What Could 1 Fresh Idea Do For Your Business?
November 20th, 2009
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by BobTheTeacher · Filed Under: Bob The Teacher Training · Business Building · Business Mentoring · Internet Marketing Seminars
I love surrounding myself with idea people, don’t you? You know the types who have some uncanny ability to process information really fast and come up with an idea that you wish you would have thought of yourself.
For some of my coaching clients, I can be that person. But I also need those people too.
Last weekend, I connected with a few of those people. Specifically, Nancy Marmolejo, Felicia Slattery and Adam Urbanski.
I’ll tell you more about them in a second, but first a teaching point.
Wherever you are in your business, if you start to feel a bit stuck or stale, go to a live event. Although a local meetup or social gathering (holiday parties are coming soon) can suffice, it’s even better when you can get away for a couple of days. Break your routine and force yourself to be in a new scene for a couple of days.
I find the time to think while traveling on a plane, driving down I-95, or even being stuck overnight in an airport can be quite helpful. Of course, I encourage you to NOT stay overnight in an airport, but still…
When you’re amongst your peers instead of staying inside your comfort zone, you get to focus 100% of your attention on your business without the distractions you normally see in your day-to-day. You also get reinvigorated for your mission, connect with potential partners, and learn of shortcuts and pitfalls others have discovered before you.
Now back to the idea people…
First, meet Nancy Marmolejo (pictured, left) a social media expert and “freanius” (my new word for a freakin’ genius). We had met before, but had the opportunity to spend more time together during a day long mastermind with a handful of people. Then on Friday, she stopped me before a session and gave me a very simple idea of a particular type of image to use in my presentation. Not only was it the perfect way to start the content of my presentation, the imagery will be useful to me in many other areas of my marketing.
Next is Felicia Slattery (pictured, right), who you’ve probably heard me talk about before. She’s a communications expert and helps her clients create and deliver “Signature Speeches”. Even people who aren’t big fans of public speaking discover how much impact they can have when Felicia helps them. We’ve worked together before, but I knew that getting her feedback before and after my talk would prove beneficial. In this case, her ideas of what to cut out were as important as what to put into my talk. Especially with only 90 minutes to deliver a kick-butt teaching session.
Finally, Adam Urbanski, the host of the Attract Clients Like Crazy Bootcamp, gave me the specific clarity to reaching my initial goals for 2010, and then doubling that goal. We spent a day together on Monday, in what he calls a “Mentoring By Adam – MBA”. He helped me to realize that if my strengths in business are around teaching audiences in person (which I love even more than teleseminars), that my primary focus should be on hosting my own live events and workshops. This may seem obvious to you, but he was able to help me craft a specific action plan to make it happen.
Now the trick with any new idea that you get is knowing which one is the best to implement. Once you choose, you need to implement it as fast as possible. I already implemented and saw great results from Nancy and Felicia’s ideas. And you’ll soon see how I’m putting Adam’s ideas into action.
But right now, I’d like to ask you to share a specific idea you picked up from someone else, and how you implemented it. Post a comment below with your story.
Bob Jenkins
p.s. If you want to learn from me in person, look out for my announcement next week about my internet marketing workshop in February. I’ll also be teaching at NAMS 3, which has less than 20 seats left I think (use coupon 100NAMS3 to save $100).
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| Bob Jenkins is an internet business marketing teacher, with ten years experience teaching teenagers and teachers. He is the creator of several online training courses that teach you how to get better customers and increase your profits. Specializing in social networking strategies for business and creating information products from teleseminars, Bob can help you use internet marketing tools and strategies to promote your business online. |
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Bob–
As one of my closest and dearest friends in “the business” I just LOVE helping you. In fact, what I love most– and is a teaching moment for others as well — is your ability to IMPLEMENT the ideas we discuss.
Each time we’ve talked about an idea, you take action on it and incorporate it at the very next opportunity. That’s the mistake I see so many people making– getting valuable information and sitting on it. Thinking about it. Waiting for.. I don’t know what.
So I am always thrilled to share my ideas with you because what you do with those ideas is always amazing!
It was great to see you and I’m looking forward to our next live event where we share the stage together!
Hugs,
Felicia
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Great post Bob and I’m glad we got a few hours at the Phoenix Airport to talk about our businesses and going forward in 2010. You’ve given me a lot to think about but more importantly implement.
Right now as I told you I am in a private coaching / mentoring group and right now we’re going over setting up a business that cashes in on the holidays especially but doesn’t die out when the holidays are over. So I’ve taken the ideas that were given to me and set up a brand new website and have implemented what we were told and I hope to report great results with that very soon!
I agree that getting out to events is great whether you are new or been in the business for a while, it’s about networking and connecting and implementing in your own business!
Here’s to a very prosperous New Year!
-Chris
Bob –
Having had the awesome opportunity to be directly inspired by both Adam Urbanski at “Attract Clients Like Crazy” and Felicia Slattery, I can concur with your statements! They both have the ability to see the whole picture and help one take that step back and view themselves with equal clarity. I’ve been working one-on-one with Felicia for several months now and the action steps she has shared with me have really helped me focus my business and eliminate things that just were not working.
I’m still absorbing all the information shared by Adam (and you!) at ACLC, but am excited to be implementing at least one idea.
You’d asked about a specific idea and how I implemented it: you challenged us at ACLC to do three teleseminars by New Year’s Day. I have my first one scheduled (a JV with Felicia, actually) and am planning on scheduling two more in December. Thanks for always sharing such useful and actionable information with us!
~R
Rebekah Zobel Jones
Ahoy Bob,
Hmmmm, A specific idea I picked up from someone else…. Let me think.
“The scariest moment is just before you start. START and get it done quickly.”
Captain Rob
P.S. Oh yeah, that helpful information provided by Stephen King.
The Idea: you can have your cake and eat it too. One reality: our city place was pretty well sitting empty for 4 months of the year. Another reality: we could use more money. So the idea (which we could see in action in Europe, and also in a few big US rental sites): rent short term, and you can have your place back any time you want. From that sprang our niche vacation rental business – don’t know quite how many places in Montreal and Provence now. Probably 50 or so in Montreal.
I have been coming up with new ideas all the time…. trying to figure out what is the best way and direction to move in. Like Thomas Edison, I have learned a lot of ways that would not get me the desired results. I guess I am an idea kind of guy. What has really helped me is studying your courses and calls, so I could get the big picture of how all the parts and pieces come together to make the whole. Now it is a matter of working backwards to create the steps to make it happen. I seem to have more trouble getting the ideas implemented though, rather than coming up with them. This morning I have started developing a new product that I have thought about for some time. It a a great product that will help and teach people how to become ‘RICH’ with little to no risk, money or credit. It will end up being several modules when it is done. So much to do…so little time. I need about 5 clones. As soon as I get all the aspects of the product clear in my mind map, I will be looking for outsource help. I will need graphics, video editing, copy writing help with pages -ezines -squidoo -etc, web development or Butterfly marketing site help, launch, and affiliate program development. I plan to create segment/modules on my upcoming trip to Las Vegas, AZ, and LA, Kind of like what you did on your trip to Poland Bob. It will likely be about a 10-20 hour full video course with other supporting etools, ebooks etc.I plan to have it available in the Spring. Of course as I want to spend time on this, my Real Estate biz is picking up. There is a saying in Real Estate: “If you want to be busy, plan a vacation.” I hope this post will help or inspire someone else who has been struggling with taking the next step. As always, Thanks for your help and support.
Jeff
As a virtual subcontractor in 2010 I have a podcast series, Software Savvy Sub, specif to software for virtual busiensses. My idea is to get you “Bob The Teacher” as a guest to discuss mind mapping. So please let me know if you’d be a guest:)
My one idea that I will implement is a new business system. Beginning Dec. 31, I will send out New Years cards to all of my clients and colleagues and do this every year. It’s a small plan, but I think impactful.
Awesome post Bob! One tip that I picked up at an event a couple years ago was from one of our mutual friends Donna Fox. She noticed a sentence in my sales copy that went along the lines of, “Separate yourself from the crowd”. It was in regards to becoming one of the 3-5% of the population that follows through to the end and achieves fitness success.
Donna pointed out that women may not resonate with the word separate because it could mean that they would be separating themselves their friends. Instead she suggested that I use a phrase along the lines of, “Become a success so that you can inspire those around you to live the life that they desire and deserve. She pointed out a few other key words that were awesome. I immediately went up to my hotel room and implemented the changes. The results were great with a fantastic increase in sales.
There have been many other aha moments from events that sparked an immediate impact on my business, but I would be here all day if I had to list them.
Thanks for the great post… and I know for sure that some of the tips that you’ve shared with me at events have been priceless.
Scott Tousignant
Hi Bob -
You are so right – we often forget that those around us are around us because they like and want to help. How many times do we overlook the obvious and try to solve problems on our own, alone? Okay, maybe I’m the only one, but I’m changing that.
Your live event comment is so true. Adam Urbanski’s ACLC is the first live event I’ve been to in YEARS. I had truly forgotten how energizing and electrifying an in-person event can be. I’m looking forward to more of that. :)
You asked about a specific idea that I’m implementing. Mine is small, but important. I’m going to put a capture box on my website so that visitors can register there. I don’t really have anything to offer yet, but will work on that next. I hope to have this done by the end of the weekend.
I will say I’m a bit freaked out by the teleseminar course. Three before the end of the year – and I have no list? What was I thinking?!
Warmly,
Lis
Hi Bob,
Very good post. I am a member at Lynn Terry’s Elite Mastermind Group as I know that you are also. The one thing that has been brought to my attention was the fact that I was trying to make money doing something that I did not know anything about. Given the idea that I should pursue something I know a lot about and enjoyed doing has made building my online business a lot easier. I am still not making a lot of money but at least the posts I make now are sincere and a lot easier to make. If I have learned anything it is to feed on the knowledge that other people are so willing to give especially if you just ask. I will be at NAMS3 in Janurary and I can’t wait to hear you speak.
Gail J Richardson
One thing that I implemented this week was to record a video testimonial for the teleseminar I attended with Felicia earlier this week. I remembered her saying that that was one way to build credibility. Another thing I am going to implement today is to start recording a training dvd.
Hi Bob,
I have learned an amazing amount of awesome ideas over the past few weeks from my meetings with you and also from joining Lynn Terry’s Elite Group. It is amazing how finding the right people to be a mentor can really clarify your goals and direction. Thank You for that!
The two ideas I have implemented and learned in the past two weeks are I started my own Blog Talk Radio show after taking a look at yours and I have my own Blog Tour scheduled to start the week after Thanksgiving–Thanks to Nicole Dean’s ideas!!
Thank You Both for such great advice!
Action to completion is a big deal – and taking the specific action suggested by a mentor can often be the key. I remember suggesting something to a colleague that I’m 99% sure would have gone viral. She didn’t implement it as suggested and it fell flat as a pancake.
Live events are indeed great. And also having mastermind partners is an absolutely must.
Thanks.
Ronda
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Hi Bob,
Needed a quick Idea so I copied a clip of your post and used it on my twttrblogs (Makkinart/Mary using your links of course. Did a little social marketing with it to bring more traffic here. The most important part for me is to take action. I love promoting people who teach me too. Thanks again, Mary MacIntyre
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Bob, it’s an honor to be called a freakin’ genius by you AND to have tag-teamed on coaching you with the inimitable Ms Slattery. You are so quick to take action, you really impress me and I’m so glad you weren’t 10,000 miles away this time when our mastermind met. You’re truly a gem and I look forward to sharing more ideas!!