Ever since I started spreading more of my  PERSONAL story and message…more things have just been happening…faster and faster.

Thanks for all your great feedback and questions!

I’ve been seriously fired up about sharing all this stuff with you for A LONG TIME but just never really knew if people would dig it.

BUT…here we are!

And so…after years of hitting it hard, NOW is the time to share what I have learned about this thing we all call… SUCCESS.

One of the biggest pieces of success is being able to have VISION. And once you have that vision…that vision of what you want to build….you need to have the confidence and ability to tell the story of that vision from a place of true authenticity.

Buuuutttt….before I get into that…I want to address a question from Matt Greener on the last blog post. He makes a good point… (and thanks for your question, Matt)!

Matt asks,

“In concept this appears very simple. However, I’ve wondered if a great story must also be of value to those receiving it? We all have stories, but how do we determine which will be of the greatest value and have the largest positive impact on others?”

Matt…MAH MAN!

I want you to think about a time someone told you a story that triggered one of your emotions…it made you feel something, it had a REAL impact on you.

You know…emotionally?

Whatever that story is FOR YOU, lock it into your mind and start to remember all of the details of what was happening when the story was presented to you. This could’ve been a time where you were at a seminar, watching a YouTube video, out for coffee with a friend, or reading an email.

…Where you experienced the story doesn’t really matter, but what does matter is how you FELT at the time and what made that story so good.

Think about how this story really grabbed your attention… was it a “Catchy Headline” … or was it just the fact that you really trusted the person. Whatever the answer is…there was something that got you to listen.

Stories have this magical way of drawing you in and getting you to feel curious and wanting to learn MORE!

It triggered that feeling within you.

It sparked something within you!

Follow THIS feeling.

Discover what about the story made you feel so passionate… so passionate that it moved you from the inside out, and you wanted to get UP, take action, speak up…. and share your own words, thoughts, sentiments…or simply…YOUR OWN STORY.

Start from THIS place…and when you’re in this space, magic happens!

Because whatever arouses the most positive emotion in you, will arouse the most positive emotion in your audience.

NOW MORE THAN EVER…is the most important time in history to COME ALIVE for the world, and get your message out to the masses.

Why?

Because the internet has made it easy to reach millions of people. Today…your STORY has the power to arouse collective emotions throughout the world…especially with the technology we have today. Anyone in the WORLD can hear you now…on their phones, at their houses, on the computer, anywhere!

Many say…“follow your bliss” OR “follow your passion” and the “money will come.”

And…it’s SO true.

You know why?

It’s because we use stories in all forms of communication and everyday in life. And we have been telling stories FOREVER. Think about all the ancient scriptures around the world…they were all in the form of stories!

• Conversations… in person or on the phone
• Meetings
• Emails
• Blog posts
• Facebook posts
• Presentations
• YouTube Videos
• Online webinar presentations

Let’s put it this way… anytime you are telling someone something…or want to make your point…do you think you could benefit from understanding how to craft a great story and properly spread your message to your audience?

I asked a couple of my close friends, “what is the value of what I’m sharing?”and the answer kept on coming back… “Seriously Dude, you cannot put a price on it.”

My hope is that along this journey we are taking together you will learn information that you can share with your team members, close friends, and business partners.

Now, for the REALLY GOOD stuff…

The Power of Stories:

Did you know that the subconscious mind actually controls 96 to 98% of your habitual patterns of behavior?

That’s POWER-FULL, and it’s also what makes story telling such powerful influencing tool. Stories are designed to get information to seep deeply into the subconscious mind of your audience…thus allowing you to influence the part of their mind that operates their behaviors (meaning you can influence your audience to do exactly what you want them to do… and when you’re out to inspire people and make the world a better place through your offering, this is a REALLY GOOD THING).

Let’s be honest… like 95% of stories are boring and only worth 1 to 2 minutes of your time.

So, here are 3 powerful psychological techniques you’ll want to start including into the stories right away so you can be in the 5% of AWESOME stories that are shared.

3 Powerful Psychological Techniques That Will Help You Quickly Influence Anyone

1) Receive “Buy In” from your customers

Most people are moving away from products because of all the advertising that’s out there….the advertisers basically try to pitch their ideas and products all the time on you via all the paid ads networks that are out there.

And so…this consistently being pitched at behavior is actually causing consumers to become VERY skeptical of any new product or idea that could potentially help them overcome their current state of mind or life challenge.

In order to influence a customer you MUST get “Buy In” or your audience will shut off and none of what you say will enter into their subconscious mind.

Let me repeat that… In order to influence a customer you MUST get “Buy In” or your audience will shut off and NOTHING you say will enter into their subconscious mind.

So, how do you get Buy In?

It’s pretty simple and in the 21st century it does require you to be completely open, honest, and transparent. There was a time not so long ago where people were getting away with lying to others, promoting in shady ways, and being very secretive with people.

In fact, those were the norm in the internet marketing space not so long ago.

To get ‘Buy In’ now-a-days you have to be giving away 80% of your product UPFRONT… not after someone buys.

By giving tremendous amounts of value upfront, you build a relationship with your customers, and you build trust with them. The more you can give away before selling your product the better, because most of your customers are purchasing from you because of your trusted relationship.

In light of being open, honest, and transparent, “Buy In” cannot be bought; it is something that must be earned. This only happens from delivering great value to your customers…before asking anything from them.

2) Use characters people can associate themselves with.

There are three styles of character you can use while creating a story that will help you to connect with your customers.

Your character is your brand.

Never just make up a character….unless you create one and play off yourself or your personality traits…but make sure to NEVER lie… people pick up that crap right away. BE YOURSELF.

Harry Potter: This character comes across as being shy and reserve, which makes people believe that they are a bit of a nerd with no real special gifts. As people get to know this character they realize that they hold secret powers that no one else has and that they are incredibly powerful.

People are drawn to this character, because they are easy to relate to and connect with.

A Lazy Surfer Dude: This is the character that seems to make everything look incredibly fun and easy. They kinda fly by the seat of their pants, love what they are doing, and always seem to get what they want. They make it look way more fun and easier than we believe is actually possible to achieve, thus making them very desirable.

People are drawn to this character, because most people truly want their lives to be easy and fun.

The Winner: This character is the Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, or Tom Brady’s of our world. They are the winners who seem to be so incredibly talented and make winning look so incredibly easy. They are the alpha male driver character who you just know is going to succeed and people just love following, cheering for, and connecting with on a deep subconscious level.

People are drawn to this character, because they too want the feeling of being the winner.

3) Show don’t tell

When most people are telling their stories they come from a place of telling people what they should be doing. The challenge with this is, when someone is being TOLD what to do they usually shut off. If you try to tell people what to do…they’ll probably just shut off and your ability to influence their behavior will be very ineffective.

Great leaders SHOW people what to do and how to do it… they don’t tell people what to do.

So…instead of telling your audience what to do, SHOW them what to do and HOW to do it.

There are ton’s of ways to do this…and the best way online is through presentations!

You can accomplish this by using really high quality presentation slides and bringing your customers on a JOURNEY with you as you share your story with them.

In the next week or so…I’m going to share with you how I’ve built massive businesses simply using presentations.

And if you decide to join me in my upcoming training series…I’ll show you how I incorporate ALL of these techniques into powerful presentations that allow me to have a HUGE positive impact on others and my business.

In the next blog post…I’ll share with you how to properly craft your story, how to spread your message to your audience and ultimately how this stuff can completely change your life.

Talk soon,

Amish

P.S. – don’t forget…if you enjoyed this post please be sure to like it, tweet it, google + 1 it, share it, and anything else “it” you can do with it.

BOOM!

We all love stories. We were born into a world where stories give our lives meaning.  If you’re anything like most of the people I know, you’ve got a story inside you that you’d like to bring to the world or at the very least you’re curious to know how a simple story can spread to millions of people online within days, create a movement that changes the world, or simple brings someone you know to tears of laughter or sadness.

Some people can do this easily and naturally, because they’ve mastered a formula for telling stories. Others are avid readers, active listeners and many of us are like sponges absorbing all things speaking, but maybe we still don’t feel confident in our own ability to tell an AWESOME story.

In fact, Peter Guber, the author of the bestselling book, “Tell To Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story,” says that, a lot of us out there haven’t used our storytelling skills since we were about 8, 9 or 10.

Let’s go back there for a few moments:

Remember, when you so vividly described your trip to the beach, the zoo, or better yet (and my favorite!)… just something that REALLY EXCITED YOU. When you were a kid people listened and you definitely got your message across…because your life
literally depended on it.

You know what?

Your storytelling skills aren’t lost!

All we need to do is just go back to THE BASICS.

Let’s first look at some examples of powerful storytelling, then characteristics of great storytelling, and finally, how you can begin crafting YOUR story.

Stories are powerful:

They’ve been used to create movements:

• The KONY 2012 Movement is a perfect example! – The Invisible Children’s vision, mission, and STORY to ‘make Kony famous!’ tipped! The Telegraph reported (March 14) that the the short documentary (or presentation!) storming the Internet became the most successful video of all time at over 100 million views!
  • They created this movement through very impacting, hypnotizing, and effective story-telling.
• Also, look at any type of major religious movement. Their books are packed full of stories, told time and time again!
  • Religious books, especially the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible and the Qur’an, are probably the most-printed books, and it’s impossible to know reliable figures of exactly how many are out there as they are produced by many different and unrelated publishers. Furthermore, many copies of these books are printed and given away free.
• Further, look at Apple – it’s also through their story that they have created a MASSIVE technological movement – Apple provides one of Silicon Valley’s most famous stories! It is unique and its contribution to the personal computer are unmatched.

Sure, KONY 2012 is experiencing controversy… and so do religions and even Apple Inc, and this is another reason how and why stories are VERY powerful; they spark people to think for themselves and to question, and therefore, this sparks more people to tell the story from their point of view.

Characteristics of Great Stories:

• They can spread quickly once hitting a tipping point. Jacob’s story and the KONY 2012 documentary spread like wild fire! Kony is now a house-hold name. They achieved their mission through storytelling.
• They evolve and change. KONY 2012 came out first as a much shorter doc then they continued to evolve the story. The vision to ‘capture Kony’ and ‘make Kony famous’ hasn’t changed, although, the way Invisible Children tells the story has evolved and changed. For example, a video they put out in 2010 tells the story of how they want to rescue Kony’s children soldiers through raising money for various initiatives to help fund a feature film. (You can watch this crafted story, here). They have also told their story with Kony’s snake tongue! (You can watch that vid, here). Again, just great examples of different way people tell their stories and how stories can evolve and change.
• They must be tested – just like any science experiment, or marketing effort. Powerful stories are re-told and re-told and re-told again to get to the point of being powerful. And when a story “fails” a test, it also wins because improvements are made time-over and time-over.
• They are effectively shared online through many mediums… such as emails, blog posts, Facebook posts, Power Point/ Keynote Presentations, YouTube videos, online webinar presentations, podcasts… the list goes on and on! And it’s when these mediums work reguarly and consistently in orchestra that buzz builds.

Creating a Great Story:

• Look at great Hollywood movies for great examples of stories (like Avatar).
• Again, remember the KONY story (we can learn stuff here!). Well, it became a truly great story because it hits all 6 senses and has consistent patterns of language and used visual cues to make the story easily understandable by the people whom they want to communicate to.
• Understand that a great story activates ALL 6 senses, but mostly we can only hit 3 of them.
• Know that a powerful story must be told in an authentic, unique, and different way because we live in a world where everything has been done so to stand out, we must show that the way we are doing something is different and unique. Remember, there’s no one exactly like you (this is the authentic part). So be yourself.
• It takes ongoing and regular commitment by the story-teller to come to and continue to deliver a great story. It can take many months or years to build a great story. Again, take the KONY 2012 movement, the founders of Invisible Children committed to releasing powerful content that shares the story of the children in Uganda since 2005! That’s close to a decade!
• A great story usually stems from the storytellers’ effectiveness in telling the story in a profound and epic way, and usually tells stories of their life being dramatically changed or of the storytellers’ dramatically changing other’s lives.
• A great story is refined by MANY different people with different views. So as a rule, we must get used to telling and therefore refining our stories at least a 1000 times! When a story is tested a 1000 times, we get to high probability -say 99.98%- of inevitability that people will LOVE the story.

Become the artist of your story.

Logical Steps:

1) Focus on the BIG Vision (have one specific purpose or goal written in one short phrase).

• Facebook = To make the world more open and connected.
• KONY2012 = To make Kony famous.

2) Share your story, which is in support of your vision, 1000 times.

3) Listen to and accept feedback.

4) Improve your story, and keep sharing!

In conclusion, remember that as with all great stories that create movements like the KONY2012 movement, there will be protagonists and antagonists, so simply do what you truly believe is best for you AND the world, and then communicate your story from THAT place. In addition, listen to people’s feedback and continue to share your story regularly through a variety of mediums, and test and improve your story and until you feel it making waves.

* Next blog post we will cover…3 Powerful Psychological Storytelling Techniques to Help You Influence Others.

As always, share this article with those in your community so we can support each other’s growth and ensure more people understand the power in THEIR story.

Okay…So a lot of people are going a bit nuts over the info I’m dishing out here on my blog…so it’s keeping me super motivated to share more.

Why not…right?

Every update I give is part of an ongoing story that all started last September. And I love this tale because it just keeps getting more interesting…Sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure this is all even real!

I’m also very pumped that so many of you want to go on this amazing journey with me…not ONLY to build this billion dollar business, but to help a LOT of people along the way and most importantly TRANSFORM THE WORLD!

Let’s you and I put a huge & positive dent in our Universe.

Topic #1: Recent Successes

First things first… just like I said we would, back in December, the Bitzio team and I are doing BIG THINGS. By now, you have probably already been on our recent webinars or saw some of the cool free content we’re releasing…it’s all just awesome and just falling into place.

We’re building some pretty cool innovative technology, building our apps, and growing by leaps and bounds!  (kinda scary and exciting because I’m not used to giving up so much control in a company..but WELL worth it).

It all came down to the moment I let go of fear. Everything just started happening lightning fast. So many amazing and brilliant minds are coming together to join the Bitzio team and we’re skyrocketing things while we stay laser focused on building this billion dollar apps biz.

One of the products the Bitzio team is selling right now is a product I created called, “The App Code,” and it’s doing amazing! We’re using some really cool techniques that I discovered back when I was into Affiliate Marketing and some even cooler strategies from the launches of the Magic Bullet System.

Anyway…ONE of the reasons that the product is selling so well and why the company is growing rapidly is because of my ability to tell very motivating stories.

Everything from the emails I write, to the presentations I give, or to the phone calls I have with my team…all have story-like qualities. Every point of contact is a very purposefully crafted and designed message to help build the vision of the company towards a billion dollar business… and it’s working.

Topic #2: Using Stories To Make Millions

Here’s just a little example of storytelling in my emails that started the whole App Code stuff.

If you want to see a full example from a blog post, check this post out and check this one out too!

As you can see…

I use stories in almost all my copy when writing blog posts or emails!

Want some quick advice on how to incorporate all this into your life?

Okay!

When telling stories (or even just getting people to take action) the most effective way is by triggering as many of your audience’s senses.

Most humans have 6 senses.

1. The Sense of Sight
2. The Sense of Taste
   
3. The Sense of Hearing
   
4. The Sense of Smell
5. The Sense of Touch
6. The Sense of Emotion

Did you know that your (6) senses are triggered millions of times every second?

Yup…millions of times PER SECOND.

Insane, right?

It’s because human beings are far different than any other creature on Earth! We have this unique ability to use all of these “senses”simultaneously and we can trigger these senses to influence other people’s actions.

One of the strongest senses we have is our “Emotions”.  Don’t you find it weird that we can actually “FEEL” things?  Ya know that feeling that comes from within?

It is THAT “feeling” that is the strongest sense of them all.

For decades corporations have been spending millions of dollars to learn this technology and in most cases have been exploiting us with it.

For the very first time in history there has been enough research published on this topic, that the people like me and you can actually MASSIVELY benefit from knowing this information.

We now have the opportunity to use this technology to sell awesome products and get our message out to the Universe.

Almost all of us have a ‘vision’ or ‘message’ that we really want to get out to the Universe. Whether you want to impact the lives of just a couple close friends or you want to completely change the world…I want to help you do that.

Through testing out story telling with a huge variety of products and to many people all over the world, I  learned that the MOST effective strategy to influence behavior is through speaking to ALL 6 senses together. And it can be quite fun doing so, too.

How?

Well…

Let’s look at how resort industries have banked on this.

Casinos & Resorts…

• Sight – Most casinos and resorts look amazing and are built for tourist attractions.
• Taste – Casinos and Resorts offer world class food and great drinks.
• Hearing – There is always a constant chatter and “dinging” noises around casinos. At resorts there is always “calming” music playing. The “Four Seasons” even has fake bird noises playing from hidden speakers. (crazy right?)
• Smell – Casinos and Resorts make their rooms/lobby areas smell really good and pump oxygen into the air.
• Touch – Casinos have chips, dice, and many other things you can “touch”. Resorts have flowers, beautiful grass, beaches, sand, etc.
• Emotion – Casinos are designed to make you feel excited! Resorts are design to make you feel calm and relaxed.

Resort companies in cities like Las Vegas know EXACTLY how to influence your behavior, and that’s exactly how they get millions of people every year to spend billions of dollars at their resorts playing games that they get completely addicted to playing.

Unfortunately, this is an example of how companies have used the technology of tapping into the senses (pieces of story telling) to majorly influence people’s actions in a sometimes  harmful way and one that really does NOT make the world a better place.

Just recently, I checked out some advertisements in the super bowl and it was CRAZY to see what they were doing.

Coca Cola is the most perfect example…

• Open happiness (Hahahahah… this is wack!).
• Bears collaborating together to drink the Coke.
• One of the bears doing anything he can to save the Coke.

There were SO MANY different subliminal strategies that companies were using to sell their products… and they work!!

I trust that in the future, more people with the BEST and most positively transformational products will be able to bring them to the market through using  all-6-senses-appealing-storytelling … and airing their messages during prime time events like the Super Bowl and The Grammys… and that it’s not just companies with the most money doing this!

Actually, a seriously awesome example of this is the ad by the game-changing company Chipotle which ran during the Grammys! I’m excited to see more of THIS.

Watch this ad, here.

Topic #3: Presenting Your Story

More recently, my focus has been to use the power of story telling to change the world in a positive way and  to get this “technology” which I have learned and developed over the past 8 years out to as many people as possible. And the reason for this is to help YOU share your message and story with the world.

I want to get my INCREDIBLY powerful technology into your hands, because it is time WE show the world that WE can spread a message, sell fantastic products, and CHANGE THE WORLD!

If you follow my stuff for a while…THANK YOU. I’m going to be letting you all know about an upcoming event that is currently in the works. As of now I don’t know when it will be…kinda just coming up with all of this stuff on the fly while I’m building out Bitzio.

The reason I’m sharing all of this stuff is because I’ve always felt that everyone needs to know this stuff…and NO ONE IS TEACHING IT!

I guess someone has got to do it. And that might as well be ME! (Isn’t that the saying? LOL!)

Be sure to check out my next couple posts and emails to learn more about how you get your product out to the market using the power of stories and presentations.

For now, just send me your questions and write a cool comment so that I know you’re interested in learning more.

Here’s to changing the world with our stories!

Here’s what to look forward to in the next couple posts:

1. Sharing some stories around recent successes of my businesses and my personal life.
2. Teach you how to start sharing your story and pull in millions of dollars (like I have).
3. Tell you a little bit about something cool I’ve been working on with a bunch of close friends (VERY top secret right now).

Talk soon!

Amish

P.S. If you have any questions you want me to answer in my next blog post, then just put them into the comment box below. Thanks!!

It really makes me happy to see that so many people are getting a lot of value from these posts. If you haven’t already read the last post, make sure that you do before reading this one (this post is part 2 of 2).

Click here!

This post is just a natural continuation from the last post BUT, you’ll notice right away that I start getting into more of the ‘how to’ steps to ACTUALLY turning entrepreneurship into a game that you’ll be able to win. And, of course, a game where you make a ton of money and are able to have a great life doing what YOU actually enjoy (kind of like a  big reward for being an entrepreneur, right!)

Before I get into those ‘how to’ steps and how you can generate money, let’s cover the third law of the game of entrepreneurship. The third law is the Law of Flow.

Law 3: The Law of Flow

The Universe we live in operates in complete harmony and flow. The more we can become connected with the flow of the Universe, the easier it becomes to create things we want.

When I’m at the top of my game, I’m able to get in flow, (kinda like being in the ZONE) that I’ve been able to instantly create things. Kinda freaky I know, but it’s pretty cool. I literally think of something I need and within days, hours or even minutes sometimes (not always) it shows up. Imagine you wanted new clients, money, or a sweet opportunity and it showed up minutes after you thought about it?! Kinda CRAZY.

YA… powerful stuff. I was freaked out when this first started happening, but now I’m just used to it and love having this power.

Believe it or not, my ability to make millions of dollars with my business year after year has stemmed from my BELIEFS… haha, no pun intended here. I’m serious!

Our beliefs drive our actions, so whatever results we want to create in our lives we first must change our INTERNAL MINDSET. If we want to live in flow and have the ability to instantly create the things that we want (new partners, customers, fast growing companies, investors)… this ALL stems from our ability to change our internal mindset.

There is a fundamental mindset you have to have to become a millionaire. And even a stronger mindset AFTER you’re a millionaire. Trust me.

Like I noted in the last post…

What You Think = What You See = How You Feel = The Way You React Emotional = What You Do = What You Get.

Let’s take it one step further now to…

What you BELIEVE = What You Think = What You See = How You Feel = The Way You React Emotional = What You Do = What You Get.

** I’m always slightly confused when I see entrepreneurs trying so hard and being so upset with outside circumstances THAT THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.

My focus now in life and business is to CONSTANTLY stay within a state of flow AT ALL TIMES, so that I’m constantly attracting my desires.

When you are in flow, you’ll find that things come to you easily, you can accomplish projects much faster, and there’s no limitation to what IS achievable. I’m willing to bet that when I’m in total flow, I’m actually able to complete a large project 100 to sometimes even 1000 times faster then someone who isn’t in flow.

Being in flow is a powerful state to be in, and it is all cultivated within the mind first. Ok, enough talking from me… here’s how I stay IN FLOW.

5 Ways To Stay In Flow:

1. Focus On Having Fun: Do what you enjoy so you have fun WHILE building your business. This is key. What you get out of your business in the form of personal satisfaction, financial gain, stability and enjoyment will be the sum of what you put into your business. So if you don’t enjoy what you’re doing, in all likelihood it’s safe to assume that will be reflected in the success of your business–or subsequent lack of success. In fact, if you’re not having fun doing what you’re doing, chances are you won’t succeed.

So… make FUN, a TOP priority! Like the #1 top priority.

This past year alone I traveled all over the world, attended many conferences, celebrated life more than probably ever before, and had the most fun I’VE EVER HAD. I also made the most money, got bought out by a public company for $1.95 million dollars, and continue to rapidly grow my companies. All of this was done while having A TON OF FUN.

Here are just some of the fun projects my team and I are working on this year:

• Bitzio (a fast growing app business).
• ChoicePoint (a full feature film).
• Personal Projects & Products (like what you’re reading!).
• My new Non-Profit Organization (exploration and education)
• FUN. (Yes, that’s right!)

You may think that this is crazy, but think about Richard Branson and the number of companies he can run (something like 335 companies now). It’s because him and his teams are having FUN!

People actually laugh at me when I tell them that I don’t take calls or do business anytime before 11:00am. LOL. What can I say, my happiness comes second to NOTHING ELSE. And having a relaxed morning is key to me having a HAPPY day.

The only way I’d even want to continue working on a multitude of projects is because these things are A LOT OF FUN. That’s what keeps me going. And when I’m not having fun, I know something has to change.

2. Focus On Building A World Class Team: No one person can build a successful business alone. Your goal should NOT be to do more work, it should be to find more awesome and cool people who want to join your team. Think of business as playing a game of baseball and you are the pitcher. Yes, your position is very important, but what happens if one of the other teams players hits a ball and you have no one on your team. Haha! Well..that would suck now..wouldn’t it?  Well,  I’VE BEEN THERE!

Here’s a cool little secret for you. IF you are having FUN, building a world-class team is EASY. Many possible cool team members may have never been given the opportunity to just have A LOT of fun, because they’ve never thought of entrepreneurship as a fun game. The moment you come along and show them that entrepreneurship is just a fun game…  they will LOVE YOU.

I have tons of people wanting to work with me this year, and all that I’m really doing is having a good time.

3. Focus On the Future By Planning It Out: PLAN EVERYTHING. You get more of what you focus on, so create a future plan that gets you to stay focused on what you WANT to create. Spend at least 2 hours or even more planning out the future of your business every week. I’ve had thousands of customers, but the truth is, majority of them have this mental block to becoming millionaires. And many of them would spend about 2 hours a year planning their future, and the rest of the time they spend reacting to what their internal environment is bringing them… a recipe for disaster which does NOTHING for getting over the mental block! So create your life and your business life, or be planned for! I like to say, “Plan the Attack then Attack the Plan!”

Whenever you are planning your future it shows your mind what you are about to experience. Yes, sometimes plans do change BUT, you’ll still find that MOST of your plans actually happen the way that you plan them because you’ll also find it easier to adjust & be flexible, too, and simply make your plans happen… no matter what! And when you are planning, focus as much as possible on the language that you use in your plans and around how you think and talk about your plans. (I’ll talk more about this in a future post).

4. Focus On Clearing Your Mind: Invest in yourself. Invest time into your internal world. The best state of mind to create what you want and stay in flow is a mindset that is clear. The best way to clear your mind from random thoughts and bad images of future realities THAT DON’T EXIST is to meditate and just chill out. I do this by going into my infrared sauna and just relaxing for 30 minutes at least once a day. So find, or create a peaceful place for you to just… chill. Even if it’s that you gotta go for a walk… do so! Step away from the computer for AT LEAST 15 minutes a day to sit & relax your mind. I can’t stress this enough! I heard recently, “if you’re too busy to meditate, you’re too busy.” This is how important attending to your state of mind really is. In fact, it is because I started meditating more frequently over the last year that I have been getting more grounded with myself and my business. From getting back into meditation, to realizing truths, to not “living large”…

I’ve started to find myself again.

The power that comes from just sitting and being with yourself is a VERY important lesson that I have learned in the last 8 years that I think everyone needs to know… and start doing!

* If you need some meditation guidance and/or music that will help you get your mind into an alpha wavelength quickly (this is the optimal state of creation), just let me know!

5.  Focus On Changing Your Internal Mindset: Again, it’s ALL about the MIND! Work on yourself more than you work on your business, and the business will come. Whenever you are not creating what you want, DON’T WORK HARDER at getting it. Instead just determine how you need to change your internal mindset in order to get the external result you want. Then getting what you want becomes simple… you just keep making small changes to your internal mindset until you get the external results you want. Making small habitual changes is key. I have a friend who swears by reading at least one inspirational and positive quote EVERY day, no matter what. Make this a habit and you’ll feel the shifts. Promise.

Doing these 5 things each day allows me to stay in a constant state of flow, and allows me to rapidly create the reality I desire.  If you want some more ideas, definitely check out this video from Vishen Lakhiani. He’s a good friend of mine, and in this video he shares some of his ideas of how we can stay in flow more often as we continue to grow our ventures.

Lesson #3: There’s An Easy and Predictable Way To Make Lots of Money

Now that I’ve played and mastered many levels of the game of entrepreneurship, I’ve come to realize and believe that the game is 98% a mental game and about 2% a skill based game.

That’s a ‘bold statement’… I know. The reason I make this statement is that I’m 100% a product of this statement and I live and breathe this statement everyday and so do my partners.

You, like all entrepreneurs CAN EASILY develop any skill that you need to develop to win the game of entrepreneurship. What you need to do is focus less on developing skills and much more on developing the MINDSET.

Once you begin to get the mindset of the game mastered by working ON yourself then beating levels and winning the game becomes easy and fun. Just like going to the gym to build muscle, you gotta work on your mindset daily to build mental & emotional strength.

If you choose to adopt much of what I’m sharing with you then you too will be able to make lotsa money, help lotsa people, and feel great while you play this amazing and wonderful game called ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

It takes a very special person to be an entrepreneur. In fact you need to have very specific characteristics, and you have to be willing to do the work to overcome to mental blocks that you currently have.

Only when you create this internal mindset will you truly be able to create MASS SCALE IMPACT in the world. Let’s go over what this exactly is…

6 Ways To Achieve a MASS SCALE IMPACT Mindset.

1. Choose to solve BIG problems. 

Whenever you choose to solve ‘big problems’ in the world then there are lots of solutions. In the game of entrepreneurship the bigger the problems you choose to solve, the more impact you’ll be able to make. Money simply follows the impact you are making in the world.

Think about a company like Facebook… there mission is to, “Making the World More Open and Connected.” As they work towards this mission they are solving millions of small problems and challenges people have experienced for years!

Most entrepreneurs unfortunately think about themselves before thinking about helping other people. This selfish mindset alone is exactly why so many entrepreneurs go broke in their business… they aren’t playing the game properly. So open up your world and think of SERVING and helping others first, before just serving yourself. You’ll end up better off and happier person.

In fact Anthony Robbins talks about ‘contribution’ a lot! This quote from him sums up how important he KNOWS it is… “Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.”

2. Choose to help LOTS of people.

If you are going to build a business and you’re interested in making lots of money, then make life easy on yourself. Choosing to help lots of people will make your life WAY easier. Building this mindset is very easy IF you actually care about helping people and not just about MAKING MONEY.

Before starting ANY company ask yourself, “Why?” WHY does my company exists and how it is going to help make people’s like better?”

If and only if you have a powerful WHY, and therefore, a powerful purpose to your business, should you begin to build your business. A really great book to check out around this is ‘Start With Why’ by Simon Sinek. The title says it ALL.

3. Do something that is repeatable.

Making money becomes really easy and fun, when you learn a strategy that works once and you just repeat it over and over again. From my experience of playing the game of entrepreneurship, the money only really matters until you’ve made a couple million dollars in a year… then the game changes from making money to making a difference.

If you are still in the earlier levels of entrepreneurship that’s cool, you just need to make sure that you find a system that is repeatable and fun.

Then your goal should be to do this over and over again until you make enough money to free up your time and energy to focus on the next levels of entrepreneurship.

And remember when you’re setting up systems to make sure you’re keeping up with the high-tech world as it suits your needs.. The best technology is that which helps you, not that which impresses your neighbors.

4. Duplicate yourself.

Entrepreneurs who get stuck at the lower levels of the game do so because they try to do everything themselves. If you’ve already built a million dollar business you’d already know that it becomes harder and harder to get to the higher levels of the game when you try to do everything yourself.

You simply CANNOT manage the complexities of the game by yourself when you get past the million dollar mark (very few people can accomplish this).

The best way to move up to higher levels of the game is to find great people you can play the game with and to duplicate yourself OR replace yourself.

Whenever I start a new venture I always start with the mindset that I need to one day find someone to replace me… even Bill Gates got replaced at Microsoft.

Like Sir Richard Branson…the first thing he does when he starts a new company is to figure out how he can fire himself. That is awesome.

5. Study people who’ve completed the levels you are playing.

After you’ve successfully created the outline for the game you want to play (i.e. the market, the product, the team), then you’ll want to start studying and learning from people who’ve already mastered the level you are about to play.

Learn what challenges they experiences, what they had to overcome to pass that level, what mindset shifts they needed to go through, and what secrets they uncovered along their way to completing the level.

Decide on who you want to have as your celebrity mentors then read their books and test out their strategies until you too have mastered what they were able to master.

6. Enjoy the journey and focus on learning.

Top entrepreneurs buy and read business and marketing books, magazines, reports, journals, newsletters, websites and industry publications, knowing that these resources will improve their understanding of business and marketing functions and skills. They also attend workshops, seminars, network, and never stop investing in the most powerful, effective and best business and marketing tool at their immediate disposal–themselves.

Entrepreneurship is a long journey (think of it as a 25 level multiplayer game). New characters are going to come and go, new challenges are going to come up all of the time, when you complete one level you’ll just be starting another.

In fact, you’ll most likely never complete the game UNLESS YOU QUIT, because like World of Warcraft – they just keep making more levels. Instead of playing the game like you are going to finish it one day or eventually arrive at an end point, start thinking of entrepreneurship as a never ending game that you can stop anytime or just keep playing because you LOVE IT!

Conclusion:

By now, you have learned a bunch about entrepreneurship through these last couple blog posts, and I trust that I’ve sparked some curiosity in your mind to want to learn more about how I’ve generated so much money over the years.

If you’re feeling curious then keep reading these blog posts, because I’m going to share everything I’ve done to build a multi-million dollar a year business doing one thing over and over again.

HINT: It has to do with storytelling.

The process is super simple and it works, and frankly, I just keep doing it over and over again to make more money, and in turn make more of a difference in the world. I’m happy to share it with you now, because I’ve moved on to yet another level of entrepreneurship and I want to give back to you & those going through the levels of that game that is… ENTREPRENEURSHIP. Why? Because it’s entrepreneurs like us who are changing the world for the better.

Your friend,

Amish Shah

P.S. Please get the word out & share this post with your followers & friends.  There’s no reason we all have to repeat the same mistakes, let’s learn from each other!

I’ll get to how I’ve made a buncha money in a bit, but before I do… I’ll wanted to share a couple lessons I’ve learned about entrepreneurship.

The following “lessons” may be slightly counter-intuitive, but trust me they are powerful. They have helped me make more money then I could ever have really cared for, and will help you make more money IF you apply them exactly as I lay them out below!

So here they are… the top 3 lessons I’ve learned about making money as an entrepreneur.

Lesson #1: Business Is A Game and You Are The Creator

If you’ve decided to make the leap or have already made the leap to becoming an entrepreneur, the very first thing you should know is… business is a game and you are the creator.

If you’ve never been told this or never viewed entrepreneurship in this way, you’re probably not making millions of dollars a year with your company.

If you have heard this, then great. You are probably already well on your way to making your millions and now can directly apply lots of what I’m about to lay out on this blog post. Either way, you’re gonna love this stuff.

The moment you decide entrepreneurship is just a fun game that you are creating, everything just becomes MUCH EASIER and WAY more fun. If you don’t make this fundamental shift in mindset that’s cool too…but you’ll probably be headed for a lot of hard work and no fun. (and who want’s to do that?!)

Here’s why I see entrepreneurship as this fun game that I’m creating:

Think about the last time you played a game growing up. Did you have lots of fun? I’m pretty sure you did…right? When I was growing up, I always loved playing games, because I was really good at them and I loved to win. (not to mention my mom would love to play board games..haha)

It didn’t matter what the game was or what the rules were, I ALWAYS had tons of fun and ALWAYS did my best to win. Whenever I didn’t win, I don’t remember ever getting depressed, stressed out, frustrated, really disappointed or sad. All that happened was, I become EVER MORE DRIVEN to win and EVER MORE passionate about the game. To the point where I would calculate moves in advance and read the manuals to the games and figure out how to become better at the game! i

Imagine if that’s how everyone reacted when their business wasn’t working out the way they wanted it to.

Fast forward to my business career. I quickly realized that by making business a fun game that I wanted to win, then that’s what happened. So instead of struggling like many of my friends were (and still are!), I created my own rules (because I hated listening to other people’s rules) and off I went.

I decided how the game was going to work, who was going to be involved in the game, the challenges, and OF COURSE the rewards. I even thought up who my opponents would be (things like the state of the economy, or my industry) and how I’d ultimately beat them.

The Way My Game Works:

1. I am the creator of the game and get to choose all of the rules.
2. I can make the game as fun and enjoyable as I want or as frustrating and disappointing as I want.
3. There are many levels to the game and my goal is simply to master each one and move on to the next or in some cases skip ahead.
4. The game really never ends, so my goal is always to have as much fun on each level as possible.
5. Whenever I make a big mistake I just start that level over again, but this time I already know what to look out for.
6. The game is a collaborative game to be played with many people… kinda like World of Warcraft (try playing it if you don’t know what I’m talking about).
7. There are many challenges as well as secrets within the game, the more secrets that I unlock the easier the game becomes to win.
8. I get to choose all of my team mates to play the game with and the more team mates I have the easier the game becomes. I only play the game with players who choose to play fair.
9. If there’s something that really isn’t working then I have the ability to change the game by changing the rules or how the game works.
10. The best players are given the most money to play with.

From my experience there are ways to get to higher levels of the game much faster and easier then I first thought… I’ll share those with you in a bit.

The unfortunate reality for most entrepreneurs is that they don’t see business or life in this way. From my observation, most people are playing and seeing life and business from a much different perspective and it is something much more like this.

The Way Most People Play and See the Game:

1. They don’t create the rules and wait until someone else tells them what to do and how to do it.
2. They sit back and are victims to external situations and circumstances that the world throws at them.
3. They are constantly reacting to the external world and therefore never become the creators of the game.
4. They haven’t clearly articulated the rules of the game, the goal of each level, or the end outcome of the game. Therefore, they are playing a game which often doesn’t make sense to them.
5. There are many challenges and rules they haven’t created, so there game becomes frustrating, difficult, and boring causing them to just give up.
6. There is no end goal to the game, and they seem to think the purpose of the game is to make lots of money and spend it on expensive things.
7. They are not creating the game to best suit them and don’t understand how it works, therefore, the game becomes extremely difficult and hard to play.
8. They feel out of control with the game and often times sit there praying or wishing that something good was going to happen.
9. They oftentimes play the game with players who think and act the same way, thus causing them to get more of what they don’t want.
10. The game isn’t fun and oftentimes leaves them unmotivated, dissatisfied, and wondering why things aren’t working out.
11. Finally, they’re locked in a scarcity mindset. They believe that there’s not enough money to go around, that having more money is better, and that this is just the way life is.

Even though, so many “business leaders and analysts” talk about entrepreneurship being so difficult and hard, and that you have to ‘pay your dues!’… well, I’m here to tell you that the game of entrepreneurship doesn’t have to be this way.

You set the rules and life will become what you say it is and what you believe it to be.

If you follow these simple lessons closely and start creating and playing the game of entrepreneurship as I teach them through my experiences, you’ll be able to quickly master new levels and achieve success you may never have known even exists… pretty cool right?

Lesson #2: Like Life, the Game of Entrepreneurship Has Predictable Laws

Just like in life, I’ve come to learn that there are many laws to the game of entrepreneurship. If you understand the laws of the game you can use those laws to help guide you through all of the different levels. The laws have never seemed to change, but my awareness of them definitely has.

Imagine for a moment that you didn’t understand that “Law of Gravity” or that it even existed in our world. What do you think would happen? My guess is that you’d have a pretty damn hard time working in this world and that you’d probably get yourself into a lot of trouble.

Maybe you’d keep dropping and breaking things, maybe you would fall of something and hurt yourself, or maybe you’d even die from doing something stupid.

In the game of entrepreneurship there are laws just like there are laws in our world, and there are only two ways to learn these laws. Either you learn these laws through playing the game enough OR you do the smart thing and learn from someone who’s mastered a level you haven’t played yet.

I’m going to introduce to you 3 laws of entrepreneurship that I’ve used to master levels quickly and make loads of money… these have taken me more than 10 years to learn and master.

Law 1: The Law of Giving

This one is awesome and it is really easy to understand. It’s unfortunate that most people don’t seem to use it that often.

Have you ever watched someone who is homeless or asking for money?

I know its a harsh example of reality, but 95% of the time they are asking for something from someone and only 5% of the time they actually give advice or directions. Even when they do this they actually are expecting something in return.

The more I play the game the more I realize that the more you ASK from the Universe WITHOUT GIVING ANYTHING, the less it is going to give you.

On the other hand, the more you give selflessly without expecting ANYTHING in return in, the more the Universe will bring to you. I’ve mastered this law and use it everyday to constantly bring happiness and wealth into my life. And yes I’m going to build a billion dollar business off this one law… it’s that powerful.

1. Give whenever you can whether it is something small or large.
2. Give your time, money, and energy whenever possible.
3. Share your advice with the world and all of the knowledge that you have.
4. Give to as many people as possible and as often as possible.
5. Always give the best of what you have to offer.

Cultivating this mindset will do extreme wonders for you and will bring unimaginable things into your life.

Law 2: The Law of Focus

The Universe we live in is like a hologram. It’s like a giant IMax that is all around us from the moment that we open our eyes in the morning to the moment that we close them at night.

Imagine for a moment that every thought you had got sent up onto the IMax in front of you, and your bodies emotions just reacted to the image. If you thought of something sad (maybe like someone dying), that would go up onto the screen and you would start to feel sad right away… interesting right.

Well, imagine that you wanted to make a ton of money and do a whole bunch of great things with that money BUT… you couldn’t stop thinking about your debt, how hard it was going to be, and the risks that were going to be involve. What do you think would happen?

From my experience, the IMax screen would fill out with really awful pictures causing you to experience really limiting emotions, which would stop you from getting what you really wanted.

It’s quite simple… what you focus on internally will become the reflection of what you see on the IMax screen around you, which will dictate the emotions you have, which will control your behaviors, which will determine your level of achievement.

What You Think = What You See = How You Feel = The Way You React Emotional = What You Do = What You Get.

THINK – SEE – FEEL – REACT – DO – GET

Therefore, bottom line… FOCUS on what you DO WANT (NOT on what you don’t want!)

I’m going to cut this blog post short, but if you are loving the content then definitely check back soon.

In the next post I’ll get to the third predictable Law I’ve used to create an abundance mindset about money and happiness. Lesson number 3 of my three lessons I promised to share with you, and I’ve got 10 really powerful tips you’re definitely going to want to learn.

My goal here is to give you everything you need to build a great business you love and to live a great life.

Please leave a comment below or ask any questions and I’ll be happy to address some of the best questions in the next post.

To your ridiculously awesome success!

Amish Shah

P.S. Let’s help entrepreneurs change the world through teaching them the knowledge and lessons we’ve already learned. If you know anyone who could benefit from this material, definitely pass it on!

Let’s go on a journey together!

Remember when you were a kid and how fun it was to go to the carnival and just well… be a kid. Go on rides, play games, eat junk food, and maybe get into some trouble!

Imagine yourself there NOW! The smell of cotton candy, mini doughnuts, and popcorn fills the air! YUM! The sounds of people laughing and screaming!

But, you’re not here to play kids’ games! No way! Although, you still may feel like a kid, you’re a grown up now and you mean business!

So you head straight for what will help you create optimism for the future!

Not a fortune teller… No… Wayyyyy Cooler…

ZOLTAR the GENIE MACHINE!

You put your 25 cents to have Zoltar the Genie tell your fortune and you ask him,

“Zoltar, what are the Top 12 Predictions in Apps in 2012?”

Well, since Zoltar is a super bad ass. He grants you this information.

Here we gooooo!

Zoltar says…

1) By the end of 2012, people will begin to switch from being App Consumers to App Creators!

2) App stores will intelligently recommend Apps based on Apps’ number of purchases and usage amounts.

3) Apple’s products -ipod/iphone/ipad- will be one of the top video game consoles along with Sony products, Nintendo products, and Microsoft products.

4) Smartphone sales will pass computers!

5) Apps will become the main communication medium between businesses and consumers using cloud technology replacing email, and they will function more like an instant message or text message but with MAJOR enhancements.

6) The technology for the use of Apps will force hardware to “catch up.”

• Like a cutting board in the kitchen with a screen on it showing you how to cut those crazy flowers out of a carrot while you’re using the cutting board to actually do it! Zoltar says that this app would be something like Gourmet Chef Training, much like Disney has done with merging the physical world with Apps.

Zoltar says that, “the advancement and development of Apps will give birth to a major boom and push in the hardware industry.”

AND HE SAYS THAT…

7) Apps will replace traditional media!

• Zoltar says that “it’s already happening so not really a prediction, although it’s going to accelerate VERY rapidly!”

8 ) Amazon will push hard into the app store space and the tablet space at a much quicker pace!

9) The adoption of Android will grow faster than most people estimate because of the flexibility.

And for App Developers out there… Zoltar says…

10) Companies that develop Apps for mobile e-wallet purchases and integration of social coupon sharing will explode and the Adapters that get into the game now will be bought out very quickly for huge sums of money.

• Zoltar stated tag lines like, “Swipe your smart phone instead of your debit card” or “Tap it, Swipe it, and Buy it” … will pop up!

11) And by adding a social plugin, it will take it to the next level.  Zoltar said that “Jim was able to send a 50 cent coupon for product X to 500 of his Facebook or social media friends.” (Hint! Hint!)

• This will be the ‘personal sharing with friend’ and trust factor! Major brands will kill for this because they don’t have the power of trust Jim has with Jane, of course!

12) And finally, as India, and south America continue to get online with less internet restrictions, Zoltar says that we’ll see a boom of hundreds of millions of new people eager to consume on mobile, and advertisers and smart App Developers are licking their chops!

• App Developers who want to focus for these markets are prime to be bought out for enormous sums as well in a very quick time, 14 months tops.  Again the money is in the collection of the data.

You say, “Awesome. Thanks Zoltar! You really are a SUPER bad ass. But what about my fortune for 2012?

Zoltar says, “2012 is YOUR YEAR! So DO IT UP!”

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Happy Tuesday! Grip it and Rip it!

Last week, I was in Vancouver, BC, Canada ripping it up with the Bitzio team this past week! As I mentioned in my last blog post Bitzio (www.bitzio.com) is the name of my Mobile Apps company that got acquired this past July. Oh ya…what’s even crazier is that it’s a publicly traded company now (stock ticker symbol is btzo.ob)!

It has been all-about-apps lately! And I wanted to share some insight into the industry with you on where I see it heading in 2012 after doing a bit of research.

First, some BIG NEWS!

Somewhere at a computer Wednesday, December 7th, a developer pushed a button and the one-millionth mobile app went to market.

WOW! That’s just INSANE!

NY times says…

14 days before the release of app No. 1,000,000, about 543 apps were released each day for Android-based devices, and an average of 745 apps hit the market daily for the iPhone, iPad and iTouch. The total for the two weeks across the Apple, Android, BlackBerry and Windows platforms was 20,738!

Around 15,000 apps are released right now per week!

And, Google reported…

The Android Market app downloads hit one billion per month, but Apple said that iOS downloads surpassed 18 billion in October.

73 percent of apps created for the fourth quarter are based on iOS, compared with 27 percent for Android.

Apps are BLOW’IN UP! (Well, you knew this!)

So what do I think are the 3 BIG changes (or catapulting shifts!) coming in 2012 to the app market?

And by catapulting shift, I mean these overall shifts are massively changing the market…and FAST!

BIG SHIFT #1 – Developers moving into building apps for The Enterprise!

The consumer market is overcrowded and developers will begin to create apps for businesses!

From an SD Times article,

Since many of us are using our mobile devices to ‘do business,’ there’s an equally if not more lucrative opportunity for developers to develop & build apps to make ‘doing business’… easier! Yes!

Actually… Partnerpedia’s recent survey showed over 80% of the 200+ respondents indicated they currently are or plan to offer mobile app solutions to businesses.

AND with third-party developers entering into the Enterprise IT field… well, this is going to revolutionize and drive innovation in business apps.

This is all ultimately result in increased productivity! And more fun and cool ways to go about doing business-as-usual.

Here are a few biz apps that I think are BAD ASS:

Yammer:  Yammer allows you to share ideas, get answers and stay connected with your team through multiple communication feeds in your company.  Cost: FREE

Hashable:  Hashable allows you to track your business relationships; record meetings, calls and intros; and exchange business cards.  Cost: FREE

Whiteboard Capture:  Allows users to filter pictures of whiteboards to remove undesirable artifacts and get a near-perfect digital image.  Cost: $1.99/user

The Next Biggest SHIFT…

Big SHIFT #2- Apps will not only generate revenue ($15.9 billion in expected end-user spending in 2012) but … INNOVATION.

An overcrowded market means app developers are going to start getting very, very innovative and creative! Mobile carriers are no longer at the helm! With more of us using smartphones, internet players in the mobile space, and the rising-up of application stores, we’re reducing the dominance of the BIG mobile carriers! And this means, fewer rules! Anyone can bring an awesome app to the market now.

This takes me to my next point!

Big SHIFT # 3 - Apps with VERY unique features that cater to the mobile environment are keys to success in this over-crowded market!

The apps that will win our hearts will have wicked features, and WILL NOT simple be an extension of the ‘online’ version.

Innovative apps and technologies at the interface layer will have the competitive edge, for sure.

Over the next 24 months, Gartner Inc. expects the mobile functions, such as the ability to “check in” to a store to alert a retailer that you are there, or the ability to add items to a shopping cart simply by taking a photo of it in the store!

Wicked new features also means… SUPER advanced searching and a TON of entertainment-filled and productivity-fueled functions!

For the FULL report on trends for 2012 from Gartner, go here: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1230413

That’s all for now! Just thought I’d share some cool insights to where the mobile market is going!

WELL….

If you didn’t know, not just one of my companies but TWO of my companies got acquired recently. One was around July and the other was late September/early October.

The first company that got acquired was a mobile apps company I started last year and the other was my main company DigiSpace Solutions that I have been running for the past 8 years. (and ran the last three years with my business partner and friend Jose Rivera AKA ‘Jay Styles’.)

At first, I didn’t believe that someone would be interested in buying my mobile apps company. I was quite shocked actually because I had only 70 small apps in the app store at the time and they wanted to acquire my system which rapidly created apps. My app company was profitable in it’s FIRST MONTH of operation, which is what caused them to look into my app company in the first place.

But, more importantly they believe SO much in my VISION…

My VISION to build a billion dollar company…

My VISION to create a company that will take Mobile Apps to a whole new height by bringing consumers, developers, and entrepreneur’s together…

And the BIGGER vision is to create a new cellular phone with apps that actually HEAL people (more to come on this in a later blog post…it’s super hush hush right now).

After they acquired my Mobile Apps company, they changed their name to my mobile apps company. It’s called Bitzio (www.bitzio.com) and it’s a publicly traded company (stock ticker symbol is btzo.ob)!

Then, they approached me to acquire my main company DigiSpace Solutions. Now…this was even a BIGGER shocker because I had no idea that a public company would be interested in buying an “affiliate marketing”, “info product”, “marketing”, and “technology” company. Especially because Bitzio was so focused on Mobile Apps. But they wanted to acquire DigiSpace because of the technology we have been building…specifically the Magic Bullet System technology. The idea is to eventually take MBS and incorporate it into the other mobile tools that Bitzio is building.

Jose and I agreed that the offer was right and it made complete sense to do this…and to our surprise they bought DigiSpace too! Bitzio acquired the rights to the Magic Bullet System and everything related to it.

If you thought MBS was gangster before, wait until you see what is in store for it in the future! Pretty crazy stuff.

During this whole process, I was a bit nervous…because I was an entrepreneur. I was all about building new courses, trying new things, and starting new businesses.  I was all about creating new things and building new things. It was always about ME.

But selling to a public company, becoming a part of a public company, and sort of “working” for a public company was SCARY.

I didn’t know what was in store for me and what would happen.

BUT…

I have to say it all worked out pretty well! I am now on what is commonly referred to as the “Board” of the new company, Bitzio, and will be leading the overall product vision for Bitzio. This includes everything related to mobile apps, technology development, and even the new MBS to some extent.

And so what is happening to Jose? Well…Jose and I have decided to part ways as far as business is concerned, but we still remain friends. We all have to eventually move on and grow within ourselves to reach the next level…and that’s where both of us are in our lives! Jose is starting a new, exciting venture and I know he has some really cool things in store for you…so if you haven’t already checked out his website and what he’s about…be sure to do so (www.jaystyles.com).

What’s really cool about this new “role” for me is that I drive the business from a VERY high level. That means, I drive the vision of the company and I get to tell the company exactly how I see the company unfolding, what technology to build, and how we are going to make money. Then it basically gets done! (pretty cool…huh?)

So is this like being an entrepreneur?

Well…sort of…

Since I am pretty high level, I don’t have to manage a ton of employees or make sure things are done on time. I don’t have to worry about accountants, lawyers, project managers, and other things that every company needs. So basically I don’t have to worry about the day to day stuff that eats up time. This is because I now have a TEAM beside me to execute on tasks and make things happen! Pretty exciting stuff.

At the same time, I get to execute on my vision to build an LEGACY. An Empire. A crazy awesome fresh company that has visions larger than the universe.

It’s time to make my DREAMS come true…to build a billion dollar company that will TRANSFORM the world. Seems like a big task, I know…but where would I be if I never thought LARGER THAN LIFE?

This time I’m going BIG…REAL BIG.

The best part about all this is that I still get to work on my “personal” projects and products. So expect to see some AWESOME new material from me in the coming months.

The new content is going to range from how to meditate, to how to build a business, to how to sell your business, to how to get into the Inc500, to finding yourself, to everything in between.

Are you living the life of your dreams? Are you going after your VISION? Are you living your life’s purpose?

Remember – when you feel like your back is against the wall and you have to make a decision in life…YOU ARE RIGHT.

You have to move on and advance…so stop making excuses and make decisions.

See you next time!

p.s. – don’t forget to like this post, tweet it, and leave a comment! I would love to know what your life’s purpose is and what legacy you want to leave behind!

I’m writing you from the sandy beaches of Maui where I’ve had some time to reflect on what it takes to affect change.

It’s true what they say…improvement begins with an I.

Yup. Think about it…anything you want to improve always begins with taking a good hard look at yourself and asking the questions, What’s going right? What could I stand to improve?

Now isn’t THAT the truth?

Funny thing is, the same thing goes with your PPC landing pages.

Everybody knows getting the clicks in search is easy…but how well are they really converting?

Let’s face it, it might be high time to check out your landing pages and implement the following top ten tips to enhance your efforts:

1)    I’m Not Asking for Much
When asking first time visitors for information be brief, don’t scare them off. Only ask for a few things but make sure you ask for information that’s going to make you smarter the next time you communicate with them. Forms with only 4-5 required fields—with a couple of them optional—are optimal.

2)    What’s In It For Me?
Be sure to highlight your product or service benefits throughout the page and have a clear call to action. Identify what you want your visitor to do…and tell them!

3)    Privacy Please!
Build trust and enrich the user experience by reassuring visitors that you respect their email privacy. Privacy policies matter—and make a big difference in your opt-ins—so don’t miss this simple step.

4)    A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words…Almost!
Images that relate directly to your service or product are great for conversion. But keep in mind that a bullet point summary of the product’s features and benefits will trump images every time.

5)    K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid)
When it comes to copy, keep it simple. Too much text overwhelms…remember less is definitely more.

6)    Size Matters…
It’s true. If you want bigger profits, you’re gonna have to have bigger opt-in buttons. The bigger the button the more it gets clicked.

7)    Keep Your Promises
When a visitor comes a calling to your landing page, keep your promises and give them what you said you would. Plain and simple, eh?

8 )    Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3…
Copy is king when it comes to enticing your visitors to opt-in on your forms. Since you never know what copy is going to speak to your particular audience, be willing to test out different calls to action in the copy directly above your forms.

9)    The Heat Is On
Loads of analytics, including heat maps, are available (many of them for free!) to test where your potential customers are spending their time when visiting your landing page. Find them and use them. Trust me, it’s worth your time.

10) Share and Share Alike
It’s a social world we live in today so don’t be left out in the cold. Be sure to include share functions for social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Remember…happy customers are your best advertising!

Here’s to making the most of your landing page!

Aloha!