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Home-based Business Success Stories Wanted!
August 22nd, 2008
I’ve been contributing to the Start Up Nation website, one of the top websites for entrepreneurs. In case you haven’t checked them out, you’ll want to. They have an amazing wealth of information for small business owners including articles and podcasts by yours truly.
Today they have launched their 2nd annual home based business contest and I hope that some of you will enter. Here’s how they describe it:
Welcome to the one and only ranking focused on you – the outstanding unsung heroes of our economy – home-based entrepreneurs.
The second annual 2008 StartupNation Home-Based 100 will once again rank the best performing home-based businesses across America in ten distinct categories.
This year’s categories are:
- Best Financial Performers
- Most Innovative
- Boomers Back in Business
- Greenest
- Yummiest
- Wackiest
- Grungiest
- Recession Busters
- Most Slacker Friendly
- Most Glamorous
Building on the fanfare surrounding last year’s winners, the 2008 competition has the makings of an even bigger celebration of contestants, and ultimately, finalists who will claim their place among the 100 winners.
We hope to see you in the Winner’s Circle!
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Don’t miss this free teleseminar series!
August 12th, 2008
My fellow XBanker co-founder Garrett Sutton and I have been asked to be part of a tremendous teleseminar series for business owners. Not only am I presenting during this virtual event, but I am attending these sessions myself as a guest because there is so much I want to learn from the other presenters in this power-packed event. I’ve heard a few of them speak, and there are others I can’t wait to “meet.”
Oh, and it’s free…so how can I resist? How can you?
Here’s the official announcement, but I’ll give you my opinion: if just one of these presentations puts money in your pocket you’re way ahead of the game!
Who Else Wants To Learn ‘Secrets’ That Most Small Business Owners/Online Marketers, Entrepreneurs, Writers and Coaches Will Never Know About How To Really attract more leads, close more sales, set up automatic marketing systems, increase profits, and keep more of your cash each month as you build wealth?!
Give us about 28 hours over the next few months and we’ll force 22 of the world’s top marketing & small business experts to reveal their most powerful, most clever, and most profitable & guarded secrets for unparalleled personal & financial success.
Learn more and register here.
Not sure? Here is an example of what you will learn;
The Freedom Formula author Guru Christine Kloser who will show you “How to Put Soul in Your Business and Money in Your Bank”
Rich Dad’s Advisor Garrett Sutton will tell you about the 5 mistakes most small business owners make when setting up a corporation
Million Dollar Lifestyle Business Coach Melanie Benson Strick shows you 101 Ways to Triple Your Income by Outsourcing Your High Payoff Activities
Branding expert Kim Castle shows you through interactive exercises how brand worthy your business is.
James Roche, (The Info product Guy) will show you how to get paid for your knowledge via his Info Marketing Action plan (iMap program)
PR and marketing expert Susan Harrow will show you How to Get a 6-figure Book Advance
Online Marketing expert Katrina Sawa will tell you what you need to know to get more exposure and clients FAST
Elizabeth Potts Weinstein (CFP(r)& Attorney) shows you an Easy, GUARANTEED System to Take Control of Your Cash Flow in Just 15 Minutes per Week
For full details and to register for the FREE events!
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Building Business Credit webcast available now
July 28th, 2008
The Wells Fargo Small Business Webcast Sound Credit Practices for Your Business is now available. I was honored to be chosen to participate in this panel discussion with leading financial industry insiders and business owners as we talked about how to build business credit, and effectively manage business credit and cash flow. The program focuses on financial management principles that support long-term stability and growth.
Sound Credit Practices for Your Business offers tips and strategies to small business owners looking for ways to safeguard and strengthen their businesses. This webcast will provide informative, relevant and timely advice on how to implement and manage sound credit practices.
If you haven’t viewed a webcast before, it is like attending a seminar…from the comfort of your home or office. You simply watch online with both audio and video.
The webcast was moderated by Rich Sloan, co-founder of StartupNation.com. I’ve seen and admired Rich’s work for years, but was even more impressed when I met him in person. He’s both very smart and very funny. And I learned a lot working with the other panelists:
• Michael Billeci, Regional President, Greater Bay Area Region, Wells Fargo
• Scott Anderson, Ph.D. Senior Economist, Wells Fargo
• Jerry L. Mills, CPA, Founder and CEO, B2B CFO
• Sharon Evans, President and CEO, The Business Resource Group
Free registration for this webcast is now available at www.wellsfargo.com/biz/webcast.
About the Wells Fargo Small Business Webcast Series
Wells Fargo’s Small Business Webcast Series of interactive, online sessions is designed to help small business owners meet their business growth and management goals. The series, which launched in 2007, is one of Wells Fargo’s many resources to help small business owners succeed financially.
The latest addition to the library of small business resources in the webcast series is Sound Credit Practices for Your Business. The webcast series library also includes: Financing Strategies for Your Business, Protecting Your Business, Technology and Your Business, and Health Care Options for Your Business.
For more information on the series or to view one of these programs, visit www.wellsfargo.com/biz/webcast.
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Two More X-Men Join The Team
July 16th, 2008
By The XBanker
From the day we started the XBanker we set out to do two things: bring together world class expertise and best in breed solutions for helping entrepreneurs access capital for their business. We’ve been busy making key deals to enhance our offering and to attract great talent. That being said, it is my pleasure to announce that Trent & Chad Lee are joining the XBanker initiative - a critical portfolio asset for Shared Success.
This dynamic duo built Corporate Credit Concepts from the ground up, establishing themselves as the premier provider of cash credit solutions for entrepreneurs. We have formed a strategic alliance to integrate our consulting solutions into a combined offering: Business Credit Success. Through this partnership, we will be able to help our clients obtain thousands of dollars in cash credit without personal guarantees - regardless of the business owner’s personal credit.
Stay tuned as this relationship develops and other key acquisitions are made. In the meantime, enjoy the great content these two experts will contribute to the blog and to the business.
You Know You’ve “Arrived” When…
July 10th, 2008
By The XBanker
…you make a cameo appearance in an Angelina Jolie movie.
Garrett Sutton’s book, The ABC’s of Getting Out of Debt, makes a cameo during a scene of the movie: Wanted.
The word on the street is that the movie is pretty lame - I guess the trailer is better than the flick (so you can see it here and save yourself some money). I imagine there will be some fatalities from kids trying to “bend” bullets (watch the trailer to see). On the other hand, Garrett’s book has received very positive reviews and no one has been fatally injured practicing anything in the book!
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Build Business Credit…And A Business!
July 1st, 2008
Garrett Sutton and I were chosen earlier this year to contribute a chapter on building business credit to Entrepreneur’s Start Up Guide: Start Your Own Information Marketing Business. When we saw the line up of other experts who were writing chapters, we knew this would be a great project to be involved with.
Our chapter, “Financing Your Info-Marketing Business,” describes how (and where) to borrow money, how to establish business credit, what do to if your credit isn’t so hot, accepting credit cards, and how to manage the bottom line. We also offer numerous resources to compliment our advice.
As they say, though, “That’s not all!”
This book is designed to help you escape the 9 to 5 with an information marketing biz. (This applies to professionals such as doctors and lawyers, as well as newbies — basically anyone who is tired of trading hours for dollars and wants to build a solid business). With the help of numerous info marketing gurus who have made a lot of money in diverse specialties, you’ll learn exactly how to get your dream off the ground.
I’ll add that while most publishers move very slowly, this book was produced in an almost astonishingly short period of time, which means that you aren’t getting advice that’s already dated.
I hope you’ll pick up a copy of Start Your Own Information Marketing Business on Amazon, Barnes and Noble or at your local bookstore. And I hope you’ll share your thoughts on the book with me — as well as your successes!
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Join Me for a Business Financing Strategies Webcast
May 29th, 2008
Mark your calendars! July 29, 2008 will be the debut of Sound Credit Practices For Your Business webcast sponsored by Wells Fargo. I’ll be one of the panelists bringing you advice and strategies during the program.
Along with other top experts, we will be showing small business owners how to build and keep healthy personal and business credit, best practices for cash flow management, what banks are looking for in loan applicants, and strategies for creating a long-term plan for credit and business financing stability.
Registration for the event is now open. Did I mention it’s free?
I hope you’ll join us!
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