Guidance: You are the only one who can find your passion – It’s inside you and just has to be uncovered. Use the below to explore what lights you on fire. Don’t rush through these. Go somewhere quiet, with no internet and dedicate at least 2-3 hours to developing your answers. Some may apply more than others. That’s fine. Allow your mind to run wild. These questions will only be useful if you allow them to.

It’s time to start living with passion!

1. What makes you happiest in your life? What excites you?

2. What do you do that makes you feel invincible?

3. What do people thank you for?

4. What are you ridiculously good at? What are your precious gifts?

5. Who do you look up to? Who are your mentors? Who inspires you? Why?

6. When was the last time you massively over-delivered on something? What was it and why did you work so damn hard?

7. When was the last time you were in a state of flow, in the zone and totally lost track of time? What were you doing?

8. Imagine you won $158 million in the lottery. It’s now three months later. How will you spend tomorrow?

9. What would you do if you knew you could not fail?

10. If you could have or do anything, what would it be?

11. What topics do you find yourself continuously arguing or defending with others? What beliefs does your stance represent?

12. What makes you most angry about the state of the world? With unlimited resources how could you fix it?

13. What are you most afraid of for the next generation, whether you have kids or not?

14. What do you love helping people with? How do you most commonly help others?

15. What’s your favorite section in the bookstore? What’s the first magazine you’d pick up at the grocery store?

16. When was the last time you couldn’t sleep because you were so excited about what you had to work on? What was it?

17. If you trusted that your art (your creativity) would support your life, How would you live?

18. Out of all your current work roles, what would you gladly do for free?

19. If you were able to be a member of the audience at your own funeral (in 100 years or so) what would you want to hear people say?

20. What do you want to be remembered for – what dent do you want to have put in the world?

21. What do your friends always tell you you’d be good at, that you should do for a living (i.e. “he’d make a great…)? If you don’t remember, then go ask five of them.

22. What are you naturally curious about?

23. If you had a free hour to surf the internet, what would you explore?

24. Think back to when you were 5 or10 years old. What did you want to be when you grew up? Anything goes. What skills and metaphors do these represent (i.e. pilot may be a symbol for freedom)?

25. If you could write a book to help the world, that is guaranteed to be a best seller, what would the title be? What’s it about?

26. What careers do you find yourself dreaming of? What jobs do others have that you wish were yours?

27. What 3-5 dream jobs or businesses can you imagine that would firmly embody your core beliefs about the world. Sky’s the limit.

And a bonus…

28. What revolution do you want to lead?

Scott Dinsmore has created a FREE 2012 Goal Setting and Action Workbook that you can download here. I have!

The WishList team is doing just that for all their WishList Member customers.

Anyone who buys WishList Member before Dec. 31st, 2011 will get a whole bunch of extra gifts (valued at $400+) at no extra charge.

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It’s an awesome package and people are loving it. And who doesn’t love getting what we call in the Deep South, “lagniappe”. (A lagniappe is a small gift given to a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase (such as a 13th doughnut when buying a dozen). This is some serious lagniappe!

…BUT…

This gift package is only available for those who purchase BEFORE December 31st, 2011 @ 11pm PST.
I run multiple membership sites for my clients and for myself and ALL of them are build using Wishlist Member.

We wish you a safe, happy, healthy and PROSPEROUS New Year!

Your Partner In Success,

Denise Griffitts

Affiliate Program: This is a system that is built to track sales by third parties. The third party’s incentive to sell is defined by the affiliate program owner and is usually a percentage of the sale or a pre-determined one time payout. A high quality affiliate program will include a control panel to view traffic and sales, obtain sales materials for the product or service that you (the affiliate) is marketing, and the ability to keep in touch with the affiliate with news and updates.

Affiliate: An affiliate (you) is simply a person who signs up to sell another merchants product or service. The affiliate (you) is paid a commission for each sale they create for the merchant.

For example, one of the greatest affiliate marketers I know is Rosalind Gardner, author of the Super Affiliate Handbook. This book is one of the very first books that I purchased online as a download and is an important part of my entrepreneurial library. I also recommend and promote it as an affiliate, which is exactly what I am doing now as an illustration. I know Rosalind. I have followed her career and business advice for many years. I have interviewed her several times on my Internet radio show, Your Partner In Success Radio. So am I confident that I am promoting one heck of a product? Yes. In fact, let’s make that a “Hell Yes!” I greatly admire Rosalind’s work and am hoping that if you are interested at all in affiliate marketing that you will purchase and study her book and follow her on her blog. She is in my opinion, quite simply the best person to learn affiliate marketing from. If nothing else, connect with her on her blog and on Facebook!

Some of my favorite affiliate programs:

• ClickBank
• Commission Junction (CJ.com)
• Shareasale

What you need to know:

When I mention a product or service in my blogs, I give you my word that I am using it myself and think enough of it to endorse it. I NEVER promote a product or service that I am not fully familiar with and that I don’t use for myself in my own life or business. More often than not the link is my affiliate link, and if you click through using my link and purchase something, I will get paid. Not all links are affiliate links however, as I am always willing to share great advice, tips, products or services from people who do not have affiliate programs set up.

Let’s talk briefly about protecting your WordPress website/blog. One of the biggest causes of WordPress hacks is choosing weak passwords.

You can password protect your wp-admin folder using your cpanel, and at least that way you have 2 passwords that need to be broken in order to gain access to the wp-admin.

File Permissions

It is best to lock down the file permissions as much as you can. Allowing people or applications to have write access to your files can be quite dangerous.

Files

Set permission to 644

Set permission to 755

If you are simply posting a lot of text in your blogs but are not concerned with adding images let’s try this quick exercise. Are you one of the increasingly rare people who still cling to the good old fashioned telephone book? If so, grab a copy of the White Pages off your shelf  and flip open to any page and then answer these questions:

• Where does your eye go first?
• Are you pulled into the content?
• Do you want to read more, or are you tempted to simply slam the book shut and stick it back on the bookshelf?

When visitors come to your website, you have a choice. You can make it inviting and pleasant, or you can make it just about as appealing as the innards of the phone book. The only difference? Images. Color. Action.

Images – photos, illustrations, or other graphics — are often the first thing visitors look at. If the image is compelling, visitors stay to check out the text. If the image is poor quality or unappealing – or non-existent! – visitors leave. It’s really that simple.

Here are some compelling reasons to incorporate images into your blog:

1. They break up text. Facing a page of black-and-white text is daunting. Images can give the eye a place to rest, breaking up the flow of an otherwise monotonous page.
2. They lead into the text. Since people look at them first, the images provide a starting point for the rest of the blog post. Good images are like flashing arrows that say, “START HERE.”
3. They introduce the topic. Picking an appropriate, related image gives the reader an idea of what to expect from the post. For instance, a photo of a street sign that says “Bumpy Road Ahead” lets the reader know that the post is about challenges or change.
4. They support the post content. A diagram, graphic, or other image can further illustrate the post’s content. A flow chart of a sales funnel, for instance, gives you another way to explain the concepts you’re presenting.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that’s true, you can’t afford NOT to use images in your blog posts. They may be the most powerful tool you have.

So the choice is clear. You can either make your blog posts interesting and vibrant with the use of images and video, or you can make them about as bland and boring as watching somebody point at a flow chart.

By the way, one of my favorite places to find great graphics is Presenter Media.  A one year subscription is $59.95 and you have access to royalty-free clipart, presentation animations and PowerPoint templates and animations. There are no additional fees, charges or royalties to pay to download and use their images in your projects.

Princess is monthly columnist on FoxBusiness.com, and was recently named one of Chicago’s Most Influential Women by the Chicago Business Ledger.

She is also an international business woman, consultant and advisor to people, families, and business owners across the globe. Since 1989, she has successful owned, operated and sold two firms and has held management roles in two Fortune 100 companies. She has a MBA from the University of Chicago, and is the author of two books: Your Business, Your Retirement and A Pocketbook of Hope in Tough Economic Times. Her next book, Building Wealthy Kids is scheduled to be released this year.

As an African-American woman, Princess is an expert in helping minority individuals; women, business owners, and retirees embrace concepts such as business valuation, retirement strategies, personal finance, and succession or estate planning.

Most recently, Princess has been recognized in the media as a “National Family Finance Expert”, and is helping families throughout the world with strategies for personal finance, savings, college planning, and retirement savings which are easy to implement. Her goal is to provide information to her clients and listeners that will help them create the lives they dream about… worry free.

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, February 25, 2011

Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm EST (Check time zone here)

Where: Your home office telephone or computer.

Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Call-in Number: 347-843-4988

We look forward to “seeing” you!

You are not alone!

It seems Facebook makes changes every single week. And, lately, the massive changes to Business Pages created a TON of confusion.

Thing is, Facebook is the #1 online social network on the planet with a whopping 600+ Million active users. To really get ahead in today’s economy, you absolutely have to learn how to master marketing on Facebook? or you?ll be missing out on so much business.

Guess what? Help is at hand!

I have exciting news to share with you:

World-renowned Facebook marketing specialist, Mari Smith, is leading a totally free webinar TODAY, February 22nd. She’ll walk you through all the recent changes on Facebook and how to best take advantage of these features.

Be sure to put the date and time on your calendar right now:

Today!!!  TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 2011
10:00am PST / 1:00pm EST / 6:00pm GMT

Then go save your seat right away: Click here.

Along with demystifying all the recent upgrades, Mari will also share her proven 7-Step Formula for generating measurable results on Facebook. In this packed session, you’ll walk away with:

• A clear understanding of Facebook’s changes and how to take full advantage of the best features. (Hint: it doesn’t have to be time-consuming!)
• A content, engagement and conversion plan that yields profits. (Hint: you’ll find out the #1 reason businesses fail on Facebook!)
• A handy guide for best practices, unspoken protocol and general etiquette on Facebook. (Hint: everything you do and don’t do speaks volumes about who you are and how you conduct your business.)

If you’re not able to participate live today, Mari will be recording the full presentation and will send you the link for the replay in a variety of formats: Video + Audio (MP3 download) + Transcript (PDF download). And if you register, you?ll also receive handouts too!

Register right away here: Click here.

PLUS, stay tuned for special prizes during the webinar too! It’s going to be a packed house – be sure to register right now even if you can’t make the live session, because I want to be sure you receive the replay materials.

P.S. Mari is one of the most dynamic and entertaining presenters out there. She has a fun Scottish-Canadian accent and is a delight to listen to. Not only that, her extensive knowledge of Facebook – specifically for small business marketing – is incomporable. You won’t want to miss this dynamic webinar: Click here now!

More recently, Andrea has expanded her entrepreneurial interests. She and her husband Jamie launched a wine tasting social network, VinYou.com in March 2010. And she also has a number of other web-based businesses in the works. In addition to her roles as professional and entrepreneur, Andrea is a newlywed of more than 11 years and mom to Skylar (6) and Elyza (3).

Andrea and I will be discussing social media and why it is so important to come out from underneath your safe rock and put yourself out there as a professional and as an expert. We will talk about how very daunting this can see to the newly minted online entrepreneur and how you can change your mindset and your business model by becoming more active (in a professional and seemly manner!) on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Andrea’s story is quite compelling in that she is now taking the steps necessary to make her business more visible on the Internet and is undergoing the mind-shifts necessary to make this happen without feeling that she is bragging or being overly “salesy”. Let’s face it, some marketing and marketers come off as frankly obnoxious and this can be a real concern for people who want to expand their business presence to the Internet. For audience members who are experiencing the same type of angst this interview will be one that you definitely want to tune in to. Please join us in the chat room if you have any questions for either myself or Andrea.

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, February 4, 2011

Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm EST (Check time zone here)

Where: Your home office telephone or computer.

Website: Your Partner In Success Radio

Call-in Number: 347-843-4988

We look forward to “seeing” you!

Fabienne created The Client Attraction System®, the proven step-by-step program that shows entrepreneurs exactly how to attract more clients, in record time. Through her workshops, courses, coaching programs, and products, Fabienne shows her students how to create an abundant life they love.

As one of the most influential and highly-acclaimed marketing and success mindset speakers and business mentors in the world, Fabienne’s down-to-earth yet powerful presentations have become legendary. She is a sought-after and much-loved coach to thousands of heart-centered entrepreneurs around the globe.

Fabienne’s unique ability is getting entrepreneurs who have never experienced real success in their business to take immediate marketing action on a systematic basis to produce dramatic results, in record time. She’s dedicated her life to helping entrepreneurs and business owners create a legacy of service, adding value to the world in a lasting way and creating breakthrough paradigm shifts in their mindset and their personal income; and then giving back. Her books, newsletters, products, appearances and online reach now inspire nearly 150,000 people each month.

Fabienne’s key message — that each of us is here to serve the world in a BIG way and that as a result, we are handsomely rewarded for it — has changed thousands of lives around the globe. She fervently believes in the capacity for each and every one of us to become the full expression of our purpose here on earth, and to do so, we must take a no-excuses approach to growing within. For that to happen, Fabienne teaches her students and clients that any struggle on the outside is a reflection of the struggle on the inside, and once eliminated, that internal struggle gives way to all the abundance, financial and otherwise, that a person deserves and seeks.

Highlights from Fabienne’s inspiring career include:

• Crossing the million dollar mark in her business at the age of 38, in an industry where most entrepreneurs barely make $20,000 a year (and doing so with 3 young children at home)
• Subsequently doubling her business nearly every year to the multi-million dollar level, always making more in the last twelve months, than she’s made in the last 12 years combined (both in prosperous times and in a “recession”)
• Consistently and repeatedly helping 5-figure entrepreneurs cross the 6-figure mark, and guiding 6-figure business owners to easily move to a 7-figure business, while adding more meaning, purpose and fulfillment to their daily lives
• Creating the world’s most verifiable, repeatable Client Attraction System® for entrepreneurs throughout the world
• Conceiving and leading the ‘Marketing and Mindset Breakthroughs’ Seminar, the first personal and professional development seminar for entrepreneurs combining both the pragmatic and practical, with mindset and powerful spiritual principles for success (think Success seminar meets Marketing bootcamp!)

The consistent feedback from hundreds of thousands of Fabienne’s students around the world over the years is that it is her authenticity, transparency, vulnerability, “humanness”, sincerity and compassion and love for entrepreneurs that separates her from other mentors and is the catalyst to their expansive growth, both personally and otherwise.

To order Fabienne’s FREE Audio CD, “How to Attract All the Clients You Need” by mail and receive her weekly marketing & success mindset articles on attracting more high-paying clients and dramatically increasing your income, click here.

We will discuss “Mastering the Inner Game of Client Attraction”

• Defining “mindset”
• How important is your mindset when it comes to being successful in business?
• What is more important? Marketing OR mindset?
• What roles do our thoughts beliefs, feats and self-image play in our success?
• Identifying self-sabotaging behaviors that defeat or slow down entrepreneurial growth
• Eliminating excuses and taking serious action

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, January 28, 2011

Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm EST (Check time zone here)

Where: Your home office telephone or computer.

Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Call-in Number: 347-843-4988

We look forward to “seeing” you!

This week I welcome to the show Derek Fredrickson. 

Derek Fredrickson is CEO of ClientAttraction.com, a company devoted to teaching solo-preneuers how to make quantum leaps in their business using proven marketing and mindset techniques. After working in corporate America on Wall Street for over 10 years with extensive experience in project management and technology, Derek willingly walked away from a secure, high 6-figure salary and is now fully living his life purpose. 

Together with his wife Fabienne Fredrickson, they have created their “life by design” working together on their business and leading workshops, mastermind meetings and full day coaching programs. At the same time, they are successfully creating what many would consider the ideal life of the entrepreneurial family, free to grow their income AND quality of life to unlimited levels, while spending more time with their growing family. As a result of this transition, Derek coaches alongside Fabienne on principles of information and internet marketing to help small businesses attract more clients and receive tremendous growth in their bottom line. 

He recently launched his brand new site DerekFredrickson.com, where he teaches authentic and practical online marketing techniques to help entrepreneurs attract more leads, convert more sales and multiply their current revenues.  Through his products and private coaching, Derek shows clients how to ‘authentically’ master the online marketing they need to dramatically increase their reach and business results. Additionally, Derek coaches men on issues of self-awareness, self-purpose and how to transition from a life of little fulfillment to a life full of purpose, joy and self-expression.

We will discuss “Authentic List Building for Massive Client Attraction and Profits

Derek will share with us how authentic list building differs greatly from tradiitonal list building and why authentic list building is essential for growing your business, and as a result, making more money.

Be sure to grab the free audio CD “How to Attract All the Clents You Need” here.

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, January 21, 2011

Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm EST (Check time zone here)

Where: Your home office telephone or computer.

Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Call-in Number: 347-843-4988

We look forward to “seeing” you!