HOW YOU CAN MAKE 2011 YOU - Charlie Cook

Whether 2010 was a good, bad or an indifferent year for your business, you'd like to make 2011 even better.
What's your plan?
I was about to call it quits for the day when the phone rang. It was George calling from Delaware. He told me that he wanted to learn everything he could about marketing his business. When I asked George which of my marketing manuals he was interested in, he answered, "all of them." Why was he so eager to improve his marketing? Was his business in the dumps?
On the contrary, last year was one of George's most successful years ever. He spent over forty thousand dollars marketing his business and made well over 35 times that in return. He's set his goals even higher for 2011 and is convinced that marketing is the best investment he can make in his business.
George is a business consultant who is successfully growing his business even when most companies have put a freeze on working with consultants. Marketing is a key factor in George's success; helping him get attention, position himself as the go to expert and sell his services.
Whether you're a printer, an accountant, consultant, sell health insurance, or financial services take a lesson from George and rethink the potential of your business. You could be making a lot more than you are now. Here's how:
1. Set the Bar High
George wants to double his business in the next two years. Having a clearly defined goal creates the destination for your marketing plan.
What's your dream for your business?
How much do you want your business to grow?
What are your goals for 2011?
2. Invest the Time and Money to Improve Your Marketing
No matter how successful George is, he knows that he could be doing better. You could be doing better too.
He's continually looking for new marketing ideas and strategies to help his business grow, and he's not afraid to spend money to get expert advice or implement new tactics.

3. Deliver Outstanding Service
George's consulting takes people by surprise with his timely, courteous service and his attention to details. This approach not only gets him noticed but also brings in repeat business and referrals.
How do you differentiate your products and services from your competition?
What can you do to provide outstanding services and products?
To make 2011 your best year ever, set high goals, make a plan, get the knowledge and advice you need, and provide outstanding service. Take another look at your business and you'll discover tons of opportunity for innovation and growth.
What's the best way to reach your goals in 2011?
Get the help you need to put your profits on track. Even in a tough economy you can succeed, when you know where to focus your efforts, If you're serious about doing better in 2011.

MAKE SOME NOISE IN 2011! - Philip E. Humbert, PhD

New Year's weekend seems the perfect time to remind you that
in business, you’ve GOT to make some noise! Recently, I
talked with two people who have become experts in marketing.
One has attended all the "boot camps," read the books and
taken seminars from the best marketing gurus around. The
other told me her personal library of marketing and business
books, videos and seminars cost over $100,000 in the past
ten years.
Unfortunately, neither of them has applied what they know
and their businesses have not grown.
These are classic examples of "analysis paralysis." They
have studied their market and learned the techniques. They
know how to write sales letters and they know the latest in
online marketing techniques. They know about using
endorsements, graphics and colors, about "risk reversal"
and identifying their target demographics.
What they don’t know is how to make noise.
They haven't taken action! One business leader recently told
me her greatest fear is "making a mistake!" Like, get over
it already!
If you’re in business, you’re going to make mistakes. (I
suspect that’s true in life; I know it’s true in business.)
The key to building your business is taking action. Of
course it's good to know what you’re doing. Sure, put the
odds in your favor as much as you can. But in the end,
you’ve got to take a chance and make some noise!
If you want your business to grow in 2011, think about what
you'll do differently. What will you expand or contract? How
much will you spend on advertising? What new products or
services will you offer? Which ones will you cancel?
In the end, growing a business is about taking action. It's
about making the best judgments you can, and then taking the
plunge.

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS IN 2011

Another year is ending and that means it's time to review
the year just past and plan the year ahead. I strongly urge
you to take some time to ask good questions, jot some notes,
and make your choices.
I love the line that "those who refuse to learn from the
past are doomed to repeat it." It seems a good match to the
old joke that insanity is doing the same thing over and over
while expecting different results. Too many people, too
often, drift from one year to the next, hoping and
struggling to achieve their goals or change their lives, but
refusing to "learn from the past" or make intelligent, high-
yield adjustments.
Fortunately, as I learned long ago, Readers are not
ordinary people. They are more ambitious, more
optimistic, better educated and definitely more "awake" than
the average person. You know life is a serious thing. You
have goals and you want to achieve some important results in
2011!
In my years of experience, i want to share a simple three-
step process that I hope will be valuable to you all.
I think it makes a difference and I urge you to take the
time to give it a try. Here we go:
1. REVIEW THE PAST. "Those who fail to learn from the past
are doomed to repeat it."
The first step to changing the future is to acknowledge the
truth about the present. Ask good questions about 2010. What
did you learn? What worked well? What would you like to
repeat? What are you proud of? How did you grow, change or
improve this year? How about your relationships, your
career, your lifestyle? How about your income, your health
and your hobbies? Ask good questions, and write down the
answers.
2. MAP THE FUTURE. I like the term "map" because this is
not a dream, a fantasy or even just a goal. What exactly
would you like to change, do or achieve in 2011? Do you want
to increase your income? Improve a relationship, buy a new
house, change jobs? Spend more time with family?
Mapping the future requires that you balance optimism and
ambition with a conservative assessment of what's possible.
Remember, reality never lies. It's unlikely that you can
change everything or do everything in one year. What are the
specifics you really want to change in 2011? Ask good
questions; write down the answers.
3. GET A SYSTEM. I’m a huge believer in plans and budgets
and strategies. If you want to increase your income by 25%,
you’ll have to make more sales, work more hours or learn new
skills. When (exactly) will you do this? If you want to save
more or golf more or do anything worthwhile, you'll need a
plan.
And you'll need positive support. Surround yourself with
reminders, books, tools and equipment that automatically
move you in the direction you want to go.
Get a coach or work with a MasterMind group. Make sure your
family, friends and colleagues know exactly what you want to
achieve, and make sure they support you every step of the
way.
The start of a new year is a wonderful time to take stock,
adjust course and affirm your priorities, but it doesn't
happen by accident. Take time to review. Take time to plan
and develop your system. And get the support you'll need.
You can make 2011 your best, most productive and rewarding
year ever, but only if you arrange for success in advance.
Do your homework! Make it happen!
If you are truly committed to making things better
in 2011, use a personal coach.

DECEMBER 25TH

" And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life”. - Jeremiah 52:31-34.

To all readers and visitors to this web site I want to share with you the significance of the Christmas day, it is a special day Jesus Christ was born into this world to deliver mankind from his sinful way. I have studied the weather pattern over the years of that particular day the firmaments bear witness to this unique day across all countries and tribes. There is a glory over the surface of the earth while some are having snow, others fog, or harmattan haze.

In the text above King Jehoiachin of Judah was delivered on a Christmas day (in the twelfth month in the five and twentieth day of the month) hundred of years before Jesus was born. Seven significant events will happen in your life on this particular glorious day.

1. Your head will be lifted. You may have been experiencing downward trend in your life, marriage, business and workplace, you will no longer be the tail but the head. God is about changing your situation for the better because Jesus came into the world this same day to deliver you. Everyone that sees you as nobody will begin to see you as somebody very special your head will no longer be bowed but be lifted high.

2. You will be brought out of prison. Some people have been bounded without freedom under bondage of their task masters for quite sometime, you will be set free now just like those that set up Daniel into the lion’s pit, your prisoners will replace you in the prison while you will be set free, Jesus will liberate you and grant you permanent freedom.

3. You will be spoken kindly of. People have used their tongue to describe you negative. God will change their tongue and they will begin to speak well of you, they have said you are useless, good for nothing, cannot make it, never do well, under achiever all this negative qualities they describe you with they will no longer see you that way any more. A change for the better in you they will begin to see and speak of.

4. Your throne above the throne of the kings. You are meant to be a king because the son of a king is also a king, but you reign like a slave, God will dethrone everyone sitting on your throne and enthrone where you belong, to rule and reign in Christ Jesus.

5. Your garment will be changed. The garment you put on which has become a filthy rag casting aspersions at you. The way you dress is the way you will be addressed, you were addressed badly everywhere you turn to, today your garment or robe will change and as a king a sign of royalty is the kings garment. God is removing your present garment and replacing it with a new one.

6. You will continually eat bread. You may be lacking a daily bread but the great provider is already here to provide the bread you will eat all the days of your life. Every lack will be turned to abundance in your life because Jesus was born on this day like no other day.

7. You will be given a continual diet all the days until death. A diet is a food with all essential ingredients needed for growth and development. You might having lacking the essential nutrients needed for you to succeed and become great God is going to provide to you this day those nourishments needed by you for life.