Christmas Eve, Italian Style
I grew up in an Italian/Irish household. That meant Christmas Eve dinner was usually a mouth-watering feast of seafood delights and culinary delicacies. Antipasto (a wonderful assortment of meats, cheeses, and vegetables), shrimp fra diavolo, fried calamari, breaded flounder, baked scallops, homemade rice balls, and, of course, pasta. Lots and lots of pasta. Dessert was even better with 7-layer rainbow cookies, cannolis, and cappuccino.
READ MOREWhat does Michael do when he’s studying a book?
When applied to reading books, the Power of One says that you should search the book for one good idea that you can put to work in your life immediately. Take that one good idea and turn it into a specific goal. Make that goal a yearly one, and then break it down into monthly, weekly, and daily tasks. (We explain exactly how to do that in ETR’s goal-setting programs.)
READ MOREThe Decoy Effect – and How It Can Help You Make More Sales
It happens all the time – where the introduction of a third option suddenly makes one of your earlier options look better. It sounds irrational. And it is. But it’s such a common phenomenon, it even has a name. It’s called the “decoy effect.”
READ MORE10 Little Things I Love About the Holidays
1. Giving gifts and cards. (Of course, receiving gifts/cards is a great feeling too!) 2. Decorating the Christmas tree. It’s always so much fun. 3. Baking. This is when I can take my time to massively produce baked goodies, like gingerbread man cookies, cranberry scones, and pumpkin pies. Yum. 4.…
READ MOREThump Your Way to a Stronger Immune System
With cold and flu season here, your immune system needs extra TLC. Along with exercise and a low-glycemic, nutrient-rich diet, there’s something else you can do. Stimulate your thymus.
READ MOREHow to Kill a Great Company in One Easy Lesson
Back in the 1980s, I agreed to help the owner of a small company grow his business. Within three years, it was the largest company in its industry.
By combining five key marketing strategies with kick-butt sales copy, we were attracting between 5,000 and 10,000 new customers every month. By 1988, we had more than 120,000 paying customers. Sales revenues and profits quadrupled.
READ MORENo Need for Lozenges
If you get a cold this winter, forget sugar-filled lozenges. Instead, try a licorice root brew to ease your symptoms. The tea that worked so quickly for me is called “Organic Throat Coat” by Traditional Medicinals. But if you type “licorice root tea” into Google, you’ll get plenty of other options.
READ MOREHow’d You Like an Extra $30K in Your Pocket?
I had some good news yesterday. The latest product I licensed to a marketing company has brought in about $250,000… so far. So from this one product alone, I will be receiving a royalty that will net me at least a $25,000 profit for the year, although it will probably be more.
READ MOREGastric-Bypass Patients Need Nutritional Supplements
A recent review of the literature on bariatric surgery found that of all the surgical procedures used to reduce weight, gastric bypass resulted in the most serious post-surgical nutritional deficiencies. The micronutrients most commonly found to be deficient were: vitamin B12, calcium, vitamin D, thiamine (vitamin B1), folic acid, iron, zinc, and magnesium. The authors of the review concluded that nutritional supplementation is absolutely necessary for every gastric-bypass patient.
READ MOREFeeling the Pinch – and How to Pinch Back
So are you feeling the pinch these days?
When the economy slides like it has over the last year or so, the knee-jerk reaction is to tighten the belt. Business owners look at the bottom line, see what’s not absolutely necessary, and get rid of it.
READ MOREGive Your Self-Published Book the “Loose-Leaf Test”
How do you ensure that the information products you sell online give fair value to your customers? One way is to follow Internet marketing guru Fred Gleeck’s “10 times” rule. Fred says that the information products you sell should be worth at least 10 times the price you charge for them.
READ MORE2 Things You Should Never Do on Picture Day
It’s the moment you have been dreading. Your employer has informed you that a photographer is coming in to photograph the entire staff for the purpose of updating the website. There is even talk of a group photo for a company “Happy New Year” card. Good grief! Are they serious? You hate having your picture taken!
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