Mary Cravets from MaryCravets.com/bigimpact says that instead of drowning people in content, you should build your own path and breeze through the "what the hell" period. Develop better habits, delegate sooner, narrow ideas, land your favorite clients, and become more productive.

STOP posting randomly on social media without a real strategy! Sally Hendrick from MakeFBYourATM.com and SocialMediaMarketingLab.com wants you to capture the right cross-section, split test your landing pages, market affiliate products, and make those sorts of small tweaks that get you results on Facebook.

Dr. Charles Runels (phone number: 888-920-5311) is the inventor of the O-Shot, Vampire Facial, Vampire Facelift, and the Priapus Shot. He's developed and trademarked a widely respected and medically documented procedure that uses Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) to improve sex, treat injuries, heal Peyronie's disease, fix post-pregnancy incontinence, and more. Dr. Charles has gone from living in his car to running a 2 million dollar per year business by becoming excellent, modeling mentors, packaging, and repurposing. He's also learned many lessons about simplicity, authenticity, and hiring the right people. He also shares Stan Lee's secret about making superheroes real, that you can use in your marketing starting today. Resources 888-920-5311 (Dr. Charles' Office #) O-Shot (Website) Membership Cube and Webinar Crusher (Book)

Dr. Frank Gibson from LastCallProgram.com wants to talk to you about personality, philosophy, and passion. He invented a solution to treat alcoholism called Sobrexa and started a huge movement on social media. Listen in as he discusses how he's changed the conversation and updated an industry for the first time in decades.

Who wants to work for a jerk? No one, that's who! Dana Oliver from MantraLeadership.com has a lot of "best practices" for start-up communities and entrepreneurs to get along with others and manage others effectively. Pay attention to peoples' needs, identify what they want, and trust them. He also has a concept called Mantra Design, where simple beats better. You should get onto the peer level with your customers to discover their unmet needs and long-term pain. Run your product by 12 to 20 people to tease out the 75% to 90% of features (and hot buttons) to focus on. Resources Mantra Leadership (Website) Mantra Leadership (Book) Mantra Design (Book)

Redd Horrocks from InstantVoicemails.com was a voice actor for 13-14 years and discovered Fiverr as a way to do what she loves while living anywhere and setting her own hours. She has over 13,000 reviews from satisfied customers, has completed 27,000 jobs on Fiverr, plus 3,000 on other sites -- generating a six figure freelancing income from just 4 hours a day on weekdays and 1 hour per day on weekends. Listen in as Redd explains how she's streamlined her process with a personal assistant, how she markets her Fiverr business with buyer requests (as well as over-delivering since you never know if "your next client will become your best client"), and how she's simplified her pricing structure to generate tons of extra sales. Resources Redd Horrocks female voiceover (Fiverr) Redd Horrocks (Official Website) Instant Voicemails (Immediately Download Outgoing Voicemail Greetings In A Variety Of Styles And Accents

Fred Gleeck (email address: [email protected]) is a business coach. If you have a skill or passion, Fred can Joint Venture partner with you and package those insights into an information product for passive income. Listen in as he describes a few case studies about his clients (voiceover expert Bill DeWees, or Fred's latest opera singer client) where he made use of that "unsold inventory" of information that many business owners seem to have. You'll also hear about how Fred establishes boundaries with his JV partners, deals with competition (competence plus personality), and systematizes everything so that he can deliver consistent quality. Fred's Contact Information Email address: [email protected] Subject line: "ROBERT PLANK SENT ME" Message body: tell Fred what your "field" is, as well as any info-products you have or would like to create

Today's Sponsor: Website Remote (manage all your WordPress sites) Important Quotes from Famous People "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." -- Henry Ford "The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence." -- Charles Bukowski "Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." -- John D. Rockefeller "Don't compare your behind-the-scenes to someone else's highlight reel." -- Pastor Steven Furtick "Are you losing belief or do you just wish it was happening faster? Balance ambition with patience." -- Gary Vaynerchuk "Every successful person has a rule to never spend more than 10% of time on a problem, but at least 90% on a solution" -- Anthony Robbins Reminders from Robert Plank People have less of what you have and are happy. Others have exactly what you want (if not more) and are unhappy. Being upset or stressed about your business is a good thing if you channel it into something positive (growth) You're exactly where you're supposed to be right now in your journey. The present probably came very close to not happening as it was supposed to, and the future is probably very close to not happening as it should If things are tough, is it possible you're being setup for something better? Haven't there been times when you enjoyed taking some action? If things are difficult, it's because you're being tested. It's an opportunity for personal growth (feast and famine) Your life isn't a straight line or a curve of up's and down's... it's a series of 3-5 year containers Have an abundance mindset instead of a scarcity mindset (don't let the little stuff like grudges use up 100% of your CPU) Talking Points Be careful of social policing: it's not up to you to save the world, all you can do is look out for yourself first (but that includes feeling good about helping others) Many people aren't calibrated to where they need to be -- Four Daily Tasks, thinking too far (or not enough) in the future or past Have the right metric: make money, reduce hours... not just to "show off for them" Excuses: "I'm tired" or "I don't have time" or "People aren't buying now" or "I need to wait until..." Dont's Don't be a downer, a victim, a person who puts themselves down Don't be a predictable, one-note, cardboard character Don't give up, don't use any old excuse to stop unless you seriously believe it Don't stop doing something unless you replace it with something else Do's Make it work even if it "seems" the universe is conspiring against you (even though it's not) Decide to: let go, have boundaries, get the right priorities, and find the time Switch gears, recharge your batteries and take time to calm down instead of just going through the motions Wish you were better -- your best is enough but make sure it's your best Use failure and frustration as fuel to do better in the future

"If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original." -- Ken Robinson Here's why I ask if you're afraid... A bunch of years ago, it was around the holidays and I was hanging out with some friends... we were playing Monopoly and you might know that it's the sort of game that leaves a lot of players super angry by the end... Well, I didn't mind it too much that one of the guys in our group kept making us start over... as in... if HE was the one who was down on his money, even if the rest of us were doing well, he would suddenly act super sad and push and prod us until we gave in and restarted the game... If he was raking in the money in Monopoly, he had no problem continuing the game... even if others were having trouble. It's just a game, we were having fun, and I don't think we actually saw a complete gamethrough to completion that night... BUT... it got me thinking... Imagine if that friend of mine (I didn't know him that well, he was just someone's brother who happened to be there) had saw one of our games through? Maybe he'd still lose or maybe he would have come out of those "tough times" on the other end, and really enjoyed that rollercoaster ride? As opposed to starting it over and playing it safe... What does all this have to do with internet marketing, being an entrepreneur, and growing your online business? Many People Are Afraid To Actually See Their Business Become A Business... It might get tough and scary They might have to change course They might get confused and not know what to do next They might have to admit they were wrong or that something isn't working Is this "fear" problem something that you can solve in the next 10 seconds? Is it something that won't rear its ugly head sometime later? Heck no... BUT... If you've felt that you've "restarted the game" too many times and you haven't finished that sales letter, product, or have neglected that blog or podcast... it's possible that you needed to ride the wave of failure down only to ride an even bigger wave of success back up... But YOU are the only one who can say that statement is true... I honestly believe that you should focus on whatever you think your best chance of making money is for the next 30 days... commit yourself to that singular goal and take four actions per day in service of that goal... I also think that a long term goal of yours is to have 300 pieces of content (whatever that means to you -- quick YouTube videos, short podcasts) that lead back to you and your websites, your opt-in forms, your sales letters. Not 300 pieces of content overnight, but that should be your long-term goal in order to bring in enough traffic to sustain you and your business. WP Import and Podcast Crusher I think that our WP Import plugin is a great tool to fill up a blog with content (whether you did or didn't write it yourself) and our Podcast Crusher podcasting course is a wonderful complement to that tool, because podcasting allows you to quickly speak out whatever's on your mind... AND even have other experts create the content for you, which they will gladly do. I've interviewed 125 people for my podcast in the past 143 days -- it's only been an extra time commitment of about 4 hours per week on my part (it would be a lot less if I chose not to publish 5 days a week which I can always change) --- It's increased the blog traffic big-ly, opened up a ton of doors (joint ventures) I didn't have previously, and I'm already on the schedule with a few other marketers to appear on THEIR shows, provide value to THEM and introduce ME to THEIR audience. I hope that in the coming year you aren't afraid to set yourself on the path that has the best chance of success for you, repeat for 30 days with 4 daily tasks with the ultimate goal of 300 pieces of content, repeat / follow-through, and then look back at those 30 days of successes and failures with self-awareness so you can course correct.

Fatima Doman from AuthenticStrengths.com says that 24 character strengths exist (for example: curiosity, perseverance, energy, engagement), and if you're under-utilizing these or not playing up to your strengths, then you're in trouble. You may need to bring some of your strengths to the forefront, combine specific strengths or even temporarily use "situational strengths" when needed.

Scott Voelker's (TheAmazingSeller.com) journey is an amazing Amazon and e-commerce success story. Beginning with retail arbitrage (buying local items and selling them on Amazon), then online arbitrage (buying physical items online and re-selling them on Amazon), private labeling (get a product sourced), and finally, e-commerce (setup a storefront outside of Amazon), Scott has not only generated a huge income scaling his business, he also teaches others how to do it. Topics covered: how Scott narrows down the perfect product to sell, every time Scott's "open brand" strategy that allows him to experiment with new physical products how to deal with copycats and the price wars how to build a list and get lots of reviews quickly (and remain compliant) using contests Resources The Amazing Seller (Podcast) The Private Label (Workshop) The Amazing Seller (Facebook group)

Dan Janal from PRLeads.com has a number of easy tweaks you should make in your marketing for huge results. He wants you to create an authority piece (lead magnet) such as "10 Tips to Save Your Marriage." Create a Facebook ad sending people to a (LeadPages) landing page, research your target audience, create a compelling headline and call to action. Create a Facebook post (use Canva.com to generate graphics), boost that post, and re-post it anywhere you can. Test different headlines with A/B testing and improve from there. Resources PR Leads (Facebook) PRLeads Plus (Matchmaking) Reporters Are Looking for You (Kindle Book) Canva.com (Create Graphics For Social Media)

Lin Eleoff from CoverYourAssetsOnline.com and DIYLegalToolkit.com wants to help you take care of your "baby" (your online business). Many business owners do not properly protect their intellectual property. Many are missing proper website legal documents and use images in such a way that could open them up to lawsuits. Lin keeps things simple for us and explains what we need to do and what to avoid (legally) with our websites.

Todd Tresidder (FinancialMentor.com/3) has three ways of building wealth: real estate, business, and paper assets. Todd has some unique insights when it comes to building wealth since he believes in simplicity and uses math (research) as well as basic principles to create a sound investment strategy.

Stacy Aaronson from TheBookDoctorIsIn.com and TheSelfPublishingScoop.com says that many authors make huge mistakes when they independently publish their books. Her approach is very step-by-step and detail oriented: Consult, proposal, contracts Editing process, developmental, structure, cohesive chapters, the right points are in the right chapters Copy-editing: bio, picture, grammar, remove cliches, correct syntax Illustration and graphics Presentation: interior, cover, interior/cover congruency, what's right for the audience, fine tune Upload files to CreateSpace and Ingram Proof the proof and send to proofreader (edit all the edits together from multiple people Re-upload, get printed proofs, catch the small things

Peggy Sealfon from 3MinutesToDestress.com wants you to supercharge your life, help you break your patterns, hang onto your available energy, and live a mindful, integrated life. Many of us are caught in cycles where our health or relationships may have suffered due to over-focusing on our business, for example. Peggy have tons of insights, tools, and habits to share with you today. Resources Escape From Anxiety (Book And Website) 3 Minutes To Destress (Sign Up) Peggy Sealfon blog (Free Personal Coaching: 10 minute Call) "Escape from Anxiety" (Amazon Book)

Eric Louviere from EricLouviere.com and WebVance.com provides coaching and consulting services to authors, speakers, and business owners of all kinds (for example, one of Eric's clients is a local gym.) In years past, he grew tired of the "cash crunches" that resulted from membership site and e-book income and decided to scale up. Listen in to tons of takeaways about: how to avoid spreading yourself too thin how to simplify your marketing with "one problem, one solution" thinking some huge breakthroughs about Facebook and LinkedIn advertising

Katie Hornor coaches hobby bloggers to turn their website into a real business. She focuses on your traffic, people, plan, schedule, and hiring. Hire based on your own weaknesses. For example, hire people to create pinnacle images, Facebook ads, or technical website actions, and give them a 2 to 3 month trial period to test them out. When improving a blog, Katie looks at the following areas: Is the website clean and inviting? Is there an offer, a freebie that people can get in exchange for subscribing? Is it an offer that your audience wants, based on Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat research? Is Google Analytics installed and what demographic reads the blog? Based on this, when are people online so we know what time to post? Are there any low-hanging product ideas or affiliate programs for this blog? Does this website get in front of one audience per week? (Blog, Facebook, email.) Resources Blogging Successfully (Request a Free Call with our Team to See How We Can Help You Grow) The Blog Connection (Membership) Free Gift (Free Gift) Breakthrough Coaching with Katie (Coaching) Paradise Bloggers (Facebook Group)

Pam Terry from PamTerry.com will help you to become a better speaker who prepares, practices, and gives. She has four pillars for you to build confidence with your speaking engagements: 1. Passion: fuel, make a difference 2. Power: knowledge, topic, audience, speaking skills 3. Preparation: outline, intro, close, objectives 4. Practice: does it fit in the allotted time and do people pay attention

Emily Hirsh (click to book a free consultation) is a master when it comes to cutting edge Facebook ad techniques. Here's what's working very well for her lately: 1. provide free training on Facebook: post a stock photo with no text on the graphic 2. retarget people on your Facebook page 3. run ads audience engagements on ads or posts (your warm audience) Emily has also had great success with Facebook live streaming for 15-20 minutes, usually 10 minutes of teaching and 5-10 minutes of a pitch or Q&A. She recommends that you be consistent with your live streaming and stream at the same time of day for five days in a row. Encourage people to share the stream while live, post an announcement about the live stream one hour prior, post to your personal page and even run ads to a lookalike audience based on people who watched your videos.

Jessica Rhodes from Interview Connections provides a service that will book you on podcasts (to promote your sites) and get you guests (to fill your podcast with interview content). Jessica appears on four interviews a month, publishes a weekly blog post, podcast episode, and video. She says that in order to be a great podcast guest, you must do the following: be an expert in something be a unique guest about that topic use your own online presence to create content and get book on your end as much as possible Resources Interview Connections (Website) Book guests for your Podcast (Website) Jessica Rhodes' (Blog)

Wally Hauck, author of Stop the Leadership Malpractice: How to Replace the Typical Performance Appraisal, realized that many employers and managers can actually kill their own business by not communicating properly with their employees. If you'd like to provide a better customer experience have self-managing employees, then you need to ask these three questions: 1. What process in the business isn't working? 2. What is the first 15% of that process? 3. What should be done to improve that process? He shares not only great business advice, but a few case studies and examples along the way.

Social Media Manager Debbie Peck from Crush Marketing Group has a two-pronged strategy for getting traffic from social media: share content from scheduled posts, and engage other users actively on a daily consistent basis. She logs into HootSuite once a week to schedule posts to drip out weeks in advance. She also comments, shares, likes, retweets, finds new influencers, and checks her insights regularly. We're talking about 3-5 posts per day on Facebook and 8-10 posts per day on Twitter. You can also contact her directly at [email protected].

Jason Criddle from The Smartr App Company (you can contact him directly at [email protected]) says that you should learn as you go, make mistakes, and have failures -- pivot, fail, and snag. Everyone has ideas, but people only succeed through the failures from implementing their ideas. Instead of being simply self-employed (and recreating the job you were trying to escape), be an entrepreneur. Make focused decisions to reach your goals, have a faith or belief in something, have perseverance, the drive to help others, and role models. Jason can also show you how to become a virtual CEO and get an app in the app store for just $100/month.

Rocco Baldassare from Zebra Advertisement has had massive success by creating a landing page with key sellling points, advertising that landing page, remarketing on a different platform (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and guest blogging for third parties such as Entprepreneur Magazine, Search Engine Journal and LinkedIn. He provides account reviews and strategy calls if you're looking to get more from your paid social media traffic.

Dr. Kathy Gruver from The Alternative Medicine Cabinet wants you to focus, be healthy, reduce stress, delegate, and make decisions early.

Steve Olsher, author of What Is Your WHAT?, wants you to impact the maximum number of lives possible by discovering, sharing, and monetizing your WHAT: the thing you were made to do. It's done in these three steps: clarity on your core gift (i.e. healing, entertaining, communicating) create a vehicle to share that gift people compelled to share Get it done, surround yourself with the right people and immerse yourself in that world. Tune up your Attributes, Beliefs and Perspectives. Resources Reinvention Radio (Podcast) What is Your WHAT (Book) Steve Olsher (Official Site)

I don't lose any sleep over this, but I roll my eyes when someone says... November and December are slower months! No one is online during holiday time... Don't even bother marketing or sending emails until January... Don't you want to take some time off? And my answers are: Of course I take time off -- that's what scheduled blog posts and scheduled autoresponder emails put in the queue in advance are all about (bonus if people can't really tell if they're live or pre-scheduled)... Many people (not you personally, but others) are working too hard and not working smart enough. They could get a lot more done in less time AND possibly use these few days off to plan their next move or squeeze in an hour here and there... What about eBay? Amazon? Retail stores? There are tons of people buying. And if you say that's apples and oranges because I run an online business... well... aren't there some people out there who are using this end of the year time to look into running their own online business? Sure, grandma won't buy an e-book or course but grandma might give those grandkids gift cards or money that they'll use to build their business This is the last chance for many business owners to lock-in their purchases (business write-offs) for tax time -- for example, I bought myself Google Glass (now discontinued) during the holidays one year... And most importantly, what's the difference if you setup a web page in late December 2016 that gets sales in January 2017? February or March 2017? You have to set it up in the first place... "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." -- Zig Ziglar What's the easy answer? You need to setup, at the very least, an opt-in page and a sales letter using Paper Template. Of course take a bunch of time off to get that perspective, recharge your batteries and figure out your next move... but what counts is not so much thinking or planning, but ACTION... Setting up a web page that sells something is the best ACTION you can take this holiday season, and using WordPress plus Paper Template is the best way to do it quickly while also having all the little features you need.

"Why are you emailing me on a weekend / holiday?" That's the response I get every now and then and I hope that's a response you get in your business -- why is that I hope you get it? Because if people are unsubscribing from your list, if you have (a small percentage) of refunds, if (a few) people have some nasty things to say about you and your values... Then it means you've actually done some things in your business and you've built a big list of buyers... Very few people treat their online business like the machine that it can be and should be and it's some wasted potential. For example: what if you spent about 20 minutes and grabbed 12 interesting YouTube videos? Maybe yours or maybe you found them... either way... schedule one in your blog for the first Friday in January 2017, another for February 2017, etc. Those are 12 touches you've just made with you and your subscribers... And how about this: go into your email autoresponder (you do have one and you are building a list, right?) and schedule a message for that Saturday sending people to your blog post, and maybe even a quick Sunday one reminding them to check it out if they missed it. If you have a product or membership site for sale, or heck, even a 2.99 Kindle book... I'm guessing that you haven't promoted it for a solid 5 days in a row lately! Look at the second week in January. Think of four pretty good reasons or interesting things about your Kindle book. Schedule a quick email for Monday with a subject line and about 5 sentences saying... you probably have this problem... here's the solution and it's in my book... Tuesday... you might have problem #2 and here's solution #2 and the details of that solution are also in my book... repeat for Wednesday and Thursday... On Friday, don't worry about piling on even more information... just say... I've been giving you these solutions all week, it's shit or get off the pot time, here's my book. That right there is a whole week you can take off your business in 2017 and no one will ever have to know. Come back and see how many sales you brought in... Very few people take advantage of scheduled emails and they're available in every email autoresponder service. Schedule some emails to help fill out the calendar and keep "touching" those customers (but not in a weird way)... You can get content cranked out easily (I have a system for writing blog posts called R.A.T.G.U.M. and one for email marketing called P.A.I.N.T.) if you follow some sort of a template or system... and then let the machine (that autoresponder sending emails on a schedule) do the rest... And there's even better news: every autoresponder also has a "sent" folder... so... you can take the greatest hits of your email marketing and pile them into a follow-up sequence so that any new subscriber to your list gets your best stuff... I happen to think that MY best stuff is contained inside this course: Time Management on Crack More than a few people have told me that this is the guide they re-visit every year when they want to refresh and renew the important marketing stuff. I hope that's not too braggy and I also want you to check it out as soon as you see this, even though it's hoilday time. (The holidays are great time for me to go through a course, read some stuff, or watch some videos so that I get a little bit of a break from all the "usual" stuff.)

This scares the heck out of me and maybe you can relate... I'm not sure how long you've been building your online business, buying courses and plugins, how long you've been on different marketers list and seen the affiliate contests and big launches... I ask myself these sorts of super scary questions all the time: "If such and such had a million dollar launch back in 2014, why haven't I heard anything from them since?" "If this other marketer made 2 million dollars in a day back in 2012, why are all their websites dead and gone just 5 years later?" The short answer is that they didn't systematize and checklist-ify their business using a something like this: Time Management on Crack Tons of internet marketing names have completely disappeared from the face of the planet and I don't think they were abducted by aliens... so why do some people seem to: Have made money back in the day but seem to be struggling now (not really mailing or promoting)... OR: Been super successful back then but now I can't find any websites or even what I bought from them... What's the difference? Here's what I think it is... 1. they actually have a way to make consistent money over time (as opposed to the huge launch where 30% goes to refunds and 60% to affiliates)... ... A launch of any kind with affiliates is a great way to build a list, but if you don't monetize that list into some recurring passive income within a few months, you'll find that the list goes cold/stale and you'll have to rebuild it every year... 2. they have fun with this internet marketing thing (hint: seeing money come in every day from your efforts is a huge way to have fun with your business) There are going to be up's and down's in your business and what's frustrating sometimes is that you DON'T get paid while you're building something (sales letter, product, membership site) but then you DO get paid after it's done -- so you have to "have faith" and enjoy the adventure, be an entrepreneur and rise to the challenge to overcome whatever obstacle is in front of you 3. they reinvent themselves every few years: I see some people trying to teach article marketing and "how to make an e-book" using the same stuff they taught 10 years ago... It's perfectly ok to sell your best and classic stuff, and if it's still selling, keep promoting it! It would be a waste to just throw away old products and websites if they still deliver great value... BUT... I believe that you and your business are screwed if you aren't looking to reinvent yourself every 3-5 years or so. I used to be known as just a PHP programmer Then a WordPress person I sold low priced plugins for a while Then transitioned into high ticket courses Then built software into our courses And now we're building some software-as-a-service tools such as Website Remote 4. and finally, successful people use systems, templates, and checklists so they can get those daily repetitive tasks (writing content, creating videos, running webinars) completed (those add up to a lot over time) AND have fun doing what pays the bills and get to the creative and weird stuff... I take tons of time off in my business and you don't even know it because everything still runs... emails still go out, membership sites take orders and the help desk tickets are still answered. All those recurring payments come in every morning, and I want that for you too. If you feel like in 2016 you could have done more, you were burned out every once in a while and didn't know why or how to avoid it (or shorten the burnout length of time) next time, if you weren't having fun, if you felt like you started more things than you finished... and you want to CHANGE THAT in 2017, then I believe this is the guide for you: Time Management on Crack

Julie Broad from Have More Influence asks, "If money wasn't a factor, what would you do?" She wants to help you serve instead of sell and think about how you can help others. As a result, you can become the name people know about a given subject. She also tell us about her adventures in real estate, book publishing, online training, and more. Resources Have More Influence (Blog) The New Brand You (Book)

Mike Saunders from MarketingHuddle.com (author of the book Authority Selling) tells us about the Zero Moment of Truth. Every business has a "Moment of Truth" where a customer discovers if that business delivers on their promises or not. These days, the "Zero" Moment of Truth exists -- where your future customers check the online breadcrumbs of your business before they even interact with you. Mike tells us how to educate those customers and provide a consultation as opposed to an outdated presentation or sales pitch.

Jan Bear from Author Impact Publishing has three simple questions for you: Who's your audience What do you want to accomplish with your book? What does this book have to do with your career over a lifetime? By having a clear plan for your book, and knowing your goals, you can avoid many of the usual author mistakes such as trying to "writing for everybody" AND you can publish something with consistency that matches the mood of your reader.

Heather Choate was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 29 while ten weeks pregnant. By overcoming this unexpected adversity (as well as other up's and down's) Heather was tested to the max. During this time, she mastered using deep meditation (and visualization) for focus (and strength), anchoring (for confidence), and quiet focused times during the day (for calmness and clarity). Tune in to discover how to listen to your own voice, do what you love, and follow your passion.

Natasha Davis from Impact Branding Consulting says that many business owners confuse marketing (psychological minutiae that let people know your business is present, i.e. t-shirts) with actual branding (pricing, content, client acquisition, culture, business model, expertise you have, identity). Don't do so many things that you can't differentiate yourself in a unique way! Branding is the difference between being seen as a "Target" business or a "Dollar Store" business. Decide what type of client you want, and then develop a profile of what that ideal client looks like. Identify that ideal client's commonalities and observable behaviors (business size, industry, where they hang out, social networks, how to get in touch, follow-up) and characteristics (what you can only identify by talking to them -- if they're ready to get started and how accountable and coachable they are). Resources Impact Branding Consulting (Website) Be Unleashed (Book) The Difference Between Marketing and Branding (Blog Post)

Publisher Jim Kukral from Author Marketing Club wants you to create a non-fiction book to solve a problem, or a fiction book to entertain. Jim lays out a scenario where he targeted a big group to solve a problem with a clear title, as in, "Social Media Marketing for Real Estate Agents." In the book, he explained what business owners should do, and provided a free 15-minute phone consultation in the back of the book to close clients.

Tom Corson-Knowles from TCK Publishing and Ebook Publishing School has great news: it's easy to publish lots of content and scale your business by approaching Amazon publishing in a scientific, step-by-step mindset: Write down a list of 20-40 book ideas in a tool such as EverNote Research: find the marketplace gaps and see how similar books are selling Hook: narrow down one unique idea and craft a clear message Brainstorm: develop your promise and decide what readers want to know (these are more than just chapters, they include additional videos and checklists) Speak out the book (you can even use your smartphone) Editing/revision Resources TCK Publishing (Website)

Terry Gremaux, the Hashtag Hunter, only needs to spend about 15 minutes a day to get 10 new leads a day into his business as part of his daily routine. Here's his process: regularly check thought leaders' Facebook pages such as Gary Vee or Tony Robbins leave a thoughtful comment on their latest post (4-5 minutes) like all the comments left by others respond to friend requests and get to know them keep in touch with those prospects to find their problem/desire run Facebook live streams every day Mindset tweak: Business is promoting a solution to a problem at a profit. Be interested in people and have a conversation.

Heather Havenwood has made a killing guesting on podcasts. She has tons of tips for you today on how to be a great podcast guest and an even better podcast host. Resources The Win: Podcast with Heather Ann Havenwood (Podcast) 30 Podcasts in 30 Days Course (Podcast)

Nick Loper from the Side Hustle Nation podcast is the king of side hustles: low-risk entrepreurship, for-profit hobbies. Thanks to marketplaces like iTunes, Fiverr, eBay, Craigslist, and other sharing economy sites, the universe has shrunk, and now is the time for you to jump in: Find a marketplace that uses the sharing economy (such as Uber, Airbnb, DogVacay, Turo for P2P car rental, Prosper for P2P loans) Use your unique skills (freelancing) Buy low and sell high Create your own products Side Hustles Mentioned Turo (rent out your car) CuddleUp (charge money for cuddling -- yes, really) Fiverr (provide any service you want) Resources Buy Button (Book) Side Hustle Nation (Podcast) The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson (Website) Steve Scott (Website)

John Pollock from Financial Gravity wants to help you save on your taxes, since accountants and bookkeepers aren't trained for that. He has some unique insights on how you can get a tax blueprint to proactively plan your finances. Be sure to text "TAXBOOK" to phone number 33-4444 for a free bonus.

Hypnotist Rene Brent, from Practice Happy Now, is a professional garage door opener. She believes that your brain is running an old program and can help you to get rid of false beliefs. She wants you to allow your subconscious mind to move you away from pain and towards pleasure. Resources How Big Is Your BUT (Kindle Book) Practice Happy Now: 2 free meditations (Book)

Jim Palmer is the Newsletter Guru and Dream Business Coach. He believes marketers should setup a Million Dollar Platform that includes email marketing, ezines, newsletters, and more. Many people lack focus and aren't finding their best customers. You should also mail a 4-page physical newsletter once a month to your best customers to retain those customers and get yourself some repeat, high-ticket sales.

Dan Englander from SalesSchema.com has some great information for you about marketing funnels and automation. Dan lands many new clients using outbound email marketing, virtual assistants, and phone closing. He also has used some unique strategies to land new business. For example, he's contacted up-and-coming tech companies mentioned on CrunchBase or checking job posting on sites like Indeed and AngelList, who needed services such as animation videos. He also walks us through his process of qualifying his process, getting those leads to the proposal stage, feeling them out with test closes, handling objects and feedback, and more.

Joshua Adams from Rock Paper Simple wants his agency to help you create a marketing-focused website that's them-centric, with clear navigation, that speaks directly to visitors and makes conversions. Be sure to claim his free self audit worksheet to find out how your website measures up. Resources Self Audit Worksheet Web design agency: Rock Paper Simple Case study: Sorensen Moving & Storage Seven steps to creating a marketing-focused website: 1. Shut up and listen (know thyself, benefits, goals) 2. Plan for results (design, words, pages) 3. Direct traffic (differentiate value of pages, decide on three most important services, call-to-action on homepage/sidebar) 4. Them-centric copy (wording that's beneficial to them) 5. Convert (phone number, working form, less fields) 6. Simplify navigation 7. Rock the visuals  

Tracy Goodwin from Captivate the Room can help you become a better speaker by improving your voice. Tracy says that your voice's muscle memory can be trained. You can retrain those good speaking habits that you might have previously lost over time and rediscover your real voice. Many people have incorrectly tempered their voice, leading to that "stuck in the back of your throat" speaking style with dropped endings on sentences. Others forget to have tempering variety and still others forget to breathe when speaking. Tracy wants you to speak with a pattern of unpredictability, to show vulnerability and be authentic. Break down your speaking strengths and weaknesses into the five elements of variety: 1. pausing 2. elongation 3. pitch 4. volume 5. speed

Dina Proctor, author of Madly Chasing Peace, wants you to meditate in short bursts: just three minutes, three times a day. Dina was battling clinical depression, planning her suicide and dealing with alcohol addiction when she began to sit still and focus on her breathing for just a few minutes a day. After eight weeks, that nagging inner voice in her head was gone and she was able to focus on every activity at hand. She found that inner peace and wisdom, and wants to show you how to do the same.

Stephen Christopher from Seequs.com wants to help you with your organic search results, pay per click advertising, and web design. Choose the top one to three objectives for your website: that's usually for your hot, warm, and cold leads. For example, your hottest prospects who want to buy right now could be looking for a phone number, the warm leads might fill out a contact form to request service, and the cold leads might only want to signup for a video or short report. Don't take anything for granted, be super persistent (failure leads to perspective). Change the "bad" things about your business. Resources: Seequs SEO agency, Business Revolution Podcast, Business Revolution Facebook Group Case studies: Petri Plumbing and Hal Elrod