{"id":1922,"date":"2009-09-11T08:57:24","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T13:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37d57f8fa2.nxcli.io\/blog\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2010-02-25T10:24:12","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T15:24:12","slug":"the-1-recession-mistake-that-kills-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/marketing-plans\/the-1-recession-mistake-that-kills-profits\/","title":{"rendered":"The #1 Recession Mistake That Kills Profits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So now, according to the experts, it\u2019s official we are in a recession. What are you doing to prosper in this tough economy?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What are you doing to guarantee that you can continue to see your income grow and you\u2019re not stuck in the same place years from now?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\u2019m amazed at the number of people I see, smart business owners, who haven\u2019t taken action, haven\u2019t got a plan to deal with this \u201crecession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Have you got one?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The problem isn\u2019t that there is no solution. THERE IS!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/mastermind-group.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interested in solving your profit crisis &gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The problem is that business owners are going through the five stages of grief, you know the ones that Elisabeth K\u00fcbler-Ross introduced in her 1969 book, <em>On Death and Dying<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In case you missed these, Kubler-Ross outlined the steps people go through when faced with their own death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>Denial <\/strong>\u2014 <em>&#8220;I feel fine.&#8221;<\/em>; <em>&#8220;This can&#8217;t be happening, not to me.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>Anger<\/strong> \u2014 <em>&#8220;Why me? It&#8217;s not fair!&#8221;;<\/em> <em>&#8220;How can this happen to me?&#8221;<\/em>; <em>&#8220;Who is to blame?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> <strong>Bargaining<\/strong> \u2014 <em>&#8220;I&#8217;ll do anything for a few more years.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4.<\/strong> <strong>Depression<\/strong> \u2014 <em>&#8220;I&#8217;m so sad, why bother with anything?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>5.<\/strong> <strong>Acceptance<\/strong> \u2014 <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be okay.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>WAIT A MINUTE!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Your business doesn\u2019t have to die and you can end the profit losses and the suffering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It\u2019s time to step away from denial, anger, bargaining, depression and you don\u2019t need to lie down and accept the cards you\u2019ve been dealt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can profit from this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/marketing-plans\/the-day-i-lost-my-pants-in-nyc\/\">recession<\/a> when you accept the simple truth, that THE ECONOMY HAS CHANGED\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Everybody knows it\u2019s easy, or at least easier to do well when cash is abundant. That was the case until recently. With easy money available, everyone was buying.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But when the money supply shrinks, and people are more reluctant to buy, only the fittest survive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is the time when smart action takers, start-ups and small business owners like you, can leave the companies that persist on doing business the same way, in the dust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">While it\u2019s not \u201ceasy,\u201d right now, most of your competitors are still dealing with denial, anger, bargaining, depression or have just accepted their fate, and are doing the same thing that lost them money last year and even the year before.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Would you rather continue to live in fear or plan for true wealth creation?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It\u2019s your choice, stick with your current plan or work with a select group of winners and discover the secrets to thriving in today\u2019s markets. This is one of those singular opportunities when you can stand out and set your business on a trajectory to the top.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As I mentioned recently, I\u2019ve opened up my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/mastermind-group.html\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MasterMind Group<\/span><\/strong><\/a> again. And it\u2019s not for fatalists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you\u2019re one of those people who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/articles14r\/success.html\">serious about your success<\/a> and determined to make it, find out more about this chance to work directly with me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Interested in your future?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/mastermind-group.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Take action to do something about it &gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Wouldn\u2019t you agree that if you\u2019re struggling that it makes sense to do something about it? If you don\u2019t, who will?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Take the first step and put your name on the list of applicants before it fills up. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/mastermind-group.html\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Find out the details here &gt;&gt;<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&#8211; Charlie<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>P.S.<\/strong> Remember your decisions dictate your success.\u00a0Rich and successful people aren&#8217;t any smarter than you. They just made some smart decisions at the right time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/mastermind-group.html\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Get started &gt;&gt;<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"8\" cellpadding=\"8\" width=\"450\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"450\" height=\"0\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ececec\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/about.html\">About Charlie Cook<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfsstore.com\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/mastermind-group.html\"><strong>Related Resources<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/author\/charlie-cook\/\"><br \/>\nMore Posts by Charlie Cook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To discover the easy and inexpensive ways <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone can attract more clients and maximize their profits<\/span>, sign up for your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">FREE <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Profit Now <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Report<\/a>. <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/d92c5f52-652d-429d-bbb7-6409be195466\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=d92c5f52-652d-429d-bbb7-6409be195466\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So now, according to the experts, it\u2019s official we are in a recession. 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