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Join Us Friday For A 'Shark Tank Twitter Party!'

This Friday, January 27th, I'll be hosting a 'Shark Tank Twitter Party' during the show's broadcast, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern.

We'll be able to chat on Twitter in real-time, while watching the latest episode.

We'll evaluate the pitches... and the entrepreneurs doing the pitch. And we'll take away some good business lessons, too!

To participate, here's what you have to do:

1. Log into Twitter
2. Copy and paste this link into your browser:
    https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23SIMB
3. Begin each tweet during the party with the following hashtag: #SIMB

You'll see new messages arrive during the party at the top of the page, and we'll even hear from the Sharks themselves, who will be tweeting throughout the broadcast!

For those on the West Coast and outside of the U.S. - you probably won't be able to watch the episode live during the Twitter Party, but feel free to join us anyway!

And if you're not already following us, go to SIMB on Twitter, and click the Follow button!

VIDEO - Three Reasons Potential Recruits Say 'Yes!'

Often, stamping business owners focus on why a potential recruit will say, 'no.' It would be much better, though, if you focused on the reasons they say yes. Here are three of them.

For more recruiting information, check out the Recruiting 101 CD.

For advanced recruiting strategies, check out the Business Stampers Coaching Group.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK - Greatness

"Everyone has the power for greatness; not for fame, but greatness. Because greatness is determined by service."

 - Martin Luther King Jr.

ANNOUNCING - The 2012 Blogger's Boot Camp! Early Bird Begins NOW!

I'm happy to announce Early Bird Registration has opened for the 2012 Blogger's Boot Camp!

 

The Boot Camp will begin Tuesday, January 17th, at 10 p.m.  (if you can't make the live webinars, don't worry... you'll have access to the recordings thru April 15th!).

 

Blogs are big business!  I have several clients generating six-figure incomes as a result of their blogs! 

 

But you have to start somewhere!  So...

 

    * If you haven't started a blog yet, and you'd like to learn how to do it right!

 

    or

 

   * If you'd just like to see more profit and lead generation from your blog than you're currently getting...

 

I encourage you to sign up for this Boot Camp!

 

When you sign up, not only do you get the four hour-long webinars, but you'll also gain access to over 30 over-the-shoulder, step-by-step videos, taking you through every phase of building, optimizing and maintaining your blog! 

 

For more information, use the link below.  The Early Bird Discount Period begins NOW!

 

Click Here To Learn More About

The 2012 Blogger's Boot Camp!

 

Hope to see you there!

FREE WEBINAR! How To Make 2012 Your Best Year EVER!

Have you made any of the following New Year's Resolutions for your stamping business:

• This is the year I get paid what I deserve!
• This is the year I really grow my downline!
• This is the year I make the shift from hobbyist to business owner!
• This is the year I start to run my business... and stop letting my business run me!

If you're resolved to 2012 the year you take your stamping business to the next level, I'd like to invite you to a free webinar where we'll discuss the steps you need to take to make it happen! 

 

Whether your goal is maximum profit, sales, recruiting, balance, the Incentive Trip, an award, recognition or any combination, this webinar will give you the road map to achieve those goals as quickly and efficiently as possible!

 

 The free webinar will take place on Monday, January 9th, at 10:00 p.m. eastern.

 

If you can't make the live call, sign up anyway, and a recording will be made available to you for a short period of time.

 

Use this link to sign up now!  

 

 

Space is limited, so don't hesitate to sign up!

 

And please feel free to share this e-mail with your downline and other fellow stamping business owners. 

5 Reasons Why Most Don't Become Wealthy

Just finished reading a fantastic article by Brian Tracy called, '5 Reasons Why Most Don't Become Wealthy.'

In the article, Tracy points out that with all the opportunities out there, it's really surprising so few people are able to achieve financial independence.  He goes on to detail the reasons he believes this is so.  They are:

1. It never occurs to you that wealth is a possibility for you
2. You never make the committment to do what it takes to attain wealth
3. You procrastinate
4. You're unable to make the sacrifices now that will bring about the big gains later
5. You're not focusing on the long-term implications of the decisions you're making today

As we head into the New Year, its important to understand how the way you think affects the way you behave.  And the way you behave impacts your overall success... one way or the other.

In other words, think about the way you think!

If you'd like to read the full article, you can do so here. 

If you feel like you lack the self-discipline necessary to take the steps outlined above, you may want to read Brian Tracy's book, 'No Excuses! The Power of Self-Discipline." 

And if you enjoyed this post, don't forget to click the Facebook Like and Google +1 buttons below!

Merry Christmas!

Liz, John and I would like to take this time to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

May your day be filled with the wonders of the season!

You're All Set!

Thanks for confirming!  You'll begin receiving your Motivate 365 e-mails soon!

Great Job!

Thanks!  You're all set up on the 2012 VIP Mailing List!

More coming soon...

DBWS Update

As of this morning, many people, including me, are still getting the other company's webpage when trying to access your DBWS. For now, it's safest to assume at least some of your customers cannot access your DBWS, as well. 

PLEASE REMEMBER... just because you can see your DBWS does NOT mean your customers can, and vice-versa!  Different ISPs use different servers, and until every server in the world updates and resolves away from Network Solutions' site and back to SU's, this will continue to be an issue for some.

Try accessing your DBWS from multiple devices (computer, smartphone, tablet, even your internet-connected video game systems) to see how different servers are resolving the address.  Until this issue is completely resolved (hopefully, soon), use the instructions in the post below to send your customers directly into your Online Ordering site.

If you have any questions, leave them in the Comments section below.

If You Have A DBWS, You Need To Read This NOW! (SECOND UPDATE)

SECOND UPDATE (12/10/11, 8:45 A.M.) - Please see this morning's post.

UPDATE (12:56 P.M.) - According to the WHOIS info, it looks like the domain is back in SU's hands and this issue is on its way to being resolved.  Depending on where you are, you and your customers may or may not see your DBWS for the next few hours, but it looks like everything should be back to normal soon!

 

It looks like Stampin' Up let their stampinup.net domain registration expire.  Subsequently, it looks like it was snapped up by a domain reseller.  Until this is resolved, anybody trying to go to your DBWS will see the following screen, instead:

 

This means, currently, you and your customers do not have access to your DBWS.

There is, however, a workaround you can use to continue to give them access to your online ordering site (which resides on the .com, rather than .net, site:

• Find all of your DBWS links
• Replace the DBWS URL with: http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/default.aspx?dbwsdemoid=XXXXX
• Replace XXXXX with your Demo ID

This will at least allow your customers to continue ordering product from you online.

If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below.  And please share this with every Demonstrator you know with a DBWS!

For further updates, please make sure you're subscribed to my mailing list.  Just fill out the box in the upper right corner of this page.

STAMPING BUSINESS Q&A - How Do I Get Customers To Subscribe, Instead of Other Stamping Business Owners?

One of my clients recently asked me the following stamping business-building question: 

"The only people who sign up for my mailing list/blog/FB Page are other Demos. How do I minimize that and get actual customers to sign up, instead?"

ANSWER: Spend your marketing time and/or dollars in places where actual customers, rather than other Demos, hang out.

If you post a sample to Stampin' Connection, you're driving Demo traffic to your site. If you post the same sample to a forum with potential customers, you drive customer traffic to your site. Basically, you get what you ask for. Just know what you're asking for.

If you have any questions you'd like answered, just send me an e-mail.

This Week's BSCG Hot Topics

More great, exclusive "Member's Only" training happening on the Business Stampers Coaching Group message board this week, including:

• Taking Advantage of the New SAB Structure
• Unique Christmas Marketing Strategies To Set You Apart From the Crowd
• How To Avoid Cart Abandonment

Of course, this type of business-building training happens every week on the BSCG... WITHOUT all of the other off-topic, time-consuming dialogues, and Demos selling to other Demos, that take place in other groups!

For those of you who don't know, the BSCG is the premier online Coaching Community for profit-driven, business-minded stamping business owners.

The Group is fantastic, and the content is killer. In addition to the Message Board, which is where Members communicate, ask questions of me and fellow Members and receive tons of positive, professional support from like-minded business owners (and me), Members also receive:

• Exclusive, monthly business-building webinars
• Business-building How-To Videos every week
• Weekly blog evaluation videos
• Twice-weekly Coaching Challenges
• Weekly writing prompts to help with your blogging
• Motivational audio messages to start off every week
• A private Twitter feed
• A monthly Backlinks Packet to help build SEO for your blog
• BSCG Fit Club
• Hundreds of links to business-building articles to further your knowledge and education
• Exclusive discounts on various SIMB products & services
• AND... The Newsletter Co-Op - you write one article every month, and you gain access to over 60 others you can copy and paste into your monthly newsletter!

If you're on the fence about joining the BSCG, take the $1, 10-day trial. If you don't think the information is worth the dirt-cheap monthly fee, or you can't benefit from it, just cancel before the 10 days are up and owe nothing.

To learn more or sign up, click here.

Cyber Monday Specials (Mine and Others) To Help Build Your Stamping Business

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend.  Mine was filled with lots of family, friends and food... sandwiched between a LOT of traveling!

 

Over the weekend, though, I've been compiling all of the Cyber Monday specials I could find that I think would be useful to you in growing your stamping business.  These specials are only good until the end of the day today:

 

Sony Bloggie Camera - $94

Groupon is offering a great deal on this camera today.  Ever since Flip went belly up, this has been my go-to recommendation for a video camera.  You can pick it up today for $94 (reg. $128) - http://tinyurl.com/bloggiebysony

 

 

1/2 Price Hosting!

HostGator is repeating their Black Friday special today!  All of their hosting packages are 50% off.  That means, you can get your web hosting package for as little as $2.48/month! - http://johnrecommends.com/hostgator

 

 

Business Stampers Coaching Group/3 Free CDs Special

Today is the last day to sign up for the Business Stampers Coaching Group and take advantage of the 3 Free CD special.  You get any 3 SIMB Business-Building CD's (a $39.99 value) free! - http://www.stampingismybusiness.com/bscg.html

 

 

Amazon.com Cyber Monday Specials 

All day today, Amazon is offering timed specials on various products, including many in the technology/business space.  They come and go quickly, but if you're in front of your computer, you may want to keep a tab open to this page so you can see what's being offered. - Cyber Monday Specials

 

 

Amazon Kindle Fire

Technically, this is not on sale, BUT I have to say I'm LOVING my new Kindle Fire.  It allows me to travel and take my business with me in a very easy, convenient way.  It's not an iPad, but I don't need an iPad.  This gets the job done... for over $400 less!

Check Out The Kindle Fire

 

 

I hope this helps you navigate your way through the day.  If I see anything else today, I'll post it on the SIMB Facebook Page.  Make sure you're a Fan.

 

Have a great day!

 

 

 

Grab Your Free CDs!

Hope you had a great holiday!

 

Over the past few weeks, I've been helping my clients come up with their Black Friday/Cyber Monday specials.

 

At the same time, I've been struggling to come up with my own special for the long weekend. 

 

You see, I wanted it to be something that REALLY helps you build your business quickly and efficiently.

 

To do that, I had to pack a lot of value into the special, as well as a lot of information you could absorb in a short period of time.

 

I think I've come up with it!  So, here it is:

 

Anyone who signs up for the

Business Stampers Coaching Group

between now and Monday will receive

3 SIMB Business-Building CDs (a $39.99 Value) of their choice FREE! 

 

Shortly after you sign up, you'll receive an e-mail asking which CDs you'd like.

 

To learn more and sign up,

visit The Business Stampers Coaching Group.

 

Have a great weekend!