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Resources for Starting an Online Business
Anyone trying to start an Online business needs to have a number of resources before it is possible to build and promote a successful website. The following are essential tools that I have found very valuable. 1) Wordtracker Before you build a...
Secret F/r/ee Ingredient Transforms Web Sites Into Money Machines
The key to transforming your website into a serious income generator that consistently converts visitors into cash customers is right in front of your nose. Without beating around the bush, the often overlooked secret ingredient is, quite...
Spring into Spring
Hasn’t time flown? Already we’re into the last quarter of the year and isn’t it perfect timing to clear out the cobwebs of winter and prepare yourself for the next few months of sun, sand, surf or is it work, work, work?
You know it's time to...
Types of websites to set up
There are several types of websites you can set up:
Product or service orientated
Affiliate program orientated
Content/ad based
Product / Service Orientated:
With this type of website, you create a product or service, and then...
Use Books a Million to Make Your Millions
Do you have a great business idea? Are you looking for a way to
capitalize on that great business idea and make some extra
income doing so? If you are, then you have come to the right
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Storytelling - The Great Motivator of People
Storytelling - The Great Motivator of People
In a data-driven world, facts and figures are the order of the day in sales calls, employee meetings, board rooms, and political assemblies. Traditionally, when a person is trying to convince someone else to do something they use the logic of benefits and features - long the sacred domain of anyone in sales.
And they are missing the boat.
What truly moves us as human beings, what prompts us into action, is emotion. Imagination is the conduit of emotion and well-crafted storytelling carries the imagination.
Consider this story:
You place your hand on top of your head, only to feel the sun radiate from your scalp. Sweat trickles down your back and the once ironed shirt clings to your sides. The pavement roasts your feet even through your thick-soled shoes. You've been walking for a 45 minutes, trying to find the office where you are scheduled to make a sales call. Suddenly, a swoosh of cold air swirls at your side as a young couple comes charging out of an ice cream parlor, licking swirls of raspberry and vanilla perched in a sugar cone…
I'll bet you're ready for some ice cream!
What engaged you was the reliving of a common experience. I didn't need to itemize the benefits of cooling off or list the features of ice cream and this particular store. You were drawn in by your imagination. Facts tell. Emotion sells. You imagined how you would win over the odds of heat by taking a break for ice cream.
We follow leaders who capture us by stories that draw us in and give us purpose for being part of the company. We buy products when we see or read of the human experience with that product. (Remember the Maytag Man?) And we accept the call to action if we hear a compelling story about triumph over odds. Think about the solicitation letters you get from non-profits. They are often stories of
individuals who suffered greatly until the non-profit's "product" allowed them to regain a semblance of their life.
In short, crafting compelling, honest stories that resonant core values in action is a skill worth learning by any leader, manager, sales executive, or parent.
In his best-selling book Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting, Robert McKee, the world's best-known and most respected screenwriting lecturer, argues that stories "fulfill a profound human need to grasp the patterns of living-not merely as an intellectual exercise, but within a very personal, emotional experience." Or as USC leadership guru Dr. Warren Bennis states, "Man cannot live without story any more than he can live without bread."
What's the point you want to make at your next meeting? Is there a story that can be crafted to that point-not a sermon to be intoned?
Who has used your product and reported a wonderful story that came as a result of that product? Or did you even say, "Tell me a story…"
What stories are told in the coffee room about what it is like to work where you are? What contribution could you make to this story that could improve the ending?
What future do you want? Create a story about it.
Remember, people are not inspired to act by reason alone. The heart holds hands with the head.
© 2003 by Eileen McDargh. All rights reserved
Eileen McDargh is an author, radio commentator, organizational development consultant, acclaimed international speaker, and retreat facilitator. Eileen is the author of four books and is a frequent contributor to numerous business journals. Visit her web site www.eileenmcdargh.com or contact her toll free at 877-477-4718.
Eileen@EileenMcDargh.com
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Online shopping for millions of new & used books on thousands of topics at everyday low prices. |
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Google Book Search |
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Books - The New York Times Book Review |
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The Online Books Page |
Features over 10000 online books free to the public. |
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Guardian Unlimited Books |
Extensive site includes news and reviews, critics, authors, first chapters, Top 10s, bestsellers, talk board and games. Offers special sections by genre and ... |
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Books - Salon |
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Reviews, features and event listings from the West Coast daily newspaper. |
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Books - reviews and literary news from The Times and The Sunday Times |
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Book World - washingtonpost.com |
The Sunday book review of the national daily newspaper features criticism, columns and an online book club. |
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Internet Public Library: Books |
Books. Rather than continuing to maintain its own index of online texts, the IPL is now pleased to recommend a number of other worthwhile resources for this ... |
www.ipl.org |
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oreilly.com -- Welcome to O'Reilly Media, Inc. |
O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly has been a ... |
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SF Gate: Entertainment: Books |
Chronicle reviewers pick the best books of the season for the readers on ... Jessica Mitford's children recall the woman they called Decca in a new book. ... |
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Life - Entertainment News - USATODAY.com |
The latest in entertainment news with movie, TV, book, music and theater reviews, travel tips and tools and original content from USATODAY.com - updated ... |
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