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Game Plan for July

Sunday, June 29, 2008

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July is typically a lot like June and August for my CPA business - slow.  I’ve done this for a lot of years now and we always experience the summer doldrums.  As soon as the kids go back to school, though - look out!  It’s flat against the wall until next summer.  I used to [...]

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One Bad Employee Can Ruin Everything

Thursday, June 26, 2008

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This past week I was approached about a possible joint venture by one of the members of my forum. It was interesting and from what I could see it could be good for my company, but REALLY good for the other company. But, I needed to do some due diligence. That’s when it got a little [...]

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MLMs - Vent With Me Please

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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I’ve been a CPA now for about 25 years.  In that time, I’ve seen a lot of different biz opps, investment strategies and out and out scams. One of the things people love or hate is MLMs or IBOs or Direct Selling or whatever it’s called.  There is almost a kneejerk reaction to them.  But, break [...]

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Publicity, Marketing, New Biz Opps - What First?

Sunday, June 22, 2008

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I’m back at my same old place and going in too many places.  Here are my random projects: -  Increase publicity - just generally.  My profit centers are within TaxLoopholes (products and seminars) and Diane Kennedy’s Tax Services (tax firm).  My goal here is to raise brand awareness.   Action:  David (my son) has set up My [...]

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Test & Change

Saturday, June 21, 2008

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The analytical part of me loves the Landing Page game for making money.  The TrustSandwich(tm) campaign at www.TrustSandwich.com has been successful for views, downloads, and “send me more info” conversions.  BUT we were getting 3′ to the goal line and not taking the ball over. We have over 500 people who needed a TS NOW, but [...]

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White House Roundtable Round-up

Thursday, June 19, 2008

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The White House Financial Literacy Roundtable was held in a small ampitheater type room.  It was worn and dated,  but the AC worked!  It wasn’t that hot outside (mid-70’s) but the humidity was killing this desert girl. Jay Hein, Head of the Faith-based and Community Initiative called the group to order.  We then had a series [...]

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Working on the Road

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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I used to travel a lot.  As I built up my database, I would take any speaking gig out there, it didn’t matter where.  It was expensive (airfair, hotels, transportation) and the immediate income never covered the costs.  In the seminar promoter world, I’ve discovered that there are two main schools of thought when it [...]

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And Then the White House Called….

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

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I have no idea how this is going to play into my “journey to a million dollars in 2 years or less” project, but I think there is some relationship.  So, I’m going to hijack my own blog for a week to talk about what I want to do and why, in a much bigger [...]

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The Power of Google News

Sunday, June 8, 2008

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My post about content has started a lively discussion in the virtual backroom at TaxLoopholes.  Bill is searching out states and various specific income tax issues for the state.  Megan is keeping up to date on sales tax and nexus issues.  I’m watching regular income tax, estate tax and asset protection strategies.   I’m now a [...]

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How Come Everybody’s Doing Better Than Me!

Thursday, May 29, 2008

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It hit me this week that there were some amazing results from our March mastermind:  Jorge (George) went from $24K/year to $24K/mo.  Megan doubled her income in 30 days and maintained it for the 2nd month. Those are huge results!  My biggest win was that I think I might be able to take part of the [...]

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