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In Yesterday’s post I talked about how education can be the best friend and the worst enemy to your business. Now before you think that I’m against educating yourself, I want to make myself clear. Education is Critical to building a successful business. But it’s important to be strategic and Find the Best Kind of Business Education.

So what IS the Best Business Educational System? The best education you can get is in The Doing. Actually running a business, making decisions and taking action will help you learn quicker than any “Guru’s” course ever could.

Have you ever wondered why McDonalds requires that you work there before you can own one? It’s a system of success. You need to work in a business to learn how to make it successful.

There’s a lot of people out there that don’t want to believe you have to do it to learn it. They have their sites too focused on the idea of the quick buck and easy money. They keep buying product after product thinking, each time, this one will be the Magic Bullet. But it never seems to happen because it doesn’t exist.

Now, while there may not be a Magic Bullet, there are shortcuts. Don’t buy anything thinking it’s a magical solution. Look for shortcuts, not magic.

So what’s an example of a shortcut? One example is to buy an already functioning business from someone else. Even if it’s just making $1 a month, that’s a great start! By running the business, you’ll get the best kind of education possible. It can often be better than investing in a course or educational product.

That’s just one example of a shortcut to success. What do YOU think are some of the best shortcuts to building an online business? Feel free to leave your ideas in the comments below.

Matthew Glanfield

How would you like to win an email to my list with a guarantee that you will get at least 1,000 unique visitors?

Let’s say you sell a $50 product that converts at only 2%. That means you would get 20 sales x $50 = $1000 of profit.

We have had quite a few people sign up for the Marketing Total Package, but in order to get things moving even faster, I want to give a strong “motivation” for members to start driving traffic.

That is why I have created the Marketing Total Package Traffic Contest.

Here are the rules:

1. You must be a Marketing Total Package member in good standing. Click here to sign up if you aren’t already a member.

2. You must set up your MTP website as per the instructions. You can also have us set it up for a small fee.

3. You must be the first to make AND report at least $500 in gross sales (i.e. before PayPal fees and affiliate commissions). These sales may NOT be from any of your family, or your employees or their families.

4. You must send a screen shot of your $500 in earnings to support@marketingtotalpackage.com with the subject line “Marketing Total Package Contest Submission.”

Prizes

There will be 3 prizes, one for each of the products (i.e. the three products you get to choose from in the MTP members area).

The prize will go out to the first person to make at least $500 in sales in each of the categories. I will be verifying the sales (more than just the screenshot that you send), so please do not cheat (cheaters will, of course, be disqualified).

The prize will include an email to my full list. I will continue emailing until you get at least 1,000 unique visitors. Think about how much that will grow your list AND your profits.

If you have any questions about the contest, please post them here.

Have fun!

Matthew Glanfield

Steve from Cleveland asks:

Can you really make money with a project in as little as 24 hours as a lot of the sales literature for these kind of plans often suggest?

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