How to Survive a Financial Crisis
If you want to know how to survive a financial crisis then you’ve come to the right place. Before I give you the secret I want to share a story with you.
This morning I went to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned. Of course I only saw the dentist for a few minutes. The rest of my time was spent with Gerry, the hygienist. She’s a great woman and loves to talk.
Before I knew it, we were talking to about the financial crisis and she was asking me how to get through it. I started talking about index funds, balancing your portfolio, regression to the mean, no load mutual funds, FDIC, and more. Then there was a deer-in-headlights look and I felt bad. At that moment I realized that she was very afraid.
Then something amazing happened. She asked if I would look at all her investment portfolio; Gerry was heading to “her guy” later in the day so the documentation was out in her car. She literally ran to her car and grabbed her IRA and investment information for me to look at. (It’s true!)
It’s astounding what people will do during a financial crisis. Fear is a powerful driver. Losing a huge chunk of your retirement in 2-3 days is painful. Fear and pain also drives unusual decisions, like people sharing intimate financial details with each other.
I told you this crisis story because it sets the stage for how I feel about it all. Like many people, I have a balanced portfolio, personal savings accounts, bonds, and more. And, like you, I care about my financial situation and the shocks in the stock market.
But –
I’m not as worried as most people. I’m going to share a secret with you. It’s something that will reward you forever if you really take it to heart and take action.
I’m very calm these days because I know that I can sell. Yes, I’m a salesman. This is very powerful and drives peace and harmony with my personal finances.
If you can sell, you can always survive. If you can sell, you can lose all of your money and still pull down cash and feed your family and pay the mortgage.
“But I don’t like to sell!”
I hear you and I understand. If you don’t like selling, then first I have to say that you probably don’t understand selling. It’s not as dirty as you might think. Selling, when done right, is simply giving people what they want for a fair price. It’s as easy as a conversation. (It’s true.)
But there’s another piece of this secret. The second part of my advice is that you need to start your own business. If you run your own business then you can survive any financial turmoil as long as all your money isn’t tied up in the stock market. It shouldn’t be!
When you own your own business you are completely in control. You can’t control the market or your customers, but you can survive dark times. In fact, when things are grim you are best positioned to strike out on your own. That point is worthy of it’s own blog posting but it’s true. You can take that to the bank.
So, in short, if you want to make it through tough financial times then you need to sell. You need to embrace the power of marketing. If you don’t know how, start learning today. Secondly, start your own business and focus on sales. Be sure that those sales translate to profits, not just pure revenue. Make money and grow.
Need more help?
Here is some specific advice on how to make money online with internet marketing. You can easily start selling for high profits today.
- Exploit the PLR on your computer
- Create a membership site
- Follow proven business models
- Simply drive web traffic to earn cash
— In short, you can use the PLR on your computer to make money quickly and easily. You can re-write and brand PLR reports and sell them in many different ways.
— In less than 2 hours you can set up a membership site and start making money. It’s easy to survive a stock market drop if you’re pulling down $1,000 each week through your own membership.
— Join a low cost membership which gives you free ebooks and proven business models. Also, look for memberships, clubs, and coaches who can help you generate cash quickly and easily.
— If you can find high quality affiliate programs you can make money just by putting customers in touch with people who have great products and services. If you don’t like selling, consider the affiliate path.
Think about what you want out of life. The only way you can really get what you want is to be in business for yourself. You can get started today.
Don’t depend on big, greedy, soulless corporations to keep you floating. Take charge and brush off any financial crisis.
What is Google Chrome?
This is a blog posting about Google Chrome. To be very specific, I’m going to post every single blog entry, article, press release and link that I can find about Google’s Chrome web browser. I doubt that I can find everything but I’m going to try!
I’m mostly interested in how people are going to use Google Chrome as part of their online marketing. And, on a related topic, how good is the user experience (UX) of Chrome? Should we act now or wait until version 2 or even version 3? Let’s find out what people are saying about Chrome…
Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows — “Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.”
The story behind Google Chrome (YouTube) — “Watch a video from the development team on the thinking and features behind Google Chrome.”
Google Chrome Explained — Comic book explanation of Google Chrome (by Scott McCloud); highly recommended
A fresh take on the browser — “Since we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if you started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that’s what we set out to build.” (related)
Google: Chrome Browser Will Make Money — “Google’s goals for its new Chrome Web browser are simple: Make the Web experience faster and, by extension, make more money for Google.”
Google’s New Chrome Browser Is Great — “I’ve got to say that I’m pretty impressed. I’ve been a dedicated Firefox user for years now, but Chrome has a few advantages over FF that I think a lot of people are going to appreciate.”
Google Chrome: Should You Convert? — “The speed and performance of Chrome are powerful draws and make me want to move in right now. Firefox, even in its third release, doesn’t often perform to my expectations, and it drives me crazy while I’m trying to work. At the same time, though, I’m not ready to give up my add-on power. I’ll keep Chrome on my system and will experiment with it over time, but for now, I’m holding out on a full switch until a more complete release — complete with the add-ons I need, too — is ready.”
Google 2.0 (WebWord, 2001) — “People using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer are now being redirected to Microsoft’s MSN when they make certain kinds of mistakes. This means that Microsoft is taking control of another part of the user experience. This article discusses how Google might be able to help users and solve a few other problems others along the way.”
Speed test: Google Chrome beats Firefox, IE, Safari — “Google introduced Chrome in part because it wants faster browsing and the richer Web applications that speed will unlock. So how does Chrome actually stack up?”
Google Chrome — “Google Chrome is an open source web browser developed by Google. It builds on components from other open source software, including WebKit and Mozilla. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or “chrome”, of web browsers. The open source project behind Google Chrome is known as Chromium.”
Google Chrome (MetaFilter) — “Google, faced with concerns over Microsoft using it’s browser marketshare to marginalize the search engine, have decided to take the fight directly to them. Google Chrome is an open sourced browser based on the Webkit HTML engine, but adds a new Javascript engine, and some UI changes. To advertise it, they’ve enlisted Scott McCloud to make a comic showing the browser’s features. The release date is Wednesday, but watch this space.”
Get Ready for Google Chrome: New Open-Source Web Browser (Matt Cutts) — “I can’t wait to talk more about Google Chrome, but I’ll hold off until it officially launches. Once people can download Google Chrome, I plan to talk about my experiences using Google Chrome, to lay some truth on you about questions you might ask about Google Chrome, and to give some tips for power browsers.”
Google Chrome, Google Browser (Kottke)
Google’s Chrome Browser Challenges Microsoft’s IE8 — “Google said it is launching Chrome because the company believes it can add value for users and help drive innovation on the Web. Sundar Pichai, Google’s vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, Google’s engineering director, said the concept for Chrome stems from a discussion about what kind of browser could exist if they started from scratch and built on the best elements available.”
Why Google Chrome Really Matters — “Their success, like most success stories, is wedded to a fortuitous series of events: the price of computers and internet access dropping like a stone and the democratization of page creation and monetization. That’s a mouthful, for sure. Cheaper computers and easier, faster access made computing and creating pages within the grasp of more people.”
10 Thoughts on Google Chrome — “This is very OS-like - even down to imitating the Windows operating system Task Manager.”
How Google’s Simple Chrome Could Steer Web’s Complex Future: Analysis (Popular Mechanics) — “As the search giant pours open-source gasoline on the flames of a browser “war” and the next steps for cloud computing, is Google’s new software the sign of a digital transformation, or just smarter window on the Web?”
Obviously there are many more stories. I’ll continue to add more links and references here as time goes on, or I’ll post new blog entries for you on IMsimple.com (here’s our RSS feed).
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10x Method Reviews
The 10x Method has really taken off in the last month. It’s a 20 minute video that explains exactly how to make money online using many different internet marketing techniques.
What’s beautiful is that it works for anyone. This is because the 10x Method encourages you to find what works for you. You can go from one project to the next but still make money. You can try many different things and succeed — affiliate marketing, product launches, private label rights, article marketing, memberships, and anything else. Once you find what works, you stick with it and make 10 times the amount of money.
I want to help you learn about the 10x Method. Instead of trying to explain it more or promote it myself, I want you to see what other people are saying about it. This blog posting reveals several 10x Method reviews.
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Read the reviews…
The 10x Method Article Cash Machine System — “Have you ever feel lost when you want to make money online? You don’t have to worry since most people always get lost and by applying the 10xMethod strategy, you will never ever get lost again.”
10x Method Review — “The 10x Method is incredibly simple in its technique but I believe it’s going to be a breakthrough moment for many people still struggling to make a steady income on the internet. Why? Because it tackles the problem of lack of focus head on and uses the habit of bouncing from one money making opportunity to the next. It actually incorporates your lack of focus into the technique with an interesting but simple twist that will have you finally making a steady—and then explosive—income online.”
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The 10x Method Review — “The 10x Method is unbelievably simple. The Rhodes Brothers do not advocate any particular program. They simply show you how to keep it simple. By keeping it simple, you are focused and dedicated. This is cutting age because, the bane of most beginning and even intermediate marketers in the problem of floating from one project to another because the gurus say so, and not allowing projects to mature before they embark on the next best thing. They do not choose programs based on what is working and what they like and can do, but on what the gurus suggest. The 10x Method instead, shows you how to take any program that is working for you, be it affiliate marketing or article marketing, it does not matter. You simply take what is working for you, and you scale it up 10 times. Simple!”
Using Free Resources to Make Money on the Internet — “‘The 10x Method’ by The Rhodes Brothers provides guidance to create a solid business plan for online business. It offers simple detailed systematic guidance, including massive amounts of screenshots. It designed to work with only one hour of (easy) effort per day for 30 days. The report will show you how to work with 100% free resources to build a real business.”
Special Video! Affiliate Internet Marketing Business Online — “The 10x Method works because SIMPLE works. All it takes is finding what works for you and use the 10x Method to create huge streams of income, then replicate the process all over again. You don’t need any new Guru techniques, you don’t need the latest eBook, you don’t need any new software tools. Even if you’ve made little to no money with your online business, you really can implement the 10x Method to either start making a large, steady income or to grow your current income.”
