OK, this is way off the beaten path here, but as a student of real History and Economics, I learned early on that what we learn in Grade School, High School and especially College is so biased by Progressives and has been sanitized to fit PC requirements it is not even funny and it is just plain wrong in most things.

From the real story of the first Thanksgivings Celebration of throwing off Socialism, to our own Government Officials openly praising Mao and having an ornament of him on last year’s Christmas tree, who also happens to be the biggest Mass Murderer in the History of Mankind, to who actually flew first, and to who probably really  invented the Telephone.  And no, it was not the Wright Brothers, nor Alexander Graham Bell.

I did a blog post on these on one of my other blogs and may post it here but I don’t want to get too far off track. 

I was doing a very rare thing today in that I actually turned on the TV during a short break and was flipping through channels and came across this about the Revolutionary War and the lost history of Black Americans in it.  Not as slaves, but as welcomed and honored participants.  I also learned that the Abolitionists in order to make a case against slavery, did their best to wipe this out.   Stupid is, is stupid does I guess.

Anyway, here is what I watched today the really ticked me off and made me like our Founding Fathers even more and only reinforces to me why America is the best country that has ever been in existence and that we have so much to be proud of and screw the people that say we should be ashamed of America.   Your an idiot if you think that way and if that is you, please go away now.    Just saying… For those of you still here, enjoy! You are in for a treat!

Cheers,
Anderson

Work With Your Competition And Make More Money?

While this may sound crazy, this is one of those counter-intuitive techniques that I see very few businesses using that is one of my top 5 Profit Secrets.

First off, most people don’t even consider it.  Their competition is their competition.

But for those that do, there may not be easier profits to be had.

For one, it is truly free.  It usually just involves a phone call or an email to get the ball rolling.

Secondly, in many cases, your competition is not really your competition anyway.  If you are in a decent sized niche, if you pick the right company, you both end up coming out so far ahead of the game it is not even funny.

I find this in the Consulting end of things especially but, it is true no matter what you are selling.  You both have a customer base and you may even be selling the same products, but at any given moment, that customer base may not want to buy what you are selling, so why not offer them your competitions products or services and make money from them? —–> READ MORE

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Do Pop Ups Annoy You Too?

OK, Pop Ups annoy me.  I know that they can used to make you money but I am not convinced they do any more. Because as I have noted, when I go to a site, usually as sales site, I try and leave the page. If they have one, I don’t bother ready the rest of it accept on very rare occasions.

I put them on my you just wasted a couple seconds of my life list and I don’t want to have anything to do with whatever you are selling list.

Pop Ups are kind of like the Disco Balls, they were really cool for a little while, but if you put them everywhere they are a bit annoying and it is like having one in your office to show how “cool” you are. —–> READ MORE

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Do you want more sales no matter what you are selling? Be different. Seriously as more and more competition is out there, the one thing that stands out is being different.

But be different in a good way, Be smart about it, but sometimes even being just a little different can mean a lot of money ending up on your bottom line.

Here is an Noodle Jolt. An easy way to come up with ideas is to look at your competition and see how White Bread boring they are? Don’t be like that, get out of the box, get out of the rut.  Do anything different than what they are doing.

You will be glad you did.

Cheers,
Andrew Anderson

As far as the iPad goes, apparently even a 2 year old can operate one.

All kidding aside, this is exactly why the iPad is going to rule very shortly. More on this later. Enjoy!

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Here are 2 Twitter Rules that you must use on Twitter if you want to be successful on it.

Rule #1 Try and help, don’t try and sell.

Rule #2 See rule 1.

Cheers,

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The first Baby Step to finding, creating, or reshaping your Muse, Business, or Dream Job is to actually take the first Baby Step. Take the first step and then follow through. Seriously! This actually came as a big revelation to me quite some time ago, as it does for many others.

I get lots of people that ask me, “so, how do I make money online?” Well, what are you selling? What does your order button look like? Do you have a blog?

About 90% give me a blank look for a second and then sharp ones start to laugh. It really is that simple. Build it, make it, create it, give people a way to purchase it, and that is how you make money! —–> READ MORE

Tags: Baby Steps, Start On Monday

Oil Spill Gulf Of Mexico 2010

If the expected  moratorium on offshore drilling is placed by the administration as rumored, nearly every expert agrees that we could see $5.00+ gas prices at the pump and diesel could shoot up to $7.00.

Why should this matter to you other than it is going to make going to the pump painful and the price of everything you purchase could go up 10-15%, and heating a home could double this coming Winter?

Well, because it will drive even more people to the Web for services and products.   When even close trips cost $5 to get there and back, most people will be looking for even more things they can purchase without using their car and they will be looking to save money as the average consumer in America and Worldwide for that matter is going to get hit hard.

This is even without the proposed Cap and Tax bill on energy that Congress has said they are going to pass that will add a 25% tax to all energy costs including electricity.

So there has never been a better time to make sure that your Website is up and running and profitable.  I know we are getting busier than we have ever been.

How Is Your Business Going To Handle $5.00 Per Gallon Gas and $7.00 Gallon Diesel Fuel?

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Tags: Oil Spill, Websites

OK, this post is going to allow me to cover a couple of common themes that have been popping up over the past three weeks.

Recently, I have gotten at least seven different emails from seven different Gurus pointing me toward two of the same NEW products.

Both were HUGE NEW discoveries there were going to make me millions. 

Wrong Advice

1. The first one was that long copy sales copy and even copy was dead or did not matter, and that screen shot videos were the only way to go for sales pages.

Well, right off the bat I would have to put that in the Wrong Advice Column.  Long copy has been proven time and time again to out-sell short copy by several hundred times and copy always matters no matter what media you use.  So, the alarm bells went off on that one, so write that one off.

As far as doing screen shot videos for sales pages as a new thing,  well, I put down that technique in detail in my eBook, The Muse Blueprint and The 4 Hour Muse back in 2007.  So, nothing really new there at all.  I also went over it in detail a few years back at a big event for Internet Marketers in LA.

And to top it off, I also have an updated version of how to do this in my new Book  “Start On Monday”.  It is supposed to be released this week and I am keeping my fingers crossed on this one.

Late To The Party

2. The other New Discovery was that Brick and Mortar small businesses  need help with marketing was a is a huge market.  Well Duh, I have been in that market for several years now.  All I have to say is, you guys are really kind of late to that party and it is not all that new to anyone that has been paying attention for the last 15 years. 

They are also talking about getting 1st page Google results using Videos… Hmm, Oh, they couldn’t have looked the series of blog posts I did two months ago could they?  LOL

Guess what, that is in  “Start On Monday” as well. Except you don’t have to pay  $2,997  for it.  It is only $27.  I swear that are charging that much for it.  Arghhh..

Seriously, call me up and I will tell you what to do in 20 minutes for $100 and give you a couple of tricks they won’t teach you to boot.  Or better yet, just buy the book.

How To Pay For The Right Kind Of Help

I have to be a bit careful here on this one because I work with some of these folks.  But if I hear of another PR / Marketing company that won’t put there compensation on the line and guarantee results or claims to be a Social Media expert and only has 1,000 followers on Twitter, my eyes are going to pop out.  Or if they don’t use their Blog for SEO and can’t  show me how they tie in with the clients marketing and sales, then in my book, you are wasting my clients money. —–> READ MORE

Tags: Firing Clients, Paying For Help

Are you a Money Magnet or a Crap Magnet?

This is an excerpt from my soon to be released book, “Start On Monday” which should be out within the next 10 days.

I thought you might enjoy it.

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Are you a Money Magnet or a Crap Magnet?

OK, I am putting this in the front of the book so that we can get things set up for the rest of the book from an attitude perspective.

I am going to make an observation here about what may be currently going on in your life and also what you need to do to become wealthy, or at least much better off than you are currently (if you are not already wealthy).

Much of this thought process is pulled from Harv Eker’s wonderful book “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”. If you have not read it, do yourself, your significant other and those you love a big, big favor, and go out and get it and read it tonight. Here is a link for it. After reading please let me know what you think.

I am going for a much abbreviated version here and I know there are days where we all do some of the below to a certain extent but, if this is your main mode of thinking you need to do some serious soul searching.

Rich people Create their own life and poor people believe that Life just happens to them.

Poor people, I am talking mind, body, spirit, and wallet here are victims by nature. Rich people are not. What you focus on tends to expand and therefore victims create there life in which they are constant victims and Rich people tend to get Richer. Go Figure! —–> READ MORE

Tags: Crap Magnet, Money Magnet