20% of these people end up fulfilling their New Year’s resolutions. The reason the 80% don’t complete their New Year’s resolutions is because they don’t have a day by day action plan.

My new book, 365 Ways To Improve Your Business In 2014 will motivate you to accomplish your New Year’s resolutions daily while providing various tips about blogging, social media, videos, writing books, and more!

There are also some giveaways included that are exclusive to people who have bought my book. By reading my book and entering in the giveaways, you will have a chance to win prizes.

This day by day action plan will allow you to keep that New Year motivation throughout the year and get more accomplished than ever before. It’s time to turbocharge your New Year and turn it into the most productive year you have ever had. For just $3.65, 365 Ways To Improve Your Business In 2014 will allow you to have the most productive year and give you a layout to have more productive years as well.

The Problem With Taking The Easy Road

December 12, 2013 by Marc Guberti 2 Comments

Instead of sending out 1 tweet every hour, I could send out 1 tweet every day. Instead of publishing 2 blog posts every day, I could publish 2 blog posts every week. Instead of creating the Twitter Domination Training Course, I could have stopped with YouTube videos. Imagine how different the statistics would look.

The easy road is a mirage. The easy road appears as work free, fun, and the best thing that ever happened. When people take the easy road, they don’t get to unlock their potential. How about this for an activity: name one person who took the easy road. After you do that, try to name one person who took the easy road and became successful because he/she took the easy road.

You won’t be able to think of someone who took the easy road and became successful. There are a lot of people who have systematized their businesses and appear to be taking the easy road, but in order to get a systematized business, those people were not taking the easy road. The easy road is the easier choice, but the easier choice isn’t always right.

Taking the easy road will result in the challenging road going from challenging to nearly impossible. Imagine having to do 50 videos in a month. Doing 1-3 videos a day would result in some spare time to relax and know that all 50 videos are done. Waiting until the last 5 days to do 50 videos will lead to a lot of cramming.

The best thing to do is to take the challenging road right from the start. That way, you will be able to get your work done before anyone else, and more importantly, before the challenging road becomes the nearly impossible challenging road.

How To Write Top-Notch Blog Posts

December 11, 2013 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

There are millions of blogs out there, but few of them are getting hundreds of visitors every day. Even fewer blogs get thousands of visitors a day. It is entirely possible that 10% of the blogs get 90% of the traffic. The reason the top blogs are getting a lot of traffic is because of quality content. There may be some marketing strategies as well, but visitors will only keep on coming because the blog posts are really good.

Writing a blog post is easy. Writing a top-notch blog post proves to be more of a challenge. The entire blog post has to flow from start to finish, but there need to be other components as well.

Before you start writing your next blog post, ask yourself these questions:

“What kind of people are visiting my blog?”

“What knowledge do these people need that I have?”

The top-notch blogs are usually one of the following:

A blog by a famous person (as long as that person was famous before the blog caught on).
A blog offering advice, tips, and expertise.
A blog with the latest news stories.

Most people are represented by Example #2 although it is possible for your blog to be Example #3. Example #1’s are not as abundant as the other two.

Now that you have asked yourself those questions and identified which kind of blog you are, it’s time to create those top-notch blog posts. Here’s the breakdown:

Have a strong title. The title controls the entire direction of the blog post’s content.
Address certain problems in your niche that too many people face. Too many people face the problem of not being able to write top-notch blog posts. This blog post addresses the problem.
Have bit size paragraphs of text. A big wall of text will scare off the reader. Turn your blog posts into bit size paragraphs so they are easier to read. This will also allow you to stay clear in thought as you write your blog posts.
Have some things in bold. By putting words or sentences in bold, you are able to highlight important takeaways from your blog. Certain words and sentences need to “pop-out.”
Proofread your blog posts. You may find a certain area of your blog post that you want to elaborate on. You may not like the wordiness of one of your sentences. You may only end up finding a period in the wrong place or a spelling error. It’s better to be safe than sorry.