Category Archives: Reviews

Don’t we all need a little encouragement.

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Posted by Ed on February 27, 2008 – 10:29 am
Filed under Commentary, Reviews

Just a short note to highlite a very positive entry at Stephen Pierce’s blog : DT Alpha Talk Back.  For those of you that don’t know Stephen, he is a very success Internet businessman who attempts help others achieve the same success.  He has a very moving success story.  At one point he found himself in the hospital with a gunshot wound and realized that unless he made changes he might not make it next time.  His blog entry on encouragement is a good one and the audio message a moving message.  I recommend that you listen to it. 

           Quest On…

    Blog Url:  http://www.dtalpha.com/talkback/?p=46 

Finding Your Why for 2008 — Charge up your Motivation

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Posted by Ed on January 29, 2008 – 2:43 pm
Filed under Commentary, Reviews

No one ever told you that working on your quest was easy. If it wasn’t everyone would be following their passion and living the life they dreamed of. Some times it’s just hard to stay on the track that you know will lead you to where you need to be.

During those times it sure would be great to have someone who could help put you back on track. John Di Lemme is that person. He’s someone who’s lived the journey to master his quest. As a child he had a major problem with stuttering. If you ever had that problem you know what a killer that is to your self esteem. Yet, John had a dream of being a motivational speaker. By hard work and focus he overcame those challenges. Today he is a major speaker. You will not find a more charged, positive, and energetic person.

He is a big believer in finding and building the emotional reasons you want your goals. The emotions fuel the passion and drive to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of your quest. One of his directives is to ‘Find your why’. The bigger the goal the bigger the why needs to be. That keeps the fire going.

He has released one of his phone seminars on his web site. I recommend that you listen to it to get fired up for the new year. It will start your 2008 on an energetic path.

Quest On….

Web site: www.findyourwhy.com/2008

 

A resource and a half for marketing and small business

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Posted by Ed on January 17, 2008 – 10:23 pm
Filed under Business, Information, Reviews

Michael Senoff is someone who took the idea of giving before you get to heart. He is the author of a amazing resource for anyone involved in marketing and small business. His site, www.hardtofindseminars.com contains over a hundred recorded interviews from a wide range of experts. The experts range from the current gurus like Bob Bly to past greats like Eugene Schwartz. Many of them come with down loadable transcripts. Some require fees but the majority of ones I looked at were free (150 hours of free audio). Anyone who wants to make their living in direct sales or Internet marketing should have this site in their bookmarks. There is a lot of good information here. He has another site www.hardtofindads.com. That is a collection of classic ads for students of copy writing and marketing.

Quest On…

Audio Seminar Site: www.hardtofindseminars.com

Ad research Site: www.hardtofindads.com

 

Don’t start your business before you read this book

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Posted by Ed on January 13, 2008 – 4:51 pm
Filed under In the Queue, Reviews

If you wander into the business book isle of your local bookstore you will most likely be overwhelmed by the number of books on business. It seems like every business topic has it’s own collection of books. That’s not really a bad thing but where do you start? My suggestion is the book that I’m currently reading now. That book is Michael Masterson’s new book ‘Ready, Fire, Aim’. It is Michael’s latest effort in transferring his knowledge on starting and running all sizes of business.

Michael Masterson is one of my writing and entrepreneurial heroes. He has started and run a magnitude of businesses. He was one of the creators of the American Writers and Artists Institute. Their curriculum is considered the standard for training direct response copywriters. He has written many books and is the editor of the popular newsletter ‘Early to Rise’. You will find a review of the newsletter in this blog.

This book covers the problems that businesses face at various points in their growth. Michael applies his experience to solving what he feels is their greatest challenges. I am currently reading the section on new businesses. As someone working to build a new business I found it really cut to the main problems I’ve faced. On his list of challenges, new businesses face the problem of creating revenue and making sales. He points out that before you start getting a building, buying office equipment, or looking at accounting software, you need to go out and find some customers. Any other effort is premature. Sell stuff and figure out a way to keep selling stuff. Could you get any more practical advice than that? That advice and other things in the book have really gotten me thinking about what I need to do to get my business rolling.

If your quest involves any business creation or expansion, you need to get a copy of this book. I really believe that you will see your issues in it and get some good advice on solving them. Many quests involve taking control of your finances and your time. Being in business for yourself is one solution for that. You cannot get much better advice than Michael gives in his books and newsletter. The book is available in the bookstores and the newsletter is free. So take a look at both and I’m sure you’ll learn something.

Quest On…

His Site: www.michaelmasterson.net

Newsletter: www.earlytorise.com

 

Zen and the Art of Manifestation

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Posted by Ed on January 2, 2008 – 8:37 pm
Filed under Commentary, Information, Reviews

One of the life coaches that I am regularly drawn to is Zen DeBrucke. If you have never heard of her I recommend you check out her site at www.powermanifestation.com. The main thing I like about her is that she is so accessible as an instructor. She takes complex topics like the law of attraction and other new age ideas and blends them into easy to understand practical advice. She constantly includes her own life stories in with the ideas. After listening to her for a short while you will feel that she is a long time friend and adviser. She has released a four CD set of her teachings called ‘Power Manifestation’. I own this set and have listened to it quite a bit. In addition she has a paid membership that gives you access to her weekly phone seminars. I have listened to the sample sessions on the website and am sure that everyone would benefit from them.

Key to her teachings is the idea of the ‘Internal Guidance System’. The ‘Internal Guidance System’ is the subconscious part of everyone that knows the proper path for their life. It’s part psychic and part subconscious analysis of subtle clues. Kind of like when TV detectives say that they are following their gut. Most people don’t use it consistently because they don’t learn to read the feelings. Zen helps people understand the feelings and become sensitive to them.

One of the things that Zen talks about on her CD set is the career change that led her to teaching. One of the real challenges to any of us reaching our quests is telling the world that now we are doing something different. Our friends and family want to protect us from ourselves in making what they see as a crazy decision. Zen was at that point with her father and needed a favor from him. She almost did not tell him of the changes she was making but a prompt from her Internal Guidance System pushed her into it. It was the right time for the discussion and everything worked out for the best. She weaves her life story into her lessons and it makes her very likable.

Check out Zen’s site and think seriously about buying her CD set. If you are looking for a sane voice in the world of the Law of Attraction gurus then Zen is your teacher. She can give you a practical perspective on all of it.

Quest On….

Zen’s site: www.powermanifestation.com