Serious Entrepreneurs | Art Basmajian | Marketing & Consulting
Consults both online and brick-and-mortar companies on generating sales leads, web traffic, and maximizing advertising results.
If I told you that your home business could generate more income in the next 12 months than you’ve been able to make in the past 12 years, would I have your attention?
I’ll let you in on the SECRET that dramatically changed the way I look at life and approach my marketing business.
You can absolutely achieve your goals and your dreams – and do it faster than you can imagine.
IS THERE A CATCH?
I was just about to post this blog, hopeful that the bailout proposal finalized by Congress would pass the vote in the House…and this headline jumped out at me:
In a vote that literally shook the government, Wall Street, and markets around the world, the proposed emergency rescue for the nation’s financial system was defeated, leaving the Bush administration and both parties reeling as they try to pick up the pieces.
Do you ever feel like you bought a business in a box and half the parts were missing? And now you have NO TRAINING, NO LEADS, and NO MONEY in your pocket.
You were promised a turn-key home business with a killer product…what happened?
In contrast, McDonalds serves nearly 47 million customers daily. Billboards scream “I’m lovin’ it!” And Americans do…they buy McDonalds burgers and shakes whether or not the food is necessarily fresh, healthy, or even great-tasting.
Micro Blogging is the newest Web 2.0 sensation, and savvy marketers are cashing in on the craze.
Why should the competition have all the FUN??
The best way to describe micro blogging is “text messaging on steroids.”
If Google is sitting up and taking notice of Twitter, Pownce, and Tumblr…then I’m on it!
I’m assuming you’re serious about your internet business or you wouldn’t be reading this, so let me explain what all the fuss is about micro blogging and why…
What’s Your Marketing IQ?? Which of the following is a true “niche market” that will generate targeted leads worth your time and money?
A. young business professionals
B. women who enjoy gardening
C. Spanish-speaking interior designers looking for software, training, and resources
…and then scratching their heads, wondering why they can’t generate leads (by the way, the answer is c.)
The first two are HUGE and UNDEFINED groups of people who all have different goals, interests, and experiences…
Have you ever been told to “make a list of 100 people” or that “everyone is your prospect” only to find out…it just didn’t work?
Instead of “rejection marketing,” why not give “attraction marketing” a try?
Traditional, old-school MLM goes something like this: You work up enough courage to call family and friends…you enthusiastically go through your whole business presentation…just for them to tell you “thanks” but “no thanks.”
So you bravely try the “three foot rule” and approach ANYONE you happen to come across at the office Christmas party, the grocery story checkout line, or your children’s sporting events…blatant resistance from those folk.
By now you’ve had enough “cold calling” to last a lifetime…you’ve become a member of the NFL (No Friends Left) Club…and you’ve spent more money chasing leads than the cost of your first year of college tuition.
“It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.” – Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
Serious Entrepreneurs NEVER quit! Of course, we have our moments when we are brain-dead from exhaustion.
But we get up and face the next day determined to make that next killer sale or rank #1 on Google.
Facing challenges head on with resolve and gusto is in the serious entrepreneur’s blood. Conquering the impossible is what we live and breathe for.
Most top marketing entrepreneurs have their rags-to-riches stories: from waiting tables to millionaire by the age of 28… from living on the streets to owning multiple homes.
And while all those stories are inspiring to hopeful entrepreneurs, the road to riches is a bit more “down and dirty.”
Are you a “toilet paper entrepreneur”?
If you’re a Serious Entrepreneur who’s been involved in Internet Marketing for any length of time, you’re learning that using social media is a great way to promote your business for free.
The problem is…unless you know what you’re doing, you most likely are doing it incorrectly. Pissing off people who thought they were your friends.
That’s because you’ve now been branded as a SPAMMER!
Serious Entrepreneurs always make New Year’s resolutions, right?
Check out the latest stats … 30% of all New Year’s resolutions are broken within the first week.
It’s been said that “an optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”
