<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980017356382211830</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:56:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Men&#39;s Grooming Handbook</category><category>economy</category><category>motivation</category><title>The Billionaire Chronicles</title><description>An entrepreneur&#39;s journey toward becoming a billionaire</description><link>http://victormacias.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Victor Macias)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980017356382211830.post-7761145825665853299</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-14T10:21:50.079-07:00</atom:updated><title>New Online Personal Training Now Available From eFitness Solution.com</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;The best kept secret for online personal trainers available November 1,2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikb50ImSDo0xODqBpTqpDW5JSHDD87v_WBXiSRVUqoHYcqy40MvX4K2SuH1DbdRD3RS5fNU-4lEHYOLKeeoLArzJC_dundVS_E7RzFaBJlZ30nGCnLy-r4iVhKEUurPpmjFB1APC9DRFrA/s1600-h/efitness+solution.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikb50ImSDo0xODqBpTqpDW5JSHDD87v_WBXiSRVUqoHYcqy40MvX4K2SuH1DbdRD3RS5fNU-4lEHYOLKeeoLArzJC_dundVS_E7RzFaBJlZ30nGCnLy-r4iVhKEUurPpmjFB1APC9DRFrA/s200/efitness+solution.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234424666125186450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;/24-7PressRelease/&lt;/span&gt; - ANAHEIM, CA, August 13, 2008 — eFitness Solution announced today the much anticipated arrival of its new online personal training website. It is for local personal trainers who want to market their services using cutting edge online fitness tools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Our goal is to revolutionize how the world approaches fitness,&quot; said Victor Macias, eFitness Solution founder. This new website is said to be the latest social networking website for people who want to find a personal trainer and where any online personal trainer can find new clients. It&#39;s fast, it&#39;s easy and sign ups are FREE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#39;s how it works. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.efitnesssolution.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.efitnesssolution.com&lt;/a&gt; includes proven tools that help online personal trainers get the income they want. Each online personal trainer receives a customizable web page (similar to myspace) where they can list certifications, specialties, offer online training programs, watch fitness training videos, create personalized fitness workouts, learn online workout exercises, and much much more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally your personal profile will manage appointments, accept payments, create effective nutritional plans, develop printable workout logs, build a personal trainer exercise log and track client progress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.efitnesssolution.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.efitnesssolution.com&lt;/a&gt; also has a complete &quot;fitness made simple&quot; program just for trainees. New clients can meet a local personal trainer, monitor their progress and monitor their nutrition plan. This guaranteed weight loss program works because personal trainers will teach you simple step-by-step techniques to burn fat and gain muscle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 1, 2008 is the scheduled launch date. However, Once you go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.efitnesssolution.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.efitnesssolution.com&lt;/a&gt; pre registration will be available for you.&lt;br /&gt;###</description><link>http://victormacias.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-online-personal-training-now.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victor Macias)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikb50ImSDo0xODqBpTqpDW5JSHDD87v_WBXiSRVUqoHYcqy40MvX4K2SuH1DbdRD3RS5fNU-4lEHYOLKeeoLArzJC_dundVS_E7RzFaBJlZ30nGCnLy-r4iVhKEUurPpmjFB1APC9DRFrA/s72-c/efitness+solution.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980017356382211830.post-1761235088416166189</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-30T19:10:20.249-07:00</atom:updated><title>Concept Testing...Why Wait?</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5hXPqlHdjZMXUkGSiWWqvUHkRhVh0lY0wjqZKHXQIZlqRkPiIIl0LcuumyKd6P26OrtP-PzTZKtrdVLGQna_wTUpM9jpFmK_Mf9qfRG8lzJrGH1kn6J7QZ5r57Opxuci4hsKqtOqY_Pg/s1600-h/check+mark.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216299335691563938&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5hXPqlHdjZMXUkGSiWWqvUHkRhVh0lY0wjqZKHXQIZlqRkPiIIl0LcuumyKd6P26OrtP-PzTZKtrdVLGQna_wTUpM9jpFmK_Mf9qfRG8lzJrGH1kn6J7QZ5r57Opxuci4hsKqtOqY_Pg/s200/check+mark.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Concept testing is a powerful way to test your entrepreneurial venture. Before you fully invest in developing your product, it&#39;s best to see if your target market is willing to purchase it. How will you know if they&#39;re willing to purchase your product? Ask them!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask them to place an order. If your product is not yet fully developed, ask them to order anyway. As long as you inform your customer of your plans to develop your product, it is a great idea to ask them to order or sign up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finish developing your product once you&#39;ve determined that your market has a genuine need or desire for your offering. Here&#39;s an example, my latest venture &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.efitnesssolution.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;eFitness&lt;/span&gt; Solution &lt;/a&gt;is a web-based solution that helps personal trainers build profitable businesses through online fitness. The product is almost finalized, but the design of the website is complete. Rather than waiting for the product to be developed before I begin marketing, I am informing my market the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.efitnesssolution.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;eFitness&lt;/span&gt; Solution&lt;/a&gt; is coming soon. I am allowing users to sign up so that they will be among the first to try the product. Users who sign up to try &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.efitnesssolution.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;eFitness&lt;/span&gt; Solution &lt;/a&gt;will be informed once the product is complete for use. Both my market and I are happy because we both end up winning. The user will be able to access &lt;a href=&quot;http://efitnesssolution.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;eFitness&lt;/span&gt; Solution &lt;/a&gt;once it launches and I will begin building my list of interested users.</description><link>http://victormacias.blogspot.com/2008/06/concept-testingwhy-wait.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victor Macias)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5hXPqlHdjZMXUkGSiWWqvUHkRhVh0lY0wjqZKHXQIZlqRkPiIIl0LcuumyKd6P26OrtP-PzTZKtrdVLGQna_wTUpM9jpFmK_Mf9qfRG8lzJrGH1kn6J7QZ5r57Opxuci4hsKqtOqY_Pg/s72-c/check+mark.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980017356382211830.post-7478369951428985877</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-20T15:53:21.724-07:00</atom:updated><title>Coming Soon...eFitness Solution</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWCOM5Tjw0AX-TDd8GR-P9_ZbeOS6Nixxdi4Z1yduciXBeD1GvFBj5NVRYRhvrapygeLjDwIUe0t_2RAvw2QVZjNZjFArrg0Xk2oJKBkcwA3JLwx2F76ZwnnZ_odeeBg1tDnbNfljH4TK/s1600-h/eFitness+Solution2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214100546688280338&quot; style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWCOM5Tjw0AX-TDd8GR-P9_ZbeOS6Nixxdi4Z1yduciXBeD1GvFBj5NVRYRhvrapygeLjDwIUe0t_2RAvw2QVZjNZjFArrg0Xk2oJKBkcwA3JLwx2F76ZwnnZ_odeeBg1tDnbNfljH4TK/s320/eFitness+Solution2.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here&#39;s a sneak peek of my latest venture &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;eFitness&lt;/span&gt; Solution.com. &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;eFitness&lt;/span&gt; Solution is a web-based program that helps Personal Trainers build profitable web based businesses. Our tools will allow trainers to use the power of the I&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;nternet&lt;/span&gt; to provide interactive fitness solutions for their clients.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve been working day and night researching my target market and the venture will launch soon. I&#39;ll keep you updated as I move forward. I will be looking for 20 trial clients to give me feedback on the product. If you know any fitness experts who may be interested please contact me.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://victormacias.blogspot.com/2008/06/coming-soonefitness-solution.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victor Macias)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWCOM5Tjw0AX-TDd8GR-P9_ZbeOS6Nixxdi4Z1yduciXBeD1GvFBj5NVRYRhvrapygeLjDwIUe0t_2RAvw2QVZjNZjFArrg0Xk2oJKBkcwA3JLwx2F76ZwnnZ_odeeBg1tDnbNfljH4TK/s72-c/eFitness+Solution2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980017356382211830.post-726449582624951708</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 02:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-05-06T19:11:21.342-07:00</atom:updated><title>The Power of Networking</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyp4k_iCyA73dKrSRNNXoBNK1F2OyS9TbwsGCLzIT4LKpXxaoVp2Mp0pQPYACTzhPIBpBRAi5vlxJX00WCxJRrQsF0fzWffSO5xxmYx4enu-XHVMNCCPp8jmKpzbzUmOlvi3L43WTrNIf/s1600-h/Networking.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197452757495415746&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyp4k_iCyA73dKrSRNNXoBNK1F2OyS9TbwsGCLzIT4LKpXxaoVp2Mp0pQPYACTzhPIBpBRAi5vlxJX00WCxJRrQsF0fzWffSO5xxmYx4enu-XHVMNCCPp8jmKpzbzUmOlvi3L43WTrNIf/s200/Networking.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Networking is very important when it comes to success. It has been said that the best jobs are found through people you know and not websites like Monster.com. We should all do more to increase the amount of people we know. There are various ways to network and increase your &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;Rolodex&lt;/span&gt;. A great way to start is by using the &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;Internet&lt;/span&gt; for leverage. Social networking sites such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linkedin.com/&quot;&gt;Linked In &lt;/a&gt;have made networking not only effective, but much faster than ever before. The &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;Internet&lt;/span&gt; is bringing people together. Try using this tool to gain more contacts and improve your business.</description><link>http://victormacias.blogspot.com/2008/05/power-of-networking.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victor Macias)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyp4k_iCyA73dKrSRNNXoBNK1F2OyS9TbwsGCLzIT4LKpXxaoVp2Mp0pQPYACTzhPIBpBRAi5vlxJX00WCxJRrQsF0fzWffSO5xxmYx4enu-XHVMNCCPp8jmKpzbzUmOlvi3L43WTrNIf/s72-c/Networking.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980017356382211830.post-9140130588171681296</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-29T22:35:12.416-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motivation</category><title>Creating change</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRinK-jxygbeuTNqxk3VO89IUUnUxc_JmxtO1Vo7IoL0V8PL0TqnTb_fCVYzumX3L2QhyrRcV5zC08NtdYfb3QL18HrxapyXD1cNtUz7D7tsLLj3fkF186Tlg6X03ZEemfIijQvhI-NcE/s1600-h/change.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194907194803585970&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRinK-jxygbeuTNqxk3VO89IUUnUxc_JmxtO1Vo7IoL0V8PL0TqnTb_fCVYzumX3L2QhyrRcV5zC08NtdYfb3QL18HrxapyXD1cNtUz7D7tsLLj3fkF186Tlg6X03ZEemfIijQvhI-NcE/s200/change.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Things are changing very rapidly in my life right now. It seems that everywhere I turn, something is different than it was before. I&#39;m very excited about this time in my life because I like change. I think that change is life&#39;s way of telling us a new chapter is about to begin. However, I&#39;ve noticed something special about change. You have the power to create change. You can&#39;t just wait around and hope that things will change. You need to create change by causing movement. If you&#39;re causing movement you might as well move things in the direction you want to go in life. If you&#39;re an entrepreneur, make new contacts, develop new products, build new ventures. The key to causing movement is to do something, anything. Once you create movement you&#39;ll soon notice that the world will change and new &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;opportunities&lt;/span&gt; will emerge.</description><link>http://victormacias.blogspot.com/2008/04/creating-change.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victor Macias)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRinK-jxygbeuTNqxk3VO89IUUnUxc_JmxtO1Vo7IoL0V8PL0TqnTb_fCVYzumX3L2QhyrRcV5zC08NtdYfb3QL18HrxapyXD1cNtUz7D7tsLLj3fkF186Tlg6X03ZEemfIijQvhI-NcE/s72-c/change.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980017356382211830.post-4836448528737168561</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-24T14:46:34.476-07:00</atom:updated><title>Men&#39;s Grooming Handbook update</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SKnxddGdaLbg2SWTAPg1QS5BqrNT1DlageT1h8_ajVhed-HJd4NuwPh-0zuwD8Ch_FApctkBj5xP2xAArRYPfapBwVAJG8exGSC_dDShadJwCgw7Xa5-AgZN-qHKP9g-sFnItKJy-kC_/s1600-h/Kindle.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192251908582245282&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand&quot; height=&quot;132&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SKnxddGdaLbg2SWTAPg1QS5BqrNT1DlageT1h8_ajVhed-HJd4NuwPh-0zuwD8Ch_FApctkBj5xP2xAArRYPfapBwVAJG8exGSC_dDShadJwCgw7Xa5-AgZN-qHKP9g-sFnItKJy-kC_/s320/Kindle.gif&quot; width=&quot;231&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Here&#39;s an update on my promotional campaign for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mensgroominghandbook.com/&quot;&gt;The Men&#39;s Grooming Handbook&lt;/a&gt;. As of today, I have sold a total of 4 books. The Men&#39;s Grooming Handbook has been available on Mobipocket.com for about one week. I checked Amazon.com and my product was made available yesterday. An interesting note about Amazon is that they are offering my book as a Kindle product. Kindle is a product that Amazon is largely promoting. The product is supposed to change the way customers approach digital books. With a Kindle, you can read digital books anywhere you go. You can learn more about Kindle &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI73MA/ref=amb_link_6369712_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;amp;pf_rd_r=1EEKQ238DEJ6S6E00M2Z&amp;amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;amp;pf_rd_p=386006901&amp;amp;pf_rd_i=507846&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of my sales have come directly from Mobipocket. I have not received any sales from Amazon, but I believe that will change if customers begin to adopt the Kindle and gain a new appreciation for e-books.</description><link>http://victormacias.blogspot.com/2008/04/heres-update-on-my-promotional-campaign.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victor Macias)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SKnxddGdaLbg2SWTAPg1QS5BqrNT1DlageT1h8_ajVhed-HJd4NuwPh-0zuwD8Ch_FApctkBj5xP2xAArRYPfapBwVAJG8exGSC_dDShadJwCgw7Xa5-AgZN-qHKP9g-sFnItKJy-kC_/s72-c/Kindle.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980017356382211830.post-4958034406063046448</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-19T23:06:11.956-07:00</atom:updated><title>Growing industries</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXsdbXRBMPf_vSol0WXoDy3Mah_TE4iMua-VG5Rto623hyphenhyphenrPcCe7-6cB71yHM3Wdfr3t8S8R2-7_KrZGC6OsVvJ_mrWY1_pdy3VQzcK-HSyyphrw90f-LEA5X24lcxZOZ7GN_fd9tTBas/s1600-h/industry.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191204687413560354&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXsdbXRBMPf_vSol0WXoDy3Mah_TE4iMua-VG5Rto623hyphenhyphenrPcCe7-6cB71yHM3Wdfr3t8S8R2-7_KrZGC6OsVvJ_mrWY1_pdy3VQzcK-HSyyphrw90f-LEA5X24lcxZOZ7GN_fd9tTBas/s200/industry.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I&#39;m doing research for my next business venture. I had a chance to have lunch today with a great businessman and mentor. We talked about business and he gave me some great advice. When we discussed the idea of starting a new company, he told me to focus on industries that are growing and have great growth potential. He said, &quot;You wouldn&#39;t start a company that made stage coaches . It just wouldn&#39;t make sense.&quot; In business, why focus on industries that are declining. Focus on industries with potential for growth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are Fortune&#39;s five fastest growing industries:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Securities&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Oil and Gas Equipment, Services&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Internet Services and Retailing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Commercial Banks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Engineering, Construction&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://victormacias.blogspot.com/2008/04/growing-industries.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victor Macias)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXsdbXRBMPf_vSol0WXoDy3Mah_TE4iMua-VG5Rto623hyphenhyphenrPcCe7-6cB71yHM3Wdfr3t8S8R2-7_KrZGC6OsVvJ_mrWY1_pdy3VQzcK-HSyyphrw90f-LEA5X24lcxZOZ7GN_fd9tTBas/s72-c/industry.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980017356382211830.post-3507316664800653159</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-20T18:17:36.071-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Men&#39;s Grooming Handbook</category><title>Promotional campaign</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7O_zzxutRpA8-3EJOXfrE-RvNXOqDRsWzQFcHcu0baoSNq7Ahm_tyGCFHOS7ts3I1-LnE6kuRr45Fx7AU0_UVBJ0k85-L5obqjO8nk5xev3K-HnZwz8of9gDj8h0MLMTET68gG1layRYM/s1600-h/Mens+grooming+3d+cover.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191501529783256114&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7O_zzxutRpA8-3EJOXfrE-RvNXOqDRsWzQFcHcu0baoSNq7Ahm_tyGCFHOS7ts3I1-LnE6kuRr45Fx7AU0_UVBJ0k85-L5obqjO8nk5xev3K-HnZwz8of9gDj8h0MLMTET68gG1layRYM/s200/Mens+grooming+3d+cover.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I&#39;m currently in the process of rolling out a big promotional campaign for my niche product, The Men&#39;s Grooming Handbook &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mensgroominghandbook.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.mensgroominghandbook.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have decided to sell my book through a distributor who partners with Amazon.com. After a bit more paperwork, The Men&#39;s Grooming Handbook will be available to a mass audience via the largest book seller on the &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/span&gt;. Besides the distributor, I will focus on article marketing to drive extra traffic to my site. The articles will be excerpts from my book, but will contain links to my website. The extra traffic should produce more direct sales.</description><link>http://victormacias.blogspot.com/2008/04/promotional-campaign.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victor Macias)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7O_zzxutRpA8-3EJOXfrE-RvNXOqDRsWzQFcHcu0baoSNq7Ahm_tyGCFHOS7ts3I1-LnE6kuRr45Fx7AU0_UVBJ0k85-L5obqjO8nk5xev3K-HnZwz8of9gDj8h0MLMTET68gG1layRYM/s72-c/Mens+grooming+3d+cover.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980017356382211830.post-3478812788564893486</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-19T22:48:35.301-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">economy</category><title>Are we in a recession?</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPOO7a-dTH7Ei1kNRCRFPJRNsw1dW-OQFZI6BD2QiQjdy3D2Uxf9t88_KOSeLsOnK8fs5rlczDdch1iFuRehkFQn9XcfzWtQZoqk84KVU5g2ESLv5fGfgU_cPCryLL-m13hsqVb1_kpiA/s1600-h/recession.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191199954359600146&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPOO7a-dTH7Ei1kNRCRFPJRNsw1dW-OQFZI6BD2QiQjdy3D2Uxf9t88_KOSeLsOnK8fs5rlczDdch1iFuRehkFQn9XcfzWtQZoqk84KVU5g2ESLv5fGfgU_cPCryLL-m13hsqVb1_kpiA/s200/recession.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Recently, I&#39;ve heard talk about a recession. Some people say we&#39;re already in a recession while others say the U.S. is not in a recession. With so many opinions and false facts, who are you to believe? I believe that in order to be successful, you must deal in facts not opinions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The U.S. is not technically in a recession. A recession is technically confirmed when there are two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. While we are not technically experiencing a recession, there are indicators that help determine whether we are approaching or have approached a turn in the economy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the Economist, an economic cycle can be understood with three types of indicators: leading indicators, coincidental indicators, and lagging indicators. Leading indicators turn before the cycle, Coincidental indicators turn with the cycle, and lagging indicators turn after the cycle. Examples of leading, coincidental, and lagging indicators include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leading indicators:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;interest rates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;manufacturing orders&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;business confidence&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unemployment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coincident indicators:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Measure of GDP&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lagging indicators:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Job vacancies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manufacturing capacity&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;By understanding what the facts are saying, you&#39;ll seperate yourself from the pack and be better equiped to make investment decisions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://victormacias.blogspot.com/2008/04/are-we-in-recession.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victor Macias)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPOO7a-dTH7Ei1kNRCRFPJRNsw1dW-OQFZI6BD2QiQjdy3D2Uxf9t88_KOSeLsOnK8fs5rlczDdch1iFuRehkFQn9XcfzWtQZoqk84KVU5g2ESLv5fGfgU_cPCryLL-m13hsqVb1_kpiA/s72-c/recession.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980017356382211830.post-1398353588273977139</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-07T23:15:12.042-07:00</atom:updated><title>Online Marketing</title><description>I had the opportunity to hear a presentation from the creators of &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;ibreadcrumbs&lt;/span&gt;.com. The presentation discussed the importance of having a presence on the web and how the world is transitioning from old media to new media.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Old Media includes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;newspapers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;magazines&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;radio&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;television&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;New Media includes:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Forums&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Social networking (&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;myspace&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;linkedin&lt;/span&gt;.com)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Online newsletters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discussion forums&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;Podcasts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;New media is allowing information to travel faster than ever. Reviews about a product are instantly known and shared on sites such as &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;myspace&lt;/span&gt;.com. New media is allowing the world to operate on a global scale. Websites like &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot;&gt;elance&lt;/span&gt;.com allow users to outsource almost everything from virtual assistance to legal advice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Entrepreneurs need to learn how to use new media for their advantage. By leveraging these media outlets, entrepreneurs will be able to reach global markets and get their messages out faster than ever.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://victormacias.blogspot.com/2008/04/online-marketing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victor Macias)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980017356382211830.post-1539049950481029139</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-20T18:36:27.079-07:00</atom:updated><title>Goals</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb42pSfPWqzv80frbvS59sxunf3B8tm_0rGEiIQmSrYPp-9agjC75Ucjr0OyOh5NS_A5fqEk80zgo4dDZJ4q6yR32ravYFTQhtHm7j6sex9SUETzlClI1_QTugZ5sONEKthTJNLTsLf_Z/s1600-h/Question+and+answer.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191506164052968514&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb42pSfPWqzv80frbvS59sxunf3B8tm_0rGEiIQmSrYPp-9agjC75Ucjr0OyOh5NS_A5fqEk80zgo4dDZJ4q6yR32ravYFTQhtHm7j6sex9SUETzlClI1_QTugZ5sONEKthTJNLTsLf_Z/s200/Question+and+answer.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A thought occurred to me yesterday. I was talking with a group of people and we were discussing our lives and anything new that had occurred. As we went around the table, friends and relatives began to talk about their jobs and the direction they saw in their future. To my surprise many who were talking said things like &quot;school&#39;s not for me,&quot; or &quot;I just want to get my electricians license so that I can get a promotion.&quot; While these were &quot;acceptable&quot; answers, something amazed me. Others at the table had similar answers. How can a group of young kids be so willing to settle for a mediocre lifestyle with a paycheck to paycheck mentality? How could these people be happy looking for a secure job that only paid the bills? What happened to their fire, their dreams, their aspirations? Somewhere along their life they decided that it was OK to settle!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel that the size of the questions you ask or get asked determine the size of your outcome. Instead of asking , &quot;Did you graduate high school?&quot; ask &quot;What college are you going to?&quot; Even better, instead of asking &quot;What college are you going to?&quot; ask &quot;What&#39;s your college GPA?&quot; or &quot;When are you graduating?&quot; Somewhere along their lives they stopped asking themselves big questions. Some stopped asking &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;themselves&lt;/span&gt; big questions and others were never asked big questions when they were growing up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reason why some people are billionaires and others are not, is because they ask themselves different questions. Wealthy people ask, &quot;When are you taking your company public?&quot; or &quot;What is your next business venture?&quot; They train their brains to think differently.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to change our outcome. We need to change our questions.</description><link>http://victormacias.blogspot.com/2007/11/goals.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Victor Macias)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb42pSfPWqzv80frbvS59sxunf3B8tm_0rGEiIQmSrYPp-9agjC75Ucjr0OyOh5NS_A5fqEk80zgo4dDZJ4q6yR32ravYFTQhtHm7j6sex9SUETzlClI1_QTugZ5sONEKthTJNLTsLf_Z/s72-c/Question+and+answer.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>