This is the time, especially coming up for Christmas and the mass increase in purchases that businesses are looking for that edge to get the sale over their competitor.

What is going to make the difference? Is it price? Yes, people want to find the best deal. But, you can keep your price higher than your competitors by raising the perceived value of your offer.

For example, big price items such as mattresses and furniture may have a big difference in price from store to store. Maybe one mattress is $500 at store A and the same mattress is $545 at store B. Who is going to get the sale? Store A of course. But, if store B offered an incentive with the purchase of the mattress of a $500 grocery voucher the perceived value is now greater and more attractive to the customer than store A.

Inside the customers head the conversation goes like this. “Well, I could buy from store A and save $45 now, or I could buy from store B and pay an extra $45, but get $500 back in groceries. Hey, that $500 will almost pay for the entire bed. That means I am almost getting the bed for free and groceries are definitely something I need and spend money on every month. Yes, it makes more sense to go with store B for it is greater value and a better deal overall”.

How much did the grocery coupon cost the business? Much less than the $45. So, store B is able to take business away from store A and even keep the price a little higher in order to keep their profits high.

Now, what do you think this is going to do for word of mouth advertising? The word will spread quickly that you can get a $500 grocery voucher when you purchase a mattress from store B. Now store B has twice the sales as the would usually have and still at a higher price than store A.

Business incentives like this work like a charm and are sometimes responsible for the complete success or failure of some businesses. What is going to be the incentive that will put you over the competition this season?

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Wouldn’t it be great if there was a secret that you could learn that would instantly give you internet marketing success?

Well, there is a secret, but it is not the one you are hoping for.

You see, internet marketing is pretty easy when you follow a plan and a marketing system, but there are a bunch of new skills you will have to learn first. Now that is the hard part.

The fact is, everyone is looking for that quick solution to their problems and get caught up in the hype of all the internet get rich quick formulas which seem to come out a new every day. These are just gimmicks to get your money and they will throw a little bit or even a lot of complex information at you that you will never use and blame your failure on the system.

Truth be told, some of these products are quite useful to the person who knows how to implement them n an overall plan. But, that is not the majority of people buying into these products.

The people buying these products are expecting some kind of magic to happen once they make their purchase and money to all of a sudden appear in their bank accounts. I don’t know about you, but that has never happened to me.

I do have a formula that has worked though and here it is. This is a general rule for any new home business.

“The 100 Hour Rule”

“100 hours of REAL work focused on one outcome will give you an online business making consistent income every day.”

That’s the first step to full-time online success, is first achieving part-time online success.

That’s when you are waking up every day and knowing your online business is making you money that day.

And when you break that down, if you spend 10 hours a week, that is 10 weeks… or a little under 3 months.

If you follow the 100 Hour Rule, within 3 months your online business can be making you consistent daily income.

And then, to follow that up is the “500 Hour Rule”.

“500 hours of REAL work focused on one outcome will give you an online business making a full-time income.”

That’s when you are waking up when you want to, no job to go to, no commute to suffer through, no T.P.S. reports to fill out. And instead you get to sit at home, sip some coffee, play with the kids and decide what you want to work on that day.

At just 10 hours a week, that’s less than 1 year and you are at the full-time online level.

Imagine this time next year you’ve DONE IT, you’ve turned in your 2 weeks notice, cleared out your desk, threw away your alarm clock and are now working from home because of your online business.

It’s a great feeling, isn’t it?

Of course your success can be greatly enhanced if you were to follow a proven marketing system and maybe devoted more than 10 hours a week.

Just think, you could be earning a full-time income online in as little as 3-6 months with continual REAL focused action on one outcome.

Are you ready for that?

Stop surfing for the next biggest breakthrough in home based business and start focusing on increasing your value to society through education and training. It is the only way to guarantee success.

Neil Howe

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What is the law of the sponge?

The law of the sponge absorbs all that is around it. Whether good or bad, it does not matter. It is going to absorb it all.

The sponge is like your brain. It absorbs everything around it. Whether conscious or subconscious, the things we put in our head and in our heart determine who we are and how we act.

You can tell what a person is like in their heart if you listen to the words that come out of their mouth.

If they surround themselves with negatives thoughts of fear and unbelief, you will hear it in their speech.

Like a sponge that is squeezed when a little pressure is applied, what comes out is what has been absorbed previously. Therefore if you fill that sponge with fear and unbelief, then what comes out is fear and unbelief in the form of failure. If you fill that sponge with belief and optimism, then when pressure is applied, you get belief and optimism in the form of success.

What do you spend your time absorbing? Do you watch the fear filled news? Do you watch garbage on television like “Housewives of Atlanta”, or “MTV”? Remember, it’s garbage in, garbage out. Whatever you absorb, is what will come out of you when squeezed.

What about your children? What are they watching and listening too? What aspirations do you have for them and does their tv, radio, music life go along with your aspirations for them?

Now look at your business. What do you want out of that? Do you spend your spare time putting junk into your mind or are you filling your mind with things that are going to help you with your business?

You will find all top earners spend their time learning and training and not watching tv. They immerse themselves in filling their sponge with new information that will help their business.

Do you have the desired results from your business? Are you happy with the results you are getting? Are you making all the money you want to make? If not, look at how you are spending your time. What are you absorbing into your life and business? Have you given your business the quality training and upkeep it requires to produce the kind of salary you want?

You absorb everything around you whether you are aware of it or not and it all gets sucked up in your brain. The more good you absorb, the better you become. The more junk you absorb, the worse you become.

If you need to change the way you behave for the better, then you need to squeeze that sponge as hard as you can until no more thoughts of unbelief and doubt are in it and then fill it up will belief and success. Only then, will you get the desired results from your business when you are motivated to learn new things and take action.

Thoughts and Ideas are powerful things. Everything starts with a thought. Every great success starts with an idea. But they are useless if they are not combined with Definiteness of Purpose, Persistence and Desire.

1. Definiteness of Purpose- It is not enough to say, “I want to have lots of money.” You need a definite amount to focus on and a goal of when you will achieve this. “I want to be making $50,000 a month in 6 months time.”

2. Persistence-means not quitting. The ability to stand by your desire until it is materialized.

3. Desire- Not just desire, but a burning desire to achieve your purpose and translate thoughts into material things.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average person’s familiarity with the word “Impossible.” He knows all the rules which will NOT work. He knows the things that CANNOT be done. But, to be successful YOU have to possess the traits above. Success comes to us when we are ready.

Success comes to those who become SUCCESS CONSCIOUS. If you seek success you need to learn the art of changing your thoughts from FAILURE CONSCIOUSNESS to SUCCESS CONSCIOUSNESS. We have the power to control our thoughts.

Jesus tells us, “We can have what we say.” But, we keep saying what we have. Stop speaking your problems and focus on solutions. You get what you ask for and focus on.

From a scientific perspective, the universe will provide what we hold in our minds. It doesn’t make a distinction between constructive thoughts and destructive thoughts. If we hold thoughts of poverty in our minds, the universe will return poverty to us. If we hold thoughts of wealth in our minds, the universe will return wealth to us.

What is it that you are focusing on? Is it poverty and the law of impossible, or prosperity where your thoughts and goals become a reality?

It is easy to work with people who have an abundance mentality and focus their energy on being successful. This way they overcome trials and learn new skills and never quit.

These are the kind of people to look for on your business team and when you  find them, keep a close relationship. As you will learn from them and they from you. This is the importance of having a mastermind group.

“We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn’t. Success often lies just the other side of failure.”

Leo F. Buscaglia quotes

Too many of us give up once we hit a road block and things don’t go the way we had hoped.  Attitude is everything. If you quit every time you stumble, you will never accomplish anything great. You will be working a JOB for someone else your whole life.

As a Japanese proverb said, “If you fall seven times, get up eight.”