PASSION!!

In our line of work we must hear or read this word many times in a single day. Our lives are built around striving toward pursuing our passions, but do you ever stop to think that the word might be a little overused, and thereby lose its power? I decided to take a minute and really ponder what true passion is, after hearing a definition recently that I’d never heard before.

1. Passion:

from the Latin verb patior, meaning to suffer or to endure

Take a second a think about what you are most passionate about. It might be a cause, your family, your opportunity, your dream, your why, or something else. It might be many things. Are you more passionate about some than others? Is there ONE single thing that you are so deeply emotional about it brings you to tears to think about it? Are you willing to do almost anything for it? That is the one you are TRULY passionate about.

The reason I say this is because is because, I used to think of passion in these terms:

2.  pas·sion/ˈpaSHən/

“A Strong and barely controllable emotion”.

“A state or outburst of such emotion”.

That is another perfectly acceptable definition.

Which of these two is the one that gets more done in this world, completion of goals and fruition of dreams?  The first or the second? I would venture to say number one! Why? Because true and real unadulterated passion as you now know it, is about a willingness to suffer, endure to the end, sacrifice. (my addition).

Imagine if you went about your passions now with this meaning in mind. It is not a negative connotation. It is not about suffering itself. It’s about the willingness to!  We all have things in our lives that mean the very most to us, that we go the extra mile for, spend extra money, stay after work, donate our talents, and give beyond what’s expected just because we want to, not for any other reason. We are willing to sacrifice, even if it hurts, takes away from us or causes us more work.

For most of us it’s part of WHO WE ARE. It’s hard wired in. As mothers and fathers, we would jump in front of a train to save our child. We will go to the ends of the earth before we will see them suffer, and sometimes that can be a bad thing when they need to learn a hard lesson. Just being you, many times testifies to your inner passion and what you are willing to do for your cause or dream. People see it in your character, and are attracted to this about you. Passion is a very beautiful quality.

Sac·ri·fice

Now think about both the definitions of passion and sacrifice, and apply them to your WHY, or the driving reason you are with your current opportunity.  Can you apply both definitions to your WHY?

Are you willing to suffer and endure for the thing that drives you? Perhaps the opportunity itself, can you say 100% that you are deeply passionate (by this definition) about it?

Are you willing to sacrifice time and money, work harder than you ever have, and perhaps give up many things you enjoy to get to your goal?

If you can say YES to both of these questions…congratulations! You really ARE Passionate! You’re not just “Bursting with uncontrollable emotion!!!”

An example of this:

When Larry and I got engaged, we had spent 2 and a half years working together in a network marketing company and discovered we had many of the same dreams and goals. We went to a park one day and wrote them out to 100 in a notebook. We wrote the things that we were most passionate about. As I look back these really were the things we were willing to SUFFER for!! We made a pact that day that no matter what happened, we would achieve our dreams together, and have a blast doing it. We said even if we had hard times we would have each other. We went to work and became #1 in the network marketing company we were in at the time. As we went along we began to check things off the list, and now 10 years later, more than 90% of the goals are complete. We surpassed some of the income goals, and saw miracles in our family life that we did not know were possible…because we were willing to endure, and yes suffer. PASSION is the ONLY word FOR US!!

So think about your own goals, that I HOPE you have written down. Take a look at each one, and decide right away which ones are things you’d like to have, which ones you’d LOVE to have, and which ones, YOU MUST HAVE. The latter are the ones you should be working on asap!! I would be willing to bet that you’re not only willing to suffer for them, but you’re very committed, and emotionally invested!

What if you don’t have a goal like that? It could explain why you could be stuck in your business.

Something to think about.

Always here for YOU

Laura Morris

Question:

“If you were forced to stop working because of a family crisis, would you continue to receive your income?”

It was a regular day like any other in June 2011. I was sitting at my desk working, when I got a “call waiting” saying that my daughter in law had been life flighted to the hospital for emergency brain surgery.  She miraculously lived through the surgery to relieve a large tumor creating extreme pressure on her skull, but the resulting damage and cancer treatment has been harder on her than any one person should have to endure. Bless her heart, she is an amazing person, but we all have grieved to realize not at all the same person. The following 7 months were like  the scariest, roughest roller coaster you’ve ever riden for our entire family, and most especially those caring for my daughter in law on a daily basis. I know now that I personally had absolutely NO IDEA how cancer affects an entire family, until you go through it yourself. -

Tragedy Changes You and Those You Care About Forever

The love that has surrounded our family has been huge. We have received a ton of support, prayers and kindnesses from people who hardly knew us. Many miracles sprang out of this terrible tragedy, such as renewed relationships, healed relationships, and personal growth. Close relationships have grown much closer, and the family as a whole is much tighter as a unit. We’ll never be the same. It’s most definitely NOT the way we want these things to occur, but we take comfort that at least something beautiful arose from such sadness.

Life has been anything but normal for the last 6 months, and this lack of normalcy has bled over into other areas of our lives without our control. Our daughter in law, son and their little family is our top priority. If you are (or were) a visitor of this blog, a member of the TSA tribe or TSA Facebook group or a follower of ours, you might have noticed we’ve been under the radar, or off the social media channels for quite some time. We figured you might want to know.

To make things a little more interesting, my mother was diagnosed with cancer during this time, and a lifelong illness of mine reared its ugly head called fibromyalgia.  It comes and goes, is brought on by extreme stress, and was the most painful bout my doctor has seen me have. I am happy to say I am much, much better! My dear mother passed away December 20^th, 2011.

Residual Income Got Us Though It All

Family always comes first and work was just not possible during this difficult time. When you are SELF-Employed you can make judgement calls like that. If you had a job and a boss, do you think you’d  have a choice? What a RELIEF it was to know that ALL THE WHILE our “mailbox money” or network marketing income KEPT US GOING!! It paid us for work we had done once, and will continue to.  We could not have imagined going to a traditional “J.O.B” during this challenging time in our lives!! Instead, we could count on going to our mailbox and opening checks. THAT’S what we call FREEDOM

So the point I am making is that we essentially took a 6 month leave of absence…and mlm saved our bacon!

If you’re a Network Marketer you hear over and over, “There’s nothing like experiencing the power of residual in your life.” If you currently receive checks in your mailbox, or emails from income streams, then you know what a rush it is to see it grow. My wish for every aspiring home business professional, is that they get to experience true “mailbox money” that continues to grow in their career.  If you work hard, pay your dues, and follow a proven system, you cannot help but get there. It may take some time, and with the right combination of personal development, a great product, company, systems, tools, leadership, and good old fashioned sweat… it will happen. The only way you will fail is if you quit.

It never occurred to me that we would PROVE our industry in this manner. Don’t get me wrong, we never doubted it for a second!!  It’s just plain A-W-E-S-O-M-E to see it at work when the chips are down.  I’m more grateful to be a professional Network Marketer than I have ever been in my career. The concept of residual was there for us when we needed it most, because WE put in the HOURS.  Don’t ever forget that point. You cannot get into MLM and take a free ride. Most compensation plans are set up in such a way so that you have to stay qualified to get paid. Staying qualified simply means you have to purchase a certain amount from your company and show your loyalty to them AND show your down line that you are in the game as their up line. It would never be fair if people could get into a company pay once and then get paid on all the people below them year after year, without ever spending another dime.

Think about your family for a moment. Are you prepared for a crisis? If you had to stop working would your paycheck continue to come in? Would it keep your bills paid? These are some serious questions that deserve some serious thought. I hope I’ve made you think a little, and am grateful for your readership!

If you would like to learn more about how we created a business that sustained us for 6 months without working, and those checks just kept on coming…CLICK HERE and we’ll get with you and show you!

Please comment about your thoughts on this!!

Laura & Larry

P.S Since Writing this post on February 9, we were informed that during the time period I speak of in this article, we qualified for a TRIP TO JAPAN!

Daily personal development is a great thing! It is critical to your success. If you talk to any successful person, they will tell you that who they have BECOME along the journey is just as important to them as the success they have achieved. Each and every one of them I would venture to say has done a committed program of personal development. For some, it’s attending expensive seminars, or getting personal coaching. For others it could be as simple as buying fifty cent books at the used book store that were devoured each time with full fervor. The point is, personal development is individual, and PERSONAL. It’s YOURS. Nobody can ever take it away from you.

You can build your own fantastic library in your home of all the volumes of wonderful books that stirred your soul, mind and heart. This is what we have done, and we cherish it greatly.What we cherish even more is what we have done with the information from inside the books. We can point to specific books and tell you how that information touched us, and how we applied it in our lives. A good example is Bob Proctor’s You Were Born Rich, in which he teaches the principles of seeing your goals and dreams, and making them REAL. No other book has been applied more in our lives, and given us more fuel to go for what we want and the BELIEF that we CAN TRULY HAVE ANYTHING.

Another example is the book Think and Grow Rich, in which Napoleon Hill talks about writing your goal on a card and carrying it around with you. We have both manifested many dreams with this simple tool alone…but not by wishing… by Seeing, Believing, and DOING! This is the distinction. You have to do your part, then let the Universe do the rest.

It is only in the application of personal development that we grow. These books do us absolutely no good on the shelf!! So ask yourself if you are simply reading and listening to the material, or really using it in your life. Watch what happens!!

Does Your Personal Development Library SHOW in Your LIFE?

To Your Success!

Larry & Laura

What sets you apart in the world out there? Do you have that certain something that draws people to you magnetically that simply cannot be explained? Have you got “The X Factor”?  You might have noticed that there are people who “have the touch”. It’s like no matter what they say, do, or go after, they win. Do you think they were born that way? Is it an innate quality, or something that they had to become, or maybe a little bit of both? Yes it’s that’s mystical, undeniable thing called..

“THE X FACTOR”

It has been quite a blast watching Simon Cowell’s brand new  blockbuster talent show “The X Factor”. For its 3rd week running it’s making a big splash on television with audiences . The format is similar to the smash hit “American Idol”, where Simon and judge Paula Abdul spun off from, but there’s something you might notice immediately that’s totally unique about this show!

“The X Factor” has “the x factor“!

There’s a completely fresh an unique format, in which Simon has brilliantly made major changes that have made the show a hit right off the bat!

• A $5,000,000 Prize
• A Live Audience for all the Auditions
• Mentoring By The Judges Themselves
• Widening of the Age Limits, and Group Acts so more people are eligible

Amazing Talent!!

The live audience has made for a certain dynamic that is not present in the auditions on American Idol, which speaks to how important that buzz and emotional thrill of a crowd, or the absence of it can have an affect on the audition. Audiences know what they want to see! As I was watching this show, I noticed a thread going through many of the acts that came out on the stage. Some of the acts that did not take their singing seriously were absolutely terrible! You could see that it took on a different meaning to them, or in some cases they had themselves talked into believing they were actually good, when they had no pitch, when it was clear they had no business before such a huge audience. There were a few exceptions in which their singing was borderline, and the judges were divided. In these cases it was a cases you could tell the artist needed to go “back to the drawing board” and get to work on themselves some more, and possibly re-audition next year. This speaks to developing ourselves. We are always becoming MORE. When we stop growing we die.

Brennan Hunt Wow!!

One the other hand, the men and women that clearly had The X Factor, were obvious stars to varying degrees from the first few bars that came out of their mouths….THE CROWD ROARED!!  Some of these people were jaw droppers, that were so astounding in their talent that you wondered where they’d been and why they were not famous. These acts were PASSIONATE beyond words! You could tell that their music was so deeply in their hearts, and they could not go to their graves without expressing it publicly. They took their craft seriously, and would almost die for a chance to perform. Is this how you are about YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE? Is it so important to you that you MUST accomplish it, and you’ll do almost anything to make it happen? People sense that and want to be around it!!

So what IS The X Factor? Is is talent? Is it Heart? Is it guts? It could be knowledge, beauty, leadership ability, charisma, and even qualities that don’t have a name.

You just know that YOU have IT. You just know when someone else has IT. You also know when they DON’T have IT..(unfortunately)

The 10 Qualities of The X Factor!

IT is a white hot burning desire achieve your goals, hopes and dreams!!

IT is a talent, and drive to be the BEST AND to bring out the best in others

IT is unwavering belief in WHO I AM

IT is being determined, persistent and never quit no matter what to achieve my dreams & goals

IT is that magnetism that draws other high quality,  interesting, spirit driven, loving and valuable people to me.

IT is serving and giving my heart away while  not expecting anything in return.

IT is my passion to learn, to become, always open to seeking truth

IT is an undeniable presence and confidence

IT is integrity, honesty and compassion

IT is LOVE

Allow me to explain the last one on the list. Everything we do is really based on the two basic human emotional drives, to avoid pain, or to gain pleasure. Pain is derived from what? fear.

Fear is the emotion the we all spend a great deal of time trying to avoid. Basically when you have

The X Factor..YOU ARE FEAR LESS !!

So what does that make YOU?? LOVE

And what is One Emotion Everyone Ultimately Seeks?

L – O – V – E

Watch for updates on The X Factor! and Click Here to Go To Fan Site

Acts to watch!

Marcus Canty

The Answer

Drew Ryniewicz

Chris Rene

Nick Voss

Melanie Amaro

Brennan Hunt

Rachel Crow

Josh Krajcik

Dexter Haygood

Tiger Budbill

Stacy Francis

Just to name a few of my favorites! Who are yours?!

Comment below and lets watch who wins the big recording contract!

When you got started in your opportunity, were you aware of what it took to really be successful? Of course there are all levels of distributors going in and out of opportunities every day, but the even mildly successful ones all have some key qualities in common. The true leaders of our industry practice disciplined daily action, think and believe a very specific way* as well as lead by example.

Really making it and earning a consistent income that allows you to not only work out of your home but live a lifestyle of comfort where money pressures don’t exist takes:

• Desire
• Commitment
• Determination
• Persistence
• Integrity
• Passion
• Heart
• Consistency
• and those are just to name  a few!

Yes, You are able to take vacations, do the things you want, when you want, where you want. It’s awesome! In order to make this happen, it’s necessary to make a solid commitment to your business, and do a CONSISTENT “handful” of DAILY activities, as well as learning to lead passionately, as if your LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. You must be meeting, contacting, inviting, and exposing prospects regularly. As long as you always have people in your “pipeline” you’re ok. If you don’t, you’re close to out of business.

Your opportunity should be in your heart and show through you like sunshine! Why? It shows because you truly believe what you have is the BEST! As your group grows, you develop leverage, and you maintain a greater leadership role, in which you will do presentations to larger groups to leverage your valuable time. In the following article you’ll learn more about the benefits!

*Leaders condition themselves with daily personal development, and by collecting material to pass on to their group via email, blog posts, podcasts, webinars and live meetings. Our files are loaded with fantastic articles we have collected on leadership, success principles, prosperity thinking and network marketing training. Here is one I’d like to share with you, by one of my favorite authors!

The Irrefutable Laws of MLM Success

By Network Marketing Legendary Leader and Author of “Mach II with Your Hair On Fire”  Richard Bliss Brooke

1. Use and Love Your Product

Although in order to build a large network you must focus on enrolling others in the opportunity, a large portion of your credibility and integrity in doing so will be your passion for your products. The more you love them, the more you will talk about them and the more your whole network will use and sell them.

2) Own the Concept of MLM

Most prospects have a strong opinion about this concept. They own their perception of what it is. They have conviction about it. If you are weak on your ownership of MLM, they will influence you instead of you influencing them. One too many times of them influencing you and you are out of the game. You must have some successes – and have them quickly – to shore up your confidence. Study everything you can find on exactly how and why MLM is an extraordinary wealth-building concept. Study those who have done it. Master their stories and their strategies. Become a pied piper of “The Four-Year Career™.”

3) Learn to Believe That Everyone Is a Prospect

They don’t think they are. They are probably not even looking for anything. But ask yourself this question: If everyone knew what you knew, would they get involved? The answer is: of course. So what’s missing? They just don’t know about it. What if you could let them peek into your mind and into your heart to see it the way you see it? Would they get involved? Yes, most of them would; and the ones who would not would pass in a way that championed you (not rejected you) and appreciated you for offering.

4) Ask Easy Curiosity Questions

The more you know about your prospects, the easier it is for you to design an offer they will not choose to refuse. Find out what is important to people. What do they love? What do they want more of in life? What do they want less of? Start with where they live (if you don’t know). What do they like about it? What don’t they like about it? Where would they live if they could move? What is holding them back? Ask about their work. How long have they been doing it? What do they like and dislike about it? What is holding them back from doing something they love?

5) Ask Them to Imagine

Walt Disney was probably the last one to inspire them to do so. It is our ability to imagine something that is not actually present in our lives that allows us to become inspired. Imagining a more peaceful, fun-filled, loving, abundant life changes our body chemistry immediately, whether we want it to or not. Imagining something specific that we like and don’t now have gives us a positive energy (motivation) to act; to choose to prioritize, to change and to embrace something like a new business that just five minutes ago we would have sworn we would never do. Ask them to imagine getting a check for $1,000 (or whatever amount you have learned will motivate them) every month like clockwork.

6) Show Them the Way

Once someone is motivated to move, they will take direction. Why not? Your wisdom, experience and position in the organization is what they need to get what they want. Take advantage of your posture and show them exactly what they need to do. Show people whom they know that can do well. Show them their plan. Show them their money. Show them what they must do to get their money. If you don’t show them, they will not do what they need to do and you have wasted their time and yours.

7) Wait For No Man or Woman

Make unreasonable requests. This will sort out who will work with you and who will not. You must ask people to do what must be done. Stretch them. Give them the opportunity to succeed or fail out of choice versus merely decaying over time right in front of you. Some people would rather whine than work. They would rather tell stories than succeed. They would rather keep you waiting on them as they “get around to it.” These are the vampires of MLM. They will suck the life out of you with their procrastination and excuses and brilliant ability to find ways for things not to work. It is much easier for them to justify their commitment to mediocrity if you stay down with them. Cast them off. And if they happen to be friends and family, keep them as such – and out of your business.

Manage Your Motivation

Motivation is the secret to success. When you are on fire about the inevitability of your quest, you will be enthusiastic, courageous, energetic, persistent and creative. These are the fundamentals of getting things done and attracting the things you need. When you are in a funk, you repel what you need and you do just the opposite actions from what you need to be doing. When you are on fire, success is easy, natural and fun. You get lucky and stay lucky.

9) Get Your Car Over the Hill

There is a lot of inertia in launching a network. It is like pushing a car up a hill. It takes proportionally far more energy just to get it rolling than at any other time, and it takes a continued Herculean effort to keep it going uphill. And what happens if you stop to rest? You get run over and have to start over. What happens when you stay after it and do whatever it takes to get to the top of the hill? It starts rolling on its own – and it would take another Herculean effort just to stop it.

10) Lead Like Your Life Depended On It

And the rest of your life – the part you may have been missing up to now – does depend on it. In a successful network marketing career, first comes massive action and development, then comes massive money and then comes . . . life beyond money. A life where you are present to those you love; life with the freedom to do what you want, where you want, with whom you want and the peace of knowing that you have crested the hill, and although there will still be bumps in your road, you are on the good slope. MLM is like herding cats. Your job is to inspire a whole bunch of people to do something they are not normally inclined to do on their own and keep them doing it – thousands of them. Imagine herding thousands of cats to the Promised Land. You would need to be one heck of a trail boss, and you would also need a lot of good hands to help you. Your leadership and your ability to inspire and develop it in others will determine how far you go and how self-sustaining it is when you get there.

Network marketing is a brilliant career choice whether you choose it the age of 20, 40 or 80. Done smartly, you can be done in four years – and then you get to design your life beyond money: dreams found.

The amazing human body is an intricate machine, designed primarily to function on water and minerals. Every building, sustaining and healing process that happens inside the body… happens with water and specifically a properly hydrated body. To go one step further, the optimal function of our bodies or “true health” can be achieved by the kind of water we consume, as all water is NOT created equal.

The human body is made up of more than 70% water. The blood is more than 80%, The brain more than 75%, and the liver is an amazing 96% water! Did you know that your eyes are 75% water?

The function of every cell in the body is controlled by cellular communication through the nervous system from the brain. Nerves as well as the entire cell network in reality, are an elaborate system of tiny waterways.

In just the last decade, medical science has begun to focus more on the tremendous healing ability of the body and how much that ability depends on water. The body instinctively knows how repair and sustain itself and in its every effort, water is the key.

When the body is “dehydrated” or lacking the necessary water to function, LIFE can literally cease to exist. The thing that many people don’t know is that when you are at the point of “feeling dehydrated” or displaying symptoms of extreme thirst, headache, dry skin, dry mouth, fatigue etc..you are WAY past the point of proper hydration levels for your body. What this means, is that if your body has to warn you, it’s most likely serious!!!

How much water should you be drinking? Natural health professionals suggest half your body weight in ounces per day. So if you weigh 120 pounds, you would drink 60 oz per day,  or about a half a gallon.

Water is Just Water..Right?

The type and quality of the water we drink is equally as important as the amount. We all know that hydration is important, but have you ever investigated the difference between the different types of drinking water or liquids out there? You may be surprised at what you will find out.Tap water is certainly affordable, but may contain high levels of chlorine as indicated by studies by the Environmental Working Group. Many bottled waters have been found to be nothing more than pricey packaged tap water, and not necessarily held to the same testing standards, not to mention the amount of plastic waste. You may be missing out on many natural minerals and nutrients that are often lost in the purification process.

Kangen water has become an excellent alternative for not only hydration, but achieving health goals. Primarily, with smaller molecule clusters than ordinary waters, every nook and cranny of your body will become hydrated. Unwanted contaminants are filtered, leaving the necessary minerals and producing an alkaline, antioxidant environment.

What is Micro-Clustering ?

The  importance of proper hydration can not be over-emphasized. Our bodies are approximately 70% water, but the liquids we are consuming may not be adequately hydrating us. Many people avoid regular waters because of the taste or that “bloated” feeling they experience.Drinking ionized alkaline water is more readily absorbed by the body, reducing that feeling, and increases the “drinkability” due to the improved taste many people experience.

Alkalinity

Kangen Water® is slightly alkaline, with a pH of 8.5-9.5. Enagic’s certified innovative technology uses the process of electrolysis to generate alkaline drinking water, along with 4 other waters. Instead of nourishing your body with acidic and sugary beverages, you should be hydrating with clean, ionized alkaline water every day.

Free Radical Scavenging

Ionized alkaline water has been demonstrated to be an anti-oxidant free radical scavenger supporting the health and wellness of bodily organs. ORP (Oxidation Reduction Potential is the ability for the water to remove existing oxidation, as well as prevent future damage in the body.

Detoxification with Kangen water

Water is the universal solvent that our bodies rely on for flushing toxins and waste products from the body. With its negative oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) and great taste, you can count on ionized alkaline water such as Kangen Water® to aid in the neutralization of free radicals and address all of your body’s hydration needs.

No matter what kind of water you choose to drink, it’s vital that you shower your system constantly with the pure, clean and healthy hydration that only WATER will bring to your PRECIOUS human body!

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If you are a serious entrepreneur, and you’ve spent any length of time marketing online, then this  amazing woman is no stranger to you! It seems she’s everywhere, both online and offline..leading the way at important Industry events with her good friends Ann Sieg or pal Jonathan Budd, or hosting webinars online with her hotter than hot group on facebook Smart Biz Builders!

Nancy Burke Barr is  an accomplished lawyer, with a background in teaching and estate planning. I am more than honored to call this dear lady my true friend in terms of the support and caring she shows, as well as the true leadership she provides consistently.

Are You Running YOUR BUSINESS Like a

REAL BUSINESS??

As an entrepreneur, Nancy is a very passionate professional woman, with a strong emphasis on:

• Empowering others to take control of their businesses
• The “Sins” Of Internet Marketers
• Sound traditional business principles that make ALL business run properly & legally
• Tax concepts and strategies
• Time management skills
• Compliance with Federal Trade Commission and other Government Agencies and Laws
• Business Plans, Insurance, Public Relations and more.
• Nancy says “You do have a REAL Business,Right?, Then TREAT IT LIKE ONE!!”

Here is my delightful interview with MENTOR MAMA that took place last November, before she had started Smart Biz Builders on Facebook. Smart Biz Builders is a group of like minded business people who banded together to get “back to basics” and put business FIRST. It’s education YOU WON’T GET ANYWHERE ELSE

Register Here for the Smart Biz Builders “Summer of Love” Webinar series to have an amazing summer of INSPIRATION and LOVE.

In This Video You will get an Introduction to Mentor Mama..and Learn..

• The Importance of Treating Your Business Like a Real Business
• How To Turn Your Blog Into A Unique Brand
• How To Follow The Correct Rules For Business Success
• Blogging Tips & Social Media
• Network Marketing Tips

Who is Nancy Burke Barr?

“My name is Nancy Burke Barr, also known as “Mentor Mama”. When I am not driving carpool, volunteering at school, or cooking dinner, I am online connecting with as many people as I can in the world of Social Media.

I blog about the lessons I learned from my mama – and a few tricks Mama never taught me. Those “old-fashioned” lessons will continue to enrich and protect our careers as we move deeper into the Information Age.

I graduated from U.C. Berkeley and the University of Miami School of Law. I worked in retail sales and the food service industry, before I became a lawyer. My lengthy legal career has included teaching law students, as well as practicing in the areas of Estate Planning and Fiduciary Administration.

Today, I call on my law skills and my online presence to keep readers abreast of law on the Internet”.

If you enjoyed this interview, please feel free to comment and share, retweet and pay it forward!

As always, I have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with my fantastic colleagues, who I  consider dear friends. I hope this has brought some JOY to your day!!

In Peace and Love

Laura Morris

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Gavin Mountford “The Networking Superstar”

Make some quiet time, grab some note paper and a cold drink…

A VERY SUCCESSFUL Online Marketer, Leader & Teacher

Gavin Mountford

will give you the goods!

If you want to know more about how this very nice man, husband, new father and super successful full time entrepreneur got…

“40,866 FREE leads from the social networks in just 27 short months… “

Watch this intriguing interview…and make sure to hook up with Gavin to learn more!

In This Video You will Learn..

• How Gavin Uses Facebook for Thousands of Free Leads

• The Secrets To A Successful Blog

• Why Syndication Is Key..and CAN Make You Money

• Blogging Tips & Social Media Nuggets

• Network Marketing Tips

Who Is Gavin Mountford?

Gavin really enjoys connecting with new people & turning them from strangers into friends. He lives in a small town near London in the UK with his wife Pippa, and his brand new baby daughter Charlotte, who they fondly call “Lottie”. He is a devoted new daddy.

At the time of shooting this interview, his wife was not yet expecting beautiful little Lottie!

But as you may or may not know Gavin and his wife Pippa became parents on January 10, 2011 as  Charlotte Ann Mountford was born weighing 6lb 3 oz.

In his free time, Gavin is totally head over heels for his daughter Lottie, as any new Daddy would be! Gavin loves traveling, playing the guitar, listening to music, exercising, personal development and spending time with family & friends.

One of Gavin’s true passion’s is learning how we, as people work, what makes us tick, and why do we do the things we do? Gavin’s been online for 5+ years & during that time he’s studied network marketing, Internet marketing, persuasion, influence & psychology and has been looking at ways to apply it to Facebook and the social networks.

I met Gavin online last summer when I was looking for some very specific direction in our business. He was able to provide this direction in a very professional and laser focused manner. In the process I was also pointed toward an entire network of people and tools to educate and advance my online knowledge so that I cut a year off my learning curve! Gavin introduced me to the Tribe Syndication Association, (TSA) and the value of syndicating blog content!  Up until that time I had been blogging out on the net solo, generating my own traffic. Becoming part of a community made a major difference for me! He also helped me get my personal branding graphics, including my blog header, youtube, twitter, and Facebook so that they were one uniform message.

Caring That Goes The Extra Mile (or Kilometer in England)

Gavin Mountford is one of the most professional, honest, and high integrity teachers offering value out on the internet. You cannot go wrong aligning yourself with anything he has to offer. Why am I raving so much? I am illustrating that there are leaders, and then there are exceptional, extraordinary leaders, who go ABOVE and BEYOND to coach, train, provide value and to make people feel special, cared about and assisted. This is Gavin. Though he is just as busy as the rest of us, and probably more so, he has taken time to personally stay in touch by skype, by personal heartfelt notes, and other ways of letting me know he is in my corner. You cannot buy that kind of leadership. It’s either there or it’s not. It’s called AUTHENTICITY. I know you’ve all been around the opposite!

Time Management

If you are struggling with your daily productivity and time management, Gavin is your man! I have learned some tremendous tricks and strategies that have significantly impacted my productivity through my time studying with Gavin. The Double Your Online Productivity system is jammed packed with education to help you to stop struggling with being disorganized, late, distracted, overwhelmed, exhausted, and WILL get you back on track to utilizing your time extremely effectively! Here is the Time management course I highly recommend: Go to:

DoubleYourOnlineProductivity.com

You can learn more from Gavin at http://GavinMountford.com

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview and hope you did too! I am especially enjoying bringing these very special connections to you, and look forward to the next one!

Please share your thoughts and personal stories of how you have connected with Gavin Mountford below!!

Thanks

Laura Morris

Aside from being an AMAZING Competitive  SKATEBOARDER..Matthew Neer is a dedicated Entrepreneur who is far, far ahead of most people online at mastering the skills necessary to be successful. After spending time with Matthew, I see it as two things: He has a high level of passionate dedication to what he is doing, with a “determination to be the best attitude”. Secondly , Matthew is excited about marketing, and is joyous in his approach..”It’s all good” he says..and I LOVE THAT!!!! Consequently he has created several six figure online enterprises. So we can learn much from this young -HOT entrepreneur.

How would you like to know the REAL DEAL on Search Engine Optimization, Internet Marketing and  the FASTEST WAY to get to the TOP of GOOGLE??

Matthew Neer is your man!

I sat down with this very SHARP marketer last fall..

Matthew says: “#1 Blogging Tip: Typically when most people come online and find out about blogging and WordPress they go on a massive hunt for the best possible free themes they can find.
What they don’t realize is that free themes are free for a reason, because most of them suck.

And while it may be a little bit of an extra expense I really do believe that if you just invest a little bit of money for a super high quality, premium WordPress theme in the long run you will get more exposure and more leads from your blog because it will be completely unique.

I highly recommend you check out http://matthewneer.com/elegantthemes

They have an extremely low priced membership, they have the best support forum I have ever come across and they come out with 2 new themes every single month at no extra charge to you.

The #1 mistake I made when I first started blogging that I would save other newbie bloggers from is Keyword Targeting.

It wasn’t until a year after I started blogging that I realize WordPress blogs can literally dominate the front page of Google in just a few hours.

For example, I am ranking on the first page of Google for multiple long tail company keyword phrases. Which result in me getting hundreds of hits to my blog every single day.

To do this, it is actually really simple. There are just a few key steps that you must follow, I’ll give you the basics right now.

• First include your long tail keyword phrase in the title of your post and include it in the Permalink of your post.

• Once you have that done, the secret is to use the keyword phrase again in the first 160 character of your blog post and hyperlink that keyword phrase because Google will pick up on that and rank you higher.

• Then the rest is really just a matter of writing a really high quality article and including a keyword density of about 3%-8% throughout your whole article. This will rank you very well in Google every single time.

My favorite plugin has to be the Digg Digg plugin because it allows you to include the Tweet buttons, Facebook share buttons, and really just so much more to make it REALLY easy for other people to syndicate your blog.

However, the most practical plugin I have found by far is Google XML Sitemaps in reference to SEO because you can program that sucker to send updates to Google every single hour making your blog get indexed SUPER quickly!”

Check out Matthew’s Blog.

Here is my Video Interview with Matthew Neer that includes Specific Training on HOW to SEO YOUR POSTS!!