Special 4th of July Offer for September RockStar BootCamp

Are you an Entrepreneur, or do you have a job and dream EVERY DAY, especially in this economy where no job is safe, of owning your own small business?

Go to www.RockStarMarketingBootCamp.com to see how you can save an additional $100 off the already low price of my RockStar Marketing BootCamp on September 25 – 27, 2009 in Los Angeles.

At this BootCamp, not only will you have a fun and exciting three days meeting Celebrities and RockStars, but it is also where you will learn how to become a RockStar in Your Industry so clients will COME TO YOU, instead of you having to go after them.

Here is a video clip of the offer as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyWVzBFPKnc

Rock on!

Craig Duswalt

My wife’s bout with cancer made me create the RockStar System For Success

In October 2006, my wife Natasha was diagnosed with cancer – Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Within two days she was in surgery, and within a week she started chemotherapy.

Although it didn’t feel like it at the time, we were very blessed because we owned our own business and had gotten to the point where the business would run without us if it had to.

Well, now it had to.

Natasha was basically down for seven months, laying in bed most of the time in severe, horrible pain. It was my job now to comfort her and take care of our three small boys – Tyler 8, Ryan 7, and Hayden 4.

I had to take the kids to school, pick them up from school, take them to their sports, take them to play dates – you get the picture. At the same time I had to take my wife to chemo, to the doctors, do all the grocery shopping, pay all the bills for the house and the company, make sure the company was still running, etc.

Most of the moms reading this are saying, “This is what I do every day. What’s he complaining about?”

And they’re right. But I’m a guy, and I just wasn’t used to doing all this. Plus the stress of not knowing whether my wife was going to live or die added to my overwhelm.

And all through this I kept thinking to myself, “What if I had to go to a full-time job? It would be impossible to do all this.” We both have no family in the area – we would have been screwed.

But, you know what? I did not have to go to work every day, and I was able to focus on my family during a very trying time.

I vowed that if we got through this nightmare I would share my story, and share how we created a very successful business, and share how we created multiple streams of income so that if this happened to anyone else, they might have the same chance we had to get through it.

Thus was born Craig Duswalt’s RockStar System For Success.

We’re all getting up in age where, eventually, we’ll need time to take care of family matters. If you have a successful business where you can make money while you’re away, trust me, you will have a better chance at a full recovery.

Looking for More Articles?

Hey everyone,

Are you looking for even MORE informative articles from Craig? Well, soon you will be able to have all of Craig’s informational articles at your fingertips!

Coming soon, Craig will be hosting a “members only” site that contains insider tips of the trade as well as personal stories from Craig’s travels and experiences. Keep checking this blog and www.CraigDuswalt.com for more information on how you can sign up for this opportunity!

Talk to you soon,

Natalie H. Vavrasek

Social Networking Sites

For those of you on facebook and twitter you can now follow Craig and keep yourselves up to date on what he’s doing! Who knows, you may even find special discount offers only available to those who are part of Craig’s social network.

It’s easy to join and follow Craig. Just go to his website www.CraigDuswalt.com and click on the facebook and twitter icons at the top of the homepage.

If you haven’t signed up for either one of these programs it’s FREE! Just go to the following links to create your account now:

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Take Care,

Natalie H. Vavrasek

The Website Is Updated

If you haven’t been to www.CraigDuswalt.com lately swing by and take a look at the new additions to the site. Craig is constantly updating and adding new features to help keep in contact with everyone!

Take Care,

Natalie H. Vavrasek

Visualize and Achieve Your Business Goals

The best marksman needs to see what he’s aiming at. If you reach for the top without a clear picture of what the top looks like you’ll just flail wildly, like a drowning swimmer.

How will you dress, talk, walk when you have achieved great results? What will your day be like? What will your friends be like?

In his book, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill writes, “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” If you conceive and believe only in some misty notion you’ll get some pretty befogged results. The more clearly and completely you can visualize yourself as you intend to be, the better.

How To Develop a DETAILED Marketing Plan

Having marketing vision is essential when starting a new business. But vision without a specific action plan is a ship without a rudder.

Developing a Marketing Plan that includes specific goals, vehicles and budgets offers significant advantages. Planning six to twelve months ahead gives you a broader, long-term perspective of your marketing needs and expenditures, and allows you to take advantage of volume discounts on advertising space, services and printing. When you can commit to a schedule in advance, you may also be able to negotiate longer payment terms.

But most importantly, a detailed Marketing Plan will help you stay focused on your brand goals, and avoid purchases that aren’t in your company’s best interest.

How To Reach The Top of the Business Ladder

“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp. Or what’s a heaven for?”

Robert Browning had it right. We usually fall a little short of perfection in what we try to do. But reaching for the top is vital.

After all, if you aimed to have a million dollars in the bank and fell short with only nine hundred thousand, you would still be pleased. But if all you hope for is enough to pay the bills, and then you fall short—that’s disaster.

No one sets out to be the worst salesperson in the company or the last person to complete their part of a project. But some people seem satisfied to be average. If you set the highest standards for yourself you may fall a little short. But you will still be great at whatever you do.

Remember:
Outstanding Standards = Great Results
Great Standards = Average Results
Average Standards = Poor Results

Don’t Let Anything Get In The Way Of Being Successful!

Do you know who Tracii Guns is? How about Ole Beich? Or Rob Gardner? Probably not. They were the original lead guitarist, bassist, and drummer for Guns N’ Roses. But they left long before the band exploded into international success. They each continued playing music, but none of them came close to matching the success of GNR.

Do you know anyone like Guns, Beich, and Gardner? Someone who gets close to a great situation, then sabotages their own success with destructive behavior or bad decisions? Psychologists say that people like this do what they do for two main reasons. Either they feel they don’t deserve success because of their past, or they are afraid of success in the future.

RockStars don’t let either get in the way of being successful.

Most of us have things in our past that we’d rather forget. We may carry guilt over the things we’ve done, or didn’t do. If you’re holding yourself back because of this, there’s only one piece of advice I can give you — if it’s in the past, leave it there! You can’t change the past, but you can build a successful future.

And, let’s face it. The future can be scary. But when you re-invent yourself and become a RockStar, you are facing the future head-on. When you achieve the success you desire, it will be because you worked smart, worked outside your comfort zone, and stretched yourself in amazing ways.

Becoming a RockStar means you earn every bit of the success that comes to you. So look forward to it, and savor it when it happens!

How to Develop a Company Business Plan

Every business, large or small, should develop a detailed Business Plan. Think of a Business Plan as your vision formalized on paper. Write it, ponder it, refine it. But get it down on paper. You’ll be amazed at how the process of forcing yourself to answer hard questions will help you shape a sound business.

A good Business Plan will serve as your road map to success. A good Business Plan will keep your eyes focused on the prize, keep your priorities and expenditures on track, and help you attract investors and financing.