This is ThriveAMERICA – A meditation on thriving in this economy and beyond.

Blank Stage Productions is proud to present ThriveAMERICA. ThriveAMERICA attracts top business leaders willing to share their experience, strength and hope so that others can thrive in this economy and beyond.

infotrainer.com

This rare chance to learn from such an influential speaker and trainer was a great honor for our team.

Show Notes:

1. TELL THE TRUTH: This is identifying what you were born to do that will save people a ton of time and enhance their lives. This is your message to market match and figuring this out is huge! Can you do it? What is that you do that will empower people to achieve and do more, reach their full potential and free them from their own tired thinking. If you can identify this skill then you are on the way to making mammoth income, and living the life you deserve.

2. AUTHENTICITY: Understanding the needs of the person you are speaking with.  Find out exactly who needs what you have to offer and you will experience massive sales.

3. PROOF: Can you prove what you are doing actually works? If you can you tap into the heart, the mind the soul of a human being and you will have massive revenue, nurture your family.

4. VIDEO: Stop emailing. Get a logitech camera and send people a video clip of you.  Speak from the heart, and manifest your relationships in a dynamic way and people will see the real you.  You will emotionally attach with others when you do a follow up or an introduction. Have fun with this.

5. VIDEO TESTIMONIAL: Get the people that LOVE what you do and have them rave about you on video.  Just by doing this it prove to others your belonging, raise your credibility and shorten the sales process.  You can do it!  Let’s get started…

6. BONUS POINT: ?

Your Business Card is CRAP!

Check out the video that Joel made with over a million views!

From Joel’s website: infotainer.com

“Joel Bauer has brought the art and science of persuasion to a whole new level.”

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Author of Unlimited Power

Anthony Robbins

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“Joel Bauer has a level of impeccable perfectionism that I’ve never witnessed anywhere else in any other speaker. I’ve been around this business for 30 years, and studied all the best of the best…politically, theologically, business-wise and academically. I’ve never seen anyone come in and mesmerize a crowd, take ownership of their mind, please them and have them ecstatically excited to invest whatever he is selling them instantaneously. He’s the masters’ master.”

Author of Chicken Soup for The Soul & The One Minute Millionaire

Mark Victor Hansen

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“Joel will design the visual effects/approach for the Governor Jerry Brown Campaign–I want Joel to move to Los Angeles and work with me at our new Zoetrope Studios in production”

Director, Writer and Producer, American Zoetrope Film

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More about Joel… .

• Raised by Carol Bauer, a Television Promotion Director
• Consumed by Martial Arts and Magic
• Performed professionally at events from age 7
• Warm-up act on tour for George Jessel at 12
• Featured Entertainer on cruise ships from 14-21
• From 21-41 created/produced Infotainment presentations & road-shows on Trade Show floors and corporate events internationally (IBM, Nortel, Dresser Wayne, Polaroid, and ITT to name just a few clients)
• Author of best selling books which include:“Hustle, Hustle–The Business Of Magic”, “How to Persuade People Who Don’t Want to be Persuaded” and “Gravitational Marketing”
• Creator of four systems on personal marketing, branding, passion, Infotainment, speaking, and closing from the platform
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• Retired at 43
• Passionately presenting, performing, and training others selectively to this day, as I love what I do
• Married & father of three–dedicated to giving my children the freedom to pursue their passions–no matter what they may be

Be a guest on ThriveAMERICA and contact: brent(AT)blankstageproductions.com

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Award winning director and owner of Blank Stage Productions, Brent Brooks has served as a director and a producer in the film and television industry for well over 12 years.

‘Art of Suicide’, winner of the “Best Underground Film” award at last year’s Indie Fest, is Brooks’ second independent feature film and showcases his talent as an “actor’s director”. Brent and the Blank Stage teamed just wrapped production on “Between Love & A Hard Place” a faith -based film that features Thelma from the his TV show Good Times, Irone Singleton the villain from ‘The Blind Side’ and R&B Gosbel singer, Canton Jones. Brooks was also honored with a “Telly Award” by the International Academy of the Visual Arts for his documentary “The Artisan Resource Center: A Creative Enterprise”.

Brooks has pioneered a new film brainstorming technique called “ImprovAstorm,” manages “The Blank Page” screenwriting meetings and created “Under Budget,” the filmmaker accelerator course. Brent and a team of filmmakers are currently in-development of several exciting projects.

We had the pleasure to run around with Mark Grace for his ThriveAMERIVA segment. We hope you like the direction we are headed, different locations, getting out of the studio and moving around. We really like this imagery.

So Mark was kind enough to let us in his amazing office space and discuss his core business. From all that I have learned from Mark, what really stands out is something called the “leave behind”. This simple yet powerfully effect tool can make or break your business. It’s about making sure that when you leave the room the people in that room can repeat who you are, what you do, why you do it and how you do business. The “leave behind” is a physical piece of paper that you can also share with others.

What Mark does is take fortune 500 companies and he walks them through this process.  Below is content taking from his website, beyondvia.com

Show Notes:

-Better Closing and Integration

Have you ever had a great presentation or a great discussion and you thought the organization (or person) just got your message and would be able to move forward or buy?  And time went by and little happens and your message seems converted to something different, and you have to fix it?

Well, we have seen that, and we have a better way.  We call it the “leave-behind” and a better way to have those that hear you repeat exactly what you want – and they become your prophets, leading others to your message.

Individuals rarely make decisions without talking with others, so we ensure those conversations carry the perfect message that is repeatable and understood.

-Better Progression and Growth

Getting stuck in the status quo is so easy and comfortable.  Some say you need “change” and that seems scary and unknown.  We say you need to get better, to progress, and we know the clear, easy path to progress.

We can progress through three simple levels to get better.  Grow from the simple, to the many, to the integrated. We have the experience.  We know where you are at and where you can go. Go Beyond the status quo.

-Better Communication

So often we think we are fully understood.  No need to improve how we talk.  Well, try communication with pictures.  You will be fully understood with pictures. Your customers will buy more from you.  Seeing is Buying. We will make an enhanced visual talking way for you to talk directly with your customers.

-Better Decision Making and Actions

If you make better decisions, and “do” actions based on those decisions, you will do better.  If you “check” how well you did, you will make better decisions next time.  Sounds easy.  So often we get stuck in doing the same thing in the same way over and over again.  Well, we use real time information from everywhere, to build your new decision making system – your “should do” “do”, “check” decision center system.  You will get better within days.  Just ask.

-Better On-line Operations

To get better, it makes sense to use better tools.  Better tools can bring you better data for decisions; better tools can bring you new ways to talk with customers; better tools can keep track of your growth and progress; and better tools can make you more efficient.  We have world class online tools to make you better.  Explore them, use them, and incorporate them into your operations.

More about Mark and his company, BeyondVia.

Mark Grace quickly builds profitable product lines and businesses. As founder and “rainmaker” for Thinkage, LLC, he revolutionized food supply chains by providing manufacturer’s for McDonalds, Wal-Mart, and other restaurants/retailers complete real-time visibility and control of their products’ state. With GE Energy, he led the creation and global launch of a software suite of products that optimize assets at large electric and gas utilities. At BOC Gases, his legacy of equipment product launches and support exceeded $1B in value. In a joint venture with DOW Chemical, he launched a long term service business changing the structure of the global industrial gas business. And with Exxon, USA, the team launched high octane gas and new motor oil and waxes.

He has an uncanny ability to build strategic, visionary relationships benefiting both the customer and the supplier. He has spent the last 20 years simplifying massive amounts of data into easy to use real time Decision Tools for users to effectively Visually Tal

Mark’s Specialties

BREAKTHROUGH STRATEGY – Vision execution by development of operations infrastructure and delivery teams.

DELIVER THE POWER – Reinvigorate performance via product platform and sales/marketing teams.

MOBILIZE LEADERSHIP – Complex made understandable; high energy leading through process and teams.

CUSTOMER COMMITMENT FOR A GENERATION – Integrate customers with long term relationships/contracts.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

A new reality exists.  If you want to get better, you do not have to do the full body cleanse or the reorganized, reengineered major effort.  Build on what you have.  Take your basic way of doing business ( or living) to the next level.  We live in a more connected world, where technologies reach out for us in almost unlimited ways.  We need to improve our communication, our messages, and our delivery.

At Beyondvia, we started our revolutionary “better way” approach at the beginning of the new millineum.  We have the advantage of using all the new tools of a highly connected world.  We have used the basics of how we work together and built the most advanced connection systems.  Be connected to your customers, to your employees, to your suppliers, to your products, and to your sensed world.  Make decision based on these real time connections. You script your success in the world.  We make it happen with you.

MISSION

To be THE organization who connected the world to do better everyday.

PRINCIPLES

We can go Beyond…be smart, be collaborative, be moving, be valuable, be good, be smiling …all the time getting better.

OUR COSTUMERS

We have successfully used our “better way” to propel industries beyond the status quo:

In energy and utilities markets, we participated in propelling the “smart grid” forward.

In industrial processing of materials, we participated in making process intensification using microchannels a reality.

In the production and distribution of food, we made information about the product as important as the product.

In education, we developed new pillars to build knowledge upon.

In online communication, we created new ways to talk and be understood.

Any organization or person can get better if you focus on getting the basics right.  We know how to get your basics better.

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Award winning director and owner of Blank Stage Productions, Brent Brooks has served as a director and a producer in the film and television industry for well over 12 years.

‘Art of Suicide’, winner of the “Best Underground Film” award at last year’s Indie Fest, is Brooks’ second independent feature film and showcases his talent as an “actor’s director”. Brent and the Blank Stage teamed just wrapped production on “Between Love & A Hard Place” a faith -based film that features Thelma from the his TV show Good Times, Irone Singleton the villain from ‘The Blind Side’ and R&B Gosbel singer, Canton Jones. Brooks was also honored with a “Telly Award” by the International Academy of the Visual Arts for his documentary “The Artisan Resource Center: A Creative Enterprise”.

Brooks has pioneered a new film brainstorming technique called “ImprovAstorm,” manages “The Blank Page” screenwriting meetings and created “Under Budget,” the filmmaker accelerator course. Brent and a team of filmmakers are currently in-development of several exciting projects.

Guerrilla Marketing: The unconventional way to reach convectional goals by using creativity and working hard.

There are many that try and call themselves the Guerilla Marketers, but here is the real deal.

Guerrilla Marketing CEO, David Fagan, lets our camera crew inside his mountain getaway for this real, down to earth segment of ThriveAMERICA. Dressed for battle, David gets right to the point and speaks to you, the business owner, the entrepreneur. He knows its brutal out there and is ready to deliver to you ways to change your business. He wants you to admit what is not working, to get honest with yourself. This is something David’s partner and author of the “Guerrilla Marketing” book series, Jay Levinson, has instilled in him.

This is ThriveAMERICA – A meditation on thriving in this economy and beyond.

Blank Stage Productions is proud to present ThriveAMERICA. ThriveAMERICA attracts top business leaders willing to share their experience, strength and hope so that others may learn.

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Show Notes

1) CHANGE: WHAT YOU SELL: If things are working you need to think who you sell, what you sell and how you sell. An example of this isDisney. Disney saw an amazing opportunity, they saw that that many people really respected they way they ran their business. So, they started a program teaching others how they ran thier business. This was a perfect way to change what and who you sell to. Another great example is Movie theaters. The theater chains saw the opportunity with concessions. This is really who they are making money, so they changes WHAT they sold and this is really the only way they survived.

2) CHANGE :HOW YOU SELL:  Weather you sell offline or online you might need to change HOW you sell. Look at Best Buy and see hwo they created the geek squad.

3) More Coming…

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Discover David online:

Vist the jungle!
http://www.gmarketing.com/

Click to learn about Joyce’s boutique consulting services:
http://www.joycebone.com/about.htm

The GM radio show:
http://www.gmarketing.com/radio/

Don’t miss another tweet from David:

http://twitter.com/davidfagan

Watch more David Fagan Video:
http://www.youtube.com/user/davidtfagan

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Video Break: David introduces the rainmaker series and explains the “Law of Multiplication”

More about David Fagan:

David Fagan is a true Rain Maker. Whether it is working with Inc 500 Infusionsoft or as CEO of Guerrilla Marketing Mr. Fagan knows the sales activities and has attributes needed to bring major opopportunities, accounts and profitable relationships to an organization. He has shared the stage with Mark Victor Hansen, Michael Gerber and Jay Conrad Levinson to name a few. His recent books include Secrets of Peak Performers with Dan Kennedy and Guerrilla Rain Makers with Jay Conrad Levinson.

David Fagan worked at Wells Fargo for 5 years overseeing 9 banks as it pertained to lending. He generated leads through speaking at their events as well as building key alliances. He has also owned several businesses with a total of 5 offices in 3 states.

Today he is best known as an expert in Business Development (Guerrilla Rainmaking) with several successful products. He is a leader in Marketing and Sales for business owners and business leaders.

He has completed Harvard’s program on Negotiation, hosted a regular radio show called “Entrepreneur 101” that went out to millions in multiple states, his website had as many as 200,000 hits in one month, he has appeared on the television show “American Real Estate, What’s Next?” and David has been awarded with a Professional membership to the National Speakers Association.

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About the Host:

Brent Brooks | Brent owns and operates Blank Stage Productions, an independent film production company. Blank Stage is home to “The Blank Page” a screenwriting group and “Under Budget” a producer’s network. Brent has directed three indie films to date, THE GALLON CHALLENGE, ART OF SUICIDE and BETWEEN LOVE & A HARD PLACE.

Visit: http://www.blankstageproductions.com

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Contact: brent(at)blankstageproductions.com

“Don’t sell CRAP”

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During the recent StomperNet.com convection here in Atlanta, GA we had the chance to speak with “Big” Jason Henderson, who wasn’t hard to miss, standing nearly 7 feet tall and fielding all sorts of questions about the StomperNet affiliate program. What follows is his candid interview on ThriveAMERICA where Jason explains what afflaite marketing is, what to avoid, how to succeed, some simple tactics, and why he is on board as the affliate manage with StomperNet.

Big Jason stands tall in a cluttered court of internet marketing.

Big Jason is the current affiliate manager for stompernet.com, one the most well known marketing companies in the world. Jason has been online since 1996 and an Email marketing manager, and a twice certified landing page marketing specialist.  Jason is also an affiliate marketer, he basically makes money promoting other people’s products.

This is ThriveAMERICA – A meditation on thriving in this economy and beyond.

Blank Stage Productions is proud to present ThriveAMERICA. ThriveAMERICA attracts top business leaders willing to share their experience, strength and hope so that others may learn.

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Show Notes

1) WHAT IS AFFILIATE MARKETING?: Promoting other people’s product’s and the product owner pays you a percentage of of the sale for promoting and purchasing their products online.  That simple. You just tell people about some great products through social media, writing blogs, etc. Some online destinations are amazon.com, clickbank.com and of course StomperNet.com are THE places to go, trusted and tested.

2) STOP PITCHING CRAP: Don’t do whatever one else is doing. Be different. Step up your game. You need to be different. Buy and use the product you are selling, this is key. Say if recommend something that really sucks, that is going to turn around and hurt you.  Establish a solid reputation, become a trustd resource.

3) LINK THE PRODUCTS YOU USE: Say you have a blog about what you love. The RV you are driving, the camera you are using, something you use every day for example, see if they offer an affiliate program by searching the market place. Most products and service provide affiliate links. Any sort of product that has a affiliate program, you want to link to them through your blog.

4) LOVE YOUR COOKIES: What’s great about stompernet.com is the cookies. StomperNet.com has a uncanny tracking system that tracks the users cookies, with your affiliate i.d. so if the user goes to the stompernet site once and then later stomper net has a new product, you are credited with that sale. Very cool.

5) TRAFFIC FLOW: Get yourself a free blog. Use social media to build traffic. Use video and upload product reviews to YouTube and other video hosting destinations.

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Affliate Marketing as defined on wikipedia

is an Internet-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate’s marketing efforts. Examples include rewards sites, where users are rewarded with cash or gifts, for the completion of an offer, and the referral of others to the site. The industry has four core players: the merchant (also known as ‘retailer’ or ‘brand’), the network, the publisher (also known as ‘the affiliate’) and the customer. The market has grown in complexity to warrant a secondary tier of players, including affiliate management agencies, super-affiliates and specialized third parties vendors.Affiliate marketing overlaps with other Internet marketing methods to some degree, because affiliates often use regular advertising methods. Those methods include organic search engine optimization, paid search engine marketing, e-mail marketing, and in some sense display advertising. On the other hand, affiliates sometimes use less orthodox techniques, such as publishing reviews of products or services offered by a partner.

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Affiliate marketing—using one website to drive traffic to another—is a form of online marketing, which is frequently overlooked by advertisers. While search engines, e-mail, and website syndication capture much of the attention of online retailers, affiliate marketing carries a much lower profile. Still, affiliates continue to play a significant role in e-retailers’ marketing strategies.

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A real life affiliate link:

So right above is MY StomperNet.com affiliate image link, promoting StomperNet’s killer mobile phone marketing platform they are rolling out. After I signed up (so easy) I was sent MY unique user name and instructions on where to go online. So… I logged in and picked which image or URL I wanted to promote on the site. Here is a great example of one of many URL’s assigned to me: http://stompermobile.com/opening/. So if you were to click it (please do) then you would whisked away to a sites promoting StomperNet products and services, which do rock.  As Jason explained, what’s great about stompernet’s system is the user does not have to buy, right then, in fact the cookies last in the users computer for up to 90 days!

If this does not make sense, just contact Big Jason and tell him I sent you and he will walk you through it. jmhonlin(at)gmail.com

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Discover Big Jason Henderson online:

Vist the Jason’s BigMarketing online consulting services:
http://www.bigmarketingonline.com/bigplm/

Subscribe to Big Jason on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/bigmarketing

Don’t miss another tweet from Jason:
http://twitter.com/bigmarketing

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About Big Jason

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I started Big Marketing to focus on clients who don’t use the Miva Merchant shopping cart where I am known as the world’s leading authority on search engine optimization and marketing for this particular cart since 1999.

I have been making money online for myself and my clients since 1996. I am a professional speaker on email marketing, search engine optimization, web 2.0, social networking, online video, and Better Posture Guaranteed which is used by some of the top marketers in the world in

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About the Host:

Brent Brooks | Brent owns and operates Blank Stage Productions, an independent film production company. Blank Stage is home to “The Blank Page” a screenwriting group and “Under Budget” a producer’s network. Brent has directed three indie films to date, THE GALLON CHALLENGE, ART OF SUICIDE and BETWEEN LOVE & A HARD PLACE.

Visit: http://www.blankstageproductions.com

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Contact: brent(at)blankstageproductions.com

Millionaire Moms Author Joyce Bone mothers the set and wields incredible knowledge from her years of searching for the truth behind the thriving millionaire mother. Joyce took here first company “Earthcare” to 120 million in revenue. Now Joyce runs the social network, Millionaire Moms, where she helps people see what thier ideal life looks like and shows them how to get their. It was a joy to have have JOYce on the set and we had to make she show in two parts, we hope she comes back soon!

This is ThriveAMERICA – A meditation on thriving in this economy and beyond.

Blank Stage Productions is proud to present ThriveAMERICA. ThriveAMERICA attracts top business leaders willing to share their experience, strength and hope so that we can come together and learn from each other.

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Show Notes

1) STAND IN THIER SHOES: Understand how to sell to woman and how to sell a man and deeply understand what they are trying to accomplish. For a woman its good to collaborate, use emotional words, share success stories. With men is more abut facts, they are either in or out based on this. The other side of this is understanding the personality of those you might be doing business with, or want to do business with. When I got my first investment, my investor didn’t need any more money, but I appealed to goals he was looking for, a compmay to go public. This to how got him going. Don’t think “me, me, me” think “them, them, them”, how can you be of service.

2) ESTABLISH YOURSELF AS AN EXPERT:  Don’t drill wide, drill deep in your wheelhouse of talents and bore down. Leverage what you have, your story. The way I did this was write  a book, which I found is the best way to build attraction. Its on the best way s to gain instant credibility.  Now when writing a book you have several different options. I also encourage everyone to produce thier own blog talk radio. You can really get in the front door with ideal gate openers, not gate keepers. Doing these will help you tremendously. When I was wrting my book, I interviewed some many millionaires Moms, many of which  have truely helped me along the way.

3) HIRE A COACH: A good coach is someone who has gone before you, they will pave the road for you, help manage your choices and make sure you do not fail. Look at any athlete or really any successful business leader. They all have a coach, a mentor to help then get there. Find the right coach, get in the trenches and do the things you need to do to succeed.

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Discover Joyce online:

Grab a copy of Joyce’s book!
http://www.millionairemom.com/products/item31.cfm

Click to learn about Joyce’s boutique consulting services:
http://www.joycebone.com/about.htm

Log onto Joyce’s radio show:
http://www.joycebone.com/radioshow.htm

Don’t miss another tweet from Joyce:
http://twitter.com/MillionaireMoms

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Video Break: This video that Joyce has on her webiste is awesome and sums up in many ways what Joyce stands for.

More about Joyce Bone:

Joyce Bone is a wife, mom and successful entrepreneur. She is the founder of www.millionairemoms.com, a membership community dedicated to helping like-minded women master the art of raising a business and a family at the same time.

Joyce is passionate about helping other entrepreneurs succeed and knows the challenges of operating a business having done so successfully herself. She is most well known for taking a $10,000 risk and cofounding EarthCare, the environmental company that she turned into a $50 million dollar NASDAQ traded powerhouse in just 18 months with revenues ultimately reaching $125 million. Subsequently she has managed more than 350 employees and has executed dozens of mergers & acquisitions.

Today, Joyce takes her vast knowledge of business and shares it with all entrepreneurs via her website and through interviews with other millionaire moms.

Joyce has been featured in numerous books, magazines such as Money, Kiplinger’s, and Millionaire Blueprints. She has been seen on CNBC’s The Squawk Box as an entrepreneurial expert.

Joyce is a columnist for Glow magazine, Southern Savvy and contributor to other magazines and books. She is also an author with a book coming out in 2009. She also hosts the Millionaire Moms Radio Show and as an author is a widely sought after speaker.

Joyce knows how to juggle family and business. She is as comfortable on the ball field as she is in the board room. Her husband of sixteen years, Alan and she enthusiastically support their three boys’ active lifestyle.

You can contact Joyce at 770-310-6455 or joyce@millionairemoms.com

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About the Host:

Brent Brooks | Brent owns and operates Blank Stage Productions, an independent film production company. Blank Stage is home to “The Blank Page” a screenwriting group and “Under Budget” a producer’s network. Brent has directed three indie films to date, THE GALLON CHALLENGE, ART OF SUICIDE and BETWEEN LOVE & A HARD PLACE.

Visit: http://www.blankstageproductions.com

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LEAVE a COMMENT: Do you have any tips, strategies or resources you can share with us, particularly on the social media front? Please, let us know by leaving a comment! Do so by pressing the comment icon next to the video player above.

Contact: brent(at)blankstageproductions.com

We snuck Mike away from his usual steady flow of traffic (online and off) from the recent Stompernet event, dried him off long enough so that he could reveal some powerful tips to our audience.

You see Mike has been busy opening the flood gates for his client’s online traffic with his creation of the “Traffic Geyser”. “Traffic Geyser” is an internet marketers dream. It dramatically helps you get your video content out there, while giving you more to focus on the important stuff.

Mike was gracious enough to sit down with us and reveal some powerful tips on internet marketing.  Mike is the creator of traffic geyser, a powerful online tool that helps massicly distribute your content with one click of a button. Behind the scenes though, Mike has been quite busy developing some increadibale online tools that drmatically aids the online marketer and business owner.

Filming some of his break out room session I noticed how passionate Mike truly is about wanting to see others succeed online. In developing his online marketing tools, he puts himself in your shoes and has an answer for just about any issue you might discover.

Blank Stage Productions is proud to present ThriveAMERICA. ThriveAMERICA attracts top business leaders willing to share their experience, strength and hope so that others may learn.

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ThriveAMERICA – A meditation on thriving in this economy and beyond.

Chisel Away the Everything

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Show Notes

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1. VIDEO REPORTS: Become an expert on your topic. You know something that is unique. You need to share this info with the world. You need to create video reports. Now here is the secret, associate your review with current information. I made a review video of the Z18 and I got on the top of google and used this to build my platform. This was all free.

Videos 2-5 are coming soon…

Click to learn more about the TRAFFIC GEYSER system:

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These past guests, in order of standings, are getting the most views for their past appearances on ThriveAMERICA. Click on their picture and see why!

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Finding Mike Online:

Todd was a high school drop out and now produces over 5 million in sales.

Something worth seeing: 
http://www.trafficgeyser.com/

Viral Video Secrets: 
http://www.viralvideosecrets.com/

DIGITAL CAFE: An online resource for high end graphics and video sweetening
http://www.digitalcafe.tv/products/

Find Mike on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/koenigs

Get Mike’s sweet tweets
http://twitter.com/mikekoenigs

Why get linked up with Mike:

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About the Host:

Brent Brooks | Brent owns and operates Blank Stage Productions, an independent film production company. Blank Stage is home to “The Blank Page” a screenwriting group and “Under Budget” a producer’s network. Brent has directed three indie films to date, THE GALLON CHALLENGE, ART OF SUICIDE and BETWEEN LOVE & A HARD PLACE.

Visit: http://www.blankstageproductions.com

Contact: brent(at)blankstageproductions.com

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E-Commerce mastermind and internet marketing speaker, Todd Chism, sits down with us at the recent Stompernet conference.  Todd is a wiz at developing and running several thriving online e-commerce businesses.
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Blank Stage Productions is proud to present ThriveAMERICA. ThriveAMERICA attracts top business leaders willing to share their experience, strength and hope so that others may learn.

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ThriveAMERICA – A meditation on thriving in this economy and beyond.

Chisel Away the Everything

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Show Notes

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1. FIND YOURSELF: Find great product niches, find something with great profitability when opening an online store and running it as E-commerce.

2. SHUT UP AND FAIL:  Don’t give up.  Failure is a part of success. We learn more through failure. There are times when we give up. This is one ara you need to focus on. Be like a pit bull. We need you out there, making it happen.

3. DON”T BE A KNOW IT ALL:  Don’t do everything yourself. Surround yourself with people better then you. Build a team around you. You will grow much faster when you find people to do your duties and tasks.

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Check out Todd’s new internet marketing endeavor ”Crackers and Chile” dot com!

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Finding Todd Online:

Todd was a high school drop out and now produces over 5 million in sales.

Something worth seeing: 

http://failureisapartofsuccess.com/

Todd’s latest creation: 

http://www.crackersandchile.com/

One of Todd’s biggest online E-commerce money makers: 

http://www.patioshoppers.com/

Find Todd on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=803113554

Get Todd’s sweet Tweets
http://twitter.com/ToddChism

Why get linked up with Todd:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/toddchism

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About the Host:

Brent Brooks | Brent owns and operates Blank Stage Productions, an independent film production company. Blank Stage is home to “The Blank Page” a screenwriting group and “Under Budget” a producer’s network. Brent has directed three indie films to date, THE GALLON CHALLENGE, ART OF SUICIDE and BETWEEN LOVE & A HARD PLACE.

Visit: http://www.blankstageproductions.com

Contact: brent(at)blankstageproductions.com

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ThriveAMERICA – A meditation on thriving in this economy and beyond.

Blank Stage Productions is proud to present ThriveAMERICA. ThriveAMERICA attracts top business leaders willing to share their experience, strength and hope so that others may learn.

We invited straight shooter, Jim Munson, owner of Munson International and one part host of the invite only RITZ GROUP to visit the studio.

Show Notes

1.WE DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS -Get down to the nitty gritty; tell investors what they really want to know -how is your investment going to make a return? We all love a great story, a great product, but retelling an investor how great your product is, or how much money and hours you have put into it, is not only a waste of time, but a waste of breath. Use that energy to discover ways in which the investor will make their money back.

2. BE LOGICAL -Know your customer, market and your competitor. Passion may drive you, but numbers and statistics drive the investor. How is your product better than your comptetitor’s? What are their numbers; their statistics? Have a killer plan of attack because when it comes to your product you need to know what moves it besides your passion.

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Top Views on ThriveAMERICA | Click on Thumbnail to View the Interview

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About the Host:

Brent Brooks | Brent owns and operates Blank Stage Productions, an independent film production company. Blank Stage is home to “The Blank Page” a screenwriting group and “Under Budget” a producer’s network. Brent has directed three indie films to date, THE GALLON CHALLENGE, ART OF SUICIDE and BETWEEN LOVE & A HARD PLACE.

Visit: http://www.blankstageproductions.com

Contact: brent(at)blankstageproductions.com

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ThriveAMERICA

A meditation on thriving in this economy and beyond.

“Networking in Atlanta“ Presents: ThriveAMERICA.

Produced by Blank Stage Productions, ThriveAMERICA attracts top business leaders willing to share their experience, strength and hope so that we may all learn how to thrive in this economy. We recently asked business leader Bryan Menendez, founder of The Crepe Masters in Atlanta to visit the set and discuss ways a business leader can thrive in this economy and beyond. Here, he shares with us his Five To Thrive , 5 ways to thrive in today’s ever changing economy.

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Show Notes

1. Find a Unique Opportunity. Look for something different then the rest. Something that fits you and your style. Stand-out.

2. Bread & Butter. Find your business sweet spot, the bread and butter for your company.  Perhaps a place where you work the least but make the most -  a unique combination of cash flow, marketing and automation.  For me its going to festivals, this is where I get to sell my crepes and find a a slew of new leads.

3. Marketing. When I first started my business I would explain it to everyone I meet – this was not working. As soon as I figured out that people HAD to SEE what it was I could do was when things started to take off. The website, your video also all play a vital role of new clients seeing my services. Seeing is believing as they say.

4.  See Failure as what it is…. You will fail.  But this is just temporary and a chance to find new solutions, a new way of doing thins. Weather the storm and come out on the other side more adapt.

5. Have Faith. This is everything. You can do all these things like make a business & marketing plan, network,  take all this advice, but if you don’t have faith in yourself or a spiritual faith you might find yourself at a loss.  Your hard work will lay the groundwork for faith to reveal business miracles! They go hand in hand to me.

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Find Bryan on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=23715743&authToken=vTyz&authType=name

Check out the video Blank Stage Productions produced for Bryan:

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Excerpt from Byron’s website:

Bring Paris to your next event! Let Atlanta’s finest crepe catering service come out and cater your next event and have your guests enjoying themselves with nostalgic aromas of Paris, French music to set the ambiance, and unique culinary delights prepared live before there eyes!

Check out our video, which will demonstrate how we can make your event more exciting and more memorable!

Call or email us today to book your date and time so you will have one less thing to worry about and more time to relax and enjoy your event knowing that the Crepe Masters of Atlanta will take care of the rest!

CREPES ARE PREPARED LIVE!
Crépe Masters style of “live action cooking” is guaranteed to tantalize your guests’ senses! Imagine our invigorating aromas, sizzling foods, & euphoric tastes at your next event. Our chefs take you & your guests to Sensational Bliss! We prepare the orders live & entertainingly right before your eyes. Our crepes are Fast & Fresh… just the way you like it!

CREPES ARE HAND-HELD
These wonderful pockets of scrumptious delectables do not require plates or utensils! Crepes are designed to contribute to a social atmosphere by being transportable & easy to dispose of when finished. But you may need a couple of napkins!

GUESTS INTERACT WITH CHEF!
Our chefs are not order takers who simply cook. They entertain as well. Crépe Masters has a reputation for “WOWing” guests and we would love the opportunity to entertain them at your next event!!

About the Host: Brent Brooks | Brent owns and operates Blank Stage Productions, an independent film production company. Blank Stage is home to “The Blank Page” a screenwriting group and “Under Budget” a producer’s network. Brent has directed three indie films to date, THE GALLON CHALLENGE, ART OF SUICIDE and BETWEEN LOVE & A HARD PLACE. Visit: http://www.blankstageproductions.com . ]]> http://thriveamerica.com/video/bryan-menendez-the-crepe-master/feed 37 noThriveAMERICABrent BrooksHelping you thive in this economy and beyond!business,advice,suggestions,answers,solutions,tools,weapons,gear,plan,planning,methods,principles,wayshttp://thriveamerica.com/video/bryan-menendez-the-crepe-masterhttp://www.youtube.com/v/UgKc905wrNc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;border=1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thriveamerica/~3/qfOKDjCOAeg/blankstage24Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDThttp://del.icio.us/blankstage24#2010-03-15<ul> <li><a href="http://bsp.blankstagetheater.com/studio/improv/">Improv | Blank Stage</a><br/> 10 Commandments of Improvisation: an improv class $245 Monday Nights, 7:30-9:30 @ The Blank Stage Instructor: Brent Brooks + Special Guest 585 Cobb</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/blankstage24#2010-03-15http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thriveamerica/~3/EmuNDRMccE8/blankstage24Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://del.icio.us/blankstage24#2010-03-13<ul> <li><a href="http://thriveamerica.com/socialmedia/reveal-your-social-media-colors-with-derek-peacock">Reveal your Social Media Colors with Dereck Peacock | ThriveAMERICA</a><br/> These days its not just about getting onto facebook or twitter or linkedIn, and thinking business will come. It&#039;s about understanding how each social media platform operates, how to link them together the applications out there that help us do that.</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/blankstage24#2010-03-13http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thriveamerica/~3/qWimQJ0O_f8/blankstage24Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://del.icio.us/blankstage24#2010-03-12<ul> <li><a href="http://thriveamerica.com/socialmedia/reveal-your-social-media-colors-with-dereck-peacock">Reveal your Social Media Colors with Dereck Peacock</a><br/> Article by Brent Brooks at 2010-03-12 17:15:31<br /> Categorized in Social Media,</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/blankstage24#2010-03-12http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thriveamerica/~3/kmUhLfPIH5Q/blankstage24Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://del.icio.us/blankstage24#2010-03-08<ul> <li><a href="http://bsp.blankstagetheater.com/uncategorized/573/">10 Commandments of Improv | Blank Stage</a><br/> 10 Commandments of Improvisation: an improv class Cost: $245 Monday Nights, 7:30-10 @ The Blank Stage Instructor: Brent Brooks + Special</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/blankstage24#2010-03-08http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thriveamerica/~3/H99u_76HDtM/blankstage24Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://del.icio.us/blankstage24#2010-03-07<ul> <li><a href="http://thriveamerica.com/video/rick-crain-visualize-your-victory">Rick Crain - Visualize Your Victory</a><br/> A coaching session with Business/ ActionCOACH Rick Crain. Rick walks us through on how to close a sale.<br /> <br /> <br /> A meditation on thriving in this economy and beyond.<br /> <br /> <br /> Produced by Blank Stage Productions, ThriveAMERICA attracts top business leaders</li> </ul>http://del.icio.us/blankstage24#2010-03-07 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thriveamerica/~3/EYCMj3-0TvE/rick-crain-visualize-your-victory http://thriveamerica.com/video/rick-crain-visualize-your-victory#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:15:38 +0000 brent@blankstageproductions.com (Brent Brooks) http://thriveamerica.com/?p=2876 A coaching session with Business/ ActionCOACH Rick Crain. Rick walks us through on how to close a sale. A meditation on thriving in this economy and beyond. Produced by Blank Stage Productions, ThriveAMERICA attracts top business leaders willing to share their experience, strength and hope so that others may learn. We brought Brent’s personal business coach RICK CRAIN in for another session, this time on we wanted to know how to close a deal. Many of us have lost deals, not gotten the work, not because we are any less talented but because we are not doing some basic fundamentals. Apply a few of these tactics to your game and improve your close ratio by 50%. LEAVE a COMMENT: Do you have any tips you can share with us, particularly about closing sales? Please, let us know by leaving a comment! Do so by pressing the comment icon next to the video player above. Show Notes 1. The Draft. Speak their language. Do research on the company you are going to do business with. Understand their culture. Understand their style. 2. NO Pain NO Gain. You have GOT to learn how to ask great questions. This is not the time to talk about all the great things you can do for your client. You have to find the PAIN of your client , listen and listen more. This will build trust and your potential customer will be more open to the solutions you are about to offer. 3. Building Value. This is going separate you from your competition. This going to prove to the client that YOU have the solution and then why they should do business with you. Build value to the solution you are going to provide. It is about getting desire from your client. Remember, the client is going to buy from you for two reasons. They need what you have or buying your solution makes them feel good. 4. Visualize the Victory. See the close, just like a top athlete will visualize the game victory, sensing how that will feel. Do the same. Make it so. Imagine how it is going to be for you and your client when you do close the deal. 5. Game Day. This is the closing table. This is where it all comes together. As a business owner, this is what we look forward to. This is where the fun begins. This should be the easiest part of the close, of the sales process.  Be prepared to negotiate by having packages and offers, but never discount. Discounting is the death of all business. Powerful Online Resource to Help grow Your Business: American Express Open Business Forum – A Place Where Business Owners Share Ideas and a great place to build alliances http://www.openforum.com/ Incredible resources to be found at the Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/ Free Coaching Session With Rick Crain. Mention ThriveAMERICA. http://www.actioncoach.com/rickcrain/contact.php Mashable – The best source for social media news and tips http://mashable.com/ Starts with a plan. Before you go to market or if you have a new product or service – Generate a powerful business plan http://www.bplans.com/ Top Views on ThriveAMERICA | Click on Thumbnail to View the Interview These past guests, in order of standings, are getting the most views for their past appearances on ThriveAMERICA. Click on their picture and see why! ThriveAMERICA Update: Updates to the website allow viewers to post the ThriveAMERICA URL’s and content here onto their favorite social media websites. With one click, a link to this site gets posted on a number of social destinations. Rick’s Bio: Rick Crain’s experience and knowledge for building successful businesses and leaders began with a 32 year career with the World’s largest financial services company, ADP. Starting with ADP in St. Louis , MO in 1974, his career includes leadership responsibility for the startup operations for regional offices in San Antonio Texas (1982) and Princeton New Jersey (1986). In Philadelphia (1997), Rick was selected to save a regional center that was in critical danger of closing its doors due to lack of sales and organizational performance. In 2002, just five years later, the Philadelphia Region won the exclusive ADP worldwide award as Region of the Year which was weighed heavily on sales, profits, quality and customer and employee retention. In that same year, Philadelphia was selected for expansion through merger initiatives which Rick also led to success, doubling the region’s revenue from $50 to $100 million annually. In 2003, Rick accepted Vice President responsibility for the Southeast operations for ADP Major Accounts division spanning 14 locations in seven states with $280 million in revenue. Throughout his career Rick has developed high performing leaders and teams to replace him before moving on to the next organizational development and personally challenging initiative. In 2005, Rick left ADP to pursue his career and passion. Rick is a certified and licensed business and executive coach with the World’s #1 business coaching and consulting firm, ActionCOACH Business Coaching. He owns his own company, Breakthrough Business Solutions, and is also an entrepreneurial partner with DrawSuccess, a company with an innovative and fun solution for team transformation. Through his coaching and team transformational programs, Rick has a successful history of organizational leadership and development while driving bottom line results. He has been recognized as a Top 100 Coach in the World by the International Business Coaching Institute in 2008, Georgia ’s Most Inspirational Coach for 2008, North America Network Coach of the Year for 2008 for his prominence in the community he serves and the 2008 Action Coach of the Year Global Award. Rick’s mission is to accelerate the advancement of inspiring leaders and teams above and beyond bottom line results. Rick Crain received his undergraduate degree in Business Management from Peirce College and Master Certifications in Project Management and Strategic Organizational Leadership from Villanova University . Rick is the father of Rick, Jr., a teacher and basketball coach in Philadelphia , and Maria, a Nurse Practitioner specializing in pediatric food allergies and residing in Dallas , TX . Rick is also a proud grandfather to William, also in Dallas . Rick still loves to play baseball and has a burning desire to participate in a major league baseball fantasy camp. Rick is currently co-authoring a leadership book scheduled for a 2010 spring release. Contact Rick and be sure to mention that you him on ThriveAMERICA for a COMPLIMENTARY business evaluation: 404-799-1020 Rick’s Website: http://www.actioncoach.com/rickcrain/ Rick’s LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rick-crain/2/928/322 Rick’s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1278236742 . Top Views on ThriveAMERICA | Click on Thumbnail to View the Interview These past guests, in order of standings, are getting the most views for their past appearances on ThriveAMERICA. Click on their picture and see why! About the Host: Brent Brooks | Brent owns and operates Blank Stage Productions, an independent film production company.  Blank Stage is home to “The Blank Page” a screenwriting group and “Under Budget” a producer’s network. Brent has directed three indie films to date, THE GALLON CHALLENGE, ART OF SUICIDE and BETWEEN LOVE & A HARD PLACE. Visit: http://www.blankstageproductions.com . . Just a wicked cool video. ]]> http://thriveamerica.com/video/rick-crain-visualize-your-victory/feed 1 noThriveAMERICABrent BrooksHelping you thive in this economy and beyond!business,advice,suggestions,answers,solutions,tools,weapons,gear,plan,planning,methods,principles,wayshttp://thriveamerica.com/video/rick-crain-visualize-your-victoryhttp://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/-rZVrVjgdzc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0 Brent BrooksnonadultThriveAMERICA