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Article by Kelly K. O’Neil, Million Dollar Marketing to the Affluent Coach and Creator of the Marketing to Millionaires™ Programs

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By any measure, the affluent sector is growing exponentially, and is far more diverse (in terms of ethnicity, education, location, and professional background) than at any time in the past.  Edward Mazze presents a comprehensive approach to analyzing affluent consumers–and creating, promoting, and selling innovative products and services to them. Illustrating their principles through dozens of examples, including Mercedes-Benz, Neiman Marcus, Merrill Lynch, Tiffany, and even discounters, such as Target and Wal-Mart, the authors deconstruct how a complex market segment works. Dispelling popular myths and misconceptions about the composition and behavior of this segment, they provide not only a practical guide for marketers and students of marketing, but a fascinating glimpse into a culture driven by materialism, status, and aspirations to luxury.

Join me as I interview, Edward Mazze, Author of  The Affluent Consumer: Marketing and Selling the Luxury Lifestyle, this Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 1:00pm EST (10am PST).

About the Author

EDWARD M. MAZZE is Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration at the University of Rhode Island, where he previously served as Dean of the College of BusinessAdministration and holder of the Alfred J. Verrecchia-Hasbro Inc. Leadership Chair in Business. He consults extensively with industry executives and government officials on marketing, management, and economic development issues, and is a member of the Board of Directors of several public corporations. He is the author, co-author, and editor of over 150 articles appearing in such publications as the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of Retailing, the Journal of Advertising Research, and the Journal of Marketing Research, and eleven books, including Lifestyle Marketing (Praeger, 2003), Specialty Retailers (Quorum, 2001), and The Food Wars (Quorum, 1998), with Ronald Michman.

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One of the greatest quotes I have ever seen is by Donald Trump.  He says:  “I like thinking big. I always have,” says Trump. “If you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.”

Trump considers his ability to think in larger than life terms one of his greatest strengths and a major reason for his significant success. “Most people think small because most people are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning,” he says. “And that gives people like me a great advantage.” Trump is not afraid to go after what he wants, nor is he afraid of the consequences of his decisions.

He is not the only leader who believes this.  If you read any book on success or achievement, the leaders credit their ability to think big, make decisions quickly and take strategic action as the primary reason for their success.

Thinking That Big Takes Courage

The reason it is so scary to people is because it is about risking your ‘identity’ – your sense of who you are and who those around you think you are. Being prepared to change the received ‘definition’ of who you are and what you are capable of, overcoming the fear of “what if I fall on my face.” You need courage in a very real sense to take such a leap.

And where do you get courage to carry you through?

Well, it’s like everything else in life. You practice.

Successful People Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
Eleanor Roosevelt had this to say about it: We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot. (Emphasis added)

And that brave lady (she’s the one who also said: No one can make you feel inferior without your consent) stands in a long line which stretches all the way back to the Greek philosophers. Aristotle himself said: Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. (Emphasis added)

I have personally faced this challenge.  But this year, I had a good friend of mine say to me…”How much longer are you going to play small?”  And when she said that, my stomach landed in my throat.   Now for many of you out there who have followed my career, you might be thinking “Kelly doesn’t play small”.  Well, it is all relative.

And she reminded me of the famous quote by Marianne Williamson

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

I had a profound shift of consciousness in that moment because I realized something.  With the world in the state that it is in and our economy in the place that it is in…”Who am I to deny people my light?”

My playing small doesn’t just affect my life and my bank account, my playing small affects every entrepreneur out there and every one of their families.  Because I have a gift to share and if I don’t do everything in my power to share that gift, I am not being of service in the way it was intended.

It no longer mattered how afraid I was.  It no longer mattered what the little gremlins in my head said “Who do you think you are?  What if you fail?  What if you embarrass yourself?  What will your family think?’

I made a decision at that point that the only thing worse than stepping out in a big way and risking failing was not attempting to step out at all.

Do you have a gift to share?  Are you playing smaller that you could be?

Now is your time to shine your light on the world.

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From the instant the starting gate opens, a modern jockey is working really hard to ensure that its horse is at its performance peak.  Keeping it from distractions and helping it to focus on the task at hand.

I believe every entrepreneur needs a good “jockey” to ensure they are keeping on track, operating in peak productivity and keeping their eye on the prize.

That jockey can look like a great coach, a mastermind group or a business manager.

Watch as Kelly shares her theory.

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Business Manager Ashley Hood, Shares some of Kelly’s secrets on Marketing to the Affluent

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If you are a small business owner who is facing challenging times, watch this prayer/meditation developed by my client Ryan Angelo.  There are so many people who are stunned by the transitions in the economy and stuck in fear. Please share this video with anyone who you believe could benefit from this.

World Prayer of Overcoming from Ryan Angelo on Vimeo.

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Time Management is more than just managing our time; it is managing ourselves in relation to time. It is setting priorities that are in alignment with your desired results and taking charge of your situation and time utilization. It means changing those habits or activities that cause us to waste time. It is being willing to experiment with different methods and ideas to enable you to find the best way to make maximum use of time.

If you don’t have extreme clarity about the results you want in your business, you will not be able to effectively choose your highest payoff activities to focus on.

Learn how to recession proof your business at the Marketing to Millionaires Retreat October 22-24, 2009. Learn more and register at www.marketingtomillionairesretreat.com.

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Life constantly throws choices at you everyday and whatever choices you make are seeds that will shape your future. Make no mistake, you are your choices. The law of gravity says, whatever goes up, must come down. This is also true, for every cause, there is an effect. To every action, there is a reaction. Whatever you sow, you will reap. If you sow negative thoughts everyday, and speak pessimistically over your situation, you will experience negative outcomes.

If you consistently choose to focus on lack of money and lack of time, you will continue to create more lack of money and lack of time. Your mind will not be open to all of the possibilities of opportunities coming your way because you are so focused on your lack of time and lack of money. It is a self fulfilling prophecy that will keep you sick, stuck and broke.

So…what do you choose to focus on? Your lack or your abundance?

Learn how to recession proof your business at the Marketing to Millionaires Retreat October 22-24, 2009. Learn more and register at www.marketingtomillionairesretreat.com.

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Did you know the last time we had an economic transition of this kind was in the 1920s?  So I ask the question…How can all these ‘business gurus’ out there keep saying they have “THE SOLUTION”.

HERE IS THE TRUTH:  We are all in this together.  Strategic business and marketing gurus are finding out what is working and what is not by trial and fire.  And if they are telling you they have ALL the answers….pardon my French, but I am going to have to call BS (Baloney Sandwich) on that one.

One of the quotes I LOVE is “Worrying is like a rocking chair, you expend a WHOLE Bunch of energy and you just don’t get anywhere.” For the sake of all small businesses out there, I want to put some of the economy stuff into perspective.

No matter your situation, it’s up to you if your “Personal Economy” has a recession. If you don’t want to have a recession, you just have to find people to surround yourself with who aren’t having one either.  The next six to twelve months is going to be make it or break it for many small businesses.

Here is what you need to know: You have the opportunity today to come out of this recession THRIVING.  Especially if you are targeting people who are less effected by the conditions of the economy because they are spending money.

Watch as I share my candid opinion of what I think is really going on.

Learn how to recession proof your business at the Marketing to Millionaires Retreat October 22-24, 2009. Learn more and register at www.marketingtomillionairesretreat.com.

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