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Make A Million Dollars The Boring Way

In Business Advice on December 30, 2009 at 6:27 am
Everyone loves the mega million dollar day idea.
Why?
Because it’s easy money. It’s success in a bottle. It’s instant riches and glory.
Living as though you’re going to suddenly suceed is very tempting. After all it means you can be lazy. and sporadic – now that’s fun – and easy.
You do what you should only when you feel like it.
When you feel like it, that’s when you study, that’s when you pray, that’s when you spend QT with the wife and kids, that’s when when you excersize. It’s fun that way.
Until you fail.
The rest of humanity has one of two choices
  1. Simply be mediocre
  2. Succeed through investment
I’ll ignore number one.
Success through investing means work. It means putting in the time. It means developing character. It means having strong faith. Above all perhaps, it means – being consistent.
Whoa…not the ‘C’ word right?
Being consistent is boring, tedius, predictable – But it pays off.
Consistency can
  • build a brand.
  • gain real skill or knowledge
  • display the commitment that people trust.
  • finish what’s started
Helps me to remember this -
Getting a black belt in Karate isnt about learning a thousand different moves. It’s about doing just 10 moves a thousand times each.
Now go do something. Again.
Max Soutter
p.s. Ofcourse it’s not just about consistently working hard…it’s about consistently working smart – but that’s another post.

The Customer Thief – Max Soutter

In Free Downloads, customer thief, marketing on June 20, 2009 at 12:20 pm

Actually, Some Thieves Sleep VERY Well At Night!

Stealing customers is not only profitable and satisfying, it’s also ethical and legal. In fact, once you learn and apply the 5 keys taught here in, you’ll feel great about your business AND your newly stolen customers will thank you for it.

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In “The Customer Thief”, Max Soutter explains shows you what to do when your customers won’t buy and your competitors won’t share. Isn’t time you started snatching wallets and picking pockets in your market place?

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No Business Opportunities in Zimbabwe?

In Misc, Starting A Business?, Uncategorized on December 9, 2008 at 1:53 pm

No Business Opportunities in Zimbabwe?

Really? Must be my imagination then… I keep seeing them everywhere. All you need do is open your eyes and think a little outside your box.

We have one of the 7 wonders of the world- it’s proven to attract millions of visitors a year. The factors keeping those millions away wont last forever. Or better yet, maybe you should just wait until the opportunity becomes obvious to the whole world?

Enough natural resourcesto make everyone in this tiny country filthy rich. Put your thinking cap on. Make some calls, do some research. Are you the one to take advantage of these resources? Someone has to. And someone will.

Small country, nationwide media. For example, whatever you’re selling – your marketing can literally reach the whole nation with a relatively (by comparison) small budget through national media. 2 or 3 newspapers. There’s just one TV channel to worry about. National media coverage costs less than ‘community coverage in the first world!

Where else can you hire someone for less than a dollar a month?A skilled person. I’m not saying it’s right, but it is happening. Offer half decent salaries and you’d have some of the best employees the country has to offer.

Innovation is easy.A third world country with a educated and literate population (including diaspora). Basic technologies and facilities are not available. Whole industries almost don’t exist. What, you’d rather try to innovate in the first world, where your best idea was probably already done about 5 years ago? Where you’re competing with mega businesses? Where innovation is a way of life?

Half the population in the Diaspora.Setup partnerships both ways. If your business has potential, talk to your brother in the UK. 200 pounds may not be a a really big deal. In Zim, that could cover salaries for 5 – 10 people! You’d have a bigger advertising budget than most BANKS. If you’re living overseas, you’ve got no excuse.

So easy to gain a competitive advantage.Imagine a place where something as simple as high speed internet can be a competitive advantage? Where really understanding strategy and marketing (direct response) is like understanding magic. Where having a Paypal account makes you the only person who can buy products/services from the internet? Where having the right accent is taken as being educated?

Come on. I could go on, but that’s enough ranting for one day.

Or you can focus on the politics. Put your hope in Gideon Gono, Morgan Tsvangirai, Zanu PF – none of these people will make you rich. Trusting in politicians almost guarantees failure. Trusting in the media, no matter which one will DEFINITELY disadvantage you.

It may not be easy, the challenges are real, very. But so are the opportunities. Be unconventional. Be a positive leader. Be smart. Be unselfish and bold. No one except God will hand success to you. And even then, you’ll still have to take it.

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