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The paperclip traded for a house

When I finished watching this YouTube video (you are going to see below), the first word I said was “Wow!”. Although I am always in a search for inspiring stories like this one, I have never seen or heard anything close to it before. And now I’ve just found one and rushing to share it here with you.

The hero’s name is Kyle MacDonald, who is originated from Montreal, Canada. Although in his book “One Red Paperclip” Kyle says [quoting] that he is ‘an ordinary guy’, some completely and utterly disagree.
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On another 1 hour 10 minute train ride to work, I am reading a report by Rich Schefren “The Entrepreneurial Emergency”. The 2 page foreword so to speak in the report is written by yet another great mind - Jay Abraham. The first thing on page 2 of the foreword that caught my attention is this: “..success isn’t about increasing your potential. It’s about eliminating the obstacles…”
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A lot of entrepreneurs really want to stand out from their competitors. But only a few succeed.

To accomplish big things you need to start small. That is a fundamental principle of conquiring big dreams.

Just look at this example how people stand out by making small things

Plumber on a toilet

Do you think this plumber is not talked about in his community or outside? Think again then.

If you are conscious about it, great ideas will come. Just be open to seize them.

I was passing this Foto Studio on one of the streets in Copenhagen and I noticed how the shop owner placed nicely his/her business cards on the entrance door. It is a nice way and convenient way for your prospects to turn into qualified leads and sales.

Just look the images.

Lesson: Make the best out of your business cards. Give them away to your potential partners, customers not only when you are face-to-face with them but also when you are home, travelling or doing something else. Just think about where you can place your business cards to get closer to your customers or partners.

That’s it!

I’ve decided to enter the competition “The coolest guy on the planet”.

Last year or so I figured that there was a competition going on the Internet for the phrase the coolest guy on the planet.

I know for a fact that Brad Fallon (No.1 guy) and Russell Brunson (No. 3 guy) are the ones competing head-a-head for this term. And I thought, hey I may not be the coolest guy on the planet but I like the term and I like to compete.

So, today is the mark of my entry into the contest. Let’s see what happens in 6 month time. Will I be in the top 10.000 or perhaps 1.000, don’t know yet. But I stay positive and of course the more I learn the more likely I should beat those guys.

In case you wondered, here are the photos of those two.

Btw, I think both are MM*

* multimillionaires

whateverlife.com

Ok, here is another case of a 17-year old girl, Ashley Qualls, who has become a multimillionaire by creating Whateverlife.com

Ashley started off by making MySpace layouts for girls. Seems like she has mastered HTML and CSS.

She allegedly started to use Internet at the age of 9. Now, Ashley is ripping off the fruits coming from the advertising on her highly ranking site.
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Just recently I started my blog where I really wanted to share my experience from the Anthony Robbins’ seminar that took place back in June 2007 and November 2007.

I use my blog as an outlet to share my knowledge and experience. And I kept creating content in the blog I began to rank high in search engines. I just realized that for some terms if noticed that when I type in Google search term “Anthony Robbins UPW Seminar” my blog and my articles appear as No.1 and No.2 spots. Not bad in such a short time … a little over a couple of months.

A lesson here is this.
- Start your blog now and identify keywords you want to appear in Google on.

- Write articles and provide good content. Be as specific as possible!

- When you write your articles/posts consciously write those keywords or phrases.

- Make your articles an interesting read (e.g. quality content, controversial etc.)

- Constantly check out how well you are performing i.e. are you moving up or down.

- Go to Alexa to check your ranking there. Or better yet install a Firefox add-on to your browser to get the ranking at instant sight.

- On tope everything else you can build your backlinks when you write your posts. The more popular they are the more traffic you will get, better ranking etc.