Posts by Craig Ballantyne
2014 European Trip Bodyweight Workouts
My mental and bodyweight workout preparation for this trip to Europe and my 5th year at the www.BlackSmithCamp.com has taken decades. The camp, if you’ve never heard of it, occurs outside of Trakai, Lithuania each summer, and is dedicated to teaching these young folks about starting a business, living life on your own terms, and…
Read MoreHow To Become An Online Celebrity
At our last 1-day Mastermind in Orange County, attendee Patrick Anderson told me, “The first workout product I bought online was Vince Del Monte’s program. That’s how I found out about you.” He’s not the first. In fact, one of my top success stories, Catherine Gordon, came from through the Vince Del Monte world first.…
Read MoreHow to Turn Your Brain Off and Relax
My coaching client, let’s call her Jenny, had a dilemma. She was simultaneously the co-owner of a successful health publishing company and the mother of two boys under the age of three. Her company had experienced a meteoric rise from virtually no sales in 2008 to thousands of sales of her program per day, yet…
Read MoreHow To Create A Sales Machine
As I scanned through the 31 emails in my inbox at noon, this one got my attention. “Have you seen my latest sales machine? We’ve been mailing and split testing internally since Tuesday and were already well over 700+ sales. http://www.xtremefatlossdiet.com/special/fflwe15.php#buynow <= Study it As soon as were done testing we’ll open up to affiliates….let…
Read MoreThe Paleo Workout
Think you can’t eat sandwiches ever again if you go “Paleo“? Well, I have good news for you below. But first, your 10-Minute Paleo workout. Why do I call it that? Because you’re going to do basic human movement patterns – Jumps, Lunges, Squats, Crawls, and Pushups. There are no fancy machines needed. And yes,…
Read MorePolitically Incorrect Millionaire
Most people think it’s impossible to become a millionaire. But data proves them wrong. Statistics show that 1 in 160 people in America is a millionaire. They are much more common than you think. You know at least one. Data also shows that 1 in 1,460 people in the world are millionaires. That’s probably a…
Read More3 Tips From the Monk
“When a baby enters the world, the world rejoices while the baby cries. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.” That’s a nice little lesson courtesy of Robin Sharma’s father. I first heard about Robin when someone gave me a copy of his best seller, The Monk Who…
Read More5 Tips To Sell More
This is a real quick BIG lesson. So many folks forget to do this. They caught up in Facebooking, blogging, and all that jazz…BUT: Do NOT forget to… SELL your OWN stuff. It’s great to create content, give stuff away, and promote other people, but here’s what you must do. In this 5-Step Sell Yourself…
Read More5 Minute Cardio and Abs with 8 Unique Exercises
Here’s the CURE for any weekend diet disasters or attacks of the low-energy Monday mornings you might be dealing with…In this fun 5-minute session, you’re going to hit a New-School Cardio and Abs workout. Of course, you won’t be doing any silly crunches or dangerous sit-ups, or using any expensive, but useless elliptical machines. Here’s…
Read MoreHow To Create Your Hook And Get Affiliates
When it comes to creating a product with a BIG HOOK and getting the TOP AFFILIATES to promote, there is no one better these days than Joel Marion. So today, I want to give you an excerpt of a 1-hour, 22 page interview with Joel that went out in my private client Inner Circle newsletter.…
Read More10 Secrets From Mastermind
You often hear me talking about this group. It’s really important to be surrounded by your peers. Just listen to Seth: “Your peer group are people with similar dreams, goals and worldviews. They are people who will push you in exchange for being pushed, who will raise the bar and tell you the truth. They’re…
Read More#1 Lesson From Dad
My father spent a lot of time in silence. As a farmer he worked many long days alone in his International tractor cab, plowing, sowing, and reaping in the fields.Before I was old enough to start school, I spent many hours with him there. Our family couldn’t afford childcare and so my dad was in…
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