Friday, November 30, 2012

A TRIBUTE TO ZIG ZIGLAR


by  | on November 30, 2012

Zig Ziglar will be greatly missed by all!

You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want” – Zig Ziglar
Ziggy as he was affectionately known to many, died Nov 28/12 at the age of 86.  He was agreat leader who specialized in sales & marketing, his training was presented in “down home” style that endeared him to thousands of marketing professionals.  He was a mentor in my life and was one of the inspirations that encouraged me to start a home based business.
Zig Ziglar’s motivational training taught that “you can’t change anybody except yourself” and “attitude makes all the difference”.  Aren’t those stimulating words for folks involved innetwork marketing?
Zig had a style of leadership that made you feel that he was talking one-on-one to you and that he had all the time in the world to help you work through any “stink’n think’n” you had.  He had many tools in his sales training toolbox, but his favorite device to deliver hismarketing message was humor.
Zig Ziglar encouraged everyone to develop a sense of gratitude about their life and their work, especially those who are involved in sales and marketing.  He understood that to rise to the top as a great leader in your field, you had to change from being a “fault” finder to being a “good” finder.
As I grew my own home based business, I found the most useful piece of Zig’s advice was “activities that are recognized and rewarded are repeated”.  That single phrase is the foundation of my success in network marketing.  People who are recognized in your salesgroup will strive for more success.  While this may seem like merely common sense, if we all had training around this, imagine how successful we could be.

I could talk about Zig Ziglar and his leadership all day, every day – he has made me laugh and he has made my cry, but EVERY time I read his books or hear him speak, I am inspired all over again.

While he is not physically with us anymore, I take comfort that I can still see him on many posted videos on YouTube.  He will carry on for generations motivating everyone, but particularly sales professionals.  Today I am wondering how many people involved in ahome based business were originally inspired by this great leader.

Thank you Zig Ziglar, our man, Ziggy – I’ll never forget you and the gratitude you stimulated in me!

God bless you!

Adrian and Jocelyn Frank
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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Living Social and the THREE (3) Oil Changes (PLUS MORE) for only $30?!!!


Are you in the Puget Sound area, near Everett, Auburn, Lakewood (Tacoma), Olympia (the capitol, LOL)? Get THREE (3) oil changes (plus 2 tire rotations, engine light diagnostic, A/C diagnostic and brake inspection) all for just $30!

This is an 84% savings over their normal amount, and if you only need the oil changes (who doesn't, right) that's (obviously) only $10 per oil change!

Also notable to mention: get 3 friends to do these oil changes with Living Social also and it's free for you too!



God bless you!

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Does E.T. really exist? Or are we the Most Valued Treasure in the Universe?


Does E.T. really exist? Or are we the Most Valued Treasure in the Universe?

by  | on November 8, 2012

Do Extra-terrestrials really exist or not?  Is there life on other planets in the universe?

This seems to be a question that pervaded many people’s thoughts, more and more, over the past several decades.  And it likely started around the time Neil Armstrong first landed on the moon with his good buddy, Buzz Aldrin.

Among billions of galaxies in the universe, are their other life forms?

Here is a fun little activity that is somewhat relative to our topic here, today.
  1. Go to www.Google.com
  2. Type in “what is the answer to life, the universe and everything”?
  3. Wasn’t that fun, and perhaps, a little funny?  :)
The video series below from the good folks at illustramedia.com is not just a great educational and informative video series, but it is also very entertaining and fascinating!  
These videos are chock full of riveting facts, and compelling mathematics about how there are quite a few very specific requirements that a planet has to meet to be able to sustain complex life such as humans, animals and plants in the universe.
And even though the universe is massively expansive;  the video series discusses and shares with us everything it takes in the dangerous, dangerous vacuum of space to support the delicate balance of life.

From stars that go super nova, to comets and asteroids, to temperatures that are beyond freezing and to temperatures that are far beyond what our planet has ever seen:   the universe is fraught with dangers that are unequaled  and, of course, have never been experienced on our good planet Earth.

So, please;  do enjoy these videos as I have, and afterwards appreciate either the idea that E.T. is out there somewhere phoning home…
…or that this home, we call Earth, is the greatest viewpoint of the biggest and best show we could possibly watch:  The Universe!
Enjoy, and please leave your comments in the comment section below!


God bless you!

Adrian and Jocelyn Frank
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Monday, November 5, 2012

All About Affiliate Marketing: Advice That Can Take Your Affiliate Marketing Venture To The Next Level


All About Affiliate Marketing: Advice That Can Take Your Affiliate Marketing Venture To The Next Level

by  | on October 6, 2012

Here is some advice that is ALL about affiliate marketing that can take your affiliate marketing ventures to the next level

about affiliate marketing
Being all about affiliate marketing is very popular these days because it looks easy to implement and takes little money down to get started. You don’t have to actually purchase the product, pay to ship it to the customers, or even touch any of it yourself! However, affiliate marketing has nuances that sometimes require careful attention.
Look for affiliates that can further your business plan not only as partners but also as providers. Create several lines of income when you enter agreements with many different affiliate networks. Being selective about your affiliates will provide some assurance that you will be able to work effectively and comfortably together for a long time.

Being all about affiliate marketing and as an affiliate marketer, you must let your potential customers know what you are doing.

Tell visitors who your affiliates are, and the extent to which your site relies on affiliate marketing. If visitors think you are trying to hide your affiliate ties, they can just go to the retailer’s site to buy them item, which means you get no commission.
When you choose an affiliate you should go with someone who provides their partners with tools. Affiliate companies are far from stupid. The companies that are worth doing business with will generally share that information with their affiliates, which enables the affiliates to create effective campaigns that benefit all parties.
about affiliate marketing
Use positive language to help market your product. Even phrases that have a slightly negative tone are not good.
In order to be all about affiliate marketing, you need to know your clients. Your readers are the main goal so you need to ensure their needs are met. Understand why they’re visiting your site. What is it they are looking at?
One terrific way to promote your products is to run a giveaway or contest. This is a great way to get people to come back to your site, and they will also share your site with others if the prize is a good one.

You need to understand what it means to be all about affiliate marketing before you can be successful with it.

You need to push your website as high up the search engine results pages as you can. Doing so will net you prestigious affiliate links and greater revenue.
Always investigate a business before making it an affiliate. You need to be sure you can market the product easily and without problems.
It is important that your readers trust you. If you have people that like you and the content of your website, they will help you out. They will click on your referral links more often, and chances are they will buy some of the products that you are promoting.
Try including trivia in your ad banners that allow people to answer to visit the site. A lot of viewers who would not otherwise click on an ad will be enticed by the question. Make sure you offer some sort of incentive to answer the question correctly.

about affiliate marketing
Being all about affiliate marketing means BIG money!

Becoming a super affiliate and being all about affiliate marketing can really have some real downfalls, however.

Do not do too much, you will wear yourself out. Remember that maximum results are very individual, and you need not always push so hard to try and compete. Find the approach that works for you, and use effective time management.
It is worthwhile to understand how companies you do business with work. If customers place orders through the mail or over the phone, you could miss a lot of your commission if your affiliate ID isn’t linked to the purchases.
Be sure to remain up-to-date on all the latest developments in your industry. It is necessary to stay competitive so that you do not lose market share.
Keeping track of which affiliate programs are making you the most profit is a great way to ensure you’re paid what you deserve for the time you’re spending. Consistently and thoroughly monitor your affiliate’s performances. Eliminate the affiliates that aren’t giving you results to open up your budget for ones that can.

If you are forthright and direct with visitors about affiliate marketing the way you perform it; they are more likely to view you and your business in a positive light.

You should always be honest in your business dealings even about affiliate marketingstrategies. If your readers understand the reasons you utilize affiliate marketing, they may be more positive and responsive to the links provided on your site.
Your objectives should consistently continue to increase and reach for more than merely a workable income. Aim for high profits, work hard every day, and watch as your profits grow. If you keep up the effort, your results will come and they will be well worth it.
God bless you!
 
Adrian and Jocelyn Frank
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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Will Mitt Romney be our US President-elect in 2 days? Real Clear Politics Polling Leads Us to Believe So


Will Mitt Romney be our US President-elect in 2 days? Real Clear Politics Polling Leads Us to Believe So

by  | on November 5, 2012

Nationwide polling, including Real Clear Politics, tend to have Mitt Romney winning his presidential bid.

mitt romneyHowever, historically, even just two days before “Super Tuesday” even the most intelligent of analysts can’t say for sure.  There are a plethora of multi-faceted elements that contribute to the “end of the story”, if you will.
Karl Rove¹, Senior Advisor to George W. Bush, gave an illustration on Fox News on Saturday of how Republicans have historically been behind in the early voting then end up gaining ground and/or winning on the election day voting.

Rove was commenting on how Mitt Romney had a national lead on the President of roughly 7%.  So, if history repeats itself, and the Republican has good election day results Obama will be another one-term president.

Mitt Romney, I believe it is safe to say, would not be opposed to that.  This has been a really close race, chock full of gaffes, mud-slinging, moving speeches, controversy, etc, as with any race, but who will end up the victor just two (2) days from now?

Will Mitt Romney, even with the “47% of Americans”, video gaffe emerge victorious?   Or will the “you didn’t build that flap” by Obama not hurt him enough and he emerges victorious?

The only thing we can be certain of, in an election fraught with uncertainty and tight competition:  two days from now, on “Super Tuesday” we will know who our next President is.   Unless, of course, we encounter another “hanging chad” fiasco like the Gore/Bush election of 2000.
I don’t think this will happen, and I’ll tell you why.  As much as I believe that we cannot be certain one way or another in this race;  I believe Mitt Romney will be the next President of the United States.
mitt romneyMatt Damon declaring “I am not an Obama fan”:
Individuals “not being a fan” of Obama is really not the point of this article.
So the “why” I just alluded to is that I believe the American people (the “not sures” and even the Obama leaning) have major questions in their minds about Obama’s INACTION while two courageous Navy S.E.A.L.S. died fighting off around 70-80 enemy troops (one full platoon, approx.) for seven hours.
It is for reasons such as this that I gave my rubber-stamp-approval for the challenger, Mitt Romney, and voted for same.

Let alone the fact that Romney is an unbelievably accomplished businessman with mostly unequaled business acumen, but that’s another blog post.

Obama made it clear that he doesn’t care about the nation he’s presided over these past four years.  I already knew this, and his behavior and actions in the Benghazi attacks only serve to confirm it.
This infuriated me, and it should infuriate you.  Two soldiers fought valiantly for seven (7) hours against 70-80 enemy soldiers when there were U.S. Marines standing at the ready not more than ONE hour away!
Regardless of where the pollsters of Real Clear Politics, Rasmussen, Gallup, etc, hold the race now, as close as it is, I believe it is for these reasons of paramount importance that Mitt Romney will prevail against the incumbent.
mitt romneyI believe this election goes FAR DEEPER than Republican versus Democrat, or Conservative versus Liberal.  Please read the Charles Krauthammer commentary that outlines how important this election is, and simultaneously enjoyKrauthammer’s eloquently and profoundly written articleHERE.
Thank you.  I welcome any comments or questions you may have.  Just leave them in the comment section below.
 

God bless you!
 
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1. Related Karl Rove article from Rove.com where Rove crunches a lot of numbers for us for this election:  http://www.rove.com/articles/432

The Google Keyword Tool: Learn the LAZY and EASY Way to get MASSIVE Traffic from the Elites


The Google Keyword Tool: Learn the LAZY and EASY Way to get MASSIVE Traffic from the Elites

by  | on November 4, 2012

Who are the best people in the world to learn from how to use the Google keyword tool to drive more traffic than you ever dreamed possible?

Well, the elites of course!  Wouldn’t you agree?  The Google keyword tool is not onlyessentialit is vital if you want and/or need (and I’m pretty sure you do) to drive traffic to your website.
What makes the Google Keyword tool so vital?  You want and need traffic.  How do I know you want and need traffic?  Well, I would assert that, perhaps, you wouldn’t be posting something on the Internet if you didn’t want as many people as possible to see your post.  Correct?

The Google keyword tool is about the most essential tool (or other keyword tools like Google’s) for analyzing Internet data to determine what key words you want to target on your blog post, or other Internet website.

Here are some basic, yet vital, instructions to know when using the Google keyword tool.

When using the Google keyword tool (or other keyword tools, for that matter), it is very important to choose keywords that will maximize your chances of ranking high in the search engines for your post/website.
For instance, when you enter in a word or phrase into the Google keyword tool that is most relevant to your subject; it will give you a myriad of words and phrases (keywords) that are relative to your subject.  Simply, pick a word or phrase that is (as mentioned above):
  1. Relevant to your topic
  2. Gets at least 10,000 searches per month
  3. Has low competition

Here is a video by Dave Wood, one of the world’s top 10 most intellectually adept at using the Google Keyword tool (and SEO, of course).  Watch the “Lazy Man’s Guide to Extracting Money (or free/organic traffic) from Google” (click the link and it will begin playing):

Now the information in that video you just watched, alone, is worth thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars (if you actually watched it you’ll agree).   You don’t have to thank me for sharing it with you, though.  :)
But that is just one video in the series, and it talks about more than just the Google keyword tool.  It also talks about:
  • Making your post/website go viral by linking to other sites
  • Creating back links, automatically and instantaneously
  • Using software social “aggregators” (like Ping.FM, TribePro, OnlyWire, HootSuite, etc) to syndicate your posts
  • Having your posts be automatically, via RSS feeds, shared out with maximum exposure all over the Internet
So, I hope you enjoyed this article and found it useful.  I encourage you to browse around on that page above where you watched the video and find the other videos in that series.   You will find the other videos in that series extremely helpful, vital, and valuable!  I would say that the information in that entire series is worth at least $100,000 to you (if you’re an online merchant of any kind) if you apply what Dave Wood teaches…and they’re 100% FREE (the 4-letter “F-word” everyone likes)!

God bless you!

Adrian and Jocelyn Frank
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Friday, November 2, 2012

The Ocean Waves are FREE! DIY (Do It Yourself) Wave Power!


The Ocean Waves are FREE! DIY (Do It Yourself) Wave Power!

by  | on November 2, 2012

Did you know that you can generate wave power from the Ocean Waves?

Did you also know that the world’s ocean waves hold as much as 10 TRILLION watts?  That’s some SERIOUS wave power!

Watch this video, especially the part where the waves come in and start taking entire buildings with them!  Clearly, we’re not talking about generating power from a Tsunami wave as the most important thing during a Tsunami is saving lives!   When watching it, just imagine how useful this kind of power can be, even if destructive from time to time.

Here is an excerpt taken from a Popular Mechanics article:†
“According to some estimates, ocean waves around the world could hold up to 10 trillion watts of energy. If humans could harness that energy, we would be able to generate renewable, predictable and pollution-free electricity. But so far, few large-scale wave-energy projects have made it off the diving board—which means that ocean-wave technology is a free-for-all in terms of design. ‘There are many, many different types of devices,’ says Paul Jacobson, an ocean-energy leader at the Electric Power Research Institute. ‘The technology hasn’t developed to the point where a lot of the designs have been shaken out yet. And so it remains to be seen which devices will turn out to be the most cost-effective and efficient.’
These few ocean-power designs could help us to ride the wave into the future of energy”

But can ocean wave power be generated by Joe Consumer, you and I?

Honestly, not very easily.  There isn’t a lot of information out there that would make it easy, yet, to DIY.   And the real challenges to do-it-yourselfers lie in the enormous size of some of the equipment that is needed effectively generate wave power.

But for now, here are a few commercial wave power designs to pique your curiosity.  Also, from Popular Mechanics.†


1. The Oyster, by Aquamarine Power
Wave Power
Wave Power





Wave Power
Much like its namesake mollusk, the Oyster sits on the seabed, opening and closing its jaws. The device is a large hinged flap attached to the ocean floor at a depth of about 35 feet. As the flap opens and closes, it drives hydraulic pistons that squirt high-pressure water onshore, where it drives a conventional hydroelectric turbine. “In essence, the Oyster is simply a large pump which provides the power source for a conventional onshore hydroelectric power plant,” says Carrie Clement, a spokeswoman for Aquamarine.† ¹

2. GreenWAVE, by Oceanlinx
Wave Power
When it’s working, the greenWAVE sounds like a big animal breathing, Tom Denniss, greenWAVE’s founder says. And as the vent breathes in and out, it turns a turbine hooked up to a generator. Each device measures 82 by 50 feet and has a 1-megawatt capacity. Oceanlinx has plans to develop a permanent version in Australia or Mexico, which it hopes to expand into a wave farm. GreenWAVE is relatively inexpensive as well, Denniss argues, because it’s made mostly of concrete, weathers ocean storms easily and has no moving parts underwater.† ²
3. Autonomous Wave Power Buoy, by Ocean Power Technologies
Wave Power
The PowerBuoy has two main parts: a moving float that’s 5 feet in diameter by 5 feet tall and a 25-foot-tall spar anchoring it. When the float bobs up and down on the wave, it tugs on the spar. That stretching gets translated into electricity by a rotary motor and generator.
One significant challenge to the design, says Phil Hart, OPT’s chief technology officer, was getting the buoy to properly resist the waves. In order to get electricity out of puny waves, the resistance between the float and the spar needs to be low—otherwise, the weakling wave won’t move the buoy at all. But bigger waves contain more energy, and by increasing the force needed to move the float, OPT can harness more of that energy. Thus, PowerBuoy needs low resistance at some times and high resistance at other times. To solve the problem, they’ve implemented a computer that adjusts the device’s resistance 10 times per second, leading to a big increase in efficiency.
Each PowerBuoy currently operating off the coast of Hawaii has a capacity of 0.04 megawatts, but an upcoming installation in Scotland may be able to generate up to 0.15 megawatts.† ³
So, as you can clearly see there are a lot of great ways already being implemented and designed to generate wave power.  Again, there really aren’t too many ways to generate wave power for your own home, as the title of this article lead you to believe, but I believe you enjoyed this article nonetheless and found it interesting.
Please leave your comments in the comment section below.  What do you think about wave power, yourself?
God bless you!
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