The Mouse And The Milk

One day in the barn, some mice were running along a beam when it broke and all the mice fell into a churn of milk.

The mice began to swim around and around but after a while some of them got tired and stopped swimming. "don't give up" squeaked one little mouse."keep swimming" But the other mice didn't listen, they were tired, hopeless, undetermined. They stopped swimming and eventually drown in the milk

The commotion caught the attention of the other animals in the barn and they gathered around the top of the urn.

"You'll never make it, Give it up, it's impossible" they all yelled down at him. But the little mouse kept kicking his little arms and legs furiously. After a while the other animals got bored of watching and went about their usual day, sleeping, sitting around doing nothing and gossiping. They enjoyed telling each other how the little mouse would never make it.

Meanwhile the mouses little friend looked into the urn and saw his friend swimming around and around. he didn't want his best friend to fail, he didn't want his best friend to die. he started to shout down words of encouragement.

"That's it, keep swimming, keep it up, you can do it, I believe in you"

Encouraged by his friends words, the little mouse began to kick even more, he kicked and swam, and kicked, and waved his arms and kicked some more.

Then an amazing thing happened. The little mouse swam and kicked and waved so hard, that he turned the milk into butter. Once the butter was thick enough the little mouse climbed up and out of the churn and walked away with his friend. Much to the surprise of the other animals.

The moral? Well I am sure you figured that out for yourself.

Many people will (and probably have) told you to "give up, it wont work, don't make waves, go with the flow " etc. But if you want to be successful, If you REALLY want what you say you want, then you need to be like the little mouse and never give up, no matter what the other animals in the barn tell you.

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Michael James Dittbenner And His Journey On Taking An "Indefinite Sabbatical" To Travel The World

His name is Michael Dittbenner, a biotech guy turned into a full-time traveler. He records his travels in his online blog which focuses mainly on video broadcasting of all the places he has been to all over the world. All the video clips found in his blog site of his journeys are only 2 - 3 minutes in length so as to avoid boredom from his audience according to him, which I think is definitely true.

I chanced upon Michael who was once a corporate office buff and was actually quite happy in the field of biotechnology up until he discovered that there's more to life besides the four walls of his sleek office. He had reached success and enjoyed a high position and a great salary. He was also able to make sound and not so sound investments and some more of the stuff that spell great money for a guy his age, 35.

Although one day, in the midst of all, he came to realize that after all his corporate success, it was not fulfilling his life the way he wanted to. He took a step back, looked at things that are really important to him, had a change of heart, decided to give it all up and moved to the West Coast. An irrational move in some respect but according to him is actually the wisest decision he has ever made and he was hyped about it.

The one thing that led him to naming his very interesting blog site My F'n Life was when he met a friend of his for breakfast. His friend advised him to list down the things that are important to him. He did as he was told and started to notice that all the things he listed actually starts with the letter F. That was when he said to himself, "Wow! What a cool f'n life!"

He plans to travel a lot and share his exploits in the web to his friends and relatives. He bought a tiny pocket Sony camera for the purpose of capturing each and every single moment of his travels. He learned that a camera with a built-in microphone is not enough to perform the job of quality recording. He then bought a Kodak X18 camera together with an external microphone; and that actually worked great.

When asked whether the prospect of travelling alone makes him kind of nervous, he answered coyly that it makes him a little bit excited. He added that he never feels alone being away from his family and friends while doing his travels because of the existence of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Through these sites he plans to share his experiences alongside his website. It's that sense of freedom he says that adds to the invigorating flavor of his plan.

A huge problem now exists that which concerns logistics so as to provide the whole funding of the endeavor which he extends to accomplish. According to him, he made some research about what essential things to pack through the internet. He also plans to establish an online business making use of his expertise in the biotech industry to financially support his travels. A good friend also gave him airline tickets which gave him the privilege to travel to different countries from South America to Asia using his friend's mileage points.

Michael's endeavor is not only for his own desire to travel, enjoy and experience lots of different cultures around the world. He also included plans to incorporate philanthropic activities to his travels such as doing missions in Africa and Cambodia. Quoting him, "It's not just only about me."

It has been an enlightening experience just by listening to Michael during the interview. Just by seeing this guy living a virtual vacation in reality is awe-inspiring in itself.

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10 Effective Ways to Write a Press Release to Advertise Your Information Publishing Business

Just 3 days ago, I was chatting with a friend on the telephone about how to write a press release and he surprised me by saying: "Do you know, Daniel, I have written more than 20 news releases but not even one was accepted by a newspaper or a magazine - I'm not really sure why".

On prodding further, I became convinced that my friend had broken the cardinal rule of how to write a good press release that pulls results. My friend was astonished when I explained to him why his releases were rejected. The truth was none of his releases were newsworthy.

No doubt about it the newspapers and the magazines would have snatched his news releases if he knew and used what I am just about to share with you.

And here are the ten effective ways to write your press release. Use any of them and your release will be in the press. You will be amazed with the attention you are going to get.

1. Adopt a controversial position on a subject or a topic when you write.

2. If you have a working partnership or alliance with a well-known expert or organisation share the details.

3. If you are hosting an event, do not be afraid to announce it.

4. Charitable and fund-raising activities are winners. Use your release to announce any event you are planning or involve in.

5. If there is an upcoming holiday or anniversary, relate it to your business.

6. Use your press release to describe your new product or service that solves a problem or relieves the pain of others.

7. Announce awards or a recognition you have received.

8. Reveal results of a survey you have taken.

9. You can announce a contest or winners of a contest you have been involved in.

10. Offer something for free - it could be a free report, product or a service. You could also demonstrate a service and say something about an upcoming event.

Now you know the ten effective ways to write a press release. Try them and I promise you, your phone will not stop ringing when you send your press release.

Daniel Agbetorwoka owns his own home based information publishing business. He authored articles and the incredible audio programme, "Stay Home and Make Money" for both newbie and experienced work from home entrepreneurs. He has just written a special report that he titled: "How to make $100 - $250 a week in information publishing... even if you can't write or won't write". You can download this FREE report as well as subscribe to his free newsletter and ecourse at: http://www.simple-income-plan.com

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10 Effective Ways to Write a Press Release to Advertise Your Information Publishing Business

Just 3 days ago, I was chatting with a friend on the telephone about how to write a press release and he surprised me by saying: "Do you know, Daniel, I have written more than 20 news releases but not even one was accepted by a newspaper or a magazine - I'm not really sure why".

On prodding further, I became convinced that my friend had broken the cardinal rule of how to write a good press release that pulls results. My friend was astonished when I explained to him why his releases were rejected. The truth was none of his releases were newsworthy.

No doubt about it the newspapers and the magazines would have snatched his news releases if he knew and used what I am just about to share with you.

And here are the ten effective ways to write your press release. Use any of them and your release will be in the press. You will be amazed with the attention you are going to get.

1. Adopt a controversial position on a subject or a topic when you write.

2. If you have a working partnership or alliance with a well-known expert or organisation share the details.

3. If you are hosting an event, do not be afraid to announce it.

4. Charitable and fund-raising activities are winners. Use your release to announce any event you are planning or involve in.

5. If there is an upcoming holiday or anniversary, relate it to your business.

6. Use your press release to describe your new product or service that solves a problem or relieves the pain of others.

7. Announce awards or a recognition you have received.

8. Reveal results of a survey you have taken.

9. You can announce a contest or winners of a contest you have been involved in.

10. Offer something for free - it could be a free report, product or a service. You could also demonstrate a service and say something about an upcoming event.

Now you know the ten effective ways to write a press release. Try them and I promise you, your phone will not stop ringing when you send your press release.

Daniel Agbetorwoka owns his own home based information publishing business. He authored articles and the incredible audio programme, "Stay Home and Make Money" for both newbie and experienced work from home entrepreneurs. He has just written a special report that he titled: "How to make $100 - $250 a week in information publishing... even if you can't write or won't write". You can download this FREE report as well as subscribe to his free newsletter and ecourse at: http://www.simple-income-plan.com

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When All Else Fails Just Get Out There and Talk

Sometimes I wondered why things were not picking up for my internet business. Well it was because I was nervous that possibly I might be considered the used car sales guy of the web. Now I know there are plenty of you out there that are hoping to make it rich without letting your closest friends know.

Well the quickest way to get customers is just to believe that they will see what you see in your business. Be passionate and not afraid. Word of mouth is powerful. If you have a product or service try getting on Facebook or MySpace. Advertise to your friends. If they are your friend they will tell their friends you do not share. What I like about the social networking aspect is they (friends) cannot say you never told me. Maybe word will spread faster than you think.

My friend started her own salsa dip company. She had fifty plus orders in a day. The day when she let her dream out. Just go out and say "I am here". O.k.. I know that is so obvious. Well then do it.

First, talk to your closest friends if you have not. Second, get out and advertise on social networks. Third, do some advertising free and otherwise. Business cards are huge. Give that to your friend. That is a conversation starter! All I am saying is "do not hide". Tell everyone you can, serve them well, and build a reputation. If they do not know they will not know. "Build it and they will come" only worked in the movie!

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How Entrepreneurs Can Utilize Open Source For Their Online Business

In the previous articles; small budget, big profit, I explained some of the consequences of a choosing a developer based on price a lone, using my friend who wanted to build an Internet Marketing Online business as a case study.

In this article, I will reveal to you the secrets, I revealed to my friend. If you are a medium or small business, an individual or an entrepreneur who would like to to start an online marketing business, this is definitely for you.

I told my friend that if he wanted to start an online marketing business, he needed to understand internet security and the implications, data protection policy and its legal implications as well as future maintenance of the system.

I told my friend that if he was interested in starting an online business on a shoe string then he needed to carefully think about what options he had been given by the developers and then gain knowledge and understanding of the open source movement

As a small business, you most likely do not have hundreds of thousands of pounds required to develop a decent online business system. If you go a head and build a poor quality system, you will most likely lose your money, not only will you be dry financially by the time the system is completed, you will most likely not have money for marketing.

No marketing, no money, period! Regardless of how good your system is, if you do not have a sound marketing strategy, you will not be very happy with your result, and someone is probably reading this article who has failed to make a dime online, let me encourage, it is not like there is no money to be made online, revisit your marketing strategy in case you have a good system. If you do not have a good system, you might want to visit both; your marketing strategy and your system. The two of them must blend and you have to think about them while designing the system and not an after thought

As a small business, I gave my friend 10 reasons why I thought open source was the only solution which seemed viable, based on his budget

Catch me in my next article as I give you the 10 reasons I gave my friend...

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Friend-Sourcing - Another Way of Outsourcing Projects

You may not have heard of friend-sourcing. Chances are good that you have used friend-sourcing and just never realized it. Since so many people do not realize what it is, they do not use it very often for their business growth or for even personal growth. Utilizing this method of outsourcing projects can benefit both you and your business.

What is outsourcing?

When you outsource projects, you are hiring out jobs. You may not know how to do the job. Perhaps you know, but know your skills are not what they need to be. It could be that you hire the job out because you know your time would be better spent elsewhere. In any of these cases you are better able to grow your business because you are handling things with higher priorities.

What is friend-sourcing?

This is very similar to outsourcing, other than the actual hiring out of jobs. There are several ways you can friend-source. Some are so very common we do not think anything of it.

Common Friend-Sourcing

Very common thing we do is ask friends their opinions. We ask about movies and ask about restaurants. Now we can do that on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. The advantage of instead of asking "have you been" followed by "was it any good" is shortened to "what do you think of..." and people with opinions will post them.

But this can be used for business as well. You can ask those same questions as related to your projects and work. You can ask friends to fill out short surveys. Some people will be very happy to add their opinions. Depending on how many people are following you or your business you can get a good range of opinions and ideas. This friend source provides valuable feedback.

Not so Common Friend-Sourcing

The other way to friend-source is something that was common years ago, bartering. You outsource a task you are not good at with a friend who is good at that task. Then they outsource a task to you. This mutual trade of tasks can really help your business grow, because you optimize your skills and use others skills where you are weak.

Advantages of Friend Sourcing

Outsourcing projects benefits your business. By friend-sourcing you are utilizing the people who are close to you. Often the people on Twitter or Facebook have a connection to you or your business, this means typically that they care. Also in the friend-sourcing of tasks, people tend to want to help friends and will work harder for your success.

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How to Build Relationships With Social Networking For Online Internet Marketing

And What Not to do When You Receive a Friend Request on a Social Networking Site.

Look out! Here they come again.... You know just who I mean. You send a friend request and you get beat over the head with their business opportunity. No "Hi", "Hello", or even a "Howdy". Now you really didn't get hit on the head but your inbox is full and you mouse is heading towards the delete button.

Over the last several weeks, I have invited several people to be my friend on one of the top social networking sites. Unfortunately, there are the biz-op lurkers out there that are just waiting for someone new to spam with their biz-op. These lurkers spam unsuspecting souls out there who desire to network, make new friends and build relationships. So, let's put this in perspective.

Spamming people who have kindly sent you a friend request is just about like showing up for a blind date naked. It accomplishes nothing other than sending people running for the hills! Not a very good way to start a relationship - It will leave you standing alone and cold.

Yes, I do believe in love at first site but if my husband had asked me to marry him on the first date, I would have asked him to leave. That would have been just a bit weird. I would wondered just what kind of wacko he was and never taken the time to get to know him.

Don't make these same mistakes. Don't rob yourself of the opportunity to get to know others. The internet is a wide and amazing world full of interesting people to meet. So, take the time to get to know them. Don't make them scratch you of their friend list.

Instead become someone they look forward to getting to know. They look forward to your messages. Here are a few tips that can help you build these invaluable relationships.


Get to know them by asking questions (comment on common interests).
Share something of value (an article, and e-book, a video).
Start a dialog (ask about their family, their hobbies).
Become involved when you find you have common interests. (I love hiking too. I have a dog too.)
Comment on their pictures. (What a great smile. What a cute dog.)


People will buy from or join with people they know. People they like. People they trust. It is all about the relationship. Give them a chance to get to know you. Get to know them.... Then they will ask "What is it you do?"

On social networking sites it is important to remember what it is that you like. What do you dislike? If you don't like being spammed - then chances are others are not going to like getting your spammy messages either. As one of my mentors always says, "Would your Gramma be proud?". If not - Don't hit the send key!

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There has to be a system of support and training in place and accessible to help people succeed.

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Facebook Marketing - How I Got to 1400 Facebook Friends in Under 3 Months

Facebook has become the internet marketer's choice social media site!

Getting friends and keeping them is not as easy as it is made out to be. I found that making friends was easy, go to the add sites and ask people to add you and you add a couple and away you go. If it was that easy every one would be doing it. Let's face it with all the scares out there about identity theft and making friends on Facebook has become more difficult.

I do not know about you but if I can not see who I am connecting with I do not accept the friend request, all these people that have celebs faces or mr universe, who are they and why are they trying to hide what they look like, I am not on here for a dating service I want to connect with real people. Have a nice picture of you with your family or just one of you with a nice car or in an exotic location will help. If they do not have a picture they are probably not serious about Facebook so they will not participate as much.

When you send in your friend request send a little note like "Hi Kim, we are members of the same group and I wanted to connect with like minded people" or "Hi Kim Facebook recons we should be friends and who am I to argue" (I use this one when I am being to lazy to go to groups and add friends that are more targeted to my niche)

Facebook monitors your friend requests and will shut you down if you grow your friend list too fast so I would recommend only sending between 20-30 Facebook friend requests a day. You do not want to have your account closed down and loses all that hard work.

You will also get some friend requests as your friend list grows. When this starts happening you must thank them for their friendship and build a relationship from day one. Let them know about you and even direct them to your personal website. This should not be a lead capture page just a site about you and what you do. You have now started to build the know, like and trust element of the relation ship.

Your personal information should be current and inviting. It is no good having a TV show that has not seen prime time in a couple of months/years and have a list of all your sites or blogs available for people to look at, great way to drive traffic is to keep changing them and Facebook will notify your friends that you have updated your personnel information.

Status updates, this is very important. People do not want to know what you have for lunch everyday - ok so maybe some do. Tell them interesting things about what you are doing and how you would be able to help them. Tell them about your blog post what you are up to and put ion some useful links. Now I did mention the useful links, do not push your products here to much or you will looses friends. Use the 1-10 rule so for every 9 updates you can make your tenth a link to your offer.

You will need to go online at least 3 times a day making comments on wall post and status updates, changing your status and thanking people for connecting with you.

Remember treat your Facebook friends how you would like to be treated, posting your opportunity all over your friends wall will not help you. This is a social network, network and get a good group of responsive friends.

Kim D'arcy-Masters - Internet Coach and Mentor

I am fast becoming one of the Uk's to internet earners and becoming the mentor of choice for a lot of newbie internet marketers.

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Internet - My Own Successful Home Based Business

All my friend wanted was to earn money from home so he looked at ways to earn money part time. He opened up an online store and spent a lot of time and money getting it set up. It was finally up and running, he did pretty good his first month.

Then a real unpleasant surprise among the good orders that came in over the next few weeks there were many fraudulent ones - These fraudulent transactions took away all his profits and then some!

Here is what happened - He would send out the orders on time and packed just the right way, the unknown customer will receive the order then he or she would come up with and excuse such as: He had never ordered the merchandise or any number of alibis.

The credit card company gave the money back to the customer my friend was out the merchandise and the shipping costs.

Friend, be on the look out there is a lot of fraud out there, don't lose money when your trying to make money.

Good News - My friend has now a top notch online business with well over 1,500 biggest retailers in the country now he makes commissions from thousands of products.

Now he doesn't worry about carrying any stock, his Mall is stocked up fully, no fraudulent activity the retailers on his Mall deal with that now, he just enjoys getting commissions.

Learn to profit from other people's mistakes avoid falling into the same pit, don't be part of the 97% that Fails.

Friend Have a Nice Day. We will see you on the other Side!

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