I woke up this morning at 5:25am to go play basketball. I played for an hour and a half and then came home to get ready for the “work” day. As I was driving to work I was so tired that I literally fell asleep waiting for a stop light.
I thought to myself, “what can I do to give myself more energy?” I have to ask that question because I don’t consume anything with caffeine in it. Then I remembered reading somewhere that an apple had the same effect on your body as a cup of coffee in the morning.
I decided to put the apple to the test. Our office building is next to a gas station and so I went over and bought me an apple (which cost me $1.38, don’t buy apples at gas stations) and ate it on my way back to the office.
Before I was finished eating the apple I already felt 100% rejuvenated. I had morning energy like I had never known before. This truly is something revolutionary for me because I have a healthy way to get energized in the morning.
Just thought I would share it with you all.
Yesterday as I pulled up to my driveway after a long hard days work (wink, wink) I noticed my 7 year old son Boston in the front sitting at a small table with a pitcher of lemonade. It took me a minute before I realized that he had a lemonade stand set up.
This really took me by surprise as I would have expected him to be too scared to try something like that on his own. I had noticed that over the last couple of weeks he had been making a lot of lemonade and I was wondering why he was making so much. Now I realize that what he really was doing was perfecting his product.
So I got out of my truck and just kind of stood there and watched as one kid after another came up to his stand and paid $.25 for a cup of lemonade. As one kid would buy some other neighborhood kids would see the goings on and come over and ask if my son was selling lemonade. They would then run home and get money and come buy a glass for themselves.
I stood and watched perplexed as these kids all wanted to be part of this event of buying their own glass of lemonade. It made me realize a selling principle that is true in both 7 year olds and adults alike. People want to be a part of the thing that everyone else is a part of. That is why social media works so well. That is why our Make Money Posting Links On Google Scam post has over 30 comments on it.
People love to be a part of something big. For my son and the neighborhood kids the “big” thing was buying lemonade at the stand. This is why having a lot of testimonials on your sales page works so well. It creates the sense of “everybody is doing it and you should too”.
So now the goal for you is to harness this knowledge and use it to sell to your visitors. Create an atmosphere of “this is the happening place to be”. Add a forum or open up blog comments on your blog, collect more testimonials…do something to create your own lemonade stand buzz.
Good luck and get social.
I don’t really have a boss, but I did get a nice bonus. I just wanted to check in with you and let you know how my first day at Disneyland with my family went. We spent all day walking around the two parks here and had a great time. My legs and back were so tired I thought I was going to die.
Here is a pic of me and my boys (middle row) on Tower of Terror.
After laying down on the bed for 30 minutes and having my kids massage my feet (with the promise of a new toy) I decided to check my sales for the day. What a pleasant surprise it was to see that one of my websites had a record day and pulled in close to $700.
I know I have mentioned this before but everyone I talk to about this stuff tells me this is exactly what they want, I website that makes money no matter what they are doing. It really is such a blessing to have something like this where I can bring my family to Disneyland, stay at the Disney hotel for 4 days and actually come out of this in the positive.
I hope this post will motivate you to get working on your website. Do those 3 things to add value to the site.
I’m off to ride California Screaming.
Here is my problem with current Hollywood: Nearly all movies are either sequels or based on a book/comic. There are no original movies that come out anymore. This is because we as consumers flock like sheep to pathetic sequels like Pirates of the Carribean 3 and Indiana Jones 4. What we are telling the producers in Hollywood is that a sequel is much more lucrative than an original story.
If you take a step back and look subjectively at the sequels you have seen in the last 4 years I am confident you will have a hard time finding more than just a couple that were actually good movies. Hollywood producers do not care about making a quality product, what they care about is the bottom line.
So I went to see the movie “Push” yesterday. It wasn’t the best movie I had ever seen, the cinematography was different than what I am used to but it was original and there was no cliche predictable ending. It is definitely worth watching (There is a good amount of violence if that bothers you).
I looked this morning at the box office figures for the movie and they are very weak at best. This movie deserves to make money. We need to send a message to Hollywood, you can still sell original ideas.
If not, I’ll be looking forward to Rambo 8 and Pirates 6 coming in the near future. Im not saying all sequels are bad, but most of them are. I would rather see an original story that I know nothing about going in than a stupid lame sequel ie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the lame alien head skull, which of course made almost a billion dollars at the box office.
First of all, this is front page news in any industry. I was born and raised in Arizona and have been a lowly Arizona Cardinals fan for the last 20 years. So when I tell you that I’ve heard every joke, taken the countless hours of ridicule and have endured being a fan of the laughing stock of all sports, you can truly understand why I am now as giddy as a schoolboy on Halloween.
The Cardinals improbable run into the Super Bowl makes me believe one, that anything, and I mean anything can happen, and two, all of my suffering over the last 20 years was not in vain. I booked my trip to go back to AZ to watch the big game with my brothers. It will be a once in a lifetime celebration because this truly is a once in a lifetime event.
If nothing else, let this occasion inspire you that you too can make a full time living on the internet. If the Arizona Cardinals can go to the Super Bowl, no one in the world has any excuse to accomplish anything at anytime.
