About 6 years ago I started to notice that certain friends of mine had quit their jobs but continued to live very luxurious lifestyles - seemingly without doing very much. I thought they must just be using up their savings until I discovered they were all making a fantastic living by spending just a few hours a week doing something I had never heard of before - 'financial spread betting'.

More and more people are now becoming familiar with phrase 'financial spread betting'. Once, sole preserve of City Whiz kids or sophisticated gamblers, financial spread betting is now gaining in popularity as a great way to earn a very sizeable tax-free income without risk of losing shirt off your back!

So why is financial spread betting becoming so popular? Well, with a bit of understanding and practice, ordinary people, with no prior experience, can earn enormous sums whilst controlling their risks and limiting their losses. You do not even need a stockbroker or a city dealing account to do get involved. An on-line account is very simple to open and anyone with web access can do it.

Spread betting, aka futures trading, is easy to understand if you stick to a simple index like FTSE 100 or DOW JONES.

In basic terms, this is how it works:

When you buy a ‘future’ you take a position on what you think

"What can you do now to INSTANTLY increase profitability of your business?"

Well, answer is surprising simple.

Change your strategy.

Your strategy is master purpose of your business. It's fabric that binds your business systems together and bedrock of your business's entire operating approach.

Here are 5 'instantly deployable' strategies that can take your business to new heights, regardless of what product or service you're selling.

Explosive Strategy #1: Big Picture Awareness

Napoleon Hill listed "Accurate Thought" as one of most important success principles.

Most business owners don't even "think" about their businesses and simply adopt a reactive approach.

The truth is, you can't go anywhere unless you know where you're going.

And frankly, this is why so many businesses out there fail, because they 'know not what they're doing'.

Try this simple exercise to cultivate Big Picture Awareness:

Get a whole bunch of colored pencils and a sketchpad, and start creating a mind map of your business or next project.

You should be able to look at mind map and instantly tell:

. Who's doing what. (For instance, web-design --> Webmaster) . The possible options your 'prospect' will take, and outcomes . Points of upsell, downsell, cross-sell

In short, you should have every single piece of 'puzzle' there.

Objectively, your strategy should bring you most results in shortest period of time on most sustainable basis. Once your master strategy is in place, everything else is merely tactical.

Explosive Strategy #2: Funnel Vision

Always remember: A Buyer, is a buyer, is a buyer.

Every business should capitalize on lifetime value of customer through expansive repurchases of products and services.

Have a marketing funnel in place. Introduce ancillary products that you deem to be performance enhancing. These can be other people's products which you can obtain from joint venturing.

Most importantly, you'll want to graduate your customer to higher ticket items as it's high octane fuel for business growth.

Explosive Strategy #3: The "Inner Circle"

You'll find that there are many people who are "belongers".

Such people tend to pride themselves in being a 'part' of an elite group and highly value membership and association.