Forum: Mind Warriors 
5th March 2018, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 827  Re: Mental block / fear about "competitors"
Have you ever gone to a trade show..or a conference?
The speakers are nearly always highly respected...highly successful people in the business, and they share everything willingly.
Why aren't...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
19th February 2018, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,322 My Direct Mail Vacuum Cleaner Ad.
This is a full page (8 1/2 X 11") Town Money Saver Ad that went to 25,000 people last Thursday. So far, 6 vacuums were sold at $489. Everything in the ad is true.
I don't know how to post the...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th January 2018, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Offline Marketing
22nd January 2017, 11:52 AM
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Forum: Offline Marketing
12th December 2016, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 256 Re: No more referrals left?
That industry has some problems:
1. All the firms are exactly the same - Being a fiduciary used to be somewhat different; now everyone is a fiduciary.
Also the industry is so heavily regulated...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
12th December 2016, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 256 Re: No more referrals left?
For me, referrals always tended to clump into social, business niche, or employer groups.
So, for every "Nest" of referrals, I would start to eventually get the same names.
But there is an easy...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
28th November 2016, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 144 |
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
28th November 2016, 07:26 PM
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Views: 144 |
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
28th November 2016, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 144 Re: Warrior who is an attorney?
Brian has moved on to greener pastures, but I've been threatened by MGMT, so I can't actually tell you at what forum to find him. However, you can find his stuff at Brian Kindsvater Internet...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
28th November 2016, 12:30 AM
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
27th November 2016, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 144 Re: Warrior who is an attorney?
I would check out legal zoom. To see, who they recommend. Also, make sure. To ask for an international attorney, who specialize. In dealing with internet and copy right infringments.if you own the...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
10th November 2016, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 28
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Forum: Offline Marketing
12th September 2016, 07:37 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 167 And this is why most warriors fail.
A sixth sense is developed by relentless PURSUIT
experience from DOING
awareness from results...
Hitting it hard is NOT the Warrior Way. I always appreciate your finds JoeG., always real life...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
2nd September 2016, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 423 Re: The postcard that doesn't sell
You can picture the joy on the householders face as they ponder in amazement…
"Wow, someone is actually helping me rather than screaming "gimme your cash."
And who are they most likely to...
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Forum: Copywriting
3rd July 2016, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Offline Marketing
1st July 2016, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 132 Re: How News Can Affect Sales
Pythons are becoming a huge problem - illegally sold as "pets" and turned loose in the Everglades when they grew or owners got tired of them - - the huge snakes are flourishing in Florida.
Gators...
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Forum: Copywriting
26th June 2016, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 296 |
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Forum: Copywriting
26th June 2016, 08:11 AM
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Views: 296 |
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Forum: Copywriting
24th June 2016, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 338 Re: Nobody wants to read your stuff
Like Andrew said, Steven's "War of Art" has EVERYTHING to do with copywriting.
Because if you're a REAL copywriter... you know there are times you DON'T want to write, you can't even bring...
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Forum: Copywriting
6th June 2016, 03:56 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 430 Re: RIP Fred Catona
Ewen shared this a year or two ago and I favorited it ... if you're creating a radio spot or promo that leads to an online trial, this is excellent
Fred Catona Speaking Live at Russell's - YouTube
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Forum: Copywriting
4th June 2016, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 267 Sun Tzu, Muhammad Ali, and Copywriting
Like most of the world, I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Muhammad Ali.
This morning, I pulled out some of my old boxing magazines I collected as a kid, and read through the...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
10th May 2016, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 617 Re: Art or science?
I hate modesty. Even genuine modesty. Because it blurs the truth.
Of the thousands of salespeople I've met, you are certainly in the top ten. And Misterme is in there as well. And, by the way...so...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
10th May 2016, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 617 Re: Art or science?
The "art" part is what you as a person add to the picture.
Anyone can draw a stick figure ... and anyone can sell.
The masters of both understand and apply the science behind the art.
I can...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th May 2016, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 617 Re: Art or science?
I think it is more art then science.
There are rules, sure. But (good) art also has its own set of rules.
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
9th May 2016, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 218 Re: This is weird
I had that happen to me a long time ago with a outfit in S. Vietnam. It stayed up for years and eventually just disappeared. Since it was a reference site on raising fancy guppies, I wasn't...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
8th May 2016, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 218 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
8th May 2016, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 617 Re: Art or science?
Yup....agreed Claude.....
Which is why, for years, I've been calling it a 'craft'
Looks like art, but it's based in science.
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Forum: Offline Marketing
8th May 2016, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 617 Re: Art or science?
Selling is an art. But the reasons some things work, and others don't...is science.
What I do looks like art. But for every inch of art, there is a mile of science underneath.
When people sell...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
4th May 2016, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 959 Re: Negotiating with MB dealer
True story:
A friend in Atlanta ordered a Rolls Royce Corniche. The car would be delivered to my friend by closed truck.
The price of the car was well over $100k and Billy didn't flinch at it....
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Forum: Offline Marketing
27th April 2016, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 995 Re: Sales or Management
When I went from salesman to distributor (meaning having reps work for me) I found that it was a completely different set of skills.
Years ago, I learned that if you are an outstanding...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
27th April 2016, 07:37 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 995 They can
but often choose not to.
I've known many salesman who would have to take a pay cut, work longer hours and deal with other employees...to become a manager.
Of course, any manager, who has...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
3rd April 2016, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,366 Re: The high price of health care in U.S.
What's happened is the aca put more people on medicaid with the promise to doctors that medicaid payments would match medicare payments. Then the government lower medicare payments creating a net...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
3rd April 2016, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,366 Re: The high price of health care in U.S.
The situation is not anywhere as bad as it was and the law is still not the disaster you'd like it to be for the country and the vast majority of Americans. I'm spending a lot of time on twitter...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
3rd April 2016, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,366 Re: The high price of health care in U.S.
I guess you didn't watch the video, huh? And did you hear the deductible, percentages, and exclusions? Some of the "ACAs" are WORSE!
Steve
ANOTHER THING! The ACA FORBIDS some increases in...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
3rd April 2016, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,366 Re: The high price of health care in U.S.
Good points! HMOs have ALSO allowed insurance plans to obfuscate some things. And the low number of machines, like CT and MRI increase problems like longlines and higher costs.
OH, And I ASSUME...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
3rd April 2016, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,366 Re: The high price of health care in U.S.
Yea, there are lots of moving parts to the U.S. healthcare problem.
I'm glad lots more people are covered, the federal gov's costs for HC are lower, Americans have a new set of HC benefits we've...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
3rd April 2016, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,366 Re: The high price of health care in U.S.
When we talk about health care - the topic is so complex we end up focusing on one part of it. If anyone remembers when HMO's began to appear - when the term "managed care" became to seem...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
3rd April 2016, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,366 Re: The high price of health care in U.S.
Another problem is Certificate of Need laws that many states have.
Basically it prevents new hospitals and doctor run hospitals from being built if the state determines there isn't a need for one....
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
3rd April 2016, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,366 Re: The high price of health care in U.S.
Actually, it IS illegal! Traditional business rules, and a lot of LAWS, say that you MUST state the cost UP FRONT! Since this is impossible for many services, such as hospitals, they state that you...
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Forum: Copywriting
24th March 2016, 12:21 AM
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Replies: 44
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Forum: Offline Marketing
20th March 2016, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,141 Re: How to Lose a $30,000 Sale
Actually, that's not losing a sale, it's just losing the chance for an appointment...to make a sale.
You know what's really painful? Having someone filling out a contract...that took you hours to...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
18th March 2016, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
17th March 2016, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 811 Re: Take Heed Boys :)
My wife and I divide duties as well. If she sees I'm doing some work, she offers to help. If I see she's doing some work, I offer to help.
In 28 years of marriage, I think she raised her voice to...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
18th February 2016, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 856 |
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
17th February 2016, 08:57 AM
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Forum: Offline Marketing
5th February 2016, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 499 lead...lift...and lever - 1000th post advice
Hi everyone,
Heads up...
Posted my 1000th post in the main forum if you would like to have a read and want to add a comment it would be appreciated.
It is about three real ways to grow any...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
4th February 2016, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 778 Re: The Death of Fun in Sydney
It all started with the original article that mentioned two guys names that were killed by "punching" and they gave it all sorts of weird names like King Punching, etc. So I googled the two guys...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
4th February 2016, 12:57 PM
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
4th February 2016, 12:36 PM
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
4th February 2016, 12:35 PM
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Views: 778 |
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
4th February 2016, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 778 Re: The Death of Fun in Sydney
There were two murders, punching two guys at different times that resulted in death. As a result, they made all those rules. As a result, they don't need to worry about chasing the tourists away....
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
4th February 2016, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 778 Re: The Death of Fun in Sydney
Tirades aside.
Wasn't the crackdown in Sydney due to motorcycle gangs and huge crime problems of just a few years ago? I seem to remember a thread here started by someone from that area...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
4th February 2016, 06:52 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 635 Always appreciated Joe.
Joe, your finds are always appreciated, so thank you.
I find all "surveys" which are conducted by a business with something to sell... and then end their "research" with a recommendation for using...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
4th February 2016, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 635 Re: Small business marketing
I don't have much faith in LinkedIn data and surveys, however I'd say there's a lot in there that fits with my own research...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
4th February 2016, 01:42 AM
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
3rd February 2016, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 778 Re: The Death of Fun in Sydney
An interesting read. In the UK, a number of years ago, bars were allowed to open all day. Outrage from some, people thought that there would be drunkenness and lawlessness galore. After a short while...
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