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The 7 Dream Killers That Can Kill Your Christian Based Business
Copyright © Ope Banwo, The Wealth Apostle
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To become a successful Christian based business proprietor, you must be aware that there are certain people and certain elements in your life and around you that have the tendency and potential to reduce your desire to be all you can be in the business world. These factors, if not properly monitored, and dealt with, can turn into dream killers.
Dream Killer #1: Your Family
Some of us are unfortunate to be born into a family where people just shoot down your brilliant ideas and dreams. This often happens if you happened to be a junior member of the family. There are countless stories of people who buried their God given visions because, the family members, who should have been very supportive, only scoffed and ridiculed at their visions to make a difference.
Joseph was one of those people who almost got killed by his family for daring to have a vision. Joseph had a dream of being a great man, but his brothers only got mad at him and sold him into slavery out of jealousy.
Even Jesus had problems with his family. Rather than being excited that their brother was doing exploits at an unprecedented level, his brothers and family chose to ridicule him. If Jesus had not been a man fully persuaded about his mission, he could very easily have had his dreams killed in its nascent phase. However, Jesus simply moved to another town where his vision was received.
To make it as a Christian based business person you must begin to identify members of your family and relatives who deflate your desire and dreams. Is it your father? Is it your mother? Is it your spouse? Who among your family is always quick to let you know you could not do something? Be alert for the dream killers in your household! Remember the warning of Jesus that a “man’s worst enemy will be members of his own household.”
Dream Killer #2: Your Friends And Close Associates
Sometimes, your close friends and acquaintances could be potential dream killers if you do not show proper discernment and manage them right. Sometimes, you may have to take a stand and ignore your friends when you have a clear vision for your Christian based business
The kind of friends and company you keep are very important in realizing your dreams.
Psychologists have for long maintained that we tend to perform at about the same level of people who are around or close to us. Proverbs 13:20 says “He who walks with the wise is wise” and that “bad company corrupts good character.” A ‘friend’ in this context of dream-killers is anybody you spend time with- whether they are considered a friend or not.
Dream Killer #3: Your Present Boss And Those In Authority Over You
Many visions of Christian based business have been prevented from seeing the light of day because of the jealousy and evil machinations of the people in authority over the dreamer. Most humans by nature feel threatened when those under them can see something they are not seeing.
The worst in humans come to the surface once somebody with the potential to take over their crown shows up. King Saul tried all he could to destroy David, the upstart who would be king. Herod did not mind killing all the babies in Jerusalem in an attempt to destroy baby Jesus, the star who was billed to become the king of the Jews. Most employers feel threatened when an employee starts showing signs of setting up for himself. Those in positions of dominance often try all they can to suppress and destroy the upstart. This is a fact that you can neglect to your eternal regret.
While it is honorable to leave your present employment properly, be wise as to know when to confide your vision of the new enterprise to your boss or those who in authority over you. Be particularly wary of those who may lose their hold or control over your talents. Do not be naïve. The bible advises us to be ‘as wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove’. Nobody likes a challenge to their dominance and no employer likes to lose a good employee. No Leader likes to lose his most productive lieutenant. Many have trouble dealing with the fact that there former subordinate now desires to be on equal footing with them.
At first your employer, boss or overseer will dangle tempting carrots before you to keep you under the yoke of the wage system. They will often give you concessions or offer you pay increases or other perks to keep the status quo. Once that fails, almost invariably, the previously ‘sweet’ boss will bring out the stick. Once you announce your intention to start out on your own, do not count on the goodwill of your superior continuing, even if they are fully born again, sprit-filled and tongue talking. We all wrestle against the flesh daily and it is only a matter of time before the ‘cursed body of flesh’ will let them down. When that happens, the javelin will surely begin to fly. Just be ready to dodge and if possible hightail it out of town like David.
Dream Killer #4: Your Fears.
Do not underrate yourself as your own most dangerous dream killer. Too often, dreams of enterprise have died because the dreamer allowed himself to succumb to the dreaded elements of fear, failure, frustration and fatigue.
The Israelites allowed their dream of a promise land to die in the desert because they gave in to fear. After surveying the Promised Land in Numbers chapter 13, they all agreed that the land was exactly as God promised them and that the land did indeed flow with milk and honey, but they chose to give in to fear of the inhabitants. As the far took root in their psyche they rebelled against God and his messenger, Moses. They were ready to go back to Egypt where they had just been freed from over 400 yeas of slavery. Fear caused them to prefer to go back to the status quo of servitude in a foreign land rather than risking going forward to possess their possession. This attitude provoked God to the point where He had to destroy the whole generation, save for two people, in the desert.
Fear is a very real dream killer and it rears its ugly head in many forms. It could be fear of failure, fear of the effort required for success, fear of your competitors or fear of leaving the comfortable for the unknown. Fear will always rear its head when you try to do something new and unique. The trick is never to give in to it. Your trust in the Lord and His provisions must be allowed to bury that fear.
Dream Killer #5: Your Failures
Your experience with failure is also another potential personal dream killer. There are no spectacular winners who have not lost been spectacular losers at some point in their careers. The difference between the ones whose dream died and the ones who made it big in the business world is their approach to failure. When you allow yourself to be overwhelmed by failure in your quest to be a Kingdompreneur, your dream may get killed without any help from satan.
Failure is never final until you choose to accept it as final. Joshua is known as a great warrior who conquered the promised land for Israel but he had his share of failure. He just did not allow the fear to keep him from his kingdom assignment permanently. Abraham was a great Kingdompreneur but he also had his share of failures along the way but he never allowed the failures to keep him from his destiny. So did Moses, David, Gideon and all the other great achievers mentioned in the hall of faith of the bible in Hebrew 11.
It is inevitable that you will experience some failure and some disappointments as you make your transition into the ranks of the Kingdompreneurs. You must be careful not to allow your little failures to kill the big dream.
Dream Killer #6: Your Frustrations
As you move on, some things may not move at the pace you expect it to. The sources of finance and marketing prospects you were promised before you stepped out may be slow in coming in. The profits or breakthroughs may not follow your carefully prepared and tested business plan. Frustration will rear its ugly head at some point. Frustration is part of the business world. Do not allow it to kill your dream. You must be optimistic that God will come through for you and make a way where there is not way.
Even when things look bleak, do not allow the spirit of frustration to win. When it looks like it will take forever for the breakthrough to come, hang in there and keep hope alive. Our ability to hope for the best when things look bleak is what separates us from the believer. As long as we are doing things in the will of God we must continue to believe that help is on the way.
Dream Killer #7: Your Fatigue
Fatigue has played its fair share in destroying dreams of many would-be Christian based business entrepreneurs. Sometimes we just get too tired to sustain our desire or be creative. As humans, we sometimes just get tired and give up on the dream. Satan our adversary is aware of the destructive power of fatigue and he generally makes his appearance at such times to give us dream-killing suggestions. You must be vigilant. You are at your weakest mental and spiritual point when you are physically tired. Do not let fatigue kill your dream at a low point in your life or business.
Be sure to watch against burn-out. Do not overlook or neglect the benefits of exercise and relaxation. Sometimes we get too caught up in working so hard to make things happen that we allow ourselves to get fatigued to the point where the devil can get an in-road into our minds to kill the dream.
Elijah basically resigned his ministry because he was tired and fatigued. He had spent the whole day on Mount Carmel dueling with the prophets of Baal. He had single-handedly killed hundreds of prophets of Baal after he won the contest. It must have been a physically and spiritually draining exercise. Next morning, Jezebel threatened to put him to death by sundown. Elijah was so physically drained, emotionally exhausted and spiritually fagged out that this empty threat caused him to run into a cave. He was so tired he believed he could not go on anymore with the mission of revival he just started. He even asked God to kill him because he now believed he was alone and could no longer press on.
You must be careful not to make a major decision when you are tired or fatigued. Do not resign or pack it in during a moment of burn-out. Never decide to quit when you are tired. Anytime you are tempted to bury the dream, learn to Step away from it all for a while and consider your options and the implications of your decisions before you commit to them. Sometimes it is amazing how much better things can look after a good night’s rest. Watch out for the dream killed named fatigue!
To Your Success!
Ope Banwo
The Wealth Apostle
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About The Author:
Ope Banwo, The Wealth Apostle, is the owner of christianbusinessinitiatives.com and has helped thousands of people start and run a successful Christian Based Business on the internet. To find out how The Wealth Apostle can help you build your own Christian based business website and teach you how to succeed online, Visit the site below for details:
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
The Christian Based Business As A Tool For Evangelism
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The Christian Based Business As A Tool For Evangelism
Copyright © Ope Banwo, The Wealth Apostle
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One of the main purposes of a Christian based business or Christian based business opportunity is to provide the forum and resources where the gospel of the Kingdom will be shared with people who interact with the business. A Christian based business should exist to declare the gospel and help people to find their way into salvation.
Jesus never intended for us to be passive in any enterprise we find ourselves. Rather we are commanded to be the ‘light of the world’ and the ‘salt of the earth’. God’s presence must be felt and experienced through our businesses and practices. Jesus told his disciples during the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:16, “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
In the midst of all the turmoil going on in the world, sharing the gospel is the only solution to introduce the Light back into the darkness that is presently threatening to engulf the world. We are all called to do the work of evangelists, and God fully intends that everything we get involved in, including our Christian based business opportunities, should be used preach the complete gospel of Jesus Christ, including the gospel of salvation.
Four Ways You Can Share The Gospel At Your Job And Chrsitian based Business.
Evangelist Steve Marr, one of the pre-eminent writers on Christian based business opportunities once identified four key steps to successfully use your Christian based business and workplace for evangelism as follows:
1) Diligence and Excellence
We pursue excellence in all aspects of our business. When you are diligent and excellent in the way we run our christian based business, people who associate with the business or work for the business will be open to learn more about where our values come from. When we perform in a sloppy or careless manner, our businesses may actually drive people away from receiving the gospel message.
2) Seizing Opportunities to Share
We must always be ready to seize opportunities to explain and share our faith with our business associates and co-workers in the kingdom business. Apostle Peter enjoined us to “always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.”
3) Prayer
By constantly praying and interceding for our associates and colleagues before we approach them with the gospel message. We position ourselves to spread the Message effectively when we pray for God to give us compassion and sensitivity to the problems of those around us. We must also pray for God to open up opportunities for to share the Word with people with meet in business when they are most receptive.
4) Caring
Jesus commanded us to ‘love your neighbor as yourself’. When we demonstrate to people that we really care about them, we open their hearts to receive the message of comfort we bring in the gospel message. We can show that we care by bringing treats to share in the office; remembering and blessing co-workers or business associates on their birthdays or that of their children; providing a sympathetic ear to their problems and concerns.
Some Ways To Effectively Share The Gospel At Your Business without being offensive.
a) Offer to pray for associates or colleagues in need or during difficult situations in their lives.
b) Provide tracts at the office premises or break-rooms
c) Giving Audible Glory to God when good things happen in the business or to associates.
d) Providing Christian CDs or books that is relevant to the situation of your colleagues or Associates.
e) Inviting Associates and Colleagues to Church programs and Services.
Some Scriptural References In Point
1 Peter 2:12 “Live such good lives among the pagans that though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.”
Philippians’ 2:15-16 “So that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life.”
Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.”
Matthew 28:19 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
To Your Success,
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About The Author:
Ope Banwo, The Wealth Apostle, has helped thousands of people identify a viable Christian business opportunity and run a successful Christian Based Business on the internet. He will give you a free site and teach you how to succeed online! Visit any of the links below for details:
http://ChristianBusinessInitiatives.com
http://OmegaWealthSystem.com
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The Christian Based Business As A Tool For Evangelism
Copyright © Ope Banwo, The Wealth Apostle
www.ChristianBusinessInitiatives.com
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One of the main purposes of a Christian based business or Christian based business opportunity is to provide the forum and resources where the gospel of the Kingdom will be shared with people who interact with the business. A Christian based business should exist to declare the gospel and help people to find their way into salvation.
Jesus never intended for us to be passive in any enterprise we find ourselves. Rather we are commanded to be the ‘light of the world’ and the ‘salt of the earth’. God’s presence must be felt and experienced through our businesses and practices. Jesus told his disciples during the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:16, “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
In the midst of all the turmoil going on in the world, sharing the gospel is the only solution to introduce the Light back into the darkness that is presently threatening to engulf the world. We are all called to do the work of evangelists, and God fully intends that everything we get involved in, including our Christian based business opportunities, should be used preach the complete gospel of Jesus Christ, including the gospel of salvation.
Four Ways You Can Share The Gospel At Your Job And Chrsitian based Business.
Evangelist Steve Marr, one of the pre-eminent writers on Christian based business opportunities once identified four key steps to successfully use your Christian based business and workplace for evangelism as follows:
1) Diligence and Excellence
We pursue excellence in all aspects of our business. When you are diligent and excellent in the way we run our christian based business, people who associate with the business or work for the business will be open to learn more about where our values come from. When we perform in a sloppy or careless manner, our businesses may actually drive people away from receiving the gospel message.
2) Seizing Opportunities to Share
We must always be ready to seize opportunities to explain and share our faith with our business associates and co-workers in the kingdom business. Apostle Peter enjoined us to “always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.”
3) Prayer
By constantly praying and interceding for our associates and colleagues before we approach them with the gospel message. We position ourselves to spread the Message effectively when we pray for God to give us compassion and sensitivity to the problems of those around us. We must also pray for God to open up opportunities for to share the Word with people with meet in business when they are most receptive.
4) Caring
Jesus commanded us to ‘love your neighbor as yourself’. When we demonstrate to people that we really care about them, we open their hearts to receive the message of comfort we bring in the gospel message. We can show that we care by bringing treats to share in the office; remembering and blessing co-workers or business associates on their birthdays or that of their children; providing a sympathetic ear to their problems and concerns.
Some Ways To Effectively Share The Gospel At Your Business without being offensive.
a) Offer to pray for associates or colleagues in need or during difficult situations in their lives.
b) Provide tracts at the office premises or break-rooms
c) Giving Audible Glory to God when good things happen in the business or to associates.
d) Providing Christian CDs or books that is relevant to the situation of your colleagues or Associates.
e) Inviting Associates and Colleagues to Church programs and Services.
Some Scriptural References In Point
1 Peter 2:12 “Live such good lives among the pagans that though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.”
Philippians’ 2:15-16 “So that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life.”
Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.”
Matthew 28:19 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
To Your Success,
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About The Author:
Ope Banwo, The Wealth Apostle, has helped thousands of people identify a viable Christian business opportunity and run a successful Christian Based Business on the internet. He will give you a free site and teach you how to succeed online! Visit any of the links below for details:
http://ChristianBusinessInitiatives.com
http://OmegaWealthSystem.com
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
The 7 Secrets Of The Barack Obama Campaign Strategy And How They Can Help You Achieve Success In Your Home Based Internet Business
Learn How To Apply The Secrets Behind The Stunning Success of Barak Obama Campaign Strategy In The U.S Presidential Elections To propel Your Business into instant profits and proseprity
Copyright © Ope Banwo, The Wealth Apostle
http://www.omegasuperprofits.com
On the 4th of November, Barack Obama and his campaign team surprised America, and indeed the whole world, by recording the most improbable electoral victory in U.S. history as the first black person to be elected as the President of the United States. This is a phenomenon that even the most optimistic of people would not even have contemplated merely 5 previously.
In the November elections, Barack Obama rose from nowhere to take the political world by storm, despite the seemingly impossible odds, that would have discouraged many from even trying in first place. He had a lot of negatives going against him. He has a name that evokes terrorism in the hearts of America (Barack Hussein Obama). He is the son of a Kenyan immigrant. He is black. He was a freshman senator. He had no experience in government. He had very questionable friends and past associations (i.e. Ayers, Rev Wright). He started his campiagn from a water logged basement with absolutely no funding. He had to go against one of the most powerful and influential political forces of our time - The Clinton Political Machine- during the primaries.
Yet, when all was said and done, in the span of less than four years after busting into national prominence, Barack Hussein Obama defied all odds to win a decisive victory in the American Presidential Elections. The campaign was not even close. He drubbed McCain in the cities and in the suburbs. He clobbered him among the whites and the blacks. He also beat him in some traditional Republican political strongholds like Indiana, north Carolina and Missouri. In fact, his victory swept away many prominent republican heavyweights in its wake, such as Elizabeth Dole, in what is being called the ‘Obama Tsunami’.
Now, what do all these have to do with you and your success in your internet business opportunity?
It means everything is possible. It means you can succeed beyond your own expectations even if you don’t know anything about internet programming or business right now. It means that no matter how impossible the odds may look against you and your internet business opportunity, you can be a celebrated success within a very short time.
There are some timeless success secrets that you can learn from the Obama Campaign strategy that will help you achieve extraordinary success in your chosen internet based business.
Secret #1: He Had A Compelling Vision And Big ‘WHY’ For His Campaign
From the get go, Barack Obama had a great vision of what he wants to do and where he wanted to take America. He had a big reason for getting into the political ring at the time he did. He had a compelling vision that kept him going even when things got very rough. His compelling vision eventually energized the youth and mesmerized the old. In short, he had a very strong ‘WHY’.
To succeed in your internet business opportunity, you will need a very strong ‘WHY’. You must have a very strong vision of why you are starting an internet based business and why you are choosing a particular internet business opportunity.
You must have a compelling reason for going into business. Without it, you will not survive the rough waters of business. Internet based business opportunities are very competitive and you will need something very strong to keep you going when the inevitable problems come up.
As a newcomer into the internet based business arena, the multiple streams of income you expect from the business may not come as quickly as you first anticipated. You may suffer some initial financial losses. You may buy promising intenret business opportunities that will not live up to the hype. At some point in your journey to internet business success, you will be forced to ask yourself: ‘why am I doing this?’ It is your great vision or big ‘why’ that will keep you going in those dark times. If you don’t have one, it will be easy to pack it up and concede defeat when the going gets tough.
Statistics show that the greatest difference maker between quitters and winners, who have tried different internet business opportunities, is vision and their reason ‘why’.
Barack Obama had a very strong ‘WHY’. He had a compelling vision that kept him going beyond setbacks in the New Hampshire primaries, and it helped him withstand Hilary Clinton’s last minute surge at the end of the primaries. Your vision and reason for going into business will also keep you going when things get depressing and you will eventually reap your rewards of multiple streams of income from your internet business opportunity.
Secret #2: Obama Focused On One Central Issue At A Time
Obama was able to capture the imagination of the country from the get-go by focusing on ONLY one central theme at the outset: CHANGE. He did not try to sell different populist programs at the outset. He focused on the broad theme of ‘change’. He talked about ‘change we can believe in’. he talked about his ability, and the ability of Americans to make a change. He got a slogan that focused on his central theme and which formed a refrain to get people involved: ‘YES, WE CAN’.
Until very late in the game, Obama did not allow himself to be bogged down with the details of different issues (in fact his critics criticized him for not being very specific!). He just kept talking about change. Once he has owned the word and has gained the attention of the whole country with his message of CHANGE, he then started talking about some specific changes he would make. Even then, he did not give us too many specifics. He picked health care and ending the war in Iraq and talked about those until they became part of the consciousness of the people and identified with his campaign. Then, he started talking about tax cuts for the poor and tax hike for the rich.
Obama made a virtue of focusing on one central issue at a time and that made it very easy for him to sell his message to the people. To succeed in your business internet opportunity and eventually generate the multiple streams of internet income you have been dreaming about, you need to focus on ONLY one thing or business idea at a time. You will achieve success quicker and faster by identifying one area of need on the internet and focusing on it to the exclusion of all other internet business opportunities.
It is a fact that many successful internet business gurus create multiple streams of internet income over time with different internet business opportunities but the fact is that most of them started out with one single product and mastered it before leveraging the success from that internet business opportunity into other streams of internet income.
In order to experience spectacular long term success on the internet, you must first focus on one business opportunity at a time. Don’t be tempted to start with so many internet business opportunities at a time. Many internet business newbies got ‘buried’ on the world wide web because they started out with too many product offerings. They were not focused on one central opportunity at a time. They simply kept throwing money at different ‘juicy’ opportunities until they ran out of money and hope. Obama campaign strategy showed the power of focus and you should take that lesson to heart if you ever hope to see those multiple streams of income you have often heard about.
Secret #3: Obama Ran A Very Focused And Discipline Campaign
The discipline and focus of the Barack Obama campaign has become stuff of instant legend. Many political pundits and commentators applaud and commend on the amazing discipline and focus of the Barack Obama campaign machine. While John McCain and his team kept floundering and moving from one focus angle to another, Barack Obama stayed focused on his message and agenda.
Barack Obama ran a highly disciplined campaign that refused to be distracted by negative adverts, negative past associations, charges of distributionism or charges of socialism. He just kept on rolling and repeating his message of change. He used teleprompters every where he could to make sure he remained focus on repeating his message without errors. His single minded focus was not only mind-boggling but also chillingly effective.
To survive with your internet business opportunity, you will need to maintain a strong focus and discipline with your chosen internet business opportunity. There are literally millions of opportunities out there. You will be flooded from the get-go with different business opportunities that will create instant multiple streams of income and make you an internet millionaire overnight. Don’t be distracted by such offers! Even if true, it is never as easy as they always make it sound. You will still have to learn and dominate any new opportunity you sign up for before you see any of the promised multiple streams of internet income.
It will require all the discipline you have to remain focused on your particular internet business opportunity until you achieve some success from it. Don’t be distracted when the success does not come quick. Don’t be distracted when you get confused about how to generate sales. Don’t be distracted by the new ‘hot’ opportunity from some smooth ‘snake oil’ peddling guru. You must choose your internet business opportunity very carefully and stick with until you see some success. That was a very key part of the Barack Obama campaign strategy and it should be a key part of your internet business strategy.
Secret #4: Obama Used Innovative And Creative Ways To Reach The Voters
Obama rewrote political campaign, and campaign funding, history by raising record amounts of money on the internet from an unprecedented number of over 3 million people. Starting from zero funding, Obama got some savvy internet young people together who put together a fund raising and campaign promotion strategy that caught all the experienced political pundits napping. He found new and creative ways to get the youths involved. He used the internet to raise massive amounts of money at virtually no cost. He introduced some new approaches to campaigning that broke the norm. He spread the vote catching field. He challenged, and then breached, the established ‘blue’ and ‘red’ electoral maps.
He created multiple streams of vote getting opportunities with creativity and innovation.
To succeed with your internet business opportunity, you will need to be creative. You cannot afford to do what everybody else is doing the same way they were doing it. As you develop your action plan for your internet based business, you must ask yourself: “what creative and innovative ways can I use to get my voice heard among millions of other internet businesses out there”. Spectacular successes always go to the innovators and the creative. When you check the story of all the celebrated internet gurus of today, they all burst on the scene with one creative and innovative idea or the other to attract people to their business. You must find your creative edge or run the risk of just being another struggling internet guru ‘wannabe’.
Secrets #5: Obama Used Viral Marketing Strategies To Get His Message Across The Country Within A Short Time
From the very beginning Barack Obama created a buzz around his campaign by positioning it as a Movement rather than a political campaign. He found ways to generate interest in his candidacy from those who would ordinarily not be interested in politics. He made himself, through word of mouse and word of mouth, into an appealing rock star for the young generation of voters. The structure of his whole campaign and campaign website was designed to be viral. Eventually, once his candidacy became viral, it became unstoppable and all the last minute attacks from McCain could not stop th juggernaut from crushing him on election day.
Barack Obama had the following viral elements integrated into his campaign:
- He created a very hip Obama Supporters Community page,
- He built a list (more appropriately, an army) of volunteers and donor by creating a ‘squeeze’ or ‘opt-in’ page, on every page of his website, that requires you to sign up to be the first to get breaking information about his campaign.
- He sent out Autoresponder messages everyday to his opt-in list update them on the campaign and subtly ask them to ‘donate’
- He created a website for his supporters to network with each other and invite others to join the network. Of ocurse everything linked back to his primary site.
- He put a ‘search’ capability on his site where people all over the country can speak to each other n exchange campaign ideas,
- He had a powerful blog that was updated many times a day and all his TV ads and emails had a link text directing people to this blog.
- His people visited lively forums and posted intriguing messages that drove more people to his website and his message.
- He created unprecedented buzz and anticipation for his choice of Vice Presidential running mate by asking people to sign up online in order to be the first to receive the news of his choice. This gambit alone got him more than a million new subscribers and donors! McCain never knew what him him.
To experience spectacular success with your internet based business, you must go viral with your internet business opportunity. There are tools and resources online that will help create a buzz and a bevy of people visiting your website. You must master these tricks and come up with a few of your own. When you go viral, buyers will hunt you down with very limited effort on your part. You must create a buzz around you and your brand and provide incentives for people to tell others about you and your internet business opportunity. You must study the pre-launch strategies of masters of the internet based business game. That was one of the secrets of the stunning Barack Obama success.
Secret #6: Obama Had A Long Range Strategy And Prepared For The Long Haul From Day One
All the political pundits seem to agree that one of the biggest reasons Barack Obama was able to defeat the formidable Clinton political machine during the primaries was that he planned for the long haul. He had long range vision and strategy to run a viable campaign from the beginning to the end.
During the democratic Primaries, Hilary Clinton never had a solid strategy, plan or organization beyond Super Tuesday primary elections. She assumed, based on previous elections, that a clear winner would emerge after the Super Tuesday’s primaries when more than 20 states hold their primaries on the same day. Traditionally, the primary elections are essentially decided by the Super Tuesday primaries which often produced a clear candidate. Obama did not take the traditional approach for granted. He prepared and set up organizations to keep the political fight going after Super Tuesday regardless of who the front leader was.
When no clear consensus leader emerged after the Super Tuesday primaries, Hilary Clinton was left panting and scrambling to put an organization together to keep the fight going in the remaining states. By the time she finally got her act and campaign together, Obama had won the next 8 state primaries and created a national momentum that was unstoppable. By the time the Texas and Ohio primaries rolled around, Obama had built an insurmountable lead and the rest, as they say, is history.
To succeed big time with your business opportunity, you must plan to play for the long haul. You must have a plan to keep going even if you do not achieve multiple streams of income in the short term. You must have a plan and mindset to keep going even if the initial promises, and expectations, of instant prosperity does not materialize. That was one of the major secrets of Barack Obama campaign success. Learn from it and prosper.
Secret #7: Barack Obama Out-Campaigned, Out-worked, Out-Hustled And Eventually Outspent His Opponent.
From the get go, Barack Obama was a tireless campaigner. He went to places nobody was campaigning and staked his claim arlier on. He sought out influential opinion leaders (i.e Oprah, Warren Buffet etc) and got their advice and endorsement very early in the game. He stretched the playing field like never before, and never conceded anything to any of his adversaries both at the primary level and the national campaign. Even his most ardent critics commended his hustle and tireless hard work on the campaign trail.
The stunning Barack Obama victory showed that a great vision is not enough. You must work the dream and the vision tirelessly before you can cross the finish line in first place. He took the fight to his opponents in every facet of the game. He simply out-hustled them for voters, funding and communication. His aggressive fund raising left John McCain panting, frustrated, whining and wondering what happened in an area that was traditionally the forte of Republicans.
Even when Barak Obama was leading in the polls, he never left anything to chance an never relented. He out-hustled and outworked the Republicans in their own much vaunted ground game of turning out people on election day. He even went to McCain’s backyard in Arizona and put his state in play with massive crowd turn-outs!
Regardless of what you might have been told by the gurus, there is no substitute for hard work and hustle if you ever hope to succeed with your internet based business. You are not likely to make major financial breakthrough by working online for only one hour a day on your computer. Don’t believe the hype that tells you can be a millionaire by working only one hour a day on your computer. The internet business community is a very serious, professional and competitive one. You will need to work it as a serious business, and with all seriousness, to generate any major income from it.
I hope you will reflect on these secrets of the Barack Obama stunning victory at the polls and learn how to apply those principles to make a success with your specific internet business opportunity.
To Your Success!
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About The Author:
Ope Banwo, The Wealth Apostle, is the owner of omegasuperprofits.com and has helped thousands of people start and run a successful Internet Based Business. To find out how he can help you develop your own internet business opportunity and teach you how to succeed online, Visit the site below for details:
http://www.OmegaSuperProfits.com
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On the 4th of November, Barack Obama and his campaign team surprised America, and indeed the whole world, by recording the most improbable electoral victory in U.S. history as the first black person to be elected as the President of the United States. This is a phenomenon that even the most optimistic of people would not even have contemplated merely 5 previously.
In the November elections, Barack Obama rose from nowhere to take the political world by storm, despite the seemingly impossible odds, that would have discouraged many from even trying in first place. He had a lot of negatives going against him. He has a name that evokes terrorism in the hearts of America (Barack Hussein Obama). He is the son of a Kenyan immigrant. He is black. He was a freshman senator. He had no experience in government. He had very questionable friends and past associations (i.e. Ayers, Rev Wright). He started his campiagn from a water logged basement with absolutely no funding. He had to go against one of the most powerful and influential political forces of our time - The Clinton Political Machine- during the primaries.
Yet, when all was said and done, in the span of less than four years after busting into national prominence, Barack Hussein Obama defied all odds to win a decisive victory in the American Presidential Elections. The campaign was not even close. He drubbed McCain in the cities and in the suburbs. He clobbered him among the whites and the blacks. He also beat him in some traditional Republican political strongholds like Indiana, north Carolina and Missouri. In fact, his victory swept away many prominent republican heavyweights in its wake, such as Elizabeth Dole, in what is being called the ‘Obama Tsunami’.
Now, what do all these have to do with you and your success in your internet business opportunity?
It means everything is possible. It means you can succeed beyond your own expectations even if you don’t know anything about internet programming or business right now. It means that no matter how impossible the odds may look against you and your internet business opportunity, you can be a celebrated success within a very short time.
There are some timeless success secrets that you can learn from the Obama Campaign strategy that will help you achieve extraordinary success in your chosen internet based business.
Secret #1: He Had A Compelling Vision And Big ‘WHY’ For His Campaign
From the get go, Barack Obama had a great vision of what he wants to do and where he wanted to take America. He had a big reason for getting into the political ring at the time he did. He had a compelling vision that kept him going even when things got very rough. His compelling vision eventually energized the youth and mesmerized the old. In short, he had a very strong ‘WHY’.
To succeed in your internet business opportunity, you will need a very strong ‘WHY’. You must have a very strong vision of why you are starting an internet based business and why you are choosing a particular internet business opportunity.
You must have a compelling reason for going into business. Without it, you will not survive the rough waters of business. Internet based business opportunities are very competitive and you will need something very strong to keep you going when the inevitable problems come up.
As a newcomer into the internet based business arena, the multiple streams of income you expect from the business may not come as quickly as you first anticipated. You may suffer some initial financial losses. You may buy promising intenret business opportunities that will not live up to the hype. At some point in your journey to internet business success, you will be forced to ask yourself: ‘why am I doing this?’ It is your great vision or big ‘why’ that will keep you going in those dark times. If you don’t have one, it will be easy to pack it up and concede defeat when the going gets tough.
Statistics show that the greatest difference maker between quitters and winners, who have tried different internet business opportunities, is vision and their reason ‘why’.
Barack Obama had a very strong ‘WHY’. He had a compelling vision that kept him going beyond setbacks in the New Hampshire primaries, and it helped him withstand Hilary Clinton’s last minute surge at the end of the primaries. Your vision and reason for going into business will also keep you going when things get depressing and you will eventually reap your rewards of multiple streams of income from your internet business opportunity.
Secret #2: Obama Focused On One Central Issue At A Time
Obama was able to capture the imagination of the country from the get-go by focusing on ONLY one central theme at the outset: CHANGE. He did not try to sell different populist programs at the outset. He focused on the broad theme of ‘change’. He talked about ‘change we can believe in’. he talked about his ability, and the ability of Americans to make a change. He got a slogan that focused on his central theme and which formed a refrain to get people involved: ‘YES, WE CAN’.
Until very late in the game, Obama did not allow himself to be bogged down with the details of different issues (in fact his critics criticized him for not being very specific!). He just kept talking about change. Once he has owned the word and has gained the attention of the whole country with his message of CHANGE, he then started talking about some specific changes he would make. Even then, he did not give us too many specifics. He picked health care and ending the war in Iraq and talked about those until they became part of the consciousness of the people and identified with his campaign. Then, he started talking about tax cuts for the poor and tax hike for the rich.
Obama made a virtue of focusing on one central issue at a time and that made it very easy for him to sell his message to the people. To succeed in your business internet opportunity and eventually generate the multiple streams of internet income you have been dreaming about, you need to focus on ONLY one thing or business idea at a time. You will achieve success quicker and faster by identifying one area of need on the internet and focusing on it to the exclusion of all other internet business opportunities.
It is a fact that many successful internet business gurus create multiple streams of internet income over time with different internet business opportunities but the fact is that most of them started out with one single product and mastered it before leveraging the success from that internet business opportunity into other streams of internet income.
In order to experience spectacular long term success on the internet, you must first focus on one business opportunity at a time. Don’t be tempted to start with so many internet business opportunities at a time. Many internet business newbies got ‘buried’ on the world wide web because they started out with too many product offerings. They were not focused on one central opportunity at a time. They simply kept throwing money at different ‘juicy’ opportunities until they ran out of money and hope. Obama campaign strategy showed the power of focus and you should take that lesson to heart if you ever hope to see those multiple streams of income you have often heard about.
Secret #3: Obama Ran A Very Focused And Discipline Campaign
The discipline and focus of the Barack Obama campaign has become stuff of instant legend. Many political pundits and commentators applaud and commend on the amazing discipline and focus of the Barack Obama campaign machine. While John McCain and his team kept floundering and moving from one focus angle to another, Barack Obama stayed focused on his message and agenda.
Barack Obama ran a highly disciplined campaign that refused to be distracted by negative adverts, negative past associations, charges of distributionism or charges of socialism. He just kept on rolling and repeating his message of change. He used teleprompters every where he could to make sure he remained focus on repeating his message without errors. His single minded focus was not only mind-boggling but also chillingly effective.
To survive with your internet business opportunity, you will need to maintain a strong focus and discipline with your chosen internet business opportunity. There are literally millions of opportunities out there. You will be flooded from the get-go with different business opportunities that will create instant multiple streams of income and make you an internet millionaire overnight. Don’t be distracted by such offers! Even if true, it is never as easy as they always make it sound. You will still have to learn and dominate any new opportunity you sign up for before you see any of the promised multiple streams of internet income.
It will require all the discipline you have to remain focused on your particular internet business opportunity until you achieve some success from it. Don’t be distracted when the success does not come quick. Don’t be distracted when you get confused about how to generate sales. Don’t be distracted by the new ‘hot’ opportunity from some smooth ‘snake oil’ peddling guru. You must choose your internet business opportunity very carefully and stick with until you see some success. That was a very key part of the Barack Obama campaign strategy and it should be a key part of your internet business strategy.
Secret #4: Obama Used Innovative And Creative Ways To Reach The Voters
Obama rewrote political campaign, and campaign funding, history by raising record amounts of money on the internet from an unprecedented number of over 3 million people. Starting from zero funding, Obama got some savvy internet young people together who put together a fund raising and campaign promotion strategy that caught all the experienced political pundits napping. He found new and creative ways to get the youths involved. He used the internet to raise massive amounts of money at virtually no cost. He introduced some new approaches to campaigning that broke the norm. He spread the vote catching field. He challenged, and then breached, the established ‘blue’ and ‘red’ electoral maps.
He created multiple streams of vote getting opportunities with creativity and innovation.
To succeed with your internet business opportunity, you will need to be creative. You cannot afford to do what everybody else is doing the same way they were doing it. As you develop your action plan for your internet based business, you must ask yourself: “what creative and innovative ways can I use to get my voice heard among millions of other internet businesses out there”. Spectacular successes always go to the innovators and the creative. When you check the story of all the celebrated internet gurus of today, they all burst on the scene with one creative and innovative idea or the other to attract people to their business. You must find your creative edge or run the risk of just being another struggling internet guru ‘wannabe’.
Secrets #5: Obama Used Viral Marketing Strategies To Get His Message Across The Country Within A Short Time
From the very beginning Barack Obama created a buzz around his campaign by positioning it as a Movement rather than a political campaign. He found ways to generate interest in his candidacy from those who would ordinarily not be interested in politics. He made himself, through word of mouse and word of mouth, into an appealing rock star for the young generation of voters. The structure of his whole campaign and campaign website was designed to be viral. Eventually, once his candidacy became viral, it became unstoppable and all the last minute attacks from McCain could not stop th juggernaut from crushing him on election day.
Barack Obama had the following viral elements integrated into his campaign:
- He created a very hip Obama Supporters Community page,
- He built a list (more appropriately, an army) of volunteers and donor by creating a ‘squeeze’ or ‘opt-in’ page, on every page of his website, that requires you to sign up to be the first to get breaking information about his campaign.
- He sent out Autoresponder messages everyday to his opt-in list update them on the campaign and subtly ask them to ‘donate’
- He created a website for his supporters to network with each other and invite others to join the network. Of ocurse everything linked back to his primary site.
- He put a ‘search’ capability on his site where people all over the country can speak to each other n exchange campaign ideas,
- He had a powerful blog that was updated many times a day and all his TV ads and emails had a link text directing people to this blog.
- His people visited lively forums and posted intriguing messages that drove more people to his website and his message.
- He created unprecedented buzz and anticipation for his choice of Vice Presidential running mate by asking people to sign up online in order to be the first to receive the news of his choice. This gambit alone got him more than a million new subscribers and donors! McCain never knew what him him.
To experience spectacular success with your internet based business, you must go viral with your internet business opportunity. There are tools and resources online that will help create a buzz and a bevy of people visiting your website. You must master these tricks and come up with a few of your own. When you go viral, buyers will hunt you down with very limited effort on your part. You must create a buzz around you and your brand and provide incentives for people to tell others about you and your internet business opportunity. You must study the pre-launch strategies of masters of the internet based business game. That was one of the secrets of the stunning Barack Obama success.
Secret #6: Obama Had A Long Range Strategy And Prepared For The Long Haul From Day One
All the political pundits seem to agree that one of the biggest reasons Barack Obama was able to defeat the formidable Clinton political machine during the primaries was that he planned for the long haul. He had long range vision and strategy to run a viable campaign from the beginning to the end.
During the democratic Primaries, Hilary Clinton never had a solid strategy, plan or organization beyond Super Tuesday primary elections. She assumed, based on previous elections, that a clear winner would emerge after the Super Tuesday’s primaries when more than 20 states hold their primaries on the same day. Traditionally, the primary elections are essentially decided by the Super Tuesday primaries which often produced a clear candidate. Obama did not take the traditional approach for granted. He prepared and set up organizations to keep the political fight going after Super Tuesday regardless of who the front leader was.
When no clear consensus leader emerged after the Super Tuesday primaries, Hilary Clinton was left panting and scrambling to put an organization together to keep the fight going in the remaining states. By the time she finally got her act and campaign together, Obama had won the next 8 state primaries and created a national momentum that was unstoppable. By the time the Texas and Ohio primaries rolled around, Obama had built an insurmountable lead and the rest, as they say, is history.
To succeed big time with your business opportunity, you must plan to play for the long haul. You must have a plan to keep going even if you do not achieve multiple streams of income in the short term. You must have a plan and mindset to keep going even if the initial promises, and expectations, of instant prosperity does not materialize. That was one of the major secrets of Barack Obama campaign success. Learn from it and prosper.
Secret #7: Barack Obama Out-Campaigned, Out-worked, Out-Hustled And Eventually Outspent His Opponent.
From the get go, Barack Obama was a tireless campaigner. He went to places nobody was campaigning and staked his claim arlier on. He sought out influential opinion leaders (i.e Oprah, Warren Buffet etc) and got their advice and endorsement very early in the game. He stretched the playing field like never before, and never conceded anything to any of his adversaries both at the primary level and the national campaign. Even his most ardent critics commended his hustle and tireless hard work on the campaign trail.
The stunning Barack Obama victory showed that a great vision is not enough. You must work the dream and the vision tirelessly before you can cross the finish line in first place. He took the fight to his opponents in every facet of the game. He simply out-hustled them for voters, funding and communication. His aggressive fund raising left John McCain panting, frustrated, whining and wondering what happened in an area that was traditionally the forte of Republicans.
Even when Barak Obama was leading in the polls, he never left anything to chance an never relented. He out-hustled and outworked the Republicans in their own much vaunted ground game of turning out people on election day. He even went to McCain’s backyard in Arizona and put his state in play with massive crowd turn-outs!
Regardless of what you might have been told by the gurus, there is no substitute for hard work and hustle if you ever hope to succeed with your internet based business. You are not likely to make major financial breakthrough by working online for only one hour a day on your computer. Don’t believe the hype that tells you can be a millionaire by working only one hour a day on your computer. The internet business community is a very serious, professional and competitive one. You will need to work it as a serious business, and with all seriousness, to generate any major income from it.
I hope you will reflect on these secrets of the Barack Obama stunning victory at the polls and learn how to apply those principles to make a success with your specific internet business opportunity.
To Your Success!
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About The Author:
Ope Banwo, The Wealth Apostle, is the owner of omegasuperprofits.com and has helped thousands of people start and run a successful Internet Based Business. To find out how he can help you develop your own internet business opportunity and teach you how to succeed online, Visit the site below for details:
http://www.OmegaSuperProfits.com
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