Jumpstart Your Business

Jumpstart Your Business
by Annie Tornabene



“Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.” Ross Perot

We've talked many times about reaching for the extra inch and here we go again. When you are in business for yourself ... and you must be if you are reading this or you are thinking of having a business ... you are constantly looking for ways to make more money. Sometimes it is as easy as going back to the basics.

It is possible to jumpstart your business in the midst of chaos and confusion of the financial crisis.
Failure is not an option. Here's a few things you can do:

1. Evaluate your business or the product or products or services you offer. Who is your market? If you have got the best products and the best compensation plan but are marketing to the wrong group, you will never get anywhere. You need to understand the people you are marketing to. What are their needs, wants and desires? What will motivate them to get involved with your business? What solutions for their problems can you provide? If you’re marketing health and wellness, why would you be pitching a 22-year-old college student? They won't have any emotional attachment to your product unless they happen to be involved in the health and wellness field...probably less than 1%.

The people that will help build your business are the people that use and see the results daily. They become emotionally attached because it means something to them. Think about it. What do you get excited about...that's right, the ones that you use. If it helped you, then you believe in it. You want others to know about it. You are eager to tell others. For example, why would a skinny girl want to sell weight loss products? If she has never been overweight, how can she know the heartaches and struggles the overweight person has had? If she has always had money, how can she share the excitement of overcoming obstacles and having money for the extra things in life besides the necessities?

Look at economic ways to boost your business. In financial crisis times, it is time to take a closer look of ways to get exposure. You can either wait for people to come to you. In which case you will be dying on the vine. Or you can find ways to market to the masses. The Internet has opened the doors wide open with possibilities. Look at the way the social media gathered peoples attention to the USA's Presidential Election or the way the news spread rapidly throughout the world about Mumbai. Social marketing, tele-conferencing, youtube and podcast are the wave of the future. You can quickly and economically put yourself in front of a lot of people who are truly interested in your products or services.

Talk is cheap. The Internet has created us a way to talk to others miles away...even across the world. You can prosper from home in your business in ways that you never thought possible. You can expand to areas of the world that you never dreamed of. Learn to use these tools effectively. The cost becomes child play. Or creating a podcast. How many people could you talk to in a day? How many of those listening may want to join you or your products and services? You are starting to see the picture at how fast you business can grow.

It's not enough to have a website. You need to learn how to promote it...how to drive people to it...how people can find you. If you don't promote it, who will? Tap into your market. Where do they hang out? Use the Internet. The power of the Internet is at your fingertips to jumpstart your business. It is so powerful that it has created millions of dollars in a very short time span.

Know how to write what it is you want to convey. Your prospects or new associates could be reading what you have written while you are sleeping, with another prospect or even while you are having fun. That could have an empowering impact on your business. You will be amazed at how quickly your business will explode with the right words. It might even help you to pay someone to write the right words to grow your business within the next year. Prosper in the midst of the financial crisis.

Wouldn't it be nice to one day while you are having a relaxing breakfast on the patio of your new home to realize that you need to get away. You decide to fly to your favorite paradise. It's just as easy to work from there as it is from home. You rush to pack a few things and tell the family to pack that we're all going on a vacation within 4 hours. And on the way, you check your mailbox to find another check for over $52,819.53. So you drop it in your purse and realize you still haven't deposited the last one because you have been enjoying life with your family.

You sit back for a moment and just think about your life…cruises, constant traveling, a beautiful home and 2 vacation homes up in the paradise that you enjoy visiting in your spare time and living life to fullest that you ever dreamed possible. You realize that this is living and you’re loving your life…you smile and realize the obvious…money isn’t everything, not having to worry about money is everything. Making money online gives you the ability to enjoy little everyday pleasures of life. You can prosper from home. If you need help email me.

THIS IS WHAT OWNING an online business is all about and it can help your offline business. Jumpstart your business today.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving
by Annie Tornabene




This happy Thanksgiving may you always be blessed with an abundance of good friends, good food, good business, good health, peace, joy, love and prosperity.

In an attitude of gratitude Happy Thanksgiving.

Feel The Burn

Feel The Burn
by Annie Tornabene
























Health is our greatest wealth. There are many ways that we can help our health. One of the best ways is to rid our body of excess fat. While there are many ways to rid our bodies of excess fat, we're only going to talk about a few of them here. Feel the burn.

Dieting is one of the hardest ways to lose the fat. Dieting is overrated and causes many people to eat improperly. It is more important to think of dieting as a lifestyle change. It is important to eat some from all the food groups. Otherwise, you can lose muscle rather than fat. The important thing to remember is portion control matters. Eating smaller portions several times a day is an easier way to control the amount of food eaten in a day. If you take smaller meals and divide them into to two or three meals, it is not as hard on the body. For example, if you take a snack from the meal and eat it a couple of hours later. Then instead of the sugary snack, you trade that for a piece of fruit. You've increased your food groups and given your body a more natural sweetener. Giving the body just enough food to ease the hunger pains, allows the body to reduce the fat. Feel the burn.

Starting an aerobics program for your body is a great way to improve your health. One of the greatest things about aerobics is that you can use it to burn fat in ways that are easier on your body than dieting. You can train your body to use aerobic exercise, to burn the fat and therefore get the most out of the exercise. Feel the burn.

During aerobic exercise, all of your muscles are getting great workouts even while you are building up a sweat and working on your heart rate. Walking at a fast rate is a great aerobic exercise for the entire body. Don't forget to stretch before and after walking. All of your cells throughout your body need to move otherwise, they become stagnate and blocking the flow for your body to send messages thoughout your body. You will find that you are giving yourself the best chance to get rid of all the excess fat while you bring new oxygen into your bloodstream and forcing the new oxidized blood to flow throughout your body. Burning the fat on a regular basis is something that you can finally take control of in doing aerobics. Feel the burn.

All of the body systems are fully functioning to maintain body functions at a normal rate when your body is in constant motion. Your muscles will be moving more, therefore, your heart will work harder because the only way to get your muscles to move faster is to supply them with more blood and oxygen. Your lungs will work harder to provide your heart with the oxygen that it needs to keep pumping to keep up with the activity.

All of these things will work as a well oiled machine with each other to make the most out of your entire work out. When your body is functioning like a well oiled machine, you will find that you are much stronger than you ever thought possible. As your entire body fights to work harder, you will find that actually you are burning fat easier because your body needs energy to keep moving and to maintain that rate. This energy will be found in the stored pockets of excessive fat throughout your body. This will happen quickly as you utilize aerobics more often. Soon you will realize your improvement and wonder why you didn't start aerobics sooner. Feel the burn.

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You are the result of what you have been thinking ... and what you have been doing in the past. If you want to change, then you have to change... If you don't change, nothing changes. If nothing changes...Nothing changes! It's your opportunity to make changes.

Lessons Learned From The Election

Lessons Learned From The Election
by Annie Tornabene





We, as entrepreneurs and small business owners or anyone trying to make money online, can learn lessons from the election.

Sure we all knew that the one with the most money can always win. Big money can always outspend the little guy who is trying to make money online and offline for that matter. So if you are in competition with the big guys, you have to think unconventionally. You have to think outside the box...not the way it has always been done before in order to get the upper hand and create your business a place in the marketplace. Some will be more successful than others. It depends on how big a piece of the pie do you want. For some a small piece would be sufficient. Others want a bigger piece and some like Obama want an even bigger piece. Remember though, the top spot requires big responsibility and someone will always be trying to take that spot.

The BIGGEST reason why Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009 can be summed up in 2 words--social marketing. That's right... online marketing. It is lessons learned from the election.

Obama campaigned to the social marketing crowd amazingly which generated an enormous amount of support from online marketing.

Just check out these amazing statistics...

--Since the conventions, blog posts mentioning Obama outnumbered those referencing McCain by more than 3 to 1.

--Obama's number of MySpace friends grew steadily over the past few months until election day, Obama had almost 4 times the number of friends McCain had

--Twitter stats are even more jaw dropping. Obama had nearly TWENTY FOUR times the amount of followers that McCain had.

Yes, it is UNBELIEVABLE! There are other usages as well.

Obama's tactic was mastered to target the crowd he wanted and hit them square in the eye on social networking. He proved that the digital age is here. It is lessons learned from the election that all of us business owners or those making money online should take heed.

So what does this all mean?

Simple--like I said, social marketing is now a factor that cannot be ignored. It can move mountains. Just think it changed the course of history ... it changed the political climate in America ... just think what it could do for your business. Just think about having a 850 or 900 pound gorilla staring you face to face. That's the power of the Internet.

Now Obama didn't just put up a few remarks or pull a few online supporters together. He had a plan ... a well constructed plan that probably took years to create. It wasn't some half baked plan thrown together overnight... it was a painstaking plan and executed precisely.

And that, my entrepreneurial friends, are the lessons learned from the election that I want you to realize... you can prosper from home... you can prosper in business. You can do it!

No matter what business you are in, you need a solid, proven work plan for getting from point A to point B. It may have been a while since you looked at your plan. Look at it, revise it and work it. Online marketing is here to stay.

Without it, you're basically flying by the seat of your pants and 99.9% of the time you end up crashing and burning.

You'll never reach the heights of extreme prosperity until you get serious... get busy... and get a real success plan...then you need to work your plan as in lessons learned from the election.

God Bless The USA

God Bless The USA
by Annie Tornabene




Let us salute all those living and dead on this Veteran's day with out thoughts, and prayers going their way that fought for our freedom and freedom for those around the world. They gave their lives so that you and I can live in peace. God bless the USA

May our Creator bring all our soldiers and others who assisted them safely home to their loved ones where ever they may be. God bless the USA.

In an attitude of gratitude, I salute all who have fought for freedom all over the world. In some parts of the world, today is called Remembrance Day or Poppy Day. On this day let us never forget that on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, miracles still happen. God Bless us all. America is not just a physical place, it is a place within our heart that all humans deserve life, liberty, freedom and the pursue of happiness. God bless the USA; may the USA be a beacon to all who want life, liberty, freedom and the pursue of happiness.

Make Your Vote Count

Make Your Vote Count
by Annie Tornabene

Many of my readers have sent me emails on both sides as to whom I should vote. The day America can vote regardless of the color of a person's skin and without regard to whether they are male or female, it's the day America votes for change. Regardless of who wins this election, when it is all over, we need to work together as we are all Americans ... we are in this together. We can make a difference.

You see, you may look at me and say that I am of one race but I am a mixture of many races. Some of my cousins chose to live in the black community, some chose to live in the Cherokee community, some chose to live in the Asian community, some chose to live in the Hispanic community and some chose to live in the white community. I cannot deny any of them because the same blood that runs through them, runs through me. Martin Luther King's words, "Don't judge someone by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." (what is in their heart)

Make your vote count and vote your heart. We need a good leader for America. We need a president who will lead this country regardless of race, creed, sex or religion - regardless of what we call our Creator.

This is very well written. This man presents an excellent perspective. I'm printing it here because I liked what he said about voting regardless of a person's color of skin, sex or anything but the content of their heart. Don't just listen to flashly words but listen to their heart. What do you hear? Then vote accordingly. You can't complain about the government when you vote.

This article is from Huntley Brown. I understand he is a fabulous concert pianist, man of God and is a black man. His reasoning for not voting for Obama is excellent. This article should be spread via Email to as many as possible. It's good stuff! Do your part.

Annie

Why I Can't Vote For Obama
By Huntley Brown

Dear Friends,

A few months ago I was asked for my perspective on Obama, I sent out an email with a few points. With the election just around the corner I decided to complete my perspective. Those of you on my e-list have seen some of this before but it's worth repeating...

First I must say whoever wins the election will have my prayer support. Obama needs to be commended for his accomplishments but I need to explain why I will not be voting for him.

Many of my friends process their identity through their blackness. I process my identity through Christ. Being a Christian (a Christ follower) means He leads, I follow. I can't dictate the terms, He does because He is the leader.

I can't vote black because I am black; I have to vote Christian because that's who I am. Christian first, black second. Neither should anyone from other ethnic groups vote because of ethnicity. 200 years from now I won't be asked if I was black or white. I will be asked if I knew Jesus and accepted Him as Lord and Savior.

In an election there are many issues to consider but when a society gets abortion, same-sex marriage, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning - to name a few, then wrong economic concerns will soon not matter.

We need to follow Martin Luther King's words, "don't judge someone by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." I don't know Obama, so all I can go on is his voting record. His voting record earned him the title of the most liberal senator in the US Senate in 2007.

NATIONAL JOURNAL: Obama: Most Liberal Senator in 2007 (01/31/2008)
To beat Ted Kennedy and Hilary Clinton as the most liberal senator, takes some doing. Obama accomplished this feat in 2 short years. I wonder what would happen to America if he had four years to work with.

There is a reason Planned Parenthood gives him a 100% rating. There is a reason the homosexual community supports him. There is a reason Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Castro, Hamas etc. love him. There is a reason he said he would nominate liberal judges to the Supreme Court. There is a reason he voted against the infanticide bill. There is a reason he voted "No" on the constitutional ban of same-sex marriage.

There is a reason he voted "No" on banning partial birth abortion. There is a reason he voted "No" on confirming Justices Roberts and Alito. These two judges are conservatives and they have since overturned partial birth abortion. The same practice Obama wanted to continue.

Let's take a look at the practice he wanted to continue. The 5 Step Partial Birth Abortion procedures:

A. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby's leg with forceps. (Remember this is a live baby)
B. The baby's leg is pulled out into the birth canal.
C. The abortionist delivers the baby's entire body, except for the head.
D. The abortionist jams scissors into the baby's skull. The scissors are
then opened to enlarge the hole.
E. The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child's brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.

God help him.

There is a reason Obama opposed the parental notification law.

Think about this: You can not give a child an aspirin without parental notification but that same child can have an abortion without parental notification. This is insane.

There is a reason Obama went to Jeremiah Wright's church for 20 years.

Obama tells us he has good judgment, but he sat under Jeremiah Wright's teaching for 20 years. Now he is condemning Wright's sermons. I wonder why now?

Obama said Jeremiah Wright led him to the Lord and discipled him. A disciple is one in training. Jesus told us in Matthew 28:19 - 20 "Go and make disciples of all nations." This means reproduce yourself. Teach people to think like you, walk like you; talk like you believe what you believe etc.

The question I have is what did Jeremiah Wright teach him?

Would you support a White President who went to a church which has tenets that said they have a
1. Commitment to the White Community
2. Commitment to the White Family
3. Adherence to the White Work Ethic
4. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the White Community.
5. Pledge to Al locate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting White Institutions
6. Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the White Value System
7. Personal commitment to embracement of the White Value System.

Would you support a President who went to a church like that?

Just change the word from white to black and you have the tenets of Obama's former church. If President Bush was a member of a church like this, he would be called a racist. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been marching outside.

This kind of church is a racist church. Obama did not wake up after 20 years and just discover he'd been going to a racist church. The TRUE church can't be about race. Jesus did not come for any particular race. He came for the whole world.

A church can't have a value system based on race. The churches value system has to be based on biblical mandates. It does not matter if it's a white church or a black church based on racial values, it's still wrong. Anyone from either race that attends a church like this would never get my vote.

Obama's former Pastor Jeremiah Wright is a disciple of liberal theologian James Cone, author of the 1970 book "the goals of the black community". If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him.

Cone is the man Obama's mentor looks up to. Does Obama believe this?

So what does all this mean for the nation?

In the past when the Lord brought someone with the beliefs of Obama to lead a nation it meant one thing - judgment.

Read 1 Samuel 8 when Israel asked for a king. First God says in 1 Samuel 1:9 "Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do."

Then God says

1 Samuel 1:18 " When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day." 19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We want a king over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles." 21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. 22 The LORD answered, "Listen to them and give them a king."

Here is what we know for sure.

God is not schizophrenic

He would not tell one person to vote for Obama and one to vote for McCain. As the scripture says, a city divided against itself cannot stand, so obviously many people are not hearing from God. Maybe I am the one not hearing but I know God does not change and Obama contradicts many things I read in scripture so I doubt it.

For all my friends who are voting for Obama can you really look God in the face and say; Father, based on your word, I am voting for Obama even though I know he will continue the genocidal practice of partial birth abortion. He might have to nominate three or four Supreme Court justices, and I am sure he will be nominating liberal judges who will be making laws that are against you. I also know he will continue to push for homosexual rights, even though you destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this. I know I can look the other way because of the economy.

I could not see Jesus agreeing with many of Obama's positions. Finally I have two questions for all my liberal friends.

Since we know someone's value system has to be placed on the nation,
1. Whose value system should be placed on the nation.
2. Who should determine that this is the right value system for the nation?

Blessings,
Huntley Brown
http://www.huntleybrown.com/

How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. George Washington Carver (1864-1943)

-- "The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time." --Psalm 34:19 (NLT)