Achieve Outstanding Success

"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most people succeed because they are determined to."

George E. Allen
1832-1907, Publisher and Author

Avoid Common Marketing Mistakes

Smooth Out Your Cash Flow - Avoid These Common Marketing Mistakes

Michele PW the official advertising and marketing expert at IdeaMarketers discusses common marketing mistakes in today's CreateAWOW Podcast. Learn how to overcome these mistakes so you have consistent cash flow coming into your business.

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Manhattan Real Estate Still Going Strong

Unlike much of the rest of the US, the Manhattan Real estate market is still going strong. Find out why and also why it's a perfect time for foreign investors to pick up prime Manhattan Real estate in this CreateAWOW podcast interview with Manhattan real estate broker, Kathy Gulrich.

It's the Love - Finding Your Focus

Branding and Naming expert, Phil Davis joins us this week for the CreateAWOW podcast to discuss the importance of finding your focus. This is one of my favorite segments from my interview with Phil. It's a fun look at why success boils down to focus and focus boils down to love. What do you love doing and who do you love serving? Your success depends upon the answer!

If you have 4 minutes to spare, definitely listen to this one.

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Are You Making These Entrepreneurial Mistakes?

Terri Zwierzinsky, Solo-Entrepreneur Expert, joined us this week to talk about solo entrepreneurial strategies. In the first segment she talked about the importance of networking, delegating and collaborating with others:

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In the second segment, Terri talks about the most common mistakes solo entrepreneurs make and how to overcome them. Visit Terri online at www.solo-e.com .

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The Anatomy of a WOW: What You Can Learn from a White Squirrel

What does it take to create your own WOW? What makes people exclaim, "Wow, that's amazing, I wish I'd thought of that!"

Branding and Naming expert, Phil Davis joins us for the CreateAWOW podcast sharing his WOW story. Five years ago, Phil introduced an idea to a withering mountain town in Transylvania County, NC. This weekend that same town will welcome over 25,000 tourists to celebrate the annual White Squirrel Festival that Phil envisioned.

Phil breaks down the elements of a WOW by looking at Brevard, NC's success with the White Squirrel Festival. You'll be amazed at his insights! To listen go to the CreateAWOW Podcast.

Phil has worked personally with me on ideamarketers.com and my other projects. He's brilliant -- always adding to my bottom line and my overall success. Visit him online at www.puretungsten.com

Enjoy!

Rags to Riches: Brenda Cote's True Rags to Riches Story

I'm excited to share with you our latest Create A WOW podcast interview with wealth building expert Brenda Cote of www.TransformingLivesCreatingWealth.com

Brenda's inspiring true life story will fill you with hope and practical insights for creating a wealth mindset. In this exclusive interview, Brenda shares her humble beginnings as a poor girl growing up with dirt floors and an outhouse in Tijuana, Mexico to a thriving real estate business owner in California where she's earned over a million dollars in one year. Learn about the beliefs and life experiences that helped this Wow-Creator transform her life and how she's helping other women do the same. For the full interview via podcast or streaming audio go to http://CreateAWOW.com/podcast.php

Gurus & Experts Galore!

Wow! Our expert directory at IdeaMarketers is really expanding this month. We've welcomed aboard a dozen new experts to our team and are thrilled to have them. If you haven't visited our expert section, definitely hop on over because we've got some amazing people offering information and resources on important topics including:

Business:
Customer Service * E-business * Entrepreneur * Getting Started Online * Home Business * Small Business * Self Employment

Education:
Colleges: Online & Campus * Homeschooling

Marketing:
Advertising * Affiliate Marketing * Branding * How to Charge * Online Marketing * SEO * Visibility

Special Interests:
Automotive * Civil Rights * Pets

Life:
Alcoholism * Christian * Dating * Elder Care * Life Purpose * Marriage & Family * Parenting Teens * Relationships * Accelerate Success

Money:
Financial Freedom * Prosperity * Real Estate * Real Estate Investing * Wealth Building

Writing:
Article Marketing * Authoring * Copywriting * Information Marketing * Self-Publishing * Writing for the Web

Also be sure to check out our blogs where our experts' knowledge is spotlighted every day of the week:

• Creating Wealth & Success Blog
• Relationships - Managing and Building Lasting Relationships Blog
• Small Business Success Blog
• Writing and Publishing Blog

I Am the Decisive Element

"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming." - Goethe

We are here to act, not to be acted upon!

The Last Lecture

What if you knew you only had a few months to live? What advice would you leave as a legacy? Terminally ill University professor Dr. Randy Pausch created a WOW on Oprah when he regave his "Last Lecture." We could all learn from the wisdom he shared:

"Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more." - A. Lou Vickery, Writer

Creating your own information products & using social media

I'm excited to share with you two informative audios to help you create your own WOW! The first is an interview with our latest CreateAWOW podcast guest, Stephanie Chandler, our official Entrepreneur Expert on IdeaMarketers and author of “From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur: Make Money with Books, eBooks and Information Products.”

In this exclusive interview Stephanie shares tips and strategies for creating your own information products and marketing them online. To listen online or to download the interview to your computer or ipod, go to the CreateAWow podcast page.

Also, each month, IdeaMarketers.com is hosting panel discussions with our team of experts on various topics. Our February discussion was "How to Use Social Media to Build Your Business."

Visibility, online and article marketing experts joined the call to discuss ways they have used LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook and Ning to build their businesses.

You can read an overview with excerpts from the call and find a link for listening to the recorded version on my IdeaMarketers blog.

I hope you find these audio's helpful!

LinkedIn, Teleseminars, and Self-Publishing Secrets

Today's classes at the Create A WOW Virtual Conference are:

• Relationship Marketing Using LinkedIn - by David Nour
  
• Discover How to Make Tens of Thousands of Dollars by Hosting FREE Teleseminars - by Kathleen Gage
  
• Insider Secrets to Self-Publishing - by Marnie L. Pehrson
  

The Insider Secrets to Self-Publishing is an interview where I talk about the BarnesandNoble best seller campaign we did, ebooks vs print books, viral marketing, etc.

To listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast through Itunes go here.

SEO, Blogging, Article Marketing, Shopping Carts, Press Releases, and more!

Be sure to visit our CreateAWOW Conference for pre-recorded presentations you can listen to your convenience throughout the day. They're available streamed, via MP3 download or as a podcast:

Get Our Podcast:

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Please post your comments about what you think of our classes!

Wednesday's Classes (Archived on the site)

Create a WOW with Article Marketing
On Wednesday I spoke on creating a WOW with Article Marketing. Learn all about article marketing, syndication, and how to use articles for better search engine positioning.

Search Engine Optimization Strategies: Writing with Keywords
Karon Thackston goes through search engine optimization copywriting strategies. Learn how to write with keywords in an effective manner so that search engines will like your site and humans will too!

How to Use Press Releases to Get Visitors to Your Web Site (and get some publicity to boot)
Michele PW, our official Marketing
Online Expert at IdeaMarketers joins us to talk about how to use Press Releases to bring visitors to your site and get some media publicity to boot.

How to Use Joint Ventures and Alliances to Grow Your Small Business
Janis Pettit of SmallBusiness-BigResults.com joins us to talk about the in's and out's of joint ventures. She'll help you tap into undiscovered profit centers in order to reach your business and life goals.

Thursday's Classes (will also be archived if you miss them)

How to Make Your Web site Go Ka-ching!
Michele PW, our official Marketing Online Expert at IdeaMarketers teaches the basics of traffic and conversion in being able to sell your products and services online.

Shopping Cart Basics
Christina Hills aka "The Shopping Cart Queen" offers the basics of shopping carts in this informative, easy-to-follow video.

Is Blogging the Best Darn Marketing Tool on the Planet?
The BlogSquad(tm) says so! And they explain why in this segment.

Keep Your Customers - Serve Them Well
Digital Info Diva, our official Customer Service Expert at IdeaMarketers gives an overview of how to create winning customer service on the Internet. Building trust is HUGE when it comes to your success on the internet, and your customer service plays a vital role.

To listen go to www.CreateAWOW.com and register. If you've already registered, just go to the link we sent you in your email.

Please post your comments about what you think of our classes!

CreateAWOW Conference Starts Today!

Don't forget that the Create A WOW Virtual Conference starts today! If you haven't registered yet, go to www.CreateAWOW.com to do so. It's free!

Rory Cohen of Take10Now.com gives you a simple step-by-step system guaranteed to help you get started, stay motivated and keep in action on any goal, no matter how potentially overwhelming. Her techniques will help you implement what you learn in the conference and create your own WOW.

Karon Thackston will give you some practical techniques for writing successful PPC Ads. I've known Karon for nearly a decade and not only is she a woman of integrity, but also a copywriting master. This class is based on her book of the same name. How To Write Successful PPC Ads cuts right to the chase with revealing strategies backed up with real-life examples. It’s refreshing to find a book that wastes no time on hype and gets down to practical, tested tips in an easy-to-understand format. You'll find the same from this recorded class.

Phil Davis, (our official branding/marketing expert at IdeaMarketers) is a genius when it comes to naming and branding. I've personally implemented Phil's advice and seen quantum leaps in my online revenues. Anytime you get a chance to listen to Phil, do so! Speaking of listening to Phil, his radio show, "The Name Game" airs on www.voiceamerica.com in their Business Section every Tuesday at 3pm ET / noon PST.

Hazel Palache presents a segment on "Zapping Negativity - Turn Yesterday's Doubts into Tomorrow's Success." A certified NLP practitioner, Hazel gives a masterful discourse on not only the importance of zapping negativity when creating your WOW, but also gives techniques you can use to transform your thoughts. Listen to her segment and learn how to turn negative thoughts into positive ones at any moment.

To register, go to www.CreateAWOW.com