Ghislain Bryar

What are RSS? RSS are commonly referred as “Really Simple Syndication” or “Rich Site Summary”. If you don’t like the word Syndication, well the second definition gives you a better idea of its functionality. Basically, RSS is just another way of getting the same information from a website in a different format, hence, the term SUMMARY.

Let’s try to make it clear, RSS are EXACTLY the same information that you would find on a particular website but instead of YOU going to the website each time you want to “check” if the website as been updated, the website will actually “notify” you (a web feed) when new content as been posted.

Pretty cool, so now let’s try to see what this means. It means that you don’t have to run around your favorite site or check them constantly to see if something as been updated since you could register to their RSS and get AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION when there is a certain update that you want to keep track of. Basically, you are creating your own “personal newspaper” from FEED (RSS subscription) that comes from different source but instead of going to all of these sources to get your information, they come to YOU.

So WHAT do you need to get started? Well, the first thing about your own “personal newspaper”, you need a place that will gather all those feeds (RSS). Google has one called “Google Reader”, so make a search about it or any RSS reader that you can find, there are plenty of them, and you will then have a “place” to gather all those feed that you want to keep track of.

HOW does it work? The RSS Reader is simply an application that will take all of your RSS feed and make them available for you to read without leaving the “reader”. So, once you have chosen your reader, go to your favorite websites and look for the RSS logo   and when you click on it you will then have to COPY the link to bring it back into the Reader as an ADDED subscription.

It may sounds a bit confusing but once you do it once, you will find that it is pretty simple. It’s just like emails, the Reader is a web application just like your web email account and if you use gmail, you simply use your same login for Google Reader – so you already have a RSS Reader without knowing it. Inside your email account you can see if you have new mail, well inside the Reader you will see if you have updated “news” that you didn’t read yet. When you want to ADD a new friend in your emails, you simply ADD their email addresses in your contacts. Well, with RSS you simple ADD “links” in your “subscriptions” instead of contacts. After you are subscribed to a particular RSS you will get automatically notified of any new information about that particular feed.

You will notice that I said “particular feed” because now that you know HOW to get your reader and go look for RSS feed that you are interested in, you will find that you can go to a sport network, for example, and ONLY subscribe for a RSS of your favorite team. So instead of subscribing for the entire website, try to look for exactly what you are interested in and only subscribe to that particular RSS.

Well this was just a quick introduction to RSS but I hope that you have a better idea HOW RSS works and WHAT they can do for you. It’s your personal newspaper that you can personalize like whatever you want. So go out there and get your reader then simply find some RSS to subscribe to.

You will also find a RSS icon on the top right of this page, you can try it without the Reader since it will bring you to another page that will give you a choice of readers to subscribe from … ENJOY!

Knowledge is key to your success

Ghislain Bryar

An Entrepreneur is always more interested in the personal growth and development of his own abilities than the actual amount of money he really wants. Money is really just the RESULTS of hard work and taking action on a consistent basis, this is why money comes second.

You need to think about GROWTH first, a successful Entrepreneur will always focus his time on how to make things work and how to solve problems instead of focusing about how much money is in the bank. When you think about it, it just makes since because time is valuable and you need to use it at its maximum. We simply cannot add more hours in a 24h day, so you need to be focusing on growing yourself if you want your business to grow as well.

The good Entrepreneur will learn and continue to learn everything there is about building a business and how to keep this business on top. He will grow WITH the business and benefit from all this knowledge that was gained along the way. There is the growth of the business and there is the growth of the Entrepreneur, both are essential and crucial. One cannot be without the other if you want to MAXIMIZE the potential of you and your business.

If an Entrepreneur would only think about the money, it would be easy to get “down” when times are tough and when the money is not coming in. Some people would, and actually DOES give up and forget about everything they have been building all along. What they once BELIEVED in was replace by the lack of “money results” and their dreams simply disappears.

These are FALSE EXPECTATIONS, if you expect results as a measure of money ONLY, you will find yourself quitting when times are tough and starting all over again with another opportunity. This is EXACTLY HOW the biggest mistake can be made. You are wasting your time by starting all over again instead of continuing building what you had started in the first place. It’s like you are GAMBLING instead of INVESTING. You can make money in both ways, but investing is a much more LONG TERM strategy than gambling. Instead of starting ALL OVER AGAIN every time that something doesn’t go YOUR WAY, learn to resolve those issues by not quitting and by analyzing WHAT exactly cause this failure. You will GROW and LEARN from those mistakes so that next time a difficult situation occurs, you will be up and running faster instead of quitting and re-starting from scratch.

You can start to see that it all comes down to YOU again and the GROWTH that needs to come from you first and than transmitted to your business. No matter how you see it, the SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR will always be growing and being at the same level as its business, so if you want a MASSIVE business be prepare and willing to have some MASSIVE GROWTH.

Knowledge is key to your success

Ghislain Bryar

I’ve talked before on what I mean by 2nd Generation Network Marketing here, but let’s just resume it quick. What I am referring to is the new techniques that are taking those old and proven concepts of Network Marketing apply to the INTERNET. So basically, we are still using those SAME proven concepts but applying technology on them so that it becomes incorporated with what we already use the internet on a day to day basis. Those who is ready to LEARN those concepts are what I call the 2nd Generation Network Marketer, just like in the title, so HOW TO START thinking like one?

The Internet as become a way of life now, I seldom meet someone that do not use the internet on a regular basis. So why not use this to our advantage? You have to position yourself so that your efforts and time are being maximize and leveraged by the Internet.

Social Networks are a blessing in the sky for Network Marketers and those who are building relationships and learning from mentors that are not living as your next door neighbor. Social Networks are a great place to meet people of similar interest and promote products or services to a vast variety of individuals. The more you get involve, the more you will benefit from in the long run.

Another really important concept of traditional Network Marketers that is EQUALLY important with Online Network Marketers is YOUR LIST. I’ve said it before, we are NOT re-inventing the wheel here, but we build our list DIFFERENTLY.

You have to start thinking about HOW TO build your LIST using the internet. One important concept is a SQUEEZE PAGE, they have been around for many years and is one of the proven method to build your list. Basically, they consist of having a webpage with the sole purpose of getting the visitor curious and excited about a certain topics so that you can capture they’re contact info by a “call to action” with a simple online form.

Don’t under estimate the power of the last item I’ve talked about, this is normally one of the first step of creating a solid system online which will then be automated for the rest of time, bringing people inside your own personal LIST.

Stay tuned and I will be discussing a lot more about Squeeze Pages and how to set them up and benefit from them at the maximum level possible.

Knowledge is key to your success

Ghislain Bryar