03.28.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:37 am by Robin J. Elliott
There’s a story about a kid who claims that elves get into his room at night and steal his underpants. His parents don’t believe him, but he insists, so they agree to hide in his room and await the mischievous elves. Eventually, around midnight, a motley band of elves climbs stealthily through the open window and commences to steal the boy’s underpants out of his bottom drawer.
The father steps up and asks the head elf why they’re stealing the underpants, and the elf replies that it’s a new business that the elves have started. “But how can you make money by stealing underpants?” asks the bewildered dad. “Oh, we have a business plan”, replies the pompous elf, “Step 1 – steal underpants. Step 3 – make a profit.”
This is typical of many entrepreneurs. They discount the second step, which is HOW to make the profit, and they deny the possibility of a few failures along the way. Imagine a girl who gets a brand new, pink bicycle for her ninth birthday. She gets on, falls off, and throws the bike on the garbage dump. Guess what? 65% of the new Joint Ventures you try will fail, and you will fail more often in the beginning, until you learn the ropes. When you fall off the bicycle, get back on, until you learn to ride. Attending a seminar and reading a book is getting the bike. Then you have to implement the steps and learn by doing.
At DollarMakers, we have many support systems in place, including Members Meetings, Bootcamp 202, access to other Members and more. Since the start of Forum two years ago, I have been searching in vain for someone who is capable of providing coaching lessons to Members who have attended one of my Bootcamps, or used the Home Study Program. I interviewed many people who knew more about nuclear physics and the sex life of goldfish than business or Joint Ventures, and most of them are simply posers without any real substance. This I a high trust position and I did a lot of due diligence with each application. You would be shocked at the amount of losers out there masquerading as coaches.
I am elated to tell you, dear Reader, that my patience and uncompromising standards has finally paid off! I have found a fantastic, highly trained and experienced coach, who has designed the ultimate DollarMakers JV Coaching Program. He can describe and present the process better than I can, so I won’t try. Suffice to say I highly recommend and endorse his services. Step TWO is now available and I am very excited about it. Now there is someone to help you ride that bike like the wind. This is a great relief to me because I know those Members who choose to use this program are going to receive excellent support and guidance with a proven system from a true professional. For more information, you can e mail me.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 7:52 am by Robin J. Elliott
When people ask me, “Robin, why do you arrange to have all your events, flights, marketing, services and products paid for and financed by people on commission and sponsors?” I reply that, while I can easily afford to pay for these services, this is the ideal way to get leverage and commitment from others. Think about it: if you paid for a speaking venue and costs, and the only way for you to recover your investment was through filling the room with people, would you put a little extra effort in to do that? There is method in my madness.
People need “skin in the game” so that they are motivated to take massive, focused action. The difference between an employee and a commission - only salesperson is commitment. Most employees have a sense of entitlement and do just enough to keep their jobs. New brooms sweep clean. I would never hire an employee if there was any way to avoid it. They want more and more and generally produce less and less. The longer they have the job, the less afraid they are of losing it, and the more they take advantage and cut corners. People appreciate what they pay for. Easy come, easy go. You are more likely to read a book that you buy than a book that someone gives you. Put people on the line, get leverage, give them a generous piece of the action, and make them responsible. It’s called a Joint Venture.
When my son asked me for some money, many years ago, I answered, “You can have as much as you want – all you have to do is earn it.” At the age of fourteen, he was earning more than his teacher. As entrepreneurs who specialize in creating wealth through Joint Ventures, we should practice what we preach. Anyone can buy advertising space and risk money, and it’s the easy way. Sometimes, this is a good way to go. Usually, though, a better way is to get a whole bunch of people seriously committed to helping you achieve a common goal, knowing that you will share the spoils. Together, we accomplish amazing things. Pay for results, not promises. And be generous.
When you ask yourself, “How can I get this product or service ‘for free’?” you force your mind to think in terms of a JV. You push your brain to figure out reciprocity, sharing, common goals, underutilized assets and leverage. By partnering up with people who have a vested interest in the success of any project, you share the load, heighten the possibilities, and expand the resources available to achieve the common goal. You create multiple Mastermind situations and teams and relationships where previously there were none, and you stimulate creative, out-of-the-box thinking. A strategic alliance undergirds a process or an endeavor. Unity is strength. Many hands make light work. Also, the slackers, chancers, and losers will stay away, because they are usually (not always) aware of their slothfulness and impotence. Strong, self-confident people prefer to be paid for results, because they believe in themselves. Those are the ideal JV partners.
Some time ago, an acquaintance of mine told me that he met someone in another country who claims to “know” me, and they agreed that “Robin doesn’t pay for anything.” Their conspiratorial understanding was that “Robin is cheap”. First, if they really knew me, they would know that I am generous and inclusive. Second, they revealed their own lack of understanding, which is evident in their mediocre, stumbling businesses. Thirdly, they exposed their passive aggression, envy and jealousy. If I tell people do business with “No money and no risk” and if I don’t practice what I preach, I am the same as many other seminar leaders, with no congruency and no credibility. I prefer to walk my talk. Follow the tongue in my shoe, not the tongue in my mouth. Do as I do, not as I say. Robinize your business. (See the “Robinize” article on my Blog, www.RobinJElliott.com)
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.27.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:50 am by Robin J. Elliott
“Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass.” - Paul J. Meyer.
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03.25.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:45 pm by Robin J. Elliott
My son was in high school and it was raining hard. I told him that he could leave his bike at home and I would give him a lift instead. Parents were supposed to drop their sons off at the gate at the bottom of a long and winding road that led up the prestigious old boy’s school, but since it was raining so hard I decided to drive him up, anyway. Along the way, we found our passage blocked by a teacher who was walking his dog up the road. He knew we were stuck behind him, but he purposefully meandered slowly along. I honked the horn loudly at him until he got out of the way.
Later that morning, I received a call from my son, telling me that this teacher had berated and humiliated him in front of the class, asking him, “Who does your father think he is?” I drive to the school and demanded o see the teacher. I was told that he was not available without an appointment. I told the secretary that she should tell the teacher that he had two choices; he could meet me in his office in exactly two minutes, or I would drag him out of his classroom. From my demeanor she realized that I was serious. I went and waited for him in his office.
Our one-sided conversation went something like this: “You want to know who I think I am, so I am going to tell you. I am a successful businessman who cares about my son. Now let me tell you who I think YOU are: You are a male teacher, in other words, a man amongst boys, and a boy amongst men. You can’t handle adults, so you prey on vulnerable kids. You will apologize to my son in front of the class within five minutes. If you do not, I will come back and beat you up. That is who I think I am.” (He did the right thing, not out of decency, I’m afraid, but fear - typical of a bully.)
We need to have a well-defined idea of who we are. Our self-image has to be accurate, crystal clear and positive. If you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself. Confidence, courage, and clarity are essential. Standing up for yourself, your team and your loved ones reflects the way you esteem yourself.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 5:21 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Choices have consequences which stay with us and affect our perceptions, self-esteem and circumstances for years – until we make a new choice in a similar context. Two stories will illustrate my point. The first was a time cycles of months, whilst the second has lasted forty-six years so far.
At the age of eleven, I was being bullied at school. Because my Dad was a teacher at the school, I had been warned to stay out of trouble, and when I did misbehave, I received a harder beating from Dad than others to demonstrate that there as no favoritism. Yes, in my day, kids got caned at school, and we were better off for it. The way many kids behave these days is disgusting; they generally have no respect for adults and no values either. No consequences have serious consequences. But, as usual, I am wont to digress. After a few months of this bullying, my Mom sat me down and offered me a dollar to retaliate. “Grab his collar with your left hand”, she advised, “yank him towards you, and hit him as hard as you can on his nose with your right fist.” I hit him, got the dollar, became his best friend and never allowed myself to be bullied again after such a great experience.
Years before, that, at the age of nine, we lived on a farm in South Africa. My Dad and uncle were viciously attacked with by a steel-pipe-bearing farm worker. My Mom urged me to flee to the neighbors with her and my sisters, but I refused and stood on the kitchen table to see the action through the window, helped my uncle into the bathroom and wiped the blood off his face. He had both his arms and wrists broken in several places, a broken jaw and fractured skull, but he still managed to smile his thanks to me, brave man that he was. I returned to the window and threw my Dad my BB gun and a spear to defend himself with. He wouldn’t back off and stood his ground against the savage until the distant sound of police sirens scared the animal away. The fact that I stayed to support my Dad and uncle and the site of his courage in the face of imminent death has stayed with me.
So here’s my little lesson. A bad choice, like allowing yourself to be bullied, with erode your expectations, self-esteem and weltanschauung until you hit back and react differently. You can remedy the consequences in a similar situation with a different choice; it’s not too late. Any bad choice can be turned around if you identify the root and take decisive action (unless the other person is no longer around, of course). We need to evaluate the choices that caused negative consequences and beliefs that we are saddled with and seek to make new choices. Replace the evidence that makes you interpret opportunities in a disempowering way. We will seek evidence to support our dominant beliefs. Had I not struck back at the bully, my belief might be that I am a coward and I would seek evidence and instances to support that belief. Simple, isn’t it? If you’re used to quitting, it doesn’t mean you’re a quitter – it just means that it’s time to stop quitting. You can, you know.
This simple pop psychology actually works. Try it; you’ll like it. A deed once done can often be redone.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:44 pm by Robin J. Elliott
AMERICA ALONE: The end of the world as we know it
by Mark Steyn
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Posted in Uncategorized at 11:35 am by Robin J. Elliott
Are you imprisoned and limited by your business? Does your business own you? Are you restricted and constrained by the very products and services that you hoped would set you financially free? Are you hobbled and crippled by the very product you believe in and spend your life marketing? Perhaps it’s time to take off the blinders, shake off the shackles of conventional, industrial-age business, and leap the boundaries of income potential.
It’s sad to see entrepreneurs slaving for years to sell a product or service that nobody wants, while they sink slowly into the stinking quicksand of disappointment, pessimism, cynicism and financial ruin. It’s depressing to observe good people who insist on limiting their opportunity to a single product or service. They leave millions of dollars on the table over the duration of their business career. Worse still, most of them are blissfully unaware of the lost opportunities; although “bliss” is not something they’re familiar with… It’s time to emerge victorious from the quagmire of financial incarceration, wash off the old thinking and skip happily down the grassy path of abundance.
You were taught by people, who didn’t know any better, to FOCUS, that NICHE MARKET, long hours, hard work, sacrifice (read FAMILY), high risk, and sleepless nights would eventually allow you to succeed in business. That was true, years ago. Now we live in the information age and things have changed. Entrepreneurs wouldn’t think of traveling to work in a horse-drawn buggy or giving up their silly little Blackberries, yet they insist on using a business model that closely resembles a squeaky ox wagon, while a shiny, new Lexus is readily available – at no cost! And while this good news should be greeted with much applause, relief and excitement, I find their ears are clogged and their eyes blinded by that smelly old swamp water, so they snort derisively at any suggestion of a better alternative. Their skepticism is understandable. They’ve had enough exposure to conmen, coaches, consultants, and schemes and dreams to last them a long time. These jaded business warriors either have money and no time, or time and no money, but they don’t have time AND money.
Think about the typical “Financial Planner” – what if you don’t want more financial planning but you do want to buy a house, a computer, and a holiday? The insurance salesman will flounce off to find another client, whereas as he could easily have made more money (read PROFIT) by brokering the house, holiday and computer, with very little time, than he could selling you a life insurance policy or some mutual funds. And what if you did by insurance from him? Could he still help you find that house, computer and holiday as well and get paid for it? Of course he could. See, when you get your ego out of your eyes, you find all sorts of treasure.
Think about this: if you had no overhead, no employees, no inventory, no risk, no leases, no royalties to pay, no geographical or demographic limitations, and if you could sell any product or service, and earn residual income at 100% margin, would that be a good thing? Especially if it took very little time and could earn you an unlimited amount of money? Now, before you slam the lid of your laptop so that you can stagger off to the next networking meeting that is populated by other desperate, self-employed salespeople who also have no money, hear me out. Before you turn your jaundiced eye away, I challenge you to read the next paragraph. It will change your life if you understand it.
Instead of rejecting any business that doesn’t pertain to your own product or service, why not broker the products and services of other people, and earn on-going commissions, at 100% profit? Use other peoples’ time, money, equipment, risk, expertise and skills. You’ve heard of Other Peoples’ Money. That was old Aristotle Onassis, remember? Well, don’t limit yourself to their money – take it all. Brokers are smart – they spend little time and make lots of money. No selling, no risk, no overhead, no problem. All they do is link supply and demand and get paid. They create multiple streams of passive income.
So stop worrying and start looking beyond the marsh of debt, frustration and linear thinking. Mr. Onassis said, “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” Focus of www.DollarMakers.com and see how Joint Ventures can get you out of those pesky handcuffs and onto the nearest Club Med beach.
Robin J. Elliott
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03.23.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:28 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Millions of people lie awake at night, staring at the ceiling, tossing and turning, plumping their pillows, eventually falling asleep in front of the TV so they can’t think, worrying about money. Do you? I’ve been there, done that – many times. I know what it’s like. It eventually taints everything, affects relationships, your health, your whole demeanor. You start living in a fog of tension and quiet desperation. Everything seems to be about money. Everyone seems to want more money. People commit suicide about money problems. They start taking drugs and drinking to escape. Marriages break up. People get lured into gambling and lose everything. We blame, we fight, and we worry. It’s time to stop.
Stop being afraid and stop worrying, because there is a solution for you. Most of us are locked in to a paradigm that is self-defeating; it involves the usual traps – credit card debt, paying your Visa with your MasterCard, loan sharks, banks, Get-Rich-Quick schemes, cutting costs and lowering you standard of living, doing without, borrowing, refinancing and then re-refinancing again, second jobs, a never-ending downward spiral.
If we do what we’ve always done, we’ll get what we’ve always got. If we do what the common people do, we’ll get exactly what they get: debt and worry. And entrepreneurs are even more at risk. I’ve been in my own business for twenty years and I have been through this stuff, nearly went bankrupt once, seen it all. Ninety percent of peoples’ problems are related to money in some way. There is a way out of debt and out of a job, which I call blatant slavery. Instead of having your business own you, you can own the business. If you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired, read on.
Conventional “wisdom” tells us to sell our most valuable, irreplaceable resource – our precious time. We have heard that the higher the risk, the higher the return and that you must simply spend less, work harder and keep up with the Joneses. So we spend money we don’t have to buy things we don’t need to impress people we don’t even like. And we sink deeper into debt. It’s like quicksand! The more we struggle, the more we drown. Rich people get richer because they don’t do what the common people do. They use leverage. They use other peoples’ money and resources. They broker deals.
I have been a Joint Venture Broker for 20 years. I make money at 100% profit margin with no cost, risk, overhead, employees, inventory, leases, or office, and very little time. You can do the same thing. Regardless of your background, age, circumstances or education, you can start making money soon, you can create multiple rivers of residual income from various sources and you can stop worrying about money. You can do what I do and I can teach you how to do it. For free downloads, videos, interviews, podcasts, and my book, Joint Adventures, in French, English or Spanish (or all three) with my compliments, visit www.DollarMakers.com to find out more. Unless you enjoy worrying, of course.
Robin J. Elliott
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03.22.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:16 am by Robin J. Elliott
How To Double Your Profits In 90 Days Or Less…
“No Money, No Risk” Style
From DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum Member Brandon Roe:
Dear Reader,
If you’ve been in business for a while, you know how difficult it can be to make really good money - not just gross, but actual profit, the stuff you take home after a hard day’s work, to spend on family and friends, to invest in your future.
A solid profit is the difference between, in the words of Michael Gerber, working “on” your business versus “in” your business.
And yet, so many small business owners and entrepreneurs focus exclusively on the “gross”, how much total money they can make. They ignore how much money gets put in their pocket at the end of the day. It’s a major issue that can cause burnout, bankruptcy and all sorts of other problems. And it’s something…
That Has To STOP!
The fact is, to be really successful, you must focus on the net profit in your business - how much money you’re taking home, out of the business, putting into other investments, spending on the good things in life. Specifically, I want to show you how to use 2 “Mega-Strategies” to double your profits in the next 90 Days!
Simply fill out the form below and I will send you my latest special report, entitled “How To Double Your Profits In 90 Days Or Less… ” FREE, for a limited time.
It is these two strategies that recently got a client of mine in the trades profession a contract worth over $160,000, over 50% of that net profit. And it’s a strategy that can work for you too, no matter what business you’re in.
Just A Sample Of What’s Inside…
The most powerful type of marketing out there, that only 1% of business owners really understand and use to create phenomenal results in their business - and how you can use it too.
How to piggyback this marketing style onto a second powerful strategy for even better results.
The universal 5-step buying process EVERYONE goes through when making a buying decision about ANYTHING.
The 4 BIGGEST mistakes people make in their marketing - that costs them a lot of money each year (and how to avoid it)
The magic question which will tell you how to out-compete the competition any day of the week.
The 3 BIGGEST demons that hold your marketing back…
The simple 5-step, 3-phase process that you can use for immediate success.
An actual demonstrative case study that shows you how to double your profits in 90 days or less
… And more.
Finally! The Secrets To Real, Lasting Business Profitability Revealed!
(With No Money, No Risk, And Very Little Time Needed)
And it’s packed in this compact, concise special report. Simply e mail me, Brandon Roe, at jvconsult@broeassociates.com and I will immediately rush you out a copy.
From Robin J. Elliott: I highly recommend Brandon, and this report is exceptional. Click Here
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03.20.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:59 pm by Robin J. Elliott
What you read will determine what you think. What you think will determine what you do. What you do will determine what you become. What you become / are dictates what you will achieve in your life. So the question that I have for you, given that you actually read books (if you don’t, this article is not for you), is, “What do you read?” If I know what you read, I can predict your thoughts, choices, actions, and thus creations.
See, a bum in the street has created his own circumstances in the same, certain way that a millionaire created his own circumstances, (unless he inherited his wealth, of course, in which case, they usually specialize in spending money and buying friends, while they rarely create anything of value.) But I digress.
When I see a fellow with dreadlocks, a cigarette, and sandals shuffling aimlessly down the street, I can be pretty sure he’s not reading Ayn Rand or Mark Steyn. One of those dirty protestors with a joint in one hand and a placard in the other probably has a Noam Chomsky novel stuck in his backpack - certainly not Milton Friedman’s work. Ask yourself this: will a trailer park cult member be reading Sam Harris or Tim LaHaye? Will a successful entrepreneur be aligned with the thinking of John Stossel and Ludwig von Mises or Al Franken and fat man Michael Moore? Elementary, methinks.
When we find ourselves feeling sad, doing bad or getting mad, we need to check our bookshelves. I was given a copy of Dan Kennedy’s wonderful book, “No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs” and I can assure you that suddenly, a few human time leeches have discovered that it is almost impossible to get me on the phone. Thanks to Mr. Kennedy, I can honestly say that I have made the phone my b…. servant. I read and then I implement almost instantaneously, if I agree. I consumed the Art of War for the fifth time, this time a version by Stephen Kaufman, and my income jumped within a week. Books can cheer one up remarkably fast.
Why do books have such a powerful influence over us? This is the magic of books: When you read a book by a genius like Leonard Peikoff, you actually think his thoughts! Isn’t that amazing? As Mr. Peikoff thought, so he wrote. His thoughts appear on paper before you. You see them, read them, and think them. If you think like Napoleon Hill, you will probably make the same kind of choices and get the same kind of results, nes pas? So when you see someone’s life, ambition and hope swirling slowly down the drain, you probably won’t find a dog-eared copy of a novel by Winston Churchill or General George Patton in his crusty hand.
So here’s the bottom line for a real quick fix that actually works. When you are attacked by stinky thinking gremlins that threaten to steal your joy, your profits, your sleep an your self respect, pick up the right book and instantly start to transform your thoughts from fear to faith, from pessimism to optimism, from passive to active and from loser to winner. Create a beautiful battery of brilliant books that are ready to magically convert failure to freedom. And be ready and willing to take a good swig of this powerful literary libation to the first sign of droopiness in your otherwise star-studded life.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:20 pm by Robin J. Elliott
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03.18.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:34 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Collectivism holds that the individual is not an end to himself, but is only a tool to serve the ends of the group.
What is the key principle underlying collectivism?
The theory of collectivism (in all its variants) holds that man is not an end to himself, but is only a tool to serve the ends of others. Collectivism, unlike individualism, holds the group as the primary, and the standard of moral value. Whether that group is a dictator’s gang, the nation, society, the race, (the) god(s), the majority, the community, the tribe, etc., is irrelevant — the point is that man in principle is a sacrificial victim, whose only value is his ability to sacrifice his happiness for the will of the “group”.
What is the opposite of collectivism?
The opposite of collectivism is individualism. Individualism declares that each and every man, may live his own life for his own happiness, as an end to himself. Politically, the result of such as principle is capitalism: a social system where the individual does not live by permission of others, but by inalienable right.
From www.Capitalism.org
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03.16.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:32 pm by Robin J. Elliott
The Buddha tells a story of a man who was shot with a poison arrow. When the physician wanted to remove the arrow to save the man’s life, he protested, and told the doctor that he first needed to know who shot the arrow, what distance it was fired from, what wood it was made from and how many feathers it contained. While he was thus analyzing his fate, he died.
Why do people procrastinate and analyze, instead of taking action? Because they are either cowards who are looking for an excuse not to take action, or they are leeches, waiting for winners to act so they can ride on their backs. Procrastination is the assassination of motivation. The longer you wait, the more reasons you will find not to take action. Same goes for paralysis of analysis.
General George Patton was a man of action. He said, “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” He took massive, uncompromising, consistent action – and he won. He was fearless, determined, and focused, and so he HAD to win. He said, “Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.”
Stand still in one place long enough and you’ll get run over by the freight train of progress and change. Patton said, “Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man.” He was right. While you’re getting comfortable and resting on your fat laurels, your competition is working and taking your market. The good General said, “Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of gas is expended…then go forward on foot!”
When I have losers tell me how “lucky” I am, I remind them of this famous quote:
“The heights of great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight –
But they, while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night.”
WORK. Get off your lazy backside and take action – NOW. And don’t stop until you WIN. There are only two kinds of people in this world – those with a backbone and those with a wishbone – the gutsy ones take action. They don’t wait for perfect circumstances – they act with what they’ve got, and they become unstoppable. The universe rewards action.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.14.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:15 am by Robin J. Elliott
Where do you get advice about business and Joint Ventures? The source will determine the quality and the accuracy. Wrong advice is a surefire way to insure your failure, while good advice is the foundation of success.
Ayn Rand said, “Government ‘help’ to business is just as disastrous as government persecution… the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.” The fact is that government “officials” are incapable of teaching anyone about business. The government run “Self Employment Programs”, designed to get people off Unemployment Insurance and run by people who failed miserably in business and now teach other victims to do the same, are a good example. Government “Affirmative Action” is a socialist, collectivist recipe for disaster that disempowers the very people it claims to help.
The same goes for your bank manager. If your bank manager understood business, he would have a business and he’d be making real money. Right now, he has a job and he understands banking, and that’s about it; he may know something about fishing or fixing his bicycle, but definitely not business. Imagine asking a schoolteacher for business advice – that is the height of idiocy, and yet millions of vulnerable kids do just that.
Most academics do not understand business either – they understand books, exams, and qualifications. The only MBA that really matters is a Massive Bank Account. It’s like asking a virgin about childbirth or a smoker about self-discipline and healthy living. No. Go find someone who has had a few kids and you’ll get real information that is accurate and useful.
Check the source of your information. Are they online, Internet Gurus that hide behind the fake testimonials of their other online, con artist friends? Are they real? Did they ever actually make anybody any money? You can be anything and anyone online – ask your local pedophile. Deal with real people in the real world, who do real business and make real money. Do your due diligence. Look for a successful track record. I know of people who don’t have two cents to rub together, yet they offer to coach other people how to be successful. Many “business consultants” are really people who failed in their own businesses or got downsized or fired from corporate slavery.
Find people who have “been there, done that, got the T-Shirt, and survived the war”. Seek those who walk their talk. See whom they mix with – birds of the feather tend to flock together. Ask some hard questions. Do a criminal and credit check on them. Talk with their vendors, customers, competition, and parole officers before you follow their advice. Pear trees don’t bear grapes.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 8:56 am by Robin J. Elliott
We do judge books by their covers, and when we open those books, we usually do some due diligence before getting involved with any Joint Ventures. We want to know how long people have been in business. We Google their company names. We want to know whom they’re involved with. When you package yourself as a JV Broker, work smart, not hard. Save a lot of time and money and piggyback on a successful, proven, 20-year-old formula.
Let’s look at two people who decide to become Joint Venture Brokers. First, you get the person who reads a book and decides to package himself, so he creates a $2,000 website that reveals that he is really a one-man-band, self-employed type, with no branding, credibility, or track record. Then he spends $200 to print business cards and with a new, unknown company name, and off he goes to business networking meetings to try to find a few victims. When you take a good look at his packaging, you know that he is start-up entrepreneur and nobody of any substance will touch him with a twenty-foot pole.
The second person buys the Home Study Program of DollarMakers.com for $597. He is now a Platinum Member of the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum. He gets 1,000 high quality business cards for $15 shipping, branded with the DollarMakers logo, which gives him instant credibility as he now rides on a 20-year success track record. He also has a high quality, e-commerce website with his own unique URL, which tracks every sale and pays him generous commissions. He is backed up by a full-time General Manager, over 500 Member JV Brokers in nine countries, local Member meetings, regular conference calls, and access to all other Members and much more. Anyone who checks him out will be very impressed and he can work at any level. He has access to support and this adds to his level of confidence. Google DollarMakers and you’ll get over 12,500 results.
A tall building requires a deep, firm, solid foundation. We created the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum to provide everything a JV Broker needs to succeed and we included a strict Code of Ethics, which has allowed us to fire seven Members, not renew eight and refuse 46 applications for Membership. We run a tight ship. Our Members can immediately participate in ready-to-go JV’s and those who attend our live JV Broker Bootcamps can return and re-attend for pennies on the dollar. As we grow, we provide more tools, support, and opportunities, and we honor and reward those who are already Members. Our Convention Cruise in November to the Caribbean will attract the best of the best. This professional packaging ensures the best possible support and the highest return on investment, plus a great level of self-confidence for new Members.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.13.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:43 pm by Robin J. Elliott
She sat across from Donald Trump, fully expecting him to hire her, yet this precocious, pretentious tart talked over him, interrupted him, second-guessed him, and argued with him. If she had shut up and listened, she might have learned something. Instead, she simply guaranteed that she would never work for the Donald. Think about those Apprentices that got hired – did you notice that they listened to Mr. Trump? A famous self-improvement teacher once claimed that he could predict one’s level of future success by listening to them speak for a few minutes.
The best listeners are also the best negotiators, dealmakers, salespeople, and friends. By listening carefully to what someone has to say, you gain information and knowledge that will help you to understand his or her needs, wants, goals, fears and expectations. You learn nothing when you talk, but you can learn a lot when you listen. You will hear about opportunities and you will be able to decide whether or not you want to work with people.
Listen to the questions they ask, the statements they make, the conclusions they arrive at, and the way they interpret their circumstances, and you will know who will help you to become wealthy and who will drain your energy and your bank account. Listen for the clues that they generously cast about. Loser word clues are “But”, “If”, “Try”, “Perhaps” “I guess”, “Too good to be true”, “I hope”, and “I’ll do my best”. Winners commit, find reasons to succeed instead of excuses to fail, and take responsibility. They make it happen and expect to win. And they are intelligent enough to allow the experts to be the experts. They talk about opportunities, positive expectations, solutions, goals, and dreams. They focus on what they want, not on what they don’t want!
By using open-ended questions, like “Tell me more”, “Can you elaborate on that?” “Why?” “And?” and “How did you feel about that?” you can get people to open up and share a lot of valuable information with you. Joint Venture Brokers link supply and demand and get well paid for it. They agree with Zig Ziglar’s statement, “You can get anything you want out of life if you’re prepared to help enough other people to get what they want”, so they are sincerely interested in learning about the needs of others. Learn from experts, listen more than you talk, and you’re on the way to getting rich!
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.12.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:15 pm by Robin J. Elliott
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Posted in Uncategorized at 3:38 pm by Robin J. Elliott
At the Joint Venture Broker Bootcamp I presented to fifty people in Calgary on Saturday, a delegate came up to me and told me that he is going to “Robinize” his business. I asked him what he meant, and he replied that he was going to turn all his sales and marketing systems into “No Money, No Risk”, contingency systems as I do in my business. He said that from now on, he would only pay for results. He is going to turn his employees into real workers who get paid for production instead of outdated qualifications, hype, and trumped-up resumes. He is going to demand performance instead of posturing. That’s what he means by “Robinizing” his business.
So, if you’re on the road to Cashflow Coma, perhaps you should consider Robinizing. If you’re tired of building a little Mother Russia in your business, Robinize those employees and pay them much more money. Call your advertisers and tell them that you’re going to be paying for results from now on – contingency advertising is Robinizing. Stop giving away free referrals and start demanding generous compensation for every referral you hand out on that silver tray of yours. Dig a deep hole in the back yard, bury your Altruism deep, and cover it with big rocks. Take your Capitalism out of that old brown leather suitcase in the attic, dust it off, shine it up, and put it back on the shelf, along with your Dreams and Expectations.
Call your “Coach” and let him or her know that from now on he or she will share the incremental profits they create in your business – no more big bucks for banal banter. Robinize them! Take any activities and relationships that show a low return or no return on your investment of time and money, douse them in gasoline, and unceremoniously drop them into your smelly old basement incinerator. Robinize your time by refusing to return calls to losers, whiners, pitchers, relatives of Homer Simpson and friends of the Trailer Park Boys. Learn to say “No” to Mr. Risk and “Yes” to Mr. Generous Reciprocity. Slam the door of opportunity hard on the bony fingers of Ms. Procrastinator, while shouting, “Ya snooze, ya loose, lady!”
Robinizing is easy: next time you hear some sleazy salesman slyly soliciting your hard-earned dollars for some far-fetched, pie-in-the-sky New Coke deal, simply smile at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, “What would Robin do?” I know this sounds Trumpish, arrogant and even condescending, but ask yourself this question: “Isn’t it time I started paying for results instead of feeding fat leeches?”
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.09.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:22 pm by Robin J. Elliott
I’m not talking about smelly smokers or fatties. I’m not talking about gambling or eating disorders. I’m talking about a far more dangerous and insidious addiction that steals people’s futures and deprives them of real success. This subtle poison undermines efforts to improve one’s life and erodes your joy and ambition. It is the rot that slowly but surely destroys your quality of life and ensures mediocrity, despair and frustration.
This terrible addiction is fostered and nurtured by our politically correct, fast food culture, where instantaneous gratification and middle-of-the-road compromise is the norm. It is encouraged by liberal academics and demanded by the mystics and the politicians. No winner has this addiction. No champion would even consider it. It is the tool of the leeches and the socialists. This addiction will rob your of optimism, adventure, self actualization and an open mind. It will make you its slave and guarantee your failure.
It is the addiction to comfort.
Overcome this addiction and the way to success will open up before you.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.08.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:30 am by Robin J. Elliott
Rika’s eyes were full of tears as she told me about a Member who was going through a very hard time, both financially and emotionally. The sad part is that we both know that, in spite of this Member’s best efforts and intentions, she will continue to fail. The reason is that her self-esteem and confidence have been so eroded over the years that she feels invisible, rather than invincible. In fact, she actually expects to continue failing. She feels like a loser. She no longer believes in herself.
It is for this reason that I created my best work so far in a very special DVD, called “Create a Bulletproof Mindset: Mastering a Joint Venture Attitude”. Our wonderful JV partners at JVWisdom.com went the extra mile and added two more powerful videos as a bonus: “Managing Personality Styles in Joint Ventures” and “Adopting a New Business Approach for the Information Age.” This is what has been missing from our business tools, and it’s finally available.
When you feel confident, strong, self-assured and unstoppable, business success is a cinch. When you know how to manage your thoughts and emotions, understand yourself and others and consciously build your self-esteem and positive expectations, you will attract success like a money magnet. A Joint Venture Broker with this attitude a belief system is invincible. So we have made it very easy for you to obtain this life-changing DVD. If you order it before March 15, you get the whole bundle for a mere $30 plus shipping.
For more information, and to watch the two minute trailer, Click Here Now
Robin J. Elliott
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03.07.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:22 pm by Robin J. Elliott
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03.06.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:45 am by Robin J. Elliott
The reason why it’s smart to have multiple Joint Ventures running concurrently, is that you can avail yourself of the lucrative opportunity to cross sell them. Concomitant strategic alliances make it possible to piggyback logical values to similar demographic models and to bundle products and services with those from other JV partners. When you only have one or two JV’s running, your options are limited, however the more processes you have running in tandem, the more choices you have to create additional value for all concerned.
Imagine if you will, three Joint Ventures between suppliers and consumers, running in parallel:
1. You have linked a computer repair business with a seminar leader/trainer who teaches business owners how to improve their marketing and you get paid on all resulting business that the seminar leader gets.
2. You have set up a referral system between three insurance salespeople and an ad specialty / corporate gifts business and you take a piece of all the ongoing profits from the ad specialty business.
3. You have contingency advertising running that sells printing services and you share the printing profits with the advertiser.
All three of there JV’s deal with the same, basic demographic, or target market, so you can have fun cross selling them. For example, can the people who buy the training in JV #1 also buy corporate gifts and insurance from JV #2? Can all of the people in JV’s #1 and #2 buy printing services offered in JV #3? You see what I mean? You have a lot of options here, with a known market and established relationships. Why go outside your warm market when it’s faster and easier to work with your NEER (Naturally Existing Economic Relationships)?
Don’t think linear – think of your JV’s as you would a PERT Chart. When I was a Work Study Officer (Organization and Methods) I learnt about the power of this power graphic depiction tool that can be used to effectively track concurrent JV’s. Take a look at the information available on PERT diagrams on the Internet. It’s not as complicated as it might at first seem to be, and it will give you perspective and control, no matter how simple or complicated your JV’s are. More importantly, it helps you to maintain your objectivity.
Members of our DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum prosper when they keep their JV’s “in the family”, using the above principles, and saving a lot of time educating people as to why they should pay ongoing, generous commissions. With over 500 Members in nine countries and growing almost daily, the sky’s the limit.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.05.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:50 am by Robin J. Elliott
While Rika and I were walking around the lake last week, she told me an interesting, true story about a friend of hers. There were two families: one was very poor and they had eight sons, while the other family was extremely wealthy and they had five daughters. When the poor family had yet another son, they knew they could not afford to raise him, so they allowed the wealthy family, who longed for a son and heir, to adopt their son. I asked Rika to ask her friend what became of all the children in adulthood.
Turns out the son who received the best education and was given anything his heart desired, now sells men’s cloths in a department store, while all the uneducated, poor kids from the other family became success, wealthy entrepreneurs. There are two PhD’s available, folks: One is Papa Had Dough and the other is Poor, Hungry, and Desperate. You can get two MBA’s in life; one will prepare you to get a job. I prefer the Massive Bank Account.
A few years ago, the media discovered two brothers who lived very different lives: one was a very well known and highly successful businessman and philanthropist. He had a wonderful, happy family and was loved by all who knew him. In spite of his fame, he was humble, confident, and caring, while the other brother was a bitter loser with a string of felonies, drug addiction, and broken relationships in his wake.
The press interviewed the brothers separately and asked each of them what the reason was for either his success or his failure in life. Both answered in exactly the same manner: “My father was a drunk who beat us kids and my mother was a whore. We grew up poor and embarrassed, and we had no education. That’s why I am what I am today.” Each of the brothers chose to react to his sad circumstances in a different way. One used his upbringing as an excuse to become a loser, while the other used it as motivation to become a screaming eagle winner. We can’t always choose our circumstances, but we always choose our reaction to the cards we are dealt in life. We create our own circumstances.
When I first read Ernest Henley’s INVICTUS, I was inspired at the innate strength of his spirit. Read and enjoy:
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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