Motivator Brendon Burchard Targets Small-Business Owners and Marketers in His Latest YouTube Video, 'Success & Winning Streaks'

"Live fully. Love openly. Go out and make a difference." -- Brendon Burchard

This morning, one of ProsperNOW's favorite motivational authors/speakers/coaches -- Brendon Burchard [pictured], of "Life's Golden Ticket" fame -- posted a video on YouTube.

Titled "Success & Winning Streaks," Burchard's 10-minute coaching session effectively illustrates the steps that small-business owners, marketers and would-be experts need to take in order to win in their chosen niche:

1. Hunger
2. Ownership/Accountability
3. Learning
4. Focus
5. Initiative/Massive Action
6. Collaboration
7. Accessibility
8. Mastery
9. Coaching
10. Gratitude

Neglect any of those 10 critical success steps, he says, and you're right back to Square One.

Invest fewer than 10 minutes now to seize upon this infectiously energetic young man's insightful and inspiring life/business lesson: http://bit.ly/cCjugO
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SEC Launches Investor.gov, Agency's First-Ever Web Site Devoted Exclusively to Investor Education

The Securities and Exchange Commission today launched its first-ever Web site devoted exclusively to investor education, providing investors with in-depth information and "top tips" on how to invest wisely, plan for the future, and avoid being scammed.

By visiting http://investor.gov/, investors can access information in a user-friendly format that is specifically tailored to their needs. The site includes sections specifically for those just getting started investing, for those saving for a child's education, and for those planning for retirement. It also has a detailed "Seniors Care Package" section for senior citizens and caretakers.

In a welcome video on the new site, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro [pictured] says, "Investing information is available from thousands of online resources -- some good, some not so good. Through Investor.gov, we are adding our own online voice to provide investors with unbiased and factual investing information."

Chairman Schapiro adds, "You'll find resources that can help you analyze your current holdings or even check the background of a registered financial professional."

Investor.gov also offers a section exclusively in Spanish, targeting the millions of Spanish-speaking investors in the United States. The "En Español" portion presents information about what to do if an investor feels that he or she has been a fraud victim, as well as a Spanish-language podcast explaining the history and functions of the SEC.

The site will be further enhanced with additional investor education resources in the coming weeks and months.

"Investor.gov will help you if you are invested in the market, are considering investing, or care for a relative who has retirement savings," said Lori Schock, Director of the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy. "Investor.gov provides an extensive collection of investor education materials, tools, calculators, checklists, as well as valuable investor alerts."

Investor.gov is the latest in a series of social media initiatives undertaken by the SEC. On the home page at http://www.sec.gov/index.htm, visitors can sign up to receive information and instant e-mail alerts on more than 80 topics of interest to investors, as well as other market participants.

The agency also reaches investors online through other social media channels, such as Twitter and YouTube:

* Investor Information: www.twitter.com/SEC_Investor_Ed

* News Releases and Alerts: www.twitter.com/SEC_News

* Enforcement Actions: www.twitter.com/SEC_Actions

* Careers at the SEC: www.twitter.com/SEC_Jobs

* YouTube channel: www.YouTube.com/SEC_Views

SOURCE: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Squidoo Queen Version 2.1 Helps Business Owners Focus on Growing Their Enterprises

This week, BusinessWeek informed readers of the importance of utilizing Social Media to grow their businesses ["Social Media Will Change Your Business"].

Of course, blogging is one means of establishing an online community of folks who are interested in your product, service, content, etc. Squidoo is quite another -- and Kelly Stone [AKA Squidoo Queen] and its ingenious format can help you build your enterprise exponentially... along with a hefty dollop of Bum Marketing.

Squidoo Defined
Squidoo, founded by author, speaker and notable blogger Seth Godin, was launched in October 2005. It's a website designed to make it easy for anyone, for free, to set up a single page on a topic he or she knows or cares a lot about. Advertising revenue is shared with these content creators, and some of it is given to charity.

Squidoo is a network of user-generated lenses -- single pages that highlight one person's point of view, recommendations, or expertise. Lenses can be about anything; e.g., ideas, people or places, hobbies and sports, pets or products, philosophy, and politics. Lenses aren't primarily intended to hold content; more emphasis is placed on recommending and then pointing to content on the Web. Annotation and organization and personalization delivers context and meaning.

Users who create lenses are called lensmasters. A lensmaster uses the tools available online to provide links, feeds, abstracts, and lists to users who are trying to make sense of a topic. For example, a single lens could point to Flickr photos, Google Maps, blogs, eBay auctions, YouTube videos, and other links. Lensmasters are encouraged to promote personal agendas, expertise, causes, products, and opinions.

Bum Marketing Defined
Simply put, Bum Marketing optimizes free resources to resourcefully and effectively market goods and/or services -- mostly, those of other people [with their permission, of course]. Basically, ANYONE -- without a product, service, inventory, website, or even a computer to call their very own -- can do Bum Marketing and, thus, generate cash via the Internet.

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