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April 29, 2006

"Tribute To and Eulogy For Health Hero Dr. David Ganong Who Passed Away Unexpectedly" by Ralph Zuranski

This is a testimonial about the life of Doctor David Ganong, who recently passed away a week ago from a heart attack.

David Ganong was a dear friend of mine. He was one of the finest people I have had the privilege of knowing. He was a true giant of a man, a real hero and inspiration to me.

David was one of the many brave individuals, along with Michael Borkin, NMD, Donald Carrow, MD, Garry Gordon, MD, Alfred Johnson, DO, Linda Martin, DO, Robert Martin, MD, Ralph Miranda, MD, Robert Rowen, MD, Michael Schachter, MD, Murray Susser, MD, John Parks Trowbridge, MD, J. Robert Winslow, DO, Jonathan Wright, MD, Boyd Bennett, Jacob Swilling, PhD, Secretary Walter J. Hickel, Senator Jerry Ward, Dr. Morton Walker and many others, who battled against the ignorance and close-mind ness of government officials, conventional medical doctors and pharmaceutical companies so that people in the United States would have freedom to choose from all the different conventional and natural therapies available

You can read more about them at www.HealthyDoctors.com, a site I created to honor the alternative medicine heroes I met over 24 years in that industry.

Unfortunately, back in those days, conventional medicine doctors, dentists and pharmaceutical companies, were dead set against people having the freedom to choose alternatives to dangerous drugs with harmful side-effects and major surgery. The freedom to choose any form of therapy, natural healing or conventional methods, was a long time coming.

In retrospect, after almost 14 years have passed, I now realize most doctors, dentists and individuals in pharmaceutical companies are fine, caring individuals who were ignorant about natural healing methods. They were threatened by what they thought was pure quackery and outrageous schemes to rip-off their patients.

Now, I am much wiser. After taking care of my dad and mom, who had catastrophic illnesses two years ago, within three months of each other, I realize the value of conventional medicine and its rightful place in the hierarchy of therapies that keep people alive. The doctors, nurses and physical therapists I have had the opportunity to work with, to help my mom and dad, have been outstanding, caring individuals who do not get the credit they deserve.

But, 16 years ago, David and I and the other alternative medicine pioneers were filled with zeal to educate people about alternative medicine therapies. Dr. Ganong and many of the other pioneers put their lives and financial futures on the line to help their patients receive the therapies they found most effective and least harmful.

David was a valuable ally in the war against closed minded individuals who were preventing people from having the freedom to choose. He, as well as many of the other pioneers, were attacked by ignorant, close-minded individuals in the government, media and their own medical societies.

Many of them lost their practices, homes and ability to make a living. Some were even jailed and persecuted by their medical peers and the FDA and FTC…all because they were stalwart individuals, like the founding fathers of this country, who refused to give into ignorance, close-mindedness and oppression. They decided to do the right thing…to stand up for freedom for all...no matter the horrific consequences in their own lives they knew were inevitable.

The huge battle between conventional medicine and alternative medicine continues even today. But, many of those in conventional medicine now realize the value of natural methods of healing, and the power of the mind and spirit and a healthy lifestyle.

David Ganong was an incredibly skilled dentist, a pioneer in alternative medicine, who early on realized that Mercury amalgams had a negative impact on the body. The studies in Europe were conclusive and he made the decision to help rather than harm his patients. When he told me about the harmful effects of mercury amalgam fillings, I was amazed. I had suffered from weird health problems and increased mental instability from my youth.

During my early life my teeth rotted in my mouth because of too much sugar. Every six months I had to go to the dentist to get three to four more painful fillings. When David shared with me the importance of taking care of my teeth I realized I should have taken my dentist's advice to brush and floss often and not eat candy.

As a consequence of my poor dental hygiene and diet, even today at the age of 57, I am still having problems with my teeth and gums. The cost of dental care over my lifetime has been astronomical. And even though recent studies say there is no harm from mercury amalgam fillings, I saw a radical improvement in my health that had been disintegrating for many years.

David helped me get the mercury fillings out. I experienced a dramatic improvement in my health. I was in a desperate situation when I met David because most of the mercury fillings in my mouth had corroded and expanded so much that many of my amalgam filled teeth fractured while I was chewing. I was so grateful to David for his kindness and charity in helping me get rid of the mercury in my mouth while I was still experiencing unexplained sicknesses and psychosis. (Removing the mercury fillings is not a cure all but has a place in your overall strategy to achieve optimal health.)

David was also one of the pioneers in using nutrition and energetic medicine to help his patients achieve a higher level of health. David knew that the health of your teeth was a direct indicator of the health of your body. It only took a decrease in health by 25% to cause decay in the teeth.

Dr. Ganong really had an amazing desire to help people and tell them the truth about the dangers of mercury amalgam fillings, the importance of nutrition and the value of consistent cleaning and flossing of your teeth.
Over the years David became a very good friend. In fact his son David, was my first hero-in- training back in 1992. When I started the "In Search Of Heroes Program," David sent his son to spend two weeks with me to learn how to be a hero.

It was quite an experience for both me and young David, who was thirteen at the time. You can read the articles and see the photos of the beginning of the "In Search Of Heroes Program" by clicking the links below:

Click Here for the photos of the many people who helped make the "In Search Of Heroes™" Program a success.

Click Here to see the newspaper articles, business letters, faxes, mind-maps and PowerPoint presentations from the original "In Search Of Heroes™" Program.

Click Here to watch the video interviews of original local and national heroes.

When little David came out I was astounded on how hard it was to be a good example to young people. David, the father sent money and healthy nutrients for me to keep my energy levels up and keep my mind working, so I could take care of a thirteen year old for two weeks. I had no idea how hard it was to take care of a young person 24 hours a day seven days a week.

When little David came out I was astounded on how hard it was to be a good example to young people. David, the father sent money and healthy nutrients for me to keep my energy levels up and keep my mind working, so I could take care of a thirteen year old for two weeks. I had no idea how hard it was to be a temporary parent to a young person 24 hours a day seven days a week.

While David was with me in Coronado, he went to work with me to the "Coronado Eagle Newspaper" to increase his journalistic skills and prepare for going in search of heroes at the "San Diego Comic Convention" and "Disneyland," "Magic Mountain" and "Universal Studios." David also helped one of the local businesspeople, Kelly with her computer.

When Dave and I went to the "San Diego Comic Convention" he helped out in many ways. He assisted the owners of “Defiant Comics,” the company that created the “Good Guys Comic Book" series. This comic series was based on the lives and characters of eight real-life kids that wrote stories about why they are heroes and should be the models for the characters in the comic book.

In fact, David wanted to be one of the characters in the comics along with Laura Neale, the daughter of dear friends, Ted and Cindy Neale. David and Laura both submitted their entries.

Out of thousands of entries, Laura was one of the winners and the comic book artists created her character named “Flex.” Even though David did not win, at the "San Diego Comic Convention" he helped out every way he could.

David even had the opportunity to do an interview with Jim Shooter, an early writer for the “Superman Comic Book Series” and former editor-in-chief of “Marvel Comics.” Jim was also the creator of “Defiant Comics,” the force behind the manifestation of the “Good Guys Comic Book Series.” David was thrilled. You can read his interview that was posted in the “Coronado Eagle Newspaper" by clicking the links above.

David even had the opportunity to experience with me the most embarrassing moment of my life. There was a costume contest at the "San Diego Comic Convention" every year from the very beginning. For most of the years, I showed up just as my right-brain-super-hero-for-health, Captain Biorhythm. Of course, I never won anything because in the late 1970s and 1980s brain integration and natural health was still considered outside the main stream.

In preparation for the contest, I told David I was going to expose the myth of everyone having only one personality. I decided to teach people about their right and left brain personalities by dressing in my left brain "Ralph Zuranski" business suit and having my right brain "Captain Biorhythm" costume underneath and then my integrated brain "Bioman" under that.

I told David that when it was my turn on stage, I would appear as Ralph, then take off that costume, reveal the "Captain Biorhythm" costume underneath and then strip down to the "Bioman" costume. My goal was to teach the audience about the benefits of using both their right and left brains together to become the ultimate human beings called" Biomen" and "Biowomen." I would then demonstrate how I could play tennis with two tennis rackets simultaneously.

Both David and I were in for a rude awakening. As I started to take off my "Ralph Zuranski" costume, the people in charge of the lighting thought that I was pervert. They believed I was going to expose a different part of my anatomy to shock the people in the audience.

They turned off the lights. I stood there in total darkness. Initially there was total silence. People did not know what to expect. Finally individuals started yelling out loud:
“Turn on the lights. Let him finish.”
“Get off the stage, you child molester.”

Many other unkind things were said. One kind person used his flashlight to beam a light on me so I could expose the three aspects of the human mind. As I finished with my “Bioman” costume, the ultimate integration of the right and left brain hemispheres, where people become totally realized human beings, capable of anything, I proudly walked off the stage. As I walked off the stage, the “Boos” of the audience punctuated the silence.

Even though I was reviled for doing something I believed was right and important, the verbal abuse and massive rejection was extremely painful. When I reached the back stage David was so concerned. He said, “How could you survive such an embarrassing situation?”

I told him, “David, if you really believe in the value and potential benefits of what you are doing and the message you are trying to get out to the world, no amount of embarrassment or harassment can stop you. Yes, I was totally embarrassed, but I don’t mind looking like a fool, if I am doing what I think is the right thing and trying to help others. Most of the people in the audience are just not ready for my message. Don’t ever be afraid to do the right thing...no matter the consequences. Ultimately, you will be victorious if you only persevere.”

As I look back on this most embarrassing of moments, I think of David’s dad who always did what was right. He single-handedly fought against the American Dental Association, to get them to realize that the Mercury amalgam fillings are not the best option for their patients.

The amount of difficulties his stand for what he thought was right created many problems for him and his family but, David fought for what he believed. He made a stand when few others would...a rare person the world needs more of now, especially in these days of wars, trials, tribulations, high gas prices, dead end jobs, etc.

Captain Biorhythms motto was, "Rise up heroes and heroines, the world needs you now." David was a true hero. His passing saddens my heart. But, I realize he is in heaven and experiencing incredible joy. I know he loved and served God and did everything he could do to help humanity with every ounce of his being.

David, we the family, friends and people left behind, that you served and you loved, will miss you very much. My heart goes out to David’s entire family. I am personally very grateful for the time we had together. You inspired and encouraged me to continue on with my heroes program.

Today I honor Doctor David Ganong, the father, friend and alternative medicine pioneer, who was such an inspiration and hero in my life. We stood shoulder to shoulder, trying to educate the world about the harmful effects of electromagnetic field radiation and the benefits of alternative medicine dentistry.

I was grateful to have someone stand beside me. You were a giant among men and your courage to take on the US government and huge medical and pharmaceutical organizations at your own expense was inspirational. You and your family suffered for you doing the right thing, to help people to understand the value of alternative medicine and the importance of the freedom of choice.

I salute you and raise a cheer for you. I was and am encouraged by your courageous example. You were a dear friend and someone who made a positive difference in the lives of many people while you were here on earth.
I just wish there were more men like you, David Ganong, my dear friend, who dedicated his life to doing the right thing and helping others for truly, by your presence here on earth you made the world a better place.

I can hardly wait to see you again in eternity and hug you as a dear brother for I know without a doubt your son David will make you proud. He is your legacy and the fulfillment of a parent’s job well done.

Many of the alternative medicine pioneers are also the health heroes for the In Search Of Heroes Program.

Doctor Michael Borkin, NMD is a leader and pioneer in research on hormones and how to balance them. Click Here to read Dr. Borkin's article about stress. Click Here to see videos of Dr. Borkin's health heroes interview. Click Here to see his video about overcoming stress.

Doctor Dean Howell, NMD created a therapy called Neurocranial Restructuring that balances all the bones in the body and skull so the entire body can work the way it was designed to. Click Here to listen to Dr. Howell's health heroes interview.

Richard Merbler is one of the top rolfers in the world who transforms people's bodies and emotions for the better through deep tissue massage.

Doctor Ralph Miranda, MD is a leader in medicine and a well-known speaker and teacher at medical conferences. Click Here to see his health heroes interview.

Doctor Bob Martin, MD is a leader in sports medicine and has worked with student and Olympic athletes.

Doctor Linda Martin, DO has one of the most well-rounded perspectives on medicine because she has been a human guinea pig for health for many years.

Doctor Robert Rowen, MD is personally responsible for medical freedom by making a stand for the residents of Alaska when he, Governor Hickel, Senator Ward and others fought to make beneficial therapies available for residents. Click Here to listen to Dr. Rowen's educational program.

Doctor Jonathan Wright, MD has been a pioneer in nutrition and wrote some of the first books on this subject. Click Here to see his health heroes video.


Posted by ralph at 11:07 PM |

"Listen to Paulie Sabol's In Search Of Heroes Interview and Be Amazed By A Very Unique Individual That Invests HIs Time and Money To Enhance the Quality and Value Of the Lives of Those Around Him" by Ralph Zuranski

 


Click Play to listen to Paulie Sabol's incredible and informative In Search Of Heroes Interview.

Click Here to visit Paulies heroes page.

Paulie Sabol is a real estate millionaire, online entrepreneur, and a highly sought after platform speaker. Paulie’s background reads like a life-long learner having built businesses in direct response marketing, publicity, investment advisory, and even workforce development for the State of Indiana. Currently, he uses this kaleidoscope of skills, abilities, contacts and credibility to build highly successful, instant enterprises while helping other people to do the same.

Paulie’s main two businesses are Homers of Northwest Indiana, LLC (his real estate business where he actively invests in real estate in the the US, as well as, abroad such as Panama.) and By Special Arrangements, Inc. an adult success training academy dedicated to providing success systems to entrepreneurs of all type and skill level.

Paulie’s unending enthusiasm, electric energy, and cutting edge information makes him a dominate force on the stage. Paulie is even responsible for some of the most important events in marketing and real estate investing. For example, Paulie produced the largest international CASHFLOW 101™ game in Las Vegas and is a partner in the The Internet Marketing Main Event which he runs with Mike Filsaime and the Internet Marketing Superconference with Carl Galletti.

Along with his seminar appearances, Paulie brings the seminar into your home with weekly telephone trainings every week. As a host, he is remarkable, knowing exactly what questions to ask and when, so you get the greatest benefits.

Paulie has a great heart and giving to others is very important to him. Every year Paulie runs an internship where he hosts up to 3 interns and coaches them in areas such as business, real estate and personal development. His interns go on to run their own successful business some even as his partner in specific ventures.

He also contributes to a number of charities that he supports including Unitus.com a microfinance organization ending world poverty though entrepreneurship and groups to advance civil rights.

When Paulie is not working, he enjoys a game of Dance Dance Revolution, Chess and being with people that are important to him such as family and friends.

Paulie is one of the trainers for the amazing Butterfly Marketing Program. This is one of the most amazing marketing programs I have ever seen and personally own.

I wrote the short article below about Mike's Butterfly Internet Marketing Program and his coaches: Tom, Donna Fox and Paulie Sabol that I thought you might enjoy reading and find informative.

"Discover an amazing revolution in internet marketing that generates incredible amounts of passive income so you only have to build websites once and then sit back and enjoy a continuous stream of income that shows up in your mailbox or PayPal account just like clockwork for years to come."

The Butterfly Internet Marketing Program is a Top-Secret home study course on online marketing strategies. It includes a valuable, easy-to-use software program that produces large opt-in lists in record time, while it generates passive income without using any high pressure sales tactics whatsoever.

If you want to learn how to build a huge, money making Opt-in database of hungry customers and brand yourself as a top internet marketer, who builds Auto-Pilot businesses with numerous passive streams of income, quicker and easier than you ever dreamed possible, then this program is for you...no matter your level of experience.

If you are sick and tired of watching the lucky few internet marketers with deep connections to the other successful marketers get richer and richer, off everyone else, then invest in this home study course and software that is taking the internet by storm. It may just change your life dramatically for the better. I am going to start using this program today and am so excited, I could spit!!!

Hi, my name is Ralph Zuranski. I have been working on my "In Search Of Heroes Program" for over 14 years. It has taken this long for the technology to catch up to my dreams.

Mike Filsaime's "Butterfly Internet Marketing Program" is a dream come true. Finally, there is an in-depth training program that includes easy to use software that creates an endless stream of money producing websites.

When I learned about Mike's program this year, I did back flips because I knew it was the training program and software that would allow every "In Search Of Heroes Program" in every community to generate massive amounts of passive income to cover the employee and business expenses and still leave tons of money for desperately needed community programs.

Now that the city, state and local governments are cutting back on valuable community programs, it is time for concerned individuals to take matters into their own hands. With Mike's "Butterfly Marketing Course" it is possible to take anyone with a little online savvy and turn them into the 'Dale Carnegie' of their community.

I recently shot photos of Mike and his team of experts at the different internet marketing conferences, including the recent "Big Seminar in Atlanta, "Yanik Silver's Underground Online Marketing Seminar" and "Mark Victor Hansen's Mega Marketing Magic Seminar."

At each recent seminar I listened to Mike's amazing presentation and talked with Tom Beal, Paulie Sabol and Donna Fox...his incredible team of trainers. The more I talked with them, the more excited I became. I quickly realized "Butterfly Internet Marketing Program" was the solution I had been praying for over the last 14 years.

That is why I know Mike's training course is so incredible. I personally know Michel Fortin, Richard Schefren, Craig Perrine, Tom Beal, Donna Fox, Paulie Sabol and many of the other experts Mike uses to teach you how to be successful. The training CDs that come with the program are the best-of-the-best I have ever had the opportunity to listen to.

These individuals have tapped into the Dale Carnegie's secret strategy for amassing a huge fortune that was shared with Napoleon Hill and Earl Nightingale. You can learn why and how to become successful by listening to their heroes interviews.

Mike was kind enough to award me with one of his Butterfly Internet Marketing Programs to help generate income to launch my "In Search Of Heroes" Membership site. He appreciated all the photographs I took of him and the leaders in internet marketing over the last 3 years. Of course, the photos he cherished the most were those of him and his dad at the "Big Seminar in Atlanta."

Mike knew one of the secrets of becoming rich and famous. He realized that if you can get your photo taken with important people at seminars, you soon become an important person through "Fame by association." This unique notoriety allowed Mike to get to know the leaders in the internet industry as friends and potential joint venture partners.

When Mike created the The "Butterfly Internet Marketing Program" that is worth it's weight in gold, his joint venture partners were ready, willing and able to recommend the program to their loyal mailing list members. In five short days, there was over $1,000,000 in gross sales. It was time for Mike to reap the rewards promised by Earl Nightingale because of the quality and value of Mike's "Butterfly Internet Marketing Program."

In a very short period of time, Mike and his brilliant staff of coaches and joint venture partners completely sold out of the original 1500 licenses at $997. The new price is $1495...and worth every penny.

I can tell you right now that it is one of the vehicles I will use to attain my dreams of financial prosperity personally and for the "In Search Of Heroes Program."

It is high time we start spreading "Good News" about local heroes through a grassroots program that is self-funding and that teaches young people how to make money on the internet by creating and selling many different types of new and used products on E-bay...their own and others.

Don't miss out on this opportunity of a lifetime. If you are desperate to become incredibly successful on the internet, invest in your own copy of the Butterfly Internet Marketing Program.

Posted by ralph at 06:55 PM |

April 28, 2006

"Mike Filsaime Is A Leader In Internet Marketing and Just Released One of the Most Successful Marketing and Training Programs Ever In the History of the Internet Called Butterfly Marketing" by Ralph Zuranski

 


Click Play to listen to Mike Filsaime's valuable information-packed, mind-expanding, and awesomely inspiring In Search Of Heroes Interview.

Click Here to visit Mike's Heroes page.

Mike Filsaime is a very unique human being. He believes in honesty, integrity and your word being your bond...and practices what he preaches.

Mike is an author, software developer, renowned speaker, personal coach, business consultant, and most of all... an intensive marketer. After years of the best training and sales education money can buy, Mike became a leader in the Auto Sales Industry.

Mike was the General Manager of one of the nation's largest Auto Dealers. After fourteen years in the auto business, along with his education at New York Institute of Technology in Computer Science and Business Administration, Mike began to understand Marketing, Advertising, Sales, Customer Service, and long term Business Principles.

Mike was a leader and general manager for many people at this dealership. Many individuals were trained by Mike to become some of the highest paid sales people in the auto industry today.

Over the last four years, Mike learned how to use the Internet to leverage success in many different areas. Mike teaches his successful and innovative concepts to people in a way that causes them to fulfill their ultimate potential in their chosen field.

Many of Mike's protégé's have achieved incredible success in a very short amount of time after working with him. Mike knows how to make people believe in themselves and their dreams. He teaches them the strategies and techniques they need to gain the 'upper hand' over their competitors. He creates and provides the sales and marketing tools that allow anyone to dominate their niche.

Mike believes in the value of continued learning. He makes every attempt to stay on the cutting-edge of marketing, training and the internet sales techniques and strategies. He personally attends numerous seminars every year, as a speaker, attendee and Guest VIP. He purchases all the training courses and marketing systems from the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. He then analyzes and studies them to find the breakthrough information or secret strategies that help him and his clients blaze trail like shooting stars to one incredible success after another.

Mike's home base is in Long Island, NY. He envisions growing a $100 Million Company in the years to come. His goal is to find, teach and grow numerous individuals into the stars he knows they can be so they can help him build a huge, adaptable Fortune 500 company that dominates its industry. Mike knows that the people he mentors be there on that glorious day when the entire awards banquet is filled with other multi-millionaires.

Mike is a marketing genius and the creator of the amazing Butterfly Marketing Program.

I wrote the short article below about Mike's Butterfly Internet Marketing Program and his coaches: Tom, Donna Fox and Paulie Sabol that I thought you might enjoy reading and find informative.

"Discover an amazing revolution in internet marketing that generates incredible amounts of passive income so you only have to build websites once and then sit back and enjoy a continuous stream of income that shows up in your mailbox or PayPal account just like clockwork for years to come."

The Butterfly Internet Marketing Program is a Top-Secret home study course on online marketing strategies. It includes a valuable, easy-to-use software program that produces large opt-in lists in record time, while it generates passive income without using any high pressure sales tactics whatsoever.

If you want to learn how to build a huge, money making Opt-in database of hungry customers and brand yourself as a top internet marketer, who builds Auto-Pilot businesses with numerous passive streams of income, quicker and easier than you ever dreamed possible, then this program is for you...no matter your level of experience.

If you are sick and tired of watching the lucky few internet marketers with deep connections to the other successful marketers get richer and richer, off everyone else, then invest in this home study course and software that is taking the internet by storm. It may just change your life dramatically for the better. I am going to start using this program today and am so excited, I could spit!!!

Hi, my name is Ralph Zuranski. I have been working on my "In Search Of Heroes Program" for over 14 years. It has taken this long for the technology to catch up to my dreams.

Mike Filsaime's "Butterfly Internet Marketing Program" is a dream come true. Finally, there is an in-depth training program that includes easy to use software that creates an endless stream of money producing websites.

When I learned about Mike's program this year, I did back flips because I knew it was the training program and software that would allow every "In Search Of Heroes Program" in every community to generate massive amounts of passive income to cover the employee and business expenses and still leave tons of money for desperately needed community programs.

Now that the city, state and local governments are cutting back on valuable community programs, it is time for concerned individuals to take matters into their own hands. With Mike's "Butterfly Marketing Course" it is possible to take anyone with a little online savvy and turn them into the 'Dale Carnegie' of their community.

I recently shot photos of Mike and his team of experts at the different internet marketing conferences, including the recent "Big Seminar in Atlanta, "Yanik Silver's Underground Online Marketing Seminar" and "Mark Victor Hansen's Mega Marketing Magic Seminar."

At each recent seminar I listened to Mike's amazing presentation and talked with Tom Beal, Paulie Sabol and Donna Fox...his incredible team of trainers. The more I talked with them, the more excited I became. I quickly realized "Butterfly Internet Marketing Program" was the solution I had been praying for over the last 14 years.

That is why I know Mike's training course is so incredible. I personally know Michel Fortin, Richard Schefren, Craig Perrine, Tom Beal, Donna Fox, Paulie Sabol and many of the other experts Mike uses to teach you how to be successful. The training CDs that come with the program are the best-of-the-best I have ever had the opportunity to listen to.

These individuals have tapped into the Dale Carnegie's secret strategy for amassing a huge fortune that was shared with Napoleon Hill and Earl Nightingale. You can learn why and how to become successful by listening to their heroes interviews.

Mike was kind enough to award me with one of his Butterfly Internet Marketing Programs to help generate income to launch my "In Search Of Heroes" Membership site. He appreciated all the photographs I took of him and the leaders in internet marketing over the last 3 years. Of course, the photos he cherished the most were those of him and his dad at the "Big Seminar in Atlanta."

Mike knew one of the secrets of becoming rich and famous. He realized that if you can get your photo taken with important people at seminars, you soon become an important person through "Fame by association." This unique notoriety allowed Mike to get to know the leaders in the internet industry as friends and potential joint venture partners.

When Mike created the The "Butterfly Internet Marketing Program" that is worth it's weight in gold, his joint venture partners were ready, willing and able to recommend the program to their loyal mailing list members. In five short days, there was over $1,000,000 in gross sales. It was time for Mike to reap the rewards promised by Earl Nightingale because of the quality and value of Mike's "Butterfly Internet Marketing Program."

In a very short period of time, Mike and his brilliant staff of coaches and joint venture partners completely sold out of the original 1500 licenses at $997. The new price is $1495...and worth every penny.

I can tell you right now that it is one of the vehicles I will use to attain my dreams of financial prosperity personally and for the "In Search Of Heroes Program."

It is high time we start spreading "Good News" about local heroes through a grassroots program that is self-funding and that teaches young people how to make money on the internet by creating and selling many different types of new and used products on E-bay...their own and others.

Don't miss out on this opportunity of a lifetime. If you are desperate to become incredibly successful on the internet, invest in your own copy of the Butterfly Internet Marketing Program.

Posted by ralph at 11:17 PM |

April 27, 2006

"Donna Fox Is An Amazing Business Women Who Is Not Only Very Successful In An Industry Dominated By Men But Also One of the Kindest and Most Compassionate People On the Face of the Planet" by Ralph Zuranski

 

 
Click Play to listen to Donna Fox's emotional, moving, and extremely inspiring In Search Of Heroes Interview.

Donna Fox bought her first piece of real estate during her first year of law school, with no job, no income and no prospects for at least two years. She purchased her condo in Chicago where she still lives today, saving her change from purchases in a jar for the down payment, finding a motivated seller, and buying a good deal.

As a clerk during her first semester of law school, she was given an assignment to fill in the blanks on some documents from information in the client's file. When she returned the completed documents to her boss, he said, "Congratulations, you just incorporated your first business." This was the first of many lessons which taught her that corporations are just a series of well-written documents.

After leaving law school, Donna began short stints in the areas of appellate law, criminal law, medical malpractice, personal injury, products liability and estate planning before returning to her roots with a career in corporate law. Since then she has worked with small business owners to Fortune 500 firms, literally hundreds of companies. She has been honored to sit on the board of directors of several of them.

In October 2001, Donna left her career in law to begin her first company, Homers of Northwest Indiana, LLC. In its first year, Homers managed the purchase of a million dollars worth of real estate.

Now Donna is embarking on a new venture, reflecting a commitment to providing quality education for entrepreneurs. Donna specializes in seminars and products that teach business owners how to accomplish their goals creatively and legally.

Donna is also one of the coaches and trainers for the amazing Butterfly Marketing Program. This is one of the most valuable and cutting-edge marketing programs I have ever seen.

I wrote the short article below about Mike's Butterfly Internet Marketing Program and his coaches: Tom, Donna Fox and Paulie Sabol that I thought you might enjoy reading and find informative.

"Discover an amazing revolution in internet marketing that generates incredible amounts of passive income so you only have to build websites once and then sit back and enjoy a continuous stream of income that shows up in your mailbox or PayPal account just like clockwork for years to come."

The Butterfly Internet Marketing Program is a Top-Secret home study course on online marketing strategies. It includes a valuable, easy-to-use software program that produces large opt-in lists in record time, while it generates passive income without using any high pressure sales tactics whatsoever.

If you want to learn how to build a huge, money making Opt-in database of hungry customers and brand yourself as a top internet marketer, who builds Auto-Pilot businesses with numerous passive streams of income, quicker and easier than you ever dreamed possible, then this program is for you...no matter your level of experience.

If you are sick and tired of watching the lucky few internet marketers with deep connections to the other successful marketers get richer and richer, off everyone else, then invest in this home study course and software that is taking the internet by storm. It may just change your life dramatically for the better. I am going to start using this program today and am so excited, I could spit!!!

Hi, my name is Ralph Zuranski. I have been working on my "In Search Of Heroes Program" for over 14 years. It has taken this long for the technology to catch up to my dreams. 

Mike Filsaime's "Butterfly Internet Marketing Program" is a dream come true. Finally, there is an in-depth training program that includes easy to use software that creates an endless stream of money producing websites. 

When I learned about Mike's program this year, I did back flips because I knew it was the training program and software that would allow every "In Search Of Heroes Program" in every community to generate massive amounts of passive income to cover the employee and business expenses and still leave tons of money for desperately needed community programs.

Now that the city, state and local governments are cutting back on valuable community programs, it is time for concerned individuals to take matters into their own hands. With Mike's "Butterfly Marketing Course" it is possible to take anyone with a little online savvy and turn them into the 'Dale Carnegie' of their community.

I recently shot photos of Mike and his team of experts at the different internet marketing conferences, including the recent "Big Seminar in Atlanta, "Yanik Silver's Underground Online Marketing Seminar" and "Mark Victor Hansen's Mega Marketing Magic Seminar."

At each recent seminar I listened to Mike's amazing presentation and talked with Tom Beal, Paulie Sabol and Donna Fox...his incredible team of trainers. The more I talked with them, the more excited I became. I quickly realized "Butterfly Internet Marketing Program" was the solution I had been praying for over the last 14 years.

That is why I know Mike's training course is so incredible. I personally know Michel Fortin, Richard Schefren, Craig Perrine, Tom Beal, Donna Fox, Paulie Sabol and many of the other experts Mike uses to teach you how to be successful. The training CDs that come with the program are the best-of-the-best I have ever had the opportunity to listen to.

These individuals have tapped into the Dale Carnegie's secret strategy for amassing a huge fortune that was shared with Napoleon Hill and Earl Nightingale. You can learn why and how to become successful by listening to their heroes interviews.

Mike was kind enough to award me with one of his Butterfly Internet Marketing Programs to help generate income to launch my "In Search Of Heroes" Membership site. He appreciated all the photographs I took of him and the leaders in internet marketing over the last 3 years. Of course, the photos he cherished the most were those of him and his dad at the "Big Seminar in Atlanta."

Mike knew one of the secrets of becoming rich and famous. He realized that if you can get your photo taken with important people at seminars, you soon become an important person through "Fame by association." This unique notoriety allowed Mike to get to know the leaders in the internet industry as friends and potential joint venture partners.

When Mike created the The "Butterfly Internet Marketing Program" that is worth it's weight in gold, his joint venture partners were ready, willing and able to recommend the program to their loyal mailing list members. In five short days, there was over $1,000,000 in gross sales. It was time for Mike to reap the rewards promised by Earl Nightingale because of the quality and value of Mike's "Butterfly Internet Marketing Program."

In a very short period of time, Mike and his brilliant staff of coaches and joint venture partners completely sold out of the original 1500 licenses at $997. The new price is $1495...and worth every penny.

I can tell you right now that it is one of the vehicles I will use to attain my dreams of financial prosperity personally and for the "In Search Of Heroes Program."

It is high time we start spreading "Good News" about local heroes through a grassroots program that is self-funding and that teaches young people how to make money on the internet by creating and selling many different types of new and used products on E-bay...their own and others. 

Don't miss out on this opportunity of a lifetime. If you are desperate to become incredibly successful on the internet, invest in your own copy of the Butterfly Internet Marketing Program.

Posted by ralph at 11:29 PM |

"Education-Based Marketing: How to Make Business Come to You" by David Frey

Click Here to be amazed by David Frey's In Search Of Heroes interview. It was one of the best ever. His knowledge and thought process is nothing short of astounding, amazing...incredible.

There is a misconception in small businesses that your marketing's most important function is to promote your products and services. In fact, the most important function of your marketing should be to establish that you are knowledgeable and can be trusted.

Most of us don't do business with people we don't trust. Even if you have the lowest prices, if your prospect doesn’t trust you, it will be difficult to close the sale. This is the basis for Education-Based Marketing.

Education-Based Marketing is a powerful marketing strategy that establishes trust and credibility using educational messages. It is the direct opposite of traditional marketing, which uses selling-based messages.

People are tired of hearing worn-out, old sales pitches. Barriers shoot up the moment you begin delivering a sales pitch. In contrast, people sit up and listen when you share important facts and expert information that help them make a good buying decision.

Determining Your Educational Message

Imagine stepping into the mind of your prospect and listening to their mental conversation at the very moment they decide to begin shopping for a spa or pool. What questions are they asking themselves? The secret to attracting qualified prospects early in the sales cycle is to find out the answers to those questions and use them as the basis for your educational marketing message.

For instance, if you were to offer your prospect the choice between two free special reports, one titled “Why brand A is the best widget on the market” and the other titled, “Six Little-Known Secrets to Purchasing the Right Widget for Your Family,” which do you think would be chosen?

From my experience, the second report will out pull the first report 10:1. Educational information that helps your prospects solve problems and make better decisions is the type of information that will attract prospects.

How To Package Your Educational Marketing Message to Generate Qualified Prospects

Once you have developed your educational message you need to package it and offer it for free in exchange for your prospect’s contact information. This is critical. Effective marketing is not just a matter of getting the word out but more importantly, getting a response back.

You can package your educational message in a format your prospect will respond to such as a written special report, an audiocassette, a video tape, an email course, a CD-ROM, a seminar, or even a toll-free phone message.

An important aspect to making your educational message enticing is to give it a great title. You’ll notice in the second title I just mentioned I used a number (six) and the word “secrets.” People like numbered lists and knowing things other people don’t know (i.e. secrets). Put those two together and you have an almost irresistible title. Give your educational messages exciting titles and they will attract qualified prospects.

How To Deliver Your Educational Marketing Message

Now that you have developed and packaged your education message, you should develop strategies and processes to give it away. To do this you must first identify all the “customer touch points” in your business and offer your educational message at each one of those touch points. Common customer touch points are your business phone, website, advertising, publicity, networking conversations, home shows, etc.

For instance, instead of ending your business phone conversations like this,

“Well Mrs. Jones, thanks so much for calling and I hope you come by and visit us.” End your phone conversation with an offer like this, “Well Mrs. Jones, thanks so much for calling. By the way, we’ve just developed a great special report that talks about the top 10 common mistakes that people make when buying a widget. If you’ll give me your address I’ll send it to you free of charge. Would that be okay?”

You’ve just accomplished three very important things with this telephone strategy, (1) you’ve generated goodwill by offering a valuable free gift, (2) you got your prospect’s contact information so that you can continue to market to her, and (3) you now have a reason for a follow up phone call after she receives and has read the special report.

Resist the Urge to Give a Sales Pitch

It’s easy to set your small business apart using Education-Based Marketing because most of your competitors are using selling-based marketing. The beauty of Education-Based Marketing is that you give prospective customers what they want, information and advice — and remove what they don't want, a sales pitch.


By offering helpful advice, you establish yourself as an authority because prospects see you as a reliable source of information. Be careful not to give in to the urge to include a sales pitch with your educational message. This will only erode the trust you have established and make you the same as your competitors in the eyes of your prospect.

Instead, after you have provided some helpful information you should warmly invite your prospects to call you, visit your website, come to your store, or take advantage of your free offer to do an onsite visit.

Conclusion

Education-Based Marketing captures prospects earlier in the decision process and establishes a relationship of trust, resulting in dramatically higher sales and closing ratios. Those small businesses that seek to develop a relationship of trust by delivering a non-threatening educational message will position themselves as their prospect’s first choice from which to buy your product or service.

David's Training and Educational Programs are Phenomenal

The Make Straight A's in School Program
The Small Business Marketing Bible
The Instant Referral System
The Coaches and Consultants Marketing Bootcamp

Posted by ralph at 08:01 PM |

April 26, 2006

"Listen to Tom Beal's In Search Of Heroes Interview Becuase You Don't Want to Miss Out on the Secret Strategies of Success From A Person Who Died, Went to Heaven and Came Back To Earth Becuase He Knew His Work For God Was Not Completed" by Ralph Zuranski

Click Here to listen to Tom's own interviews with business experts.

 

Click Play to listen to Tom Beal's astounding, mind-blowing In Search Of Heroes Interview.

 

Tom Beal is a master of assisting people in reaching the top of their chosen professions...while overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Tom has a track record of personal miraculous recoveries that are nothing short of incredible. He can help you attain incredible success in your life.

Tom was born to a mom and dad still in their teens. As a child, he suffered through the four divorces and six marriages of his parents. What a nightmare...and people wonder if divorce has a negative impact on children.

 

Tom attended 9 different schools by the 8th grade. His life was filled with tragedy, emotional pain, incredible loss. He even survived death...to return to earth right before stepping through the 'Pearly Gates' into heaven. He knew God had more work for him to do and his life mission was not yet completed.

 

Tom's life reads almost like a story from the "X-Files." He was able to become a National Bicycle Champion in the forerunner of the "X-Games. He achieved incredible success in the US Marine Corp by becoming the #1 Honor Graduate from the "USMC Boot Camp." After his stint in the military, Tom became the Number One sales person in 5 separate sales organizations. He was the creator and  Publisher of "The North Carolina Home Book." Also, he has created numerous top rated web sites.

 

Tom works with the rich and famous. NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback Jim Kelly, Best Selling Author’s Jeffrey Gitomer and Dr. Joe Vitale, and numerous millionaire marketers are a few of his clients. Tom is a successful personal & business development consultant and conducts powerful live presentations.

 

Tom is also one of the coaches and trainers for the amazing Butterfly Marketing Program. This is one of the most valuable and cutting-edge marketing programs I have ever seen.

 

I wrote the short article below about Mike's Butterfly Marketing Program and his coaches: Tom, Donna Fox and Paulie Sabol that I thought you might enjoy reading and find informative.

"Discover an amazing revolution in internet marketing that generates incredible amounts of passive income so you only have to build websites once and then sit back and enjoy a continuous stream of income that shows up in your mailbox or PayPal account just like clockwork for years to come."

The Butterfly Internet Marketing Program is a Top-Secret home study course on online marketing strategies. It includes a valuable, easy-to-use software program that produces large opt-in lists in record time, while it generates passive income without using any high pressure sales tactics whatsoever.

If you want to learn how to build a huge, money making Opt-in database of hungry customers and brand yourself as a top internet marketer, who builds Auto-Pilot businesses with numerous passive streams of income, quicker and easier than you ever dreamed possible, then this program is for you...no matter your level of experience.

If you are sick and tired of watching the lucky few internet marketers with deep connections to the other successful marketers get richer and richer, off everyone else, then invest in this home study course and software that is taking the internet by storm. It may just change your life dramatically for the better. I am going to start using this program today and am so excited, I could spit!!!

Hi, my name is Ralph Zuranski. I have been working on my "In Search Of Heroes Program" for over 14 years. It has taken this long for the technology to catch up to my dreams. 

 

Mike Filsaime's "Butterfly Marketing Home Study Course and Software" is a dream come true. Finally, there is an in-depth training program that includes easy to use software that creates an endless stream of money producing websites. 

 

When I learned about Mike's program this year, I did back flips because I knew it was the training program and software that would allow every "In Search Of Heroes Program" in every community to generate massive amounts of passive income to cover the employee and business expenses and still leave tons of money for desperately needed community programs.

 

Now that the city, state and local governments are cutting back on valuable community programs, it is time for concerned individuals to take matters into their own hands. With Mike's "Butterfly Marketing Course" it is possible to take anyone with a little online savvy and turn them into the 'Dale Carnegie' of their community.

 

I recently shot photos of Mike and his team of experts at the different internet marketing conferences, including the recent "Big Seminar in Atlanta, "Yanik Silver's Underground Online Marketing Seminar" and "Mark Victor Hansen's Mega Marketing Magic Seminar."

 

At each recent seminar I listened to Mike's amazing presentation and talked with Tom Beal, Paulie Sabol and Donna Fox...his incredible team of trainers. The more I talked with them, the more excited I became. I quickly realized "Butterfly Marketing" was the solution I had been praying for over the last 14 years.

 

That is why I know Mike's training course is so incredible. I personally know Michel Fortin, Richard Schefren, Craig Perrine, Tom Beal, Donna Fox, Paulie Sabol and many of the other experts Mike uses to teach you how to be successful. The training CDs that come with the program are the best-of-the-best I have ever had the opportunity to listen to.

 

These individuals have tapped into the Dale Carnegie's secret strategy for amassing a huge fortune that was shared with Napoleon Hill and Earl Nightingale. You can learn why and how to become successful by listening to their heroes interviews.

 

Mike was kind enough to award me with one of his Butterfly Marketing Programs to help generate income to launch my "In Search Of Heroes" Membership site. He appreciated all the photographs I took of him and the leaders in internet marketing over the last 3 years. Of course, the photos he cherished the most were those of him and his dad at the "Big Seminar in Atlanta."

 

Mike knew one of the secrets of becoming rich and famous. He realized that if you can get your photo taken with important people at seminars, you soon become an important person through "Fame by association." This unique notoriety allowed Mike to get to know the leaders in the internet industry as friends and potential joint venture partners.

 

When Mike created the The "Butterfly Marketing Program" that is worth it's weight in gold, his joint venture partners were ready, willing and able to recommend the program to their loyal mailing list members. In five short days, there was over $1,000,000 in gross sales. It was time for Mike to reap the rewards promised by Earl Nightingale because of the quality and value of Mike's "Butterfly Marketing Program."

 

In a very short period of time, Mike and his brilliant staff of coaches and joint venture partners completely sold out of the original 1500 licenses at $997. The new price is $1495...and worth every penny.

 

I can tell you right now that it is one of the vehicles I will use to attain my dreams of financial prosperity personally and for the "In Search Of Heroes Program."

 

It is high time we start spreading "Good News" about local heroes through a grassroots program that is self-funding and that teaches young people how to make money on the internet by creating and  selling many different types of new and used products on E-bay...their own and others. 

 

Don't miss out on this opportunity of a lifetime. If you are desperate to become incredibly successful on the internet, invest in your own copy of the Butterfly Marketing Program.

 

Posted by ralph at 11:26 PM |

"The Curiously Strong Way to Expand Your Business" by David Frey

Click Here to be amazed by David Frey's In Search Of Heroes interview. It was one of the best ever. His knowledge and thought process is nothing short of astounding, amazing...incredible.

Do you have a successful business but don't know how to expand it?

Do your customers love your products and services and often tell you that you should take your business nationwide? (or worldwide?)

Do you have a unique business concept that if you could just get people to sell it for you, you know it would be a huge hit?

Do you have a great product or service but you're struggling to find commissioned salespeople that will sell it for you?

__________

These are common frustrations that I often hear from small business owners.

I received an email the other day that reminded me of one simple solution that solves the aforementioned problems.

Okay, maybe it's not so simple, but it's definitely one solution that is widely employed but only by a very small subset of businesses.

The Solution to the Problem and the Curiously Strong Email that I Received that Reminded Me of this Solution

Here's a snapshot of the the email I received that reminded me of this solution.

http://url123.com/8ggrs

Did you have the same reaction I did?

Altoids?

A franchise?

What a novel idea.

Well, it's not actually a franchise they're advertising, but...franchising IS a very effective way to expand your business.

How a Friend of Mine Grew a Consulting Franchise from $0 to $8 Million in Less than 10 Months

I witnessed first hand how effective franchising can be when a friend of mine started a consulting franchise from scratch and built it into an $8 million dollar company in less than 10 months!

And he didn't even have one client!

Can you believe that.

He didn't have one client. He simply took his processes, procedures and business model and franchised it and then sold it to other consultants.

Actually, he "licensed" his system rather than franchising it.

It was amazing to behold. (I was a little jealous :-)

But Why Do So Very Few Business Owners Franchise?

...Probably for several reasons:

1. They think it's too complicated.

2. They fear they'll lose control.

3. They believe it's very expensive.

4. They don't think they have a business that can be

franchised.


Or, they probably just didn't know how to go about it so they never pursued it.

All of these fears are unfounded.

They are myths (like my friend proved).

Most any business can be franchised.

The franchisability of a business has more to do with how you run your business than the business you are in.

Here Are Ten Elements that Make Your Business Franchiseable

1. First

You do need a decent business concept. But it doesn't have to be a novel concept. Heck, look at how many hamburger joints are franchised.

2. Second

You should have a good operational system. This means that many of your operations are somewhat systematized.


(If you want a good step-by-step guide by someone who used to do this for a living go to http://www.successideas.com/BizBlueprint.htm)


3. Third

Your business needs to be somewhat simple. By that I mean, you should be able to teach it to someone else in a relatively short amount of time.


4. Fourth

Your business needs to make money. It's no use franchising a business that isn't profitable. If your franchisee can make around a 15% return on their money then you're okay.


5. Fifth

You have to be able to manage a corporation. You no longer will be managing a small business so you'll have to put your franchisor hat on and sharpen your management skills.


6. Sixth

Does your business have a uniqueness to it. This flies in the face of what I told you in the first element, but it does help.


7. Seventh

Your business needs to be able to thrive in any locale. It should not have a regional flavor to it to the point that it wouldn't work in another part of the country.


8. Eighth

The industry your business is in preferably should not be dominated by huge conglomerates. Industries with lots of Mom and Pop shops is a good sign.


9. Ninth

Can the inventory that your business uses be financed. You'll need to create financial leverage so it's best to have assets that can be financed.


10. Tenth

Are you willing to take advice and invest in the proper help you'll need to franchise your business. You might be a great window company but you probably don't know much about franchising so you'll need to invest in professional help.

The following are several companies that help small businesses who want to franchise make their dream a reality.

___________

FranCorp

http://www.FranCorp.com/

Premier Franchising

http://www.PremierFranchising.com

Horwath Franchising

http://www.franchise-executive.com

The iFranchise Group

http://www.ifranchise.net

The Franchise Strategies Group

http://www.FranchiseGroup.com

NOTE: I have no personal experience with any of these companies and do not endorse any one franshise consulting company.

Conclusion

Franchising is a viable marketing strategy to expand your business. Again, I've seen franchising literally explode businesses in a very short period of time.

And there are other ways of expanding your business without having to "franchise" your business. But I'm not a lawyer so I'm going to talk about them. :-)


David's Training and Educational Programs are Phenomenal

The Make Straight A's in School Program
The Small Business Marketing Bible
The Instant Referral System
The Coaches and Consultants Marketing Bootcamp

Posted by ralph at 07:55 PM |

"5 High Profit Secrets To Write Better eBay Listings!" by Jason James

How do you make more money on eBay with your current and/or future listings? That's the question that is demanding an answer.

Making money on eBay and selling products through auctions is much like owning your own brick and mortar store. For example, when people come to a store, the most important aspect to selling anything is in the way it's presented.

Big companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars to have people build presentable displays of products so they sell. It's call merchandising.

That's the answer to making more money on eBay. Merchandising.

Or, in eBay auction terms, writing your product listing. Here's five high profit ways you can write better listings.

1. HTML it!

Take some time to learn some basic HTML, or the language the web uses to display websites.

Using HTML you can easily create a very nice looking "display" of your product and build a brand for yourself. By keeping the same look in all your listings people will feel comfortable with your position as a seller and theirs as the buyer.

HTML allows you the opportunity to make your listing stand out and be more professional. Use the HTML editor on the product listing page to make it much easier, even if you don't know a lot HTML.

2. Don't Scream At People.

One of the biggest mistakes people with their eBay listing is the use of all capital letters in the title. IT'S VERY ANNOYING!

Using capital letters is a means of expressing surprise, anger, sadness, discouragement, and other sorts of unhappy emotions. Not a great way to instill an emotional response to buy.

Now, notice I didn't say don't use any caps in your title. Just not all caps. A title is just that... a title. Think of a book title or movie title. Capitalize the first letter of each word.

3. Your eBay listing must be clear.

When presenting a listing for your product you must make it absolutely clear what you are selling. Concise descriptions as well as crystal clear pictures will keep your prospective customer interested in the product. If they are unsure about anything, at any time... you will probably lose them to your competitor.

4. True Powersellers go a step further.

It's not enough to make the product listing very clear, but also your terms and conditions. This means your shipping policy and costs, return policy, any warranties that you, or the company, offer, and any guarantees associated with the product.

This goes the extra mile into creating a comfortable atmosphere where the person reading your listing will be more inclined to buy from you.

5. Follow a listing schedule.

Before you ever place the listing ask yourself a question, "Is this the best time to sell it?" Even the best, most thought out listing, will fail if the time isn't right.

Create a listing schedule that clearly lists the starting and ending dates of your auction. This will ensure that, if you're selling holiday products or seasonal products, the buyer will receive them on time.

Your listing is a part of your business. This is where you begin to build a long lasting relationship, one of comfort and recognition, that continues for long lasting income.

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Resources Box:

Jason James is a 10 year Internet marketing veteran and an eBay Power Seller of 4 years. His website "The Auction Resource Network" reveals his inside secrets, tips, and sources that help him pocket over $10,000 per month on eBay. His proven step-by-step system shows even users with little or no business experience how they too can make huge profits selling products at online auctions.

Claim your FREE 14 Day "Learn How to Sell on eBay" e-Course Here:
http://www.auctionresourcenetwork.com

Posted by ralph at 10:20 AM |

April 25, 2006

"Listen to Len Thurmond's Mind-Blowing In Search Of Heroes Interview" by Ralph Zuranski

"Len Thurmond Is an Old-Timer In the Internet Marketing Industry and Has Helped Many of the Leading Internet Marketers Become Success With His Proven Techniques and Powerful Software Program"

Click Here to be astounded, amazed, mind-blown...entertained, inspired and motivated!

Len is one of the most radical and amazing people I have had the privilege to interview. His story is a testament to the power of your mind when you make a decision that is irrevocable.

Len Thurmond (http://LenThurmond.com) is one of the genuine "Old Timers" of Internet Marketing, having built his first Marketing Website in 1995. His heroes interview is nothing short of astounding. I never imagined I would meet someone who experienced a radical life and lived to tell about it.

Since then he has become very successful by developing and perfecting a number of profitable Marketing Systems using the Internet as his tool of choice, and then teaching these methods to thousands of other entrepreneurs, hungry for knowledge.

Len has spent the last few years diligently studying and developing systems to capitalize on Free Traffic from the search engines. And most recently, has completed the project he's been developing for over two years, which encompasses all his software, and tried and proven techniques, into a single integrated Traffic Generation System called "AASB". (This system is planned for release in Early June of 2006)

Len was born into the baby boomer generation and has a LOT of interesting opinions on life, love, and happiness, and believes that anyone can do whatever they set out to do, if they can just believe in themselves.

And in a very uncharacteristic Interview with Ralph Zuranski, Len was kind enough to share his inner most feelings and opinions with us.

To quote Len..."If just one person can be helped to believe that they too can pull themselves up by the bootstraps, and become more than they are today, then this interview will be well worth the time.

Len's Programs are:
Traffic On Steroids
Article Automator
Auto-Blogger
Free Traffic Seminar With Shawn Casey
Mark Joiner Special
Auto Web Design


Here's to Your Success,
Len Thurmond
770-591-9617

Posted by ralph at 10:12 PM |

"Follow-Up Marketing: How to Win More Sales with Less Effort" by David Frey

Click Here to be amazed by David Frey's In Search Of Heroes interview. It was one of the best ever. His knowledge and thought process is nothing short of astounding, amazing...incredible.

A study done by the Association of Sales Executives revealed that 81% of all sales happens on or after the fifth contact. If you’re a small business owner and you’re only doing one or two follow-ups imagine all the business you’re losing. Not following up with your prospects and customers is the same as filling up your bathtub without first putting the stopper in the drain!

But don’t be disheartened if you’re among the 90% of business owners I talk to that don’t do any follow up. The good news is you have ample room for profitable improvement. Consistent follow-up creates a predictable and profitable stream of prospects and customers that buy. Small businesses that capture leads and follow-up with them enjoy higher conversion rates and a higher percentage of referrals than those that don’t.

After asking many small business owners the reason they don’t follow up I often hear responses such as, "I don’t have the sales staff to chase down all our leads", or "We’re usually too busy to do a lot of follow up." These responses automatically set off red flags that tell me that they lack a systematic process for following up. The problem is not that they don’t have the capacity to follow up with prospects, it’s that they don’t have the systems in place to do it.

What Does a Good Follow Up System Look Like?

A good follow up marketing system should have three attributes.

It should be systematic, meaning that the follow up process is done the same way every time.

It should generate consistent, predictable results.

It should require minimal physical interaction to make it run, meaning it should be able to run on autopilot.

Sounds like a dream come true for most small business owners doesn’t it? Not only can it be done, it’s being done every day. The secret to "follow-up marketing" is to make it automatic so that you don’t have to lift a finger but the job still gets done. With today’s technology it’s simpler than ever. Automating your follow-up processes gives you more time to work "on" your business rather than "in" your business.

Three Types of Follow Ups

There are three types of people you should be following up with, suspects (people in your target marketplace), prospects (people who have responded to your marketing but have not purchased, and customers (people who have purchased something from you.) Each follow up message and offer will be different for each type of person. With suspects, you’ll want to entice them to call you or visit your store / office. With prospects, you need to persuade them to make their first purchase. And with customers, you want to convince them to come back and do more business with you and give your referrals.

Obviously the hardest type of person to follow up with is a suspect because they haven’t shown any interest yet in a pool or hot tub and you usually don’t have their contact information. But that’s not true with prospects and customers. You not only know who they are, but you should already have their contact information. And if you follow up with your customers with consistency you’ll find that they will help you turn your suspects into prospects and prospects into customers for you through referrals.

Your Follow Up Marketing Tools

Your principal follow up marketing tools are the telephone, direct mail, and email. Many pool and hot tub business owners make the mistake of jumping right on the telephone to follow up; however, most prospects don’t want a pushy sales message right away and most prospects have been trained to consider anyone who calls up to be a pushy salesperson. Instead, you should try to develop a relationship of trust with your prospect by quickly sending informational items such as special reports, audio CDs, or videos before you make a phone call.

Remember to always include a "next-step-offer" to accompany your educational materials. If the next step is to visit the store, then entice them with an appropriate offer or if the next step is to call you, entice your prospect to call you immediately. People move through the buying process in baby steps, especially when considering buying high-ticket items such as hot tubs or pools. Your offer should always help them take the next step.

Your Follow Up Sequence

The power of your follow up will lie in your follow up sequence. Your follow up sequence is a series of communications with your prospect that are "linked" together, with each communication building on the previous message. For instance, you might start your second letter by saying, "10 days ago I sent you a letter..." You might also consider stamping the message, "2nd Notice" on the envelope to let people know this is the second time you’ve contacted them. Referencing the previous communication links what you’re saying with what you’ve already said and reminds your prospect that you care enough to continue the conversation.

Usually, when doing direct mail you should include three to five mailings spaced out about seven days apart. When using a sequential autoresponder you can have as many follow ups as you want because using email is basically free (that’s why you always want to get a prospects email address). One of my clients has over 20 follow-ups in his autoresponder sequence that go out over a six month period.

Each sequence should follow a logical argument and you might consider bolstering the offer with each communication using a deadline as a motivator to act now. As an example, in the third communication you could say, "I’m surprised you haven’t taken me up on my generous offer. What’s holding you back?" Or consider saying, "I’ve written you three times and you still haven’t taken me up on my offer so I’m going to pull out all the stops and make you an offer you simply can’t refuse." Notice how the language always links the previous communication and increases the boldness of the offer. It’s the same type of conversation you might have in a regular sales conversation.

How to Put Your Follow Up Marketing System on Autopilot

What I’m about to reveal to you is the key to developing a powerful follow up marketing system because it overcomes the number one reason most businesses don’t follow up. You must automate your follow up system as much as possible so that there are few, if any, physical interactions from your employees with the system. It’s the required physical interactions (i.e. printing letters, sending emails, inputting leads etc.) where 99% of all the breakdowns happen in well-intentioned follow up marketing systems.

To automate your follow-ups you should consider using robotic marketing systems and outsourcing any manual interactions to a dedicated service. For instance, to capture your leads you should consider using a toll-free automated recorded message system that captures your prospects contact information and automatically transcribes it and sends your leads to you in a spreadsheet every morning via email.

If you’re using a direct mail follow up system (and you should be), find a fulfillment house to do the mailings for you. To find a fulfillment house, simply go to your local printer and ask them to refer you to a fulfillment house in the area.

Now step back for a moment and see the power of what I’ve just revealed to you. Imagine running an ad, having your prospect call up and give their contact information via your recorded message system. Then having your leads automatically sent to your fulfillment house via email, after which your prospect receives a five-sequence direct mail package containing your most persuasive marketing message -- without you lifting one finger!

You can set up the exact same type of "hands-free" follow up marketing system using an email autoresponder system. Your prospect will not only be receiving your direct mail messages, but you can insert your email messages in between your mailings.

What About Calling to Follow Up?

You’ll notice that I didn’t say anything about calling your prospect. That’s because you want your prospect to have already received your educational marketing messages and have most of their questions answered before they call you. An educated prospect is your best prospect.

They already know why you’re different, what your value proposition is, and how you’re uniquely qualified to meet their needs. In essence, they’ve pre-qualified themselves before you ever have to spend time physically speaking to them. This drastically reduces the sales cycle and increases your conversion rate because you have positioned your small business to be their only logical choice.

Conclusion

Follow-up marketing will boost your closing rate and dramatically increase your customer satisfaction. Following up with systematic processes allows you to leverage your salespeople’s time and enhance their productivity, which will result in more sales with less effort and isn’t that what you want? Start winning more sales today by implementing your own follow-up marketing system.


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Posted by ralph at 08:04 PM |

"Part Six: Frank Deardurff 's In Search Of Heroes Interview Was Amazing" by Ralph Zuranski

Frank Deardurff Is One of the Top Website Designers and Is Co-creator of the AskDatabase That Is the Epitome Of The Socratic Method of Asking Questions"

Click Here to listen to Frank's In Search Of Heroes Interview.

Ralph Zuranski: What do you think about the In Search of Heroes program and its impact on the youth, parents and business people? You were one of the first people to offer to help with logos and web creation and I really appreciate your help on that.

What do you think about the program in general?

Frank Deardurff: I think it is a great program and I’m surprised how many people have put forth an effort to try to help you out.

Ralph Zuranski: Yea, that’s pretty amazing, isn’t it?

Frank Deardurff: People that you know are very, very busy and that have taken the time to step aside and take a few minutes to help you out or give of their abilities.

Of course all the time and effort that you are putting into it, the countless hours and the interviews and the preparations and the mind-mapping and everything that you have got into it I think is overwhelming.

Ralph Zuranski: It’s really a lot of work. That is for sure. But making the world a better place is something that God has put on my heart to do and no matter what I am going to do it.

What do you think are the things parents can do that will help their children realize that they too can be heroes and make a positive impact on the lives on others?

Frank Deardurff: Communicate. I think if they communicate that sometimes the goodness that they do is the only goodness that some people see and that you need to live your life like somebody is watching you.

Not regardless of just flat out fly by the seat of your pants and don’t care what happens. What more parents need to communicate with their kids on a daily basis just to find out what they are going through.

Schools are different than what they were when we were growing up and sometimes kids are afraid or embarrassed to even speak about that with their parents. But I think as parents we need to communicate and ask questions, not just be told.

Ralph Zuranski: Yes, I agree. Well, Frank, I know how busy you are and I really appreciate you taking your time to do this interview. Is there any parting thought you want to share with the young people?

Frank Deardurff: I just wanted to thank you for allowing me to be a part of this and I hope that any of the children that listen to this, no matter the age, from two to 20 or whatever, or even the adults that listen, there are still kids in each of us, I hope that they take the time to ask when they need help.

Ralph Zuranski: I really appreciate your sound advice and just look at you as a person that produces excellence in a quiet and unassuming way. To me you are sort of the epitome of what heroism is all about.

Frank Deardurff: I appreciate that, Ralph.

Ralph Zuranski: Thanks again, Frank.

Frank Deardurff: Thank you, Ralph.

Frank's website at: That One Web Guy

Posted by ralph at 04:42 PM |

April 24, 2006

Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero and Her Secret Ally, The Red-Hot-Copy Chicken, Taught Attendees At Her Speed