Select A Product That Will Solve Others People’s Problems:

We humans are greedy creatures most times. We want comfort, ease, peace of mind, and a variety of other self indulgencies. Put yourself in the client’s mind and ask “What’s in it for me?” If your ads or products do not clearly define this, and tell the customer how you will give him what he desires, how this product will benefit him, it is unlikely you will make a sale.

Educate Yourself

Research, educate, learn and read everything you can about your product or field. Observe other successful people in your field. What are they doing that contributed to their success?

Develop An Advertising Campaign With An Appropriate Budget.

Don’t go after the general public. Be specific. Analyze who your target client is and how your product will benefit them. Target your marketing to appeal directly to them. You may have to test what type of advertising will work for you, whether it is newsprint or pay-per-click advertising using highly targeted keywords. Remember go for the BENEFIT of what your product will give them. Once you find out what works, stick to it.

Track Your Advertising.

Why go through all that advertising testing if you don’t know where your sales are coming from. Create different email addresses or different URLs to use for each ad you post. Don’t forget to record what you have done at the time you are doing it. Be consistent in your process.

Tweak And Test YourAds.

Take a good ad idea and then “split run” the ad. That means create a polar opposite ad and run them at the same time. A positive statement vs. negative statement, as an example. Find out which ad works best. Take the better ad and turn it into a question rather than a statement. Again, test them and see which works better. Try creating a sense of urgency in your ads. Try creating an emotional response within your clients. Repeat and test different variations often. Keep testing until you see what works. Once you find that out, expand on it and in a big way.

Create Your Own Mailing List.

Your own existing or previous customers are a gold mine for you. It is amazing and a shame at how many business owners forget about their own customer base. If they bought from you the first time, it is likely that they will again. Stay in touch with newsletters, be it monthly or quarterly. Give them something that will remind them of you – an up and coming sale, a holiday event, or a discount on a particular product or a particular time frame. Be creative. If you forget about them, they will forget about you. That is a fact.

Know That You Will Fail.

However, it is not really failure. It is just telling you something that needs to be reviewed and corrected. Try new things and learn from the results. Don’t get discouraged. Pick yourself up and jeeo moving forward. Your perspective on failure can make the difference between a positive and negative experience. Are you failing or just learning?

Treat Yourself – You Deserve It.

It’s hard work developing a business. Reward yourself with your small successes along the way, not just the big ones. Remember to give yourself breaks. Get out of the office and get a breath of fresh air. Even 15 minutes can be a great refresher. Go visit your friends. Go have some FUN. Buy yourself something that you have been wanting. It doesn’t have to be big – just something that you have wanted but afraid to buy. If you don’t treat yourself, your business will become resentment and anchor around your neck. This is not why you started your own business. Don’t forget why you began this in the first place.

There Is No Free Lunch.

You do not have to be a slave to your business but also know that there is no such thing as something for nothing. Create an idea, have the desire to accomplish it, make and plan, work hard with consistency, and NEVER GIVE UP. Do not let negative people dissuade for you from your desire.

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What is the Slight Edge and what does it have to do with personal development, self help, success, prosperity, abundance, wealth, business, career, money and freedom? The Slight Edge is a philosophy for living life that was introduced to me by a man named Jeff Olson. Not only are the principles of the Slight Edge intertwined with all of the things mentioned above, but it also is at work in the lives of those who experience depression, poverty, poor health, debt, unemployment, jobs they hate and unfulfilling relationships. The Slight Edge is at work all the time, every day in the life of every single conscious human being on this planet.

You can read Jeff Olson’s book or listen to his audio program about the Slight Edge, but I will do my best to simply summarize its meaning here for you. The Slight Edge is really referring to the very slight difference between making positive choices and negative ones, between choosing things that will enhance and improve our lives versus things that will bring us less than we truly desire. For instance, each day you have an opportunity to make hundreds, if not thousands of decisions! When to wake up, what to wear, what to eat, whether or not to exercise, what to say or not say to family and friends, what to read, what to watch, where to go, what people to see and spend time with, what to listen to, what to think and on and on and on.

Most of these “choices” that we make each day may not even feel like choices because so many of them are made on more of an unconscious level than a conscious one. However, even choices that we make day and day out require our conscious approval in order to take place and we have the power and ability within ourselves to change what choices we make at any given time. Understanding how the Slight Edge works and the difference it can make in your life over time will give you an added sense of discipline and desire to make those positive choices that are in your best interest.

An important element of the Slight Edge philosophy is understanding that most individual choices are easy to do, but they are also easy not to do. It’s easy to choose to eat a healthy salad for lunch instead of a hamburger, but it is also easy not to do that. Therein lies the power of the Slight Edge choice. To understand the influence of the Slight Edge at work in your life it is important to look at a given choice over time, let’s say one year. If you watch one hour of television each day, that doesn’t really seem like a big deal right? It is certainly easy to do and it could also be said that it is easy not do. On average, Americans watch much more than one hour of television a day, but for the sake of this illustration we will assume you watch just one hour. The equates to seven hours a week, approximately 30 hours a month and 365 hours a year, which is equivalent to more than nine 40 hour work weeks! I’m not saying this is good or bad I’m just illustrating the power of the Slight Edge at work. When you think about your daily choices in terms of their impact and influence in your life over one year or one decade, it puts those activities into better perspective.

Now, I’m not saying we should not watch TV, go to movies, relax, or anything like that. I enjoy doing all of those things, in proper balance. My intention in sharing my experience with this philosophy with you is to help you understand that there are little simple things that you can begin doing today, that if done over time, will absolutely transform your life. It is about understanding the potential that each of us have to grow, to progress, to improve, to create, to expand and to be a better, more fulfilled and happy person in one year than we are today! How can we go about making Slight Edge improvements to our daily choices so that we can experience consistent growth and personal development in our lives? There are several ways and I will share a few that have worked phenomenally well for me.

Reading personal development or self help books and listening to similar audio programs has made a huge difference in my life. Do you realize that if you read just 10 pages from a personal development book every day that you will have read 3,650 pages by the end of just one year! Sure, the math is easy and it makes sense, but that translates to easily one or two dozen books. It only takes about 30 minutes a day to do that yet the impact upon the way you think, act and live your life will be tremendously enhanced. Reading 10 pages a day is easy to do. It is also easy not to do. Therein lies the power of the Slight Edge decision. Additionally, if you listen to just 15 minutes of inspiring personal development audio programs, podcasts or audiobooks each day while driving to and from work or while exercising, that equates to 91.25 hours of listening in one year; more than two 40 hour work weeks put together! Do you think putting such content into your mind and applying it in your life would help you to become a better person and be more successful in achieving your personal and professional goals? Absolutely! It is easy to do? Is it easy not to do?

You see, a large majority of people read trashy magazines, watch tv and listen to worthless radio instead of reading personal development books, listening to inspiring audio and taking a little time out to improve their lives. We should not be surprised if our lives our not what we wish them to be if we are not taking the simple daily actions to improve ourselves and to be better. Our lives right now, in this present moment, are nothing more than a cumulative result of everything that we have thought and done previously in life! If you do not like your situation, your relationships, your job, your build, your income (or lack thereof), then look in the mirror and make a firm resolve to yourself that you will begin TODAY to make changes in the Slight Edge choices you make each day. Don’t beat yourself and drop deeper into depression. Celebrate and get excited that you now know what you can do to change your life for the better. Will you transform into the life of your dreams overnight? Of course not. However, by making slight changes each day in the seemingly insignificant choices of what you do, your life will absolutely be transformed in a years time, probably much sooner. I have experienced this first hand and I absolutely know that it works.

When I was a teenager I was hanging out with the wrong crowd and got involved in drinking, drugs, smoking, theft and all variety of unhealthy behavior. My life was falling apart quickly and the future did not look to bright for me. After having a very scary experience with drugs I made a firm decision that I was going to change my life. I made some drastic decisions at that point to dis-associate from my friends, to get rid of all my depressing music, to stop abusing substances and to begin working heavily on improving myself, my mind, my body, my life. What I’ve found for myself and for others is that immediate change can be noticed and experienced, especially when you are making these changes at a very low point in your life. If you are in the depths of despair and the whole world seems to be crashing in upon you then shifting your mind, body and spirit can make a visual transformational difference upon you in a matter of hours. A lot of that depends upon the intensity of your determination to change and to improve your life and your willingness to disassociate yourself, as much as possible, from those things or people that have had such a powerful negative influence over you. This isn’t about running from your problems, but rather about taking back control of your life and not giving that control to anyone but yourself.

I read book after book about personal development. About thoughts, behavior, attitude, goals, success, achievement, etc. Just get your hands on any personal development books that really jump out at you, dive in and absorb as much as you can as quickly as you can. What I loved about these books is that there were always numerous ideas and suggestions that I could immediately begin applying in my mind and in my life to see how they would make a difference. I would do the exercises, follow the guidance and see what happened. I also did a lot of spiritual exploration during this time, praying, meditation, reading scripture and just cleansing myself as well as I knew how. This will be a different process for everyone depending upon your religious persuasions, where you live and what spiritual books and teachers are a part of your life. I also began eating more healthy foods, exercising and getting more adequate rest every night. This was invigorating to build my body, to develop and to see that it was ready to take on new challenges and to be pushed to new limits. That felt good and seemed to help accelerate the growth I was experiencing mentally, emotionally and spiritually as well.

I was 18 years of age when I made that decision to change my life for the better. I am now 31 and have by no means reached the pinnacle of personal growth and achievement. However, I have been fortunate to have enjoyed many remarkable experiences and blessings in my life, due in large part to the fact that I have been continually working on improving myself and the lives of those around me. I’ve traveled throughout the United States and Canada. I received scholarships to college and graduated with honors. I married a beautiful woman when I was 24 and we now have two incredible children with our third to arrive this summer. I have started businesses, invested in real estate, managed multi-million dollar companies and consulted entrepreneurs. I currently own a multi-million dollar business within the Health and Wellness industry and am able to help people from all walks of life all over the world. My future is bright and I know that there are no limits to what I can achieve as long as I continue to follow the Slight Edge path of personal development and striving to improve the lives of others.

It is my desire that you will join with me in this phenomenal journey of life. If you are looking to make some changes in your life, do it now! Take the time for some personal exploration, set your goals, decide what small things you can begin doing each day that will have a powerful cumulative effect upon you and your family in your life. If you are looking to make a professional change or to work within a business that is perfectly aligned with these principles, then let me know. I’d love to explore the possibility of working together with you in my business and helping you to accomplish all of the goals that you set for yourself.

If you would like to learn more about the business that has provided me with an unlimited opportunity for developing true time freedom and financial freedom, simply visit my site at http://www.rockthechoc.com!

Until then, enjoy the journey,

Munro Murdock

Contrary to popular belief, money doesn’t solve the problems of life. This is especially true for those who are given money or win money on a whim. Do you ever wonder why 95% of all lottery winners wind up filing for bankruptcy before they die? It’s because they didn’t become a different person just because they received the money. They kept the same mindset that they had when they couldn’t afford to pay the rent. They didn’t grow into the person capable of handling a lot of money.

Don’t get me wrong, you can certainly arrive at your problems in style with money, which is a great thing. But it’s the kind of person you become that handles the problem successfully, especially when you learn a lesson. People who buy their way out of problems are only destined to repeat their mistakes until they are eventually broke. They don’t learn and they don’t grow. You want to be responsible and continuously learn throughout your life, especially in your home-based business. That’s how you move on to bigger and better things.

A million dollars is not as important as the person you could become while achieving it. Those who earn a fortune and then lose it are able to earn it again because of who they became the first time around. Something magical happens to you when you put forth the effort to go after your goals and dreams. The activity and experiences you go through molds you into a successful person in all areas of life. That is worth more than any amount of money you could ever wish for.

One of the first places to begin developing the mindset of a person who appreciates themselves more than the money they make is to realize that profits are better than wages. This doesn’t mean you should walk into your job tomorrow and quit. But realize that as long as work for someone else, you won’t make as much money as you want. You’ll make as much money as your boss wants you to make and you’ll be able to pay your bills, but you’ll never be rich.

You can start to change your situation carefully by working full-time on your job and part-time on your future. This means being serious about your home-based business if you are currently thinking of it as a hobby. Hobbies won’t make you rich unless you are extremely creative enough to invent the next fad like the pet rock or liquid paper. Work hard to grow your enterprise. Step by step you can make it happen.

Don’t be the type of person that sits around and hopes for things to change. Or worse yet, hopes that the government will support you when you get old. That kind of mindset will get you nowhere in life. You simply should not rely on anyone but yourself. Being responsible for your own future will allow you to become the type of person that doesn’t need to complain about how hard life is. Wouldn’t you like to replace the ever-popular phrase “That’s too expensive!” with “I can afford that!”? Working on your personal development will allow for this change in attitude.

Financial independence is the ability to live from the income of your own personal resources. This doesn’t mean you should go out and sign up for a bunch of credit cards to max out on over-priced leads and online busines systems. They don’t work and you’ll get yourself deep into debt. Instead of following this trend in network marketing that accounts for the 95% drop-out rate, spend your hard earned money on a proper marketing education system that emphasizes leadership.

Helping others along the way to your own success will allow you to become a better person as well. You could have all the money in the world but you could never use it to buy the praise of someone who says you changed their life for the better. That kind of success is only earned and you can never lose it. Money comes and goes, but building relationships with other people through personal development will keep you inspired and satisfied at all times.

A sure-fire way to increase your home-based business success by helping others is to always lead with your product or service. Leading with your business opportunity will only attract people who are interested in money, and they will quit when they haven’t become rich in the first few months. You want to find people who are willing to try your product or service long enough to generate an emotional attachement. This will throw the issue of money right out of the window and allow people to constantly work on improving themselves before their bank accounts.

Love what you become instead of the money you will receive and you will be a walking example of success. Study personal development on a daily basis to keep yourself on the right track as you go along. So many people start home-businesses for the wrong reasons and they wind up failing. They blame the company and person who got them involved instead of taking the responsibility to admit their own mistakes.

If your business is failing, look within yourself to find the answers instead of jumping to another company and repeating the same mistakes. Successful people change themselves when they want to change their outcome in life. And that’s another thing money just can’t buy.

Almost all the human beings are facing problems in their lives for one or the other reason; there comes a point where they are stuck. Our lives need a serious makeover. Some define it as ‘being in a rut’ or ‘caught in a funk’ but others don’t even bother to put a voice behind it, just hoping, it will go away. The lucky ones find a path to shore, while many of them are still treading in deep waters.

Normally, personal growth has to be consistent by each and everyone in their daily routine. For many people, self improvement is a continual necessary process. By improving ourselves, we dramatically improve our outcomes and opportunities in our life.

Personal development is a path that takes us to the desired location where we want to meet our goal. It helps us to improve our career, spirituality, emotional health, and every other aspects of our life. Basically, personal development is about making conscious decisions about everything that you do, the way you think and the way you respond to situations. It helps you to attain everything that you always dreamed of.

Here are some of the few steps on personal development which can help you out:-

• One of the biggest steps toward personal development is a change of mind set. If you think that you can do better, you will. When you think positively, you will find that you put forth more effort into everything that you do, and you will have much better results. Everybody needs a strong support system and reinforcing positive feedback.

• Another important step towards personal development is to set obtainable goals. This is not to say that your dream is not obtainable. But if you constantly think about the goal of being a millionaire with a successful family, you will feel pretty hopeless as that goal seems so far out of reach. Setting obtainable goals simply means that you set goals that lead to the ultimate goal.

For instance, when you decide that you need food in your refrigerator, it does not automatically appear. You must make a grocery list, go to the grocery store, shop for items, purchase them, bring them home, and put them in the fridge. Obtaining a large goal is much the same way. You will not get them overnight. It takes going through a series of steps, or smaller goals, to find your way.

• For some people, personal development is also a matter of moving beyond past failures and their bad luck to see what is possible in the future. Often the major obstacle would be the negative comments made by their own friends and family is difficult to overcome.

To overcome all these problems, Personal Development coaching was created especially to educate and motivate individuals who desired a positive vision for their life. These are called “Life Coaches” and the teachers embrace powerful strategies for self management and personal growth. There are different categories of life coaches. Each life coach has his/her own area of specialization and unique approach. Some teach how to change habits, while some embrace more spiritual design platforms. Personal development coaching can include anything from how to improve your relationships to overcoming public speaking. Weak areas that exist in your life can be strengthened by calling a life coach.

Not everybody needs a life coach, ascertaining whether or not you need one depends on your needs. If you just cannot work through the setbacks, or if you need to learn new behaviors, then you probably want to consider seeking out a life coach. Everybody is doing it, so never feel you have to struggle alone. You owe it to yourself to maximize your human potential. The first step to self improvement is acknowledging your weaknesses. The second step is to find the help you need. A life coach could be your saving grace.

Personal Development. When you start a home based business personal development becomes very important but sometimes that importance is not realized until several months have gone by. You may spend those first few months focusing only on learning the business, product and compensation plan. Or you could believe that by attending company conference calls and business presentations that you are gaining personal development. Most of the time this is not the case.

Most successful entrepreneurs will say to work more on yourself than you do your business. What does this mean? There are several ways to gain personal development. Books, DVDs, Cd’s, online courses, and seminars are just a few that you can use for your home based business. A new exercise program, dietary research, and personal hygiene can be used for physical personal development. You may go even further and decide to work on your spiritual development and can do that be attending your personal religions’ church or temple, reading spiritual books, and learning how to have a relationship with your God.

Let’s take a closer look at using your personal development for your home based business. You may want to sit down and write down your weaknesses pertaining to you business as well as your strengths and then systematically start creating situations where you are making both stronger. Weaknesses are important to improve upon, but strengths are going to carry you so improving your strengths is just as important.

Pick some mentors to mold yourself after. Each business that you are in will have several mentors available to you whether they are in your business or in your industry. Surrounding yourself with these leaders will make you become stronger, more confident, and focused in your business. Your most important mentors can be people that you have never even met. They are leaders whose material you follow and learn to create greatness within yourself. Call the leaders within your organization- interview them, take them to lunch if possible, and ask them how they got where they are at. I guarantee it was through personal development coupled with a determination and desire to succeed.

Set goals for yourself on a daily basis. Personal development should be twenty percent of your daily activities. So if you are working a five hour day in your home based business four hours should be spent on your business and one hour spent on your personal development. Decide what you are going to be doing and stick to it. Start small and work up to where you want to be. You definitely do not want to overwhelm yourself with too much information. Realize that everything that you read, see and hear may not be for you but take the key components that are and apply them to your home business and your life.

Make sure that the business that you choose has a way set up for you to gain personal development from within the business. Many businesses offer webinars or calls with industry personal development coaches, have recommendation site for reading, or provide referrals for seminars to attend. Having a business that promotes personal development as well as the business is key to your success.