Networking is not as important to success as you may think. Socializing is much more beneficial than networking. The importance of people contact, friends and collaborators to an entrepreneur or small business owner may be more important than for big business. The real you may not be very attractive but the real players in any room look deeper than you realize.
An entrepreneur’s life is a windy, twisted road. Starting a business is exciting but for the less experienced entrepreneur, there can be traps and pitfalls. Here are five business success tips to keep your focused and give you hope.
What may be better than a spreadsheet is Smartsheet.com. You often ask why it's difficult to use a spreadsheet on your iPad or PC Tablet. (Think Smartsheet) You don't want to be limited to data and software on your one computer. (Use Smartsheet online) To share your valuable spreadsheet online with others and control access, add Smartsheet to your toolbox.
The question about "what should I say?" remains a puzzle for many. Creating an important message makes even the most experienced professionals think in circles.
How do you make decisions? Is success based on core values or a moving standard based on sales, problems and barriers? Steve Jobs shared his his thoughts about what matters:
"This is what I believe and I am willing to die for it."
- Will Smith
What is success and how do you achieve it? Is it easy or complex?
"If you are not making someone else's life better, then you are wasting your time." - Will Smith
If success is just beyond your reach and it seems to elude you, you will want to watch the whole video while considering your own personal skills and talents:
Three powerful words to use when marketing, getting someone's attention, and when hoping to make an impression.
"Did you know...?" Three simple words. You anticipate: "No! I did not know that! Thank you!"
If you hear the dreaded response: "Yes, I knew that," you may feel defeated but if you did your homework, you will have more to add.
If you are able to use these powerful "Did you know...?" words and they unveil a truth or fact that is both relevant and previously unknown; you educate, inspire and potentially make people's day.
If you are not yet inspired to change, evolve, adapt or think differently, then you may never be. The world has already shifted and you are living in the middle of enormous change. (Though most change is unseen) In the future you will look back and realize when it happened and how you missed it.
... Or you can watch the video and listen to Gary Vaynerchuk share how and why to think differently about the world. This relates to both business and personal and you will want to watch it until the end.
It's obvious that visuals are a necessary part of a success formula for marketing online. With so many options to "add an image" or "post a video", images stand out dramatically vs. bad graphics (or no graphics).
The power of the gift has been a method to start conversations, get a date, resolve an argument, create addictions, get a promotion or a raise, give marketing campaigns a special punch and make people's day for longer than the Mayan calendar.
Science shows how a gift increases the endorphins and serotonin. The prefrontal cortex of the brain is especially sensitive to pleasure and positive thinking. The power of both giving and receiving a gift offers new brain activity revolved around happiness.
If you have an alligator brain, you too may be influenced by a gift. Know that the alligator brains of the world appreciate a gift since they too have endorphins, serotonin and a prefrontal cortex.
This video will show you how to improve your productivity. In fact, it does such a good job with explaining how to improve productivity that you will be celebrating in a big way. Since you are the boss of you and have the ability to make your own judgment about what is most important, you (with an entrepreneurial mind) is looking always for the next big thing.
After you watch the video and follow the principles, the next big question you will have: "What would I do with extra time each day?"
For customers to automatically make payments with recurring billing, you will need a merchant account which offers this option. By offering the option to have regular payments with automatic billing, customers have one less thing to be concerned about and can instead pay attention to the more important things in life.
Here are three easy options for automatic recurring billing:
