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Well, Ryan said he was going to close it out soon and just a little while ago, I received confirmation that Facebook Ad Power will be taken down today. Ryan Deiss is closing Facebook Ad Power down TODAY!

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Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

- Michael Lindsay

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I just got through reading a very interesting blog post by Steve Maxwell. Steve is an internationally known strength and conditioning coach. I really enjoy reading his posts which bring reality into the gym. My coach, CRay Knowles, is of much the same mindset and has helped me to dramatically improve my strength over the last year. Steve and CRay have worked together in the past and I can definitely see the resemblance in their styles. They both have a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, hence, the emphasis on strength and conditioning at such an extreme level.

CRay and I became close friends before he finally convinced me to begin his body weight training program and I was amazed at some of the equipment that he was able to fashion. Most of the equipment in the gym, he either made or has modified. (That Engineering degree comes in handy if you use it).  After actually working out there over the last year, it has become apparent, that CRay’s equipment, simply works! These workouts are what many would call extreme. (I kid CRay by saying his motto should be, “We can get you in shape… if you can stand it!) His gym is noticeably missing nearly any sort of weights. We simply use body weight.

Steve’s latest blog post goes into great depth in explaining the use of the Center Mounted Pull Up Bar. I encourage you to click on the link and read this post. If you want to take your workouts to a new extreme, look no further. Steve and CRay have teamed up to bring you cutting edge equipment that is portable and can be used nearly anywhere. CRay designed the Center Mounted Pull Up Bar out of necessity. It had to be portable and easy to use while still giving one the ability to do a phenomenal workout. Steve had the same trouble finding a place to do pull ups while on the road as CRay did. So after using the Center Mounted Pull Up Bar in various ways, decided to offer it as his featured product on his Strength and Conditioning web site.

With the PS straps, you can do a wide variety of exercises on the Center Mounted Pull Up Bar. These include:

Chin-Ups
Suspended Push-Ups
Body Weight Rows
Ab Roll-Outs
Pec Flyes

CRay and Steve can, and probably will, come up with some other tortuous exercises that this thing can be used for!

Here’s an introductory video from Steve on the Center Mounted Pull Up Bar. Enjoy!

Oh, I nearly forgot, friends of Steve (all of us) can use the Valentines Day special they are running for a 20% discount. The offer code is listed on the front page of the site and will be taken off your order at checkout!

Here’s to taking your workouts with you and taking them up a notch!

Michael

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About 6 months ago, I started working out with a great friend who introduce me to body weight workouts with particular attention to a LOT of pushups with a pushup board. I never realized that there were so many kinds of push ups possible. Overhanded, underhanded, hindu,  dive through, scorpion, and more! Oh, you can use a pushup board to do more than just pushups too. One of the worst (or best as you may see it) is a bear squat. Lately, CRay has been, creating all sorts of new twists.

One of the best parts of working out with the pushup board is the variety that you can do with one simple piece of equipment. The seemingly infinite variety allows workouts to be changed ever so slightly. Each little change works the same muscles in a different way creating a much stronger body by challenging the muscle fibers is so many ways. It’s amazing that even after 6 months of working out 3 times a week (ok, so I didn’t quite make all of them) I still get sore every week! Just an indication to me that the workouts are still working.

Here’s a link to CRay’s new website where you can see some of his torture, I mean workout, equipment. Visit RipThatBod.com to see some REALLY cool workout gear designed to maximize your workouts in the least amount of time. CRay designed most if not all of it too! If you are ready to Rip that Bod, especially with a Pushup Board, this is the place to visit RipThatBod.com

Here’s a sample of just a few of the exercises that you can do with a Pushup Board Give it a try, you’ll be glad you did!

Michael

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In marketing ourselves, our products, as well as our opportunities, it is sometimes difficult to get the word out a quickly as we would like. Social Media has certainly enabled many of us to get our names out into the public eye and if we provide real input and great content, people will notice and be attracted to us. It is simply a relatively slow process.  I am proud to be a team member with the Chews 4 Health company. Chews 4 Health ceratinly understands the power of branding! The have developed a unique marketing concept called “National Co-op Marketing” or NCM. While it is true a true network marketing company, the NCM concept allows the company to speed up the branding process. As a member of the co-op you can share in the increased sales of product while helping to grow the entire “network” of distributors. This benefits all team members. Even the ones that choose not to participate in the co-op benefit by the name recognition that happens.

Chews 4 Health started advertising on national radio, then direct mail to chiropractors, and yesterday had a segment on “The Balancing Act” (Lifetime TV) In July, there will be a 2 page ad in “Women’s Day” Magazine. Imagine how much easier it is to prospect for customers and team members when they have seen or heard about your product on radio, television, and magazines! 

Thanks to the NCM, Chews 4 Health, and especially Dr. Friedman for helping all team members to be more successful!

Chews to have a great day!

Michael

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I don’t really have a clue where this list actually originated but it is attributed to the Anthony Robbins Organization. Regardless, here are 20 little notes that make a LOT of sense to me. Each one of these should probably be a separate blog post. (think I’ll start on that) Hope you enjoy.

ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

 
TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.. 

THREE. Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want. 

FOUR. When you say, ‘I love you,’ mean it. 

FIVE. When you say, ‘I’m sorry,’ look the person in the eye. 

SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married. 

SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight. 

EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone’s dreams. People who don’t have dreams don’t have much. 

NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the only way to live life completely. 

TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling. 

ELEVEN. Don’t judge people by their relatives. 

TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.

THIRTEEN. …. When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, smile and ask, ‘Why do you want to know?’ 

FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 

FIFTEEN. Say ‘bless you’ when you hear someone sneeze. 

SIXTEEN. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. 

SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions. 

EIGHTEEN. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship. 

NINETEEN. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. 

TWENTY.Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice. 

Until next time,

Michael

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Unity. What can it do for you? First, we must be in agreement before we can accomplish anything! I believe that this includes our thoughts as well as our relationships with others. Over and over in the the Bible, when men came together as one, or when God and man came into agreement, miracles occured.  God himself realized that man could accomplish anything if they were in one accord. Just look at the story of the Tower of Babel. When God saw that men were working together to build a tower to heaven, he caused them to speak in different languages in order to create discord. No longer could they work together as one.

How does this affect us individually? Our thoughts are quite a difficult thing to tame. We believe in the Law of Attraction, but doubt slips in. We know the power of visualization, but do we really visualize? Only when our mind is in accord and all our thoughts are in unity can we generate the kind of change that we need to bring the things we want into our lives.

I am speaking to myself as well as anyone else that may read this. Let us all keep our thoughts on the prize and take away all doubt. Sometimes, this will require you to find different “friends”. Find a coach, mentor, or simply a friend that can help keep your thoughts in unison with your desires.

Until next time.

Michael

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Guest Post by: Dean Gutch

Did you ever realize that when YOU get EXCITING NEWS about Chews4Health you are just so PUMPED up about this company that you can’t stand it… Marilu Henner, Lifetime TV… TWO exciting things about what’s happening right now.  I’ve gotten MULTIPLE calls from many people this week talking about how EXCITED they are!  Got a call yesterday from someone who has a friend in California, and they saw a commercial on T.V., and they are going to get them in!!! It’s EXCITING!!!!

People attract people… Excitement attracts Excitement… A Smile Attracts a SMILE .  I remember running 4 Restaurants 20 years ago, and the number one rule was to park in FRONT!  Show Lots of people there! Dean Sasser and I were in Virginia last week, and walked into a Restaurant that nobody was there!  We were afraid to eat there!  People BRING a Great Atmosphere!  Because it BREEDS EXCITEMENT!

Well…. what do you do when there’s nobody around to INJECT that excitement? The TRUE TEST comes when there’s NO EXCITEMENT to feed from.  If you are a NEGATIVE person, which I know some people are, and you know who you are, you need to change that.  You need to remember that “As a man THINKS in his heart, and so he is.”  You can go to church, and learn about being patient, loving and kind to each other, and it’s so easy to put on your “SUNDAY BEST” attitude, BUT what happens when you get out of church, and find that it’s raining, and you need to get somewhere quick, and there’s a small “FENDER BENDER” in front of you in the Church Parking Lot… Do you get out and help?  Have you lost your patience?  Kindness Gone? You see, My Faith teaches me there’s an evil force out there called Satan who wants to steal our Joy, and Enthusiasm.  In cases where I know that’s happening… I pray, and I start smiling internally, I’ll listen to HAPPY MUSIC, and I realize what’s going on around me, and that I’m being “Attacked”.

Don’t Lose the Joy, and Enthusiasm, Pull from the SOURCE in your own heart, be ENTHUSIASTIC, SMILE, and remember “Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff, It’s All Small Stuff”

Dean Gutch

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Several months ago, before our financial crisis had reached it’s peak, I happened to be on a conference call when the moderator made a statement that really got my attention. So much so that I wrote it down in my moleskine.  While this is probably not an actual quote, what I wrote down is this: “Only take in information that helps you reach your goals. Go on a low information diet.” I really wish I could remember who gave me this information because it has made a tremendous impact on me. Since I wrote it down, I have heard or seen the same recommendation nearly everywhere.  Most recently, it was in a blog by the publisher of Success Magazine Darren Hardy. Follow the link above for an outstanding article. My Pastor gave a wonderful sermon on why to limit what you take in.  If, by listening to the daily news, or reading the newspaper, or listening to talk radio, you get the feeling that the sky is falling, QUIT! Who says you have to watch an hour of news per day. Who says that it is imperative that you watch CNN every waking moment. Who says that your favorite talk show host has all the right answers! No-one, that’s who. As long as we take in this negative information, that’s what you will dwell on, and that’s what you will create in your life.

My personal philosophy over the last several years has been. “If something really bad is going to happen, someone will tell me about it.” Then I can get the details if I choose. There is way too much good in the world to concentrate only on the negative, and that’s exactly what the commercial news media is cramming down our throats. Again, my opinion is that, the news media has made this recession that we are in much worse than it had to be by creating a wave of panic and fear in our general population. Yes, we are in a recession, but we have had them before and we will have them again. It’s a part of our economic cycle. The Laws of Supply and Demand require them occasionally when supply gets ahead of demand. It is simply a fact of life.

If you beleive in the Law of Attraction, you will certainly agree with me on all these points. In order for us to attract the things that we want in life, that is what we need to concentrate on. That is nearly impossible when listening to too much negative information around us. Be thankfull.  Be full of gratitude! Look at what is good in the world instead of what is bad. This will certainly effect your personal life as well as your business life. Try to surround yourself with business associates that feel the same way and you will overcome this recession and in fact will grow through it. Remember, only take in information that is helping you to reach your goals!

Sorry to get on my soapbox but I needed to vent a little! Please leave comments. I always welcome hearing from my readers!

Michael

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As marketers, we sometimes just simply forget the basics! Not long ago, while visiting a new local business, the manager asked me to put some of their flyers in our business. I am sure that the first time they asked this question, it may have been quite difficult, however, this young lady had apparently asked the question many times before and was quite good at it. What impressed me more than anything else was the preface to the question. It was simply, “If I don’t ask, the answer is always no”. They must have successfully placed them in many places because now, they have a thriving business.

On a recent trip to Disney World, my stepdaughter, wanted something from one of the candy stores. After making our selections, I noticed that she was intently watching one of the ladies behind the counter make chocolate covered strawberries. Wow, did they look delicious. We were however, in quite a hurry to leave. I would have liked to buy some of those strawberries, but simply did not want to take the time to locate them in the store, take them to the counter and wait in line again to purchase them. Katelyn however, simply asked the clerk behind the counter “Do you have any free samples?” Then, she simply waited. Initially, the clerks response was negative, but after a few moments of waiting, she simply slid a chocolate covered strawberry across the counter into the waiting hands of a young teenager that was bold enough to “ask”. A couple of great lessons here.

First, she asked. How many times have you been in a situation where you thought someone around you might be a good candidate for your business opportunity, or really needed a nutritional product that your company has, and thought, “oh, they won’t be interested” or “this is not the right time, I’ll call them later”.  “Ask and you will receive”. We are commanded to take action before getting results. “Knock, and the door will be opened.” The saying is not, think about asking and you will receive, or the door will open before you knock! Don’t forget to ASK!

Second, she waited. If we had rushed out of the store, guess what, NO strawberry! No results because we were in too much of a hurry. When you do get to the point of asking, you have to wait for the answer. Do not rush your prospects or customers. In this world of instant gratification, no one wants to wait anymore. Many times, we need to give our prospects and customers time to process the information that we have given them. Give them the chance to say “yes”.

Don’t forget to ask! because “If you don’t ask, the answer is always no!”

Thanks for your time!

Michael

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With the current economic situation here in the US, it seems like an appropriate time to help as many people as we can to be able to build an online business.  In order to help everyone, we have to have a way to generate leads as quickly as possible and as inexpensively as we can.

The big question is, if you have an extremely limited budget, how can you build an online business? The old saying “it takes money to make money” is somewhat true.  So, especially in these tough economic times how can we maximize the effectiveness of our expenditure? Fortunately, there are lots of success stories out there.

Russell Brunson of dotcomsecrets.com tells his story of turning $20 into a multi-million dollar enterprise in just a few years. Russell recently started a contest whereby he is teaching contestants how he accomplished this feat by giving a free course. If you have not signed up, you can do so by clicking here. He is even helping your earn your first dollar online by giving you a dollar for everyone you refer to the sight (up to $100,000). As a relatively newcomer to the online business world, I can tell you that what he teaches makes a lot of sense and put into action will work. Part of the success in this contest is that you have to complete homework assignments. This forces you to actually DO something instead of thinking about it. I have been amazed at the progress I have made in just a few weeks. It’s not too late to get started so give it a try!

Mike Dillard is another successful online marketer. I have purchased some of his stuff and it is really top notch also. One of Mike’s products is even called “Building on a budget“. This course is full of ideas on how to generate traffic and sales in whatever business that you have. Mike has included a set of 5 videos you can get for free just by clicking on the link. “Building on a budget” can get you started on the right track by showing you the ropes on what to spend your money on and what to avoid. Excellent information (and it’s inexpensive). At least why not get the free videos, the information is priceless.

If, like me, you have a network marketing business, definitely try out Betternetworker. This site has a HUGE number of articles and online helpful hints to help you build your business. There are tons of people that will help answer your questions. Spam is not allowed there so don’t let “Karl the Cop” catch you trying that.  Betternetworker is a place to meet others and network with them in a noncompetitive place. It’s kind of like the Facebook of networker marketers. You can network there just as you can on Facebook or MySpace. Social Marketing for the networker.

So, is it possible to build an online business for nothing? absolutely not. At the very least you must have internet access and a computer. Beyond that, it is possible to get the training you need inexpensively or free. It’s also possible, if you know where to go and what to do, to generate traffic to your website and or blog. We don’t have to have all the bells and whistles and a huge budget to get a huge website up. It’s a lot of work and there is a learning curve, but the internet is making it possible to make a substantial income online while starting out on a shoestring.

It’s the American Dream – Rekindled! Anyone, with the determination to learn and do (this is the key) can be successful online!

Please leave me some comments! (Trackbacks and pings are appreciated also!)

Michael

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