Thanks so much, Bridgett!

I am excited to see your business grow this year.

“Like the example, construction can be an ugly thing, but the end result is beautiful and magnificent!”

Love that. That applies to many things in life, I think.

True. So true.

How many of us have purchased ebooks and courses and never used them?

Great point, my friend!

Sometimes success comes from just being stubborn enough not to quit.

Great catch on the Disney sign, Nicole! Another big lesson from Walt was that everyone around him thought his idea of the gigantic theme park was impossible – so he just persevered til he found the money to back it. When one is first trying to market online it’s common for friends, parents & sposes to belittle the idea, until there’s actually an income stream. Perseverence is a great and necessary quality for those chasing their dream lifestyle!

How often we forget about the simple things in business. Point #2 also applies well to email signatures and social networks. Now I’m off to take action and see how I can optimize my customer’s experience.

Yes, stop talking, or reading, as the case may be and ‘just do it’!

Such a simple concept but so hard for so many people to do.

Thanks Nicole, so many folks will appreciate your inspiration

You know I could write a long post as a reply to this but…I’m going to stop talking and take action instead!

I love that quote from Walt Disney and certainly can use the reminder. It’s so easy to get stuck in either continually learning new stuff without implementing it or making hundreds of outlines for content, products, email sequences etc. and then never finishing them (I’m certainly guilty of that).

Great tip on using each point of contact to get your marketing message across as well. I love the way aweber does this with their affiliate checks. They include a one page letter in with the check that talks about what’s going on with the affiliate program and of course has login info in it as well. I’ll have to remember this when I sent out my next affiliate payments.

awww… thanks Andrea.

Yup, it was FREEZING and Yup, we could have buried our faces in our scarves or hoods, but we chose to observe. I happen to absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE signs; funny signs, odd signs, easily misinterpreted signs.

This sign struck me for all the reasons Nicole so succinctly puts together in this post. As a matter of fact, Walt’s sign might have started with “Hey Mom! The way to get…”

Now comes the confession… I am not putting Nicole’s (and Walt’s) “call to action” to work for me. I have LOTS of blog posts to write. Nicole knows this and has been giving me gentle nudges. I guess this is my official kick in the butt! Thanks Nicole. See, I do listen… it just takes me a while to let the words soak in.

All the comments were great, too. Thanks for giving me a lift (and a kick) via this post today.

I love messages like that.. I swear the difference between success and not is ACTION..

Your Mom is such a smart lady..

How do you always say what I need to hear when I need to hear it, Nik??

Awww, geez…more stuff to work on!

Of course, Walt himself also said, “Keep moving forward”!!

Dan

Excellent post Nik! I can’t wait to see the rest of them come out of draft and into publication

I really love lesson #2 and taking advantage of every opportunity. Like the example, construction can be an ugly thing, but the end result is beautiful and magnificent!

Arika Lewis reminded me of this when my Fat Loss Quickie page was under construction and I had a message saying “Coming Soon”… boring

She told me, “Why not give them something for free on that page to get them excited. Maybe even collect their name and email address so you can update them on the progress of your program so they’ll be the first to know when it’s ready.”

I know this stuff, but it’s so easy to get caught up in the construction that you often neglect the opportunity to connect and inspire your visitors.

Thanks for this reminder and lesson. As usual… you totally ROCK!

Scott Tousignant

Hi Nicole great post. I read another proverb ”the 2 things that hold us back are 1)perfection and 2)procrastination. Don’t keep looking to get it perfect (like you say in your blog) and just get on and get it DONE! Look forward to the update on the conference
Best Regards
Mark

Nicole Dean – You are amazing! You can find opportunity everywhere you look. I learned so much from you at NAMS3, particularly how to use the standard everyday (somewhat mundane) pages to promote our business(es). You are a marketing genius!