Being a leader

Being a leader

Regardless of whether you are a teacher, coach, boss or business builder it is crucial to show leadership qualities and exude confidence so that those people who are either already working with you or looking to work with you will have the trust in you to continue progress in that venture.

Leadership may have many qualities and you might have your own views on what makes someone a great leader.  It could be their ability to communicate with others, or their willingness to be bold and take risks. Or maybe its their ability to bring a group of people together to complete a task.

Just keep in mind that being a leader does not mean you have to do everything yourself.  Be sure you are willing to let your support team help you out with some of the workload and when you don’t know the answer to something that your followers want to know, just let them know that you might not be the absolute expert on “XYZ topic” but you will be sure to reach out to that support team to get the best solution and get back to them as soon as possible.

It’s ok as a leader to ask for help, though just don’t come off sounding like you are telling your followers you are clueless as that could show up as as a lack of confidence in your own skills and knowledge and will thus transfer into a lack of confidence from those followers towards you.

Asking for help can also be considered a huge quality of a leader as they know their limits and don’t try to sneak around it by making things up just to look good…So with that, I’m going to ask you what you feel are the key qualities of a leader.  All you have to do it just leave a comment below and let me know what characteristics your ideal leader would possess.

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Think and Grow Rich: Three Feet from Gold

Think and Grow Rich: Three Feet from Gold

Think and Grow Rich: Three feet from gold

Today could be just another normal day at camp or on a boat during the holiday weekend.  Just relaxing around and doing nothing with my time, however I like to do the opposite of normal sometimes so that it can benefit others and myself in the long run.

I had brought along two books with me for the couple day stay and had finished “To Sell is Human“, by Daniel Pink, which you can read about my views on a prior post here: https://thedavidgardner.com/rhyme-time-marketing/

That means it was time to kick start my next book, which was Three Feet From Gold” by Sharon Lechter and Greg Reid as part of the Napolean Hill foundation (famous for his Think and Grow Rich book) which you can see me holding as I was out by the water just catching some rays and reading a few chapters.

I actually read about 10 chapters so far today and will hit up one more before bed as this is a very easy read and presented in a story fashion similar to the Celestine Prophecy, which I had ready many years before in the fact that there is a main character travelling around the world seeking out the knowledge that will bring him to another level in business.  Along the way he is running into and meeting many significant figures in modern day business, sports, industry and learning another piece of the success puzzle from them.

This is even a book I think I will assign my 12 year old who is getting into the blogging scene as I think it can spread some great ideas and help to fill her mindset with how to go after things she is passionate about.

One of the main ideas I am sure you can get from the title is that you can never give up.  Too many times in history, there have been people who had stopped their progress or quit inches away from success.  Now “inches” is used as a figure of speech here, though it is the ones who kept pushing through that were successful.

It is all about consistency in action and never giving up and knowing you are going to reach your successes in due time.

So go grab your own copy of the book here and never quit digging for your riches!

https://thedavidgardner.com/ThreeFeetFromGold

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Inspire People Any Way You Can

Inspire People Any Way You Can

Never Stop Taking Chances

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Whether it is a fire under their ass, or getting someone pumped up with a kinder motion, there is an endless variety of ways that you can share yourself, your stories, your struggles and more in an effort to inspire people to do great things.

I live by the idea of “taking action” and loved this quote on the poster in regards to “The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them” because you truly can have as many chances as you want to be successful in regards to building a business or growing your brand online.  Even with failure, comes knowledge that can be used to make your next attempt that much better.

With online marketing, multi-level marketing, network marketing or whatever it is you want to call it, those who may sponsor you want you to succeed because ultimately it will help both you and your sponsor succeed.  Thus they are willing to keep helping you out as long as you are willing to keep taking action.  It truly is a rare industry where you can continue to keep getting support even if you keep failing.

The Break will Come

Sooner or later you will have your breakthrough.  This might be with a flow of ideas that you can capitalize on or actually having a steady flow of leads into your websites, just keep in mind that as long as you are willing to take chances on your growth, you will eventually see it, assuming you do not give up.  Only then will you have actually quit, which personally I see as a sign of weakness.

I have always been a determined person and have set to achieve certain goals and one of the best things to happen to me was being cut from a varsity sport as a Junior in high school…many years ago of course, as it taught me some valuable lessons in life and showed everyone right there I was not going to step down…Instead I actually helped coach the modified team that season and busted my ass for the next year and made the team the following season.

I have brought that same determination into my work ethic which has lead me to working in Belize my senior year in college, serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer after college in the Solomon Islands, continuing to coach since 2003, building a business in my part time, winning a trip to Kenya and other prizes and many other things.

Solomon Islands reef Fishing in Peace Corps

All because I am willing to keep taking chances and taking action on what I learn.  It is the only way to set growth in motion.

It is like Newtons law here

An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force…Well I will tell you what, too often those outside forces are friends and family who put down your efforts and if so, that is where you need to get new friends (not sure what you can do about your family!)

My friends and family have been supportive for the most part even though I could not always provide great results.  Being determined though I know that they are going to come!

It is time for you to remember that YOU are 100% responsible for your success.  Whether your friends and family have good or bad things to say or suggest about what you are doing, it truly is you that has to keep taking chances and action towards you success.

If you want the right tools to help you do this to build your business in any niche, come lock arms with someone who has experienced the ups and the downs, and is ready to share their knowledge with you to be able to shortcut your success journey:

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Then promise yourself (and me) that you will take action on what you learn.  Put it into your blog and share around the social networks for people to find.

Go take action now!

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Broken Cars and Marketing with the Elite Marketing Pro by Tim Erway of Magnetic Sponsoring

…my trip being messed up AGAIN!

 

It is like Deja Vu…all over again this summer.

 

Last summer, I had won Russell Brunson’s Dot Com Secrets X trip

to Kenya and my first day when I was going to take off, never happened

as my flights were delayed…long story short, I made it there and

had an awesome time.

 

Tonight, we were supposed to leave for a family vacation to

Charleston, SC and were about 35 minutes from our house

when the temperature guage on our van went all the way to

high and the temp light came on as well.

 

We pulled over safely and opened the hood and that is when

all the smoke started pouring out.

 

I could not believe it, but at least it happened close to home

and not somewhere in the middle of nowhere and in the middle

of the night.

 

So the tow truck came for the van and my brother for us

and back home we went to regroup.

 

The car is getting looked at right now as you are reading this,

unless you read it much later in the day and hopefully it

is just a torn hose line and not the whole radiator that needs

to be fixed (keep your fingers crossed!) to help get us

back on the road to try the second attempt at leaving.

 

Whether it is in a car or in yoru business, systems can be

great…if you set them up correctly AND take care of them.

 

We just put $1200 down the previous week due to our brakes

needing replacement as well as the tie rod and sway bar.

 

On your capture pages, there sometimes are pieces that do

not work great and need to be fixed in order for your system

to work right.

 

Lately I have been telling you about a system called the

Elite Marketing Pro that has just launched that covers

all aspects of marketing and can help you get back on the

road to success as well.

 

http://TheDavidGardner.com/Elite

 

This course has a complete package of training inside AND

the ability to resell for 100% commissions (less merchant fees)

 

We are talking courses that include but are not limited to:

Attraction Marketing

Blogging

Copywriting

Recruiting

Sales funnel creation

Product creation

…and more

 

I want to make it even better for you and want to refresh your

mind again about the bonuses I am offering which are just about

gong to break me even here with my commission, as I want to

reinvest it back in to you.

 

Take a look what you get when you use the following link

to grab the Elite Marketing Pro membership this week:

http://TheDavidGardner.com/Elite

 

Elite Marketing Pro BONUSES:

First 5 people: Physical Package $797 Russell Brunson’s Protege Challenge with Binder, Book, 14 DVD’s and mp3 Player

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Bonus #1 for EVERYONE! Marketing Tools OR Products for 1 year: $540 1 Full year of a new Pure Leverage OR Empower Network account and reseller license.

Bonus #2 for EVERYONE! A Solo ad worth $300 sent to YOUR affiliate link with the new Pure Leverage OR Empower account

NOTE: This will Possibly go direct to your site or through the system I am using right now which promotes both at the “20 Minute Payday” course which has additional great training from Russell Brunson and PL CEO Joel Therien. Yes, I do get a commission from this sale and I want to reinvest it back into YOU, not just with 10 clicks to each of hundreds of members, but hundreds of clicks just to you!)

All you need to do is join now: http://TheDavidGardner.com/Elite

Make sure the bottom of the sales page says “brought to you by David Gardner” or similar in order to qualify for my bonuses and so I get credited AND can then be able to send you your awesome bonuses and set you up with either Pure Leverage or Empower Network for a full year. *NOTE: The guarantee period must be completed and my commissions must be established before I provide these as I hope you can understand as this carries some extreme cost from my end.

Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me through reply form below, or through “DaveGardner at MagneticSponsors dot com”.

I look forward to helping you any way I can and watching you become one of the Elite as well!

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Shocked beyond belief why people do not invest in their business with Anik Singal

I am shocked!

The fact that 137 people checked out this video (through another link of mine) and not one thought that investing $27 toward improving their business blows me away.


Anik Singal has been around and knows how the game works and he is offering you 15 weeks of his coaching for a mere $37 which is a steal in itself as you will learn all aspects of internet marketing.

The $27 investment comes from the fact that if you click this link below, let the video start playing and then close the window, you should see a pop-up for the $10 discount!

http://TheDavidGardner.com/MarketingWithAnik

Which means I am losing money too…Yes, I will get a commission on the sale, but this will shrink AND and I still going to honor the same bonuses which you can see below in the previous email(s)

Anyway you look at it you are going to be getting value here, whether from me or from Anik.

You need to come to the realization that you can not figure it out all on your own…Wasting time looking up free info that might be outdated or just plain wrong, when you can get the info from those who have tried and tested over and over.

http://TheDavidGardner.com/MarketingWithAnik

Really….just $27 for 15 weeks of coaching and you will be sure to start generating traffic to your sites the right way.

Come now and get it now before you buy from another ‘guru’ who won’t throw you a bone when it comes to bonuses!

To marketing with Anik!

My gifts are nuts!

Did you see what I am offering for each level that you grab the Marketing with Anik 2.0 course, where most marketers are not giving any bonuses at all!

Where they make their money is in the higher upsells and can earn up to $250 or more if you take all the upsells and they do not give you anything back for doing it.

I want to give back at the same time, so if you missed my special offers, you need to read the email from yesterday again and go grab Marketing with Anik 2.0 from this link…

…make sure the clickbank ID looks like this when you checkout [baresales] because if it does not, then you will not be linked to me and I can not verify your purchase or support your gifts!

http://TheDavidGardner.com/MarketingWithAnik

Go below to read about all the goodies you will be getting with me when you grab the course through my link!

Yes, I will earn some $$ with the sale, and want to share it right back with you because I am just that nice!

Remember, 15 weeks of training for a low cost of just $37 which is less than you would spend on a dinner and a couple drinks with someone special that only lasts a couple hours!

In addition to this, he is also giving you about $5000 worth of his best courses, software and training from his library

http://TheDavidGardner.com/MarketingWithAnik

The guy knows his stuff…and you should listen to him…I sure have.

Here are some things I will also hook you up with when you take action!

NOTE: Some bonuses will be held until the Clickbank refund period has passed as people play games and purchase a course for the bonuses then refund thinking they will still get the bonuses mailed and I need to protect my business as well.

Marketing wih Anik bonus #1: I will mail you a copy of the Speedy Profit Creator DVD: 10 videos to help get your first product out to the market ($97 value)

Marketing with Anik bonus #2: I will provide lifetime text message and email coaching: Just send me a question and I’ll give you my best answer. ($Priceless!)

Marketing with Anik bonus #3: I will give you access to some killer MMR and PLR products that you can use and take to test out what you learn in the course.  You can even give some away for free when you start to build your own lists with information you learn in the 15 week course as an ethical bribe.

See some of the titles included:

1.350 Social Media Tactics

2.One Month-1000 Members

3.Keyword Domination

4.Webinar Basics

5.Facebook Marketing Secrets

6.Legal Pages Generator

7.The Article Wizard

8.Understanding SEO

9.Your First Sale Online

10.Online Profit Streams

Marketing with Anik bonus #4: I will give your website an indepth look over and will provide you with some constructive critiques on how you can make it better and connect it all around the internet. You will not find another Guru or marketers giving you this combination and quality of bonuses anywhere online.

SUPER MARKETING WITH ANIK BONUS: You must take at least one upgrade with Anik to qualify for this package:

•I will send you a physical Copy of Mike Filsaime’s   Butterfly Marketing Manuscript v.3.0 ($97 value)

•I will send you a physical DVD of the Manuscript along with two of Mike Filsaimes best selling products, Viral Friend Generator and Powerlink Generator ($597 value)

SUPER DUPER MARKETING WITH ANIK BONUS: Take all three upgrades and you get this from me as well as everything above:

•I’ll pay for your one year membership to MeetCheap.   https://thedavidgardner.com/MeetCheap for reference  ($120 value) This is an Online conferenceing software that will allow you to have a 100 seat conference room for you to use with your  business.  You can also use this to build a business  as well and earn commissions…..OR You can choose the next one instead

OR

•I’ll pay for your one year membership to HostThenProfit   https://thedavidgardner.com/HostWithGVO for reference  ($120 value) This allows you to host up to 4 of your websites, have a small conference room, have an autoresponder and much more in addition to being able to use this to build a business and earn commissions. So head on over and get your 15 week Marketing with Anik course now: Stop wasting time and start making progress

http://TheDavidGardner.com/MarketingWithAnik

To Marketing with Anik!

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Why you need a coach or mentor in your online business

When you first learn to do something, there was most likely someone there who showed you how to do it the correct way so that the learning curve was much smaller. If they were not there, this does not mean that you never learned how to do something, or never will learn how to complete a task.

It just means that it might take you a heck of a lot longer.

Now why in the world would you want to delay your progress?

Perhaps you are the type of person who wants to do things your way. I can agree with that. Heck I like doing things my way as well, but I have also listened to others who have been there before me and have made it work.

Picking up a coach or mentor in your online business (or offline business!) is necessary becuase they have spent endless hours doing all the work that you would have to do as well. They also most likely had a coach or mentor that told them what worked and what does not, who also gave them the correct paths to follow.

Now don’t get me wrong. One mentor might lean towards using one software or another, while a second mentor might have a specific technique to use. So to clarify, not all mentors or coaches are the same or are going to give you the complete solution to your problem. In other words, you might have to have more than one mentor or coach.

Whether you work one on one with the person, if they live local or you use online conferencing software, or if you partake in a complete course that they are providing online, being able to have contact with the coach or mentor is the best way you are going to improve. You have a much higher chance of gaining important feedback on the work you have completed when you have a way to get in touch with the coach.

If you just go through and look at the way someone runs a business, or how they phrase their subject lines to emails sent to you (assuming you signed up for their free report or to get on their notification list) you can also learn, though it will not be as intimate becuase chances are they will not respond to your emails if you have a question. It is, however, those marketers who do respond to those emails that make a difference. Those are the ones who put their students first and make sure they succeed.

Often times, it appears that some of the big names you see over and over again online are untouchable when it comes to getting in contact with them. However, this could not be further from the truth. Those marketers who do not let you contact them are fools. They are losing out by not getting in touch with you and this is one thing you want to look for when choosing a coach or mentor in your online business.

Currently, I am in a couple coaching programs, which I endorse and highly recommend you take a few minutes to check them out. These are marketers who have been there and been successful. These are marketers who will get in touch with you when you drop them a message on Facebook or to their email address. These are some of the marketers who understand that if you do not succeed, neither do they.

1) Daegan Smith: Maximum Leverage: He is currently living on Facebook now it seems helping everyone he can.

2) Anik Singal: Marketing with Anik (starts 15 week live training Monday January 16, 2012, which I look forward to learning more from)

3) Joel Therien: GVO Host Then Profit: Has developed a complete marketing software package for new online marketers

I am not trying to do other marketers injustice by leaving them off this short list, but these are the ones I have been spending a majority of my time continuing to learn from recently. These are the ones who keep putting their students first as they know it is the key to their success as well.

Another reason why you need a coach or mentor in your online business is to save you money. Now you might be thinking how, as you often will have to pay money to get the coaching. The reason is because they are going to show you with their specific methods how to best establish your marketing campaigns so that you save money in the long run, whether through a service that combines all your marketing needs or through ways to get free links back to your site.

The hard part comes in choosing which coach or mentor is right for you. If you are starting out this can be a daunting task. Like which pair of jeans do you want to buy. You are not going to buy all the pairs at once, though over the course of a couple years, you may pick up a few dozen or so pairs of jeans, pants and shorts. You might even buy a suit now and again. The same holds true with coaches and mentors. Some might give you the basics and have free or low entry fees into their programs, while others might be higher end with a big ticket price.

The important thing to remember is to make sure you always carry out your due dilligence and research who are are going to join to make sure it fits your business model. If you have vision, you might even pick something up in advance before you know you will use it, because you know you will use it when the time is right. If you can pick it up in their launch days, or sale periods, this helps.

There are many others reasons why you need a coach or mentor in your online business and I have just touched the surface of why they are important. If you haven’t already make sure you sign up over on the right side so I can notify with more great information and let you now about great programs that are coming out that can help you improve your business. I do not profess to be a guru, though I have learned enough online that I could be considered a coach or mentor.

I am actually a full time science teacher at the HS level and also coach bowling as well as lacrosse. So I have experience in that regards!