NMBJ News

By Jack Perry
You didn’t make the ball team. You didn’t get accepted to your favorite college. You didn’t qualify for the home loan. These things do happen. Rejection is a fact of life. Successful people, however, know they need to embrace rejection instead of shy away from it.
The wealthiest and most successful people in society [...]

By Laura Lynn Burke, EA
That is the great question this tax season. President Obama’s plan to help American taxpayers by withholding less tax from their paychecks may just backfire. For many taxpayers, especially low-to-moderate income taxpayers, those working more than one job could be surprised to find out that they owe money this year to [...]

By Rick Beneteau
A hero is someone who the moment prior to becoming one was a reckless, irresponsible dreamer. One is successful just in the sincere attempt to become successful.
I wrote the above while in deep reflection, mulling over whether I was truly prepared to take on the mammoth job of successfully launching an Internet marketing [...]

By Malcolm Allen

The concept of “no deposit, no return” can be applied to anything. The idea that you must give in order to get shouldn’t stop you; it should start you! My powerful new book demonstrates this concept over and over again. Giving teaches the value of getting. Work makes the goal worthwhile. If you [...]

By Dakota Rea
One of the best techniques in marketing to Gen Y – relate with them in a form they can relate to and the wall of defense will go down!
When I consult with networkers around the world, one of the first concerns they share with me is how much trouble they have getting young [...]

By John Frazier

“Top-of-mind awareness” is not exclusive to marketing in general. It also applies to an advertisement’s headline. Many people use boring or unappealing headlines for their ads, and it surprises me when I see many ads with headlines that do not communicate a precise, immediate, and direct benefit. While such ads do not generate [...]

By Stephen Colwell

Sinclair Lewis, the 1930 Nobel Prize winner in literature once exclaimed, “People will buy anything that is ‘one to a customer.’” It’s an apt quote in an era of increased automation and the ubiquitous “depersonalization” of commerce across the globe. It’s also a worthy reminder at a time when the sensibilities of the [...]

By Sue Seward

All of us baby boomers at one time or another can be driven crazy trying to juggle everything we have going on. In particular, us women! Especially working women and/or women who run a business!

I’m not trying to push the men aside but women usually have quite a bit of responsibility including [...]

Nine steps to take if your business becomes a victim

By Cindy Schroeter Graham
Personal information is not the only target for identity thieves. Criminals are targeting large and small businesses as well. Any person or entity that has a name and a tax number is at risk of becoming a victim of fraud and identity theft.
Identity [...]

By Peter Sinclair

One of the most fascinating books I have ever read was called Man’s Search for Meaning, a true story by Dr. Viktor Frankl, who was a prisoner in a World War II Nazi concentration camp.

Dr. Frankl observed that those who carried a burning purpose in their lives were far more likely to [...]