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Grow in the Slow (8/14/08)


3 Ways to Grow Your Business in a Slow Economy

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It can be difficult enough to grow, expand and maintain a healthy business in a strong economy. When the market turns sour, it can spell disaster for the small business owner conscious of cost. Here are three simple steps you can take to keep your business expanding, even when the going (or growing, in this case) gets tough.

Reward Customer Loyalty
When looking to branch out, focus on your existing customers-they already know and trust you. The truth is that it's easier and far cheaper to increase business from existing clientele than to rope in new prospects. Offer your loyal customers new or additional products and services relating to an existing offer-then reward that same trust and loyalty by offering these services at a reduced rate. Also, consider offering discounts on existing services for the referral of new business prospects, in lieu of additional incentives.

Get More Bang from (Marketing) Buck
If you're aiming to keep your sales soaring without significantly increasing your advertising expense, buckle down when it comes to negotiating without advertisers. Remember that economic downturns affect advertisers substantially too. Use this downswing to your advantage and agree on a fair, yet discounted price. If the price is set in stone, you might request a larger ad for the same money.

Good Publicity on the Cheap
Strike out and launch your own PR agency in the interest of your existing business. Combine the loyalty of your customers with a little marketing savvy-ness and put together an e-newsletter. Offer tips, inside industry information and additional tools to your loyal customer base. Give your readers the opportunity to forward your literary calling card to friends. It only takes a handful of email addresses and a creative copy writer, which your business already might have. Don't think it will work? You're reading one. Point taken?

It's in the Tongue (7/26/08)



This week past, over 1,000 RTAs and guests in the Atlanta area were blessed with one of YTB's BEST
from Dallas Texas.

Listening to Level 4 YTB National Sales Director James Prewitt was an honor. While taking James back to the airport while he graced all of Team Vision with his wisdom, I encourage everyone to share the words below.

Do like I did, get a check up from the neck up!!! 
Welcome to the Future, and We'll See YOU at the top!
Kevin Vaughan

The words below are from James and Marcia Perwitt's website, www.TheHarvestisPlenty.com
The Power of the Tongue ( Facts about Words )

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from troubles. (Proverbs 21:23)

  1. Any man who controls his mouth is literally protecting his own life.
    "He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life". (Proverbs 13:3)

  2. Right words breathe life into everything. "A wholesome tongue is a tree of life". (Proverbs 15:4)

  3. Your personal happiness is influenced by the words that come out of your own mouth. "A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!" (Proverbs 15:23)

  4. The wise are cautious with their words.  "He that hath knowledge spareth his words." (Proverbs 17: 27)

  5. People fail because of the words they speak. "A fools mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul." (Proverbs 18:7)

  6. Words determine which dreams live or die. "Death and life are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof." (Proverbs 18:21)

  7. The timing of your words often decides your success or failure in a situation. "A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in til afterwards."  (Proverbs 29:11)

  8. The wise avoid the presence of those that consistently speak wrong words.  "Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge."  (Proverbs 14:7)

  9. The quality of your words reveals the quality of your heart.  "An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is burning fire."  (Proverbs 16:27)

  10. Words influence and affect the accumulation of your wealth.  "A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.  (Proverbs 18:20)
Listen EVERY Monday thru Friday to the Harvest Is Plenty Jet Set
Morning Inspiration Call.

All ears welcome! This is not a YTB presentation call.

It is a call to help people get thru the mess that always comes up when people are trying to be about something positive.

Eastern Time 8 a.m.-8:30 a.m. sharp. Dial 212-461-5800....PIN number 77000 then #.
(If you snooze, dial the speaker phone and get some good thoughts in your head before work--or even AT work via your bluetooth or your speakerphone/headphones.)

Juliet's notes & Kevin's Perk Picks

Do you have "The Power?"

A. Note from Juliet St. John on dealing with people.

B. Kevin's Perk Picks! Keep your business running smoothly
Team, make excellent use of these incredible tools!



Part A: Personal Note to all YTB RTAs from one of our Senior Partners
(Jerome & Charlayne Hughes & Katrina Greenhill's sponsor)

Level 6 Director Juilet St. John. (www.travelwithjuliet.com)


Juliet's Wisdom: Learn to Succeed...

One of the greatest benefits of your Network Marketing business is the support that is available to you from your upline leaders. In the traditional business world you have to outperform, outlast and outdo others in the company in order to "climb the ladder of success." It's highly unlikely that your colleagues will help you to be more successful than they are!

But in Network Marketing, the only way anyone can succeed is by teaching, supporting, and helping others to succeed. Your upline leaders all want you to be more successful than they are.

Likewise, one of your keys to success in your NM business lies in stepping up to leadership, and this starts as soon as you have sponsored your first RTA. As an effective leader, your job is to support, teach, and train others to become leaders and achieve high levels of success for themselves. On the other hand, 'support' does not mean 'carry.'

The #1 benefit of network marketing is the potential to develop long-term residual income - to become incidental or unimportant to the creation of your income. But in order to achieve that goal of "walkaway income," you have to help other people become independent.

Remember Your Job is to:

1. FIND MOTIVATED PEOPLE… not TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE.

2. FIND a handful of people who see what you see, and will "pick up the ball, and run with it!"

3. TEACH motivated people the proven steps to building a successful business.

4. TRAIN AND SUPPORT people who will take action on their own, not to "pump up" and carry people who won't.

5. DEVELOP "Independent" RTA's, not "Dependent" RTA's.


Teaching, sharing ideas and resources, helping and supporting Representatives in your organization is essential to your success. But "supporting" is not "carrying." Don't cripple your RTA's in your effort to support them. Be sure you are teaching them how to develop and maintain their own successful businesses and become leaders on their own.

Have a great week!
 (Message sent by Level 5 Director Katrina Greenhill)

PART B...Kevin's Perk Picks.

Note: * - Use Internet Explorer for best access)



b1. Nature Sports Enthusiast Business Presentation: www.YourOutdoorBiz.com

(Focus on YTB Outdoors Online Products)




b2. Incentives for your Guests: http://www.rtaincentives.com/
 
 

 


b5. Business Presentation: www.mytravelpayday.com

YTB Director Keith Fraley


b6. Business Presentation: www.paycationexperts.com

YTB Dir. Bill Fox


b7. Business Presentation: www.paycationexperts.net

YTB Dir. Holton Buggs


b8. Business Presentation in Spanish. Click Here.

9. YTB Business Presentation (Click Step 3)
YTB Director James Prewitt
 

Travel Do's & Don'ts

Can't wait to see everybody going on the May 30-June 2 Team Vision Cruise!
And for those who are wondering if you can make it,
Click This Video by Donnie McClurkin "Yes You Can!"

Now Click this link for a list of TSA travel security requirements.

Click here and we'll see you on the MIDNIGHT BUFFET!

God bless y'all, and Welcome to the Future!

Your YTB Partner,
Kevin

How to Make A Comeback

As we build relationships in life and in YTB, stuff happens. Here are a few tips to keep from staying in a rut. Your partner in Success, references from SUCCESS Magazine. 
Kevin.

From Cancer to 7-Time World Champion - Lance Armstrong Reveals His 4-Step Comeback Plan

Step 1: Don't live in denial In January 1996, I was coming off my best year in cycling. Suddenly, at age 25, I learned I had advanced testicular cancer. I was given a 50-50 chance of survival and virtually no chance of ever cycling, racing, or competing again. I found the best doctors I could and dealt with it head-on.
Apply it: Confront the reality of your situation. Pretending a problem doesn't exist means you'll never conquer it.

Step 2: Come back from your low point. After cancer surgery, I was at the lowest point of my life, physically and emotionally. But to me, it was all upside from there. That's where the comeback began. When you're at that low point, stop and cherish it because it feels so good to come back.
Apply it: Character is built by picking yourself up after a setback. Don't limit yourself by focusing on prior obstacles. Turn your struggles into fuel for your successes.

Step 3: Surround yourself with a good team. I believed that when I announced my comeback, I would be in demand, but the top offers never came. I joined the American cycling team-- we had to revitalize our focus, formulate a strategy, and train hard to win.
Apply it: The right people make all the difference. Seek the guidance and support to turn your situation around. Don't be afraid to reach out.

Step 4: Face new challenges. After riding for 20 years, I'm heading out into the world to find new horizons. I'm facing new challenges that make seven Tour wins look small: being the best father and advocate I can be. I love a good fight. Let's face our challenges together. I'll ride right alongside you. We all have good fights we need to fight.
Apply it: Comebacks evolve and take time and work. New challenges always arise. Don't back down from the fight to improve your life. Only after we overcome life's strains and difficulties do we truly appreciate the unprecedented highs.

 Being a Winner | Mia Hamm

 Life's Journey | Carly Fiorina

Richard Branson's Three Keys to Entrepreneurial Success

  1. Provide Untapped Value to the Customer: "The most critical thing with any new venture is we must deliver a tremendous value to the consumer so that it enhances all the ventures we've done before it," says Branson. Today, the Virgin brand encompasses everything from soft drinks to airlines. Branson's approach has been to provide something unique in each venture; something the competition lacks. Find the value, find the customers.

  2. Exploit a Passion: "I start businesses when I have a passion for something. That's also why I went into the airline business, even though everybody I talked to told me that there was no money to be made there. I felt that I could make a difference. That's the best reason to go into business because you feel strongly that you can change things," says Branson. It's the entrepreneurial passion and attitude that makes the difference in achieving lasting success.

  3. Trust Your Instincts: "A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts." Case in point, the "rebel-billionaire" relied on gut instincts to take advantage of opportunities when they presented themselves. Branson wasn't born wealthy, and began his empire by selling yet-to-be touched (i.e. "Virgin") records out of the trunk of his car when it was unheard of to do so. Slowly but surely, he built the expanded his business until it became the multi-billion dollar empire we know today. Mix a great idea with passion.

 Antidote for Frustration | Richard and Linda Eyre

 Big Shoes to Fill | Lisa Ocker

Eliminate Anxiety, Tension and Stress by Eckhart Tolle

"Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry ... all forms of fear ... are cause by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of non-forgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence."

Apply it: Liberate your thoughts by not drowning in the negative aspects of your past, or the "what ifs" of tomorrow. Go out of your way to embrace life as it unfolds.

 

 


©2008 SUCCESS Media - All Rights Reserved

5 Tips To Attract Wealth

 It's not that we're all in YTB, but that YTB is in US that attracts people to want to BE with us.

 

A Good Definition of Wealth from Dictionary.com:

"An abundance or profusion of anything; plentiful amount."

So if a person is physically rich, yet spiritually poor, they are still POOR!
If they are spiritually rich, yet physically poor, they are still POOR!
If they intellectually rich (lots of college degrees and awards) but physically and/or  spiritually poor, ditto.

Everything that is in balance is the only way that true wealth can ever exist.Wealth is not what we have, but what continues on after we no longer exist in this world for those we care about.

Learn, Practice and Share Daily These
5 Proven Tips (Skills) to Attract Wealth

  1. Write down all that you are grateful for in your life right now-read it every day.
  2. Make a decision that you will be wealthy. Affirm that decision every day by taking action in that direction.
  3. Surround yourself with the people who are where you want to be financially.
  4. Read and listen to material (like SUCCESS magazine!) that will support your new outlook and attitude about what's possible.
  5. Teach others the attitudes of wealth. Once you teach it, you will learn it.

Welcome to The Future! God bless,
from Kevin.

Seeds of Success

 Do you have "The Power?"

Volume 1, Issue 1 - Premier Issue of Success Magazine 2008 

4 Tips to Becoming
More Productive!

1. Create a trusted system ( or in our case for YTB...FOLLOW A TRUSTED SYSTEM)
Your system should be a clear and organized inventory of your commitments. Remember it has to work for you.

2. It's you not your time.
Understand effective time management is really self-management. Your goals need to show up on your radar in a useful way. Define and review projects as you move toward the goal line.

3. What's next?
Ask yourself, what's the next action I should take? Repeatedly asking this question can help your prioritize what's important and keep you moving forward.

4. When you think it, ink it.
Define actionable items into outcomes and concrete steps.

One Tip to Change Your Life

Change your thoughts
The thoughts, images and words you replay in your mind everyday are directly related to your happiness and achievements. What the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve. Replace negative thoughts with a positive affirmation. Expect success.

Three Ways to Establish Your Life Vision

1. Start Dreaming and get going.
Create a snapshot of your ideal life with a bulleted list. A life plan will give you a clear direction and help you develop a strategy for getting there.

2. What are you good at?
List your skills and abilities you can build upon to attain your ideal life and then prioritize the development of those skills.

3. Keep your why in front of your eye.
Revisit your life plan frequently and keep it in plain view. Your life plan will remind you of what you want, what's important and what to do next.

 

 

Getting Started All Over Again

Hello Team! Welcome to the Future and to Team Vision/Team SPECTRUM Partners in the highly diverse and equal access environment of TEAM YTB!

If you are new to YTB Travel, welcome on behalf of all of your partners, and PRAISE GOD for you choosing to become an important part of this phenomenal team!

YTB is a VERY serious opportunity. Like anything else, your business in what you make it.

The support is practically endless.


As busy as we all are, here is a great time-saving call by one of YTB's most powerful leaders, Chris Anthen of Chicago with very short live recorded call.

Click to hear Chris now if you have about 7 minutes.

Actual file:
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-13863/TS-29497.mp3


Alway know that we are so proud of you, we love you, we appreciate you, and again,

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!

Your partner in YTB Success,
Kevin

Note from The Reeds: Kevin is moving rapidly toward Coach's Corner.
This means he will be personally mentored by the Chairman of the Board and Founder of YTB, Coach Tomer himself on a special call for Directors In Training. 

For more seasoned RTAs: How to Reach Coach's Corner (30 RTAs on your PowerTeam) with 3nd Level Director Mike Accurso  Audio File: Click Here

"Live from The KV Korner"

This is the hottest YTB inspirational spot of all time! 

   Kevin Vaughan, PowerTeam Leader and Team Spectrum Team Co-founder will be right here with inspired words for the mind body and soul. Kevin is executive producer and host of his own weekly community gospel internet radio show, Men Let's Talk out of Altanta GA. Check the TV Fun Blog to learn more about his live on-air audio/vidio program.

And every once in a while, we're all blessed to hear what our Team Vision connection has to say about making all of our goals and dreams a reality from an aspect of absolute faith in the HIGHEST Power!

Kevin's words will be his own, totally unedited and not necessarily reflecting the viewpoints of YTB Travel and Cruises International. But what we can promise is we all will have something positive in our minds that we all will want to share to uplift others.

Questions, topic ideas or comments for "Live from the KV Korner" can be sent to info@goteamspectrum.com And as Kevin says, "Welcome to the Future!"