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I’ve always imagined that it would be really neat to have a private sleeper car and get it pulled around the US (maybe even Canada) as part of a freight train. It could go places where Amtrak doesn’t, at times which might be more convenient for me (in accordance with freight schedules, of course). Where might I be able to find such a coach for sale or lease? And would the freight locomotives be able to supply electricity to it, or would I also need to arrange for a generator to be on board?

Biggest problem these days is liability insurance for your coach, and whether the railroad would allow carriage over their lines, as well as the lines they access en-route. They have reciprocal agreements with other railroads for use of right-of-way so it’s possible special permits would be required of each railroad you would travel over. Read that as $$$.

Coaches can be purchased as surplus from Amtrak and other railroads but they are pretty raw to say the least. Most need much reconditioning and then certification to be able to "ride the rails" again. Plus, there is ongoing maintenance with the car that has to be done en-route, so you need to either have someone who will do all your maintenance (journal boxes, brakes, bearings, compressors, electrical, heat and as you noted electric generation, traveling with you or somehow contract that to the railroad. And to each and every railroad that changes power units as you move from line to line.

If you should have a wheel flange go bad or a bearing go out, the railroad will not replace your wheel set. Your coach will be shunted off to the nearest siding, which could be in the middle of nowhere and you’ll have to arrange for all your repairs, including a crane to lift the car, etc.

Not to talk you out of what sounds like a wonderful trip idea, but being a realist, unless you are independently wealthy, you better have an American Express Black card with a big bank account to go with it.

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THREE WEEKS AGO THREE DETROIT AUTO MOGULS CAME TO THE U. S. CONGRESS FOR A FIST FULL OF DOLLARS TO TIE THEMSELVES OVER ‘TIL BETTER MONEY TIMES COME ALONG.

As it should be, the Congress was highly impressed. Damn near gave them the 25BBD, but for the lack of a Business Plan. They came back 10 days later with yet another presentation, less the Lear Jets and what might have been misinterpreted as feigned remorse in exchange for a deemed more adequately assessed financial needs the good Congress persons had insinuated indispensable, only now up ticked to $34 Billion.

One Senator, quite possibly ex-banker or friends to one, flat out told the Detroit visitors that an application as theirs – with no P & L, no Proforma Income Statement, no Use of Proceeds, no visible ample collateral and no Business Plan, if presented to their most friendly of bankers, would have been summarily dismissed as unworthy of merit.

The gentlemen from Detroit were preceded at the Congress by one Hank Paulson and his able assistant, one Mr. KashnKeri just a few weeks back. It appeared obvious that writing business plans is not these fellows’ banana split. They had it all figured out already. They didn’t need to write themselves a letter about it! It was only $25Bs. Besides, with limos on the way and Lear Jets waiting on the tarmac, who’s got time for writing, anyway?

They could have just clicked on my Web Site Marketing That Works web page, followed the text links to Tim Berry at Palo Alto and in five minutes prepare a great Business Plan in PowerPoint to dazzle the U. S. Congress and get a sack full of money fast. But when you are a mogul, I suppose it is hard to be modest.

So, if any of you out there in the Blogosphere need a fist full of dollars for your business, my advice is: Take the 3Cs to heart and answer the few pesky questions all lenders and investors always ask when asked for money:

A.-CHARACTER – good character is never too much when asking for money.

B.-CREDIT – FICO notwithstanding, paying on time can carry you a long way.

C.-COLLATERAL – when character and/or credit is less than stellar, good and ample collateral could sure make up for it.

And now for a few questions:

1.-How much money do you need and when do you need it?

2.-Why do you need this money – like you do have a P and L Statement?

3.-What precisely do you plan to do with it – like Use of Proceeds Statement?

4.-How long do you need the money for – like 3, 5 or 7 years?

5.-How will you generate the funds to pay it back – that old P & L again?

6.-Who are you anyway – have you successfully done anything like this before, like a Resume of the Principals, the job at Home Depot and things?

7.-What can you pledge – for me to appropriate in case you can’t pay it back, Like the 3rd C above – GOOD AND AMPLE COLLATERAL?

8.-Do You Have A Business Plan for financial analysis and judicial review?

Reasonable modesty aside, but as I tell you in my Home Page, I have been some 50+ years in the advice and counsel business helping entrepreneurs, business and professional persons create new or expand existing businesses.

IT MIGHT BE JUST ME, but I do not ever remember any one of my clients showing up at the Congress or at their favorite banker’s desk, asking for a fist full of dollars with NO BUSINESS PLAN.

With Tim Berry and Palo Alto Software around, there just is NO EXCUSE for it, Messrs: Paulson, Kashnkari and the gentlemen from Detroit notwithstanding.

Now, you just go ahead over to my Web Site Marketing That Works listed at the end of this Blog. Read the explanation of Business PlanPro or even the Duck Tape Marketing Plan the aforementioned applicants could have got. Follow the text links to Tim Berry and Palo Alto and work the capital sources for your capital needs.

Palo Alto Software gives you the easiest step-by-step process, built-in market research data, powerful forecasting tools and even a No Risk 60-day money back guarantee. This stuff is even approved by the U. S. Small Business Administration-SBA whom you may already know.

Palo Alto has a stunning live demo and over 500 sample business plans online you can look over to get your ideas percolating before you decide what and when to get your software. When you have decided, you can download online and be on your way fast.

In fact PCWorld, Inc. Magazine, PC Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur.com and even one Guy Kawasaki have glowingly endorsed the software. Go ahead click my Web Site Marketing That Works page where you will find everything you need to know about Business PlanPro which could have saved those fellows from Detroit from the perils of your standard U.S. Congress put-downs we saw on TV twice in three weeks.

You could well be tempted to think that Bankers already know all that objectives, priorities, deadlines, management team, projected profit/loss, cash-flow, sales and marketing plans stuff. You may think that all is banker’s guru stuff taking time from useful work running the business! And, what about that mission statement stuff? Or, keys to success babble? Any one wasting time on all this stuff wouldn’t have time to run the business, would he?

Well – maybe not, or not necessarily, but there might just be more than enough time to create a business plan; and, run the business better and know what your doing! Let’s just see this Blog may help you along:

Let’s work up a simple guide, a track to run on and some good coaching to keep you on track. Keep it simple! Because left to an entrepreneur’s own designs and proclivities, a business plan can:

1.-become a mega project,

2.-left un written beyond what is best for the business

3.-mistake cash from sales with profits

4.-stamp everything ‘priority’ that deprioritizes everything

5.-overvalue the ‘idea’ over the ability to sell, produce and profit

6.-mistake the business plan with planning for the business

7.-detailed data like cash-flow, profit/loss, datelines, sales goals, management team, real analysis of the competition, market feasibility and business ratios can be easily overstated and create a false sense of potential achievement.

8.-’forecasts’ or projection for future years can become another mega project and the results unrealistic.

9.-Over-optimism can become a mindset to the extent that even when sales are flat, management can easily assume that if only investors would see the greatness of the idea and put their money at risk, sales would quickly explode like “dot.coms” did some years ago.

10.-when the entrepreneur finally starts writing the business plan, man o man, he can’t stop.

11.-he writes too much, over states the case which generally results in a voluminous work, but real content clouded.

12.-oh, yes-and watch the ‘formatting’! Keep it simple. Keep it neat.

13.-And, don’t overdress the case.

WHOA NOW! This is already getting too complicated! Unless you are a business college professor, an economist or an MBA, who does this stuff?

For an entrepreneur more confused about business after he got out of business school than when he went in, this stuff can be disturbingly overwhelming.

That could have been what got those Detroit fellows laughed out of the Halls of Congress. Writing themselves a long letter on how they plan to use the money, rebuild a business, setting goals, setting objectives, making financial statements balance, listing the priorities; and, writing that mission statement and listing the keys to success was not what they appear to have had in mind for 25BBD from Congress.

WHOA IS RIGHT, PARTNER!

But it is not that complicated. Help is on the way, the cavalry will soon arrive!

A good search of the Web shows over 20 such packages. Most are ‘reactive’ in that they ask the writer specific questions whose answer will create a whole block of business plan detail that would otherwise take even a professor, an economist or an MBA much time to write from scratch.

The plan software follows an orderly outline, putting first things first and in proper sequence in relation to the complete enterprise. You know – like bankers and money people and possible Congress persons like to see it.

It provides tables and formatted concepts to tabulate financial data and automatically calculates the results, generating graphs to accompany the printed figures. All this makes the finished document both appealing to read and gives it better perspective.

Business PlanPro by Tim Berry is tops. I personally like Tim Berry’s Business PlanPro published by Palo Alto Software headquartered in Eugene, Oregon. I have personally used it on all the businesses I have created for myself and clients. That is why I have it in my Affiliate Web Site That Works. It is one of the oldest in the business, founded in 1983.

Business PlanPro is simple to understand and to write with. Tim Berry is an MBA from Stanford, co-founded Borland International and has a long history of work in the technology sector in the Silicon Valley.

Palo Alto Software core business is to develop and sell products that help people succeed in business. It has hundreds of thousands of real world successes and growing every day. I am sure even Detroit could impress Congress with it.

After reading this Blog, all of you out there in the Blogosphere know how to get a fist full of dollars for your business. My advice still is: Take the 3Cs to heart and answer the pesky questions all lenders and investors always ask when asked for money:

A.-CHARACTER – good character is never too much when asking for money.

B.-CREDIT – Fico notwithstanding, paying on time can carry you a long way.

C.-COLLATERAL – when character and/or credit is less than stellar, good and ample collateral could sure make up for it.

And about those pesky questions:

1.-How much money do you need and when do you need it?
2.-Why do you need this money – like do have a P and L Statement?
3.-What precisely do you plan to do with it – like Use of Proceeds Statement?
4.-How long do you need the money for – like 3, 5 or 7 years?
5.-How will you generate the funds to pay it back – that old P & L again?
6.-Who are you anyway – have you done anything like this successfully before, like a Resume of the Principals, the job at Home Depot and things?
7.-What can you pledge – for me to appropriate in case you can’t pay it back, Like the 3rd C above – GOOD AND AMPLE COLLATERAL?
8.-Do You Have A Business Plan for financial analysis and judicial review?

That about pretty well covers everybody, doesn’t it? And, before you go off asking for money, get over to my Web Site Marketing That Works page. Look at one or more of the 500+ sample business plans available to you.

See a video demonstration on site. Read the testimonials from business persons who attribute a large part of their success in getting capital to Business Plan Pro. Read the mighty convincing experts on the matter as well.

CREATE A GREAT BUSINESS PLAN FOR YOUR BUSINESS And When You Are Asked, Give It To Them And Watch The Expression In Their Faces! Or, make yourself a DUCK TAPE MARKETING PLAN. You need to see it to believe it!

Here is to your Business Plan and Capital Search success,

Felix C. Guerrero
Consultant to Management
Affiliate Marketing Consultant
International Platform Speaker

Felix C. Guerrero
http://www.articlesbase.com/finance-articles/how-to-get-a-fist-full-of-dollars-to-fund-your-bussiness-691300.html

What if you learned how to setup your highly successful coaching program starting today?

Do you want to know the simple secrets of building a money making coaching program that will thrill your clients and fill up your bank account with cold hard cash?

The purpose of this article is to get you started on the right track to make you bucket loads of cash in the long run.

Here are 5 simple steps to get you started instantly.

Step 1 – Hunt for most profitable in demand topic.

Step 2 – Target a starving crowd of people.

Step 3 – Will your niche members afford you?

Step 4 – Secret systems to sell your coaching program.

Step 5 – How to setup your sales funnel?

The purpose of this article is to show you step by simple steps to setup your first coaching program out of thin air.

The information in this article will finally show you how to select the most in demand profitable topics in your niche where your customers will be ready to pay you huge money to get started with your coaching program.

Checkout the step by step details right here.

Step 1 – Hunt for most profitable in demand topic.

It is extremely important that before you get started with your coaching program you know that it is extremely profitable once you launch it.

Your customers in your niche should have the money to spend for your coaching as you will be launching a high ticket coaching program where you might charge hundreds of dollars per month.

Make sure that you know that your audience is hungry for your consultation.

Step 2 – Target a starving crowd of people.

You have to setup such a coaching program where your audience is hungry for your advise, tips and suggestions to solve their problems.

The reason being, you will have competition in a highly profitable niche but if you are the best and provide something unique and high quality you will stand out from the crowd.

It is important that your niche members have money to spend.

Step 3 – Will your niche members afford you?

Do a basic research of your niche. Visit google and search for your niche keyword and see google ads displayed on the left side.

These websites are paying google good money to stay there and this will give you an indication that they are making money.

Here are some tools that you can use to sell your coaching program.

Step 4 – Secret systems to sell your coaching program.

You can use the power of teleseminars and list building to attract your coaching clients.

These tools are very important to boost up your conversion rate in the long run.

Here’s how to setup your profit pipeline.

Step 5 – How to setup your sales funnel?

If you are selling a high ticket coaching program it is a good idea to first give your prospects a low price ebook to get them to spend some money with you.

Then at the backend you can recommend them your high ticket coaching program.

Gen Wright
http://www.articlesbase.com/affiliate-programs-articles/coaching-program-5-steps-to-get-started-now-694063.html

How a life, business and executive coach can help you see the real world.

What are most multi-level marketing companies selling, is it a dream world or is it reality? Could life, business and executive coaches along with mentors be the Morpheus for the average multi-level marketer? Could the average multi-level marketer become the next Neo of multi-level marketing by working with a business or executive coach?

We talked to quite a few multi-level marketers, both on high levels and many that had just joined a multi-level marketing company. What we found out was not only interesting to us as life, business and executive coaches, but also useful to many of the people we spoke to and we hope that this information will be useful to you as well.

Is the concept of MLM a matrix or is it something that can be done in reality? Are there only a few elite that can hack it in the world of MLM or could anyone succeed? The answers to these questions depend not only on people. They also depend on the company the people choose represent. In this article we are not going to judge what MLM company is good, and which ones may be a lesser choice for people considering this type of business, we were and are simply looking at the mentality that should be there to increase the chances of success. What elements you should have or acquire to succeed in multi-level marketing.

Is it a numbers game?

The foundation of any company, be it MLM, consulting, life and business coaching , and of course any service or product you may be offering, is the ability to sell. This means that if you use the same approach over and over again you will eventually find someone that is willing to buy from you. What is it that you are really after? What is the ultimate purpose of doing business? Probably either to sell more of your product or to sell your product or service for a higher amount, in the case of MLM is it a combination of sales you have to be able to do. That is also what makes the business a hard one, granted that if you play it like a numbers game you will have some success, but will you be really successful?

What do you need to be successful at MLM?

First of all you will need to have the right mentality, just like with any other business. Most MLM companies will make an effort to teach you a certain mentality. What is important that you realize, is that you have to not only be a salesperson. You also have to have the ability to put on many different hats, as we will talk about later. Unfortunately what they teach is often the numbers game approach, using the same approach over and over again till you eventually find someone that likes to be sold the way they have taught you to do. One of the things we noticed with some of the people we talked to. Was that they were so focused on doing things exactly like they were taught to do, that they forgot a simple little thing called common sense. Every great salesperson know that not everyone buys the same way, not everyone buys for the same reason and not everyone likes to be sold to in the same way. This also brings us to the list of what you need to have to become successful at MLM (Multi-level marketing), the people that have excelled in this field have or at least have people around them that can fill these different hats, and do so very effectively.

The six basics that you need to have, to become successful in MLM:

1. You need to be a Salesperson

You need to be a salesperson to function in a MLM or any other business environment. If you can’t sell anything there is no purpose in working independently. Fortunately some of the MLM companies will provide you with a basic training, a basic script and some manuals on what you should say when talking to people. This is sales as a numbers game, these scripts, manuals and sales pitches are designed for a certain group of people. Most groups that you can market to are between 9 and 17% of the total population, in most cases it is based on the same profiling as marketers use when designing and creating advertisements.

2. You need to be a recruiter

If you want to expand your network you need to be able to recruit people, so you not only need to be able to sell them the idea of what you are doing. You need to be able to recognize if you are recruiting the right type of people that will continue to expand your network, or if nothing else be able to make sales.

3. You need to be a manager

You need to be able to manage your own time, assist others in managing their time and keep an overview of the distributors you sign up. Balancing these things can be a tedious thing to do if you have no managing experience.

4. You need to be a motivator

If you want your people to succeed you need to be able to motivate them, which in theory isn’t hard. If all the people have similar personalities then you can use the same method for all, if that is the case you probably at the same time are limiting your chances of success.

5. You need to be an administrator

You need to be in charge, while at the same time keeping people at the same level you are. After all the ultimate goal of a person in MLM is having people in their “line” that sell just as much or even more than they do themselves. If you can effectively administrate the people in your line you should be able to get quite a few people being as or even more productive than you are.

6. You need to be an organizer

You need to be able to maintain your organization. This takes excellent time management, since at least some of the companies demand that you sell for a specific amount every month to get your royalty check. In addition you need to be able to organize events, or at least the attendance to events of your organization, since motivation is a big aspect of the success in MLM companies. The ultimate goal is eventually to have people self motivated, yet most fail to do so because they target only 1 or 2 personality types, while there are at least 7 out there.

Is it impossible for the average person to succeed?

Far from it, multi-level marketing companies are a good way to do business. If you are willing to do a little more than what they teach you. That is where life, business and executive coaches come in along with mentors. Even though most of the MLM companies make an excellent effort at teaching the people in the organization certain things, most of them lack teaching what really matters. They teach an attitude, but not always the right attitude. They teach you a mentality and a sales approach, but not always the optimal mentality and sales approach for you to succeed. The difference between those who have done really well at MLM and those who fail to do so, is that those who succeed have more than what the “system” teaches. They either have the experience, or have acquired the experience needed to be able to deal with more than one or two “personalities”. They have the ability to put on many hats, depending on what situation they are in, and who they are talking to. Which allows them to grow fast in an organization like MLM is.

Are the successful people the ones I should listen to?

To some extent those are the people you should learn from, the only problem with that is as we found out is that the best students aren’t always the best teachers. Some of the more successful people contributed their success to the “system” yet when we interviewed them they did a lot of things outside of what the “system” taught them to do. To them this was a natural thing so they never had to think about it, so why teach something you never think about? They have led themselves to believe that it was only the “system” that brought them this success and not taking into the equation what their “natural” abilities already are and how they contributed to their success. Of course some of the successful people learned this along the way, by reading, seminars mentors along with using life, business and executive coaches. That is what really made them stand out from the crowd, which is what really made the biggest difference in their success.

What is the biggest failure of MLM?

What we noticed while talking to some of the people involved in MLM is that they are taught to believe in the “system” so much, that it actually may limit their potential. Granted that these systems are designed to work on specific people, they are designed to have growth potential. Unfortunately a lot of it seems to be built on the policy of work harder, not smarter. The work smarter attitude is what you need if you want to become really successful in the business of MLM or any other business for that matter. Is there one thing that is a bigger downfall than other things when it comes to MLM and sponsors in MLM? If there is one thing we had to pinpoint as being the biggest downside to this type of business it is the limited beliefs that it brings with it. The system is designed to work, yet a system always has limitations, which means if you rely too much on the system it will eventually limit your success potential and for most it does. First of all it is because they are trying to sell something in a way that is not comfortable to them, which in turn will lead them into selling in a way that is not comfortable for them, because their sponsor is following the “system” and teaching them how to use it.

What can I do to increase my success potential?

First off you should start by learning more about yourself, and then learn more about people and in what way they differ. Learn more about the six things we mentioned above, a good life, business or executive coach can help you work on all of the aspects, if you have a mentor or a sponsor realize that they will teach you things, but they may not be the person that will bring you the success they have had. There is a big difference in how people are motivated, how they like to sell, how they want to be recruited and how they like to be managed, how to effectively do this comes naturally to some, while other need to make an effort learning it. The people in comes naturally to, like we said before, may not realize what it is and therefore will not teach you that aspect. A one size fit all mentality will be your downfall, or at least limit your success in a business you probably want to succeed in, after all isn’t that the point of joining a MLM company?

If you want to succeed, educate yourself, get a life, executive or a business coach, have them work as you mentor in understanding not only yourself, but in understanding other people. Have them teach you about different types of motivation, about the laws of persuasion, and how to become more effective at doing your business. How to become more than what you are now, how to create success like you have never seen before. There are alternative ways of learning this, such as books, seminars, motivational events and of course what the company is teaching you, yet they do not compare to having a life, business or executive coach work with you directly. Coaches are trained to help you find your strengths, your weaknesses and the best way for you to improve the results you are getting. Life, executive and business coaches are trained to help you understand not only yourself, also to understand others and how you can reach more people, how you can become more flexible to be able to put on more hats to fit the situation you are in.

What would be the next step?

We suggest that you find a life, business or executive coach that is willing to work with you one on one. This can be done over the phone or in person. Both are extremely effective. No matter which one you choose you will always benefit from it. You will learn new ways of selling your product, your service or a dream to someone. You will learn more about the system you work within and how you can bend it. You can learn how utilize it, how to make it grow, how to make it what you signed up for. If there is one thing we can tell you, then this is it, the investment you make in yourself getting a life coach, a mentor or someone to help you bend the system the more chances you have of success. The investment will always be worth it, because for every session you pay for, you may have gotten access to a larger market. Seek out success, because success will not seek you out. Take the time to learn, take the time to improve and be willing to learn from those who know about human behavior than the average person does. Find a person that will help you take that first step and take a peek at real world. Make sure that you are not being limited by your own beliefs, or the beliefs of your sponsor as a bonus from working with a life, business and executive coach you can help creating change using beliefs.

Gudmundur Sigurdarson
http://www.articlesbase.com/sales-articles/the-multilevel-marketing-mlm-matrix-92975.html

A sales funnel is one of the key factors if you want to become wealthy online. It guides your customers through the different levels of pricing and ‘upgrades’ them naturally each step of the way for the help www.instant-cd-products.com. If you want to maximize your online profits, you simply have to have a well-planned sales funnel in place.

Here is what a profitable sales funnel might look like:

Step 1 – Free Product. This is usually a free report comprising of 15-30 pages, packed with good solid information. The idea here is to build a relationship with your leads, and to establish yourself as a reliable authority for information on the niche topic.

Step 2 – Low-Cost Product. This can be a small report that sells for $17 to $27. Typically, the report will be between 30 pages to 100 pages. This is more detailed than the free report but it still does not go deep enough.

Step 3 – Average-Cost Product. This can be a $47-$77 ebook or a set of video tutorials. Such a product will usually be tailored for the more advanced, intermediate user who isn’t satisfied with the information in the lower cost product.

Step 4 – High-Cost Product. This is a high-level product usually reserved for experts ready to take their knowledge to the next level for the help www.profiting-info-products.com. This means they are willing to pay a premium. You can often charge anywhere from $97 to $997 for this product. It can be a membership site, a coaching program or a home study course. Of course, you can use a $97 product and then add another step which might lead to a $497 product. It’s all up to you how you design your marketing funnel!

abhi.jan2009
http://www.articlesbase.com/online-business-articles/product-creation-secrets-what-a-profitable-sales-funnel-might-look-like-721073.html