Life's True ROI

Written by Charles McCaron


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"We will figure it out tomorrow."

They figured it out. Grandpa turned his love for poetry into cute little life affirming sayings that he wrote in greeting cards and onrepparttar headings of agendas and in small self- published books that barely sold enough copies to pay forrepparttar 104167 paper they were printed on. In his best year, my grandfather made just enough money to barely creep overrepparttar 104168 poverty line.

Many years afterwards, seeing me stressed out over some inane thing orrepparttar 104169 other atrepparttar 104170 big corporation I worked for (in one of those big glass boxes), my grandfather said:

"Are they killing your soul Charlie? Are they taking away what makes your heart fly and your mind shine and your eyes sing?" (I told you Grandpa was a poet).

"I think they are, Grandpa." I said, almost in tears.

"You will only be here for a short time, Charlie. Don’t let anyone take away your joy for even one minute of your precious life." (Once again, I told you Grandpa was a poet)

This brings me back torepparttar 104171 topic of this article. Yes, Business owner, you should do allrepparttar 104172 analysis that you can to decide if you should keep your business alive. There are lots of services, ranging in price from free to millions of dollars, that will help you decide if there is a future for your business.

But in your analysis, when adding uprepparttar 104173 pluses and minuses and comparing financial and personal gains and losses, do one thing. Addrepparttar 104174 issue of "How else can I make a living and would I like it?" torepparttar 104175 equation and give that topic an important score in your analysis.

Grandpa never regretted having less money for a much more fulfilling life. Nor did grandma once she realized how much happierrepparttar 104176 whole family was once they were living a less stressful and more simplified life in a healthy and scenic part ofrepparttar 104177 country. One year after his decision, and in celebration, my grandparents burned their "___ Hours ‘tilrepparttar 104178 weekend" and "___ Days ‘til retirement" gag calendars they had received when Grandpa had started his corporate career.

So dear reader, before you throw inrepparttar 104179 towel, I,repparttar 104180 business consultant, and my grandfather,repparttar 104181 lover of life, professionally advise you to make surerepparttar 104182 towel remaining is better thanrepparttar 104183 one you want to throw away.



Charles McCaron is the founder and owner of My Guru Knows, a group of professional consultants for small to medium-sized businesses.




Product Promoting: Getting The Response

Written by Tameka Norris


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I have created a template that you can use and alter to your liking. Copy and paste it into a text editor and save it.

Even if you don't need it for this specific reason you may need it later for another vital reason.

-------------------------- Copy and Paste Template --------------------------

Greetings,

Let me introduce myself. My name is (Your Name). E-business owner of (Your Website Name).

There are several products that I have found on (Name of Prospect's Website Name) that have aroused my interest. And I would like to promote these products on my website. I think they would be very valuable to my visitors and send a moderate amount of traffic to (Prospect's Website Name). Therefore, I am contacting you to request permission to userepparttar following materials on (Your Website Name):

1. (Product Name) 2. (Product Name) 3. (Product Name)

You can conclude your decision that (Your Website Name) is of high caliber by clicking onrepparttar 104166 following link:

(Your Website Name) http://www.yourdomain.com

Also to help make your decision easier I have included a sample page of how your product will look displayed on (Your Website Name):

Sample Page http://www.yourdomain.com/sample.html

I recognize that each person's time is very valuable so to make things simple I have included a fast and easy way for you to respond to my request. It will take no more than 30 seconds worth of your time.

To respond simply hitrepparttar 104167 "Reply" button of this email, put an "x" in one ofrepparttar 104168 boxes (below) next to whichever option serves as your answer, and then hit "Send" (to sendrepparttar 104169 email to me) and you're all done:

My answer is...

[ ] Yes [ ] I'll have to check into that. I'll get back with you. [ ] No

Thank you so much for your time. I look forward to receiving your answer. Have a great day!

Best Regards, (Your Name)

email@yourdomain.com http://www.yourdomain.com

------------------------ End of Template ------------------------

See how easy that makes it forrepparttar 104170 prospect?

All he has to do is take a couple of seconds to reply and he'll be rid of you for good (hopefully). :P

The prospect has no real hassles with having to take much time to think up how to word a reply.

It's all done for him.

And shouldrepparttar 104171 prospect need to check things out before he can give you a final answer, be certain to sendrepparttar 104172 prospect a follow-up email (likerepparttar 104173 template above) 1-7 days after you receiverepparttar 104174 prospect's answer.

The follow-up email can sit in his email box and be available to him when he does finally haverepparttar 104175 answer to your question.

Remember,repparttar 104176 more your prospects have to think or work,repparttar 104177 less chance you'll have of receiving that reply. Ever.

Do as much ofrepparttar 104178 work as you can for them.

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