In everything we do, we must continue to improve; this includes our marketing. One word
defines what is necessary in making this happen. I will share it after a few
moments.
The secret of living is giving, and I believe that part of caring
is sharing. That’s why I share with people ways to improve their marketing. A great way to market your products and services is with a blog. With my Master Blog Class course,
I teach people to get a blog up in five minutes so they can benefit themselves
and their business, forever.
To the readers of this blog, I know that you have certain
goals related to marketing. I’m going to share with you one word that defines
what many people either lack or they are constantly battling and hopefully
improving. This is the one thing that keeps them from success in any life
endeavor be it blogging, learning to play an instrument or even increasing cash flow for their business.
That word is discipline.
You may remember the TV series called the A Team. My
favorite character was Murdock, the guy who had bouts with insanity and either
was a “character”, talked to what others perceived as “imaginary” characters,
or both. One episode his imaginary self was that of an artist. I’ll always
remember the line when he stated that “He trained inspiration to meet him here”.
There really is a bit of that that does happen; so when it does, we need to be
disciplined to be there when inspiration comes to meet us.
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“Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity”
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To come up with great marketing ideas, set aside a minimum of 15 minutes at the same
time of the day on a regular basis and sit at your computer and research. Keep a word document open to type in your ideas (or use a yellow pad and transfer to a word document later). Learning
an instrument? The same applies; spend one half hour daily, at the same time of
the day, practicing. Want more money? Read 15 minutes daily from books and
other materials from people who had or have more money. (Probably the very
first step in all of this is to have a set time daily to read 15 minutes because
as I’ve said before, “readers are leaders”).
When whatever it is that you want becomes your intense
desire, you’ll find the “right” time and place to do this without being
disturbed or dissuaded. Reading from Sylvester Stallone’s book about exercise
(wow, this guy is the real deal and this is a good book; almost 5 stars by reviewers),
he talks about getting up early to workout. Sometimes I think that the term “no
pain no gain” means as much about the “inconvenience” of success as it does
about the feeling and “hurt” of exercising. You may have to "get up early" to create some great ideas for marketing your business.
Well, this is my “15 minutes” with you for today. I hope you’ll join
me in disciplining ourselves to set aside time on a regular basis to “sharpen
our saw” so we can cut down the obstacles in the path of our dreams, goals and
desires and... great marketing.
Ter
