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A big Thank You to Angela Baden for bringing us a story of encouragement and not giving up!

A Lesson In Prosperity From The Little Parrot For Business Professionals and Entrepreneurs
By Angela Baden

I first heard the story of the Little Parrot a few years ago. It comes out of Buddhist tradition and is a striking example of the power of determination and the power of the mind to move the universe. As a marketing professional you can harness this same power to build your business and enjoy prosperity. Here it is:

A small and beautiful parrot lived in a great forest with many animals. One day the forest caught fire and went out of control and threatening to engulf the entire forest. The little parrot circled helplessly above the fire until she remembered the river not so far away.

She flew to the river and dipped her wings into it. And then she flew to the forest and shook little drops of water on the flames. They sizzled away to nothing. She flew back to the river and returned again and again and again and again. Just the little drops of water that she could shake from her wings fell and disappeared in the flames. The great deities saw her from above and laughed at the absurdity of what she was doing.

But one of the gods, moved by the compassion and dedication of this little bird, changed himself into a golden eagle and began to weep. And while the little bird alone could not put out the fire, the tears of the eagle fell drowning the fire saving the forest, the animals and the little parrot herself.

This is a cute little story for children, however, it illustrates a lesson for all of us marketing professionals. Whether it is internet marketing, MLM, real estate, insurance, mortgage, or any business you’re operating from home, this lesson could ultimately influence your financial prosperity.

Let us say, for example, that things are not going as well as you hoped. You have made such efforts. You have spent money on advertising and products. You called friends and family and people you do not know to join your enterprise. You harassed co-workers to buy your products. You bought leads that led to only a few sales. You had rejection after rejection.

You listened to your upline, your trainers, and the gurus. You went to conventions watching them parade across the stage. You attended seminars and workshops. You invested lots in books, DVDs, tapes, e-books, all kinds of tools. What have you got to show for it?

You have all but given up. Your family and friends doubt you. They say you can not make any money. You are silly to to do this. It takes too much time and effort. You start to panic! You agree with them. It is impossible! You can not do it!!

What happened to your dream? You promised to make it, no matter what. However, the fire got too hot. The flames scorched your wings. The smoke was too thick. You could not see those who could be helped by you. It is so much easier to fly away. Everyone is laughing at you.The universe must be telling you it is hopeless.

Okay, Little Parrot, you have two choices. Which one will you make? Will you give up and run to safety, never knowing whether you could make it? Or, will you keep going, learning, seeking until you manifest the power within to find the right person, the right direction you need to help you make your dream come true?

I work with people everyday who want to quit after one or two or three rejections, so I relay my own story of taking the bar examination ten times before I passed and became a lawyer. What if I had quit because my circumstances stopped me? I would never have known the thrill of victory. When I left the practice of law, it was on my own terms, not because I allowed myself to be defeated.

You are an entrepreneur. If something is important to you, do not give up, no matter what it looks like. You do not know what the outcome might be, or who might be inspired by your action. Do not make any more excuses. Unleash Your Power!

Angela Baden is a former practicing attorney, teacher, real estate investor and personal chef, turned internet marketer. She is the founder of DivaBiz Enterprises and Millionaire Health Secrets. She is a student of the Master Key System and a member of The Prosperity Cast Network. She is enthusiastic about having been in the Marketing/Networking Industry for over 4 years. She shares her considerable knowledge with others to help them succeed in life and in business from home. For more information call 206-305-2120 or go to http://www.divabiz.com

Article Source: Angela Baden
A Lesson In Prosperity From The Little Parrot

Truely successful people are always learning, and I spend some time every day getting better at the things I love to do. (Like blogging!) Here are a couple of websites I have found that have helped to make me a better blogger.

Bloggeries is a forum I was visiting regularly even  before I found Project Wonderful and Entrecard! My username is Katalina, so if you drop by be sure and look for me and say Hi!  The Bloggeries forum is a daily stop for me. It is very friendly, active forum about, for, and by bloggers.  I find some of my best blogging tips there.  Plus I’ve made a few friends.

BlogAboutYourBlog.com is a site for  good quality bloggers to come together and collaborate on one big project. We have bloggers from all over the world, blogging about a variety of topics. I just found this site recently through Entrecard and it has become a daily read for me.

And I have to mention one of the big boys, John Chow.  Some people really don’t like John Chow’s site, but the truth is there is a lot to be learned there about becoming a successful and profitable blogger.  Make sure to download the free ebook.  Mixed in with all the affiliate links is some very useful information on how to make money with your blog.

Let me know, where do you find your best blogging tips?

Three Easy Ways To Promote Your Blog and Get Feedback

Thanks to Ferox for stepping in today! Read more from Ferox at one of her blogs.

Nearly Dr. Ferox
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When you’re starting out in the world of blogging and have your shiny new blog up and running, the thing you crave most is visitors and comments. You want to know that someone out there is reading what you’ve gone to all that effort to write.

Trying to promote a blog can be difficult and time consuming. There is a whole new language of SEO to learn, and the lingo surrounding blog promotion can be daunting. After all, the internet is a big place and there’s an awful lot of stuff in it. Fortunately, there are a few certain ways to get some precious feedback and valuable traffic to your blog, and it’s easy to do!

The first site I’d like to mention is Blog Engage (www.blogengage.com). This website allows you to register and post your blogs for free. You can post an entry for each post you make in your blog, and readers can ‘engage’ the post to increase its ranking. It doesn’t take very long at all; you just need to know your URL and a brief description of the post. You can also read posts from other blogs, searching all posts easily by their popularity and subject.

The second thing I’d like to mention is joining a blog forum and actually asking for feedback. There are always people around who are happy to offer up some of their experiences, and if they like what they see in your blog they are very likely to hang around as regular readers! Bloggeries (www.bloggeries.com) has a blog forum which I have personally used, and found lots of helpful advice, tools and feedback. You can introduce yourself and your blog there very easily, all you have to do is register a forum account to post.

Social networking sites allow users to share their favourite links. If you are a member of a social networking site (eg stumbleupon, facebook etc) then you can post links to your own sites. If you ask your friends to do the same, then your blog could spread around the internet very quickly.

These three simple methods don’t take up much time, and can give you some very fast feedback when establishing a new blog. There are many other methods to promote your blog if you are serious about it, but these will take time and commitment. Building up backlinks, comments and directory submissions make much more time and often yield smaller results compared to the methods mentioned previously.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Here it is! My post about Entrecard!

Everywhere I look bloggers are posting about Entrecard. I didn’t want to miss out on all the fun, plus I think it must be in the rules somewhere, else why would everyone be doing it?

For those who don’t know, Entrecard is a site that uses  “online business cards” to help bloggers promote their blogs and gain traffic. If you want to find out more, look in the left sidebar at the top ad box. It should say “Get Yours” or something like that. Click on that and you’ll find out what everyone is talking about. (And no, I don’t get anything if you click, it won’t cost you anything if you click, and you won’t lose your place here if you click. So go ahead, check it out. I’ll be here when you get back!)

Now, many of you are here because of Entrecard, so you already know that Entrecard will increase your traffic and get you opportunities to advertise on blogs that may have previously been outside your reach. But what has been really catching my eye lately is all the Entrecard contests there are! I’m sure there are even blogs about Entrecard contests. I’ve seen a post on the Entrecard forum complaining about how many contests there are, so I know they are really popular!  So, just because everyone else is doing it, here is my Entrecard Contest.

My Entrecard Contest

Prizes

• Best Blog Post -In My Opinion- 200 Entrecredits Plus a 125 X 125 Ad for 1 month.*
• Best Comment -in my opinion - 100 Entrecredits plus a 125X125 Ad for 1week*
• 1 Random Drawing for 100 Entrecredits

How to Enter

• Comment here for one entry. Comment on any other Ninja Success post for 2 entries. You’ll automatically get a do-follow link back to your site, plus I have comment luv. If you don’t know what that is, you’ll have to comment to find out, but I am pretty sure you’ll like it!
• Add Ninja Success to your BlogRoll*- 5 entries comment here to let me know (and pick up another entry!)
• Blog about any Ninja Success post and link back to the post.* 25 entries - comment here to let me know!
• Digg it, Stumble it, anything else that will promote my blog.. 5 to 20 entries depending on what you did.  And of course, comment here to let me know.

Other stuff… All prizes will be awarded… Spam will be ignored and deleted… *Please no adult sites…My decisions are final.

Contest ends March 1st. Winners will be announced here. Now go drop a card on me!