Key #3 Track Your Progress

Mind Masters Entrepreneur Association wanted to share a set of keys that when committed to and practiced consistently produce success in any economy.

Nothing is accomplished by setting objectives, resolutions, behaviors unless there is a system or program in place for regular review of progress. Just like any game, there must be a score card in order to determine the outcome.Read More

A Special Recognition Award

A special Mind Masters award was created this year. To run a successful business, you must be able to plan ahead and also be able to manage the many parts the business and understand how they relate to each other, while still meeting the challenges of a changing marketplace. Last year’s Entrepreneur of the Year has been able to stay on top in an economic environment that has been hard on his construction industry. Putting his house in order with new accounting methods, formalizing his corporation and his continual pursuit of customer satisfaction, he has continued to expand his network … Read More

How Do You Spell Success?

Now for the 2009-10 Mind Masters Entrepreneur of the Year Award! Achieving success depends upon our ability to believe what we want is possible. The Mind Masters Entrepreneur of the Year is a person had a terrific year! Her 2009 started on a low, but a true achiever overcomes all adversity. Staying focused to daily, and weekly sales activity put her ahead of the pack, ending the year 200% up over last year. Recognized by her company as a member of the special Million Dollar Roundtable and Agent of the Year in the San Diego New York Life office – … Read More

Going for the Gold

Leadership requires the ability to control what is in your power to control, to give people clarity, direction, and a sense of security, to chart a course and set goals your employees believe are attainable. The Mind Masters Gold Award Achiever stands out this year for taking charge of his business. After years of working with independent contractors the realization that in order to grow, the business needed policies and procedures. Not always easy to reign in people who have been doing it their way, our achiever stepped up to the plate and moved from technician to manager and is … Read More

Entrepreneur Receives Award

One of the 5 Entrepreneurs recognized for their persistence and focus to the goals they set last year is a true achiever. In these challenging times there is security in being a subcontractor and it is risky to step out on your own, but our Mind Masters Silver Achiever was willing to give up that security and learn what it takes market herself. I have seen her take on new projects that meant learning new technology to stay up in her field.

With guidance from Mind Masters she recognized the importance of tracking and planning her prospecting to achieve her … Read More

Entrepreneur Awards

At the end of each year I like to recognize Mind Masters members for their accomplishments. I have selected 5 Entrepreneurs to recognize for their persistence and focus to the goals they have set.

Our Bronze Achiever for 2009/10 is a person who hasn’t been in Mind Masters all that long, but has been in business for about 10 years. Recognizing that something needed to change as business was getting stagnant, it meant stepping out of the shadows –taking some risks, beginning to network, and showing up in a redesigned website. Of course he joined Mind Masters to get it … Read More

The 2009 Dilemma

Are you keeping up with the pace of change? The pace of technology? The pace of your marketplace? The pace of your competition? The 2010 Dilemma is how much do you and your business have to change to keep pace? As a business owner you need to have information at your finger tips that help you make the best decisions.

Planning for 2010 is a hands on process. You might start by asking some tough questions. Do you recognize the need for change?

  • Are you prepared to look reality in the face?
  • Are you willing to change the way you
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Open the Curtain

Dying has made Michael Jackson’s music even more popular now then when he was alive. What can we learn from this legend? Well, when it comes to marketing, it pays to build a buzz and then back that up by being the real deal. It’s important to get the word out about who you are and what you do. Jackson did it through record releases, public appearances, concerts, interviews, and fan clubs.

Yeah, but that was Michael Jackson, you say. It was easier for him. Is he really that different than us? If we build a buzz about our business, … Read More

Marketing–Just Do It!

As I have worked with Mind Masters clients over the years, I have always stressed the importance of having 3 marketing tactics that you do consistently.

There are many perspectives on what marketing is, let me illustrate – a first definition of marketing: the business activity of presenting products and/or services to potential customers in such a way as to make them eager to buy. And there is: Marketing – the management of perception.

But what I have learned is that most marketing is haphazard. We’ll try a little of this, a little of that, then a little more of … Read More