Welcome to the August 4, 2007 Edition of Carnival of Career Intensity.

Paula presents Just Lost Your Job? Top 6 Things You Need to Do Now posted at Queercents, saying, “You just got laid off or fired. You are shocked to say the least. You are not alone. It happens to thousands of people each year. What do you need to do to protect your finances now while laying the foundation for a smooth and successful transition to what’s next?”

Rich presents Gay Executive Life: the Politics of Early Days posted at Queercents, saying, “Another submission from Queercents… if you’ll accept two. This is part of Rich’s Gay Executive Life series.”

Charles H. Green presents Negotiation and the Short Term Performance Trap posted at Trust Matters, saying, “Leadership requires understanding how the short term very quickly becomes the long term, and how the long term determines short term success.”

edithyeung presents Know How to Ask for What you Deserve and Break the Glass Ceiling posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Matt Hanson presents Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog » Blog Archive » Advertising Jingles and Commercials - Radio & TV posted at Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog, saying, “I offer some great tips to stop you from getting ripped off by advertising companies. It can happen if you don’t follow these simple rules. Thanks for providing the carnival.”

Ivan Rios presents 9 Surefire Ways to Be a Bad Leader posted at artofleading.net.

Chris Tackett presents How to Write a Headline and Grab Your Prospect by the Eyeballs! posted at Direct Marketing News, saying, “The art of writing headlines is important for direct marketing. I will cover how to come up with some great headlines just like the one I use in this article.”

Eric Hudin presents You Can Make More Working Less posted at Everyday Marketing Ideas, saying, “Time management is a myth. Time doesn’t stop. There is no managing something you can’t control. What you can do is eliminate your wasted movements to become more efficient and effective.”

Ruby presents Life Takes… Hard Work! posted at Advice and Rants.

Jane Chin presents A Danger of “Too Much Experience” posted at On Careers and Life, saying, “How often are you the victim of your own knowledge and experience?”

viju presents Choosing Software Testing as your Career posted at softwaretestinghelp.com, saying, “Do you want to make a good career in software or software testing or any field of your interest? Are you not getting the expected job? Learn more on how to get into the career of your choice. You should know some basics before going in any career field. What are those basics? Find out more ..”

Jason Rakowski presents How To Deliver Technical Support That Delights The End User, Part Two posted at Learn Good Customer Service, saying, “For computer companies technical support can make or break you. If you are in high-tech this is a must read.”

Laura Ricci presents Laura’s Winning Ideas » Elasticity in Critical Teams posted at Laura’s Winning Ideas, saying, “Proposal Teams are the most intense atmosphere in any business. The dedication necessary to produce winning proposals under grueling deadline takes a special person of vision and focus. This article advises managers on how to implement change without sabotaging the ability to produce.”

PicktheBrain presents How to Find Your Ideal Career posted at Pick the Brain.

Ivan Rios presents How to Deal With Envy posted at artofleading.net.

Matthew Paulson presents How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking posted at Getting Green.

Ted Reimers presents Best Facebook Applications for College posted at CampusGrotto.

Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents How I Became a Millionaire While Working In My Pajamas posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door, saying, “I’ve received numerous emails from folks curious about the small businesses that I’ve managed from home. Here’s the story of my entrepreneurial experiences.”

FitBuff presents New York Jets Listen to Mozart on the Football Field posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, saying, “Why should a hard-working businessman care what music is playing during an NFL practice? Good question, but I promise the premise ties into career intensity, possibly increasing productivity and cognitive ability.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of career intensity using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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We have just completed an overhaul of the entire Career Intensity site.

This blog – along with everything else on the site – looks a little different. 

We have consolidated all three of my blogs into the Career Intensity Blog. 

The web addresses of the other blogs will remain active since there are several great articles on them and they have live links.

We will only be posting new content on this blog as we move forward.

Please take a look around and let me know what you think.  There are several new features and some additional rich content on the site and I’ll be highlighting some of it for you during the upcoming week.

Thanks for your patience while we worked out some of the bugs.

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Spending more time on the beach may seem like a crazy suggestion even coming from a South Florida Business Coach.   

That is exactly the advice I gave to a client yesterday. 

I received a call from a stressed out Miami business owner.  She was panicked because she could not see a way out of a particularly thorny problem that had surfaced in her business.  The problem was financial and it involved another person so the degree of tension was high. 

After asking her to take a couple of deep breaths I asked her where she thought she did some of her best – and most creative –  thinking. 

She responded that she often found that a walk along the beach would often help her clear her head.

I then asked her to share with me all the feelings she had related to this particular problem.  After 90 minutes of conversation, some of it at a high decibel level and some of it through tears, my client was finished.  She had literally relieved herself of all of the emotion associated with the problem.  She said she felt as though a weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

It was at that point that I advised her to go home and take a long hot shower, read a book and then go to bed. 

I asked her to wake up early the next day and go to the beach to watch the sunrise.   I asked her to sit in a chair and stare at the horizon for an hour before she headed into the office.

She followed my suggestions to the letter. 

I spoke with her a short while ago (it is not even 24 hours since she had a meltdown).

She called me to say that she came up with a creative way to solve the problem.  When I asked her what her inspiration was she responded with two things:

1. Getting the emotion of the situation out of the way – literally beating it to death on the phone last night – allowed her to think about the issue from a purely logical perspective this morning.
2. Going to the beach – a place she associated with relaxation– stimulated her creativity.

In the end, only time will tell if she has a solid solution to her problem. What’s important is that she feels better about the situation and she realizes that she is in control.

Ultimately I can come to only one conclusion:  Business Coaching in South Florida means that clients get to spend more time on the beach.

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Life happens. 

It is how we respond to the things that happen to us that determines what we become.

I need to take the some time off from blogging to manage one of the little curve balls that life has thrown at me.

I’ll be back on line and better than ever on Tuesday, April 10.

Don’t worry.  It’s nothing I can’t handle.

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Speed Kills.  That’s true in driving and in sales.   The difference is that in sales, speed kills your competition.

If you are the first to return a customer’s call or the first to make an offer to help a customer, you stand a better chance of closing a deal.

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Please visit Sales Intensity and check out Sales Strategy for Entrepreneurs.

Also take a look at how to overcome the Fear of Success at The Business Advisor Blog.

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Each week I cite Back in Skinny Jeans for the excellent description of how to subscribe to a blog with RSS. 

Stephanie has given me permission to share her information with all of my readers.

Once again here is her great post on how to subscribe to this blog using RSS.

How to Subscribe to this Blog with RSS

We all have busy lives with very little time. Web surfing is fun but can take hours going to visit every single website and blog you enjoy. Wouldn’t it be fabulous if you could just get all the headlines of the most current stories from all your favorite websites and blogs in one place?

Well now you can, and it is called RSS feed.

The technical acronym for RSS is “Really Simple Syndication”, an XML format that was created to syndicate news, and be a means to share content on the web. Now, to geeks and techies that means something special, but to everyday folks like you and me, what comes to mind is, “Uh, I don’t get it?”

So, to make RSS much easier to understand, you can think of RSS as an acronym for “Really Simple Syndication” or I’m “Ready for Some Stories”. It is a way online for you to get a quick list of the latest story headlines from all your favorite websites and blogs all in one place.

Suppose you have 50 sites and blogs that you like to visit regularly. Going to visit each website and blog everyday could take you hours. With RSS, you can “subscribe” to a website or blog, and get “fed” all the new headlines from all of these 50 sites and blogs in one list, and see what’s going on in minutes instead of hours. What a time saver!

That one place where your RSS list is created is called an RSS Reader, and it gathers all the headlines from all the websites and blogs you have subscribed to. In a moment, I will describe how to get an RSS Reader.

Subscribing to RSS feeds

But first, to “subscribe” to a website or blog’s RSS feed simply means that you are telling that website or blog, “Yes please. Send me your story headlines.” It’s like subscribing to a magazine or newsletter. Instead of getting a magazine or email, you will just get a list of headlines sent to your RSS reader. If the headline looks interesting to you, all you have to do is click on the headline and you’ll be sent to the whole story.

In order to subscribe to a website or blog’s RSS, all you have to do is click on an RSS symbol (that orange box on the right sidebar).You can also click to the text link of the words “ Click Here to Subscribe” on the website or blog.

Typically, you can find these RSS symbols or text links in your browser window, on the sides of the website page, or on the bottom of the page. The publishers of the websites and blogs really want people to subscribe to their RSS, so they will make it very easy for you to find the subscription links.

RSS Readers

Now, because nothing is ever standard on the web like dealing with different operating systems, Mac vs. PC, and different flavored browsers like Internet Explorer, AOL, Safari, and Firefox, the way to get an RSS reader will be dependent on what browser you like to use, and how accessible you’d like your RSS list(s) to be.

Just like there are flavors of web browsers, you may see and hear of different flavors of RSS XML feeders like RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, and Atom. Again, the flavors are only important if you want to get techie. If you stick to looking for an RSS symbol (again, it’s a bright orange square – it looks like a piece if Ckicklet Gum) you will be fine.

If you’d like your RSS list to be accessible from any computer or mobile device you may have like a PDA, laptop, or cell phone, some popular RSS readers include that option (and almost all are FREE):

MyYahoo
MyMSN
MyAOL
MyGoogle
Bloglines
FeedDemon (this one costs money)
NewsGator (there is a cost for mobile accessibility)
NetVibes
PageFlakes
Shrook (For Mac users. Free trial and then there’s a cost.)
Lektora
Attensa (more for enterprise, and there’s a cost)

As you can see, there are a plethora of choices for you. All are good RSS readers, so your choice will simply come down to the style that appeals most to you.

RSS as Live Bookmarks

Browsers like Safari and Firefox allow you to subscribe to RSS feeds through the browser, and it’s called “live bookmarking”. Currently, you can only do live bookmarking in Internet Explorer if you have IE7. 

Once again, thanks to Stephanie from Back In Skinny Jeans for help in describing the RSS subscription process.

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The Career Intensity Blog was featured in a recent Columbia University Newsletter and we have received a number of visitors as a result.

Please also check out the other blogs in my blog network:

The Sales Intensity Blog and The Business Advisor Blog

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We are in the process of reloading all of the blogs on the server. 

That virus that went around last week really killed all three of our blogs.

We should be back on line with new stuff in the next day or so.

Thanks for hanging in there with us.

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Each week I cite Back in Skinny Jeans for the excellent description of how to subscribe to a blog with RSS. 

Stephanie has given me permission to share her information with all of my readers.

Once again here is her great post on how to subscribe to this blog using RSS.

How to Subscribe to this Blog with RSS

We all have busy lives with very little time. Web surfing is fun but can take hours going to visit every single website and blog you enjoy. Wouldn’t it be fabulous if you could just get all the headlines of the most current stories from all your favorite websites and blogs in one place?

Well now you can, and it is called RSS feed.

The technical acronym for RSS is “Really Simple Syndication”, an XML format that was created to syndicate news, and be a means to share content on the web. Now, to geeks and techies that means something special, but to everyday folks like you and me, what comes to mind is, “Uh, I don’t get it?”

So, to make RSS much easier to understand, you can think of RSS as an acronym for “Really Simple Syndication” or I’m “Ready for Some Stories”. It is a way online for you to get a quick list of the latest story headlines from all your favorite websites and blogs all in one place.

Suppose you have 50 sites and blogs that you like to visit regularly. Going to visit each website and blog everyday could take you hours. With RSS, you can “subscribe” to a website or blog, and get “fed” all the new headlines from all of these 50 sites and blogs in one list, and see what’s going on in minutes instead of hours. What a time saver!

That one place where your RSS list is created is called an RSS Reader, and it gathers all the headlines from all the websites and blogs you have subscribed to. In a moment, I will describe how to get an RSS Reader.

Subscribing to RSS feeds

But first, to “subscribe” to a website or blog’s RSS feed simply means that you are telling that website or blog, “Yes please. Send me your story headlines.” It’s like subscribing to a magazine or newsletter. Instead of getting a magazine or email, you will just get a list of headlines sent to your RSS reader. If the headline looks interesting to you, all you have to do is click on the headline and you’ll be sent to the whole story.

In order to subscribe to a website or blog’s RSS, all you have to do is click on an RSS symbol (that orange box on the right sidebar).You can also click to the text link of the words “ Click Here to Subscribe” on the website or blog.

Typically, you can find these RSS symbols or text links in your browser window, on the sides of the website page, or on the bottom of the page. The publishers of the websites and blogs really want people to subscribe to their RSS, so they will make it very easy for you to find the subscription links.

RSS Readers

Now, because nothing is ever standard on the web like dealing with different operating systems, Mac vs. PC, and different flavored browsers like Internet Explorer, AOL, Safari, and Firefox, the way to get an RSS reader will be dependent on what browser you like to use, and how accessible you’d like your RSS list(s) to be.

Just like there are flavors of web browsers, you may see and hear of different flavors of RSS XML feeders like RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, and Atom. Again, the flavors are only important if you want to get techie. If you stick to looking for an RSS symbol (again, it’s a bright orange square – it looks like a piece if Ckicklet Gum) you will be fine.

If you’d like your RSS list to be accessible from any computer or mobile device you may have like a PDA, laptop, or cell phone, some popular RSS readers include that option (and almost all are FREE):

MyYahoo
MyMSN
MyAOL
MyGoogle
Bloglines
FeedDemon (this one costs money)
NewsGator (there is a cost for mobile accessibility)
NetVibes
PageFlakes
Shrook (For Mac users. Free trial and then there’s a cost.)
Lektora
Attensa (more for enterprise, and there’s a cost)

As you can see, there are a plethora of choices for you. All are good RSS readers, so your choice will simply come down to the style that appeals most to you.

RSS as Live Bookmarks

Browsers like Safari and Firefox allow you to subscribe to RSS feeds through the browser, and it’s called “live bookmarking”. Currently, you can only do live bookmarking in Internet Explorer if you have IE7. 

Once again, thanks to Stephanie from Back In Skinny Jeans for help in describing the RSS subscription process.

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A comment left on this blog two days ago infected the entire site with a Trojan-Type virus.

Please run a virus scan on you computer if you visited this blog on Friday, Saturday or earlier today.

I’m sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

The offending party has been banned from commenting in the future.

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I am trying to make sure everyone who reads this blog are getting the information the way they want to receive it.

Recently my feed subscriptions have gone up while the subscriber counts on Bloglines have gone down.

I have also been sharing partial posts from my other two blogs.  My site visitor stats on those blogs have gone up but the subscriptions have not.

Please let me know what you think.

E-mail me: DLorenzo at DLorenzo.com – replace “at” with @.

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I have cited Back in Skinny Jeans before for the excellent description of how to subscribe to a blog with RSS.  Stephanie has given me permission to share her information with all of my readers.

Here is a great post on how to subscribe to this blog using RSS.

We all have busy lives with very little time. Web surfing is fun but can take hours going to visit every single website and blog you enjoy. Wouldn’t it be fabulous if you could just get all the headlines of the most current stories from all your favorite websites and blogs in one place?

Well now you can, and it is called RSS feed.

The technical acronym for RSS is “Really Simple Syndication”, an XML format that was created to syndicate news, and be a means to share content on the web. Now, to geeks and techies that means something special, but to everyday folks like you and me, what comes to mind is, “Uh, I don’t get it?”

So, to make RSS much easier to understand, you can think of RSS as an acronym for “Really Simple Syndication” or I’m “Ready for Some Stories”. It is a way online for you to get a quick list of the latest story headlines from all your favorite websites and blogs all in one place.

Suppose you have 50 sites and blogs that you like to visit regularly. Going to visit each website and blog everyday could take you hours. With RSS, you can “subscribe” to a website or blog, and get “fed” all the new headlines from all of these 50 sites and blogs in one list, and see what’s going on in minutes instead of hours. What a time saver!

That one place where your RSS list is created is called an RSS Reader, and it gathers all the headlines from all the websites and blogs you have subscribed to. In a moment, I will describe how to get an RSS Reader.

Subscribing to RSS feeds

But first, to “subscribe” to a website or blog’s RSS feed simply means that you are telling that website or blog, “Yes please. Send me your story headlines.” It’s like subscribing to a magazine or newsletter. Instead of getting a magazine or email, you will just get a list of headlines sent to your RSS reader. If the headline looks interesting to you, all you have to do is click on the headline and you’ll be sent to the whole story.

In order to subscribe to a website or blog’s RSS, all you have to do is click on an RSS symbol (that orange box on the right sidebar).You can also click to the text link of the words “ Click Here to Subscribe” on the website or blog. Typically, you can find these RSS symbols or text links in your browser window, on the sides of the website page, or on the bottom of the page. The publishers of the websites and blogs really want people to subscribe to their RSS, so they will make it very easy for you to find the subscription links.

RSS Readers

Now, because nothing is ever standard on the web like dealing with different operating systems, Mac vs. PC, and different flavored browsers like Internet Explorer, AOL, Safari, and Firefox, the way to get an RSS reader will be dependent on what browser you like to use, and how accessible you’d like your RSS list(s) to be.

Just like there are flavors of web browsers, you may see and hear of different flavors of RSS XML feeders like RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, and Atom. Again, the flavors are only important if you want to get techie. If you stick to looking for an RSS symbol (again, it’s a bright orange square – it looks like a piece if Ckicklet Gum) you will be fine.

If you’d like your RSS list to be accessible from any computer or mobile device you may have like a PDA, laptop, or cell phone, some popular RSS readers include (and almost all are FREE):

MyYahoo
MyMSN
MyAOL
MyGoogle
Bloglines
FeedDemon (this one costs money)
NewsGator (there is a cost for mobile accessibility)
NetVibes
PageFlakes
Shrook (For Mac users. Free trial and then there’s a cost.)
Lektora
Attensa (more for enterprise, and there’s a cost)

As you can see, there are a plethora of choices for you. All are good RSS readers, so your choice will simply come down to the style that appeals most to you.

RSS as Live Bookmarks

Browsers like Safari and Firefox allow you to subscribe to RSS feeds through the browser, and it’s called “live bookmarking”. Currently, you can only do live bookmarking in Internet Explorer if you have IE7. 

Once again, thanks to Stephanie from Back In Skinny Jeans for help in describing the RSS subscription process.

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Have you ever given any thought to how you make decisions on a day-to-day basis?  Most people don’t think about the process they go through when they make decisions.  Big decisions, small decisions, they all seem to just happen almost automatically.  

Think about the last big decision you made.  What process did you follow before you settled on a final answer?  Was it logical?  Did you make lists of “Pros” and “Cons”?  Did you check with a friend or a trusted advisor on the topic?

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A couple of days ago I posted a request for authors and experts to call me if they wanted to be interviewed.

Since then I have been overwhelmed with phone calls.

Thank you all very much for your interest and participation!

Please forgive me if it takes me a couple of days to call everyone back.  I am in the process of setting up a schedule and a system to handle all of the fantastic responses and topic suggestions I have received.

Please keep the requests coming.  Below is my original post with information on the program.

This March I will begin a series of Podcasts called The Experts and Authors Interview series. 

These Podcasts will be made available on my website for clients to use to help grow their business and balance their life. 

All experts will be able to promote their products and services during the interview and they will receive a copy of the interview to use as they please.

I am currently looking for Experts and Authors to be interviewed for this series.  If you have published a book or are an expert in a certain area, please give me a call and we can chat about how you can take part in this exciting new opportunity.

You can reach me at:  1–888–D-Lorenzo  ext. 81

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Back in Skinny Jeans has an excellent description of how to subscribe to a blog with RSS.  Stephanie has given me permission to use her information here.

We all have busy lives with very little time. Web surfing is fun but can take hours going to visit every single website and blog you enjoy. Wouldn’t it be fabulous if you could just get all the headlines of the most current stories from all your favorite websites and blogs in one place?

Well now you can, and it is called RSS feed.

The technical acronym for RSS is “Really Simple Syndication”, an XML format that was created to syndicate news, and be a means to share content on the web. Now, to geeks and techies that means something special, but to everyday folks like you and me, what comes to mind is, “Uh, I don’t get it?”

So, to make RSS much easier to understand, you can think of RSS as an acronym for “Really Simple Syndication” or I’m “Ready for Some Stories”. It is a way online for you to get a quick list of the latest story headlines from all your favorite websites and blogs all in one place.

Suppose you have 50 sites and blogs that you like to visit regularly. Going to visit each website and blog everyday could take you hours. With RSS, you can “subscribe” to a website or blog, and get “fed” all the new headlines from all of these 50 sites and blogs in one list, and see what’s going on in minutes instead of hours. What a time saver!

That one place where your RSS list is created is called an RSS Reader, and it gathers all the headlines from all the websites and blogs you have subscribed to. In a moment, I will describe how to get an RSS Reader.

Subscribing to RSS feeds

But first, to “subscribe” to a website or blog’s RSS feed simply means that you are telling that website or blog, “Yes please. Send me your story headlines.” It’s like subscribing to a magazine or newsletter. Instead of getting a magazine or email, you will just get a list of headlines sent to your RSS reader. If the headline looks interesting to you, all you have to do is click on the headline and you’ll be sent to the whole story.

In order to subscribe to a website or blog’s RSS, all you have to do is click on an RSS symbol (that orange box on the right sidebar).You can also click to the text link of the words “ Click Here to Subscribe” on the website or blog. Typically, you can find these RSS symbols or text links in your browser window, on the sides of the website page, or on the bottom of the page. The publishers of the websites and blogs really want people to subscribe to their RSS, so they will make it very easy for you to find the subscription links.

RSS Readers

Now, because nothing is ever standard on the web like dealing with different operating systems, Mac vs. PC, and different flavored browsers like Internet Explorer, AOL, Safari, and Firefox, the way to get an RSS reader will be dependent on what browser you like to use, and how accessible you’d like your RSS list(s) to be.

Just like there are flavors of web browsers, you may see and hear of different flavors of RSS XML feeders like RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, and Atom. Again, the flavors are only important if you want to get techie. If you stick to looking for an RSS symbol (again, it’s a bright orange square – it looks like a piece if Ckicklet Gum) you will be fine.

If you’d like your RSS list to be accessible from any computer or mobile device you may have like a PDA, laptop, or cell phone, some popular RSS readers include (and almost all are FREE):

MyYahoo
MyMSN
MyAOL
MyGoogle
Bloglines
FeedDemon (this one costs money)
NewsGator (there is a cost for mobile accessibility)
NetVibes
PageFlakes
Shrook (For Mac users. Free trial and then there’s a cost.)
Lektora
Attensa (more for enterprise, and there’s a cost)

As you can see, there are a plethora of choices for you. All are good RSS readers, so your choice will simply come down to the style that appeals most to you.

RSS as Live Bookmarks

Browsers like Safari and Firefox allow you to subscribe to RSS feeds through the browser, and it’s called “live bookmarking”. Currently, you can only do live bookmarking in Internet Explorer if you have IE7. 

Once again, thanks to Stephanie from Back In Skinny Jeans for help in describing the RSS subscription process.

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Welcome readers of Free Money Finance.

I am writing a series of weekly articles on the Free Money Finance Blog and I’m sure many of you will find your way over here as a result of the first article being published this morning.

Please take a look around and subscribe to the RSS feed for all three blogs in my network.

We have this blog – The Career Intensity Blog – Click Here to Subscribe to this Feed

The Sales Intensity Blog – Click Here to Subscribe to the Sales Intensity Feed

And

The brand new Business Advisor Blog – Click Here to Subscribe to that feed.

All of this information is absolutely free if charge and it just may help you make more money and have more fun doing it.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you come back often!

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Here are some of my favorite posts from the past week:

The Foundation of Marketing a Business Start-Up– The Business Advisor Blog

When you become a business owner, the last thing on your mind is marketing. You don’t have the funds to do in-depth research into your customers’ behavior. You don’t have the time to interview potential customers yourself.   There are no charts and graphs that you can thoughtfully reflect upon as you decide a marketing strategy.  Let’s face it, you don’t even have the time to go through your old marketing textbook and tear out good ideas.

Click Here to Read the Entire Post

Before You Quit Your Day Job…– The Business Advisor Blog

…Get a client.

It’s that simple.

Many entrepreneurs decide to go into business without any idea of who their clients will be and where they will come from.  This is a strategic error of epic proportion.

There are a number of ways to test your business plan.  Focus groups, surveys, in-depth individual interviews can give you some thoughts on the preferences of your potential clients.  Desk research (reading reports, books and articles prepared by others) is always a good idea.

Click Here to Read The Entire Post

Are You Lazy?– The Business Advisor Blog

Most people take the path of least resistance.  It is human nature.  People want the maximum amount of return from the least amount of effort.  Most of us want Warren Buffet money with a Jimmy Buffet lifestyle.  

Is it wrong to be this way?

That is a trick question.

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The Will to Win – The Business Advisor Blog

There are several qualities that separate people who are successful from people who are mediocre.  The most important of these qualities is a hyper-competitive drive that is almost all consuming.  Chances are good that if you have this natural competitive edge you know what I’m talking about.  In case you do not have it, I will describe it for you so that you can understand what you are up against.

Click Here to Read the Entire Post

How to Get Your Next Job – Career Intensity Blog

Where is your next job offer going to come from?  If you want it to be good (potentially increasing your overall compensation by 50–100%) it needs to come from someone who knows you well and is familiar with your work.  Answering classified ads or placing all of your faith in a headhunter is a risky way to try to advance your career.  You need develop a strong network of advocates who will help you when you are ready to make your move.

Click Here to Read the Entire Post

The Next Big Thing– Career Intensity Blog

As an Emerging Leader in an organization, one of the worst labels you can have hung on you is the title of being “The Next Big Thing”.  The minute you are anointed a “savior’ or “the Smartest Person” in the company you have immediately received a title with a promise you can never fulfill.

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How much can I charge?– Sales Intensity

Question:  How much is your product or service worth?

Answer:  Whatever people will pay for it.

Although the answer to this question appears simple, it requires quite a bit of thought.

There are two different ways to set a price for products and services.

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Sell Yourself First– Sales Intensity

Thomas Jefferson said: “The first duty of a statesman is to get elected.” 

The first duty of a salesman is to sell oneself.

In other words, the client needs to like you.  If they like you, they may eventually trust you.  If they don’t like you, they will never trust you.  Trust is critical in developing a solid client relationship.

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The Five Habits that Make You More Money

There are five key habits that can make a great deal of difference in your sales career.  They seem simple but I bet we can all think of dozens of people who don’t adhere to one or more of these success habits.  Here they are (in no particular order):

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Please forgive the errant posts and the phantom RSS fees.  We’ve been experimenting with some new images and technology.

We try to keep this to a minimum.

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Please take a look around the new Career Intensity Blog.

We will be adding functionality to the new site gradually.  Some of the links will not redirect to new sites for a couple of weeks.  Thanks for your patience as we fill in the new content and topics.

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Welcome to 2007!

This is going to be the best year of your life.

During this year you will face and overcome many challenges.  You will learn and grow beyond your wildest expectations.

You may need help.  If you do, you need only ask.

I’m glad we could share the journey together.

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Renovations of the Career Intensity Site are underway. 

Normal posting will resume January 2, 2007

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We have been the target of a massive Spam Attack.  Comments are closed until we find a way to combat it.

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It looks like the Career Intensity RSS feed to Blog lines readers is not working.  It appears to be a problem on their end.  We have contacted them and they are working to correct the problem.

Thanks for your patience.

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Regardless of religion, today is a great day to take a break from the hectic nature of everyday life.

Enjoy the day and the rest of the holiday season!

And thanks for reading the Career Intensity Blog all year long.

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Things seem to be back to normal over at MaxBizAdvantage.

Apparently there was a power outage in the neighborhood where our servers are stored.  This knocked everything out.

The outage was a little more than 24 hours.

Again, I apologize for any inconvenience.

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There are some technical difficulties with the servers that power the MaxBizAdvantage site.  We are not 100 percent certain what the cause of the difficulty is but we are working to get the problem corrected.

The RSS feed also appears to be affected – as The Career Intensity Blog Feed has not been updated for a couple of days.

I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and I’ll give you an update as soon as I have more information.

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Today is a day that all of us in the United States take a break and give thanks for all the good things we have in our life.

Please accept my best wishes for a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

Enjoy the day.

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“Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.”

- Samuel Johnson

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One year ago today this blog was born.

This blog contains 1300 posts (as of today) with 413 comments. 

There have been over 1000 links to The Career Intensity Blog in the past year.

The celebration will begin shortly with FREE BOOKS.

That’s right.  Shortly, I’ll put up a post that will allow you to get a copy of Career Intensity absolutely FREE.

Stay tuned.

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Tomorrow is the birthday of the Career Intensity Blog.

We’ll be giving away lots of books. 

Check this space tomorrow for how to win one or more.

Signed copies make great Holiday Gifts!

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Blogging here has been a little light (only about three posts per day or so).  Some of you have asked why.

I am currently wrapping up a big push for my Gallup clients.  I’ve been to a dozen or so cities in the last 45 days and I have a couple more left.

Rest assured that I’ll be back with long posts full of “Business Strategy for Workplace Warriors and Entrepreneurs” by Thanksgiving. 

I also have a couple of projects that are about to take off.  Some of you have seen a glimpse of Sales Intensity (a great project I have teed up for 2007).  Others are with me because of the great work Ken Dyck started at Start Up Fever.  Both of these projects are just about ready to jump off the drawing board and into your PC (or Mac). 

As the Career Intensity Blog approaches it’s one year anniversary, I am more grateful to all of you than you can ever imagine. 

The best is yet to come.  Thanks for reading! 

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