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10 Tips on How Not To Participate in The Recession

My friend Larry Benet is known as “The Connector” to millionaires and billionaires, he recently wrote an article that I recieved his permission to share with you about how not to participate in the recession, enjoy:

I just got back from my connection mastery event and 30% of the audience gave us feedback that it was one of the best events they have ever attended. They said it was a transformational experience and it changed their life in some way shape of form, so I know we did a few things right.

As most people wait for the sky to fall and listen to the doom and gloom that is in the news we just had our best week in the past year, and I have several of my friends whose businesses are actually up despite this crazy economy.I won’t kid you the past year has been tough, I have faced my fair share of challenges. I refuse to participate in this recession, how about you? I hope you decide not to participate in it either.

Here are 10 tips that can help you take your business to the next level, and help you recession proof your income. Connect with me and let me know what you think.

1. CHANGE YOUR THINKING AND YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

I used to be a some what negative person, but the moment I made a decision to focus on expecting positive things and being a ball of energy that is contagious amazing things started to happen in my life.

As I write this I am on the plane.

2. DON’T READ THE NEWS, AND TURN OFF THE TV

3. CHANGE YOUR ENVIRONMENT

4. GET AN ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER

But have some consequences built in if you don’t follow thru on the task you have committed to. If you say you are supposed to make 10 new sales call a day, and you don’t do it, what are the consequences.If you say you are going to work out 4 times a week, and have a date night once a week with your significant other, what are the consequences.

When I miss a call with my accountability call with my partner, I pay 50 dollars to him or his favorite charity.

5. GET A MENTOR

I used to try to figure out things on my own, thinking that was the cheaper way to go, because perhaps I couldn’t afford the higher priced coaching. Well it took forever, and half the time, I didn’t get the results I wanted.

You are paying for not having a mentor, whether you like it or not. What is the one area in your business or in your life that you are not getting the results you want, or it is taking longer then you would like to reach that goal. Today, I just get on the phone with one of my mentors. When I have a problem and I feel stuck and next thing you know in a matter of minutes, problem is solved.

I had a complex problem that came up 2 days before my seminar, and my mentor solved the problem in 3 minutes flat. I had tears of joy after that conversation.

6. CREATE YOUR OWN BOARD OF ADVISORS

Create your own board of advisors or build your own Power of 6 as my good friend and business colleague Dave Stech likes to talk about.

7. CALL YOUR CLIENTS

Find out how they are doing, what they need, and how else you can serve them.

8. CALL YOUR TOP PROSPECTS

When the economy gets tough, and the news is really bad, people get paralyzed from fear. They stress out about their business, their money, they think the worst is going to happen to them. Be the beacon of light they need to get them thru this tough time, give them ideas that can help them not only survive but thrive in this economy.

9. RAISE YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND YOUR STANDARDS OF YOURSELF

Some examples of that for me include getting a personal assistant to manage my personal affairs not my business affairs. Getting an assistant that travels with me at all times, which is different then my assistant who is back in Atlanta handling our day to day business affairs.

10. BUILDING DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS WITH MORE INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE

I just attended a meeting with Hip Hop Mogul Russell Simmons and the cost was a $1000 dollar donation to his charity. Some would say it was expensive to fly all the way to Texas for one day, but it was a great investment. Half the people I met, are really hard to pin down, and get them to respond to e mails so this was a great way to connect with many of them in a short period of time.

Not only did I get to meet Russell, I had the opportunity to connect with other movers and shakers who can help me advance my business, and I created new relationships and reconnected with some old friends, many who are likely to do business with me in the coming months.

Connect with me here on my blog and tell me your best idea for winning big in this crazy economy.

Until We Connect Again,

Larry Benet – The Connector

This article was written by Larry Benet The Connector of

Helping entrepreneurs and sales professionals get more revenue in less time and have more fun doing so.

To Your Success Always,

Mark Edward Brown

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Facebook Marketing: Creating The Perfect Ads For Your Business

In the world of internet marketing, pay per click ads are one of the most used types of advertising among internet marketers. It encourages people to advertise for you and it’s also one of the best types of ads available that produces a lot of targeted traffic.

Today, Facebook now offers Facebook Ads. This particular feature offered by this very popular social networking website is a pay per click advertisement made available for Facebook users. When you are going to use this feature offered by Facebook Ads, you might want to know how to create an appealing one in order to get someone to click on it.

Facebook Marketing: Creating the Perfect Ads for Your Business

The idea of a great Facebook Ads advertisement is that you need to create something catchy and flashy that it will be able to grab people’s attention. You have to remember that no one wants to click on advertising in the internet unless it truly catches their attention.

Also, you need to remember that when people log on at Facebook, they will just be interested in checking out what’s new or what’s happening with their network of friends. They will be interested in socializing with other people. Besides, that’s what Facebook is designed for.

Now, when it comes to creating an advertisement in Facebook Ads, your job is to take away people’s fixed intention when they visit Facebook and make them spend a little time to take a look at your advertisement and click on it.

Creating a good pay per click advertising on Facebook Ads is easy. You just need a bit of creativity. For example: If you are trying to sell your iPhone or any kind of electronic devices that people would definitely love to have, you might want to try advertising “Want an iPhone at a cheap price?”.

For this kind of example, you might want to consider specifying your target customers to be people in college or people between the ages of 18 to 25. You have to remember that kids today are crazy about cheap and cool electronic gadgets. More about Facebook Marketing.

Happy Networking,

Mark Edward Brown

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The New Generation Trend Of Social Networking

The world wide web has been struck by another popular phenomenon; social networking websites. These websites provide the users with a new way of connecting with each other for the purposes of friendship, recreation and even business. There are a number of websites these days that provide social networking services. However, each of these websites has different features.

Some of the social networking websites require users to create accounts and a complete profile. These websites allow the users to upload images as well as videos. These websites also offer a search function which can be used to search for friends and other contacts. Using the search function, the users can create a network of friends.

These networks usually are controlled by the users who built it. It is entirely at the users’ discretion as to who they want to add and who they want to exclude from their network. Most of these websites also have a feature that allows the users to post a message that can be read by everyone in the network also there is an option for private messages. However the users can even delete it if they want to. These were just the basic features. Some of the websites have some really advanced features. They may allow the users to play flash based games in a competitive environment. Such features appeal to a niche audience and that’s why these websites are advertised to reach only that percentage of the audiences that want to connect and network with likeminded individuals.

The biggest benefit of these social networking websites is that they are a wonderful way of making new contacts and maintaining old ones. They help to know a new person’s likes and dislikes, thereby letting one know if he/she can connect with the other person or not. These websites also help the professionals in their professional fields. They give them a chance to meet other people from the same profession and connect with them.

In contemporary times social networking portals are also being used for the marketing of products and services. Even films and television programs are promoted through this website by establishing a community about them, where people discuss these movies and TV programs.

There are reports of these websites being used for wrongful purposes. For an instance many advertisers use these websites to get ahold of the contact information of the consumers and then advertise their product or service to them. Also people these days access the personal information of these users for crimes like identity theft etc actually the use of these websites solely depends on the people visiting them. After all it depends on the purpose for which a person uses these websites.

All facts withstanding, the truth is that in the ever evolving world of the Internet, the Social Networking Websites have heralded a new era of interpersonal communication. They have bridged the gap between human beings even more than telephone or emails giving a real meaning to the word Social Networking and helping people Build Relationships that lasts a life time. In short these social network websites have indeed made the world a much smaller place than any other form of communication.

I encourage you to leave a comment and let me know how you are using social networking to build your contact list and form new relationships.

Wishing You the best of connections,

Mark Edward Brown

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