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As America's Focus Expert, Susan Gilbert helps individuals and organizations focus on what matters to create the results they desire. Author of the award-winning book, "The Land of I Can" , Susan is also co-author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar". A successful entrepreneur for over 25 years, Susan brings both inspiration and practical knowledge to help others achieve their goals. Oh, and why the muffin icon? Her first business was called "Lil' Miss Muffins" :-)

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2012 Predictions – Forecast Your Future With a Purpose

In 2012 Forecast Your Future With a Purpose Ask almost any online marketer what they wish they could change about their journey and it would probably be something along the lines of better planning. When you’re first starting out, it’s hard to consider your future. After all, you’re not even sure if you HAVE a [...]

9Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Happy New Year – and, Follow the 10 Step Plan

If you are ready for a quantum leap forward in your business, you can do so, today. I have posted ten ways to launch yourself forward towards your goals, whether they’re personal, professional, or both. Go through these posts, take notes and flag a few of the suggestions that grab you right away. Test them [...]

2Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Allow No Excuses – Step 10

Allow No Excuses is your last step. In the immortal words of one of the greatest philosophers of our generation: Do or do not: There is no try. –Yoda Yeah, that little green guy had it right: When it comes down to it, your excuses don’t matter. Your customers don’t care that you were going [...]

1Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Ruthlessly Remove Distractions – Step 9

Ruthlessly Remove Distractions The dog needs a walk. Your leg hurts. The dishes/grocery/laundry needs to be put away. You really should change your email signature. Is it time for a new header on your site? Maybe another color background for your Twitter profile page… If you let the voices in your head – what esteemed [...]

31Dec2011 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Keep Your Goals – and Your “Why” – Front and Center – Step 8

If you’re finding yourself mired in muck, longing to jump forward to success, it could be a matter of not having strong enough motivation, or not reminding yourself of why you want to achieve your goals. As a result, you can start slacking, skipping your workout, sleeping in instead of writing your daily five pages [...]

30Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Review Your Day on a Daily Basis – Step 7

Our lives are full of scheduled check-ups. You see the dentist every six months. You get a mammogram every year past 40. You get your car tuned up every 3000 miles or so. And you should review your day every 24 hours. Why so frequently? After all, you could do this once a week or [...]

29Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Find Patterns of Success – Step 6

Even if you’re not quite where you want to be, you still have a history of success. You’ve graduated high school, done well on a test, lost weight, had a great friendship, or otherwise set and achieved some sort of goal. By analyzing your past successes, you can find a lot of clues about how [...]

28Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Choose Your Mentors Wisely – Step 5

The most successful people in life all had one thing in common: They had someone to help them navigate their path. A mentor, a coach, a personal trainer, a teacher: Someone walked beside and ahead of them, helping them make their way. If you were attempting an African safari, your most important decision would be [...]

27Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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2012 Predictions – Be Long on Value and Short on Greed

In 2012,  Be Long on Value and Short on Greed You’re desperate for money. You’ll do anything to make $1,087 by next Monday to get your mortgage paid.   We all understand that.   But keep your ethics intact and realize that short of offering services to other successful marketers, you’re not going to become successful by [...]

27Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Leave No Room for Doubt – Step 4

Our next step – Step 4, is Leave No Room for Doubt. You say, “Let’s go to the drugstore. I need a new pair of reading glasses.” Your friend says, “Are you sure? We could probably get the same thing cheaper at the mall.” You say, “I hired a new accountant.” He says, “Are you [...]

26Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Keep Moving Forward – Step 3

Life is all about choice. Will we wear the blue tie or the red tie, or no tie at all? Will we have GrapeNuts or All-Bran for breakfast? Will we take the car or walk? Yes, these are seemingly simple decisions that you may think don’t belong in a report on how to change your [...]

24Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Surround Yourself With Success – Step 2

It’s been repeated so often that it’s basically internet law at this point: Your income will average that of the five people you hang around most. Whether it’s literally true or just sort of true, it doesn’t really matter – the point is, if you want to be successful, you have to surround yourself with [...]

23Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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“Up” Your Deserve Level – Step 1

We can only achieve as high as we *think * we can. Try this little exercise: Stand up and extend your arms out on both sides of your body. Close your eyes and, turning at the waist, see how far you can twist to one side without causing yourself bodily harm. Open your eyes and [...]

2Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Are you ready to move forward? – A 10 Step Plan for Success

In my coaching business and working with clients one on one, I see a common theme where fear and self judgment are blocks to moving forward. Whether you are promoting a website, working on your social media or working towards publishing your first book, having a Success Mindset is critical to reaching your goals. That’s [...]

2Nov2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Text Messaging and Social Media Marketing

Reach people where they are – on their mobile device! Your customers read their text messages. They use social media to find out what their friends are recommending. Are you using text messaging and social media marketing as part of your outreach to existing and new customers? If you want to learn more about how [...]

30Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Use Mobile Marketing and Reach Your Client’s Today

    Learn How To Get More Clients Fast! Businesses Are Leveraging New Internet Marketing Platforms Like Video, Social Media and Mobile to Acquire Customers and Build a Supportive Community. Use Mobile Marketing to Push Messages to your Clients and build a loyal raving fan client base. Mobile marketing provides something no other form of [...]

29Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Be Mobile Ready!

Very few small businesses have websites that are mobile enabled. According to a 1&1 Internet, Inc. study, 50% of small businesses have never checked the appearance or functionality of their site on a Smart Phone. Never. Have you checked your website? Do you have a plan to take advantage of rapid Smart Phone growth and [...]

28Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Consumer Mobile Device Usage Facts

•    Consumers are using their mobile devices to access the Internet more than ever before – and it’s expected to grow at astonishing rates over the next 12 months and beyond. •    There are approximately 4 BILLION mobile subscribers across the world. •    Most mobile device users keep their phones within arm’s reach over 90 [...]

19May2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Do or do not. There is no try.

I think Star Wars was before it’s time; or, maybe just not understand fully as more than fun entertainment. Enjoy this little journey into the past! In fact, seeing this makes me realize I’m going to have to watch the Star Wars movies all over again. Listen carefully how Yoda explains “The Force” to Luke. [...]

18Apr2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Using Your iPad for Business Productivity

Over three million iPad owners already know the truth – that the iPad can be an invaluable tool for personal, school and business use. Yep – they are sexy and hip.  But the beauty of the iPad isn’t only it’s entertainment value. It’s a “magical’ device that was designed for content consumption. The only place [...]

6Apr2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Facebook iFrame and FBML Changes March 10th

If you are using a Facebook Page to market your business, then please pay attention to this email because Facebook is making changes that directly affect you. As of March 10th, Facebook is doing away with their “FBML” application. This is the application that allows us marketers to create “custom tabs” or “landing pages” on [...]

3Mar2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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My love/hate affair with Google

I love gmail. I love google docs. I hate google’s  ‘do it my way or the highway’ rules.  So I can fight them, or join them, and I joined them a long time ago.  My business is wrapped up in google products. So what happens if that glitches? And it did recently and you can [...]

28Feb2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Instant sales letter pages – No copywriting required

A common misconception of most authors or writers  is that they assume that great copy can be written by anyone.  Wrong! There is an art to copy writing and generally needs to be written by professional writers. While this is a good measure to take, pro copywriters can be VERY expensive. See, the secret is [...]

26Feb2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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How to Backup Facebook to the Cloud

While social media like Facebook and Twitter are ‘free’, you have invested time in acquiring your friends, fans and followers. Back in December I wrote about how you can backup your Facebook profile; and, said at that time I was testing a third party program called Backupify. http://www.backupify.com/ Backupify is an amazing service which caters [...]

2Feb2011 | | 2 comments | Continued
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“Writing Your Book” – Happy New Year!

“We will open the book.  Its pages are blank.  We are going to put words on them ourselves.  The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” ~Edith Pierce Wishing you all the Very Best Success in the New Year… ~Susan

1Jan2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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