Passion is at the top of the list of the skills you need to excel, whether you're in sales, you own your own home based business or you are in a profession of your choice. A salesperson without passion is just an order taker.
If you are in sales, you can have a great product, a tremendous territory and a fabulous marketing campaign. But if you don't have passion, it's hard to make a sale. When you have passion, you speak with conviction, act with authority and present with zeal. When you are excited and passionate about a product...or anything, for that matter...people notice. They want in on the action. They want to know what can be so good. They will follow you just so that they can catch some of your excitement.
There is no substitute for passion. If you don't have an intense, burning desire for what you are doing, there's no way you'll be able to work the long, hard hours it takes to become successful.
You really need to enjoy what you are doing because if you do not it will be difficult to give the extra time, effort and devotion it takes to be a success. When you enjoy what you do and you have a passion for it you will give freely of your time and effort, and you will not feel that you are making sacrifices in order to be a success.
Hopefully, you're happy and passionate about your business and the work that you do every day. If you aren't, think back to the times when you were and what you can do or need to do to get that feeling back.
J. Paul Getty, the oil tycoon, ranked passion ahead of imagination, business acumen and ambition as necessary ingredients to business success.
Surround yourself with people who are passionate about their business and you will catch their passion. And remember that you can't be passionate just when you feel like it. You have to be passionate about your business, product or cause all the time. There is no off switch.
Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, had 10 Rules for Success. Rule No. 1 was "Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anything else. If you love your work, you will be out there every day trying to do the best you can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you, like a fever."
So set an example with your business, and for your partners or teammates to be passionate. There's nothing more powerful and more contagious than passion.
Suzanne Lavigne has a successful home based business and is a successful internet marketer. She believes that everyone can become successful with the right plan and the right mentor. She enjoys helping others become successful to live the life of their dreams.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
What is the buzz about Twitter, Tweets, Retweets, Tweetups, and Twestival ?
Twitter, for those of you that do not fully understand what it is as of yet is a social networking site where people can post short updates, up to 140 characters, on everything and anything that they choose. It is often compared to status updates on Facebook and MySpace because the updates are so short. These small updates are called tweets but are also known as micro-blogging.
Twitter can be used for socializing and finding like minded people in your area or you can use Twitter to build your business both online and offline. You can find people with the same interests as yourself and follow there tweets and in turn they can follow you. As far as a building tool for you business it is an exceptional way to grow your list, build relationships and build your credibility. Blogging and twittering now go hand in hand because when you post a new blog you can send a tweet out on twitter and your followers will immediately get the link to your new blog post. If you find a tweet that you know may be of interest to your followers you can forward that tweet on, just like an e-mail and that is called a Retweet.
If there is a group of people in your area that use twitter a lot you may be invited to a Tweetup. A Tweetup is a social gathering that takes place at a neighbourhood bar where you can get to know fellow twitter uses, build business connections, friendships, learn something new and just have a fun evening out.
Today, Thursday February 12 there was a Twestival that took place in over 200 cities around the world. This world-wide Twitter event brings online users together and raises funds for charities. It originated in London where a group decided to use their Tweetups to raise money for charity. The idea spread over the internet to other cities including Barcaelona, Beruit and even Edmonton, Alberta. All the money raised from all the Twestivals will go to a New York based organization called charity: water.
Twitter`s profile was raised recently when the US Airways plane landed in the Hudson River and the Mumbai terror attacks were reported on Twitter by witnesses. Twitter is used by politicians to publicize their initiatives, students use it to have conversations instead of phone texting, journalists use it to pump up their stories and their circulation and business people use it to promote themselves and build relationships.
If you are not using this fastest growing, number one social site as of yet I really need to ask, "what are you waiting for!" You may be missing the boat to phenomenal business and relationship growth. If you are interested in growing your Twitter following you can do so by following this link and start growing your business today.
Suzanne Lavigne has a successful home based business and is a successful internet marketer. She believes that everyone can become successful with the right plan and the right mentor. She enjoys helping others become successful to live the life of their dreams.
Twitter can be used for socializing and finding like minded people in your area or you can use Twitter to build your business both online and offline. You can find people with the same interests as yourself and follow there tweets and in turn they can follow you. As far as a building tool for you business it is an exceptional way to grow your list, build relationships and build your credibility. Blogging and twittering now go hand in hand because when you post a new blog you can send a tweet out on twitter and your followers will immediately get the link to your new blog post. If you find a tweet that you know may be of interest to your followers you can forward that tweet on, just like an e-mail and that is called a Retweet.
If there is a group of people in your area that use twitter a lot you may be invited to a Tweetup. A Tweetup is a social gathering that takes place at a neighbourhood bar where you can get to know fellow twitter uses, build business connections, friendships, learn something new and just have a fun evening out.
Today, Thursday February 12 there was a Twestival that took place in over 200 cities around the world. This world-wide Twitter event brings online users together and raises funds for charities. It originated in London where a group decided to use their Tweetups to raise money for charity. The idea spread over the internet to other cities including Barcaelona, Beruit and even Edmonton, Alberta. All the money raised from all the Twestivals will go to a New York based organization called charity: water.
Twitter`s profile was raised recently when the US Airways plane landed in the Hudson River and the Mumbai terror attacks were reported on Twitter by witnesses. Twitter is used by politicians to publicize their initiatives, students use it to have conversations instead of phone texting, journalists use it to pump up their stories and their circulation and business people use it to promote themselves and build relationships.
If you are not using this fastest growing, number one social site as of yet I really need to ask, "what are you waiting for!" You may be missing the boat to phenomenal business and relationship growth. If you are interested in growing your Twitter following you can do so by following this link and start growing your business today.
Suzanne Lavigne has a successful home based business and is a successful internet marketer. She believes that everyone can become successful with the right plan and the right mentor. She enjoys helping others become successful to live the life of their dreams.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Adapting Your Internet and Home Based Business Marketing to the World in which we Live
Adapting your marketing on the internet and also your home based business is a matter of survival. In these hard economic times everyone has to be willing to change the way that they market their product or service in order to survive. We can learn the need to adapt to the changing environment just like the wolves of North America.
I have recently read an article about the Canadian Black Wolf; this wolf is found only in Canada. Some 15,000 to 30,000 years ago the wolf naturally cross bred with dogs until the dog was domesticated and bred by humans. The “black coat gene” started to re-surface in the wolf once again about 10,000 years ago. Even though the name signifies a different colour, all wolves, even the White Arctic Wolf, are all members of the grey wolf family but have adapted to different ecosystems in order to survive their surroundings.
Are you ready to adapt your marketing to ensure your survival in 2009 and longer? Do you have a marketing plan that will take you through 2009? Are you are still promoting only one business and using a company replicated website? If so, it is time that you started to rethink the way that you are doing your business.
You can join 180daystogreatness that is available online and you will learn exactly what you need to do to develop your marketing plan, target your business using niche sites, expand your business so that you have multiple streams of income and even more training that will help you to survive in these hard economic times. Coach Nadira Haniff will be soon launching a new program called Squad 2009 Marketing Bootcamp that you will not want to miss! Stay tuned to my blogs for more information coming soon.
I cannot say enough about the 180daystogreatness program and what I have learned from Nadira Haniff. At this point I have multiple streams of income from three different niche sites, and there are more in the works. I have opt-ins available on my sites, learned to use YouTube videos as a form of marketing, created my very own give away for my sites, have my own blog which you are quite welcome to visit and so much more.
Just like the wolves of North America and the Black and Arctic Wolves of Canada I have adapted my marketing and my business so that I can survive in these economic times. Are you willing to do what it takes to survive? Are you willing to grow and stretch yourself, learn new tactics and develop new skills or do you want to become extinct like so many other species in today’s modern world?
Suzanne Lavigne has a successful home based business and is a successful internet marketer. She believes that everyone can become successful with the right plan and the right mentor. She enjoys helping others become successful to live the life of their dreams.
I have recently read an article about the Canadian Black Wolf; this wolf is found only in Canada. Some 15,000 to 30,000 years ago the wolf naturally cross bred with dogs until the dog was domesticated and bred by humans. The “black coat gene” started to re-surface in the wolf once again about 10,000 years ago. Even though the name signifies a different colour, all wolves, even the White Arctic Wolf, are all members of the grey wolf family but have adapted to different ecosystems in order to survive their surroundings.
Are you ready to adapt your marketing to ensure your survival in 2009 and longer? Do you have a marketing plan that will take you through 2009? Are you are still promoting only one business and using a company replicated website? If so, it is time that you started to rethink the way that you are doing your business.
You can join 180daystogreatness that is available online and you will learn exactly what you need to do to develop your marketing plan, target your business using niche sites, expand your business so that you have multiple streams of income and even more training that will help you to survive in these hard economic times. Coach Nadira Haniff will be soon launching a new program called Squad 2009 Marketing Bootcamp that you will not want to miss! Stay tuned to my blogs for more information coming soon.
I cannot say enough about the 180daystogreatness program and what I have learned from Nadira Haniff. At this point I have multiple streams of income from three different niche sites, and there are more in the works. I have opt-ins available on my sites, learned to use YouTube videos as a form of marketing, created my very own give away for my sites, have my own blog which you are quite welcome to visit and so much more.
Just like the wolves of North America and the Black and Arctic Wolves of Canada I have adapted my marketing and my business so that I can survive in these economic times. Are you willing to do what it takes to survive? Are you willing to grow and stretch yourself, learn new tactics and develop new skills or do you want to become extinct like so many other species in today’s modern world?
Suzanne Lavigne has a successful home based business and is a successful internet marketer. She believes that everyone can become successful with the right plan and the right mentor. She enjoys helping others become successful to live the life of their dreams.
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