good habits – Rob Ryan | Small Business Chronicles https://smallbusinesschronicles.com What`s profitable to work on to get more leads, better open rates, higher conversions, and more sales Fri, 20 Sep 2024 07:29:11 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.6 Launching a NEW AI App – 10x Better Than Chat-GPT! https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/launching-a-new-ai-app-10x-better-than-chat-gpt/ Tue, 28 May 2024 03:22:41 +0000 https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/?p=5859 The most profitable thing you can do to create more wealth is to build and sell ‘your’ software. But this most profitable marketing skill is out of reach of 99% of people!

However, this Launching of a NEW AI App – 10x Better Than Chat-GPT is not to be missed!

 

Background:  YES – the most profitable thing you can do for more wealth is to Build and sell “your” software!  Then you sell “these software tools” and you keep 100% of the revenue. 

However, building apps is technical and costs many $$.

But this most profitable marketing skill is out of reach of 99% of us

But when AI appeared everything changed  –

 

What if,  you could build, & sell software using nothing but a SINGLE FILE?

What if you could  AUTOMATE the app build –  and you didn`t need a developer with all the associated costs, now you can make apps with just a single file upload using … “Chat GPT4 “Omni”

 

Here’s How It Works:

– Step 1: Access – get your instant access to the software and log in.

– Step 2: Publish – let the AI do all the heavy lifting.  It leverages a massive platform to funnel thousands of clicks to ready-to-use funnels.

– Step 3: Profit – as you hit publish, watch as you 100% free traffic every day. 

It’s as simple as that.

Where Does The Traffic Come From? This AI exploits a massive, untapped platform for huge profits! 

A far superior model to anything you’ve seen before, to generate targeted clicks, an unparalleled success rate almost instantly. 

 

And the best part is that every time you hit publish, you earn money. You could start seeing results as soon as today.

 

Know this >>> the bottom line in 2024 is –

THIS profitable marketing tool is out of reach of 99% of people”

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]]> 17 Essential Marketing Skills To Be Mastered For Success In 2022 https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/17-essential-digital-marketing-skills-to-be-mastered-for-success-in-2022/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 05:25:34 +0000 https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/?p=5489 Entrepreneurs know that there are at least 17 essential digital marketing skills to be mastered for success in 2022.

All marketers are faced with this quandary!

What a mind-blowing dilemma!

So…

What skills and tools are essential for success?  Where can you find a comprehensive and quality list needed tools and skills?

What is the best training available on the market?  How can you trust some of the promoters?

What costs and charges can you expect to pay?

How do you know what tools and skills are mastered in the shortest time?

Will the owner and staff of purchased products provide quality online training and reputable and reliable ongoing support?

Yes, there are many marketing questions to be asked and answered for everyone wanting to embark on building their wealth on the internet.

At “Small Business Chronicles” my focus is…

“What`s profitable to work on to get more leads, better open rates, higher conversions, and more sales”?

My pages and posts are guides to assist you to map your success. Please check them out as you have time.

Key Marketing skills you MUST master are …

  • product and niche mastery,
  • sales page construction,
  • sales videos that work best,
  • texts to write in VSL videos,
  • upsell videos,
  • bonus/freebie giveaways to entice buyers,
  • webinar video options,
  • affiliate review pages,
  • pages for different purposes and niches,
  • software development,
  • demo videos,
  • how-to-videos …

NB: Copywriting … for sales letters, pages, and posts is an ongoing learning journey. 

–>>  IT`S ALL INCLUDED IN “REMIXABLE”!

 

NB: Emails for marketing, what to say to offer and or sell is also an ongoing skill set to be mastered. 

–>>  IT`S ALL INCLUDED IN “REMIXABLE”!

 

YOU MUST KNOW …

  1. What PRODUCTS are profitable to sell right now?
  2. Who are the BUYERS?
  3. WHERE DO YOU FIND BUYERS who are interested in your products and have the money to buy?
  4. What is the best way to build the best list, so that you are not a one-day wonder; yes you need to build a lasting profitable business!

Your One Stop Solution! All in One Platform! Work With A Master!

 

 

 

 

…………………………………………………………………………………..

–>>> The all-in-one Solution to all your questions is … and there`s an emphasis on automation to make your tasks time efficient!

–>> Remixable …  (get to meet my mentor, Chris)… ‘Remixable’ is my top recommendation … it offers answers to all of the essential marketing skills you need to master.

NB: I recommend and promote just a limited number of products right now. (See my Blog) A few more are in the works right now, being constructed using “REMIXABLE”.

 

PS:   Check out my Blog Pages and Posts!

 

 

 

 

]]> Leadership Must Haves In Covid 2021 https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/leadership-must-haves-in-covid-2021/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 01:57:38 +0000 https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/?p=3976

What?  Why? How? When? Who? … I ask – ‘What are some top-rating guiding principles that create ‘Leadership Ideas For Great Business Goal Setting’!

Here is a mix of ideas to set up the best goal-setting – from six outstanding leaders. This is a compelling mix of ideas from a philosophical, wisdom-based, and action-oriented set of beliefs and theories.

We are moving through the 2021 year; Covid19 is still with us and likely will be for some time yet?

If ever there was a perfect time for each of us to ‘create a new world’, it is now? Let`s start with this question…

‘How happy, how calm, how content are you?’  How content and fulfilled is your staff, your community, your family? How well are they managing themselves, in their work and in their day-to-day living in this Covid19 threatening world? 

 

Lets set up a focus around ‘happiness’, it seems to me, this is a perfect starting point to reflect and restate goals and ambitions!

 

Some years back I was lucky enough to attend a 4-day conference in Sydney, titled ‘Happiness And Its Causes’.  Some participants thought the title of the conference to be somewhat strange; yet the presentations and content from world leaders in their field, over those days, was simply brilliant!

Seems to me this title, ‘Happiness And It`s Causes’ is a headline management keyword and focus so perfectly relevant for today?

 

I propose that leaders have an extra responsibility in these Covid19 days, to monitor and manage people differently and better and have a specific focus on stress, anxiety, wellbeing, and … to create measures of happiness.

Leaders need to construct new policies and strategies… let`s stand back, let`s have new eyes and a new and enhanced perspective about happiness!

  • Ask about contentment!
  • Ask about ability in managing stress and anxiety!
  • Make more time to monitor overall wellbeing both incidentally and structured.

I believe in the development of new extra skills and enhancement of existing management skills. These need to be loaded into everyones` leadership briefcase… ie greater and different structures – build in a reflection of existing goals and strategies, and those hugely important people management strategies.  

Now there is so much more to consider.

It`s about all of these things…

 

Let`s see what my chosen leaders have to offer…  Dan Sullivan, Martine Seligman, Brian P. Moran, and Michael Lennington, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, and Matthieu Ricard.

 

Dan Sullivan, Master Coach of Business Entrepreneurs, penned the following question to members of one of his mastermind groups. Actions are needed.

Dan`s question … 
“If we were having this discussion three years from today, and you were looking back over those three years, what has to have happened in your life, both personally and professionally, for you to feel happy with your progress?” 

 

“The 12 Week Year”, New York Times Bestseller by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, presents a process, forged in the field of working with top athletes, transformed into the business world.

‘The 12 Week Year’ incorporates the proven disciplines and principles of effective execution into the context of 12-week execution cycles. It’s about taking back control of your day, increasing your income, and accomplishing your goals in record time. If you had followed their system you would now be at the end of your first of four twelve-week blocks.

 

Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk and French emissary to the Dalai Lama.  His book, “Happiness – A Guide To Developing Life`s Most Important Skill”.  Simply, he states happiness is surely everyone’s life ambition, irrespective of how we each earn our money?

Matthieu was a keynote speaker at the four-day Sydney conference. He expertly combines his talents as a philosopher and a scientist and elicits a rigorous and compelling analysis of his subject.

He reminds us that as we change as individuals, we ultimately change the world! Surely a very good idea?

“It`s a brilliant synthesis of twenty-five centuries of the wisdom of Buddhism, with the neuroscience and cognitive psychology of the twenty-first century.

“Matthieu Ricard, who embodies both traditions of Buddhism and contemporary living, gives humanity a gift it desperately needs now: a vision of a positive human future”.

 

Martin Seligman, author of ‘Authentic Happiness is a very strong promoter within the scientific and education communities of his theories of positive psychology and of well-being. His theory of “learned helplessness” is popular among scientific and clinical psychologists.  Books:  Learned Optimism, Flourish, and 15 more

 

Dr.Wayne W. Dyer says simply “You are the sum total of all the choices up until this moment.”

Leadership Must Haves in Covid 2021.

I believe business owners can benefit by continually investing in new yet simple people management processes. 

 

References and Appreciation:  Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington — The 12 Week Year:  Dr. Wayne W. Dyer — Everyday Wisdom:  Matthieu Ricard –Happiness, A Guide To Developing Life`s Most Important Skill: Martin Seligman — Authentic Happiness:   The Dan Sullivan Question — Dan Sullivan

]]> What Are The Personal Goal Setting Questions You Must Ask? https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/what-are-the-personal-goal-setting-questions-you-must-ask/ Sun, 28 Jan 2018 03:56:58 +0000 http://smallbusinesschronicles.com/?p=1809 Did You Fall under The Biggest Trap of goal setting that most people do? …. Setting goals is a terrific thing to do ….. All you need to do is set a goal and now your life is on easy street! …. But it does not work that way! …. So what are the personal goal setting questions you must ask?

Why have a goal? How? Where? When? And …. Let`s consider goal setting theory and make it a friendly and VERY useful thing to do.

 

Wait a minute, I thought goal setting is all the rage? All I need to do is set an objective, everything becomes clear and all my next steps quickly appear!

Consider this exercise very carefully so you cover everything you want when doing this life changing exercise!  Exactly ‘what are the personal goal setting questions I must ask myself’.

 

It`s not simply a cake walk when you go after your life objectives!

There can be many challenges! There is a huge variety of issues. They can be physical, mental, spiritual, financial and more and they vary from individual to individual and from goal to goal.

Action: Just be fully aware!

You need clearly stated, written targets.  If you have little clarity as to what your targets are, how can you  know if you hit them?

Action: Write targets down clearly – descriptions and images!

How do you start a plan and have a means to get there?  Of course you must have a Strategy – an Action packed System will be your key to success!

 

Warning … You are doomed if you stay in a dream state where you never ever take specific action towards your target.

Have great clarity about your terrific objectives and in-depth strategies ….  then you must create a system to examine if your strategy is working or if you are even following your strategy!

And you must decide what you need to do to keep your personal goal setting questions, plans, strategies and systems front of mind?

Action: Write it all down! Keep the plan where you`ll see it always!

As soon as you start on your strategy, you will discover new details that you didn’t know previously and your strategy will need to be updated.

Action: Write it down! Amend the original.

The final significant matter to consider is having an outside means of accountability. Something that checks up on you to validate you are making progress towards your objective.

What could that be?   Remember this is always about WHY? etc…

Action: Do it … ! 

Now you have considered the basic very important Settings. Great!

10 Goal-Setting Questions Answered by Today’s Top Goal Experts

10 Goal–Setting Questions Answered by Today’s Top Goal Experts. Personal Success goal setting, goals. When it comes to goal–setting, many people don’t know where to start. They know that they want something, but don’t know how to go out and get it. You can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal you …

Now that you`ve considered these critically important personal goal setting ‘survival’ questions.

Ask this of yourself –

  • Will it break down?
  • What are the biggest personal traps awaiting me? (Your experiences will tell you where you haven`t been successful before).
  • How will you ensure you follow through on all your crucial steps?
  • Are you keeping a written record, daily? every other day? at the end of the week?
  • CREATE YOUR SYSTEM!

Fortunately, once you set up your system, you can use it for all of your goals actions!

  • Your system must regularly advise you exactly what your target/goal is.
  • Objectives will be  abandoned if actions are delayed!
  • Your time will have been squandered.
  • Your system needs to track your progress – enabling you to make course corrections. It ensures you reach your objectives.
  • Success through actions provides motivation by revealing to you all the progress you are making.

Your system needs an OUTSIDE method of responsibility! …. An expert – an objective friend you can talk with and share your personal goal setting questions/program with!

Action: Don`t forget this, it`s crucial to your success!

questions to ask about personal goal setting

 

This mentoring/talking to a trusted friend is something that

  1. locks you into making sure you have a clear target
  2. ensures you are following your strategy,
  3. ensures you are tracking your progress,
  4. ensures you are making the required course corrections.

 

Having Your ‘action taking system’ will guarantee you will follow through, no matter the objective, no matter the challenges!

 

SUMMARY…. 

Question: Now that we understand the significant areas where personal goal setting could break down …. what is the single greatest trap in failing at setting goals ?

Answer: The single greatest trap is not having a ‘specific system’ that guarantees you ‘take consistent actions’. This must be in place, then your targets most likely will be fully achieved.

The 3 Most Important Questions To Ask Yourself – Mindvalley Blog

Jan 18, 2018 … This simple life-changing 7-minute exercise will help you see if you’re truly aiming for the right goals in your life or if you’re stuck in modern culture’s “Means Goals” trap. Over the years I’ve come to stop believing in goal setting. Why? Because goal setting, or at least the way most of us are trained to do it, …
]]> My Business Consumes My Time……… I Need A Holiday https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/my-business-consumes-my-time-i-need-a-holiday/ Sun, 02 Apr 2017 03:43:19 +0000 http://smallbusinesschronicles.com/?p=1096 How many times have you said this? My Business Consumes My Time, I Need A Holiday!!! …

Question…   Do you believe in KARMA?  … here`s positive pay back time.

Yes, I know, you`ve said this about as many as many times as have I!  So why haven`t you taken a break? When will you take a break?  Where are you going?  Who is going with you?

Who will look after your business? Will your business go with you in your laptop?

Will it really be the rest you want? …. or will you be worrying about whether you can afford it all!

 >> Would you like to save some dollars on your travel costs?

Save a Little or Save a Lot…. I Love To Travel On A Budget!

— 3 nights in Auckland, New Zealand, 13-16 April 2017 – Public Price $617 – Total, with tax $437 AUD Savings $180

— 7 nights in Miami, USA, 18-25 April 2017…  Public Price  $1988 – Total,  with tax $1301AUD….   Savings  $687

 

— 7 nights in Barcelona, Spain, 8-15 May 2017…  Public Price $1812 – Total, with tax $1364 AUD …  Savings  $448 ….  

— 5 nights in Bangkok, Thailand, 2-7 May 2017…  Public Price $1139 – Total, with tax $676 AUD….  Savings  $463…. (examples as at 31st March ’17)

 

Curious?  CLICK to find out more?  … about BUDGET TRAVEL offers for you?

To a restful, planned, lower cost holiday… and book the Needed Holiday… with savings! 

Rob Ryan .. TRAVEL LIGHT ASSOCIATE

Email: rob@yesyoucancoaching.com.au  

Save a Little … Save a Lot !

]]> Does Real Financial Independence Begin With Changes In Mindset? https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/does-real-financial-independence-begin-with-changes-in-mindset/ Thu, 16 Mar 2017 05:26:13 +0000 http://smallbusinesschronicles.com/?p=1064 Does ‘real financial independence’ begin with changes in mindset?   Do new rewards for individuals and community start specifically with a new construction of our mind?

Do we need an evolution of  how we have personally constructed our mind?  Likely we do; so exercising the grey matter is a perfect way to go!

As an educator, I contend we need a major overhaul of elements of ‘our education system’? Should we insist on a teaching pedagogy of mind matters, of creativity and of entrepreneurial spirit or should we get back to the basics, or both? There seems great energy about now to re-engineer our priorities. Mindset does matter.  Let`s teach about it, as a top priority?

What do you say about building future societies?

Which path should our society follow? What are the real pillars of a ‘more conscious’ society?  Is our society careless about teaching thinking skills and careless about teaching the skills of deep questioning?

So what about today`s adults?

A focus on mind matters plus more options for wealth building and financial independence …. will likely lead to building a new and better future. What do you think?

Building financial wealth for the us requires a systematic purposeful action; products and services which enhance and enable wealth creation and which in turn can enable lifestyle quality to grow.

I wonder what difference there would have been in my life`s journey had I understood the true meaning of financial independence?  Would my now-life circumstances have been very different? How much was I de-powered because of the lack of knowledge?

My education was typical of most baby boomers.  I grew up in a very small country town, both parents worked and sport was the basis of life, summer and winter through! I travelled 60 kilometres daily for 7 years from Reynella (South Australia) to Adelaide to complete my secondary and tertiary education. (great choice by my parents!).

But, while my education was standard for the times – academic and exacting, it lacked any mention of business, management and entrepreneurship -and finances.  The mindset of those times was one more related to generations/people recovering from wars and recession; about survival and betterment; about the a concept of having more – to escape from a life of near poverty, one of lack of choice and having-to-just-get-by!

Today, I believe we are more conscious! And there`s certainly greater opportunities for all of us.

What do you believe and feel about attention to mindset?  Do more active and creative mindsets need to prevail for the new times?

New thinking, new teaching, uniqueness and entrepreneurship in it`s widest interpretation needs to be championed!  …  But only if we truly want to have real personal choice, real opportunities, true freedom – real use of time! …  to be, to work, to serve, to travel and, and, and… abounding – choice!

Rob Ryan

Here`s one option to build Financial Independence by accessing, then promoting this simple program !

Email me for a chat: rob@yesyoucancoaching.com.au

]]> Why ‘The Online Alliance Members’ Are Looking Forward In 2017 https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/why-the-online-alliance-members-are-looking-forward-in-2017/ Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:59:30 +0000 http://smallbusinesschronicles.com/?p=1043 So it`s March 2017 already. Just where did those first two months of the year go?  Did you set goals like I did? And are you achieving what you thought you would achieve? I want to share with you one aspect of my business plan – Why ‘The Online Alliance Members’ Are Looking Forward In 2017.

So let me share my successes and my failures first, and don`t be shy, share yours too. I set three goals. Each has allocated time each week and these times are flexible, but not-negotiable. (the day to day routines have times allocated as well).

#1 Goal: Lose weight and be healthier and fitter so I can enjoy life!!  I was 109kg in early January. March 1 here today in Australia – 100kg at weigh in this morning. YES!!  5 kg to go by the end of March. I`m pretty pumped -for sure!

#2 Goal: My business interests in 2016 were very unclear; woolly, lacked focus, lacked structure and… lost $$.  — Ive downsized. I dumped programs. I simplified. I set up new systems. I have a simple time management system and I`m sticking to it. All this has taken time! Do I feel satisfied with where I`m at? YES!  (in future posts, I`ll share more).

#3 Goal: Too private and personal to share here. I don`t know you well enough! 🙂

Click HERE Now … to see how profitable it is to set up YOUR OWN LIFESTYLE BUSINESS

So why do I make the claim as in the title of this article? Why ‘The Online Alliance Members’ Are Looking Forward In 2017.

I`ve been a member of TOA since the early days. In 2017, TOA has a new and very dynamic vibrancy about it. Drew Innes, the founder and friend, has surged TOA to a very dynamic place!

Newbies, professionals, lapsed business people… and anyone who wants – more time, more money, a more dynamic life…. wants more… without being forced into a program they`re not quite sure about because its  probably too hypey! …..

>>>  Click this link Now  ….   I might suggest, to have a bit of a look here.

As a bit of a taste…. just to whet your appetite, when you join TOA today!

Here are just some of the Online Alliance Member benefits …

  • Earn Multiple Streams of Income (up to 20 Affiliate offers available)
  • Personal Affiliate links to ALL products, systems and software we showcase & review
  • Effectively Turn TOA Into YOUR Own Site by Actively promoting Content and share Links
  • Easily Leverage ALL Blog Posts, Reviews, Training & Content on the team site to promote as yours
  • Add Your Own Bio & Social Media Channels to Your Personal Profile Page
  • Personalize the entire site to YOU, instantly increasing YOUR credibility and authority.
  • Leverage Our Powerful Promotional Leadership Hangouts. We do ALL the selling for YOU.
  • Send Your Visitors to the Hangouts Using Your Unique ID and You Get ALL the Credit
  • Dramatically increase the number of Customers YOU attract and get paid for when they BUY!

Our Business Presentation are numerous!… suits a wide range of people!!

Enjoy!

Rob Ryan.

rob@yesyoucancoaching.com.au

Skype: rob.ryan2011

]]> The Different Styles of Brand Marketing Strategy are… https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/the-different-styles-of-brand-marketing-strategy-are/ Tue, 28 Feb 2017 03:26:09 +0000 http://smallbusinesschronicles.com/?p=1038 On the Online Alliance you will read more articles just like this one, ‘What Are the Different Styles of Brand Marketing Strategy’

We are a group of online marketers, all with our different brands, all with our specific own business goals. While we have common products, we also have very different products that we promote. This article was written back in 2016 by the founder of TOA, Drew Inness. This speaks to the quality of our community. Please have a read, then visit the site to see what is there that interests you.

If you are into brand marketing strategy, the first thing you need to know is this: making consumers fuss about your business isn’t as random as you think. There’s actually a science to producing a brand marketing buzz, and it’s something you can learn to do.

Take note, your business is not there to just create customers. It is to create customers who , in turn, will also create customers (in short, customer advocates). This is the perfect marketing solution for 99 percent of all businesses, and why I believe brand marketing should be considered as one of your most important marketing campaign tools.

By acting a little more clever and unpredictable, you are challenging the consumers who appreciate a little fun in their products and services.

Let’s analyze some outstanding ways other businesses have created their brand marketing strategy which you can easily apply in your own company:

1. Share Stuff That Already Works

The U.S. Department of the Interior has been using social media to show the world what they do. Instead of just sharing content about policies and press releases, they also share stunning landscape photos and videos of cute animals in the national parks they manage.

The department’s Senior Digital Strategist, Rebecca Matulka, says, people often use their social posts to plan vacations or be reminded about past family trips to the parks. Even their videos of bears alone get hundreds of retweets on Twitter.

If a governmental department can create content using adorable animals and breathtaking landscapes, you can also connect to something that people like to share, too.

2. Weird Experiences

Another example is Catbird Creamery in Maine, when you order a conventional flavor, they’ll insist that you also try something a little more adventurous. And even if you’re going to order vanilla anyway, they would still want you to at least try the strawberry balsamic or green tea ginger. Catbird knows that anyone can make a good vanilla, but what makes them remarkable is helping their customers try out all of the other fantastic flavors the brand also make.

They give their customers an experience to talk about. The point is, even if the customer doesn’t order the hot pepper flavor they just sampled, they will likely tell others they have tasted it.

Check out The Online Alliance Team site here! Be surprised by all the articles, the Resources, the training and the bonuses… and so much more added in late February 2017

3. Mobile Apps and Charmin!

Do you think you can’t come up with a fun, creative and at the same time, practical way to sell toilet paper? Well, Charmin did. Although it’s not exactly social media, their app does make that-thing- that-shall- not- be-named a little easier, with mapped out directions to all the restrooms in a given area. Unsurprisingly though, you can rate the public restrooms through the app as to whether they “Sit”(like) or “Squat” (dislike).

Truth is, you don’t have to spend thousands of dollars for an iPhone programmer to create an app. There are already available online template-based services like Seattle Clouds which make it easy for anyone to point and click their way to a custom app using a variety of layouts and setups. The resulting app can be used on Amazon Kindle, Apple iPhone and iPad and Android devices, so you’re covered no matter which device your target audience uses.

4. Mystery

Are you mysterious? Or do you think you can be? Just see how people are delighted with the puzzle-solving aspect of pattern recognition. Now, if we go a bit deeper and explore what drives this pattern seeking behavior, we find: curiosity.

A good thing about great storytellers is that they know how to turn an ordinary event—say, a trip to the grocery—into a suspenseful one by withholding information. Even in new relationships, flirtation often involves some element of playful teasing, whether through conversation or more sensual revelations.

And newsrooms have made a science out of crafting irresistible headlines: “Your PC might be infected!” or “Are you prepared for the tax law changes?”

Human nature includes that we are captivated by unanswered questions. So what you should do is try and put this mystery to good use.

5. Target’s View

Target is one of those companies that do a great job of creating a Life and Entertainment-style online magazine with great tips on recipes, fashion, and managing major life events like back-to- school and the holidays. They drag their bold brand and fashion on a budget approach to life with the stories they tell. With tips like 9 Ramen Hacks For Your College Dorm, how could they go wrong?

You should be like Target, and focus on serving your audience while at the same time bringing your brand to life in an authentic and engaging way.

6. Make People Feel Special

Comodo restaurant in New York encourages customers to snap pictures of their meals and contribute them to an “Instagram Menu” by adding #ComodoMenu to their posts.

It’s actually a perfect way to collect all of their recommendations and photos in one place, but more importantly, it makes their contributors feel like a part of the restaurant.

It is a well-known fact nowadays that customers often take Instagram photos of their fancy dinners. So, why not get the most out of your brand marketing by making those customers feel special? Related post: Secrets to the Lego Marketing Campaigns … Effective Marketing?

7. Find Unique Ways to Give

Meathead Movers is a Los Angeles moving company, and in addition to their standard moving business, they also lend a hand to people in domestic abuse situations move out safely, and quickly, and for no charge at all. What they do is every time they open up a new location, they never forget to contact the nearest women’s shelter to tell them about the service they offer.

In fact, it has become a point of pride for their employees and has been a part of their mission statement. Now, they’ve also promoted this idea to other businesses in their communities to help victims of domestic violence start over with services like rental locating, oil changes, security systems, haircuts and counseling.

Charitable giving goes much further when you also create awareness for the cause. Instead of just writing a check, Meathead Movers makes their cause much more visible and community oriented.

8. Create Surprise

We are pretty sure that you have seen all the tear jerker commercials for abused or abandoned puppies or kittens. They are not something you’ll often share with friends, is it? Albeit, North Carolina’s Wake County SPCA tried a very different approach to this problem. They made a lip-synching music video to ABBA’s song “Take a Chance on Me” with the entire shelter staff and most of the adoptable animals.

Are you wondering if it was a success? It was watched on YouTube over 3.4 million times the last time we looked. Just because others do the standard tearjerker videos doesn’t mean they are popular. The lesson is is this: Surprise your audience with original things that are fun and approachable like what SPCA did. Even you may be surprised.

 Visit the TOA site here and read the full article. (NB: we`re encouraged to share articles with our own community -just part of the deal, and why we are different!)

 https://theonlinealliance.com/different-styles-brand-marketing-strategy/?uid=17

]]> What Are The 10 Bad Habits You Must Eliminate? https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/what-are-the-10-bad-habits-you-must-eliminate-2/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 05:33:02 +0000 http://itstheinsidestuff.com/?p=653 It`s the start of a new year. And I don`t know about you, but I am hell-bent on doing a few things differently! I didn`t achieve what I wanted to achieve in 2016, so here goes ‘new stuff’ in 2017. And there`s a great article below that talks about ‘What Are The 10 Bad Habits You Must Eliminate’?

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First about me and I hope some ideas and practices I have are useful for you too!

For me, and perhaps for you too …  the same stuff as last year won`t cut it.  So for what it`s worth! I have 4 goals only for 2017 and I`m deeply committed to achieving lots.  My goals are 90 day goals, or 12 week goals … not 12 month goals!!

I have a clear image or vision about each goal. I`m spending specific times each week on each of these goals!  This is a critical piece of my plan!! This is new from 2016.

I have a written plan, I write it on on A3 sheet divided into quarters.  This is an “ACTION PLAN FOR THE WEEK”. I write each goal and the specific action in each of the 4 quarters. I review my progress at the end of each week, and write the new actions I`ll take for the upcoming week. In other words it`s “practical, it`s about actions”… No more ideas in the head stuff!!

#1 Goal — this is about my health … the last 3, no 4 years have been very bad!  Hospitals, specialists, doctors, pills, pain … so now I`m in a better place.  My plan is about exercise I will do daily, food I`ll eat, sleep I must have, meditation I will do.  My markers are feel energized, and to lose weight.

I have just started week 4 with this goal.  Progress? Slowly I am feeling more energized .. great! Weight-wise … My starting weight 109.3kg.  My weigh-in this morning 105kg. Excellent!  My target is to be at 95kg at the end of 90 days! (ie I`ve lost 4kg =8.8lbs)

#2 Goal is about my business plans and actions

#3 Goal is about relationships with people, family, community, colleagues!

#4 Goal is about ” all the other stuff in life that usually consumes all the time of our days and stops us from achieving the important actions in our lives!

I allocate times for each of the 4 goals on a weekly planner. I must! I need retraining, my brain needs retraining!!  Or I will fail!!

>>> More about my 4 goals in up-coming posts!

Here is an excerpt from an article by one of my “influencers” – Travis Bradberry

He is an award-winning co-author of the best-selling book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, and the co-founder of TalentSmart — a consultancy that serves more than 75 percent of Fortune 500 companies and is a leading provider of emotional inte…

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You are the sum of your habits. When you allow bad habits to take over, they dramatically impede your path to success. The challenge is bad habits are insidious, creeping up on you slowly until you don’t even notice the damage they’re causing.

“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.”   — Warren Buffett

Breaking bad habits requires self-control — and lots of it. Research indicates that it’s worth the effort, as self-control has huge implications for success.

Related: 8 Habits of Wildly Successful People

University of Pennsylvania psychologists Angela Duckworth and Martin Seligman conducted a study where they measured college students’ IQ scores and levels of self-control upon entering university. Four years later, they looked at the students’ grade point averages (GPA) and found that self-control was twice as important as IQ in earning a high GPA.

The self-control required to develop good habits (and stop bad ones) also serves as the foundation for a strong work ethic and high productivity. Self-control is like a muscle — to build it up you need to exercise it. Practice flexing your self-control muscle by breaking the following bad habits:

1. Using your phone, tablet or computer in bed. 

This is a big one that most people don’t even realize harms their sleep and productivity. Short-wavelength blue light plays an important role in your mood, energy level and sleep quality. In the morning, sunlight contains high concentrations of this blue light. When your eyes are exposed to it directly, the blue light halts production of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin and makes you feel more alert. In the afternoon, the sun’s rays lose their blue light, which allows your body to produce melatonin and start making you sleepy. By the evening, your brain doesn’t expect any blue light exposure and is very sensitive to it.

Most of our favorite evening devices — laptops, tablets and mobile phones — emit short-wavelength blue light brightly and right in your face. This exposure impairs melatonin production and interferes with your ability to fall asleep as well as with the quality of your sleep once you do nod off. As we’ve all experienced, a poor night’s sleep has disastrous effects. The best thing you can do is to avoid these devices after dinner (television is OK for most people as long as they sit far enough away from the set).

2. Impulsively surfing the internet. 

It takes you 15 consecutive minutes of focus before you can fully engage in a task. Once you do, you fall into a euphoric state of increased productivity called flow. Research shows that people in a flow state are five times more productive than they otherwise would be. When you click out of your work because you get an itch to check the news, Facebook, a sport’s score or what have you, this pulls you out of flow. This means you have to go through another 15 minutes of continuous focus to reenter the flow state. Click in and out of your work enough times, and you can go through an entire day without experiencing flow.

Related: 10 Habits That Will Make You Much Happier

You can read the full article here, thanks for the great contribution you make to the world Travis!  Please follow him!

10 Bad Habits You Must Eliminate From Your Daily Routine

]]> How Proud Are You of Your Business? https://smallbusinesschronicles.com/how-proud-are-you-of-your-business/ Sat, 16 Jul 2016 02:14:27 +0000 http://smallbusinesschronicles.com/?p=636 How Proud Are You of Your Business? Your own or the one you work at on a full time or part time basis?

To feel happy and content about where you spend your working time is critical to your well being? Or are you a stress head and not the best person to be around either at work or after hours on the weekend.

How is your well being?

I wrote another of my blogs about this.  So here is a link to to that article?

>>>>   Have a look at “How Proud Are You of Your Business”?

CLICK HERE >> You will see a link to a Top Tier Resource … about “a safe way to build a business”.

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