Joe Vitale has listed ten things he does every day to be successful, and issued a call-out for several others- including me- to list our own. This all started with a post by Aaron Potts who "tagged" a group of successful marketers, including Joe, and asked them to play along.

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You know, once you start looking, there are lessons everywhere.

This morning, I was taking my son, Patrick, to school. We were listening to the Beatles- Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Patrick's in the process of making demos in his bedroom recording studio, which ... Click to read the article details

You can learn a lot by listening. Recently, I interviewed Craig Perrine for a project about list marketing.

Craig spent a lot of time talking about knowing who you are, and knowing who your readers are.

It's important to be real. If you have a firm grasp on who you are- as a ... Click to read the article details

Over at my forum we've been talking about "un-framing."

I think it's very, very powerful.

What is "un-framing?"

Well, it's like the old saying- "if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."

What's a frame? That's the point of view, ... Click to read the article details

Another e-book generating idea that is actually as old as graduate school, but the internet makes it practical. It's called "research."

The word "research" brings back memories of confusion and frustration for me. Have they found the sadist that came up with the Dewey decimal system and ... Click to read the article details

What's your "money thermostat" set to?

Interesting question, huh?

At last Thursday's MasterMind meeting, Dr. Joe Vitale passed out copies of "The Millionaire Mind" by T. Harv Eker.

It's really making me look at my beliefs about money.

Ol' T. Harv makes the ... Click to read the article details

There are three main components to keep in mind when you're building your Portable Empire:

1. Building your list
2. Building your relationship with your list
3. Making products and selling them to your list, and through Joint-Venture and affiliate arrangements, ... Click to read the article details

Is there a name for the opposite of "the Midas Touch?" I'm not talking about brakes and mufflers, here. I'm talking about the king who had the disturbing experience of having everything he touched turn to gold.

In the end, it wasn't all that great-

I've just gone through a ... Click to read the article details

A great strategy for producing an e-book is to ask others to write it for you. Some of the most successful e-book promotions have featured e-books with multiple authors.

Why would an author give you a chapter for your book?

Because you will encourage them to include their ... Click to read the article details

Betsy (my domestic partner) and I were just talking about the difference between how things feel when you're in the "gold zone" and how they feel when you're not.

Julia Cameron calls it the "Vein of Gold," and wrote a great book about it. Athletes call it "the zone."
Let's call it ... Click to read the article details

Last Monday, I attended a birthday party for a musician/studio-owner friend of mine. The party was held at a fairly rowdy honky-tonk in historic Gruene, Texas.

There was bar-b-que, chips and hot sauce, and adult beverages. The focus of the party was a free-for-all jam ... Click to read the article details

One of the things I love about internet marketing is the relationships I have with people all over the globe. It's a lot like traveling, but I get to stay in sunny Texas and "talk" to subscribers and customers who are shoveling snow in Michigan, sitting around a wood stove in the black forest of ... Click to read the article details

You hear it all the time, don't you? "I've got this great idea for an e-book, I just don't know how to write it." Or, I've been working on my e-book for months and I just can't seem to finish it."

I've talked to potential authors who have spent years struggling to write their first ... Click to read the article details