N E W S Y O U C A N U S E : October '02

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Vol. 4. Issue 10. October, 2002 (return to last menu) Subscribe to News You Can Use for Hypnotic News, Views, Tips, Secrets and More brought to you for free every month from Dr. Joe "Mr. Fire" Vitale, all designed to help you achieve your dreams through marketing, mind power, spirituality and more. "Aude aliquid dignum" (16th century Latin for "Dare something worthy")

Business cards are so important that I just spent hundreds of dollars, two months of my time, and a lot of sleepless nights creating a new one -- and I live in the Texas Hill Country, hardly see anyone any more, and have enough books and tapes circulating to act as "cards" for me. In short, I don't even need business cards. Why did I go through all the trouble? And how can YOU use my 7-step process to create a new card, too? Read this month's issue of Joe Vitale's "News You Can Use!" and see....

NOTE: This issue is dedicated to all shaken by the horrors of 9-11-01. To help us all awaken, please read a book warning against escalating the hate. It was written two decades ago. It's free at http://www.wowzone.com/100th.htm

Other free books and information to help you heal, as well as resources for helping the disaster areas, is at http://www.twintowerssupport.com

My friend, Rick Beneteau, has put together an inspirational song called "We'll Be Victorious" that may help those you know with the healing. You can download this message free at Interniche.net

Also, because my 9-12-01 email to you offering the book "Spiritual Politics" as a model for insight during this time of intense trauma and healing has helped so many (thank you all for your kind words), here is a link to an updated article (also free) by the authors called "Inner and Outer Work For the Current Crisis": Click here to read the article.

You can also have a free copy of the ebook version of my latest book, "Spiritual Marketing." This is one of my gifts to the world to help us maintain a positive attitude in a turbulent time. While you can buy the paper or hardcover version of my book at http://www.amazon.com, you may read the ebook version online at no charge right now by going here: http://www.mrfire.com/spirit/index.html.

FINAL REMINDER: Nerissa and I *WILL* be in Vegas Oct 6 for the marketing seminar of the century.

Get details right now at http://www.roibot.com/r_gmbc.cgi?R620_campaign

* NEW! NEW! NEW! "The Hypnotic Swipe File" is a brand new ebook coauthored by me and Larry Dotson. The subtitle says it all: "How to Get Gloriously Rich and Rule the Earth using this Forbidden Collection of Hypnotic Words, Phrases, and Sentences to Command Minds." You've never seen anything like THIS before! Go to http://www.hypnoticwritingswipefile.com

INVITE: I'm looking for 10 people who would like to personally learn from me how to make $5,000 to $15,000 in just weeks teaching their very own e-mail only e-class. I taught famed copywriter Yanik Silver my proprietary method for creating e-classes---classes done entirely by e-mail only---and he made $18,298.50 on his first e-class and $11,198.50 on his second. I did the same thing with executive coach Paul Lemberg. He made $17,000 on his first e-class. And I've made $68,000 teaching e-classes. Now it's your turn. If you're interested in my next e-class on how to teach *your* own e-classes, click here: http://www.mrfire.com/0072.html

* Books may be the next big "product placement" trend. Last year Seagram's paid for a novel that featured their famous whiskey. Now Bulgari, the Italian jewelry company, paid author Fay Weldon to write her new novel, "The Bulgari Connection." Weldon got paid by Bulgari for a key role in the novel. Her contract required her to mention Bulgari at least a dozen times. Maybe you can write a book that feaures your product or service. See more at http://www.odwyerpr.com/0904author.htm

* Business cards. Everyone needs them. I remember seeing P.T. Barnum's card when I was researching him for my book, "There's A Customer Born Every Minute." It simply listed his name and where he was from. It was a simple calling card. The thing is, he was one of the wealthiest and most famous men in the entire world---yet he needed business cards, too! You and I are the same. We need cards to leave behind and, with luck, intrigue people to call us. I had cards, of course, and I thought they were pretty good. But then my girlfriend, Nerissa, started a new online business and created new cards for herself. Her cards were the most impressive, original, colorful, and direct ones I had probably EVER seen. In short, she shamed me into wanting new cards---especially since I am a so-called marketing guru.

Below are the steps I took to create a new card. It may be a process you can follow for your own needs. If nothing else, it will show you the importance of this often-overlooked marketing tool.

I thought about my message. What do I do? What did I want people to know? With little space to write on, a business card forces you to condense your business to one strong line. I went to this list (you) two months ago and asked for help. More than a dozen people offered suggestions. I finally settled on calling myself "The World's First Hypnotic Marketer," which seems to be my strongest claim to fame, particularly since one of my ebooks, "Hypnotic Writing," continues to be a global best-seller and my next e-book will be titled "Hypnotic Marketing."
I then read Dr. Lynella Grant's definitive 500-page guide, "The Business Card Book: What Your Business Card REVEALS About You...and How to Fix It." Talk about a humbling as well as overwhelming experience. Grant's book is packed with samples, ideas, advice, tips, and more. Since the author is also on this email list, I wrote her and got some personal advice. I probably spent three weeks on this step alone.
I then had a phone session with Ann Taylor Harcus to help me remove any limiting beliefs I may have had regarding success. I didn't want to sabotage my own plans. One hour with her and I was clear about my business cards, myself, and my goals. She also helped me "charge" my new business cards with an energy designed to attract the kind of clients I wanted. This is very "Spiritual Marketing," and will make sense once you read my book. :)
Once I had a feel for what I wanted to say on my card, I decided to add a new photo of myself to it. Friends who saw me in New York City on a recent trip said I didn't look at all like my old pictures. Today I'm called a "hipster" and "magical looking." Well, whatever. So I had Nerissa bring out her mini-DV videocamera and shoot some video of me. She then used a non-linear editing system to grab frames from the video. Out of those shots, we found one we loved. But to be sure it was "the one," I sent several pictures to several friends and clients and asked for their vote. After all that, I chose one picture.
Now I needed a graphic designer. I didn't want a card that looked like it was done by me, with a software program I bought at a discount store. I wanted a unique design and new image. So I went to elance.com, where freelancers bid on jobs posted by people like you and me. I posted a description of my job. Within 24 hours I had 17 bids from graphic designers, freelance artists, and even full-blown ad agencies. I settled on one, an ad agency out of Florida, and hired them to create my new business card using the elements I gave them.
The agency stayed in contact with me, brainstormed ideas for me, and showed me mock-ups of their ideas. This was fun. I had never worked with an ad agency before---though some had been my clients over the years---so this was a first for me.
Finally, I needed a printer. While printers are a dime a dozen and can be found by the bag in any major city, I wanted one to do justice to my card and my new design. I asked around, asked for samples of their work, and finally settled on a printer my ad agency suggested I use.

These 7 steps cost me less than $250 total. I now have new business cards---ones that are striking, professional, and even hypnotic. I'm proud of them. But what a process to get to this result! In short, business cards are worth the time and trouble. I'm going to Vegas October 6 for the marketing seminar of the century. I intend to saturate that gathering with my new cards. If I think having impressive business cards is so important--- and P.T. Barnum thought it was important---shouldn't YOU, too?

References & Resources:

Nerissa's new business is described at http://www.FreeVideoCoding.com

"The Business Card Book " is available from
http://www.Quick-and-Painless.com

Ann Taylor Harcus' website is at http://www.innerhealing.com Email her at Miracles22@aol.com. Her phone is toll-free 1-888-816-7822.

"Hypnotic Writing" is available online at http://www.AdvancedHypnoticWriting.com

Post your request for artists or designers at http://www.elance.com

The ad agency/creative team I hired is at http://www.paoloroman.com/

See my new "hypnotic" business card at http://www.mrfire.com/contact.html

* There is now a new section at my website: Photo Gallery. There are also new articles there by me, and others. Be sure to see the hot new article "How to Use Subliminal Advertising on Your Resume!" Don't miss the fun "The Story of the Hypnotic Writing Monkey" or "The Hypnotic Power of Confusion." They're all NEW and listed at http://www.mrfire.com/profitcenter.html

* Protect your rights, your writing, and your website by signing the petition to end "scumware" on the net. Get all the details at http://www.webmasterfreedom.org

* Famed publicist Marcia Yudkin has just released the ebook "132 Ways to Make You or Your Business Newsworthy." I've been using Marcia's ideas for well over 10 years. I strongly urge you to get these incredible reports. Click here for further details.

* What can you do with old motherboards, broken bikes, metal, or wood? You'll see some of the most amazing and practical recycled art at http://www.eco-artware.com/ (Time to order those holidays gifts!)

TRIVIA: The Federal Income Tax Law was signed Oct. 3, 1913. (The first tax was only 1 percent of income!)

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* "Nonviolent Communication" by Marshall Rosenberg is a great book teaching a compassionate way to talk to people--- even if you (or they) are angry. One story in the book shook me. It's about an imprisoned man who learned Rosenberg's method. Afterwards the criminal told the author, "I wish you had taught me two years ago what you taught me this morning. I wouldn't have had to kill my best friend." In these times of intense fear and anger, it may be wise to visit:

http://www.nonviolentcommunication.com

* Finally, one of my favorite places to get "prosperity thinking" books, tapes, and daily email reminders is right online at http://www.prosperitynetwork.com

"Once you admit that there is any Power outside yourself, however beneficial you may conceive it to be, you have sown the seed which must sooner or later bear the fruit of 'fear,' which is the entire ruin of life, love and liberty..."

-- Judge Thomas Troward ("Sage") http://www.mrfire.com/desires.html

"Bene agendo nunquam defessus."
(Never weary of doing good.)

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Dr. Joe Vitale is the world's first Hypnotic Marketer. He is President of Hypnotic Marketing, Inc., and author of way too many books to list here, including the #1 best-selling book "The Attractor Factor," the best-selling e-book "Hypnotic Writing," and the best-selling Nightingale-Conant audioprogram, "The Power of Outrageous Marketing." He's being called The Buddha of the Internet and, after his huge weight loss, the Charles Atlas of the Internet. You can still have Joe's proven marketing e-course---"Recession-Proof Marketing"---delivered to your e-mail box every day for a week---for FREE---by sending a blank e-mail to class@aweber.com

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