Serious Entrepreneurs Know the Rx for Career Burnout

Serious Entrepreneur, is your life balanced or a balancing act? In business today, it seems we are under greater pressure than ever before. In our quest to be successful, we’re working harder and longer just to stay in the race.

It often feels like one huge juggling act…

As internet marketers, we guide and motivate our team members, talk to prospective clients, reply to endless emails and text messages, keep up to date with all the new marketing strategies, promote our campaigns, get bombarded with guru launches that promise to make us richer faster and easier…and fit in time for our family and ourselves.

All without getting sick, run down, or burnt out??

In the January issue of Professional Speaker magazine, serious entrepreneur John Alston writes: "For some of us, work is our first love, and for those of us struggling to make our businesses work, there are patient and enduring lovers, spouses and children hanging in there with us. For others there are ex-lovers, ex-spouses and alienated children who can and will testify to what you really value."

SHOW ME HOW TO LEVERAGE MY TIME AND TAKE MY BUSINESS TO A NEW LEVEL FOR 2009!!

Every job comes with a certain amount of stress, but having your own business -- and whether or not you market on the internet full-time, you must look at it as a business and NOT a hobby -- is a whole different ball game. And most likely no one taught you how to handle the pressure. It was sink or swim, and you worked out the inevitable challenges on your own.

The most successful internet marketers and business owners that I know have a passion for what they do. They are stimulated by the challenges and opportunities that come with being their own boss. They thrive on being entrepreneurs and discovering that next golden nugget that will take their business to the next level. They wake up excited to see what a new day will bring.

But they know when to shut the computer off…

Serious entrepreneurs who are truly happy have a life beyond checking their email, landing the next deal, and checking their spreadsheets for that day’s sales.

They take time for "dates" with their spouses, attend their children’s sports events and piano recitals. They hit the gym, fish and hunt, take guitar lessons, and have backyard barbecues. They take time to meditate, do yoga, read just to rejuvenate.

A balance between work, play, worship, and giving back to the community is not so much about finding the time to do everything equally. It’s more about recognizing that time consistently spent engaging in the activities that we love the most feeds our soul and enables us to live a satisfying, grounded life.

If you find yourself saying, "I never have enough time to ..."

Stop! You’ll never get it all done. The things on your to-do list never get completely crossed off. So, take stock and decide what means most to you, what you love to do. And the rest can either be forgotten or outsourced when it comes to your business.

Take a few minutes and watch the video below:



Albert Schweitzer said, “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

I WANT TO FIND BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND FAMILY

If you’re committed to stop the juggling act and want to make your marketing business work for you instead of being a slave to your business, I can help.

Wishing you major health, wealth, and happiness in 2009!

Art





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Serious Entrepreneurs Give Two Thumbs Down to New Years Resolutions

New Year’s resolutions are religiously made by anyone who considers himself a Serious Entrepreneur, right?

Check out the latest stats … 30% of all New Year’s resolutions are broken within the first week.

Not very encouraging, is it?

It’s been said that “an optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”

So, being the optimist, I contemplated some resolutions I could make for 2009…become an ace swimmer? Hmmm…not likely. Give up wine? And redefine life? Golf more? That sounds more like it. Take my business to the next level? You’ve got it!

SHOW ME HOW TO MAKE 2009 ROCK FOR MY BUSINESS!

After taking a 90-Day Challenge online marketing course for serious entrepreneurs early this year and saw the impact it made on my focus and mindset, I’ve decided to challenge myself. No one-week resolutions that by next year will be long forgotten. But 90 days to meet a list of goals I made for myself:

1. Make my time and money work for me. After experiencing tremendous growth this year, of which I’m very grateful, there’s no better time to hire some help than now. With the economy in the worst slump in decades, people are desperate for work. There are talented people waiting to be discovered. So I’m investing my money in people instead of “stuff.”

2. Conquer social media. As you all know, the internet marketing industry is not for the faint of heart. It takes time, dedication, and perseverance. Building relationships and trust is crucial. Knowing how to use and leverage PPC is a huge part of the online game; but if visitors to your sites don’t know or care who you are, you can kiss their business goodbye.

I’ve talked about using Web 2.0 and social media many times, and Twitter is the breakout star! It's going to be an important way to market and stay in touch with customers in the future.

Twitter is where the party is...

I've registered and am going to be using it to collaborate with others, start discussions, and get input...and I'd REALLY like it if you were connected to me.

If you don’t have an account, open one. Just click "find people" at the top after you register, and search "Art_Basmajian"... then click "follow"... and you'll get my "Tweets" when I send them out.

3. Reexamine – Reflect – Reconstruct Constant evaluation of what is producing results and then processing that feedback is vital. If something isn't working, I need to make note of it and move on. There is something to be said for letting yourself "fail quickly" - this concept is really the key to success. As a serious entrepreneur, I need to continually remind myself and my team of what is working, fix what’s not, and to forget about the rest!

Asking “what’s next” will help you come up with new ideas, new niches, and new opportunities to make more money online!

Don't let fear of the recession guide your goal setting plans for 2009.

This is a major setback!

Fear is an emotional response, only good for short-term survival. When you're in "fight or flight" mode, you're not thinking clearly about the path you're running... You're just RUNNING! So your efforts lack strategy, planning, and insight.

Shopping on the internet is anticipated to hit a whopping $145.1 billion in the coming year, a significant 14% increase -- despite the recession!

Consumers will be spending more time at home, using their computers for everything from bargain hunting and product research to upgrading skills.

And studies show this shift is ALREADY well underway...!

So don't let the Big "R" stop you from pursuing exciting personal, financial, and business goals in 2009. My desire for you is to do more than just survive 2009. I want you to crush the competition!

I’M WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES!

If any of these goals I’ve set for myself resonate with you, I challenge you to join me in your own Serious Entrepreneur 90-Day Challenge. I’ll do everything in my power to help you reach your financial goals, but it has to begin with you.

Talk is cheap. Take action!

Wishing you major health, wealth, and happiness in 2009!

Art






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Serious Entrepreneurs Make Money Using Social Media Without Being a Jerk

Serious Entrepreneurs Make Money Using Social Media Without Being a Jerk

If you’re a Serious Entrepreneur who’s been involved in Internet Marketing for any length of time, you’re learning that using social media is a great way to promote your business for free.

The problem is…unless you know what you’re doing, you most likely are doing it the wrong way. Pissing off Google as well as people who thought they were your on-line “Friends”…and possibly getting your Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace accounts shut down.

That’s because you’ve now been branded as a SPAMMER!

Online social networks are one of the blessings of Web 2.0. Plenty of people use them to stay in touch with their friends, meet new people, make work-related connections and more. Unfortunately, it seems like you can’t have something good on the Internet without someone coming along to abuse it, and that’s as true of online social networks as anything.

I WANT TO LEARN HOW TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA THE RIGHT WAY

An Internet property is basically any kind of web page, and any Internet sites that allow people to people interaction is considered online social media. Web 2.0 is another term referring to sites that in some way allow people to contribute rather than just read from it.

A blog is web 2.0 (for the blogger), Facebook and MySpace are web 2.0, Flickr and Twitter are web 2.0 and social bookmarking sites are all web 2.0.

As internet marketing involved, people figured out that they were able to promote their businesses for free using all these types of properties and thought, “Wow…Free… Cool!”

Problem is that it’s not cool!

Social media a broad word that encompasses many kinds of sites but there’s an online etiquette that dictates which web 2.0 sites allow you to have a slice of the Internet property for yourself and your business – without ticking off the wrong people and causing you to lose your reputation as a serious entrepreneur in the network marketing industry.

Let me explain it this way:

It’s the weekend…time to forget about work, catch up with old friends, make some new friends possibly. So you go to a party. You’re having a great time. Then someone comes up to you, introduces himself, and immediately tries selling you on some business opportunity.

How much of a turn-off is that? That is exactly what happens when you use certain social media sites for purposes they are not intended for.

So if you're just learning how to use these sites to build your business, I want to share a video from one of the most brilliant marketers alive, Perry Belcher, who has MASTERED this realm.

He’ll give you the perfect approach when it comes to using social community sites to grow your business. If you're using ANY of these sites, watch this video. It is probably the best explanation of how to make money with social media that I've ever seen.

I’D LIKE ACCESS TO FREE TRAINING VIDEOS

I’m looking for people who want to move ahead of the pack and dominate in the internet marketing industry. It’s not hard when you know how.

Talk soon,
Art Basmajian

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MySpace is NOT just for teenagers anymore! It is for Serious Entrepreneurs

MySpace is NOT just for teenagers anymore! It is for Serious Entrepreneurs

As a Serious Entrepreneur, This is one of my favorite and most effective FREE strategies if you know what you are doing! And, I will show you how.

You have failed at Network Marketing. You've created your list. You've contacted all of your friends, family and neighbors.

You have failed! Because you have followed all the rules that don't work.

Put the power of the INTERNET to work for you. Join now and take advantage of the INTERNET and Magnetic sponsoring. Two Week Trial period now only $1.00!

Learn how to use MySpace and put the known failures of network marketing behind you. Use the knowledge available to use the INTERNET to attract qualified prospects and customers.

Quite making lists. Put my knowledge to work for you now.

My system, MLM Internet Training PRO will teach you how to utilize the free marketing strategies available through the use of the Internet. Two Week trial period for $1.00.

Learn about Free network marketing strategies available to you.

Social Networking, The Power of the Internet and MySpace

Social Networking online, via sites like MySpace, is about meeting and networking with other professionals, serious entrepreneurs, home business owners, and sharing info, tips, strategies and opportunities. By using these Social Networking websites, such as MySpace, and introducing yourself to the individuals and serious entrepreneurs in these communities, you are meeting exactly the type of people that are interested in what you do and the type of people and serious entrepreneurs you want to work with.

This is your target market.

My system for Serious Entrepreneurs will teach you about the free network marketing strategies available to you.

What are you waiting for? Learn how to set up a MySpace page and attract qualified leads. Use the laws of magnetic sponsoring to gain more leads and earn more income. MySpace is no longer a phenomenon to be wasted on youth. More and more, Serious Entrepreneurs are using the power of MySpace to get their message out to interested parties that are looking for what you have got.

Let me share my knowledge with you now.

MySpace can be one of the most effective FREE marketing strategies to attract high quality people to your team.

With my system, MLM Internet Training PRO, I will show you how to set up your MySpace account, profile and page. Personalize your URL. Create your effective profile. I'll teach you how to use your MySpace Control Center. Create a personal blog. Post videos, upload your photo and find friends. Set up a unique GMail account. Look over my shoulder, via video, and learn how to become a serious entrepreneur and online network marketing professional.

The secret to success with this strategy is promoting yourself as a leader, an expert, a value to the market place, someone who can solve people's problems. You can do this very effectively even if you are brand new to INTERNET marketing.

I will teach you how.

Social Networking, via MySpace, involves ATTRACTION MARKETING and utilizes the Law of Attraction. If you want to use this strategy I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you learn more about ATTRACTION MARKETING.

If you still have not watched these free training videos from Art Basmajian, the Serious Entrepreneur, DO IT NOW!!

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I, Art Basmajian, the Serious Entrepreneur, am dedicated to your success as an online network marketing professional and serious entrepreneur. The techniques and methods that I will teach you will provide you with finances for life.

Dedicated to your success.
Serious Entrepreneur,


Art Basmajian

Serious Entrepreneurs Don't Need Toilet Paper

Serious Entrepreneurs Don't Need Toilet Paper - Are You A Toilet Paper Entrepreneur?

Most top marketing entrepreneurs have their rags-to-riches stories: from waiting tables to millionaire by the age of 28… from living on the streets to owning multiple homes.

And while all those stories are inspiring to hopeful entrepreneurs, the road to riches is a bit more “down and dirty.”

Are you a “toilet paper entrepreneur”?

Serious Entrepreneur and author Mike Michalowicz compares true entrepreneurialism to a typical bathroom experience: “business” is done and you discover only 3 sheets of TP left on the roll! Necessity breeds invention if you want to leave the rest room smelling like a rose.

Serious Entrepreneurs in the network marketing industry gain success not by sitting around hoping someone will come and “hand them a roll of toilet paper.”

They take action, dig around in the nearby garbage, check out whatever is handy within arm’s reach, use the empty cardboard roll if necessary, call it good…and move on!

SHOW ME HOW TO MAKE MORE $$ WITH LESS!

Serious Entrepreneurs take whatever assets they have and make their business work. Not only do they make do with less, they make MORE with less.

Top earners in their industry don’t make excuses and don’t have patience for people who do.

You’ll never hear them say…

“I don’t have enough money right now.”

“I’m not smart enough.”

“I don’t have the time. I’m too busy.”

“It takes too long to build a business.”

“There’s too much risk involved.”

“I’m too old.”

NO MORE EXCUSES…I WANT TO DOMINATE!

They do not sit and dream about their big break…they get off the pot and create it themselves.

They don’t wait until they have enough money to fund a new venture…they find creative ways to finance their project by exploiting their own strengths.

By the way, millionaires are a frugal (as opposed to cheap) bunch: Warren Buffett, the third richest person in the world, according to Forbes, lives in the same Omaha, Nebraska, home he bought four decades ago for $31,500.

They don’t, contrary to popular opinion, multitask…they focus on one task until it’s complete.

They aren’t perfectionists…they say, “Good is good enough.”

Because they know that money likes speed.

They know that by the time they’ve perfected their sales letter, website, or ad campaign, their competition will have already capitalized on their idea and left them in the dust.

They don’t spend the bulk of their time thinking, planning, and revising… they take action.

They aren’t afraid of risks…they take calculated measures to reduce risks.

Dick Costolo, founder of Feedburner.com said,
“The key is to just get on the bike, and the key to getting on the bike… is to stop thinking about ‘there are a bunch of reasons I might fall off’ and just hop on and peddle the damned thing. You can pick up a map, a tire pump, and better footwear along the way.”

Serious Entrepreneurs don’t need toilet paper. Why?

Because most likely they have a spare napkin in their pocket with their next million dollar business plan scribbled on its back.

I’D LIKE ACCESS TO FREE TRAINING VIDEOS

I’m looking for people who want to move ahead of the pack and dominate in the internet marketing industry. It’s not hard when you know how.

Talk soon,

Art Basmajian









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Serious Entrepreneurs, Success, Walt Disney, J.K. Rowling | Home Business | Direct Sales | Don’t Quit

Serious Entrepreneurs, success, Walt Disney, J.K. Rowling, home business, network marketing, online marketing, direct sales, don’t quit, Mike Dillard, Magnetic Sponsoring

Serious Entrepreneurs Don’t Quit

“It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure." - Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
Serious Entrepreneurs NEVER quit!
Of course, we have our moments when we are brain-dead from exhaustion.
But we get up and face the next day determined to make that next killer sale or rank #1 on Google.
Facing challenges head on with resolve and gusto is in the serious entrepreneur’s blood. Conquering the impossible is what we live and breathe for.
My motto for all of my adult life has been “Second Sucks!!”
Give up? Not even in my vocabulary. Reality is, though, most entrepreneurs struggled before they hit it big.
Walt Disney? As a young man, he was fired from the Kansas City Star Newspaper because his boss thought he lacked creativity. He was forced to shut down the first company he formed, could barely pay his rent, and…
even resorted to eating dog food!
J.K. Rowling? Before finding fame as the author of the Harry Potter books, she was rejected by 12 publishers. The small publishing firm which reluctantly purchased Rowling’s first Harry Potter manuscript told her that she really ought to “get a day job.”
At the time when she was writing her first novel, her life was a mess - she was going through a divorce, living in a tiny flat with her daughter, and…
living on government subsidies!
She is currently the second-richest female entertainer on the planet, behind Oprah.
This inspirational video is worth a thousand words. Take a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkCFeNeqyHk
Most of you reading this are probably struggling to succeed in your home businesses.
If you’ve been told that online marketing and direct sales is a FAST, EASY, PAINLESS way to make millions…
You’ve been lied to!
Success takes time. Success takes a lot of trial and error. Success takes dealing with negative people who expect you to fail.Don’t quit! Hang in there.
If you’re struggling with your network marketing business, I can help. I personally will train you in how to create the mind set as well as how to utilize the techniques that will literally cause others to SEEK you and your business opportunities and create unlimited income for you and your family. I accept only 10 new applicants each month in order to guarantee the level of support that I give my team members. I’m choosy with whom I invest my time and money in business so if you’re not serious about winning, don’t apply. I won’t sugar coat things, and I will push you to your limit…but you will succeed.
SHOW ME HOW TO DOMINATE THE INDUSTRY!
So, in the words of Walt Disney, “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
Dedicated to Your Success,
Art Basmajian

P.S. Besides showing you how to drive tons of free traffic to your business, Mike Dillard’s Magnetic Sponsoring manual is extremely motivating. It’s a MUST if you’ve ever felt like throwing in the towel.

Attraction Marketing | MLM | Work Online From Home | Network Marketing

Attraction Marketing…a Magnet for Success!

Have you ever been told to "make a list of 100 people" or that "everyone is your prospect" only to find out…it just didn't work?

Instead of “rejection marketing,” why not give “attraction marketing” a try?

SHOW ME HOW TO ATTRACT MORE LEADS!

Traditional, old-school MLM goes something like this: You work up enough courage to call family and friends…you enthusiastically go through your whole business presentation…just for them to tell you “thanks” but “no thanks.”

So you bravely try the “three foot rule” and approach ANYONE you happen to come across at the office Christmas party, the grocery story checkout line, or your children’s sporting events…blatant resistance from those folk.

By now you’ve had enough “cold calling” to last a lifetime…you’ve become a member of the NFL (No Friends Left) Club…and you’ve spent more money chasing leads than the cost of your first year of college tuition.

The problem is most people you know or come across socially are just not interested in what you are offering.

They didn’t ask for it!

Time for a paradigm shift!

With attraction marketing, you aren't trying to sell or convince people at all. Instead you draw potential customers to you who want the product or business you have.

By implementing a system that allows your prospects to get to know and trust you, think about the information they’ve requested, and then contact you when they are ready, you are no longer wasting your valuable time dealing with people who have absolutely no desire to join your business.

Instead, the people you talk to are well-informed and ready to move forward with your opportunity when THEY are ready.

So how do you go about attracting leads instead of chasing or them?

Make it FUN

If you’ve ever shopped on amazon.com, you’re made to feel special. They “remember” your preferences so each subsequent visit is met with intelligent, personalized advice. They give uncensored feedback from other people about books they’ve bought and you’re interested in.

They are there to HELP you. They concentrate on creating a customer for life.

No wonder we keep coming back! Run your network marketing business the same way, and you’ll attract prospects.

Think like a leader - not a salesperson Identify your prospective buyer’s frustrations with running their own home businesses.

Then share with them your knowledge of the industry to alleviate those pains.

Your goal should be to solve your prospects problems, not just make a quick sale.
Becoming a magnet for possible buyers is easier than you think when you take that huge dollar sign off your forehead and start to focus on the people who are looking to you to help them realize their dreams.

Become irresistibly attractive I know you’re thinking, “Who cares if I sit around in sweats all day? No one sees me…I work online from home!”

Wrong! When you take the time to stay in shape, dress sharply, update your hairstyle…that confidence will come through in your voice as you talk with prospects.

You’ll sound attractive, positive, self-assured…and they’ll want what you have.

You have now become the pursued instead of the pursuer.

This is true attraction marketing…you’ve made yourself an indispensable source of information, and you’ll literally have people calling you with credit card in hand, ready to join your business.

To discover a simple system which will immediately generate tons of leads and give you the leverage you need to dominate the industry...all without making endless lists and chasing prospects…

Get FREE Training at mlminternettrainingPRO.com

I personally will train you in how to create the mind set as well as how to utilize the techniques that will literally cause others to SEEK you and your business opportunities and create unlimited income for you and your family.

As I am accepting only 10 new applicants this month in order to guarantee the level of support that I give my team members, fill out an application to save yourself a spot on our team.

I'm choosy with whom I invest my time and money in business so if you’re not serious about winning, don’t apply. I won't sugar coat things, and I will push you to your limit...but you will succeed.

Dedicated to your success,
Serious Entrepreneur

Art Basmajian

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