Updated: Win My YOAL Coaching Program
I’m looking for one winner – is this you?
I’m a big believer in taking actions to generate good karma. I feel confident that my Year of a Lifetime Coaching Program will make 2010 your most profitable year ever. I want to start the year off with a good deposit in my karma account and… Read more
How Google is Ranking Tweets
WebProNews reported today the first solid information on how Google is ranking tweets. Three major things were mentioned:
- Tweets are ranked by how many followers someone has along with how reputable those followers are. (Good)
- Google is able to sift through tweets, even on popular subjects, to find the freshest information (Good)
- The use of #Hashtags is considered spam-like behavior (what?)
I agree and commend Google for the first two but I really don’t agree Read more
Get Your Business Questions Answered
Could you use some advice about your business?
Do you have questions about starting your own business?
I have a great opportunity for you – best of all, it won’t cost you a dime!
One of the benefits YOAL Coaching Club members receive is access to a monthly question & answer web conference. Our first event will be taking place Friday, January 15 at 2 pm EST, 11 am PST, 7 pm GMT.
I’m going to open this web conference up to anyone who wants to attend – absolutely free! Read more
How is 2010 Going?
Tomorrow we’ll mark the end of the first 2 weeks of the new year and new decade. Time for a check in!
I don’t make resolutions. But I do set goals based on the calendar year. I’ll share with you my own goals and progress.
Professional Objective
My professional objective for this year is to enrich the lives of others through training, free information and tools. Here’s my own progress report: Read more
How I Overcame Being a Type A Personality
I used to be your stereotypical Type A personality. Wikipedia says the following about Type A’s:
“Type A individuals can be described as impatient, time-conscious, concerned about their status, highly competitive, ambitious, business-like, aggressive, having difficulty relaxing; and are sometimes disliked by individuals with Type B personalities for the way that they’re always rushing. They are often high-achieving workaholics who multi-task, drive themselves with deadlines, and are unhappy about delays. Because of these characteristics, Type A individuals are often described as ’stress junkies.’”
That is a pretty accurate description of how I lived almost all of my adult life. I’d work insane hours for 6-8 months a year and leisure travel the rest of the year. Read more
Creating a Membership Site – Part 2
In Creating a Membership Site – Part 1, I shared with you my technical goals for the YOAL site along with my major challenges. Today you’ll find out how I met my goals while overcoming the challenges.
With membership sites being so popular now, I thought it would be relatively easy to do what I wanted to. It wasn’t.
I tried many different plugins, apps and ASP services in an attempt to create a seamless experience for both website visitors as well as Coaching Club Members. With most combinations I came up with, members would end up having multiple log-ons and receive way too many emails. I wanted to keep things simple. Read more
YOAL: Creating a Membership Site – Part 1
One of the things I’ll be doing at this site is taking you behind the scenes on different things I am doing with my own businesses. This will range from how I develop business ideas to technical issues to marketing.
I’ve received a lot of questions from people on how I put together the back-end for this site. I’ll be sharing with you today my goals in creating a membership site and the 3 primary challenges I ran into. Tomorrow, I’ll be sharing with you how I achieved all of these goals and overcame the challenges without having to opt for a custom developed solution. Read more
Let’s Raise the Bar
The standards we set for ourselves impact our lives – and our businesses – in so many ways.
A couple of days ago I shared some thoughts about how striving for perfectionism can be detrimental for entrepreneurs. But there’s the flip side. Unfortunately, our society – and entrepreneurs are no exception to this – has become very accepting of mediocrity. Being good – passable – is good enough for many people.
You can put in the time, be sincere in your dealings and aim for mediocrity. What can you expect? You’ll likely see average results. Read more
100+ Ways Entrepreneurs Can Increase Profits
If you are an entrepreneur who is concerned about how you’ll be faring this month, you aren’t alone. January is typically one of the most difficult months for many entrepreneurs. The poor economic conditions will likely mean that this January will be worse than normal.
But it doesn’t have to be. Read more
How to Make 2010 Your Best Year Ever – Part 2
This is the second half of a post I originally wrote in 1997. Click here to read Part 1. It was published in several dozen print newsletters and on even more websites. I received literally thousands of emails and letters from people who said it had impacted them in some way. I thought it would serve as a good initial first post for this website since it’s a perfect demonstration that many core principles never change. I hope you enjoy it!
How To Make 2010 Your Best Year Ever – Part 2
11. The Moral & Ethical Being Principle
You must come to understand that what you expect from circumstances and people must be in tune with your own morals and ethics. If what you are working towards is in disharmony with this, you can never be truly happy. Read more