Copyright 2005 Black Butterfly Press

By Maxine Thompson (http://www.maxinethompson.com)

While at the Pacific Ocean the other day, penning this article,
I watched a homeless man dig inside a garbage can and ferret out
a thrown away bag of fast food. Of course, I felt moved to give
him a small token, but it made me reflect. What if he had
attended The Small Business Success Summit? Perhaps his life
would have been different. He could have learned from Ted
Nicholas, known as the 4 billion dollar man,
(www.TedNicholas.com) and Joel Christopher,
(www.JoelChristopher.com) called The Master List Builder
(www.masterlistbuilder.com), how to start a business from
scratch. Instead of giving him a fish, he could have been given
a fishing rod.

No doubt about it, this conference, held on 10-10-03 to 10-12-03
at the Airport Marriot in the sparkling San Francisco Bay area,
headed by Superstar Speakers, Ted Nicholas and Joel Christopher,
delivered what the two men promised. Not only was the Conference
taped on video, it was broadcasted live to the world on the
Internet.

The Summit was considered a success by all the attendees, as
well as by the people who watched the event globally. Promoted
as “The impossible-to-fail small business success system that
will build the Million Dollar Empire you have always dreamed
of,” it met the intended objectives and more. The three-day
conference provided life-transforming information, and hands on,
experiential exercises. This groundbreaking, history-making
event of the new millennium was the best seminar we ever
attended.

In addition to many technical and inside secrets as to how to
make your words sell, one of the main themes Ted Nicholas
emphasized was this: integrity always remains in style. In light
of the many big business scandals, Nicholas’s philosophies were
truly refreshing. To give you an insight into this great man’s
longstanding success, here are just a few of the business
principles of which he spoke.

1. Make all your dealings win/win. Do not take advantage of
other businesses when their chips are down. 2. If you
unwittingly under charge for a job, in the name of keeping a
good business ethic, eat the loss. Don’t try to mark up the
price after agreeing on a lower price. 3. Keep your word, at all
costs, to build trust with your customers. 4. You can build a
great business without being a workaholic. He addressed the need
for balance in the areas of health, spirituality, and
relationships. 5. Finally, use magic words when it comes to
getting people to buy your products or do business with you.
From Joel Christopher, who proudly tells you of his Filipino
heritage and, in spite of the language barrier, the success he
has had in the United States, we saw up close:

1. How you can make ,000 Swiss dollars in 24 hours on the
Internet. 2. How to build your online business with offline
marketing. 3. The secret method he used that has helped him to
create joint ventures with many of the top leaders in the
internet marketing field. 4. The secrets of how he tripled his
opt-in list in 99 days. 5. The autohumanization factor that
makes a difference in all relationship capital.

In the end, we left the seminar exhausted, but exhilarated about
the possibilities we now face and the tools we had been given to
grow our small businesses into million dollar empires. With this
in mind, I want to be one of the caring people with an abundance
who will be able to help with the world’s homeless and hunger
problem.

______________________________________________________ If you
are interested in upcoming writing teleclasses, please contact
me at maxtho@aol.com or maxtho@sbcglobal.net.

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