Last Thursday’s FREE business blogging TeleClass hosted by the Business Owner’s Journal and powered by the Business Owners Coaching Club was a BIG hit. On Friday September 23rd we shared part 1 of the audio business coaching session in a business podcast.

Now today we have part 2.

Whether you’re new to business blogging or you’re blogging for your business with little results — this two-part business coaching podcast specifically for small business owners and professionals will reveal the core secrets to the successful integration of business blogging, business podcasts, and RSS into your overall marketing strategy.

With what you’ll learn in this two-part podcast you’ll have a huge jump-start on your competitors. And you’ll have a decided advantage over the vast majority of business bloggers struggling to get it right on their own.

Don’t miss out!

Listen to part 2 of Boosting Business With Business Blogs on your MP3 player or desktop via the MP3 enclosure (a true business podcast.)

Or if you’re new to business blogging and business podcasting — listen online using the easy to operate buttons below.

Are you a business owner or a professional who would like to have everything at your disposal to start reaping the rewards of effective business blogging in a matter of weeks - instead of stumbling through hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars in needless trial-and-error?

Then no matter what your experience level of business blogging — Marketing With Business Blogs is the competitive advantage you need. Check out the limited special that’s now being offered.

Just click on the manual below…

Enjoy!

John-Paul Micek is known as the “Click-and-Mortar Business Coach” by business owners around the world thanks to members of the Business Owners Coaching Club™. He’s a published author and weekly columnist for the business section of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and a managing partner with the international small business coaching company RPM Success Group Inc.®

The © Copyright to all audio, video, images, and text are held by RPM Success Group Inc.® and licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Yesterday’s FREE business blogging TeleClass hosted by the Business Owner’s Journal and powered by the Business Owners Coaching Club was a hit. Whether you’re new to business blogging or you’re blogging for your business with little results — this two-part business coaching podcast specifically for small business owners and professionals will reveal the core secrets to the successful integration of business blogging, business podcasts, and RSS into your overall marketing strategy.

With what you’ll learn in this two-part podcast you’ll have a huge jump-start on your competitors. And you’ll have a decided advantage over the vast majority of business bloggers struggling to get it right on their own.

Don’t miss out!

Listen to part 1 of Boosting Business With Business Blogs on your MP3 player or desktop via the MP3 enclosure (a true business podcast.)

Or if you’re new to business blogging and business podcasting — listen online using the easy to operate buttons below.

Are you a business owner or a professional who would like to have everything at your disposal to start reaping the rewards of effective business blogging in a matter of weeks - instead of stumbling through hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars in needless trial-and-error?

Then no matter what your experience level of business blogging — Marketing With Business Blogs is the competitive advantage you need. Check out the limited special that’s now being offered.

Just click on the manual below…

Enjoy!

John-Paul Micek is known as the “Click-and-Mortar Business Coach” by business owners around the world thanks to members of the Business Owners Coaching Club™. He’s a published author and weekly columnist for the business section of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and a managing partner with the international small business coaching company RPM Success Group Inc.®

The © Copyright to all audio, video, images, and text are held by RPM Success Group Inc.® and licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Have you started using business blogs, podcasts, and RSS to boost your business growth yet? Everyone is talking about blogging, but very few business owners are taking advantage of it the way it should be utilized for maximum profits.

Maybe you’re still sitting on the sidelines, leery to take the first step because you’re not sure what business blogging can do to enhance your marketing. Or maybe you jumped right in and started blogging for your business, but you haven’t seen any results yet.

Well, Deborah and I have some good news for you.

I can tell you from our own experience, and the results dozens of our clients have gotten — there’s no denying the positive impact that business blogging can have in boosting your traffic and winning more clients.

For example, by using business blogs, we took BusinessOwnersCoachingClub.com from sub-100 ranking in Google to consistent top 10 rankings in just 45-days for our top five keywords! And that’s just one small part of the benefits that come from business blogging.

But (and this is a BIG but)… if your business blogging is not done correctly, you’re going to end up with nothing to show after months of hard work except a lot of wasted time. And if you rely on the books, ebooks, or courses on “blogging basics” available out there — you’re not going to be much better off.

The bottom line is, a ten year old can set up a blog in less than 15-minutes. It’s not the “technical” side of blogging that makes the difference between success and failure. It’s the mindset you start out with and the strategies you build on that will determine how effective your business blogging, podcasting, and use of RSS is in attracting prospects and gaining new clients.

So Here’s The Good News

In this Thursday’s upcoming 70-minute live Teleclass we’ll lift the veil of confusion and cut through all the hype to reveal the often mis-understood power of business blogging, podcasts, and RSS.

Click this link for details & limited FREE registration: Business Blogging TeleClass

With what you’ll learn in this 70-minute live call you’ll have a huge jump-start on your competitors. And you’ll have a decided advantage over the vast majority of business bloggers struggling to get it right on their own.

Don’t miss out! To register and grab one of the 87 seats remaining, just go to: Business Blogging TeleClass

John-Paul Micek is known as the “Click-and-Mortar Business Coach” by business owners around the world thanks to members of the Business Owners Coaching Club™. He’s a published author and weekly columnist for the business section of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and a managing partner with the international small business coaching company RPM Success Group Inc.®

The © Copyright to all audio, video, images, and text are held by RPM Success Group Inc.® and licensed under a Creative Commons License.

In part one of this business coaching article we looked at why confidence, courage, and certainty must go hand-in-hand if you are to succeed in your role as a business owner. You know that courage is the inner power and ability to face difficulties. And you now know that courage is rooted in confidence, and confidence is rooted in the mindset of certainty.

So today with that in mind, let’s look at some practical steps you can take to begin increasing your certainty and confidence?

Four proven ways to boost your certainty and confidence as a small business owner.

• Know your strengths — and continuously listen, monitor, and adapt

Each of us has a unique communication style and behavioral strengths when it comes to business ownership. No two business owners are the same. You must first assess your strengths (and by default, also your weaknesses) so that you can quickly identify areas you can and should be more certain in naturally. This is the foundation for accelerated success — no matter what your industry or profession.

Only then can you listen critically in all areas and be ready, willing, and able to adapt your approach. When you do that and then monitor results — this further increases certainty. It’s a self-fulfilling cycle. Each and every time it happens, certainty and confidence increase.

This may seem a little difficult at first glance, but I assure you that there is a proven scientific system for making this process a snap. In the Business Owners Coaching Club we coach business owners to identify and master their unique personal style in all four dimensions of performance. (Action, Motivation, Focus, and Psychology.)

Armed with this knowledge they are not only able to exponentially multiply the results they get in marketing, sales, and systemization – but these men and women are infinitely more certain and confident in every business move they make.

• Complete your due diligence, study and research

In order to be certain and to be right more than you’re wrong you’ll need to have a solid knowledge and understanding in your area of expertise. You can be as confident possible and you can run as fast as you can to the east - but if you are looking for a sunset you’ll never see it.

Even General Patton, who had been accused of making snap judgments said in his defense, “Honestly this is not the case because I am a profound military student and the thoughts I express, perhaps to flippantly, are the result of years of thought and study.”

• Eliminate hesitation at every turn

Whenever I become concerned with taking action on something no one else seems to see, instead of allowing myself to feel like I’m wrong, I’m always reminded of an interview I saw years ago with championship hockey player Wayne Gretzky.

The host asked him how he had become such a great player. Gretzky simply replied, “Most other players tend to skate to where the puck is. I skate to where the puck is going.” That certainty and confidence to make a decision in an instant allows him to act without hesitation. This puts him in position where he is often the only player where the puck is.

I see myself making the same moves in business and real estate. Sure, sometimes I may be wrong even though I’m certain. But ahhh… those times when I am the only one there and the opportunity is right in front of me. Those are the distinctions that allow me to leapfrog ahead in life and save years of hand wringing.

You can do the same for yourself… if you eliminate hesitation.

• Certainty is not “Cockiness”

Being certain and confident of the direction that you want to go does not mean that you have to be cocky or arrogant. As a matter of fact, if you don’t take time to listen to the viewpoints of others and analyze where your plans may be flawed, you will fail more often than you prefer. As King Solomon wrote, “With the abundance of counselors there is victory.” (Prov 11:14b)

As your business coach I need to remind you that certainty and confidence are not ignorance of your own weakness. Rather it is the recognition of those weaknesses along with the dedication to overcome them or turn them to your advantage that will help you succeed.

In closing, I feel compelled to issue one warning note for you as you begin to move forward toward your goals with certainty and confidence. Sometimes people are uncomfortable with themselves when they are exposed to a man or woman who is unabashedly confident or certain. In reaction they may try to make themselves feel better and take away that discomfort by placing you in a safe little “box” with negative words.

When some people (especially if they’re not business owners) try to label you with terms like arrogant or cocky, it doesn’t always mean that you are. It may just mean that you’re making them feel uncomfortable with their lack of action in fulfilling their dreams. If you hear those words, use it as an opportunity to double-check your attitude, see if there is any truth that you can use to improve, and then move on.

Above all, remember that confidence and certainty do not magically appear on their own. They are the result of hours, days, weeks and years of constant thought, practice and dedication built on a through understanding and mastery of your individual strengths.

Do as we coach business owners all around the world to do. Put this power team at the base of your entrepreneurial pursuits, and you too will be able to leapfrog barriers, obstacles and competitors with greater ease.

John-Paul Micek is known as the “Click-and-Mortar Business Coach” by business owners around the world thanks to members of the Business Owners Coaching Club™. He’s a published author and weekly columnist for the business section of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and a managing partner with the international small business coaching company RPM Success Group Inc.®

The © Copyright to all audio, video, images, and text are held by RPM Success Group Inc.® and licensed under a Creative Commons License.

“There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.” –Orison Swett Marden

Confidence, courage, and certainty… succeeding in business and in life requires that they go hand-in-hand. Courage is the inner power to face difficulties. Yet courage is rooted in confidence, and confidence is rooted in the mindset of certainty.

Real life examples of confidence and certainty in action

General George S. Patton was the poster child for confidence and certainty. He was a remarkable leader who trained and motivated his men to achieve astounding results. With an unwavering certainty and emphasis on mission, he transformed an utterly demoralized American force in North Africa into an army capable of defeating the Nazis’ much-feared General Rommel. Later storming across France into Germany at a breakneck pace, his unit conquered more enemy troops and liberated more civilians than any other in World War II.

Helen Keller (a model for certainty, confidence and encouragement) once said, “face your deficiencies and acknowledge them. But do not let them ever master you.” Both General Patton and Helen Keller both realized that in order for a person to succeed he or she must routinely overcome personal failings, or turn them to his or her advantage but never to doubt him/ her self.

Certainty, confidence, and successful business ownership

For myself, I have always made the connection between a relative level of confidence or courage and its direct proportional relationship to success in business. (Success having different definitions for each person.)

But until the other day, I never realized what a powerful role the attitude of certainty has had in helping me achieve all that I have so far in life. My wife said to me, (admittedly in frustration) “You’re always so darned certain, but you’re wrong sometimes you know.” Her comment at first got me a little concerned. But then as I took it to heart it made me realize a couple of things I knew were critical for me to share with you for creating a successful business and living the ideal business ownership lifestyle.

First it called my attention to the fact that I need to parse my words at times and listen more openly to feedback when conveying a vision I have or a possible plan of action.

Secondly is that “certainty” is the gasoline that fuels the engine of massive forward momentum. In every area of business, from entrepreneurship, to marketing, to leadership — certainty is the crucial ingredient required to overcome obstacles and achieve outstanding results.

An example of certainty in business ownership

Let’s look at small business marketing as an example. Once you are certain that you have a product/service that people really want, then you will want to exude confidence and unabashedly market yourself. Marketing is not the place for uncertainty or, do I dare say — humility.

As a matter of fact, most business owners equate humility with silence or lack of self-promotion. What they don’t realize is that this attitude actually drives prospects and clients away because what they are looking for is security in knowing that you will deliver what you say you will.

If you’re not certain or confident about yourself or your product/service, why should anyone else be confident to do business with you?

The same is true in entrepreneurship and leadership.

Certainty, built upon dedicated thought and study, allows you to make decisions quickly, confidently and efficiently. Does that mean you’ll always be right? Of course not. But it does mean that you are in a state of constant growth. Whether your decision takes you two steps forward, or one step back — the wise person is always learning and growing no matter which direction they’re moving at the time.

In part two of this article I’ll act as your virtual business coach and share with you four proven ways to boost your certainty and confidence as a small business owner.

John-Paul Micek is known as the “Click-and-Mortar Business Coach” by business owners around the world thanks to members of the Business Owners Coaching Club™. He’s a published author and weekly columnist for the business section of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and a managing partner with the international small business coaching company RPM Success Group Inc.®

The © Copyright to all audio, video, images, and text are held by RPM Success Group Inc.® and licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Just a quick note about the Blog For Relief effort last weekend. Deborah and I were so impressed with the quick action of our business coaching clients and readers of the Business Owner’s Blog that we had our editor publish a press release on the results.

Here’s a brief excerpt:

Hawaii residents and owners of RPM Success Group Inc., Deborah and John-Paul Micek were planning on making some donations on their own, but when they saw what Hewitt, Reynolds and Bear were doing, they put their money where their mouths are.

Mr. Micek says, “As strong proponents of marketing with business blogs, Deborah and I decided to test the word-of-mouth power of business blogs. Our intention was to act as a catalyst to inspire some action from our business-coaching clients and business owners who read our blogs. We issued a $1,000 matching challenge on http://www.biz-ownersblog.com in the afternoon of August 31st. We had hoped to get at least $1,000 in donations that we could match. But, what happened in less than 24 hours blew us away! Including our matching funds, we received proof of more than $12,500 in donations by September 1st at 11:59 p.m. To me, that’s proof that marketing with business blogs works.”

At the same time that the Miceks were putting their Marketing With Business Blogs multi-media course to good use (http://www.marketingwithbusinessblogs.com,) the total tracked over at truthlaidbear.com was approaching $350,000. The momentum was building and Blog for Relief Day turned into Blog for Relief Weekend yielding nearly $1.3 million for the victims of Hurricane Katrina by September 5.

You can read the full press release on the business coaching effort here on PR Web.

Thanks once again for your donations of close to $15,000 in 3 days!

Enjoy!

John-Paul Micek is known as the “Click-and-Mortar Business Coach” by business owners around the world thanks to members of the Business Owners Coaching Club™. He’s a published author and weekly columnist for the business section of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and a managing partner with the international small business coaching company RPM Success Group Inc.®

The © Copyright to all audio, video, images, and text are held by RPM Success Group Inc.® and licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Blog For Relief Update 09/06/05:

The weekend’s Blog for Relief fundraiser effort is officially over. With over $1.25 M in donations logged, it was a great success! Here at the Business Owner’s Blog we had $600 more donated by business owners and members of BusinessOwnersCoachingClub.com, even though it was a holiday weekend. With our matching donation of $600 to Mission Harvest America, Inc. that makes the total for the weekend $1,200.

The grand total of donations from readers of the Business Owner’s Blog was $13,700 including the results from our $1,000 challenge on Blog For Relief Day on September 1. THANK YOU all you business owners who took action quickly and donated.

Many of you emailed us today after returning from your long 3-day weekend and were disappointed to have missed the Blog For Relief Weekend. Don’t let that stop you from continuing to give. The cost and human suffering this natural disaster is still not yet fully known. This is an excellent opportunity for successful business owners to step up and help out. Some of our business coaching clients are even planning trips to affected areas to share their resources with people impacted by hurricane Katrina. Think creatively about what you can do.

Be sure to check out the Web Relief Project Directory NZ Bear put together. It is a comprehensive list of web-based relief projects currently under way.

Thanks again for taking action!

John-Paul Micek is known as the “Click-and-Mortar Business Coach” by business owners around the world thanks to members of the Business Owners Coaching Club™. He’s a published author and weekly columnist for the business section of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and a managing partner with the international small business coaching company RPM Success Group Inc.®

The © Copyright to all audio, video, images, and text are held by RPM Success Group Inc.® and licensed under a Creative Commons License.

With momentum just starting to build after yesterday’s Blog For Relief Day, thanks to Hugh Hewitt, Glenn Reynolds, and N.Z. Bear Blog For Relief Day has now turned into Blog for Relief Weekend (Sept 3 – Sept. 5.) The goal is to get international bloggers and corporations to participate to multiply those donations exponentially.

But Deborah and I both agree that business owners who are our business coaching clients, members of the Business Owners Coaching Club, or subscribers to our blogs and Business Owner’s Journal can (and want to) do more.

So we’re issuign another $1,000 matching challenge for this weekend.

Our Second $1,000 challenge for Blog Relief Weekend:

If you make a donation to any disaster relief organization between today and 11:59 p.m. Hawaii time on September 5, we will match total donations up to $1,000.

To make this possible, all we ask you to do is take TWO simple steps:

#1. Just post a comment here with the amount of your donation, and to whom you made it

#2. Email us a copy of your receipt to: “relief.support@rpmsuccess.com”

UPDATE:

#3. Please log your contribution for tracking of a running total for Blog For Relief Day/Weekend

I will post the total donated on Sept. 6 and then match your contributions up to $1000. As with our previous $1,000 donation challenge, Deb and I will make our donation to Mission Harvest America, Inc. due to our personal interaction with them and their local connection with the areas impacted.

If you would like a list of recommended relief organizations you can use, visit InstaPundit.com. And if you’d like to check out the credibility of organizations you’re not already familiar with (always a good idea in situations like this) then visit http://www.charitynavigator.org as recommended by Michelle Malkin.

Two top-line organizations:

If you’re a fellow business blogger, then please post about this and urge your readers to contribute over the weekend.

Please keep the people of the Gulf Coast in your prayers.

John-Paul Micek is known as the “Click-and-Mortar Business Coach” by business owners around the world thanks to members of the Business Owners Coaching Club™. He’s a published author and weekly columnist for the business section of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and a managing partner with the international small business coaching company RPM Success Group Inc.®

The © Copyright to all audio, video, images, and text are held by RPM Success Group Inc.® and licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Thank you for all you business owners who have stepped up to the plate and donated yesterday.

As you know, in support of Blog For Relief Day Deborah and I decided to get creative and try to catalyze some action from our business coaching clients and business owners who read our blogs. So we issued $1000 matching challenge on biz-ownersblog.com on the afternoon of the 31st.

We had hoped to get at least $1000 in donations that we could match — but what happened in less than 24 hours blew us away.

We received proof of over $11,500 in donations by 11:59 p.m. September 1. With our matching challenge amount of $1,000 we are humbled to have catalyzed $12,500 in donations for victims of hurricane Katrina in just 24-hours.

The total tracked over at truthlaidbear.com was approaching $350,000 at midnight Hawaii time last night. That total is now reaching towards $400,000.

And with momentum just starting to build, thanks to Hugh Hewitt, Glenn Reynolds, and N.Z. Bear Blog For Relief Day has now turned into Blog for Relief Weekend (Sept 3 – Sept. 5.) The goal is to get international bloggers and corporations to participate to multiply those donations exponentially.

Thans again for all you business owners who have stepped up to the plate and donated.

God bless you all.

John-Paul Micek is known as the “Click-and-Mortar Business Coach” by business owners around the world thanks to members of the Business Owners Coaching Club™. He’s a published author and weekly columnist for the business section of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and a managing partner with the international small business coaching company RPM Success Group Inc.®

The © Copyright to all audio, video, images, and text are held by RPM Success Group Inc.® and licensed under a Creative Commons License.