Best Feeling in the World

Accomplishing a simple goal can have powerful, long-lasting results...

Once you finally learn to play the trumpet, or start a business, or get promoted to CEO, or get your pre-baby body back...

You'll notice that people start treating you differently. They'll respect you more. They'll compliment you. They might even try to imitate your success.

And the way you'll feel about yourself is unparalleled. You'll have new confidence. New happiness. Some new stress, perhaps. But new pride in yourself and your abilities.

Achieving a goal you've had for years... There's nothing quite like it.

It's time for you to feel proud of yourself.

Larry Potter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVVfulxlBk
www.ATicketToWealth.com

Recession Days Underdog...

...That Can Churn Out Steady Cash

Where oh where can you make money these days?

Don't look at the stock market. The Dow's all over the map. May be up one day – but is that real or the dreaded "sucker rally"?

Don't look at your boss. According to a survey by Watson Wyatt Worldwide, 42 percent of employers have instituted a salary freeze - and 14% of those who haven't, plan to do so.

Don't look at the government. They have other worries.

BusinessWeek suggests you look at an old standby: the e-mail newsletter.

It's not fancy or high-tech. But it can bring in serious ad revenues - even today. Better yet, it can help attract investors looking for safer places than the stock market to stow their money.

Look at DailyCandy.com, which sold to ComCast for $125 million just last fall. Then there's Thrillist, which is making profits on $5 to $10 million a year.

Start your own Internet business, set up an e-mail newsletter, and you could make $50,000 to $5 million starting this year.

Larry Potter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVVfulxlBk

www.ATicketToWealth.com

Don't Dream of the Future - Make It

By Jason Holland

Biding your time until your "dream" job falls in your lap is a recipe for disappointment. But by using Michael Masterson's principle of chicken entrepreneurship, you can create your own dream job and secure your financial future at the same time.

Simply start a side business based on something you're passionate about.

Have you kept tropical fish most of your life? If so, you're an expert in fish care and aquariums. And it's possible that people will pay for your advice. Have you always had a "flair" for cooking? Gardening? You could create and sell an e-book, start an e-mail newsletter, create an instructional video, etc. Useful, expert information can be sold in almost any form imaginable.
Granted, not every passion can be turned into a saleable information product. You have to test the waters before you go too far.

Start by checking to see if you have any competitors. Do a Google search. Check Amazon and eBay. If nobody else is selling a similar product to your intended market, that's not a good thing. It probably means there are no customers for it.

If your initial research looks promising, test your idea online. The easiest way is to set up a Google AdWords campaign. If a lot of people click on your ads (which should link to a landing page that makes the actual sale), you know you've got something worth pursuing.
Don't put in a lot of time or money creating a product. If you get a lot of orders, rushing to fulfill them will be a good problem to have.

[Ed. Note: Your dream "job" could be around the corner... At Early to Rise's Profits in Paradise conference next week, you could learn dozens of ways to break out of the rat race and build a lifetime of wealth from our cast of experts in real estate, investing, self-development, and Internet marketing.

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Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVVfulxlBk

The Middle Ages vs. the Internet Age

By Jason Holland
Bartering, a practice straight out of the Middle Ages, is making a comeback in recession-era America. Stylists trading haircuts for oil changes. Massage therapists giving out sessions in exchange for lawn care. Almost anything you can think of is possible. And now bartering has moved to the Internet, becoming so popular on CraigsList that "business" is up 100 percent since January.

But why waste your time with bartering, negotiating one "deal" at a time, when there's a much better way to make money online. By starting an Internet-based business, your profit potential becomes nearly unlimited. Low cost of entry, a potential market of more than a billion Web surfers, and, if your products are digital, nearly free delivery costs, are just some of the advantages.

Think you don't have the right product? There are thousands of moneymaking markets online, and more are added every day.

Not sure that you have the technical know-how? Today's software makes building and maintaining a website as easy as sending e-mail.

So all you medieval merchants out there... stop trading and start selling.

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

A Surge in Online Coupons

Though online coupons make up only 1 percent of the 2.6 billion coupons offered each year in the United States, cost-conscious shoppers are using them more than ever before.

The trend is making retailers happy, because the coupons are bringing people into stores in record numbers.

Thirteen percent of available online coupons were redeemed in 2008, compared to only 1 percent of their print cousins. And use of online coupons grew by 140 percent over 2007.

(Source: eMarketer)

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

Keeping a Career Journal

How many marketing campaigns did you oversee last year?

Which performed best, and why? By how much did profits increase when you took over as sales manager?

Answer questions like these correctly during a job interview, and that high-paying position could be yours.

Don't depend on your memory. Start preparing for that interview now by keeping a detailed career journal. Keep track of all the projects you work on, how they progress, and the results.

Note anything you do that leads directly to profits.

Note any other accomplishments as well. Then take that journal to your next interview.

(Source: wikiHow and Consumerist)

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

What Keeps Your Customer Up at Night?

By John Forde

Fear - the deeply felt kind - is personal and immediate. The fear of disabling disease. The fear of public speaking. The fear of not surviving this current market crunch... or making a terrible investment.

And it's no accident that these same personal, immediate fears are the ones that tend to have the most hooking power in the headlines of sales letters and ads. Not only because they're specific. But because, by tapping into those fears, marketers are able to make an emotional connection with their customers.

These immediate fears are attached to problems they feel they can solve... or hope they can. And that is key to producing marketing copy that works.

But fear alone doesn't make the sale. Showing you know the cause of your customers' anxiety gets their attention. But what really makes a fear headline work is the hint of a solution. Think about some of the classics:

"Do You Make These Mistakes In English?"... "Do You Do Any of These Ten Embarrassing Things?"... "Why Some Foods 'Explode' In Your Stomach"... "Have You A 'Worry' Stock?"...
What makes these headlines work is what you don't see here, but what's surely delivered in the copy that follows: the promise of better language skills... better social skills... better health from better eating... safer investing...

By the end, the copy transforms the customer from pessimist to optimist, full of hope and ready to try whatever it is you have to offer.

[Ed. Note: To get more of copywriting expert John Forde's wisdom and insights into marketing (and much more), sign up for his free e-letter, Copywriter's Roundtable, at copywritersroundtable.com. Or send an e-mail to signup@jackforde.com. Get a free report about 15 deadly copy mistakes and how to avoid them when you sign up today.]

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

The Law of Forced Efficiency

By Brian Tracy

The law of forced efficiency says: "There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing."

The fact is that the average person today is working at 110-130 percent of capacity. And the jobs and responsibilities just keep piling up. One recent study concluded that the average executive has a backlog of 300-400 hours of reading and projects at home and at the office.

What this means is that you will never be caught up. Get that out of your mind. All you can hope for is to keep on top of your most important responsibilities. The others will just have to wait.
The key question you can ask is: "What is the most valuable use of my time, right now?"

Every hour of every day, there is an answer to this question. Your job is to ask yourself that question, over and over again - and to make sure you're always spending your time working on whatever is most important at that particular moment.

The more accurate your answers to this question, the easier it will be for you to set clear priorities and overcome procrastination.

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

How To Create Income On Demand‏

The secret is simple.

You set a goal and then you go get it.

But what happens to most is they stop themselves dead in their tracks with reasons why not.

They create personal resistance to success, and you CANNOT achieve what you desire until you break through these barriers.

"I don't have enough money."
"I don't know if I can do that."
"I can't do what he did."

Are all barriers many put up to stop themselves.

Don't allow them to stop you!

Take a deep breath and charge ahead!

YES YOU CAN!!!

Let's begin . . .NOW!


Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

The reason most businesses fail is because of lack of fundamental business-building knowledge.

So how do you get past that? Well, it's not an easy fix. But first, you need to follow these four simple steps:

Establish your vision and create a strategy to achieve that vision. Transform yourself from an opportunity seeker (bad) to an entrepreneur (good).

Develop products and services that will help you achieve your vision - instead of spending thousands of dollars on products that will collect dust on the shelf.

Do everything in your power to manage your time better. Implement systems and processes that add more productive hours to your day.

Finally, always remember that, in order to build a successful business, you need two critical things: scalability (the ability to grow with your needs) and leverage (the ability to do more with less).

YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG2-hROdOvQ

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

Freaky Business

A "Dumb" Way to Make Money Online

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Pervasive Negativity

Don't let yourself succumb to the pervasive negativity, which can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy. In this economy, your Home Seller Assist business's or brand's market share may - or may not - go up. But you will assure yourself of the latter result if you do nothing but wallow in the mire of ugly headlines.

Marathon runners and Tour de France racers know it is on the steepest hill, when the challenge is most difficult, that leadership changes hands. Such is our opportunity now.

Larry Potter

www.ATicketToWealth.com

Leveraging Your Potential With Contacts

By Brian Tracy

Knowing the right people and being known by them can open doors for you that can save you years of hard work. The quality and quantity of your contacts and your relationships will have more to do with your success than perhaps any other factor.

Here are three things you can do to start making powerful and lasting connections:

1. Make a list of the 25 people you feel it would be most useful for you to get to know. Develop a strategy to meet every one of them over the next 12 months.

2. Network at every opportunity. Join business and trade associations. Attend meetings. Volunteer to serve on a key committee.

3. Get involved in community service organizations. The best people in every community, the people you should know and who should know you, are usually involved in public service in some way. Start with the United Way in your own city, or get involved in any cause you care about or are interested in.

Follow these steps and jobs, referrals, and deals will flow to you.

[Ed. Note: Increasing your contacts to expand your influence and build your career is just a small taste of the business and personal development skills taught by Brian Tracy (www.briantracy.com).

Larry Potter

www.ATicketToWealth.com

Ready, Fire, Aim

Most of us, most of the time, speak impulsively. We are stimulated by some event or remark and utter the first thing that pops into our heads. We don't stop to consider the effect our statement will have on those to whom we are speaking. And neither do we consider how our words will affect us. Yet they surely do.

"Words are all we have," Samuel Beckett said. When it comes to many aspects of our life, this is often true.

You can't force your colleagues to listen to your Home Seller Assist business no matter how much you have made. You can't force your boss to give you a raise or a promotion. You can't force your spouse to agree with everything you say. But if you learn how to think strategically, you can speak persuasively when you need to. And that will make a big difference in your life and your career.

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

Surprise and Delight Your Customers

By Suzanne Richardson

If your goal is to satisfy your customers, you're aiming too low. Instead, aim to over-deliver on your promises.

Roy Flora, Group President of Microtel Inns & Suites, over-delivers by randomly giving away free stays at his hotels. Better yet, he encourages staff members to do the same. It's one reason that Microtel has ranked at the top of the J.D. Power & Associates North America hotel guest satisfaction survey seven years in a row.

Internet clothing company Zappos over-delivers by not only offering free standard shipping... but by getting those orders to customers overnight instead of in the four to five business days they promise.

Clothing retailer L.L. Bean accepts the return of any clothing - worn or unworn, damaged or not - for years after it was bought.

And here at ETR, we are constantly thinking of new ways to over-deliver. During the past two Christmas holiday seasons, for instance, we've given out special advice-packed reports and never-before-seen interviews with our expert contributors. At every Bootcamp, we put together an exciting get-together - like our "sock hop" (complete with costumes and an Elvis impersonator) this past November. Plus, we offer exclusive VIP events - like our Internet Money Club annual roundtable - to our top customers.

"Your customer-service policy should be bend-over-backward," says Michael Masterson. This means "adding features and benefits on a regular basis that surprise and delight your customers. It means getting them accustomed to being delighted every time they buy a product from you."
What can you do to surprise and delight your customers? In a world that's overpowered by poor service, it doesn't take much. Simply doing something small - like answering your customer service line, in person, on the first or second ring - is enough to make your customer feel cared about. Or take a look at Microtel, Zappos, L.L. Bean, and other companies reputed for great service... and see how you can adapt their customer-service policies.

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Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

Sick of hearing about the recession?

Take a look at practically any news publication, and here's what you see:

"The U.S. unemployment rate - now at 7.6 percent, the highest in more than 16 years - is expected to hit a peak of 9 percent this year..." - Associated Press

"The Dow continued to post new lows as it skidded lower, and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index briefly dipped below its Nov. 20 closing, which had marked its lowest closing levels in a decade..." - The New York Times

"To clear a huge backlog of foreclosures, judges are hearing 'rocket dockets' of nearly 1,000 cases a day..." - The Wall Street Journal

Are you as sick of hearing about the recession as I am? Well, John Alexander of Home Seller Assist is too -and he reveals exactly how you can rise above it every Mon-Wed at 8pm Eastern at
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Each session is followed by a Q&A session, so tune in and watch.

Larry Potter
847-872-4047
www.ATicketToWealth.com