Archive for July, 2011

Twitter – Weekly Updates for 2011-07-29

Friday, July 29th, 2011 at 8:15 pm  
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Who loves you baby? (or not as the case may be)

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 at 11:40 am  
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Great blog post from Seth Godin today called ‘Now you are a celebrity’ – check it out.

It’s about the fact that when you put yourself out there (especially when you achieve a good level of visibility which is necessary for every Entrepreneur who wants to be super successful) there will be people who, despite not really taking the time to get to know what you are really about, will judge you and, ultimately dislike you!

These days (especially with tools like social media at our disposal) it is possible to build up a level of celebrity in our specialist area but it is important to understand that not everyone will like you – you will always have a few people who fall into the category of ‘haters’.

Members of The Entrepreneurs Circle will know that I actually measure how well I’m doing with my marketing by the amount of complaints I get. It may sound radical but if I don’t get any complaints about my email marketing for example then I know I’m not sending out enough emails! You see, for every complaint I receive there are several other people who love what I’m doing. In order to attract you must also repel.

Too many complaints is of course a different matter and it’s important to monitor this closely but having a few people who dislike you is a sure sign that you’re well on your way to super success!

I’d love to hear your comments on this. Are you using too much time and energy trying to make sure everybody likes you (which is impossible by the way)? Or do you accept that there will always be a few who just don’t get what you’re about?

Twitter – Weekly Updates for 2011-07-22

Friday, July 22nd, 2011 at 8:15 pm  
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Twitter – Weekly Updates for 2011-07-15

Friday, July 15th, 2011 at 8:15 pm  
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Where’s Botty?

Friday, July 15th, 2011 at 4:20 pm  
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As you will probably know by now (from all the clues he’s been tweeting over the last few days), Nige is currently on his hols in the US of A.

The question has been asked whether he is actually on a tour of places that have songs about them (so far we’ve had Tulsa, Oklahoma, Amarillo, Albuquerque and Santa Fe) and you could certainly be forgiven for thinking that was the case…

…but the REAL question on everyone’s lips at the moment is ‘where will he turn up next?’

It seems that even from the other side of the pond Nigel will always find a way to keep us all on our toes (you may have noticed the cryptic clues he’s been tweeting out to see if you can guess where he is for example… even though so far they’ve been a little bit too easy and you’ve been guessing them very quickly)!

So we thought it might be fun if we made a little game out of it all! We’ve created the hashtag #wheresbotty to help you keep track of where Mr B is currently hanging up his hat – look out for his clues and see if you can guess where he is and feel free to post your guesses on where you think he may turn up next too!

For now though, seeing as it’s the most recent place he’s been – I’ll leave you with this Bon Jovi classic (Nigel posted earlier: “Today’s clue (bit tougher methinks): Bon Jovi c1990 – “heading back to #wheresbotty, It’s judgement day in” and ‘Santa Fe’ came back as the answer within a matter of minutes! Let’s see if the next one is a little more challenging!

Twitter – Weekly Updates for 2011-07-08

Friday, July 8th, 2011 at 8:15 pm  
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What Rory McIlroy can teach us about dedication!

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 at 3:01 pm  
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Thanks to 100 Club Member Paul Warner (@wheniwasakid) for forwarding me this article from the BBC website via Twitter. I think it’s a brilliant example of the kind of dedication that’s required if you want to achieve super success!

He might only be 22 but Rory McIlroy has certainly got his head in the right place when it comes to making sure he’s at the very top of his game!

Investing in your continual development is of the utmost importance if you want to be super successful – and McIlroy has taken this very seriously by having a state-of-the-art mini golf course extension created at his home!

With four greens, US Open as well as links-style rough, and a replica of the infamous Road Hole Bunker at St Andrews golf course he’s really gone the whole hog here, sparing no expense to make sure he’s on top form. He even has a whole team of greenkeepers to look after the course and see to it that it’s always in tiptop condition.

McIlroy believes this has given him the edge he needs to get where he wants to be and he’s won his first major since having it created too, so despite it costing hundreds of thousands of pounds he see’s it as an investment that’s already paid for itself.

What are YOU willing to invest in the success of your business? How do you commit to your continual development and growth? Leave your comments below.

Twitter – Weekly Updates for 2011-07-01

Friday, July 1st, 2011 at 8:15 pm  
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