A very FUNNY, inspirational and educational short video.

This is NOT a sales pitch.  Great ideas for driving traffic to your website and blog plus I love how this is presented, with 20 slides that auto forward each 15 seconds.

Here’s to YOUR success!

Best regards,

Marie

Have you noticed that you are only seeing updates in your newsfeed from the same people lately? Have you also noticed that when you post things like status messages, photos and links, the same circle of people are commenting and everyone else seems to be ignoring you?

Don’t worry, everyone still loves you and nobody has intentionally blocked you. The problem is that a large chunk of your friend/fan list can’t see anything you post and here’s why:

The “New Facebook” has a newsfeed setting that by default is automatically set to show ONLY posts from people who you’ve recently interacted with or interacted the most with (which would be limited to the couple of weeks just before people started switching to the new profile). So in other words, for both business and personal pages, unless your friends/fans commented on one of your posts within those few weeks or vice versa – you are now invisible to them and they are invisible to you!!

HERE’S THE FIX: Scroll down to the bottom of the newsfeed on the homepage and click on “Edit Options”, click on “Show Posts From” and change the setting to “All Of Your Friends and Pages” Note: This is the fix for personal pages but I am unsure of whether or not the business pages are set up the same way.

Hope that this helps!

Best regards,

Marie Bennett
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Where Have All the Leaders Gone? by Lee Iacocca

Mr. Iacocca writes:

Had Enough? Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We’ve got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, …………… But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, “Stay the course.”

Lee’s 9 “C” of Leadership:

A leader has to show CURIOSITY. If a leader never steps outside his comfort zone to hear different ideas, he grows stale. If he doesn’t put his beliefs to the test, how does he know he’s right? The inability to listen is a form of arrogance. It means either you think you already know it all, or you just don’t care.

A leader has to be CREATIVE, go out on a limb, be willing to try something different. You know, think outside the box. Leadership is all about managing change — Things change, and you get creative. You adapt.

A leader has to COMMUNICATE. I’m not talking about running off at the mouth or spouting sound bites. I’m talking about facing reality and telling the truth. Nobody in the current administration seems to know how to talk straight anymore. Instead, they spend most of their time trying to convince us that things are not really as bad as they seem. I don’t know if it’s denial or dishonesty, but it can start to drive you crazy after a while. Communication has to start with telling the truth, even when it’s painful.

A leader has to be a person of CHARACTER. That means knowing the difference between right and wrong and having the guts to do the right thing. Abraham Lincoln once said, “If you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

A leader must have COURAGE. I’m talking about balls. (That even goes for female leaders.) Swagger isn’t courage. If you’re a politician, courage means taking a position even when you know it will cost you votes.

To be a leader you’ve got to have CONVICTION — a fire in your belly. You’ve got to have passion. You’ve got to really want to get something done. How do you measure fire in the belly?

A leader should have CHARISMA. I’m not talking about being flashy. Charisma is the quality that makes people want to follow you. It’s the ability to inspire. People follow a leader because they trust him. That’s my definition of charisma.

A leader has to be COMPETENT. That seems obvious, doesn’t it? You’ve got to know what you’re doing. More important than that, you’ve got to surround yourself with people who know what they’re doing.

You can’t be a leader if you don’t have COMMON SENSE.

Facebook has a brand new, just released feature that is perfect for generating free targeted leads for your business.

I hope you enjoy this very short video – here’s to YOUR success!

P.S. Let’s connect on Facebook!   http://www.facebook.com/marie.d.bennett

Scott Stratten, Unmarketing

Scott Stratten is the president of UnMarketing. He is an expert in Viral, Social, and Authentic Marketing which he calls Un-Marketing. It’s all about positioning yourself as a trusted expert in front of target market, so when they have the need, they choose you.

Formerly a music industry marketer, national sales training manager and a Professor at the Sheridan College School of Business, he now has over 65,000 people follow his daily rantings on Twitter and was voted one of the top influencer’s on the site with over 100 million users. It’s the only time he’s felt comfortable being compared to Ashton Kutcher, P Diddy and Justin Bieber.

His book “UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging” became a national best-seller before it was released, and recently a Globe and Mail #1 Business best-seller, and an Amazon.com, Amazon.ca and Amazon UK best-seller.

His clients’ viral marketing videos have been viewed over 60 million times before YouTube existed and dial-up bandwidth speed was a concern. He recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Mashable, USA Today, CNN.com and Fast Company. That plus $5 gets him a coffee anywhere in the world.

Here’s a lovely story about someone reaching out to help a stranger and how one small act of kindness snowballed, thanks to the power of word of mouth advertising and social media.

Enjoy!

Network marketing legend, the late Jim Rohn often spoke about the “ant philosophy”.

“I think everybody should study ants.  They have an amazing four-part philosophy.  Here is the first part: ants never quit. That’s a good philosophy.  If they’re headed somewhere and you try to stop them, they’ll look for another way.  They’ll climb over, they’ll climb under, they’ll climb around.  They keep looking for another way.  What a neat philosophy, to never quit looking for a way to get where you’re supposed to go.

Second, ants think winter all summer.  That’s an important perspective.  You can’t be so naive as to think summer will last forever.  So ants are gathering their winter food in the middle of summer.

The third part of the ant philosophy is that ants think summer all winter. That is so important.  During the winter, ants remind themselves, “This won’t last long — we’ll soon be out of here.”  And the first warm day, the ants are out.  If it turns cold again, they’ll dive back down, but then they come out the first warm day.  They can’t wait to get out.

And here’s the last part of the ant philosophy.  How much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter?  All he possibly can.  What an incredible philosophy, the “all-you-possibly-can” philosophy.

Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.”

Here’s to YOUR success!

Best regards,

Anson and Marie

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anson@ansonmac.com

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When you are recruiting, do you mumble the fact that you are involved in  a network marketing company and then hope that your prospective distributor does not run away?

In 1991 Anson came home and told me that he enrolled us in a network marketing company.  I put the sign of the cross in front of my body and said “Over my dead body!”.  You see I did not understand the basic principals of network marketing.

It wasn’t until a simple 5 x 5 chart was left lying on my coffee table that I internalized that products and services move in massive amounts by a lot of people each being users and sharing their experiences with a few each.  It wasn’t until I saw the power of “exponential growth” that a light bulb went off for me.

As conversations evolve through recruiting, and three way calls with prospective distributors I often ask a favorite question…

“If you had to — how would you explain how the money is made in a network marketing company?” Then I shut up and listen. There are people who have been in multiple network marketing companies who can’t answer that question, who don’t really “get it”.

Many people understand the opportunity to buy products at wholesale and sell at retail. They might mumble something about “word of mouth” but after that they are kind of fuzzy as to the details about how the really BIG bucks are made in the industry.

As you become proficient at explaining how exponential growth works you will see the expressions on people’s faces change, you will see a light bulb go off and you will hear people on the phone say “Oh, now I get it!”

Teachers often do well in this industry because one of the keys to success in network marketing is having a solid understanding of how exponential growth works, and in turn being able to explain that concept to prospective distributors so that they can make an informed business decision. With a little education and practice you can learn to welcome objections about network marketing!

Looking forward to sharing our success with YOU and YOURS!

Best regards,

Anson MacLauchlan and Marie Bennett

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Hope that you have all had a fun weekend!

Found these fascinating pictures of the oil spill.  The pause feature on the slide show is helpful as you view.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/

I usually write “enjoy” when I send a link out.

Hmmm… “ponder” might be more appropriate this time.

Best regards,

Marie Bennett

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I know, I know technically this has nothing to do with business but I just can’t help myself. This is one of the cutest videos I’ve seen in a long time.  It’s also a gentle reminder of why it’s important that we all do our part to help protect our environment. Enjoy!

Goualougo (Congo) Triangle Ape Project

A young chimpanzee notices a remote camera and investigates.

Video:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/02/goualougo/goualougo-animation/curious-chimp

Best regards,

Marie

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Toll Free: 1 888 909 7306

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