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27-Hour Warning for Blogger's Boot Camp Early Birds

Just a quick note to remind you there are less than 27 hours left to take advantage of the Early Bird
special for the upcoming Blogger's Boot Camp.

If you miss the Early Bird, you'll still be able to sign up.  You just won't get the Early Bird price.

So, if you want to set up a blog that generates sales, customers AND revenue... or you want to tweak your
existing blog so it does all of those things... use the link below to find out more information and register:

http://www.stampingismybusiness.com/2010blogboot2.html

Hope to see you there!

PRODUCTIVITY TIP - You Have An Office... You Have A Kitchen...

...and each room has it's purpose!  Today's Productivity Tip comes from Roger Grant, Founder of RG2 Solutions:

"Don’t eat lunch in your office. Use this time to regroup and take a break. Why? Because if you do it right, working out of the house is constant work – no water cooler/cubicle talk, no walking across the building to the copier, etc. So you have to re-energize by getting out of the chair and out of that room."

For more Productivity Tips, click here.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK - Success

"Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration."

- Evan Esar

FREE WEBINAR - Seven Ways Blogging Can SAVE You Money!

We all know that your blog should make you money.

But did you also know that, even before your blog makes you money, there are several ways it should SAVE you money?

It's true!

Without spending a dime above what you're already spending for your blog, there are several ways you can use your blog as a money-SAVING tool... if you know the proper steps.

To help you out, I've decided to host a FREE WEBINAR to show you the

"Seven Ways Blogging Can SAVE You Money!"

During this free webinar, not only will I explain the different ways blogging can save you money, but I'll also tell you the steps you have to take to make it happen! 

And the best part?  None of the steps cost any money, either!

Whether you currently have a blog or not, this webinar will give you some pretty solid information you can use to determine what roll blogging is going to play in your business.

The webinar will take place Monday, October 25th, at 10:00 p.m. eastern time.

Space is limited to the first 1,000 stamping business owners who sign up.

Even if you can't make the live webinar, sign up anyway, as registrants will be given access to the recording.

To sign up and get the information you need to have a blog that positively impacts your bottom line, use the link below:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/793100074

Hope to see you on the webinar!

PRODUCTIVITY TIP - How To End Your Day...

If you want to be as productive as possible, the best way to end your day is to set yourself up for the next day.

When you have about 20 minutes left in your office, stop what you're doing and complete the following tasks:

• Clean up your desk and office space.  Anything that needs to be filed... file!
• Anything that needs to be thrown out... throw out.
• Enter your financials for the day.  How much you made and where.  How much you spent and where.
• Revise your To-Do List for the next day you'll be in your office. 

If you do this at the end of every day, you'll start each day ready to hit the ground running... with a clean desk and To-Do List ready to go!

Have a productivity tip you'd like to share?  Just e-mail me!

 

4,500 Posts... And How To Get In On Tonight's Webinar!

Over the weekend, I added my 4,500th post to the Business Stampers Coaching Group Message Board! 

That means, in the 21 months the BSCG has been active, I've posted an average of 7 times per day, recording and posting videos and audio messages, sharing my thoughts and answering questions questions on various business-building topics, etc. 

In other words, the Business Stampers Coaching Group has been BUSY!

What is the BSCG?  It's the premier online Coaching Community for profit-driven, business-minded stamping business owners.

The Group is fantastic, and the content is killer.  Members receive tons of positive, professional support from like-minded business owners (and me). 

If you sign up today you'll have INSTANT ACCESS to:

• 180 Business-Building Videos
• Over 100 Business-Building and Motivational Audio Messages
• Over 20 hours of Members-Only Teleseminars and Webinars
• Members-Only Discounts on SIMB Products and Services

And, NEW CONTENT is being added EVERY DAY, Monday thru Friday!  You'll receive:

• Exclusive, monthly business-building webinars (there's one TONIGHT - see below)
  
• 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
• The SIMB Message Board, where you can post questions, get advice and support from me and like-minded stamping business owners
• A private Twitter feed
• Hundreds of links to business-building articles to further your knowledge and education
• Exclusive discounts on various SIMB products & services
• The Magical Incentive Trip Challenge Group - helping stamping business owners EARN the Incentive Trip (one of my clients already has!)
• AND... The Newsletter Co-Op - you write one article every month, and you gain access to over 70 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 don't think you can make a LOT more money from the info you'll be receiving, you can cancel anytime!

However, I'm confident that once you try the BSCG, you'll be hooked!

TONIGHT'S BUSINESS BUILDING WEBINAR

Our monthly BSCG Members-Only webinar is tonight!  So, if you sign up for the Trial now, you'll be able to attend live tonight (if you can't make it, don't worry.  You'll always have access to the recording).

For more information, or to take the $1 Trial, click here.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK - Time Management

"You will never find time for anything. If you want the time, you must make it."

- Charles Buxton

ANNOUNCING - The 2010 Blogger's Boot Camp - Early Bird Begins NOW!

Are you ready to have a stamping business blog that not only looks good... but makes money, too?

If you want a blog that brings you new customers, sales, recruits and profit, I'm happy to announce:

THE 2010 BLOGGER'S BOOT CAMP!

The Boot Camp will provide you with all of the information you need to know to set up and maintain a profitable, business-building blog!

The Boot Camp consists of four webinars, over 30 step-by-step video tutorials and a LOT more!

The Early Bird Discount period begins now!

For more information, or to sign up, visit:

http://www.stampingismybusiness.com/2010blogboot2.html

Hope to see you on the webinars!

PRODUCTIVITY TIP - How You SHOULDN'T Start Your Day...

One of the worst ways to start your day is by checking your e-mail!

How many times did you come into your office with a solid plan, only to have it thrwarted by having to deal with something you discovered waiting for you in your Inbox?

Spend the first 30-45 minutes of your day getting the most important item(s) on your To-Do List done.  THEN, open up your Inbox and check your e-mail.

That way, even if you are taken off track by whatever is in there, you'll still have the critical tasks for the day completed!

For more business and productivity tips, don't forget to subscribe to my mailing list by filling out the form in the upper-right corner of the blog!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK - Progress

"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop."

- Confucius

Have You Seen Google Today?

In case you haven't, hop over to www.google.com and press the red button.  Today would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday, and Google pays tribute.

Trying To Earn The Incentive Trip? Check This Out!

To sign up, click here.

7 Strategies for Dealing With Haters

There seems to be a lot of emotion and hostility out there this week.  Oddly enough, it's actually NOT directed at me!  :-)

Having dealt with my share of haters in the past, though, I'd like to share excepts of one of my favorite posts from Tim Ferris, author of, "The Four Hour Work Week."  In it, he shares his strategies for dealing with haters:

1. It doesn’t matter how many people don’t get it. What matters is how many people do.
Let the negative people focus on the other negative people.  You work with the people who want to work with you.

2. 10% of people will find a way to take anything personally. Expect it.
You can't please everyone, but you can waste a big chunk of your life trying.

3. “Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.” (Colin Powell)
Or, to put it another way, if you're not upsetting somebody, you're probably not bowling anyone over, either.
 
4. “If you are really effective at what you do, 95% of the things said about you will be negative.” (Scott Boras)
The bigger your impact, explains Ferriss (whose book is a New York Times, WSJ and BusinessWeek bestseller), and the larger the ambition and scale of your project, the more negativity you’ll encounter. Ferriss jokes he has haters “in about 35 languages.”

5. “If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.” (Epictetus)
"Another way to phrase this is through a more recent quote from Elbert Hubbard,” Ferriss says. “‘To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”

6. “Living well is the best revenge.” (George Herbert)
“The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you,” Ferriss advises. “That, and [show] how much fun you’re having!” Ferriss goes on to say that the best revenge is letting haters continue to live with their own resentment and anger, which most of the time has nothing to do with you in particular.

7. Keep calm and carry on.
“Focus on impact, not approval. If you believe you can change the world, which I hope you do, do what you believe is right and expect resistance and expect attackers,” Ferriss concludes. “Keep calm and carry on!”

Haters spend a lot of time worrying about your business, instead of their own.  That's their choice and their right.  Don't let it throw you off track, though.  Keep doing what you're doing... or, as Ferris says... keep calm and carry on!

PRODUCTIVITY TIP - The Most Important Part Of Your Office...

...is the door!!!

Your professional life is separate from your personal life, and your professional space should be separate, as well.

A door allows you to shut out distractions, both visual and audible.  It allows you to focus on the tasks at hand, which makes you more productive.

Even if you don't have a solid door, any kind of divider (a curtain, standing shutters, etc.) will help maintain your boundaries and allow you to get more done in less time.

How do YOU keep your personal and professional lives separate?  Leave a comment below!

32-Hour Warning for the Recruiting & Leadership Boot Camp

Just a quick post to remind you that, if you haven't already done so, you have only 32 hours left to register for the Recruiting & Leadership Boot Camp.

The Boot Camp begins tomorrow (Tuesday) evening, and registration will be closed once the first session begins.

Remember, if you can't make the live sessions, you can still watch the webinar recordings.

So, if you're trying to build a downline, or would just like to get the downline you have to build THEIR business, now is the time to sign up!

For more information, as well as the sign-up link:

http://www.stampingismybusiness.com/2010recruitboot01.html

Hope to see you on the webinars!