Saturday, September 5, 2009

6 Keys to Guaranteed Entrepreneur Success

By Don Bethune

I'm often asked, " What advice would you give to someone who has made the decision to start down the path of entrepreneurship?"

To that I answer, "You can have the best entrepreneur ideas on the planet, but if you don't follow the 6 golden rules of entrepreneur success, you'll struggle to achieve the dreams of which you are capable."

Here are the primary elements to entrepreneur success that all mega successful entrepreneurs share:

1. Develop a millionaire mindset. Whatever your hopes and dreams, know that you can do it. You can absolutely do anything at all the you put your mind to, and don't ever think otherwise or let anything that others may think negatively influence your quest. Get your mind right. Be relentless in your quest, and it WILL happen for you.

2. Have a clear vision of why you are doing what you are doing. Know your "Purpose" in life. Yes, money is fantastic and we all want as much of it as we can get, but you have to have a purpose other than just financial. When (not if) you get all that money and achieve all your dreams, what are you going to do to give back? How are you going to assist others? What are you going to do that will positively impact other people's lives? If you don't have that clear vision now, begin to develop it.

3. Become a master marketer. It doesn't matter what kind of business you have, marketing is the one thing that will make or break you. Once you have mastered the art of marketing you can write your own ticket. You can virtually go into any business you chose|literally do just about anything you enjoy and be successful. Notice I didn't say internet marketing. Marketing is marketing and offline is just as important as online.

4. Never stop learning. Learn something new every day that will help you to become a better marketer.

5. Take that marketing knowledge and put it into action every day. All the knowledge in the world is useless if you don't take action. Get out a piece of paper right now and write down 3 things you are going to do today that will get you closer to your goals. Then do them. Do this over and over every day until you have reached your goal, then set a new goal. Get the idea here?

6. Focus, focus, and then focus some more! Stop chasing every new opportunity that appears in your email box and devote 100% of your energy to one thing and become the best at it. It doesn't matter whether you want to open a traditional franchise or eCommerce store, be an online affiliate marketer or a network marketer, a marketing consultant or a seminar speaker. Whatever it is, go ALL IN, or you're not in at all.

This is a primary success killer of many who decide to go into business for themselves. They are unfocused and never commit to one thing. And here's the deal it really doesn't matter what that one thing is. It could be as simple as choosing a single product to promote as an affiliate, then all you do every single day is market that one product.

Write one blog post about it, write and distribute one article about it, then create and distribute one video about it. Do this for 90 days straight and watch what happens!

Start everyday with all these things in mind, and end everyday with a plan for the next day.

Be disciplined and be focused. You'll be shocked at how close you really are to everything you've ever wanted!

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