Book of the week Russell Conwell Acres of Diamonds

I believe most of us want to achieve more and feed our mind with only the good stuff. And an amazing way to achieve this is through reading more books. Starting this week because anyway I read in average one book per week I will post here and in my social media accounts every week a short business or personal development book review.

The purpose of my effort is to kick you in the butt to actually read more and develop yourself. For this week I’ve chosen to start with Acres of Diamonds by Russell Conwell.

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Russell Herman Conwell (February 15, 1843 – December 6, 1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Pastor of The Baptist Temple, and for his inspirational lecture, Acres of Diamonds. He was born in South Worthington, Massachusetts, and was buried in the Founder’s Garden at Temple University.

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Book of the Week Club: Circle of Profit by Anik Singal or How to understand the mechanics behind building a 1 million dollars digital information business in less than 6 months #bookoftheweekclub

Because I receive a lot of messages about what I’m reading, what I’m using, what learning resources I access to advance in life and business will start three new categories on my blog: “Book of the Week Club” with the hashtag #bookoftheweekclub, “Course of the Week Club” with the hashtag #courseoftheweekclub and “Software of the Week Club” with the hashtag #softwareoftheweekclub.

The main purpose of this blog is to teach you about #enterpreneurship and how to grow as a human being and a business person. Why I’m doing that? Let me explain: Few months ago I was chatting on Facebook with a potential JV partner offering him the opportunity to promote a webinar about publishing ebooks on Kindle. The guy wrote something which really shocked me: “I have a list of more than 100 k subscribers but they are more personal development seekers than personal development doers. They buy products showing them how to expect everything from the sky and the law of attraction but they don’t want to do anything at all”.

Guys and gals, even the Attraction word contains the word action. I personally was a big procrastinator and even now I have courses boxes bought 10 years ago which were never opened. The majority of people buy a life changing book, they put in on the shelf and maybe, maybe read the first chapter. This is crazy.

Also most of the buyers of digital products and ebooks with a cost of less than 30 usd never use them. So you can send crap and you will get refunds only from the small portion of the buyers who actually use them. This is stupid crazy.

Once I did a test because I didn’t believe these statistics and I am the guy who wants to test everything. I’ve put a product for sale, a digital product and it was nothing on the download page. Out of 200 buyers, only one sent an e-mail that he can’t download anything from the thank you page. Of course, I sent to the customer the files manually with some cool unannounced bonuses and added the downloads to the thank you page.

But I really want you to be different. I want you to take action, to make things happen and on my blog you will find every week a book, a course and a software explained and reviewed based on how I use them, what I learn from them so we will be able to learn together. Feel free to comment, share the posts with your friends because the purpose of every post is to help at least 1,000 people. I will use the blog, Linkedin Pulse and live video/ Youtube to shout out about these learning elements. I don’t know exactly how I will proceed with sharing this information but today I just make the first baby  steps. I don’t have a plan for what to review in the next weeks, what I know is that I have access to a ton of resources, so I need to be more organised in actually learn from them and share the knowledge with you.  For some of the resources I receive free access from the publishers, I buy others and there is a category where I help the creators in the actual promotions so if you purchase based on my recommandation one of my businesses will earn a commission.

My promise is that I will not write about things I don’t believe in and use in my own personal and business growth.  Continue reading “Book of the Week Club: Circle of Profit by Anik Singal or How to understand the mechanics behind building a 1 million dollars digital information business in less than 6 months #bookoftheweekclub”

Free ebook download How To Get More Customers with Social Media in Just 12 Days

Just the other day, I had a huge “aha” moment about social media. Something that’s completely changed the way I promote my businesses, and that we believe will change the way you do too. Social Media Marketing Has Changed! Get More Customers with Social Media in Just 12 Days (free download) Get your copy today for free by clicking here. Continue reading Free ebook download How To Get More Customers with Social Media in Just 12 Days

The 10 Truths About Book Publishing You Have To Know Before Writing a New Book

As 2013 started I’ve planned to create and publish more ebooks, courses, other digital stuff and also to enter the music producing scene with one project. Today I’ve discovered in one of the newsletters I follow – The Laptop Millionaire a great to share article about
“The 10 Awful Truths About Book Publishing” written by Steven Piersanti, President of Berrett-Koehler Publishers. I’ve found it inspirational to know the state of market which of course doesn’t mean to stop in any way the creative flow:

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1. The number of books being published in the U.S. has exploded.

“Bowker reports that over one million (1,052,803) books were published in
the U.S. in 2009, which is more than triple the number of books published
four years earlier (2005) in the U.S.

More than two thirds of these books are self-published books, reprints
of public domain works, and other print-on-demand books, which is where
most of the growth in recent years has taken place. In addition, hundreds
of thousands of English-language books are published each year in other
countries.

2. Book industry sales are declining, despite the explosion of books published.

Book sales in the U.S. peaked in 2007 and then fell by nearly five percent
between 2007 and 2009, according to the Association of American
Publishers. Similarly, bookstore sales peaked in 2007 and have fallen since,
according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The major bookstore chains have
been especially hard hit, with a 12 percent sales decline between 2007
and 2009.

3. Average book sales are shockingly small, and falling fast.

Combine the explosion of books published with the declining total sales and
you get shrinking sales of each new title. According to Nielsen BookScan
– which tracks most bookstore, online, and other retail sales of books
(including Amazon.com) – only 282 million books were sold in 2009 in the
U.S. in all adult nonfiction categories combined. The average U.S. nonfiction
book is now selling less than 250 copies per year and less than 3,000 copies
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Napoleon Hill– 12 Things That Make Men Rich!

As Napoleon Hill stated money is one of the last things from the list of 12 things that make men rich. His book – Think and Grow Rich – you can download it free below is the result of 25 years of studying the richest people in America. Seeing many interviews with different really important people, most of them read it at least once on their way to build their wealth and fortune. If you think that this can benefit you in a way, don’t hesitate and give it a try. Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich View more documents … Continue reading Napoleon Hill– 12 Things That Make Men Rich!

Losing my Virginity by Richard Branson on Soundcloud

The other days I’ve just started my Soundcloud account – the purpose being to upload some audio books, interviews and … mixes. The first uploads were some recordings I have from a friend in UK containing pieces of Losing My Virginity read by Richard Branson. I find Mr. Branson the most inspiring entrepreneur ever and I usually read his books, follow the news about him. Maybe this means that I am a fan. Yes, why not? Here are the recordings: Epidode one: http://soundcloud.com/adiniculescu/losing-my-virginity-episode-1 Episode two: http://soundcloud.com/adiniculescu/losing-my-virginity-episode-2 Episode three: http://soundcloud.com/adiniculescu/losing-my-virginity-episode-3 Episode four: http://soundcloud.com/adiniculescu/losing-my-virginity-episode-4 Everybody has obstacles and Richard points out that … Continue reading Losing my Virginity by Richard Branson on Soundcloud

7 Steps System for Success in Information Products Business

The industry of selling information products – eBooks, physical books, downloadable books along with CD’s and DVD’s is one of the most interesting domains of activity. There is a huge overload of free and paid information about how you can get started. Actually, everything can be structured in 7 steps called the steps to success in Information Products Business: 1. Find a hungry market, people having a need, an urge, a problem waiting to be solved; 2. Figure out what the market wants through research – forums, blogs and others; 3. Establish your authority in this area – through articles … Continue reading 7 Steps System for Success in Information Products Business

SEO Techniques For Websites and Articles Revealed

The basic idea of Search Engine Optimization is to generate more targeted traffic that will mean more leads and sales for your company. We gathered the most important elements to be considered when optimizing a web project: 1. If your website is hosted on a domain, first optimize the website instead of switching to other; The indexing process of websites usually takes months so you will have to be patient until you will see improvements in the posistioning of your web project; 2. Understand your target market and its needs; Be sure that when you will attract new visitors towards … Continue reading SEO Techniques For Websites and Articles Revealed

Self SEO is an Option For Beginners in Search Engine Optimization

More and more people are attracted by the idea of starting an online business because this can be done even on a tight budget and can be started by almost anybody. OK, you upload a website or build a blog but there are several facts you should take into consideration: 1. You will need some skills in order to write the content to be able to be accepted and indexed by the search engines; 2. It will be needed to pick a list of keywords which will be associated with the website’s domain; 3. You will need links from other … Continue reading Self SEO is an Option For Beginners in Search Engine Optimization

How Search Engines Work

You see it and use it multiple times throughout the day, but do you know how it works? Surprisingly, many webmasters severely lack knowledge about one of the most important aspects of the internet – the search engines! We all know they exist, we know people use them, and we know that they drive traffic to our websites. But few people actually carry an understanding about how they work. If you can educate yourself about the way search engines function, you’ll be more capable of optimizing your site properly. Search engines send automated “bots” to “crawl” the web through hyperlinks. … Continue reading How Search Engines Work

“Business Tweets for Newbies” ebook just launched

This is the first from a series of ebooks for newbies published by me about various areas of internet marketing and social networking. “Business Tweets for Newbies” can be read on PC, MAC, Iphone, Ipod Touch, Kindle and Ipad. Business Tweets for Newbies is the essential guide and a must read if you intend to promote you and your business through Twitter. It will teach you how to use Twitter to create a network of followers, enhance the branding of your business and advertise successfully. The chapters of this ebook answer to these questions: How to build a quality list … Continue reading “Business Tweets for Newbies” ebook just launched