Author: Octavio Urzúa

CEO at GrupoAdm, Regalos Publicitarios en Santiago, Chile.

Learn Direct Marketing Now or Perish!

A Little Knowledge Is a Very Dangerous Thing This kind of mistake is amazingly common, because nine out of 10 Internet marketers don’t know the first thing about the science of direct marketing. The wonderful thing about direct marketing is…

How to keep your skin youthful

Women, and even men nowadays, spend a small fortune on creams and lotions to keep their skin youthful looking. But there’s something you need to know, says Total Health Breakthroughs Editor Melanie Segala. And you won’t hear it from the…

Heart Attacks and Cholesterol

When my homocysteine levels were a bit high a few years ago, Dr. Sears recommended folic acid to bring them down. Studies had shown, he said, that high homocysteine levels increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. In fact,…

The Magic Economic Formula

It seems that we are in a period of economic decline. This might get a little tiresome eventually, and then maybe a few will start looking for solutions. If I could know the Magic Formula of economic success, what woud…

Frank McKinney’s Life Lessons

Life Lessons Learned in 135-mile non-stop foot race Badwater Arizona. This spellbinding documentary vividly captures my struggles and triumphs in the 2009 Badwater 135-mile non-stop foot race across the Death Valley desert. We use this unique format to inspire you…

Global Aggregation Corporation

The world has entered a period of economic turbulence caused in part by global hyper-competition, skyrocketing energy costs, financial uncertainty, and waves of new technologies. This will most likely be a prolonged period during which the status quo will be…

How’s Your Brainpower?

It’s funny how we forget about our brain sometimes. We try and take care of our bodies with exercise but seem to altogether overlook the fact that our brain needs exercise too. As America ages, we’re finally seeing an increase…

Water, the magic elixir of life

Water is the magic elixir of life and universal solvent that allows us to eliminate toxins from our cells. As most people know, water is composed of oxygen and hydrogen. Water is critical for structural stabilization of proteins, lipids, and…

Summer Quotes

“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be…

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

A reader wants to know: “How can you fool your mind into positive thinking?” “How can I stop thinking of complaints and negative things?” There’s a Monty Python song that goes “Always look on the bright side of life” which…

7 Best YouTube Videos in 2009

Finish Strong Movie featuring “Eye of The Tiger” 4:14 I Love Living Life. I Am Happy by Nick Vujicic 9:00 Al Pacino’s Inspirational Speech 4:40 Any given subday inch by inch Henry V- Speech 5:14 Famous Failures 1:16 10 Keys…

Celebration Of Business Innovators And Ideas

Innovation is the spark of capitalism. To celebrate our 85th anniversary, we have selected 85 business breakthroughs that have changed our lives in a profound way since Forbes started publishing. We also highlight 15 more that promise to do the…

Cancer Cure in a Pill?

There is one supplement that Dr. Sears takes every day without fail. CoQ10 is its name. And multiple studies show that it is a powerful cancer fighter. It helps prevent cancer and cure you if you get it. In one…

Brendon Burchard

Brendon Burchard is the rare trainer capable of coupling personal growth with professional development, which is why Tony Robbins and the world’s top companies invite him to their stages. Below is a wide selection of Brendon’s presentations, all offering you…

Brainwave

GAMMA MEDITATION SYSTEM by Dr. Jeffrey Thompson You are about to explore a cutting edge technology. It is based on the principles of brainwave functions, the process of brainwave entrainment, the latest advances in psychoacoustic 3-D recording processes, and the…

How to balance your energy naturally

Ayurveda traces its origins to the Rig Veda, the world’s oldest surviving book in an Indo-European language. The Rig Veda, 3000 B.C., is a cosmological treatise that addresses not only the nature of life but also the foundations of health…

Next Generation of Leadership

We believe that the ability to transmit a message to so many different people is an important and unique asset of XPLANE. Together we achieved greater comprehension and a homologous vision of the project. “It is my desire to inspire…

My Favorite Web Quotes

“The Google SERPs are like the 10 seats in the front row of a hot concert. If you can get some strong friends to help you fill up the front row and keep the bum rushers and hecklers away –…

Is Jim Rogers still bull China?

Jim Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund before he turned 30 and retired at age thirty-seven. Since then, he has served as a sometime professor of finance at Columbia University’s business school, and as a media commentator worldwide. He is the…

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

To get started the millionaire mindset, here are some observations I’ve made from studying my friends and from reading about great wealth builders like Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. 1. A “normal” person is concerned with protecting his…

How to handle the fear of rejection?

Overcoming Rejection The salesman gets it at the door. The Dad from his child. The Husband from the wife. The employee from his boss. I get rejected. I hurt. Period. You too. It’s normal. But, we can get rejected, hurt…

Best Unique Selling Propositions

How do you get your business differentiated? By creating a Unique Selling Proposition – or USP. Examples: “We Always Have 168 different Widgets in No Less than 12 Different Sizes and 10 Desirable Colors, in price ranges from $6 to…

iLearning Global

If you could change your life completely by changing less than 1% of your daily routine would you do it? By investing 7 minutes per day (roughly ½ % of 24 hours) in yourself and your education you can dramatically…

How to tell anyone anything: Difficult Conversations

You will face difficult conversations throughout your life, but now you can learn how to cope with them. This book provides a framework and various strategies for achieving better outcomes from hard exchanges. You will learn: – Why understanding the…

Marketing Ideas

When I look for marketing ideas, I look in three directions: forward, backward, and sideways. Looking Forward. By this I mean brainstorming about what the market will want in the future. Forward thinking may be the most enjoyable form of…

How to become unstoppable?

Some people are interested in reaching their dreams and others are committed to reaching their dreams. The key to success in life is going from being interested to being committed. Once you are committed you will produce results. At the…

The Headline All Great Traders Hunt For

“Buy when there is blood in the streets.” – Nathan Rothschild Back in his day, Nathan Rothschild was like Warren Buffett and Alan Greenspan rolled into one. Nathan was one of the founding members of the greatest banking dynasty in…

Thoreau and The Highest of Arts

Who was the dominant figure of Henry David Thoreau, an avid naturalist, essayist, reform advocate and civil disobedient. Thoreau believed that as we get older we fall into a routine, gradually and mindlessly beating a track for ourselves. Bogged down…

What Is Your Company’s Ratio?

What matters most in building a business is the ratio of new client sales to existing client sales — i.e., resales. This affects the amount of time and energy you put into the front end versus the back end. In…

7-Session Coaching Program

Do Your Customers Respect You As Much As They Respect Their Doctor? No? Why not? They don’t know him any better than they know you. You went to school. You have expertise. You know how to solve difficult problems. So…

DHEA supplement to control the aging process

No discussion of the aging process would be complete without talking about DHEA, Total Health Breakthroughs’ Melanie Segala tells me. It’s the “mother” hormone — a building block of estrogen and testosterone. And it has remarkable anti-aging properties, preventing such…

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Build an Empire

Business Wise. Financial expert Farnoosh Torabi shares valuable tips that could help you make your first million. Thinking of starting a business? Before you start building your empire, Farnoosh Torabi, author of You’re So Money: Live Rich Even When You’re…

Music Therapy Relaxation Techniques

Scientists Discover Radiant Health And Wellbeing Can Be Achieved Naturally And Easily… By Balancing All Three Major Energy Centers: the body center, the brain center and the emotional center I am about to show you a handful of meditation and…

Incredible Visionaries

Sir Richard Branson President & CEO, Virgin Atlantic Sir Richard Branson is the founder and president of Virgin Group. Virgin is one of the world’s most recognized and respected brands and has expanded into aviation, hospitality and leisure, telecommunications, financial…

How Rockefeller build Standard Oil?

The secret John D. Rockefeller used to build Standard Oil. It’s simple. Putting it to work in your business. 1. Everything that is watched improves. One thing I learned early in my business career is that anything of significance that…

How to Protect Your Assets?

The wealthiest families in the world utilize a powerful legal tool to protect their assets. More important, it can be used by people who are in the process of building wealth. People like you. The tool is called transference. In…

What’s going on with the economy?

Why can’t we get this recession past us? The answer is simple if you know the basics: * We are an economy that is 70 percent driven by consumer spending. * To get the economy going again, spending must increase.…

Positive Affirmations

Words and Phrases on my White Board Optimize I must get better. Take a deep breath and remind myself we live in an abundant world Focus on revenue producing activities This is not a time to slow down. This is…

Best drug ever and it’s free!

Many years ago on SNL, Steve Martin did a bit about a new drug he was taking. “It’s fantastic!” he said. “Everybody should be taking it!” “What is it called?” someone asked him. “Pla-cee-bo,” was his reply. In 2003, Merck…

Trend Predictions that will Shape the Future

The 16 major trends that will shape the new century 1. The age of instant communications. 2. A world without economic borders. 3. Four steps to a one-world economy. 4. Internet commerce and learning. 5. The new service society. 6.…

Woo Factor: Persuasion and Power

How do you convince people to buy into your latest idea? “The Art of Woo” author and Wharton School professor Richard Shell shares his insights and explains why President Barack Obama is such an excellent “woo-master.” There have been a…

30 Best Slogans Hall of Fame

1. Just do it. – Nike 2. Think Small. – Volkswagen 3. Don’t be vague. Ask for Haig. – Haig Scotch Whiskey 4. When you got it, flaunt it. – Braniff Airlines 5. All the news that’s fit to print.…

Do You Sell Promotional Products?

6 Reasons To Consider Selling An Automated Referral System To Your Customers 1. It pays you upfront commissions (up to 58%) and ongoing monthly residuals. Sell it once, get paid forever 2. It adds value to your role as a…

World’s Strongest Dad

And what has Rick done for his father? Not much–except save his life. Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team from Massachusetts who together compete just about continuously in marathon races. And if they’re not in a marathon they…

Do You Have What It Takes?

Starting a small business takes a lot of courage. But, as they say, courage doesn’t pay the bills. To be successful — to stay in business — you need more than courage. You need a combination of hard work, skill,…

Life Lessons From Burning Man

Reno, NV “Make no mistake… this is an exercise in radical self-reliance…” (Burning Man survival guide) Howdy… No, I’m not at Burning Man this year. Just couldn’t pull it off, because of random acts of viciousness and distraction ladled upon…

Management Questions

Client Red Flags? Ask These 4 Questions Ever get a call or an email from a new client and, well, it just doesn’t feel right? I mean, red flags go up, your spider sense starts tingling, the hair on the…

Simpleology

Simpleology 101 Review – Time Management Productivity If you believe that you’ve lost direction, if you are unclear what you want to achieve or you see so many steps in front of you but you are unsure what to prioritise…

How to keep your skin youthful

Women, and even men nowadays, spend a small fortune on creams and lotions to keep their skin youthful looking. But there’s something you need to know, says Total Health Breakthroughs Editor Melanie Segala. And you won’t hear it from the…

How to keep your skin youthful

Women, and even men nowadays, spend a small fortune on creams and lotions to keep their skin youthful looking. But there’s something you need to know, says Total Health Breakthroughs Editor Melanie Segala. And you won’t hear it from the…

Deeper Level of Intelligence

Most people use mostly their acquired knowledge and adopt a “take the bull by the horns” approach to tackle challenges and move up in the world. But a few use their inner intelligence to overcome challenges… According to Deepak Chopra,…

The Power of Twitter

Get the business leader’s guide to using Twitter to gain competitive advantage. Since 2006, forward-thinking companies like Apple, JetBlue, Whole Foods, and GM have discovered the instant benefits of leveraging the social media phenomenon known as Twitter to reach consumers…

Great Quotes from Great Leaders

At times we all question: How can I live my best life? What purpose in life do I hope to serve? How can I create the most life-changing impact on my business, my family, and myself? We search for answers.…

Will Smith quotes on Life

Not only one of my favorite actors, but also one of my biggest inspirations, Will Smith is one of the most successful people on the planet. Here is a compilation of clips to share with you his great wisdom on…

The Story of Happy Blankie

I want to show you exactly 4 very important 4 things are very important in how to: – Figure out if your idea is “good enough” (a good enough idea with great marketing can make you a fortune) – Why…

Minimum, Target, and Outrageous Goals

Raymond Aaron in his book “Double Your Income Doing What You Love” breaks life down into six pathways, and then sets out a simple but highly effective system for you to set goals in all six categories every month. Using…

Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2008

Scientists had plenty of reasons to celebrate in 2008. The Large Hadron Collider fired up for the first time, a temple of science opened its doors, several companies promised cheap genome sequencing and President-elect Obama hired a fantastic team of…

Protecting Yourself From the Sun or Sunscreen

Skin cancer and premature aging are serious effects of overexposure to the sun. But, as Total Health Breakthroughs Editor Melanie Segala points out, sunscreen is not the solution. Sunscreen is chock full of industrial chemicals that can cause Parkinson’s and…

Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008

10. Flexible Displays Researchers have worked on thin, paperlike displays that can be folded, rolled or sewn into the sleeve of your hoodie. Flexible displays could change the way we interact with the info-universe, creating new kinds of cellphones, portable…

Google Adwords

The AdWords checklist looks something like this: 1-Keywords in narrow silos 2-Peel and stick your top 20 keywords 3-Relentless split testing of ads 4-Thorough list of negative keywords 5-Good quality scores 6-Landing pages that match the ads and keywords 7-Savvy…

Quotes from Gordon Bizar

“Every outcome require a specific set of tools and a specific mind set.” – Gordon Bizar at Jay Abraham Seminar in 2006. “Working in a collaborative environment with a collaborative spirit where the behavior of each individual is: no task…

Tracking the World Googlezon

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season…

Core Competencies for the 21st Century

Every epoch requires people and organizations to develop core competencies or skills needed to be successful. Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Helen Haste has identified five that we should begin teaching our students. We  business managers should also consider…

Outsource Strategy Cashmap

Outsource Strategy Cashmap With the right Outsourcing strategy, you can reduce overhead costs (up to 40% savings according to a recent study), get more done in a shorter amount of time, and grow your business faster. In fact, since it’s…

Empowering Beliefs

Empowering Beliefs can free the mind of our limitations, and allow us to believe that new things are possible: they unlock the chains which hold us back and open our minds to all kinds of new possibilities. Remember the story…

Simpleology Electives: Online Music Promotion

Simpleology Electives: Online Music Promotion This page contains the blueprint for a revolution – those who arm themselves with this blueprint can profit handsomely. But before I give you that blueprint, imagine for a moment the following … You wake…

Leadership and Greatness Motivational Quotes

“Successful people make their decisions quickly and change their minds slowly, Unsuccessful people make their decisions slowly and change their mind quickly” Andy Andrews “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.”…

How To Use Mass Pay

Have you ever noticed how much PayPal fee’s are when you send money to a business partner or get paid from an affiliate promotion? Did you know that you can automate your payments by uploading a simple spreadsheet? Did you…

Pay-Per-Click Strategy Cashmap

Pay-Per-Click Strategy Cashmap If you have a great product or service, and you want to get the word out about it, then you’re going to need to advertise. The problem is, there are a lot of different advertising methods and…

What is the key to Zappos explosive success?

Tony Hsieh CEO of Zappos.com explains that the keys to his $1billion in sales in 10 years succesful company is in foundation of Core Values and Customer Experience. The extraordinary online retailer Zappos.com operates very differently than other companies, and…