by Abe Cherian

By the time you’ve read this, you will have made a considerable amount of choices since you woke up this morning…

Have you ever actually thought about how many choices you’re required to make each day?

1. -Getting out of bed…
2. -Hitting snooze (just ONE more time, promise)…
3. -What to wear for the day…
4. -Going for a morning run vs getting right down to business…

…all decisions you can probably relate to, plus all the ones we’ve surely missed. And those are before you’ve even made it out of the door!

And while your own personal list may seem large on paper, most of these things happen so fast, so automatically, that it really doesn’t take long at all to run through them…

But consider this:

If we are able to make all those decisions quickly, why then does it take so long to take action when it comes to life-changing business or personal decisions?

The truth is, most people let fear and doubt get in their way…

I’ve had many action-worthy ideas that were never brought to fruition, all because I didn’t completely trust in the idea. I doubted my ability to execute them successfully.

In my opinion, those—fear and uncertainty—are the two biggest enemies when it comes to taking the next step in any type of business (or life in general).

You may not be able to control the economic uncertainty, but you can have control over your own situation by having faith in your ability to make decisions.

There are two important factors to making decisions that may work for you:

The first, is data driven.

This is the “commonsense” approach, for most people. The problem with this approach, is that getting tied up with every single detail and fact, can often lead to ‘analysis paralysis’ – thinking about something so much that you never take action.

The second, is instincts – your “gut feeling”.

Throughout your life, you’ve already made a ton of other decisions.

Some of them ended well, while others likely didn’t work out. The result of this, is an entire catalog of experiences that your subconscious is able to draw from. This is what allows you to make educated guesses when time is just not an option.

Some of our best decisions are made this way…

I think there should be a BALANCE between data-driven and instinctive decision making. But the most important thing is to trust your ability to make those decisions and act on them with conviction!

If you have data that gets your excited and gives you a gut feeling that you’d be successful, believe in it and go with it full force…

Here are a few additional resources you might enjoy:

Excellent Books:

Gut Feelings, by Gerd Gigerenzer

How We Decide, by Jonah Lehrer

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About the Author: Abe Cherian is an Internet Entrepreneur since 1999. As the founder of AdClickMedia.com, a pay-per-click advertising network, and the CEO of Multiple Stream Media, an online Advertising and Marketing firm, Abe and his team has helped tens of thousands of online advertisers reach ‘the right market’ at ‘the right time’, with the ‘right message’. To start advertising and driving traffic click here to open your free account: http://www.rent-a-list.com

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Advertising, the lifeblood of our economy – or so the ad agencies would like you to believe. But is it really? My take on the subject: Advertising doesn’t really sell you anything, it just entertains you!

Let’s take a little step back in time. To something called ‘drive-ins’ – here I go dating myself again!

For the uninitiated, drive-ins were places you went to view movies in an outdoor setting, on a giant screen. A place to meet, greet and brag on a warm summer evening. Some were single screen, some multiple screen and you generally had a double feature.

Before the show and during the intermission they ran snack bar advertising – ‘…come get your hot dogs, popcorn, candy and soda pop, etc.’.

Now did those ads drive us to the snack bar – Most Assuredly Not! You went to the snack bar for two reasons. One was to answer natures call and the other was to check out the chicks – not necessarily in that order! (to be fair, the chicks were also checking out the guys)

The point being that advertising did not influence us to purchase anything. It only gave us an opportunity for – well you know – ummm, socializing.

Fast forward a bit to movies or shows which are one big advertisement:

*’Route 66′, about two guys having an adventurous time traveling the country. I am sure this television show helped the sales of one of America’s favorite cars – The Corvette.

*I have no doubt that with the advent of the ’77 Sunset Strip and Kookie’ television show, the sale of combs took a spike upward.

*And who didn’t lust after a Ford Mustang or a Dodge Charger (or Jacqueline Bisset) after seeing the 1968 movie Bullett (my brother has a restored Charger – he’s a solid Mopar guy).

Fast forward again, to today. Ever heard of the something called ‘The Super Bowl’? (yeah, yeah I know, who hasn’t)

Anyway, whether you admit it or not there only two reasons you watch the Super Bowl. One is for the game – of course – and the other is for – ‘The Commercials’, right?

Advertising is now entertainment! It won’t ‘sell’ me. It’s all about entertaining us, and the slim hope you will remember the advertiser when it comes time to buy whatever that ‘something’ is.

Look at all those vehicle ads. Great photography, great graphics, often exotic locations and even great stories on some. But if I am in the market for a vehicle my purchase decisions will be driven by past experiences, the experiences of people I know and research I will do. Likely on places such as Internet forums and not because I saw a some staged ad.

When I see the Budweiser Clydesdale’s, I admire that great team and wagon, and thank them for doing what they do, but it doesn’t make me want to run out and purchase a six pack of Bud!

In many cases advertising is a turn off. When I listen to the radio and the advertiser sounds like a carnival barker, I am gone. I equate hype with dishonesty I guess. Radio has a lot of hype type ads. I presume because it’s not a visual medium.

When my local tv station runs the same exact ad in a back-to-back fashion, I am gone. The advertiser may be [i']testing’ time slots or the station may have forgotten to insert the ad somewhere or they are just ‘filling time’ because they don’t have another ad, but I am gone. I feel I should never see an ad more than once in every half hour or hour.

What about those constant battles between the cable and phone company offers. Are you as tired of seeing them as I am?

So it’s safe to say that ‘Advertising’ has it pluses and minuses for all of us. Like everything else, it’s diversity that makes the world go round.

Then there is ‘Internet Marketing’ but that’s a story for another time…’

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Email has been used by virtually all businesses on the Internet. Today, even a local business can use email effectively to improve their bottom line or gain recognition. But changes are taking place that are some what troubling. Changes that even those who have been most trusted in Internet Marketing seem to be embracing.

The sad state of today’s email marketing doesn’t disagree with any of the above but it does mean that trust is fast being lost. And ‘Trust’ is your most important asset.

On any given day I receive dozens (not counting spam) of emails from Internet marketing folks whose names yoiu would easily recognize. Folks who no longer tailor their messages to their readers but simply send out canned messages that are repeated word for word by every one else. They don’t even bother to change the subject lines.

It doesn’t take much to add a little customization to your email. Today, if you’re on more than one or two lists, how much of the email you receive is the same copy cat wording? I find it disappointing that many of the so called ‘Gurus’ can’t be bothered to write an email different than some other Guru (‘Guru’ – I dislike that word). Most of the ‘successful’ Internet marketing people have staffs working for them and could very easily do a rewrite. Yes, I have been guilty of doing a ‘copy-and-paste’ email send but no longer. I do my best to rewrite what I send out to folks.

Another problem I am seeing more and more are misleading, or just plain odd, subject lines.  Some that I receive more often than I care to count are: “Your Gift”; ‘Friend’; ‘My Friend’; ‘Free’; ‘Thank You’; ‘Support’; ‘Thirteen Redheads’; ‘Your account has been credited’; using the contraction ‘Re’; vulger language; etc.

I’m sure you can add many more to this list. (by the way, it isn’t a gift, or free, or… if I have to do something to get it, like taking my time to do opt-in’s). I received one email that told me nothing – it just had a link in it! You have no idea what it is this person is offering. And this was from a trusted source!

I see emails that have more than two or three links in them. Yes, the email may repeat the same link two or three times in the course of the text, that’s okay. But I have received some with as many as ten or fifteen different links. It is confusing and unnecessary.

Most of this sort of email will go into the trash or worse yet, will cause me to hit the unsubscribe link! Remeber, your customer’s time and attention is just a valuable as yours is. So treat them accordingly.

Mothers do so much for us, much of which goes unrecognized and/or unrewarded.

This is the one day of the year we can make up for the many times we should have said ‘Thank You’ for the many things mom does for us.

The best Mother’s day gifts are those which express your love and gratitude and the most valuable one that could probably be given this year would be your time.

Take mom out and treat her to breakfast, lunch, or better yet dinner at a great restaurant. Pamper her for the day.

Just talk with her and reminisce about some happy moment(s) in your lives that will bring a smile to her face. My mom had the greatest smile and I always tried to make her show it. Unfortunately, today she is no longer with us.

NASA has buy cheap rimonabant a special show set up for moms (well, they are just facilitating it, more or less). You don’t even have to drag mom outside to see the astronomical show.  A glance out any east-facing window with an unobstructed view of the sky should do, according to NASA.

Check it out here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37030427/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/jupiter-moon-give-mothers-day-treat

I hope the moms out there enjoy Your Special Day, and know that we do love you and appreciate all you do for us, even though we may not often show it.

republished with permission – The Jedi’s Grandpa

Like Page Builder is a wonderfully simple tool that allows you to create Facebook fan/like pages in a matter of minutes. I have this product and here are some thoughts on it.

First and foremost a fan/like page is pretty much like your own little mini website displayed on Facebook where you can promote yourself and your products to anyone who ‘likes’ your page.

Like buy kamagra Page Builder ampicillin and gentamicin is a piece of software allowing you to create your very own Facebook fan/like page with minimum effort and time. Those of you out there who already have a fan/like page online know that this can be a somewhat time consuming task. With this piece of software it can be completed in a fraction of the time. All you are required to do is to fill in a few boxes with whatever you want to display on your page and click a few times and you’re done. It really is as simple as that.

But that’s not all! You also receive step-by-step videos teaching you how to use the software to its maximum potential. Meaning anyone can create their own fan/like page, regardless of their skills on a computer. This is a great help to those wishing to get on Facebook but who don’t really have all the skills needed to create a fan/like page themselves. With Like Page Builder all of the complicated work is done for you, reducing the time and effort needed to be up and running on Facebook and allowing you to do more important tasks such as marketing.

One of the most impressive thing about this software is its ability to take someone  automatically to a page of your choice, as soon as they hit diet pills website the ‘Like’ button. This could be a page giving away a free gift such as a report. Why is this so ingenious? There is no opt-in involved! The gift is received instantly! All the subscriber must do is click ‘Like’ and then go and read the report or course they have received.

All of these benefits from a simple, easy to use piece of software costing you NOTHING AT ALL! Yes, these guys are actually giving it away for FREE!

Dave and John have once again released something new, and needed, to the Internet Marketing world. I recommend  you check this software out and for those of you out there who thought you would never be able to create your own Facebook fan/like page, think again!

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Finding ‘inspiration’ sometimes is elusive. But did you know that you are already an author/writer?

What is the definition of an author: ‘Author – a: one that originates or creates…’.; ‘Author, one who is the source…’

Have you ever written letter to the editor? A complaint or complement to a company? Have you ever written a letter to a loved one? Do you write in a diary? Have you written a poem?

Now it may be somewhat simplistic to think that any of the above makes you a author/writer but – ‘You Are’! While we aren’t, initially, talking about ‘The Great American Novel’ here – that may very well be in you! Many a ampicillin and acne book has come out of a diary!

With any of the above ideas you have taken words expressing something of importance to you, committed them to paper, or computer file, or email, and ‘Published’!

Know what Twitter is? Well, if you tweet you can expound on a Tweet and it becomes an article. How about Facebook and all your discussions going on there?

Need a little research to flesh out an idea? The Internet is a great place to get information. Just be sure your resources are reliable.

As for what tools do you need? Your computer likely came with some sort writing of software, whether Mac or PC. If not, just go to – http://www.openoffice.org/. This software is free and will give you every thing you need. And believe it or not, many folks still utilize pen and paper!

Today, with the advent of the Internet it is extremely easy to share your ideas with the world. And make no mistake about it – Today’s World Needs All The Good Ideas It Can Get!

The bottom line is that ideas are every where. You are unique and so are your ideas – There Is More In You Than You Know!

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The magic is in all the smiles you see – especially from a child, the feeling you get when walking the malls, spending time with family and friends, all the goodies mom and the aunts bake up, thinking of Christmases past (mine were always white being from Pennsylvania), that last minute shopping rush…

I hope Wish You All The Magic This Season Has To Offer and remember – the best gift you can give is to ‘Give online cheap kamagra pharmacy diet pill Of Yourself’!

Give me a model train and I’m happy. I was born in 1943 and received my first train from my godfather at about age 3 or 4. And yes I still have it!

Mid term elections are elections that historically have low turnouts. I guess we feel they are not sexy enough. But every one needs to realize that every election has consequences, whether they be positive or negative.

Of course there are elections I get less than enthusiastic about. Mostly they tend to be local. But I will be damned if I let someone kamagra cheap else get my vote by proxy by not voting!

Politicians should always be ‘on probation’ and continually have their feet held to the fire. Many only care about enriching themselves not the country.

Having a politician tell me that we need to pass a bill in order to find out online pharmacy diet pills what is in it doesn’t cut it – It’s Wrong!

We tend to get caught up in conducting our own lives and  forget we have a responsibility to keep OUR country on course. Your political view point is not what concerns me – I do care that you exercise your right to vote.

Citizenship is not a part time job!

I would also ask that you remember all those who have fought, and continue to fight, for the freedoms we enjoy — Freedom Is Not Free!!

There is a cost to this ongoing fight, not just that borne by our armed buy generic acomplia forces, but by you and I! It is your and my job to ensure that cost has not been in vain.

We are the greatest ampicillin stock nation in the world because of our freedoms. We, you and I, have a responsibility to ourselves, our families and friends and our country, in that order, to ensure the freedoms we enjoy. The freedoms which every peoples in the world aspire to and deserve.

The freedom to make their own destiny.

** A Very Happy Fourth of July To All **

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