Agents will receive a fee of $10 per sign up for new businesses and professionals. They will collect an additional $5 to $10 for every additional year that sign-up remains with StateSide Pages. There are no minimum terms such as how many sign-ups need to be made, but there are incentives for individuals that succeed in securing high numbers of businesses for service.

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In short, crafting compelling, honest stories that resonant core values in action is a skill worth learning by any leader, manager, sales executive, or parent.

In his best-selling book Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and Principles of Screenwriting, Robert McKee, world's best-known and most respected screenwriting lecturer, argues that stories "fulfill a profound human need to grasp patterns of living-not merely as an intellectual exercise, but within a very personal, emotional experience." Or as USC leadership guru Dr. Warren Bennis states, "Man cannot live without story any more than he can live without bread." What's point you want to make at your next meeting? Is there a story that can be crafted to that point-not a sermon to be intoned?

Who has used your product and reported a wonderful story that came as a result of that product? Or did you even say, "Tell me a story…"

What stories are told in coffee room about what it is like to work where you are? What contribution could you make to this story that could improve ending?

What future do you want? Create a story about it.

Remember, people are not inspired to act by reason alone. The heart holds hands with head.

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