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I’m excited. First, because I love Christmas time. Still get excited for Christmas Eve and Christmas morning on the farm. And second, I’m thankful to be writing to you from Florida. I’ve been staying with Joel Marion, celebrating a pre-Christmas party with one my best friends and his amazing family.…
The Worry That You’re Doing the Wrong Thing Right Now
It’s first thing in your workday, and you open up your email. There’s a host of messages, old and new, asking for your attention. You also open up other inboxes in social media and the like. You quickly go through them and get a picture of what you need to…
James Altucher QnA
When I was a kid I used to buy MAD magazine once in a while. At the back of each issue was a section called, “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions”. Funny, but rude. These days I do an almost daily Success QnA on my ETR Fanpage devoted to giving snappy…
7 Questions Millionaires Ask
I first read this book back in the winter of 2008 while on a surfing vacation in Hawaii. I liked it so much that I copied out the names of the book chapters and review one of them each day in my “Guiding Documents”. The book is called Make It…
The Phrase that Pays
It’s 4:21am. The stars and moon are out on another gorgeous night in South Florida. I’m working in my friend Joel Marion’s sunroom office. It’s big enough for four people, but it’s just he and I. Every morning I get up at 4am, no matter where I am in the…
#1 Key to Success
What is the #1 key to success? For me, it has been having a coach/mentor. When I hired Tom Venuto back in 2006, my business boomed exponentially. This is essentially the same #1 factor for all of my friends. But then I realized something. Even the best coach doesn’t have…
Sell Every Day
You must do this every day. You must ask for It. It is the SALE. You must sell. I don’t mean contacting an affiliate, or putting a blog post, but actually asking someone to buy your product today, either via social media or email. You should be selling your own…
10 Minute Challenge
I’m re-reading one of the most important and practical business books of all time. If you don’t have it, get it. Now. I’ll wait right here for you. The book is called Ready, Fire, Aim, and as I go through it again, I keep finding great hidden gems from Mark…
7 Simple Steps To More Sales
Making money is easy. Here’s how it’s done. It all starts with keeping your emails as simple as possible. Here’s my profit winning email formula. 1) Create curiosity with an intriguing subject line 2) Continue to create curiosity with the first line (since this shows up in reader’s gmail accounts…
How To Help And Find New Affiliates
500 affiliates. Wouldn’t it be nice? I was recently inspired by something Rick Kaselj mentioned. He wrote that he had contacted over 500 affiliates for his Fix Your Back Pain launch. That’s incredible. Let’s say that 400 of those folks make just an average of 3 sales…that’s still 1200 customers.…
Giving Thanks – A Post-Thanksgiving Thought
The Sages asked, “Who is rich?” then answered, “That person who rejoices in their lot.” So, it’s a week or so after Thanksgiving (in the U.S.). On that special day, we are constantly reminded to feel gratitude and express gratitude for how much we have to be thankful for. Indeed,…
Craig Ballantyne Entrepreneur on Fire Interview
This is a no-holds barred interview where I reveal my struggles with anxiety, my philosophy on success, my experiences with failure, and much more. I was recently interviewed by John Lee Dumas from Entrepreneur on Fire. He’s had millions of downloads of his daily podcast which profile the business journey…