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With the world essentially turned upside down right now, maybe it’s a good time to forget about getting things perfect and instead simply concentrate on getting them done.

Whatever your specialty is, reach out to people on social media and see who you can help. I think you’ll find that people are much more open right now to receiving help from a kind stranger.

Offer two ears to listen and one mouth to offer solutions to whatever they are facing. In other words, do more listening than talking.

There is an old piece of advice that says you should always, ALWAYS pay yourself first. Take 10% off the top of everything you earn and save it, invest it, and, most of all, keep it for yourself.

You save this 10% off the top before you pay any bills before you pay taxes before you buy food or pay the mortgage.

And over time, that 10% will add up to significant money and even financial freedom.

But there’s another 10% I want to talk about, and it’s time.

If you’re spending the best 10 hours ...

Here’s how a simple change to your opt-in page can give you a 200% increase in your conversions.

Or rather…

The BIG mistake you’re making right now that’s costing you a TON of opt-ins every single day.

This won’t apply in all situations but when it does, it’s amazing what a difference this can make.

Let’s say your affiliate is sending out your promotion to their list.

Your email, which you’ve written for your affiliate, gives all the reasons why they should opt into your list to get the spe...

Here’s a list of businesses that are doing exceptionally well during this pandemic:

• Nearly anything and everything health care related
• Natural supplements
• Nearly anything food-related except some restaurants - grocers, farmers’ markets, produce stands, convenience stores
• Restaurants that deliver or offer takeout
• Food cultivation such as plants, seeds, farming
• Organizations providing social services
• Media of every type – newspapers, television, radio, and internet
• Hardware stores – peop
...

What is it that readers are searching for like crazy right now?

Hint: It’s not toilet paper.

It’s not the latest novel or diet book, either.

According to National Geographic, demand for this right now is unlike anything they’ve seen before.

Upworthy has seen an unprecedented level of growth for this in the past four weeks, with a 65% growth in followers on Instagram and a 47% increase in on-site page views in March. 

We are, of course, talking about good news.

The desire for uplifting stor...

Has the pandemic temporarily canceled your job? Here are seven ways to start building an online income that can be reasonably impervious to pandemics, layoffs, or anything else the future might throw at you.

Please note: The 30-day timeline is somewhat arbitrary. When done right, some of these can begin generating income is far less than 30 days. Some might take a little longer. And all will depend on your execution. As they say, your results may vary.

How much can you earn? That will depend o...

These are five things your customers want from you.

These are also five things that your spouse wants from you…

…your children want from you

…and your friends, coworkers, neighbors, and bosses want from you.

And they are the 5 things that YOU want, as well.

This comes from a book titled, “The One Sentence Persuasion Course – 27 Words to Make the World do Your Bidding” by Blair Warren. I highly, HIGHLY encourage you to read it.

Because while I will share the 5 things here, to entirely under...

Most people who achieve extraordinary success are not extraordinary themselves. We might think they are geniuses, but it turns out they are typically of average intelligence.

What makes the difference, then, if it’s not how smart they are?

Most successful people simply hang in there. There’s no trick or secret formula. It’s a matter of deciding what you want, starting, and then never stopping until you reach your goal.

This explains why nearly all successful people have had a number of failur...

Are you a Phoenix in the making? I certainly hope so.

Greek mythology tells the tale of an enormous feathered creature with talons and wings, its plumage radiant and beautiful. The Phoenix lived for 500 years before it built its funeral pyre, burst into flame and died, consumed in its fiery inferno.

But soon after, the mythical creature rose out of the ashes in a transformation from death to life.

This story of rebirth has been retold countless times throughout history, but my favorite versio...

It used to be (way back in the day) that you could toss up any old website with junk content, slap on some Google Ads, and make money.

People were putting up hundreds of these websites and making bank, until one day, without warning, Google slapped all of these folks back into the stone age.

It seems Google didn’t like the junk content on the sites, and frankly, Google had a good point.

After that, it was a lot harder to make money with Google ads on your site, even with good content. Usually...