Make It Easy for Buyers to Give You Money
“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” – Albert Einstein It still amazes me how many bright business owners spend countless hours developing their offers only to neglect one of the key elements of closing the sale — making it EASY for customers to buy. There is nothing…
READ MORE6 Ways to Profit from Commodities
“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” – Henry David Thoreau In the latest issue of the monthly communique that the Oxford Club sends to its members, Steve Sjuggerud says, “At a time when stocks appear both boring and expensive, commodities are hot and don’t look like they’re going…
READ MOREYou’ll Be Out of Social Security at 65, Part 2
“There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of economic insecurity.” – Chester Bowles In a recent article titled “Putting More Green Into Your Golden Years,” financial adviser Gary North (www.GaryNorth.Com) suggests five ways to live comfortably after retirement: 1. sponging off your children 2. inheritances 3. Social…
READ MOREBaby Boomers About to Face a Rude Awakening
“I believe that all of us ought to retire relatively young.” – Fidel Castro (in a 1967 Playboy interview) America is getting older fast, as the 79 million members of the 1945-1965 baby-boom generation start closing in on their 60th birthdays. And, as Kiplinger’s Personal Finance recently pointed out, they…
READ MOREHow Some Investors Made 10,400% in 1 Year
I call this investment “stock options that never expire.” Since the beginning of 2003, this strategy has produced amazing profits. Look at just a few of the results: 1,840% on Integrated Biopharma Inc. — Every $500 you put into this strategy with this company in January would now be worth…
READ MOREShould You Include Fine Art in Your Investment Portfolio?
“Thanks to art, instead of seeing one world, our own, we see it multiplied, and as many original artists as there are, so many worlds are at our disposal.” – Marcel Proust (“Remembrance of Things Past”) When you hear the word “investment,” it usually refers to common stocks, bonds, real…
READ MOREA Lead-Generating Idea That (Almost) Always Works
“Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right.” – Walt Disney If you need sales leads but don’t know how to get them — or if your marketing efforts aren’t generating enough of them — here is a proven lead-generating…
READ MOREYour Million-Dollar Business May Be Closer Than You Think
TG tells me he has accepted a job selling water-purification systems. He will visit homes bearing gifts — turkeys around Thanksgiving, Easter baskets in April, etc. — and demonstrate the wonders of water filtration. “I figure I can close two presentations a week. At a thou a close, I can…
READ MORETwo Jobs You Should Never Delegate
“Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them — this is of the essence of leadership.” – Theodore H. White (“The Making of the…
READ MOREThe Wealth Machine
Dear ETR reader, There are numerous benefits of owning your own business… · Being financially free · Reduced stress · Getting rid of your boss · Working from next to your new pool · Having more control over your life · Doing something you care about These things are very…
READ MORESave As Much As $1,046,428…Simply by Moving to Another State
“Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.” – Alfred A. Montapert About 20 years ago, I relocated from Washington, D.C. to Boca Raton, Florida because of a career opportunity I couldn’t resist. It was a reluctant move on my part.…
READ MOREDo What You Were Meant to Do – Even If You Don’t Get Paid For It
“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Recently, DF, a friend and colleague, wrote me: “From the time he was a small toddler, Mozart was playing the piano. He could play the piano…
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