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"How To Use Wordpress And Make Money With A Blog"

2010-09-15T17:17:00.000-07:00

The Glorious Schizophrenic Website Tool — WordPress | free newsletter

2010-06-21T16:33:00.000-07:00

The Glorious Schizophrenic Website Tool — WordPress | free newsletter

2010-05-26T12:48:00.001-07:00

Using ping.fm again. I noticed my Twitter feeds not showing up on FB, just on my wall. What do you use? Are they showing up on FB?

2010-03-17T07:40:00.001-07:00

When I was flying home from FL I wrote 7-pgs of notes on FOCUS. If you are still struggling w/ lack of focus, biz ADHD habits & distraction- you really need to be on this call that we're doing with my Inner Circle on Friday. To gain access, enroll now: http://ping.fm/Zb5Eo

2010-02-22T09:30:00.000-08:00

Speak Your Prospects Language & Closing The Sale Gets Very Easy Through A Website, Email & More!

Turn every email, autoresponder and follow up series into CASH ON DEMAND!

Do you know how to speak to your prospect in such a way that they get their wallet out and PURCHASE instantly?

With just a few simple strategies you could create "Cash On Demand" with your website.

My expertise is in closing the sale quickly through the written word, through video and email follow up. I've sold 73 products on one 35 minute teleseminar that sold for $ 599 each. Every client I've worked with online has seen an increase in traffic that is targeted, more sales made without ever picking up the phone, repeat orders and referrals. It's my desire to help you tap into the internet and all that it affords through a website and some simple tools.

Does your website speak to your ideal client in the voice they long to hear so that making the sale is not only easy but they come back over and over again?

Here's how you can tell. Check your data. If your stats are showing that people find your website but they don't stay very long than the advertising bringing them to your site is not matching the message on the page they landed on. We can fix that.

If you have a lot of people coming to your website, they opt into your newsletter, they stay for a long time but they never buy? There is no clear sales message and your client isn't sure what to do. They like you, they want what you have (evidence is they stay on your site) but they aren't given direction to purchase now. We can fix that.

What if your client comes to your website, they purchase a product or service but you never see them again. With some simple automatical follow up tools such as email autoresponders, a newsletter, social networking strategies you will quickly see your clients coming back over and over again.

Need More Sales Online? Better Conversions?

We can write your sales copy or develop your marketing campaign online. With our 14 year track record of selling millions of dollars in products & services through the internet we can get the sale.

Bottom line- we can get the sale, get the referral and get MORE MONEY into your bank account.

Keys to a great website are:

Are you compelling?
Are your benefits listed?
Are you unique?
Is it specific what you offer?
How do I buy?
What is your guarantee?
Why should I do business with you?

As an AWAI Trained Expert and Featured AWAI Wall of Fame Member I am not only trained but have a proven track record that 92% of all copywriters in the world do not have. I can boost your sales faster than any other internet copywriter and with my 14 years of experience working online I can do it in a way you never dreamed was possible!

Just some of our services-

Online Press Releases
Social Media Press
Direct Response Copywriting
Copywriting Services
Internet Marketing
Multi-Channel Marketing
Blog Design & Copy
Social Media Training
Catalogs
PPC Ads
CPA Ads
Email Marketing
SEO
Auto Responders
Opt In Pages
Landing Pages
Press Page
Social Networking Identity
Website set up, hosting, design
Personal Consultation

Here's a few words from some of my clients:

""Here's how the final came out – Thanks for a job well done. " Helen, Director of Product Development, American Writers & Artists Inc., regarding 21 page marketing package

"Sandi this is excellent! We'll be using this for our seminar promotion right away!" Kind regards Mark Garbelotto, Brian Tracy International, AU

"This is OUTSTANDING! More than I ever dreamed possible- I'm on the first page of Google!" Randy

I'm ready Sandi, to get solutions and results to increasing my list, gaining more referrals, closing more sales and repeat business from your clients!!! Let's talk now! <<<>

Sandi Krakowski, Online Marketing and Copywriting Specialist

How To Finish The Year Off Strong And Setup For Momentum In 2010

2009-11-19T17:01:00.001-08:00

How To Finish The Year Off Strong And Setup For Momentum In 2010

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Dani Johnson - Groom Your Children for Success

2009-11-13T00:29:00.000-08:00

Dani Johnson - Groom Your Children for Success

Check out Supernatural Spirituality Of Marketing

2009-05-29T11:10:00.001-07:00

Title:

19 Years of Homeschooling …. and Supernatural Spirituality of Marketing and Writing

Supernatural Spirituality Of Marketing

Link: http://gotaf.socialtwist.com/redirect?l=-243112726944205125812&i=21df273b0a21aec705620b4933c16e93

Supernatural Marketing and Copywriting- Video #2- Diligence

2009-05-14T08:34:00.001-07:00

This video is part 2 in our series, where Sandi speaks on the role of diligence in the prophetic, in supernatural marketing, using spiritual tools in your advertising, marketing and writing! To learn more about Sandi visit: www.CopyWithResults.com. Sandi has earned more a multiple 7-figure income working at home while homeschooling her children with the tools she is giving here.

Check out Why It's Easier Than Ever To Make Money On The Internet

2009-04-23T06:41:00.001-07:00

Hi,

I want you to take a look at: Why It's Easier Than Ever To Make Money On The Internet

The Movie Twilight: My Thoughts

2009-04-03T22:25:00.001-07:00

I watched this movie to see what it was all about and why I felt like there was something wrong with it. I didn't want to hear someone else's thoughts- I wanted to process this with God unbiased and uninfluenced by others. So I rented it tonight. Watched it with my boys and my husband and have discussed everything I am going to say with my husband in depth.

Well I'll say what God has asked me to say and what I feel in my spirit- you take it thru your spiritual discernment and see what He says to you.

As someone who is totally aware, from a young age and exposed to all manner of perversity from romance novels to erotic novels to pornography and fornication and eventually a horrific gang rape when I was 19- as I went into this I asked God to show me what He wanted me to see and without a doubt, hands down, bar none the strongest thing I felt and saw was big dark deep eroticism.

Many times in the church we are so drawn into the aspect of men and pornography, perversity with men and boys- and we miss out on the reality , as Beth Moore and Kay Arthur and other godly women ministers have said that perversity and sexual addition is not just a male thing. Every girl dreams of prince charming and every girl dreams of the man of her dreams. Sadly, as is the case with all demonic activity, distortion comes in and death is always the goal.

Bella is drawn to Edward and while I see many spiritual things such as I feel just like Edward many times in this life- with supernatural powers that sometimes startle me, I feel like he does allot of the time amongst common men and women. I have suffered great depression and even suicidal thoughts because of my prophetic giftings. I can relate and think that's a good insight. I also like how he controls his power. I like how he holds back and won't harm her. But here's the clincher. She at the end brings to light something very important:

She tells him to never ever leave her. She is in utter fear and horror to be without him. As a married woman of 18 years, I have a pure undefiled love with my husband. All perversity that I was exposed to was healed when I got married to Alan. He has been the only man I have ever known or desired for since the day I gave my oath to God to be married to him. Even during horrible times in our marriage by God's grace I never slipped into adultery, perversity or any substitute of him. Why do I say this- because I know what it is like to not ever want to be without Alan. I know what it's like to not want to have to walk thru this life without him and I know it's a pure desire- to not want to ever be separated from him... however.. and this is important....

When I had my first boyfriend at 11 and I gave up my virginity at 12 years old something dark and evil came into me physically and in my spirit: it was the desire for death if I ever had to be alone. This deep dark desire to be loved and to never ever want to be alone led me into all manner of sin and scary things. It was this desire that made me attempt suicide at 16 because of a boyfriend, I said I'd want to die if I could not be with him. THAT is far different than the pure love I have for Alan and do not want to be apart from him. I don't want to die if God takes Alan home, I just don't want to be without him.

My initial readings on this movie, my initial thoughts were about the vampires, the dark activities, the transporting and the witchcraft. After seeing it I have a big concern and those are not it. This movie has the power to open the lid on eroticism and sexual addiction in girls and women at a level that is dangerous. I am curious how many women have horrible dreams with sexual thoughts after this movie. I wonder how many girls are having horrific struggles with lust, looking for Edwards characteristics in the boys they know.

This is just my concern. This is just my opinion. As a writer and as a prophet I will publish my concerns but I would judge or think every woman that loved this movie is having these problems- I am just giving the discerning thoughts I have had while watching this movie. I pray you'll ask Holy Spirit to speak to you :)

A good word from David Wilkerson!

2009-03-12T17:30:00.000-07:00

It’s a GOOD word… it is unpopular to say, “What the Bible says is true!” Funny thing- the Bible itself said it would be UNPOPULAR to say what it says is true! Panic is not the believer’s portion… but stupidity isn’t either! Keep preaching it David- keep bringing it! Those who have an ear to hear, will hear! Those who panic and are drinking of the toxic cultural hypnosis… well they can go find another blog!

http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/coverletter/an_urgent_message

It is really time to pray.

2009-01-30T05:38:00.000-08:00

Praying friends,

It is really time to pray.

This is no longer a Republican/ Democrat issue- take a peek at www.whitehouse.gov. I really DO NOT work to be politically correct- I work to be BIBLICALLY correct.

The first 100 days of a new administration sets the course for what will unfold over the term of the presidency.

What are we going to do? Why aren't we informed? How has the Body of Christ fallen asleep at the wheel of the nation? We must ask ourselves these hard questions. The truth is that we have no one to blame but ourselves. The church must awaken and cry out against injustice in every form—-both moral and social. We need to learn to pray, write, talk, coalesce, and be informed as never before

The floodgates have been opened with this new administration that has said that it will, among other things, pass a Freedom of Choice bill that will undo all the pro-life laws across the nation.

Recently, I became aware of what is being called “The Abortion Manifesto”. This is a document that was presented to President Obama for use during his first 100 Days in Office. It is officially called Advancing Reproductive Rights and Health in a New Administration, and was signed by a list of heavy hitters such as the American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU].

Just last week, President Obama reversed the ban on the rescinded the Mexico City Policy, lifting restrictions previously placed upon non-governmental organizations from using federal funding received to perform abortions overseas. Yesterday, Congress approved the President's economic stimulus bill, which originally included hundreds of millions of dollars to fund the abortion industry.

Some of the suggestions contained in The Abortion Manifesto are already well under way according to the actions that our new administration has taken within its first two weeks in office. We must, however, diligently pray that God will intervene so that what is written in this Abortion Manifesto, as well as on the www.whitehouse.gov website under Women's Rights, will not be carried out any further.

Here are just a few of the points of President Obama's MAIN focus.

1. Support for the LGBT Community (lesbian/gay/bi-sexual/transgender)
2. Expanded hate crimes bills. These are the type of bills that stop all “hate speech”, such as pastors preaching against homosexuality from their pulpits.
3. Support of Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT Couples
4. Opposition to a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
5. Repeal “Don't Ask-Don't Tell” policies in the military
6. Expand adoption rights for same sex-same couples
7. Expand human embryonic stem cell research, which destroys human embryos
8. Opposition to any attempt to overturn Roe v. Wade
9. Increased funding for birth control and abortions

Standing in the gap believing GOD for the babies, the children, the teens and the future of our nation!

Sandi Krakowski

Multi-Channel Marketing eBook I have almost completed…

2008-12-10T07:37:00.001-08:00

Hey Everyone!

This is an eBook I am working on for my company. It’s on Multi-Channel Marketing. Not done yet but coming along!!! I wanted to share it with you ….. and also give you a chance to get the entire ebook later this week at no cost: If you'd like a no cost copy of this book in it's entirety when it's done later this week, just email me. :) OR subscribe to my newsletter at: www.copywithresults.com

10-Easy Tips For Effective Multi-Channel Marketing

By Sandi Krakowski www.copywithresults.com

When you begin working your business online one of the biggest things you’ll need to watch out for is old news, old methods, old techniques for creating traffic, sales and increased profits. Before I share with you some of the most effective multi-channel tools you can use RIGHT NOW to build your business- I want to share with you 3 tips on what NOT to use because honestly it is old, outdated and going to cost you a lot of money.

3-Tips to save you money and time- DO NOT USE these services!

1. Google Adwords highest ranking keywords

2. A traffic generating service

3. A rented list

Listen up- when you first come online there are people waiting for you. Sadly, they aren’t your customers or clients- but rather they are those who will seek to make money off of some little things you might lack knowledge or understanding in. If you aren’t careful they could be things that aren’t going to make you any money.

Let me share with you three common teachings to avoid and what the truth is behind each one.

1. Google Adwords highest ranking keywords

The highest ranking keywords are not what will make you the quickest money- and using some ‘long tail keywords’ in your marketing can give you some amazing results with about 1/4^th the budget. Essentially, the long tail is the hundreds to thousands of keywords and key phrases that a site is found for, yet rarely noticed or exploited. The principle of the Long Tail is the opposite of focusing on the top 10-20 keywords for marketing their sites. The top keyword concept is reinforced by agencies that contract to gain rankings for 10-20 terms, maybe 30. However, when studying the referrals from the search engines and the traffic they generate, those that focus on the top 10-20 terms may be missing the majority of their market.

The point of process of you will is this- do you want traffic or do you want targeted traffic that is not being used by a lot of people in your niche- in other words, do you want hungry clients? You see - in most studies, the success of most sites is from the hundreds or thousands of referrals outside of the most popular terms.

So if you gain traffic from long tail keywords and you gain enough popularity that others are referring to you, you will acquire better traffic at ¼ the cost than the top 10-20 search terms. J

2. A traffic generating service

Many times when you first come online you’ll begin to build your site, get your email up and running, get some graphics up, get some exposure and them BOOM- the biggest email of your life arrives. Right? No…. horribly wrong. The only reason this ad agency found you is the service provider you are using sold your information to them as a ‘lead’. So when they flatter you that you are doing ‘so great’ already and we can bring you the best results possible with our traffic generator services- please be smart and realize you most likely have been ‘had’. I have never EVER EVER seen a successful online business that got there because a traffic generating company came along and gave them some incredible service under $ 1500 and boom- they were making 6-figures. Can you imagine? Not gonna happen. Always remember this- the traffic generating sites need to make money too and they do so by claiming they can get you traffic. Remember, if they have enough people ‘buying’ traffic- they can buy some top keywords ($ 1000 x 20 clients).. And behold- you get traffic… BUT you get hardly any sales at all. There’s no marketing involved, no positioning, no SEO, no copywriting – just a lot of traffic purchased… you’ll see a lot of hits many times but NO SALES at all.

Avoid auto-traffic generating sites as well! The point is an auto surf traffic exchange cannot and will not build your business. If you open the auto surf program in your browser and walk away from your computer, then guess what? Everybody else is doing the same thing. Auto surfing violates the whole purpose of a self-service site traffic program is to bring traffic sure, but not real traffic. It’s just a machine surfing! In other words- not real! YOU EARN NOTHING! To have traffic and no sales means you are running a costly hobby! So avoid auto surf traffic exchanges!

3. A rented list

Back in 2003 when the Can-Spam laws were different, it was very costly to get traffic, people weren’t using blogs and renting a list might have been a great idea. Today however renting a list is most times a guaranteed waste of money.

If you know the person you are renting the list from and you KNOW it’s a viable way to create new customers or clients- sure rent a list. Rent SPACE (an ad!) on a list.

Sadly – with most small businesses that are buying a list to rent they are simply buying a list of older clients that are no longer active from a closed or sold or bankrupt company. Many such lists are old MLM lists, old MLM companies clients and worse yet, a list of people who used to have a business but failed, closed their account or didn’t want to do business any longer.

A person’s information is not longer protected (unless of course the list you enroll on says explicitly that they do NOT rent, sell or share their list!

So when you set out to create traffic and leads for your site, please, after 12 years of successfully making mistakes and profits in my businesses and those of my clients- take my advice.. DO NOT purchase a list or rent a list. Rather, buy space for an ad in a list.

Now that we have covered our bases of what NOT to do… here are the 10 Easy Tips to Using Multi-Channel Marketing for Increased Traffic AND Profits!

First of all- what is a multi-channel approach to marketing? Let me just be honest with you- I am going to give you a quick 5 minute overview. If you want more detail and process and such on Multi-Channel Marketing please order Mary Ellen Tribby and Michael Masterson’s book NOW on this topic. After having built several multi-HUNDRED million dollar companies, they know what they are talking about- and it will be the best $ 15 bucks you EVER spend for your business.

Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Your Bu…

Michael Masterson, MaryEllen Tribby (Hardcover - Oct 27, 2008)

(14 Reviews)

Given the multitude of avenues that a business owner or marketer can use to access today's customers, the days when one could rely on a single channel to bring in great results and big profits are gone. Today's most successful campaigns take advantage of multi-channel marketing by offering customers multiple ways to buy. In Changing the Channel, authors Michael Masterson and MaryEllen Tribby provide readers with a detailed overview of multi-channel marketing and explain its benefits, pitfalls, and great potential for profits. They also offer advice on how readers can launch their own campaigns and make the best use of the results that each channel brings in. Multi-channel marketing is the most effective way to reach and retain customers. In targeting the same customers via direct mail, e-mail, Web banners, pay-per-click advertising, print ads, TV, radio, and more, business owners and marketers can both increase their number of sales and create more loyal customers. With this book as their guide, readers will quickly discover the power and profit potential of multi-channel marketing.

To attain and sustain success in today's dynamic business environment, it's no longer enough to be good at just one type of marketing. While you may already be making money using just one marketing channel, expanding into additional channels—especially the Internet—will help you attract prospective customers and increase your company's potential revenue. The fact is, if you're only using one channel, you're likely leaving millions of dollars on the table and in danger of losing the customers you already have.

This is pretty much the only referral I will give you in this eBook. Why? Because this book will answer A LOT of your questions and it will give you insight that a lot of marketers hope you don’t find out about.

What is Multi-Channel Marketing?

Multi-channel marketing simply put is using more than one ‘channel’ to market your product. GONE are the days when print media is the most effective way to marketing. GONE are the days when only using Google AdWords is the best way to go.

When I was building my kitchenware store in 1998 Google and Yahoo were the way to go. We spent on average $ 10k- 12k per month and we earned over $ 100,000 in revenue each month. Not bad. However… in today’s marketing with multi-channels I believe I could have easily doubled that and cut my expenses in HALF. That is how powerful multi-channels are.

Marketing, as we know it, has undergone a dramatic revolution. The days of one-size-fits-all mass marketing are rapidly disappearing, and in its place, organizations are implementing one-to-one Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions that personalize interaction with customers through both traditional and Internet channels. Smart marketers are moving aggressively to replace product-centric marketing efforts with MultiChannel Marketing, a customer-focused strategy that integrates and synchronizes customer interaction across vital customer touch points.

One consideration of multichannel marketing is that each channel reinforces the other. For example, information taken from sales on one channel is used to help the customer when making a purchase on another channel of the same vendor.

Multichannel marketing is marketing using many different marketing channels to reach a customer. In this sense, a channel might be a retail store, a web site, a mail order catalogue, or direct personal communications by letter, email or text message. The objective of the company doing the marketing is to make it easy for a consumer to buy from them in whatever way is most appropriate. To be effective multichannel marketing needs to be supported by good supply chain management systems, so that the details and prices of goods on offer are consistent across the different channels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multichannel_Marketing

So Let’s Put It All Together!

Before you get all wigged out and think, “This is impossible how can I possibly do all of this?!” Let me remind you of two simple tips right from the beginning.

1. Whatever you use on one channel, you can use it again on another and on another, just edit a bit or even copy the same.. on still another and another channel

2. Rather than striving for perfection- seek to get results. Get the perfection down LATER after you being so see some traffic and profits roll in.

In the book I refer to above Mary Ellen makes it very easy to pull out some tips immediately to create some results quickly. I’ll share with you some of the things I have been using in various niches to create traffic, quality leads and PROFITS in my business during the last 5 years I have been in direct marketing, sales, copywriting and branding.

Let me first give you this tip: Look OUTSIDE of your current niche for the best practices you can find. Then when you find it- bring that to your industry. Look at what successful large companies are doing and bring THAT to your niche. When I build my marketing strategies I look at what $ 100 million dollar + companies are doing. Currently I am watching online live an event that is with the largest deliverability experts in the world. This involves email deliverability. YOU MUST stay up to speed on these things and listening to a bunch of internet marketers who copy each other isn’t going to cut it. I watch what LARGE firms are doing and then take it into my internet marketing career. If the New York Times is looking to send Text SMS messages to their subscribers, I should to – this is my point.

Tip #1: When looking for Multi-Channel approaches to your marketing more is not better.

The old method of marketing was to throw as many pieces of sticky goop on a wall (so to speak) and see what ‘stuck’. This is what you would then repeat. While this isn’t a bad approach, it’s not very strategic. I’d prefer to throw a few ‘sticky’ things out into the market and then watch it daily, hourly and adjust as I go. The internet is the biggest place to do this effectively and quickly.

So when you ‘throw’ something out there in Multi-Channel marketing rather than aiming to do 25 different methods in one week- shoot for 3 the first time you start out. Work those and see what occurs, then add from there. The reason I DON’T say throw a lot out at one time or better yet, because that is RARELY the problem with marketers- they RARELY have a problem throwing A LOT out at one time and tracking the results…. The REAL issue is throwing ANYTHING out there in the first place.

You see, the biggest thing a marketer can do is create a goal chart and make themselves feel important and smart. Right? WRONG. I have yet to see a goal chart or a business plan create income that paid off a mortgage. But the reason many marketers do this is because they have so many internal constraints holding them back, that they’ll do things that make them ‘feel’ good first.

The best thing you can do for your business within multi-channel marketing is do THREE THINGS and do them well and then build from there. I know personally , after building large teams in direct sales of thousands of people, after coaching large groups of people at companies, working NOW with a group of 2800+ dealers in a Direct Marketing company as the head of their marketing- most people won’t even do one thing. So you see, you are ahead of most by doing ONE and if you do three, you are WAY ahead……

Get real good at those three and add from there and I guarantee you’ll get results. You’ll at the very least get some good data and feedback to track and improve from. Even a total FLOP of a campaign tells you “Wrong niche!” “Wrong Audience” “Bad Sales copy” It tells you something… success leaves clues so pay attention!

Tip #2- Plug Into YouTube NOW.

Some of you just rolled your eyes, went to check email, do something else…. Because the thought of using YouTube and videotaping yourself makes you want to vomit… get over it. You don’t have to always video tape yourself to be on YouTube. I have created for myself and other companies’ videos of myself, of them, of their products, of their training system; of the back office of their companies’ website… you get my drift. YouTube is a no cost place to broadcast. So if everyone else in your niche is doing one thing- find something you can do that is unique.

YouTube is the TV of the internet age that everyone and I mean EVERYONE is watching. So give your audience ( ie your clients and customers if you didn’t realize it yet) something to watch! Be consistent! Do one video every week. Then do two videos every week. Then three, get to the point where you have 30 videos on your profile. Invite your audience to comment on your material, to give you feedback, to tell you what they want!

If you have an ounce of marketing sense in you this statement will excite you: You no longer have to go thru a survey service or Gallop poll to find out what your audience wants or likes or hates. You can ask them, even if you are 12 and run a successful business (which I have seen on Youtube!), yourself. ASK them… I guarantee you they will answer.

Now if you are full of yourself and you shield yourself from comments, criticism, feedback and complaints, and you can’t stand it when someone disagrees with you, you hate it when someone complains and you really just want to make money- go get a job handling numbers or something. Numbers don’t give feedback, they don’t give criticism. But people… my friends do. AND PEOPLE… my friends, are the ones who will buy or reject your product or service.

A wise marketer wants all the feedback they can get. The good, the bag, the disgustingly ugly comments that anyone has to say about their company are gold to them. WHY? Because their next six-figure promotion will solve that problem.

Tip #3- Solve a problem in the market and use Multi-Channel approaches to do it

All successful marketing, whether it is for a service or a product, solves a problem. If you can solve an URGENT and a PRESSING problem, you will have a fortune on your hands. However, if solving that problem means you want to do it your way, by your terms, on your means- and you don’t want anyone to tell you how to do it- you don’t want feedback? Get a job. You are not a marketer at all.

BUT if you can solve an urgent, pressing problem and you can do it in such a way that is so unique and backed by so much proof its ridiculous- and you can craft an offer with your solution that is irresistible… YOU have a gold mine on your hands. YOU REALLY DO.

(c) Sandi Krakowski, 2008, all rights reserved. If you'd like a no cost copy of this book in it's entirety when it's done later this week, just email me. :) OR subscribe to my newsletter at: www.copywithresults.com

Why a Big Ego is Always Behind "Feature Filled" Marketing

2008-12-04T09:13:00.001-08:00

"I have this great purse that has amazing leather soft as a lamb, with 6 pockets to meet all the needs of today's working woman- can hold your iPhone, your pens, your planner, your photo album and your wallet without alot of stress- making this the PURSE that most women only dream about but realize could never be created for under $1500. We meet that need by giving this purse away for only $ 495. with free shipping!"

Sounds alright you might think but once you probe deeper you'll find that it answers only "FEATURE" related needs and the only "Ultra-Specific" attribute it has again is tied into it's features.

Your Ego Will Market Features

One of the hardest things I have ever encountered as a professional copywriter, marketer and SEO specialist is being contracted in to write sales copy, do PR, marketing, branding for a client who has not only a product or service they are interested in themselves, but worse than that- they have personally created. I repeatedly find it easier to work with clients who are marketing someone else's products or services and the biggest reason why is tied to a basic human need of feeling important.

When I work with a client who has a new product or service to bring to the marketplace I typically ask some generic questions:

Who are your competitors
What need are you meeting in the marketplace
Why are you different than everything else out there
What proof do you have that this is in demand or people love what you have
What ultra-specific solution do you offer and how could we make it nearly impossible to refuse

When I ask this of most online and offline business owner, clients and people who contact me for solutions for their business typically I'll hear a bunch of features rattled off to me with full confidence. Little do they realize that features are what amateurs use in their marketing and copywriting. Most times I can explain that BENEFITS are what truly sell anything , and we get things going forward.

But When Dealing With a Product Developer They Typically Focus Only On Features and Think Benefits Are Just a Bunch of Hype

Product developers, company owners who have created their own product or service and even project managers who have been the key role player in a companies success often times think that 'Benefit Focused' is about a bunch of hype. They rarely take into consideration the psycho graphics, the demographics, the needs, the desires, the passions of their prospects.

Whether it's real estate, diet products, greeting cards or personal development coaching the main focus of all of your marketing should be the BENEFITS you bring to your prospect and WHY you are so unique, so different and backed by so much proof they would be foolish to not do business with you.

When you first set out to do business you need to figure out who your competitor is. If you are selling purses, you might think Coach, Jimmy Cho, INC and other manufacturers are your competitors.

Take one good look at what this bag has to offer and then put your feet into the dirt and figure out why YOU are so much better. Right? Wrong. It's the jeans, makeup and other things that women can't do without that are truly your competitors.

You might, if you are like most online and offline business owners just getting started begin to note all the features, the keywords they use in the features and the detail related in the features.

Inside zip pocket, cellphone/multifunction pockets, one exterior front pocket with turnlock closure, one exterior back slip pocket, zipper closure, fabric lining….. and so on the list of features goes.

You might hone in on some 'feature related keywords' like cellphone/multifunction pockets. Whoa… turnlock closure, that sounds fancy. And you'll begin your marketing with features, features, features.

If You Don't Take Time To See The Gorgeous Girls Who Have All They Want You'll Never Compete With Coach!

If you don't go beyond features, you'll never realize the benefits that are truly being marketed at Coach Leatherware ( which happens to be my PERSONAL favorite indulgence for a job well done living a debt free lifestyle as a busy working mother!) and you'll compete on the low end of the market.

Did you notice at all the BENEFITS I just gave you of my of reason for buying such an extravagant bag? There's only ONE personality type only ONE Kolbe score that would ever buy a Coach bag because it is made of the highest grade leather, will outlast every bag compared to it, can handle abuse and still look great and because it is made by a company that has gone thru some major changes in the economy and STILL stands out ahead. The REST of us are buying Coach because

It makes us feel rewarded
We feel powerful
It gives us beauty AND brawn
We look wealthy when we carry their bags
For me personally it is a reminder to myself that I have worked hard and am debt free

I never got a Coach bag until I was debt free as I couldn't justify spending $ 500 on a purse if I had debt. Why am I telling you this? So you can understand why more than 73% of women who buy Coach bags purchase them, have more than 3 in their household AND have credit card debt as well. It's not because it's such a well made bag, even though it is. It's because of how it makes them FEEEEEL when they have one, it's because of the BENEFITS this high quality wealthy looking bag brings to their life.

Why an Ego is Always Behind Feature Filled Marketing

If the focus in your marketing is what it means to you the wrong person is in the focus of your advertising campaigns. Believe it or not, when someone chooses to do business with you - it's not about you. It's about the needs that they want met, it's about the benefit they want to gain, it's all about ME ME ME ME! ( I mean them).

Most if not all of your clients could care less how many hours you spent creating your amazing product or service .

They care about their life, their problems, their self esteem, their finances, their family, how many wrinkles they have, if they look fat in those jeans and if they are just as sexy as their 20 year old counterpart. That my friends is where features don't measure up. Imagine if you will a woman coming into a store to buy $ 200 jeans. Is she really interested in the stitching, the quality of the denim or where the product is made? Not typically. She is very interested however in how it makes her look! AND more importantly- don't miss this- how do the jeans make her FEEL about herself, her body, her future, her sex appeal. Trust me Pure Religion did not create a $ 289 pair of jeans because no one on the market had jeans that lasted long or were well made. They created an IDENTITY.

When you can create an identity for your prospect- you can sell them anything

Your prospect is buying an identity from you- and it's not feature filled, trust me. It's something they will pay for, go into debt for, give away their last meal for … ok maybe not but you get my point.

When you are marketing online or offline in a magazine, television commercial, website, blog- it doesn't matter, always remember this:

Give Them The Benefits Baby!

and you'll always have what your ego was craving in the first place but couldn't actually achieve with your feature laced marketing.

If you need a copywriter or marketer who specializes in Benefit Marketing and Copywriting, who has a 12 year track record of working online and knows how to create the emotional response you want in your prospect so that they are BEGGING you to take their credit card payment… contact me today for a free phone consultation.

Sandi Krakowski

www.copywithresults.com

Check out A Personal Message From Tony Robbins

2008-12-03T10:33:00.001-08:00

Hi,

I want you to take a look at: A Personal Message From Tony Robbins

This is totally amazing!

Unconventional Ways to Generate Leads In a Recession

2008-12-03T08:47:00.002-08:00

What do you call a 20 year old who markets Fortune 500 affiliate campaigns like he owns his own lead generating company?

SMART

Having worked online for the last 12 years I have seen so many ways to generate leads most times I am not impressed when someone comes up with a 'new plan'. Partly because I probably already know what they are doing and sadly- because alot of lead generation is down right illegal.

Lead generation is a huge multi-million if not billion dollar company. One of my goals into 2009 is to form my own lead generation company- but my motivator is not so much the profits as it is the need for a new process.

Sadly, most people who call themselves lead providers are simply resellers sucking in the profits selling lists of names and emails more times than is even legal. We wonder why "Can Spam" was created?

But recently- as my son was visiting for the holidays, he talked to me about a side business he's been working. He works as a video producer for a business training company and is exposed to alot of creative ideas in business. So when he decided to just 'supplement' his already very generous income he thought affiliate marketing would be a great idea. Just one catch- he isn't marketing like an affiliate marketer.

He is generating over 250 leads per day on 5 cent ads! and earning on average $ 450 per day in profits!

Using creativity he approached his affiliate marketing business like a business and looked for unconventional ways to generate leads. Knowing that most people will do almost anything to get something FREE- he added his own personal bonus to his lead capture page. Writing an ebook in under just 2 days, he offers those who fill out the 'free offers' the companies are giving an ebook just for their participation.

Here's where it gets very unconventional- he created a video where he personally tells his prospects what to do! He put an unpolished, unscripted video of himself at a desk welcoming his prospect, encouraging them that they'll not only love the free bonus' the companies are offering, the free offers they are wanting, etc- but he ALSO tells them I will give you my free ebook that SHOWS you how to do 'such and such'. ( I am not going to share with you his niche because it's so untapped that he generates on average $ 450 with just $ 50 in ads each day thru Google pay per click.)

Talk about unconventional?! He is using video instruction, free upsell bonus, pay per click ads AND he is turning the heads of Fortune 500 companies by his approach that they are now offering HIM bonus' to market their free offers!

Do something unconventional to generate leads!

Think out of the box right now. What is one unconventional, not typically used method that you could use for your business online that might be the ticket to generating leads?

Recently I began to work at a company part time that hired me in as the Marketing Manager of their two direct marketing companies. Let me just say they were using so many 'by the book' conventional methods to run their business it was BORRRRING with a capital "B"! Well, when the profits of an already existing 8 year old company that they had purchased began to slip- they hired me in to generate leads, traffic and ultimately more sales.

I put into motion several unconventional methods to generate the leads, speak to the prospects and run their promtions. The last I checked we had a $ 20,000 profit in under 36 hours and that has never happened in the history of this already $ 650,000 company! I also ran an email promotion that generated over $ 15,790 in sales thru just a promotion by email. No phone calls, no prospecting, no hard sales!

So when you hear 'down turn' or 'recession' or 'economy crash' my answer is simple: What unconventional method could you come up with tomorrow to build your business. Take the example of an affiliate marketing 20 year old that is generating $ 13,000 per month part time using methods that big companies use.

Profit in a down time with unconventional means- it works!

Sandi Krakowski

www.copywithresults.com

Tags: affiliate marketing, copy writer, copywriter, copywriting, direct response marketing, internet marketing, Multi-Channel Marketing, recession, social networking, Web 2.0

Do you know how to live on 1/4 of what you do now? EVEN if you are in debt?

2008-11-26T06:39:00.000-08:00

I am curious..... would you permit me to take a tiny survey?

When our family was over $ 500k in debt ( included mortgage) and over 6-figures in medical bills- this was after I finally got well, we had to trim the excess out of our budget. Being the organic mommy who eats and treats her family well- let me just say I didn't feed the junk from Sav A Lot.

My questions:

Do you know how to feed a family of 5 people on $ 50?
Do you know how to stretch a food budget and STILL eat healthy?
Do you know how to trim $ 500 out of your current budget?

What would you do if tomorrow, your income went from $ 15,000 per month to $ 2500? Could you survive or would you crash?

Some of you are at $ 2500 and believe (falsely!) that making $ 15,000 per month would solve all of your problems. NO it wouldn't because your spending habits would follow you. I know millionaires who are in debt over $3 million dollars and I know people who earn $ 35,000 per year who have a net worth over $ 1 million dollars.

Can you help me out some? I am truly curious how I might be able to help the market with this.... without alot of negative condemnation and illogical expectations.

We've been debt free now for 18 months and my monthly expenses are $ 3,000. :) I can spend whatever I want, whenever I want- but that is what it costs me to provide for our family of 4.... well my husband is the provider ( wink) I am the cream maker... and lets just say, I make ALOT of cream each month! :)

I'd love your input!
Sandi

Today's the day to not only be smelling the coffee, but wake up friends and drink it!

2008-11-25T06:02:00.000-08:00

Let me just give you a fair warning......

.... if you've ever enjoyed the process of lingering next to the coffee maker and sipping your freshly brewed coffee- today is NOT the day. Today would be one of those days when you

DRINK the java and jump!

As the Federal Government makes moves to bail out every moron who has ever gotten into debt in an attempt to create an atmosphere that all is well and it's ok to spend more money this holiday season- YOU had better be drinking your second cup of morning coffee fast and

CAPITALIZE on this message!

Today, all over the United States of America people will wake up and breathe a sigh of relief....

And for you marketers who have thought, processed, contemplated and searched for yet another program to FINALLY help you make some money online.... let me just give you a small piece of advise...

It's TIME to act now!

If ever there has been a time for

- information products
-self improvement
-financial independence
-home based businesses
-penny stocks

.... and the list could go on but I don't have time because I need to get off of here and get moving in my own niche.....

This is the time to send your message of SOLUTION.

So - what are you waiting for? Get over your excuses, get past your stupid fears and .....

GIVE the message the market has been waiting for!

It's time to act.... and do it now!

Your friend in marketing!
Sandi Krakowski

Where Are The Kings During a Recession?

2008-10-24T05:36:00.000-07:00

http://www.arealchange.com/blog/?p=119

Recently I was sitting in a leadership meeting with professed believers. Those who claim to walk by faith and not by sight. Those who trusted God to redeem them from the curse of death and now profess to live a life set apart by Him, lived thru Him and enabled by Him.

My heart is sick during this recession. Where are the kings? Where is the faith? Do we settle so low into the day in and day out operations of life that we now fall into despair and unbelief? Sometimes I think we would do the world a favor to not let them know we are believers of God or the Bible if we are going to behave in such a way.

There are those who say this is the sovereign will of God. There are those who say we are being judged for our sin.

My thoughts however gravitate to the fact that we were told we were given all things pertaining to life. We were told we would never be forsaken and our seed would never be found beggging for bread.

I was shocked to discover something that many might think I am just plain naive to not realize. I am not naive I just don't think the typical status quo of running a company is acceptable.

Is there no such thing as a debt free company anymore?

And do believers not have enough faith to realize God desires them to soar in a recession? I have built 3 multi-million dollar companies and have not gone into debt for them. And historically I have had profits in the lowest times of business. During 9-1-1 we tripled our profits at my kitchenware store and vitamin store in just 9 days. In the last 3 weeks I have doubled the profits of the company I am working with. Broke international records.

Do people just expect that it’s normal to sink now?

I don’t know.. sometimes I just am so surprised by the unbelief in the hearts of so many professing believers… do we put up measures to survive during times like this or is our faith really proven during times like this.

I am not judging or being critical I honestly think these are times that the Bible speaks of where the righteous are scarcely saved, the virgins with the oil are gonna be taunted by the ones with no oil. The true core of many is being revealed and most importantly it is time to repent for our greed and consumptive mindsets and really get a grip of why would God want His kids to prosper right now.

Did He say He would take care of you or not? Can you let go of control during a recession so He can truly perform His work in you and your business?

Where are the kings during this recession?

Where are the anointed ones? Where are the ones that Jesus gave a talent to who will be required to give an account for what they did with that talent? If the lowest form of profit is to put your money in the bank and collect interest ( parable of the talents) than why are so many believers so disappointed when their profit and interest systems have fallen?

Pro 28:20 A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished. To be richly blessed is to be rich AND blessed. To be eager to be rich is a heavy burden.

Exd 20:9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. WHY do most believers only work 5 days? Were they given exemption? What would their paycheck and accounting system look like if that 6th day was actually worked?

Exd 23:12 "Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the slave born in your household, and the alien as well, may be refreshed. Working 6 days is God's plan.

I live in a 'weather proof' kingdom.

When I ask God to heal a body, restore a marriage, rescue an addict, save a sinner- no one has a problem with that. But when I ask God to weather proof my business during a recession and prosper me during a down time- people think something is wrong. Is your God a part of your entire life or not?

Deu 2:7 The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast desert. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything. Was that just for then? Or is He still the same God.

Deu 28:12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.

Deu 30:9 Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The Lord will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your fathers,

Deu 33:11 Bless all his skills, O Lord, and be pleased with the work of his hands. Smite the loins of those who rise up against him; strike his foes till they rise no more."

Unfortunately alot of believers think that just because they are one of God's kids He is gonna bless them and rain dollars down from heaven. ALL of the verses above are a blessing on SKILL and WORK and LABOR.. not on a position. Your position IS blessed.. but your work is what God wants to prosper. If you don't work- you won't eat! If you are lazy- you won't increase your profits!

If you follow a lottery and a fantasy- you have a curse waiting for you!

2Ch 15:7 But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded."

Pro 14:23 All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Pro 18:9 One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

Pro 21:25 The sluggard's craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.

Pro 22:29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.

Pro 31:17 She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.

The stock market goes down and financial issues arise and the world believes we have come to an end.

This shows one thing: We have been FAR TOO COMFORTABLE. Our consumptive mindset has been stopped. It doesn't mean we are at the end of the world.

Ecc 2:24 A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,

Ecc 5:19 Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work–this is a gift of God.

Ecc 8:15 So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.

These verses say WORK not walking in your lottery system that fed you in your consumption and gluttony. There is a satisfaction that comes from trusting God and working unto Him.

Jer 31:16 This is what the Lord says: "Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded," declares the Lord. "They will return from the land of the enemy.

Jer 48:10 "A curse on him who is lax in doing the Lord's work! A curse on him who keeps his sword from bloodshed!

These are my closing thoughts and words:

Hag 2:4 But now be strong, O Zerubbabel,' declares the Lord. 'Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,' declares the Lord, 'and work. For I am with you,' declares the Lord Almighty.

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2008-10-18T06:53:00.000-07:00

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2008-10-18T06:51:00.000-07:00

OMG!!! Personalized Chocolate Bar wrappers might just take over the candy cane craze! I love this idea- I just found it when looking for a new option for our christmas tree. This will make a great gift idea as well for the mail lady, UPS man, the kid who cuts my grass!! LOVE THIS!

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Don't Think Same Sex Marriage Will Affect You

2008-09-30T07:41:00.001-07:00

So you're a Bible believing Christian and you think this issue won't affect you, because you live your safe secure life sheltered away. THINK AGAIN!

Day 2 of 40

2008-09-25T04:33:00.001-07:00

BLINK: Teaching my boys to think!

2008-09-08T11:55:00.000-07:00

I was working with my two teenagers in our home school. We've been home schooling for 17 years now... have graduated one son and have two to go.

These two struggle more than usual with spelling and some other things related to writing and grammar. I do NOT hold to the traditional educational rule that this is NORMAL for boys and it is NORMAL for kids in general. I have a real hard time with the so-called accepted rule that today's kids can't read or write because of video games. Some maybe, but not most.

I have another son who followed the rule I am going to share with you NATURALLY and now is very successful at the age of 20 in a business most would die for but would never be able to do if they had stupid rules and a teacher who saw fit to only create a duplicate of themselves with, rather than to groom him for success.

I believe I stumbled across something that will impact my boys future and hopefully, someone reading this. When I was correcting my boys spelling assignment ( we are doing drills for Jr High students to quiz their spelling skills) I got frustrated and I said to them in exasperation, "I just don't get why you don't get this! I didn't have all these stupid rules to follow when I was spelling and reading and honestly I don't have much trouble with more than 95% of the words I have to read or write. So what is up with this?" Then God gave me a word:

"They have been trained to be stupid with rules."

The Bible says that the strength of sin is in the law.

I have accessed the test scores of most high school kids these days and it gives the 'impression' that these kids can't read. Something else needs to be taken into consideration:

They are not taught phonics

They are not taught to think

They are taught to memorize rather than process

They are taught to stuff their brains rather than use them

So I asked my boys to do me a favor. I said, "Go back to this list and check it again- only this time IGNORE the stupid rules and follow your gut."

They came back with 100% of the answers right.

Then I began to think about my own business skills. Most of what I do that comes out really really well comes thru the BLINK principle: Follow my first thought, intuition - and give myself plenty of room to fail. In most of the areas of my life that I am excellent at something in- this holds true.

I began to ask my boys, "The things that you are really good at- Justin your bow hunting and target practice. Bobby your drums- do you follow your gut or a set of rules?" They both said their gut.

We are going to go thru Malcolm Smith's BLINK book together starting tomorrow. I am teaching my boys to THINK and use their brain. I am teaching them to BE who they were designed to be- boys who learn from a God who is interested in their future.

Supernatural homeschooling at it's finest!

Devilish Deceptions

2008-09-06T05:39:00.001-07:00

Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
Written by: Kris Vallotton

Devilish Deceptions

It’s been said that God does nothing in the affairs of men except they pray. Prayer is the catalyst for worldwide transformation. Prayer incites the angels, restrains darkness, and releases nations into their destiny. Prayer is the key to revival, building bridges between what should be and what will be.

The devil also knows the power of prayer and he understands that he can’t stop us from praying. But he is the master of deception and he tries to convince us that his destructive schemes are “acts of God” so Believers will not release the arsenal of Heaven against him! Unfortunately, satan has been more successful at deceiving the saints recently than he has for decades. One of the ways he has shrewdly crept into our society is by convincing the Church that it is our responsibility to release the wrath of God against sinners. This authorizes the dethroned prince of darkness to kill, steal and destroy while we stand aside applauding the demise of these ravaged people. To make matters worse, this evil prince frames the Lord of Redemption for his crimes, poisoning the people of His passion, which causes many of them to reject His wedding invitation. Meanwhile, those who have been empowered to police this property lack discernment and assist these angels of light in their killing spree.

The Reemerging Of The Doomsday Prophets

In the last decade the “Doomsday” prophets seemed to have come out of hibernation. In 1997, my own parents moved out of the San Francisco Bay Area to avoid the wrath of a great earthquake prophesied to strike southern California. This quake was going to destroy Hollywood for its immoral pollution of the media and San Francisco for its homosexual perversion. The word also predicted that northern California would become “ocean front property.”

My mom and dad relocated from the Bay Area to Lake Tahoe near Nevada, hoping to find a prophetic “no-fly” zone. Just about the time my folks got settled, several prophets began to prophesy about an upcoming international famine. This became known around the world as the “Y2K bug.” This bug was going to judge us for making our intellect a god. It was the perfect “God Scheme.” The whole plan was to be hidden by our foolish confidence in man’s brilliance. It seemed that the Lord had blinded every computer nerd in the world, keeping them from discovering too soon that we would all be starving over the lack of a digit. What a way to go! There would be rioting in the streets; people would be fighting off the temptation to cannibalize their neighbors and children! Businesses and governments would crumble next. Some even predicted this would start the “Mother of all Wars.” People streamed in mass to buy generators and guns to protect their food in the “Name of the Lord.” Needless to say, these preparations proved to be pointless, and my parents are still driving for hours to reach the ocean.

September 11, 2001 will forever be branded in the minds of Americans as a monument to murder. America woke up to the sounds of people screaming, many of them on fire as they exited the black smoke of a man-made hell. Explosions could be heard in the background as buildings crumbled and thousands were trapped in would-be tombs. Weeping and wailing were heard for miles as people wandered aimlessly through the streets looking for their loved ones. Many jumped to their death from these flaming infernos. Deep sadness and fear blanketed the whole earth as the news spread. Everywhere, people were crying out for mercy for those who were still counted among the missing. People were glued to their TV sets, praying, hoping and believing that life would emerge from the rubble.

Although the “Prophets of Doom” had not prophesied this disaster, declarations of darkness began to emerge from what was supposed to be the “House of Hope.” Before we could ask ourselves why such a mindless act of horror would be perpetrated on the lives of the many innocent who died that day, numerous Prophets began to proclaim that this terrorist attack was God’s judgment for the sins of our nation. Their thesis was that God was angry over the abortion, homosexual, and pornography issues, so he decided to kill a bunch of people to make His point. Can you imagine the grief that beset those who had lost loved ones and were now being confronted by an angry God who wanted to kill more people? This attitude reminds me of something Jesus said, "In the last days the love of many will grow cold" (Matthew 24:12.)

Slow Learners

It seems that many of God’s Prophets are slow learners as a whole new wave of prophetic judgments are being released over San Francisco, Northern California and Hollywood again. These judgments are predicated on a huge misunderstanding of New Testament prophetic ministry in the Church today. The Church needs to realize that the crucifixion of Jesus fulfilled the Law and the Prophets! We need to stop doing for the devil what he can’t do for himself!

Let’s take a look at the goal of New Testament ministry and means of achieving it according to the Apostle Paul. He wrote:

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (2 Corinthians 5:17-21.)

Two things come to light in these passages: number one, New Testament ministry is the “ministry of reconciliation”. And number two, the way God reconciles people to Himself is by “not counting their trespasses against them!” In the Old Testament the primary role of the Prophet was to decree judgments for national transgressions because sin required judgment under the Law. But in the New Testament, the crucifixion of Christ paid the price that judgment required, thereby fulfilling justice and ultimately releasing mercy to millions of sinners who didn’t deserve it (people like you and me, for instance).

A Violent Act Of Grace

It never seems to dawn on some Believers that we didn’t get into the Kingdom through our works but through His (Christ’s). Sinners who discipline themselves into good behavior are still sinners who are in need of a savior. No one can behave their way into Heaven! Trying to get into Heaven through disciplined behavior is called self-righteousness and it is ugly to God!

Jesus said, “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it (Luke 16:16). The Law said, “You can’t come into the Kingdom because you haven’t kept all the rules!” The Prophets continued the same theme, proclaiming judgments on the world for their (our) wickedness. But then, suddenly, something amazing happened; unrighteous people began turning the Cross of Christ into a battering ram and through a violent act of grace they forced their way into the Kingdom!

Shaking Out The Salt

Jesus told us, “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men" (Matthew 5:13). In Jesus’ day, they didn’t have refrigerators to store their food. Salt was the primary means by which they preserved their meat and poultry. Through this analogy, the Lord is teaching us that the Church is the element in society that preserves the culture from the wrath of God and the destruction of evil forces. A great example of this is Joseph, who released a corporate blessing through his righteous life. His presence in Egypt caused the Israelites and the Egyptians to be spared from a worldwide famine.

Jesus also said that when salt becomes tasteless, it is not good for anything except to be walked on by men. In other words, the people of that day would taste the salt and if it was no longer salty, they knew that it would not keep their food from spoiling. It’s important to remember that Jesus is not really talking about preserving meat, but describing the Body of Christ. So what does it mean to become tasteless? It implies that we have stopped preserving the world. You can tell when the Church has become tasteless because we begin to prophesy against the people we are supposed to be preserving.

Re-Presenting Christ

Not only is the Church preservation (salt), but we are also revelation (light). In the book of Matthew Jesus said, “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden” (Matthew 5:14.) What does it mean to be light, and what is it that we are illuminating? We are shedding light on the nature of God; how He thinks and acts in the affairs of men. We are the revelation of the Father and His love letter to the world. We re-present Christ to the lost. The world looks to us to understand world events through the eyes of God. When we misrepresent our Heavenly Father, the world gets a warped perspective of God.

James and John are a good example of how many misrepresent God. The “Sons of Thunder” wanted to call fire down to consume a city, but Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what spirit you are of" (Luke 9:54-55.) It is interesting to me that this was this same John who wrote to the Beloved and exhorted us, “Not to believe every spirit, but to test the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world” (I John 4:1.) I imagine that he received the revelation that even Jesus’ own apostles could be influenced by hell through his own experience of listening to the wrong spirit.

Notice how his exhortation continues in the same chapter: “Beloved, let us love one another . . . There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love” (John 4:18.) These verses were written in the context of testing the spirits. In other words, we test the spirits by examining them in light of the virtues of love. When we read love’s virtues that are spelled out in the letter to the Corinthians, and understand that fear has no place in love, we find ourselves wondering what spirit is encouraging these judgment prophecies. The greatest tragedy is that the revelation the world receives from these voices causes them to believe that our Father is an angry God who is looking for an opportunity to punish people.

The apostle John laid his head on the chest of Christ and was transformed from an angry, “son of thunder” into John the beloved. It is time for the prophets of God to lay their head on the Master's chest and hear the heart beat of Heaven again.

Jesus said, “If the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness” (Matthew 6:23)! If we are the light of the world and we are speaking against the people who are already lost in night, how great is the darkness! In the same way, when we represent God as someone who wants to destroy America because forty million babies have been aborted in our country, we perpetuate the very problem that we are trying to cure. People are killing their babies because they don’t know or understand the love of the Father. Does it make sense that we tell people that God is so angry that we are killing our young that He is going to teach us a lesson by killing a bunch more people? Is our Father so single-dimensional in His being that He only has one response to anything man does wrong?

Can you imagine the negative impact it would have on your daughter if she came to you to tell you that she had an abortion, and in response you flipped out and tried to kill her? If you reacted out of rage, I would suggest that your lack of love is a large part of her decision to have the abortion in the first place.

When we reveal God to the world, it is essential that we communicate light, life and love. Love doesn’t punish or create fear. I personally don’t believe that God is mad at sinners. I do think that He is grieved over the world’s destructive behavior. But grief and anger are not the same thing.

Love Requires Free Choice

Every time we see the heartless acts of destruction that deeply wound the heart of God, we must remember the depths of God’s desire to share love. The nature of love is that it requires us to be able to choose. If God took away our choice, people could only behave in the way that God programmed them to. Wars would cease, hunger would end, and poverty would only be an ancient memory. But the desperate cry of the human heart that beats with passion for a loving relationship with the most beautiful Being in the entire universe would be gone too.

Day after day, a loving Creator looks down on a broken planet longing for the day when the object of His affection will walk hand in hand with Him into indescribable beauty in the halls of eternity. In the meantime, the destruction continues, not because God is angry with man, but rather because men choose to kill, steal and destroy. This is the fruit of those who have chosen the wrong lover (satan).

Meanwhile, a hateful enemy is stalking a wounded and desperate people. He is seeking to paralyze us with fear, demoralize us with his arrogant boasts of destructive predictions, and harden us with hopelessness. Yet still, the future belongs to those who pray. Prayer is the bridge between what should be and what will be. The diligent prayer of a righteous people will ultimately determine the destiny of our children. Therefore, it is our responsibility to leave to those yet to be born a world in revival as their inheritance. Hanging in the balance of eternity is the ultimate climax of our Creator – the kingdoms of this world becoming the Kingdom of our God.

http://www.ibethel.org/features/journal/index.php?f=journal.php&id=42

NO MSG Jerky that is from heaven!

2008-09-05T14:29:00.000-07:00

It's rare that I give recommendations on food.... food you can buy. But truth be told I LOVE jerky and I LOVE jerky that doesn't have MSG or other garbage in it!

I only know of a few places to get that- and this jerky hands down is THE BEST I have had had!

www.supernaturaljerky.com

You have to try some of this stuff!

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DEHYDRATED, NOT SMOKED

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SEA SALT, NOT IODIZED SALT

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Open Up The Real Me!

2008-09-05T06:09:00.000-07:00

The REAL Me...... Open up the real me God! I was worshiping and talking to God this morning, listening to Jason Upton sing and heard, "Open up the real me." I was hit with revelation from heaven. The religious and political spirit would have us to think the 'real me' is the sinning failing worm filled me that can't stand on it's own and is pathetic and always going towards evil except for the grace of God.

I disagree.... because the REAL me is the one that Jesus died to release and to set free!!!! THE REAL ME IS FREE...... and the sin and the worm and the stain prevented the real me from growing. The sin of others and the sin of my own heart prevented the real me from being all God wanted.

Sure, in sin did my mother conceive me but my Savior died a horrible death so that I could be free.

The real me and the real you is:

free
unashamed
unhindered
unstoppable
passionate
able to feel
able to give
able to love
abandoned
fearless

Open up the real me God. Open up the real me that others might see all that you died to set free. Open up the real me!!

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 to Include 'Porn Mode'- and we make Meth in our local backyard garage

2008-08-28T05:46:00.001-07:00

Dear God what has happened to our nation when our kids are making drugs with paint thinner and garbage disposal chemicals and we try to 'meet' the need of the public by creating computer software programs to hide our footsteps.

I remember about 11 months ago when I had an amazing encounter with God on my face in my office. It's my favorite place to pray and talk to the King of the world who actually talks back to me. On my face, face into my carpet. My dirty, dingy, worn out office carpet. The room that I have done alot on the internet with. The place I have made 7 figures at. On my face in the dirty carpet. It's the right place to be when you are talking to the King.

And I'll never forget it as long as I live, He asked ME a question. He asked me what I want. I remember it. "What do you want Sandi." and it was wild because I realized He was actually truly asking me this.

I paused. I denied even asking for a diamond or a car or a new life or a new house. I knew He would give me whatever I asked and all of a sudden those things were so meaningless. If I was given ANYTHING I wanted why would I ask for a 'thing'.... I can have those if I want, why would I waste this one request on 'something' that would burn. So.. I gave Him my answer.

I want those who sit in darkness God. I want those who hide in the shadows. I want those who are hidden and hiding GOD! I started out with a soft whisper and by the time I ended my request I was yelling and crying and declaring and weeping and sobbing! I WANT THOSE WHO ARE HIDING IN THE DARK PLACES GOD!!!!

As I read this headline today on the news, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 to Include 'Porn Mode'- God reminded me of my prayers.

As I read the detailed instructions online last night on how to make Meth, and I was reminded of an explosion that took place around the block from my city house a few months ago that took a garage DOWN in less than 15 seconds- God reminded me of my prayers.

I was reminded of how often I used to sit in darkness, looking for a dark place to hide AND being afraid of dark places.

I was reminded of how God gave me courage in the dark places and how He also gave me light to go to the dark places of my heart and bring relief. He brought healing to my dark places, not judgement as so many preachers had said. He walked graciously into my dark hidden places and He gave me the keys to open the window and bring in the light. He made me free.

We need freedom in this nation. Things are stirring, earthquakes rumbling, hurricanes building, fires burning. We need to be FREE!!!!!!

Make Three Times The Money When Your Competition Is Giving Into The Recession

2008-08-05T09:42:00.001-07:00

Recently I was speaking to a client I was advising on some marketing and branding strategies and he began to speak to me about the economy, the competition and the market.

Something rose up in me that wanted to jump thru the phone and get in his face and ask ever so gently:

"SO WHY ARE YOU WORRIED? Your competition is going to rest! It's time for you to go make a TRUCK load of money and it's gonna be easier than ever!"

When I was in Direct Marketing my biggest months were in the summer and at Christmas. Why? Because most of the other dealers and sales forces were coasting, resting, thinking that all was well …. while I was robbing the market blind!

It was in December that I closed 73 new business partners into a direct sales team in under 23 days!
It was in December that I broke international sales records, by passed the top recruiters and took home 3 times as much money in a bonus pool check because everyone else was believing that Christmas was a SLOW TIME!
It was on Sept 11, 2001 that I tripled my Vitamin Stores sales when everyone else was complaining the economy was dying!! I sent out a newsletter about needing to take charge of our own lives and we went from $ 21,000 in sales that month to $ 67,000 in sales! DROP SHIP VITAMIN SALES!

When your competition is giving into the stress of the recession it is YOUR CHANCE to go rob the market blind!

How do you do this and how can it possibly work?

Take a GOOD LOOK at where your competition is giving up and GO MAKE MONEY!

Example:

When President Bush puts into action his Foreclosure Market Recovery measures, where are the mortgage companies that help people who are going into foreclosure that do not QUALIFY for his assistance? They had better be getting some exposure and some branding going so that they can dove tail President Bushes debut! Marketing at it's best! If done properly a $ 10,000 marketing campaign could probably be done for under $ 4500! So where are the mortgage reps and brokers? Hopefully not at the bar whining!

Historically businesses have up and down times. In the economy we are currently in people are fearful and distressed. There is huge reason to be! HOWEVER if you keep your business hat on and your emotional hat off, you can prosper in a down time.

When your competition goes back to school, starts drifting off into never never land looking for other resources to earn money in, it's YOUR chance to go looking where they got off the dock.

Who were their clients?

What was their strength?

What was their most successful month in the last 24 months?

Do they have an online presence and how strong is it?

Are they branding offline and how strong is that?

These are just some of the questions you want to ask yourself. When you find out what was working that these competitors walked away from, you can implement some strategies to not only take the market by storm but also complete turn it toward your dock should your competitor ever come to their senses.

On Sept 11, 2001 everyone was in a panic. HOWEVER- understand the psychological needs of the public, I was able to not only meet a need - make everyone more secure in their ability to care for themselves, I was also able to create a nestegg for myself of extra earnings.

When the economy goes low, people's spending habits get very interesting. DO NOT BUY into the propoganda that buying has ceased and the economy is crashing. People like to buy at times of economic crisis because it makes them feel in control, it makes them feel secure. Don't believe me? Check Alexa.com and search out Amazon. com and QVC.com I bet you won't find a drop in traffic! You might just find an increase!!!

QVC.com will shock you!!!! - we are in a economic crisis and their sales are rising!!!!

So what does that tell you? Well it SHOULD tell you that people are still buying and the market is still wide open.

So… what are YOU going to do about it! Go make money when your competition is giving up! and giving in!

Contact me for a free 30 minute consultation for your website,

Sandi Krakowski

www.copywithresults.com

Your Brain Impacts Your Checkbook More Than You Realize

2008-07-30T08:23:00.001-07:00

When I first went into business I had no idea I'd make the kind of money I did. Nor did I have any idea I'd lose the kind of money I did. In just 3 short years I built my first online business to the 3 Million Dollar level. In under one year after embezzlement and total crash, I lost most of it.

I remember thinking to myself it was just a pipe dream, it was stupid on my part, who did I think I was anyways? Homemakers don't create websites and generate millions of dollars of sales. That was just luck last time. Give up the notion.

Being the kind of personality that is motivated by money more than anything, I was on the business band wagon again by 2004 and by 2007 had again generated over a million dollars. This time however it was on in profits, we were debt free and life was great. I was tired again though. It took alot to earn that kind of income. Network Marketing is not all it's cracked up to be. They sell you pretty packages that you can work for 3 years and live for 20 without working. That's just plain stupidity. Any multi-millionaire will teach you that if you stop working- you stop earning. Even my multi-million dollar trainer, Dani and Hans Johnson taught me that. They said it's a lie to believe you can work so hard that you'll never have to work again. It's also diametrically opposed to a Kingdom mindset to think you don't have to work. That's poverty.

So here I am again. I have invested $ 35,000 into my education for copywriting, marketing and more. I have created a solid multi-six figure income. But I'm bored again. The money is coming in but I am getting that LET'S GROW MASSIVELY itch again.

Your Mindset Affects Your Checkbook More Than Anything!

What happens when I get this itch? And why does it seem that it comes around in waves? It could be because I am the kind of person who lives for a challenge. It moreso however has to do with who I hang around with, what is going into my head and where my belief system is.

As a Bible believing radical I believe God desires me to be prosperous. He desires me to take dominion in anything I set my hand to. He looks good and He can get alot done when I make alot of money because I can sow that into places that set people free for the glory of their King! Money does aid all efforts of evangelism and contrary to what the typical broke church will teach you: God does desire that you make ALOT of money.

The cold hard facts settle in when you realize that if you walk with the wise, you'll be wise. If you walk with a fool, you'll learn his ways. In reference to finances that means if you walk with those who are financially independent, you'll most likely get there. If you walk with victims and whiners you'll get there too.

Sadly alot of lazy Christians believe the lie from hell that says God is going to drop a financial blessing on your head just pray, fast and believe enough. He does desire to drop a financial blessing onto the life of His kids. However He has never EVER rewarded laziness with wealth. EVER. He typically lets poverty increase, He says that laziness will bring trouble unto your house. Poverty and laziness and drunkness tend to hang out together. Gluttony, drunkeness and poverty are all cousins.

So how does one inherit all that God designed without selling their soul to a workaholic lifestyle? By walking with a spirit of excellence. I first learned this from Dani Johnson and then later, Dr. LaVonne Atnip. LaVonne is Dani's coach and she's been my personal coach as well for 4 years now. LaVonne is a prosperous 70 year old who holds much authority in the natural and the spiritual. She is wise and is an Ambassador for truth in my life. She recently told me that if I realized who I was in Christ there would be no stopping me.

I set out on that task. Show me who I am God. Help me to forgive all the short-changing, small thinking curses that have been spoken over me. Remove from me the mindset of apathy, break the chains and curses of mediocrity and give me courage God to soar and prosper amidst people who are just struggling to make their next house payment!

What Is Your Brain Eating On a Daily Basis?

I have had the privilege of coaching alot of people in the last two years. It never ceases to amaze and sometimes frustrate me when I meet someone who has an OBVIOUS annointing for business on their life yet they live in struggle and frustration. Typically they go to a church that preaches against wealth but is always praying for God to open doors. They hang out with people who speak against the wealthy and succumb to the lie that God has "allowed" their suffering and poverty to build character in their life. They typically fear failure, don't have much courage or stamina and yet God Himself designed them to be a strong strong leader.

It's completely frustrating to me when I meet people like this who are struggling to make their next house payment and they have an annointing from heaven to pay the house payment of several hundred people. What they eat daily in their head and in their heart is feeding their checkbook more than anything. Typically if I try to challenge them to think OUTSIDE of their current box they will get offended or cry victim. Sad.

Where are you today? Is your brain being fed things that keep you moving forward or you just working every single day of your life trying to not get stuck. Are you striving to be accepted by man or do you want the favor of God?

Recently I came upon an amazing ministry that I want to be a huge part of: www.thepinkcross.org. Everytime I see one girl set free my stomach turns. I see dollar signs. I see how much it costs to ROB a woman back who is trapped in the sex trade. As a Marketplace Minister I realize that God cannot do what He desires to do with these women unless there is enough money to do so. Can you see now why it's SO IMPORTANT to be cautious what is going into your head? Far too many Christians cry when they see the suffering but do nothing to empower themselves to help. They are so stuck in surviving their own life they have no clue whatsoever on how to reach out and help others.

It starts with what you are listening to, watching and absorbing in a daily basis. It takes an aggressive guarding system in regards to what you allow to enter your brain, what you permit people to speak over you and into you. Step by step it is possible to reprogram your thinking. I know, I had a total spiritual labotomy in 2005 that changed my life. I daily maintain that change.

Where are you today? Exam what and who you are listening to. And remember this teaching the next time you see a starving child that needs your help.

You've been DESIGNED to go far…. so don't settle for less!

Sandi Krakowski

www.copywithresults.com

SEO Copywriting and Generating Organic Traffic

2008-07-14T10:46:00.001-07:00

If you want to generate organic traffic that makes your competitors tremble , give me 30 minutes to see where you are at and I'll guarantee I can take your business to the next level. UNLESS of course you are already making so much money you don't know what to do with yourself.

I have been online for the last 11 years and during that time more than 50% of the time I have generated my own traffic, my own leads and created pretty much my own traffic. SUCCESSFUL traffic that is. Oh I have had those idiots who claim to generate traffic work for me and all they do is create a ton of spam and crap. Pardon me, but it's true. Who wants a clogged in box and a lowered position on Google.

Want some proof of where I am in Google? Type in Spiritual Marketing, Spiritual Copywriting, Spiritual business. You'll find me.

My specialty lately however is generating organic traffic with Search Engine Optimized Copywriting.

I specialize in not only writing sales copy that is Search Engine optimized, I also look at existing websites that clients and companies may have in place and I assist them in making sure their site is not only optimized to the best possible position it can be, but also to the place where their competitors get NERVOUS! Face it, being in Google is fine, but when your competitors begin to copy you, study you, swipe you and even seek to put you out of business, you KNOW you have succeeded.

I used to think I had a hate me magnet in business. Why? Because everywhere I went my TEACHER's my competitors and my friends began to steal from me! They would ask me for some 'opinions' and before I knew it they were copying me! You know you have succeeded when a multi-millionaire is asking you for some advise, or wait a minute, they wouldn't dare call it that, they will chit chat with you and ask for an opinion. The next thing you know they have vanished and what YOU were doing is now THEIR greatest invention.

After being taken this way so many times I got a clue.

I KNOW HOW TO GENERATE TRAFFIC that causes people to take action

and in turn creates profits!

If sales copy is not causing someone to take action it's dead. Period, end of story. I have a history of creating not only websites and sales copy that generates traffic- the clients are taking action.

When I was building a network marketing business I used a simple process that I personally created, no one taught me, I designed it myself in a test. Here's the process:

You come to my site

You see my story

You are directed to an opt-in page

You then go to a video that shows you the way I build my business, the trainer I use and frankly this sifts you to the next level- either out or up. If you don't like the trainer, you don't like my methods, you don't work with me.

While you are watching this video an autoresponder sends you an email that also shares with you what I am looking for. No begging, no manipulation- straight shooter. This is what I am looking for, do you have what I am wanting in my organization.

3 out of 5 people were opting into my site and then watching the video and 2 out of 3 were calling me to go to the next step!

IT WAS SUCCESSFUL- and so much so that my trainer created an entire system duplicating the process.

I didnt' care- I told them it was a great idea! More success for more people. I don't have an issue with competition. I want others to be as successful as I am. But face it, when your trainer is following your process, you know you have done something right.

When I got into marketing and copywriting and assisting others to generate success as well, I soon realized there are two kind of clients out there. Those who really want to succeed and those who just want to slow you down. Those who want to succeed were constantly watching what I was doing. Those who wanted to slow me down so they could catch up would call my office send me emails or some other form of passive tactics.

What I am getting at is this. If your copywriting and sales copy is not search engine optmized copy you most likely are not getting the type of traffic that will make you the most money. You might be getting alot of traffic but if it's not making you money, who wants it! Traffic that doesn't convert is a nightmare!

If you want to generate organic traffic that makes your competitors tremble , give me 30 minutes to see where you are at and I'll guarantee I can take your business to the next level. UNLESS of course you are already making so much money you don't know what to do with yourself.

Contact me today for a free consult and SEO sales copy!

Sandi Krakowski

www.copywithresults.com

Good Copywriting Doesn't Matter, It's Marketing That is Important

2008-06-27T06:55:00.000-07:00

Got this from my friend Clayton Makepeace today….. I think you'll be shocked that he is saying GOOD COPY doesn't matter!

The Death of Great Copywriting?

Dear Business-Builder,

Great sales copy doesn’t matter anymore.

Sure — it was important back in the Stone Age, when you had to pay a half-million dollars or more to mail your magalog to a million prospects. But now with the free Internet, the strategy you use to build your list is everything.

And if your strategy’s right, your copy doesn’t have to even be good — let alone great.

… Or that’s what some online marketing gurus seem to be saying these days.

And who’s to argue with them? After all — their online marketing works like gangbusters — right?

Absolutely. And most have Jeff Walker to thank. Jeff is a certified marketing genius who has developed a kind of template for introducing new products online called Product Launch Formula.

Product Launch Formula teaches you to create sales campaigns that combine a story line replete with controversy and conflict … tons of freebies … I’ve lost track of how many kinds of proof elements and emotional triggers … blogs to identify and eliminate objections before any product is offered … plus scarcity selling, deadline selling and lots of other whistles and bells to create massive buying desire in prospects.

Brilliant — right?
Why Product Launch Formula (really) works …

Now, I can’t say I’ve studied Jeff’s Product Launch Formula — but plenty of people on my staff have, and they’ve explained it to me. And you know what? Most of what Jeff teaches isn’t new at all. Most is just plain old marketing common sense. And frankly, I think Jeff would be the first to agree.

Jeff’s genius has been to meticulously bring tons of time-honored, tried-and-true marketing principles, strategies and tactics together into one comprehensive package that helps you make sure you tickle every hot button in your prospects’ heads and hearts.

You know: The stuff well-trained copywriters do instinctively.

So when I hear that Product Launch Formula works great even with anemic copy, I’m not surprised. But wouldn’t any sentient marketer also ask …

If this strategy works so great with lousy copy …
How much more money could I make with great copy?

Great sales copy is, by definition, a marketing multiplier. Because it does a more thorough job of engaging prospects … creating maximum readership … triggering their dominant resident emotions … persuading them … and closing the sale, it amplifies the effectiveness of any marketing strategy.

So would better copy make product launches even more profitable?

Seems like a no-brainer to me!

I’d even go so far as to suggest that anyone who asserts that Product Launch Formula has rendered solid sales copy obsolete is leaving a TON of money on the table.

In fact, I’d hazard a guess that their weak copy is costing them at least three-fourths of the money they should be making.

Because while the biggest launch I heard of last year was pulling in a reported $20 million, I was generating four times more:

A whopping $80 million in online sales. From two lists that are about one-tenth the size of the affiliate lists most product launch marketer’s use.

Sure: I used plenty of the principles Jeff recommends without having any idea I was doing so.

I created campaigns that went on for four to eight weeks each. I incorporated every type of proof available to me. I hit all the emotional hot buttons I could think of. I gave away tons of free content — both in e-mails and in online teleconferences, webinars and videos. And I also made liberal use of scarcity and deadline-based offers.

But instead of trusting my strategy alone to generate peak response and average sale, I labored over every e-mail, every script and every sales page as if the success of my campaign would be determined by the copy alone.

Put simply …
The success of Jeff’s Product Launch Formula equals
huge new opportunities for Web copywriters!

If I’ve seen it once, I’ve seen it a hundred times: A new marketing medium or strategy or product bursts upon the scene. The novelty alone creates huge sales. But entrepreneurs being what they are, they soon begin wondering, “How could we take this to a higher level?”

Years ago, I met with Bill Guthy of Guthy-Renker infomercial fame. At the time, they were making so much money with their infomercials, it had never occurred to them to market to the hundreds of thousands of new customers they were generating each year.

I suggested that by failing to market to their customer file, they were leaving as much as 90% of their potential sales on the table. Today, most infomercial marketers are no longer making that mistake.

Now, I know for a fact that many product launch marketers are asking themselves, “How much more money could I be making with better sales copy?” Some are even engaging freelance copywriters to ramp up readership and response to their campaigns.

This is a huge new opportunity for freelance copywriters — and an even better one for copywriters who partner with product launch marketers and take a percentage of the increase in sales they produce.

The key, of course, is to get the training necessary to actually ramp up response for your clients — whether they’re using Product Launch Formula or not.

Yours for Bigger Winners, More Often,
Clayton Makepeace Signature
Clayton Makepeace
Publisher & Editor
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Marketing That Makes Even Middle Aged Men Think They Are in Menopause!

2008-06-24T13:16:00.000-07:00

Hot-Flash Copywriting.... How to Give Your Competitors Hot Flashes When They See Your Website

I was recently watching the AWAI Bootcamp of 2007, a seminar that costs a sweet penny to attend, is typically sold out months in advance and puts out more millionaires each and every year than any other venue for copywriters.

Right now I am watching Dr. Joe Vitale, known as the Hypnotic Marketer teach on how to speak to your audience. He is teaching on how to speak on two levels, the conscious level and the subconscious level.

When anyone learns, as taught by Dr. Caroline Leaf they are always learning on two levels. Being a Prophetic writer who uses Spiritual Gifting from the Holy Spirit and not from within myself... I would strongly lean towards the teachings of Dr Leaf when I address the issue of Spiritual marketing, as opposed to the teaching of Dr. Joe Vitale. I am sure Joe is an amazing man..... he is successful and he's made millions in marketing and copywriting. He and I teach from two different kingdoms however. So enough said.

So as I am watching this session on DVD ( I didn't get to the seminar last year, I had Pertussis! So the $ 2000 seminar was sent to me on DVD) as a Circle of Success student at AWAI I have access to any and all of their products... I have perks! :)

He began his copywriting session by saying when he relayed his goals to a TV show that was interviewing him the people in the room got HOT FLASHES when they heard his goal.

I began to think, "Wow, lets create a copywriting package that makes our competitors get hot flashes!" As a matter of fact....

Makes Middle Aged Men Think They Need Estrogen They Are So Hot....

There is an ocean of niches open for any copywriter to tap into . Sadly because of insecurities, fraud and other things that make people not succeed, people continue to fish in their current pond.

Joe taught that the world is a pool of customers and clients and you need to find a niche that is NOT something you are familiar with.

THINK OUTSIDE of your current cage!

BUST OPEN your current box!

How do you manipulate and create an environment that your client loves so much that he’ll give you his credit card even before he knows what you are selling?

Repeatedly as I was building my home based business between 2004 and 2007 I had people email me and call me on the phone and tell me

I want to join you! I don’t care what you are doing…. I am in!

So how does this happen? And how do you do it so successfully that your competitors will say over and over again the words I was hearing all the time as I built my business:

HOW did you do this?!

Far too often people think that if they copy the methods of other copywriters they will make more money. Joe Vitale made a lot of money when he appealed to the lust of the masses and wrote a press release about how Britney Spears must be using Hypnotic Methods in her Marketing. THAT was interesting. That was very good. His package had nothing to do with Britney Spears, but when he saw her commercial he realized she must be using hypnotic techniques because people are being drawn to her commercial and they all run to buy her perfume and her hair extensions because they dream and desire to be just like Britney Spears even if they don’t like her.

Now while I am not advocating putting your clients or customers into a spell, as a matter of fact I think that would bring a curse, as the Bible states, upon my business and my future. But I already knew this kind of thinking when I was building my business. When I ran my kitchenware store from 1998-2001 I was applying this all of the time! I marketed a $ 500 kitchen mixer like Amazon.com to a group of people who hated to spend money on things, called themselves frugal and yet they bought from me over and over again, they went into debt to buy from me over and over again.

How did I do this?

I looked at what someone else was doing in a niche that had nothing to do with what I was doing and I got tips from them….. and became hugely successful.

So, what niche are you in? Lets say you in the business of selling children’s products. Rather than looking at what all the other websites and businesses are doing who market children’s products, what if you looked at what lingerie businesses are doing.

How to Sell Children’s Products Like Someone In the Lingerie Niche!

The people in the lingerie industry might use more flesh than I am comfortable with to sell their products but they also use something that is much more important. They use words that compel you to buy their products. They use words, which is COPYWRITING my friends, to urge you, draw you, give you an overwhelming need and desire to PURCHASE their products. The girls with their breasts hanging out and the perfect thighs are just there to help you resist your urge to guard your checkbook.

All resistance is taken away and before you realize it you are buying their product!

So- how do you appeal to Mommies who are guarding their checkbook and you want to sell them a $ 299 diaper bag?

You put pictures of sweet kissable lovable adorable make your breast milk let down babies on the website!

You show pictures of Moms with obedient and clean kids who are perfect and a diaper bag that is making Mom feel like she is still at the size she was before she got pregnant, actually you make her FEEL LIKE she is at a size better than that and the diaper bag is going to make her feel just as sexy and on top of her game as her lingerie did!

This my friends is called Hot-Flash Marketing… and thinking outside of the box.

Stay tuned for more!

Sandi

Spiritual Marketing and How to Seeing Into a Niche's Future

2008-06-24T11:27:00.001-07:00

There's alot of talk about spiritual marketing these days… everything from the Law of Attraction to manifesting your future with the power of your mind. When I refer to spiritual marketing however I am referring to marketing that taps into the Kingdom of Heaven and gives me insights I could never have apart from the annointing that God Himself put on my life.

If you have never read, "When Heaven Invades Earth" by Bill Johnson, you need to do that. It's a book that really opened my heart and spirit wide to all that God had for me.

It revealed to me that for me to reject or deny or doubt what God wants to do in my life is literally just a form of religion. A religious spirit might be aware of what God is doing but it won't go to where God is going. When I began to walk in the calling that God Himself gave me in marketing and the world of the internet SUPERNATURAL things began to occur in the realm of my spiritual marketing!

As a seer who can see and feel where the Spirit of the Living God is going, I have a Secret Service type annointing to see where markets are going. I have been able to see and predict and take the plunder in alot of niche's in the past 11 years. Recently God told me it's time to plunder another market. It's time to take back the profits for the Kingdom of God and it's time to do it now for HIS time is now.

I am obeying.

The GLORY OF GOD is what gives me favor.. it's what will make my competitors shake their head and wonder what on EARTH hit them! Actually it won't be something on earth that has hit them… it will be something from heaven that has robbed their profits because GOD WANTS HIS MONEY to do what HE WANTS in the earth!

I am seeing into a niche right now and I am prophesying that in the next 12 months I will dominate that niche. People will be set free in that niche. I will see God bring deliverance to the captives in that niche…. I say COME HOLY SPIRIT.

If you are confused or have been deluded with some of the teachings out there on spiritual marketing, if you have done everything the Guru told you to do and you are still broke…… consider this. There is a different way. And I know how to do it.

To your copywriting success in spiritual marketing!

Sandi

Check out this video: EXTREME PROPHETIC W/ TODD BENTLEY AND BRIAN WELCH

2008-06-24T06:59:00.000-07:00

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Christian Copywriting and The Power of the Prophetic

2008-06-24T06:40:00.000-07:00

I have recently gotten several inquiries for Christian Copywriting. Ironically I did not do any advertisements for Christian Copywriting. I began to research what would come up when I typed in Christian Copywriting and sadly… it was NOT what I operate in. It was a mis-mash of very successful business owners who design their destiny with the power of their mind and their create their own life and their own world because they possess power to do so. They can manifest money and they can create profits because the power of their mind is directing them.

Wow. Let me just say that this is NOT the reason why I have been able to generate millions of dollars in profit online. Actually the reason I profit as I do…. is because I am a Prophet and I operate and write in the Prophetic. If you are a Christian and you are looking for some Supernatural Copywriting that taps into the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN and does not use the kingdom of the mind but rather the Kingdom of Life, Light and Power that was given by the Lord Jesus Christ HIMSELF… if you want to tap into the THIRD HEAVEN and you want secrets that can ONLY COME FROM GOD in your marketing… I have that available.

Because of this however I am VERY cautious who I will promote. Bottom line:

Whatever I do and whatever I touch PROSPERS.

I am a Supernatural Copywriter that operates in the prophetic and I can get words from God Himself thru the gift of the Word of Knowledge and thru insight that can only come from heaven invading earth and because of that the things that I do and the things that I touch prosper. What does that mean? It makes money.

The power of the prophetic in this time period of the Kingdom of Heaven is intensely powerful. It is uniquely strategic and I am NOT surprised that God has sifted me into the niche of copywriting for His glory and I am showing up on search engines all over the place because He is God, I am not and He is interested in the calling He has on my life.

If you are looking for a copywriter who can look into the future, who can see where the market is going… hire someone who is prophetic. If you are looking for a copywriter that is going to grow your empire and establish you in a kingdom that is going to burn eventually, hire someone who is not prophetic.

To YOUR success!

Sandi

How Do You Set Yourself Apart With The Four U's

2008-06-23T15:13:00.001-07:00

The Four U's of marketing are imperative in every campaign that will be successful. It is what will drive traffic, increase results and create a profitable bottom line.

URGENT: You must have an urgent pressing problem that you are solving with your product or service

Example: Weight loss. You are solving the problem with not being able to lose weight. You are solving this problem in a way that is unique and it is superior and it has proof. The problem is WEIGHT LOSS, the 4 U's must answer this.

UNIQUE: Your solution must be unique, it can not be like everyone else or you will never win in the competitive world of business. If your solution is not unique don't even BOTHER marketing it. You must be so unique that when people see it they might not even read or care about your proof and they are already compelled to your useful and ultra specific solution and they BUY BUY BUY!

USEFUL: Show me proof. Shoe me as much proof as possible.. this is what your client or customer is begging for, although they might not know it. Tell stories, tell testimonials, give documentation that is clear and concise and compelling!

ULTRA-SPECIFIC: I need to be so compelled that you are my ONLY answer that not only will I be doing business with you but I will tell every living breathing person I care about! I will bring referrals without being asked, I will mention you wherever I go! I will applaud you as the GO-TO person in your field!

If you direct every campaign, every project, every sales letter, every brochure with these components, you will win and you will be in business for a long time!

Write me today for your copywriting solutions!

Sandi Krakowski

574-971-8762

What Are Successful Copywriters Reading?

2008-06-23T15:11:00.000-07:00

Read what those who are successful read and you could land that break you never dreamed was possible faster than you ever thought!

Here's some great resources for you:

The MCG, published by AWAI www.themonthlycopywritinggenius.com is literally a gold-mine of copywriting intelligence. Not only do you get a once in a lifetime opportunity to build a swipe file that could pay you millions, you will receive a detailed analysis of what made each letter work so well, what set the work apart and how to inject these elements into your own work.

I am always amazed when someone hires me to coach them personally or to assist in consulting their business team to a higher production how many professionals stopped being students and can't see the connection in where they are at in their career.

A teacher must always remain a student to always be able to give fresh content. The MCG keeps you in that chair and I might add, with some of the most successful multi-million dollar and even BILLION dollar copywriters the world has to offer!

I have been in rooms with all millionaires and it doesn't surprise me that most of them are all actively subscribed to magazines, brochures and e-newsletters that keep their skill sharp and their talent moving forward.

So what are successful copywriters reading?

The Monthly Copywriting Genius is one piece you can't afford to be without.

www.themonthlycopywritinggenius.com

The Makepeace Total Package and anything frankly Clayton writes about should be a part of your daily writing vitamins:

www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/copywriting-coach/

Here's two tools you won't want to miss:

These two pieces alone could propel you to places you never dreamed possible!

So….. the bottom line is this. Do you want to succeed like the Master's in this trade? Might

be a good idea to read and soak yourself in what they do. Like breeds like…. and I want to learn

from those who are already where I am aiming to go!

To your writing success!

Sandi Krakowski

ps….. want more? Here ya go! I swped these from Clayton, as he is one I aspire to be like!

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Home Business Management With Kids In The House

2008-06-23T15:10:00.002-07:00

I am been so fortunate to have over 15 years of online working experience. All of these years were with kids in the house and homeschooling. Now before you get some kind of delusion in your head of perfection let me just say that while things have never been perfect in our home, they are quite profitable.

I have homeschooled for 15 years, and the success that we have had in homeschooling our kids and running a home based business has even formed their career choices. My 19 year old just secured a full time career with one of my clients, heading up a Media division of their company. At 15 he did his first bid in that field, something that might not ever have happened if he wasn't homeschooled and given the chance. When he was 12 he was actually running my shipping dept from our basement and while he might have made some mistakes , he learned alot about the realities of business. His boss recently said that his ability to shift gears on a project and not have a bad attitude was one of his best assets to the company. Where did he learn that? You try raising three boys under 10 and you'll learn as well how to shift gears and keep a good attitude. I remember training my son, "If your attitude stinks and you get an A+ in Chemistry I won't give you a diploma." Since attitude determines his future more than anything that was one of the biggest lessons I have trained my kids with.

I recently shared at a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting a technique I learned early on in business that I still practice after all these years. Learn to be production focused. Look at what you have gotten done rather than all the things you didn't get accomplished. Reward yourself for the small things and you'll be amazed at how much you accomplish. If you are constantly walking around with an attitude of 'things are never done' you'll most likely be depressed. Life as a mother, a business owner and a homeschooler means things are never done, but if you can learn how to grow personally thru the demands of each season of life, you'll create results that amaze you.

Learn to block out family time in your schedule where even if a client calls with a multi-million dollar deal you won't answer the phone. Train your children to respect your business hours and empower them to know what to do should an accident occur that doesn't necessarily demand your care. You might think you are simple surviving the chaos but as the example I stated with my 19 year old demonstrates, you might be actually grooming a future business owner for success!

Running a home based business, homeschooling and learning to live in the process rather than struggle has been one of the greatest accomplishments I have ever personally experienced. It can be for you as well!

If You Can't Write Sales Copy Why Are You Even Trying?

2008-06-23T15:10:00.001-07:00

Recently I had a client who is very successful in her business hire me, or so I thought, to write some sales copy for her. She has amazing products and already has an amazing website. Her branding is coming along nicely…. I have no doubt she will make alot of money with her products.

When I began to work with her however the situation became UNWORKABLE. What do I mean by that? Well let's just say she needs to hire someone else to write her copy.

As I was working to do her website sales copy, that she wanted me to edit, she was constantly telling me what she knew, or didn't know about copy. Well in a round about way. A confusing way.

"I have HEARD that you should do this.

I have HEARD that you should do that.

Well you are the expert and I'll do whatever you want or think is best that is why I am hiring you but I have HEARD that you should probably do this and it's so confusing to me"

This is how the conversation went. AROUND and around the dove tail we went. Around the circle… around and around.

Kind of reminds me of when I first began coaching with Dani Johnson. www.danijohnson.com Let's just say I was a royal pain in the butt! ( this client is not, but I have to say I was!) Dani was hired to help me to MASTER, become the best, to be the PRO at prospecting and closing. As she began to coach me I would argue with her…. when she would ask me if I wanted to learn or if I wanted to just give her my opinion of what I thought would work- I always said I wanted to be the best. I wanted to learn.

There were many times Dani would ask me, "Sandi, have you made a million dollars prospecting and closing yet. " I have in internet marketing and I have in sales copy in my kitchenware store, yes. But on the phone with a prospect, doing a cold lead that came thru a radio call- no. I had never done that. So! You see that while I might have had some experience and even expertise in some areas, I had no expertise in the areas I had hired Dani to coach me in.

Long story short, I was very teachable, I did exactly what she told me to do. I did not question, I did not ask why or what for. I figured if I fail her methods suck and I can continue broke. NOTHING lost. But guess what. It worked. I got a 95% closing ratio with cold leads on the phone in under 16 months. I broke international sales records- and EVEN outpaced my original sponsor, Tom Challan. I love Tom but I became good competition for him.

When I was always comparing what I did online with what Dani was doing on the phone… I got confused.

When I did exactly what Dani did to succeed on the phone, I was SUCCESSFUL! HUGELY! 1/2 million dollars.

THEN…… when I went to school to be a professional copywriter lets just say it's been amazing! Has paid me 5x what my investment was! In under 8 months.

So…. back to my client.

I believe she will do amazing…. I think she needs to rework her sales copy. Not being the only person who has told her that.. ( she has had 6 other copywriters give her tips and suggestions)….I know my opinion is not one sided.

However the lesson is this. When you hire a copywriter, unless you have had SUCCESS in writing sales copy…. give them a chance to succeed for you already.

I guarantee what I write. But if someone is always going to have me give them my education, validate why we do things, explain everything I do…. it's not worth the time or the headache.

When you hire a copywriter, let them write! You prepare for sales.

This client of mine and I went our seperate ways. I pray she gets someone to rewrite her copy. She deserves the best!

But if she doesn't let a copywriter do what they do best without requiring an understanding of everything in the process….. she'll most likely be where she is today a year from now.

To your success!

Sandi

"Sandi, how do you REALLY make money in a home business?"

2008-06-10T04:23:00.000-07:00

I get asked this question at least once a day. People are so misled by the tap-dancing that is going on in the home based business market that they are frustrated with just a desire to know what is true.

What is true about working at home thru the internet is this: IF you do not have at least 2-3 pages of exposure on the local search engine with your product and your business you really are not going to earn over a couple thousand dollars online.

In building my businesses I always branded myself- always made sure my exposure was massive.

When people were looking in my:

Niche

Lifestyle

Product line

Company Name

My personal Name

They could find me!

If I can't find YOU when I type these into the search engine in regards to your business you are losing money.

Most large search engine companies and domain services offer marketing and branding services. Many do NOT understand the workings of social networks and Web 2.0. Many times you'll waste alot of money.

Their price: $ 1995 for a 30 day program

My price: $ 345 for a 30 day program

If you need some boost to your present campaign of you need someone to get you started.... let me help you do it the right way.

After working a home based business online for 3 straight years and personally closing over 500 people myself, thru the phone exclusively and earning over $ 850,000- I can help you get the job done!

Contact me!

Sandi Krakowski

www.copywithresults.com

www.arealchange.com

Your Blood Speaks....... I was totally wrecked today

2008-06-02T15:20:00.000-07:00

Today I opened my box of CD's I got from http://www.ninalandis.com/ and I did not expect what happened... not to say I really didn't expect it but I didn't expect the Kingdom of Heaven to INVADE my home and my heart like I did from this new CD.

Music has always ministered to me and I minister to God thru music. I love to dance prophetically to Him and change the atmosphere thru worship..... as I put the CD into the CD drive of my Macbook the heavens collided with earth right there in my living room. My hair was standing on end I was immediately praying in the Spirit... wild.... my 12 year old comes to me and says, "Do you feel that Mom, my head is spinning, it's crazy!"..... we enjoyed God right there in our tiny home in Indiana...

... and it gets better... I put the CD into the CD player of my Yukon XL and was going to drive the boys for a sleepover at some friends... and it followed us. No small wonder... the annointing is ON that CD and it is TRANSFERRABLE..... I got so wrecked in my truck as we were listening to more.. and when Your Blood Speaks came on from FLY, the new CD by Nina Landis: http://www.ninalandis.com/ I had to park the truck quickly. I was loopy!! crying and praying in tongues... it was crazy...

I had to share this with you! I gave away 4 CD's already and went back to Nina's site to get 6 more copies.... this is one CD that I don't doubt we'll be hearing on radio stations around the US!!!!

Here I am messed up in my car!!!

Landis has raw passion breaking thru this CD... I am hearing breakthru and I am hearing raw love for Jesus on this CD. On SLIPPED AGAIN I hear the colliding of religion with freedom and I am so blessed to tell you... FREEDOM WINS... as you go thru the CD prepare and brace yourself before you listen to GLUTTONS AT A TABLE... it will destroy every comfort zone... it will uproot every religious thought and tendency you might have. It is a good one to start every day with. Totally amazing..

Go to http://www.ninalandis.com/ and get a copy now!!!! This year is about new beginnings and Landis' carries a powerful annointing for breakthru and beginnings on FLY!

To His love over you!
Sandi Krakowski
My office in Indiana

Amazing wisdom and power in these words, so I pass them onto you

2008-05-31T12:25:00.000-07:00

This is a quote from Pastor Bill Johnson regarding those who criticize the revival and Todd Bentley:

It is foolish to judge another mans experience by your own lack of experience. To critique a meal you've not eaten is another activity of the religious spirit. Todd is a personal friend, and more importantly a friend of God. He has an unusual passion for God, and gives Him first place in everything. God trusts him, and has entrusted him with this extraordinary move. God has heard the cries of the church in America for revival - He's now seeing how bad we want it by putting it in a package that is different than we're accustomed to. He's found someone who is not embarrassed to talk about the unusual experiences that God gives. God will not contradict the Scriptures, but He will gladly contradict my understanding of Scripture.

Revival Critics - Neither Bob Jones nor Todd Bentley would get information about you and then repeat it. If they had dirt on you, they would never use a public forum to criticize you. Be careful, because "reaping and sowing" are still in effect. You will eat from the seeds you have planted. Pray you don't get famous, because then it will be a BIG meal.

Fire in Lakeland FL!

2008-05-29T18:34:00.000-07:00

What is happening in Lakeland FL is NORMAL CHRISTIAN LIVING..... those who do not understand it will reject it, and those who are afraid of the supernatural will criticize it. God loves them anyways. I personally was healed 4 years ago of several life threatening diseases and I was IN a church that didn't believe in modern day miracles. I am SO GLAD ( and so are my children!) that God did not stay in the box we had Him in.... He is real, He is alive and He is cool, too! Just like Todd Bentley!!!

Read more about the Tattoo'd Preacher who loves Jesus!!

http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/29/1075189.aspx?p=1

Why would you settle for a dead God and religion?

2008-05-09T08:16:00.000-07:00

I don't understand why people reject signs and wonders, why they seek for a life in Christ without power. Kind of reminds me of a car with no gas, or a truck with no wheels. Can't get you anywhere. The reason I love God so much is that He is not like me. There is no fickleness in Him. There is no change in Him that would make me insecure. He is the same. Yesterday. The way He moved yesterday is the way He'll move today. He didn't send me the memo that He changed His ways.

I got healed of several horrific illnesses in a church that prayed for healing but settled on accepting illness. We prayed for grace and the spiritual complacencies of 'whatever you will.' And they forgot about IF YOU PRAY, BELIEVE! When I got to the point that I BELIEVED God.... He healed me, gave me a new life and invaded my life with heaven!!!

George Mueller used to tell people to not pray with him if they didn't believe. He fed orphans with supernatural provision. I guess he didn't get the memo either.

Preachers of old who were drying out would go into the woods and pray for fire. Now we pray to survive until the rapture.

I am not a survivalist I am a REVIVALIST!!!!!

Why would I settle for a dead God and a religion when I could have a blast with Jesus everyday?

THIS is the normal Christian life..... fire, fun and knowing Him more intimately than any other!

Sandi

If you don't drink in the Spirit you need to start NOW!

2008-04-29T06:44:00.000-07:00

Historic breakouts
Historic change

The events that are taking place right now in the Body of Christ WILL be relayed to our grandchildren and to our great grandchildren!!!

God is bringing FRESH WIND and FRESH WINE to those who will drink!!!

Go to http://www.god.tv and watch Todd Bentley and the Lakeland Revival... broadcast at 7 pm EST every night....

The religion is coming DOWN!!!! The revival is breaking out!!!!!!

Watch the recorded broadcasts and receive the fire!!!!

God has released His fire, His angels, His messengers and we will NEVER be the same!!!!

Do you need a miracle, a healing, a word from God.... email me!!! He has power and He loves you!!! HE LOVES YOU!!!!!

SOOOOO delicious green drink!

2008-04-04T08:08:00.000-07:00

Wow- day #4 of my cleanse and feeling SOOOO good!!!!

Today I made this amazing delicious green drink!! You have to make it!!

1 bunch of Kale

1 lemon ( took off peels)

2 big chuncks fresh pineapple

3 big strawberries

3/4 of a granny smith apple

Agave nectar to tastes

purified water

I put it in my Blentec Blender and mannnnn it is SOOOO refreshing!!!!

Enjoy!

Sandi

Wow- clean colon, clean mind

2008-04-01T07:51:00.000-07:00

Today is day #2 of my 90 day cleanse from www.drnatura.com and I am really REALLY enjoying how gentle to the system this program is. Last night I drank my tea and honestly after having several movements thru-out the day ( which is amazing, because the Pertussis had me so blocked up, that even with RAW FOODS I was ... ah.. not going, get my drift?).... I have taken alot of fiber supplements and even natural laxatives in the last few months since I had Pertussis and NOTHING worked.. nothing.

If this grosses you out, I am so sorry. But your health, how your memory works, the moods you are in, your hormones, you ability to lose weight is DIRECTLY affected by how healthy your colon is.

I lost 2 lbs yesterday. No KIDDING! And ALOT of bloat.... which is really nice. This morning I did not wake up running to the bathroom like other cleanse programs cause but let me just say I know that alot came out today. Believe it or not, and not to my surprise I also saw some yuggies come out, what I believe were parasites.

Now again if you are grossed out lets assess this. I eat a nearly all organic diet. I eat about 50-65% raw foods. I am very healthy. I got sick last December with something that is seriously dangerous, Pertussis... otherwise known as Whooping Cough. Within weeks my digestive tract was a mess. No small wonder. Pertussis could be indirectly related to parasites that could have come thru various means that I didn't realize.

If you think you don't need a serious cleanse, you are in denial my friends.

Nevertheless... things are cleaning out and I already feel better than I did yesterday. I am doing this for 90 days. Can't wait to share with you how it goes!

To clean health!
Sandi Krakowski

Spring Clean Your Colon!

2008-03-31T08:28:00.000-07:00

How often do you spring clean your body?

It's very similar to cleaning out your house, opening the windows, changing the mattresses around, getting under those pieces of heavy furniture that never get moved. Cleaning out your body and your colon specifically is imperative in your health journey.

Back in Dec of 2007 I came down with a REALLY weird thing.. Pertussis. Yes. Whooping Cough. I was vaccinated so that blows a case for vaccination. That is not my focus in this post however. I got really REALLY sick. It was supposed to last several months and yes, here it is March 31st and I can still feel a bit of residual yuck in my body. It's taken awhile for the antibodies to heal and 'me' to get back to normal. It is TIME for a cleanse.

Knowing what I do about parasites and intestinal buggies I can tell you I should have done this awhile back. I do alot of stuff to keep myself healthy but it's been at least a year since I have done a true intestinal full body cleanse. One that gets HIGH UP into the intestines.

So I started one today.

I am using: http://www.drnatura.com It comes highly recommended, it is gentle and it is very effective. Everything they describe you will expel I have done in the past so I am not surprised. And I am SOOOOOOOOOO eager to get my body back on track.

I have been battling some digestive uglies and my thyroid tests are running a bit low. My body temp has been all over the charts and my body is aching alot lately. It's time to purge the cucca ( no pun intended!) and the parasites and the junk out of my body.

I took my Fiber drink this morning. I did a full scoop and 4 caplets of the paracleanse because I have been taking Uri's Fiber blend for about 3 months now so my tummy can handle it.

I am excited to be CLEAN!!!! I recommend you join me! :)

To GOOD health and a clean body!
Sandi Krakowski

When Do You Need Internal Cleansing?

If this is the first time you've been exposed to this life-changing information, you've probably never considered this simple question: Are you clean inside? Of course you take care of the outside: You shower, brush your teeth and wash your hair on a regular basis, but do you clean yourself inside? In this modern, toxic world it's becoming a simple fact of life that our colon (the ‘sewer system' of the body), liver and other organs also require regular cleaning. Just like a car requires an oil change periodically.

Frequent fatigue and low energy

Flatulence, gas & bloating
Excess weight
Food allergies
Impaired digestion
Irritability, mood swings
Bad breath & foul-smelling stools
Parasites in stool
Frequent colds

Recurring headaches
Chronic constipation
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Protruding belly ("pooch")
Powerful food cravings
Skin problems, rashes, etc.
Metallic taste in mouth
Hemorrhoids
Candida infection

The SHOCKING Truth About "Healthy" Foods in America Today!

2008-03-27T08:54:00.001-07:00

For those who are taking vitamins, seeking information nutrition-

But be forewarned! There are a lot of "dirty secrets" happening in the farming, food and health industries that will literally turn your stomach. And in this Special Issue, you'll be exposed to the story that the big manufacturers hope you never learn.

Consumers Site Nutrition as Greatest Health Concern

WASHINGTON, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Four in five consumers are more concerned about health, nutrition, and fitness than they were a year ago, but nutrition has beat out fitness as consumers' top priority, according to a new survey of approximately 3,000 consumers by Phil Lempert, nationally renowned food industry expert and trend spotter.

"Shoppers care more than ever about the kinds of foods they buy and a growing number of consumers especially want to know where their foods came from and how they were raised or grown," said Lempert, who reports on consumer trends, food safety, and new products for NBC's Today Show.

The survey, which evaluated consumers' attitudes toward selecting foods, stated 95 percent of consumers are concerned about nutrition. As a result, Lempert suggests there is a growing trend toward fresh, minimally processed foods, which points toward greater interest in fruits and vegetables.

"Fresh fruits and vegetables offer the good nutrient sources consumers are looking for," Lempert said. "However, we have also seen a few reports recently that produce doesn't have the same level of nutrition that it did 40 or 50 years ago. The consumers surveyed easily recognized soil nutrients as the leading way to improve the nutrient content of foods."

According to the survey 84 percent of consumers recognize that the nutrient content of produce can vary based on production practices. Additionally, 70 percent noted soil nutrients as their preferred method for improving nutrient content.

Growing plants draw their nutrition from the soil. To ensure the healthiest, most nutrient dense produce, it is important that soils are replenished with key nutrients, especially nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. These are naturally occurring elements that come from either organic or commercial sources. Plants need to be "fed" just like people. Healthy soil produces healthy, nutritious fruits and vegetables.

Interestingly, 55 percent of consumers said organic foods contained the best nutrient levels. However, conventional fruits and vegetables actually offer the same and sometimes enhanced nutrient profiles because it's easier to balance soil nutrition in conventional crops.

Lempert said Americans are hungry for health and food information and predicts our food obsession will continue to grow. In addition to nutrition and health, Lempert suggests convenience, technology and value will be key consumer drivers in 2007.

SOURCE: Nutrients for Life Foundation

Recession? BUNK! Don't buy into the propaganda!!!

2008-03-25T13:55:00.000-07:00

I am always so amazed at how unhappy people can become by just watching the news... it's amazing to me how discontented and full of fear an entire nation can become by just listening to what is stated on the local radio.

I don't know about you but I do NOT believe we are in a recession.... there are some people who need to get out of debt and they need to live with less..... but we are not in a time period when the people who have been faithful will suffer.

God is in the business of restoring.... He is in the business of second chances and He knows how to give back that which was taken!!

Just 4 years ago we were over $ 450,000 in debt... I was just recovering from a life threatening illness...... I had no clue where my life would be in 2008. I was listening to the lies of unbelief, I was listening to the prideful religious spirit that said 'if you make a pit you'll have to lie in it'. You see I was trapped in NUMEROUS PITS.... and I was lying in it and I was sick of lying in it.

Then I did something radical.... I decided against all hope, when everyone else was trying to protect me from getting my hopes up.... I decided to go past hope right to GOD Himself... and I BELIEVED GOD.

My life was never the same.

My body recovered from 14 diseases!

My debt was paid off and cancelled...

My body was given back to me, going from a size 20 and walking with a cane to a size 12 and running thru airports with high heels on!

My marriage was healed... my husband got his young wife back after they told him it would never happen

So when I hear we are in a recession, we are heading for loss, we are going to all die... boo hoo... I say with the best voice I can muster up: GO TO HELL DEVIL and back off..... not on my watch buddy!! Not on my watch

Will you HOPE against hope?

Will you believe when everyone else is filled with unbelief?

Make a list - what have you lost? What are you struggling with? What is at an end in your life

This is the year of NEW BEGINNINGS.... and it's time for the time of repayment and debt cancellation... it's the time of new life and new hope and new belief!!

A recession? BUNK!!!!

No, I don't think so... not for one second.

With love!

Sandi Krakowski

www.arealchange.com

Juice and Energy Drinks Might Be A Hidden Danger

2008-03-14T14:45:00.001-07:00

With so many people reaching for Super Juices and even All-Natural Energy drinks to give them the slight-edge they desire in nutrition, many don't realize the hidden dangers that can exist in such products.

Super Juices like Xango for example are pasteurized and homogenized. That means that by the time the product reaches you it has been processed at least 3 times. NOT what I call healthy. Sure the bottle is sexy but so what! I'd prefer my body be sexy and healthy..... rather than drinking a useless over-processed juice in a sexy bottle.

Super Juices make all sorts of unsubstantiated health claims and sell millions of their products when the truth still exists: FOOD is where your nutrition should come from.

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Energy drinks, even those that are labeled as All-Natural many times are far from natural. If you call 2500 grams of energy caffeinated poison natural I'd hate to ask you what un-natural is! But we all have days when we're dragging, we're not up to par. What do you do?

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Eat right and live long!
Sandi Krakowski

MORE Green Lemonade!

2008-03-08T14:15:00.001-08:00

This time we made it with:

Kale
Spinach
Agave Nectar
Coconut Water
Orange
Lemon
Cilantro

SOOOOOO good and not gritty at all with the Blendtec!!

Green Lemonade!

2008-03-08T06:19:00.000-08:00

Refer to a previous post on raw foods to see why I LOVE this drink! But in short.. it's better than a pot of coffee! No kidding! Cleans you out... gives you energy and clears your head!

Here's my Green Lemonade in Process:

Cutting up the ingredients:

Getting ready to blend:

YUMMY!!! A blender full of ENERGY for the day!
It's March 8th.... we spring forward TOMORROW!!!!!

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2008-03-07T20:17:00.000-08:00

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In my home office in Indiana

Raw Coconut For Weight Loss

2008-03-07T04:11:00.000-08:00

During the last 2 years I have gone from a size 20 to a hot size 12! ( if I might say so myself!).... as I recently bought some MEK jeans I began to realize that my body SHAPE is changing...... and I wonder if it's the Coconut Oil. I have a very muscular body and it seems alot easier to stay lean these days!

Coconut oil is so helpful for balancing your body, that weight loss becomes natural!

I go thru at LEAST 32 oz per month! I drizzle it on my salad..... eat it on crackers.... use it in place of anything that I'd use butter on: potatoes, veggies, noodles.... I put 3 TBPS each day in my smoothie! ( add slowly over time or you're body will react)

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ALivingFood.com and The Feast

2008-03-06T09:59:00.001-08:00

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The health industry is vast. The alternative-health sector, especially, is growing. Whether it's a newsletter talking about the latest in natural remedies, a nutritional supplement, or organic food, a copywriter is creating sales copy for it … and it might as well be you.

According to The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 36% of all adults use alternative medicine in one form or another.

According to the American Botanical Council, natural-supplement sales have grown steadily over the past 15 years.

The natural-foods industry grew 9.7% last year.

According to a report by MarketResearch, natural pet products will top $1 billion by next year.
Over 1,300 magazines on Amazon are dedicated to health.

The Who's Mailing What! Archive tracked 3,343 health-related mailings last year from 201 different companies.

Alternative health continues to play an important role in millions of people's lives. In fact, more than one-third of all American adults make alternative-health purchases every year … a big audience. Nutritional products have grown dramatically. And health products for pets is still a big business.

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You Can't Go Wrong With A Spirit Of Unity.....

2008-03-04T19:12:00.001-08:00

....... creeping around the corners in your home based business is an enemy that will zap your paycheck, suck your skill dry and give you such a distracting case of drama you won't know what hit you if you are not careful.

Disunity is such a compromiser. This ugly spirit will cause jealousy, false accusation, exaggeration and such drama you'll think you are living in a soap opera. It will start out slow.... too many emails, too much time on a forum, too many blog posts, and far too much time doing things that do not generate an income.

Recently I began selling Blenders to supplement my other businesses. We flew fast with this one because of past experience we've had. In just 15 days we have earned $ 2000 with a passive income. WOW..... take the order, fill the order, business ships the product.

This my friend is how your home based business should work.

I don't deal with drama, jealousy, staged complaints and exaggerations to make a point. This is a business that can be run thru email entirely. I have not spoken to one person by phone. This is a business that you must know how to do - to do it well or you will lose ALOT of money. Reminds me of people who buy leads like a lottery ticket and get ad campaigns going almost like playing crap shoots.

A home based business will flourish with unity. It will thrive even when you are not around. If everyone on the team gives everyone the BENEFIT of the doubt and is not constantly trying to find something that someone must have done wrong for the wrong motive.... everyone will make a big paycheck.

I have been in companies where so much money was left on the table due to drama... and everyone lost. And the ones making the money got rich all the way to the bank while everyone gossiped about them.

You can't go wrong with unity. You can't believe too much, you can't forgive too much, you can't live too much.

But jealousy my friends, false accusation, envy and greed..... groups run with management that suck at personal growth.... there is nothing that can do CPR on such an organization.

You can't go wrong with unity.

Follow hard after unity. Seek unity. Forgive for unity. Believe the best for unity. Overlook faults, cover a multitude of mistakes.... watch your paycheck soar!!!

It's a blizzard here in Indiana.. I am heading to bed..
with the most sexy man I know.. my husband!

Love,
Sandi Krakowski

Florida Man Raised From The Dead in ER Room!

2008-03-03T12:12:00.000-08:00

"All of a sudden these words came out, 'Father, I cry out for this man's soul, if he does not know You, raise him from the dead.'"

Florida, USA)—Just a story about Dr. Chauncey Crandall would be interesting enough on its own; a Christian doctor who practices medicine in Palm Beach, Florida, and prays with his patients.

"The reason I pray for people is because I found, early in my trained practice, that there were miracles, unexplained healings," explains Dr. Crandall.

But when a man named Jeff Markin walked into the Palm Beach Gardens Hospital Emergency Room, and promptly collapsed on the floor due to a massive heart attack, the most astounding miracle was about to be witnessed.

According to the WSVN 7-News report, Markin could not be revived even after many efforts by hospital staff. By the time his heart had been stopped for nearly an hour, the call went out for Dr. Crandall.

"As I entered the ER it was like a war zone," recounted Crandall. "Here was this lifeless body on a stretcher. His face, his arms, his legs were pitch black with death. I said, 'Let's just call the code, let's end it because there's no life left.'"

But just as Dr. Crandall was walking out of the room, he heard from God.

"A voice told me to turn around and pray for that man. I looked down at the body, and I said, 'Lord, what can I pray for this man? He's gone.' All of a sudden these words came out, 'Father, I cry out for this man's soul, if he does not know You, raise him from the dead,'" the doctor said.

Although the hospital staff was already preparing Markin's body for the morgue, Dr. Crandall asked for him to be shocked one more time. When they finally did, Markin's heart began to beat perfectly, and he started breathing on his own.

Jeff Markin wasn't a Believer before the day he was resurrected, but is now attending church.

Watch the 7-News video of this amazing resurrection from the dead by CLICKING HERE. Read the full account at the link provided.

Source: Louis Aguirre – WSVN 7-News

The Language Of Failure

2008-03-03T12:02:00.000-08:00

Children do not know the language of failure and they do not know the language of unbelief. They operate in faith... until someone changes their beliefs.

A child will not debate 'if they can' ...... 'if they should'..... and they do not give excuses. They act on what they believe ( so do adults!) and they tend to have far less baggage, don't they?

When you hear a child pray they don't deliberate about what they are allowed to ask for.... they don't worry about whether or not this is 'ok' to talk to God about. They are open, transparent and real.

The language of failure starts with excuses . Children do not have any. ...... well at least they don't until someone begins to pop their BELIEF level ..

Walk in child like faith today in your business. Watch what happens. Ask God to teach you how to do that skill, to have favor with that person, to know how to get that task done. If you are dealing with doubt or unbelief? Ask a child to pray for you!

Living a victorious life in Indiana.....
Sandi Krakowski
www.alivingfood.com

A Silk Over Steel Woman! FitByJen.com

2008-03-02T13:17:00.000-08:00

I met a champion today!! Meet my new friend Jen: http://www.fitbyjen.com/

Jen has overcome a serious weight problem and has crafted, chizzled and carved her life by design. She has much of the same beliefs I do.... please be sure to read her 7- laws - http://www.fitbyjen.com/Blog.aspx she has alot of wisdom in this power packed life of hers!

She was recently featured on CNN.com : http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/02/29/weightloss.jennifer.marnell/index.html

For those who feel they can't lose weight, be sexy, be a great mommy, wife and silk over steel woman- think again!!!!

Jump over to Jen's site and be encouraged!

Living my dream ,

Sandi Krakowski

574-971-8762

In My Home Office in Indiana
www.alivingfood.com

Change Your Thinking and Get Out Of Debt

2008-02-29T06:53:00.000-08:00

Many people think that to get out of debt financially they need to make more money. Sadly this couldn't be any further from the truth. The thing that got you into debt was NOT a lack of money and the thing that is going to get you out of debt is NOT to make more.

After paying off over $ 450,000 in debt, which includes medical debt, credit card debt, our mortgage that we couldn't afford and were idiots to get in the first place... I have learned alot of things. I guess you could say I have become a Debt Irradication Expert!

There's alot of teaching out there on debt but very little touches the real issue of what gets people into debt, keeps them in debt and pretty much gives them debt for the rest of their life.

I first got into debt when I was 19 years old. Earning $ 900 per month, I took out a $ 145 car payment and was on my way. Living at home, paying about $ 100 per month room and board and living a life that I thought was the culmination of my hopes and dreams ( good job, my own time, snazzy car) I started on the pathway to 'I can't have that right now but I can delay pay and enjoy it anyways'.

So how do you change your thinking so you can truly get out of debt?

And.... once you get out of debt- here is the big ticket. How do you STAY out of debt.

Debt is a habit. It has nothing to do with how much money is in your checkbook. So how do we change a habit and is it something we can do overnight?

Wikipedia says: Habit is an acquired pattern of behavior that often occurs automatically .

Webster's dictionary says: Habit is a behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or physiologic exposure that shows itself in regularity or increased facility of performance b: an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary.

So how do you change this acquired pattern of behavior and how do you start a new frequent repetition of something that can change your current lifestyle?

This my friends is why your THINKING is influencing your debt habit more than anything.

Everyday I speak to, coach and counsel people on how they can create a business working from home that suits their personality, is in line with their skillset and is something that will work for their lifestyle. One of the biggest motivators that people have for starting a business at home is:

To get out of debt. Plain and simple.

People want to get out of debt.

Yet when I speak of what it takes to make the hundreds of thousands of dollars that I have while working from my home I get the same responses.

"Isn't there an easier way? "

"I heard that I could get the right system and it would all be done for me. Is that true?"

"Do I have to talk to people?"

"Do I really need a website?"

"Well what is your secret Sandi?"

The thinking of most Americans is quick fix, instant recovery. Yet the problem they are in didn't happen overnight and the remedy for their debt is not going to come overnight either.

Far to many people have bit the magic bullet only to have life get even harder. They have paid for training, they have gotten the right company, they have found the 'wonder product' and they still have not been able to make any money.

Let me ask you this ? Is it really worth it to you to get out of debt? Are you really REALLY willing to do whatever it takes to get out of debt or do you simply want a way to have your cake and eat it too?

After paying off $ 450,000 in debt I can tell you this.. it was NOT easy. It was NOT comfortable and it did NOT happen overnight. Sure I did that in under 3 years and I did it while working a highly paying internet company. But it happened with good hard honest work. Period. No secret formula.

Are you willing to change the way you think and then CHANGE the way you act to get out of debt?

I welcome your comments!!!

Oh... before you get discouraged let me tell you this. Living debt free is like nothing you have ever experienced before. AND living debt free and having your own highly paying internet business ( well I have four!!).... that is truly amazing! Heaven on earth.

Let me know where your committment level is!

Sandi
574-971-8762
My Office at Home in Indiana
www.alivingfood.com

On my way to enjoy an awesome day with my family!

A Youth Group Earns $ 25,000 in ONE WEEK!

2008-02-28T18:44:00.001-08:00

WOW.. I have the absolute blessing of knowing a youth group that personally worked hard and held an auction with their own hands, with their own work and personally on their own generated $ 25,000 for some babies who need them and souls that have been forgotten in Africa.

When our youth rise up like that and have told poverty to go to hell.... they go without and they walk by faith.... that my friends is true wealth.

If a group of believing kids who are wild, crazy, drink too much Mountain Dew and stay up too late for their own good most times can come up with $ 25,000 for babies they have never even held....

.... can you get past your excuses and your crap ( pardon me, no better way to say it!)... pick up the phone, get to work and create an income??

Success is a journey worth taking!

Sandi

574.971.8762

My Home Office in Indiana

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2008-02-28T09:18:00.000-08:00

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What is the difference between someone who is IN business and someone who is merely operating a costly hobby?

2008-02-28T08:41:00.001-08:00

How long has your website been active and online?How much money have you made with your website.

Now is the time to repent for the sins of being a hobby builder and straddle the fence to real full time success with part time hours... and bottom line... start making money with your website!

What is the difference between someone who is IN business and someone who is merely operating a costly hobby? The person who is in business is making a profit and cashing a check!
Sick of the hype, the garbage and the nonsense that exists in the home based business market?
I can help! After working just 3 years online I was able to earn $ 850,000 ( and it's still growing) and this was all done while homeschooling my kids! I obviously have figured out a few things... and I'd like a chance to share them with you.

However if you are not the kind of person who really is looking to work at home and simply thought creating a website was like creating an ATM machine.. please don't waste my time or yours.

If you are serious about working and making more money than most people even know what to do with.. visit my website today: http://www.sandikrakowski.com/

You can succeed at home!

Sandi Krakowski

574-971-8762

From............My Home Office in Indiana

Poverty Is a Learned Behaviour

2008-02-22T05:31:00.000-08:00

Have you ever had a time when an advancement in your business, your career, your online store was just staring you in the face..... begging you to come forward... the income INCREASE was inviting you.... but you were frozen. Paralyzed. Couldn't do it. Ever been there? Me too.

This is not some hookey spookey thing that only The Secret can help you to plow thru. This is a scientific fact that occurs in the brain and usually has something to do with a learned behaviour rather than the present reality of advancement you are facing.

Poverty is a learned behaviour. It is a trained response. It can occur consciously or subsconsciously. Needless to say when you have a chance to earn alot of money working online... and you simply can't reach out and take it.... it is a bahaviour that can make you mad... and leave you feeling like a failure.

Dr. Caroline Leaf of http://www.drleaf.net/ has given some amazing training in her DVD series and Book entitled "Who Switched Off My Brain?" Quite frankly the title of this book is inviting... it is literally saying to the general population.. WAKE UP and become what you were designed to be!

There is a biochemical process that occurs everytime you make a memory. And if you made a memory at some point in your life that taking risks will cause pain... you will avoid at all costs, block out and tone out chances for risk. Even good risks.... which by the way all millionaires see as good. Risks = Wealth. No one ever made a million dollars outside of an inheritance without taking risks.. and even then, you are inheriting from someone else's risk taking.

If you have had an experience that created a memory that any attempt towards wealth has been painful and people have told you, "Just come to your senses dude, get back in touch with reality... people like us don't make millions" and you agreed with that statement..... it is no small wonder why you are not achieving the wealth you desire and were designed for.

I meet well meaning faith-based people all the time who willfully stay broke, who whine and beg God to relieve their debts but when the rubber hits the road, they are doing everything they can to stay broke. Wrong interpretations of what The Bible says about money causes such people to feel that being holy is to be in poverty. NOT. There are alot of wealthy, holy and God fearing people in the Bible. Actually... the Bible says he who chases fantasies has poverty waiting for him. He who is stingy will become impoverished. (Stealing online by the way is being stingy... see article previous post) No where does it say money is evil. It says the love of money leads to all evil. That my friends is a condition of the heart.. it has nothing to do with an ammoral object called currency.

The condition of the heart will cause judgements against those who have alot of money. Judgement of the wealthy produces a memory that will cause one to do everything possible to not become wealthy. Hatred to the rich will cause someone to avoid all things that could cause one to become rich.

Poverty is a learned behaviour. You were not born with it... you could possibly however have been born into it.. and it's bloodline.

So what to do? Change the programming. Have a new experience. Change the memory. Reject the lie that money is evil, all wealthy people are selfish and rich people are greedy.

Money makes you more of what you are. If you are making excuses, living as a victim and blaming others and circumstances for why you steal, lie and cheat when you are broke..... than you'll steal, lie and cheat as a wealthy person. If you are an idiot when you are broke, then you'll be an idiot when you are wealthy. If you are honest, kind and truthful with yourself and others when you are broke, you'll be the same way when you are wealthy.

The life you are living right now is the sum result of your choices. Change your mind. It's that simple.

To true freedom and financial independence!

Sandi Krakowski

Does Stealing Content From Someones Blog Really Make You Money?

2008-02-21T05:32:00.000-08:00

No it makes you live a dishonest life and makes you feel like an idiot because you couldn't come up with your own content.

I'm not talking about gathering some info from Wikipedia or maybe even gathering info from some articles to use on your blog that might interest your readers. I am talking about taking content from someone else's blog...... and putting your name on it... and making yourself look like you wrote it... or worse yet? Like you are living the life that is behind the original post.

Interesting to me... first time ? not on your life.

You see I have made millions working online... ran a kitchenstore years ago.. took a $ 3,000 investment to $ 3.5 million dollars. I remember the first time a stay at home Mom thought she was innocent in mirroring my site.. literally having a blast with her left click button and copying my stuff... and putting it on her site. Well she is no longer in business. I rest my case. It seems like it goes with the territory I guess.

The more successful you get the more people will use ... I mean steal your content!

Now.... for all of you who have no clue this is a crime... just take a deep breath and start writing your own content. That should settle the matter. And for those who think 'swiping' someone's page is what I am talking about.... let's look into this further:

Swiping: A swipe file is simply a file or collection of marketing messages, headlines, techniques, etc. Essentially, whenever you see an example of great marketing you add it to your marketing collection.

What swiping is not? It is not permission to re-use the content! Never just re-use someone's copywriting. BLOG posts are COPYWRITING. Why don't you want to do that? Because it's a breach of copyright and it's illegal. If that isn't enough... you'll always feel second rate because you KNOW in your heart... you never wrote the content in the first place.

So while I might appreciate that people like what I write... and they might see the results I am having with what I write...the truth of the matter is this:

Does stealing content from someone else's blog really make you money?

NO. Period. End of story. That is a spirit of poverty. He who chases such fantasies has poverty awaiting them.

So! Get some training.... use some creativity! Get over your excuses and start writing your own content! You might end up writing BETTER than the person you were borrowing from.

To higher success!
Sandi Krakowski

MOVE IT so you don't lose it!

2008-02-21T04:55:00.000-08:00

I have been doing an experiment with my choices in raw foods... years ago I had SLE Lupus so badly I could hardly walk. Was 80 lbs heavier and walked with a cane all the time, walker sometimes. I no longer need assistance in walking and even can jog a bit... but with the cold weather we're having in Indiana my joints are very tender lately. It is not what I would qualify as pain ( as I KNOW what that is like!) but more of an ache.

We just purchased a treadmill and this has been great. One of the best things for achey joints is to get them moving. Years ago I believed it was too hard to exercise when I was in alot of pain but I now know that even just 5 minutes of stretching, sitting on the edge of the couch and rotating your ankles.. raising your hands... ANYTHING helps! I am grateful that I can now jog on my treadmill but you get the point... MOVE IT so you don't lose it!

As I've been experimenting with more raw foods and going back to alot of whole foods in my diet ( excluding alot of grains... grains can aggravate your joints if you eat too many) I have noticed that I have more energy, I have less digestive aggravation and my joints feel alot better. All of the enzymes and nutrients in these foods that are not processed or cooked do my body good!

Many people write me and ask what can you do when you travel? You can't pack a blender can you? Well I guess you could! No one is stopping you... but I choose not to. :-) I take The Feast.... www.urilife.net/arealchange/home.html I can make it in a shaker cup, order some fresh fruit from room service and I have ALIVE and ENERGY producing foods!

Uri Life's The Feast meets that need but the day to day process of what I am eating and doing is what is going to influence my body's health.

So.... move your body! so you don't lose it!
Use your brain... so you don't lose it!

To your health!
Sandi Krakowski

Uri Life The Feast On Radios Everywhere

2008-02-20T05:59:00.000-08:00

The Feast has been unleashed to radio! This is no longer a time of super juices that are pasteurized and homogenized and dead on arrival in a store near you... no more.. this is a time when a generation has risen up and live whole foods are the plan for health.

No longer do people want to drink so-called health drinks and cover their nose in the process.. Uri Life's The Feast is active, it's alive, and it's filled with nutrients your body is craving.

Lacking energy? You might need water! Tired and worn out? You could need more veggies and fruits! Having a hard time sleeping? You body might be working overtime to get all it needs.

Feed a body well..... Uri Life The Feast! Get your sample today:

www.urilife.net/arealchange/home.html

www.alivingfood.com

We're here to serve you in all of your health needs!

Good health rocks!
Sandi Krakowski

Uri Life The Feast and The Green Smoothie

2008-02-15T03:58:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I had nearly 90% raw and I popped out of bed today at 440 am! Feeling ALIVE and FRESH and ready to go!

What does it mean I had 'raw'? It means that 90% of what I ate was alive, uncooked and fresh in some fashion.

I had a smoothie for breakfast, and the infamous green smoothie for the first time in my life and LOVED IT... nearly craved it! My body felt so good! then I had a great pesto with pine nuts and garlic and olive oil and basil and alot of other yummy stuff last night.. yummm.… I had mine with Romaine and Chard leaves. YUMMY!

Had a green smoothie just now at 7 am and feel so alive is freaky.
My smoothie this morning is:

1 Lemon
1/2 Orange
1 Cup Romaine Leaves
1 Stalk Celery
1/2 Granny Smith Apple
2 Tsp Agave Nectar
1 Cup Coconut Water

YUMMY! Raw feels so good.. and Uri Life's The Feast is a great compliment to this kind of eating as it is 100% alive as well.... http://www.alivingfood.com/

Eat raw.. I dare you!
Sandi

Uri Life and The True Measure Of Wealth In A Recession....

2008-02-13T05:53:00.000-08:00

.... is determined by how much you own, not by how much you earn.

I have friends who earn several million dollars per year but they are over 6-figures in debt! The real test of independence, and true networth is not in what you earn! It is in what you keep! I earn multiple six-figures and I only became wealthy when I no longer had alot of debt to pay off.

I am not one who believes in hording... and I am not one who believes that we can possess any security because we have a big bank acct. However if I had to choose between owning my own home with a $ 2500 mortgage payment and a dream home... or between having several hundred thousands dollars in the bank and living in a smaller house that costs no more than

$ 1400 per month to maintain.. I would take the smaller house.

You see I have had the dream house... the big house, the 3 bedrooms, the 14 foot ceilings, the acreage and the so called 'life'. It was not what it was cracked up to be! Took alot to maintain. The day we downsized and got a home that costs us so little to keep up... 2 years old, beautiful, backs up to the woods.. but only 1000 sq ft is the day I really took a deep gulp of freedom.

To be wealthy in a recession is not determined by what you own... but to be wealthy is to have nothing that owns you.

If your debt is keeping you awake at night and the calls coming into your home from creditors is more than you can bear.... I'd love to chat and give you some options you might not have thought about.

UriLife and The Feast are things that can be capitalized on during a recession! I have had a home based business that focuses on nutrition during a recession before.. it tripled in profits! The Feast is not a vitamin, it's not a super juice, it's not a green drink even... it is POWER PACKED whole food nutrition you can eat or drink anywhere. Sure beats canned food if the power went out for a long time! :)

Give me a call or visit my site: www.alivingfood.com or www.urilife.com/arealchange

To your freedom!

Sandi Krakowski

www.alivingfood.com focus is on live whole foods with no additives

2008-02-11T18:48:00.000-08:00

Live Whole Food Based, “InstaFresh” Juice Powder

Our proprietary low-temperature drying process concentrates livewhole foods and fresh raw juices into nutrient dense, great tasting,juice mixes for the ultimate in all-natural, convenient REAL nutrition.

That means that at ALivingFood.com we are focusing on LIVE WHOLE FOODS that do not have additives, do not have pasteurization, are NOT homogenized! This is good news!

Recent studies of so called "super juices" have found them to severely lacking in nutrients because of the governmentally regulated pasterization process. Xango is one such juice that is recently showing up in many newspapers across Utah:

On a scale of molecular weight, XanGo's antioxidants measured 14,884 "micromoles" per liter — slightly higher than cranberry juice, but lower than black cherry and less than half the power of blueberry juice. Apple juice finished last in this test. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxQb2gME5yA_jVo6atnUEJmmmwGwD8UMP80G0

Typical ORAC Value (Antioxidant Value) of Uri Life The Feast:
Per Scoop: 1,990. Per 300 Gram Jar: 59,700.*The typical ORAC value may vary slightly from batch to batch due to natural changes in growing and harvesting conditions.

All of this in ONE power packed, nutrient dense, complete whole food formula for the ultimate in whole food nutrition!†THE FEAST Powder Drink Mix is a supreme blend of nature's most nutrient dense, live whole foods. This carefully selected combination works together synergistically, providing greater nutritional benefits than when consumed individually. The Feast Powder is the most powerful and nutritionally sound powder drink mix product on the market!

Eat Live foods!
Sandi

My new website www.alivingfood.com is now live!

2008-02-08T07:55:00.000-08:00

LIVE food is what makes the grade!

"What's the REAL TRUTH about Health and Nutrition?"

Back to Basics . . . Our Past Reveals the Future of Nutrition!

With nutritional supplementation and health awareness at an all-time high, why have health problems skyrocketed over the last 100 years? While our ancestors lived difficult lives, they were not burdened with many of the complicated health challenges we face today. So what has changed in our modern world? What is the secret to enjoying the health and vitality experienced by our forefathers?

We want to introduce you to a whole new concept in nutrition:
Live Whole Food Based, “InstaFresh” Juice Powder

“Our proprietary low-temperature drying process concentrates live
whole foods and fresh raw juices into nutrient dense, great tasting,
juice mixes for the ultimate in all-natural, convenient REAL nutrition.”

There is a DESPERATE need for this product!

Get your one-week sample now! Your life will never be the same!

http://www.urilife.net/arealchange/sample.html

Listen to your local radio station, you will hear about The Feast..

2008-02-06T18:43:00.001-08:00

Hey Everyone!

We go live with our Radio commercial on The Feast, the only Whole Food Raw Food insta-fresh drink on the market THIS WEEK! Mark my words- you WILL hear about The Feast on your local radio station within the next 30 days!!!

Do you want people to order from you???

If you haven't heard of The Feast, please check it out now: www.urilife.net/arealchange/home.html

I'd love to talk to you! :)

Sandi Krakowski
Office: 574.971.8762
http://www.arealchange.com
Are you ready for a REAL change?

Get your hopes up REALLY high...

2008-02-05T08:48:00.001-08:00

Get your hopes up so high that even if it doesn’t come to pass, you are still encouraged.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for. The problem with so many of today’s Christians is they are afraid to hope for anything, they are so worried about being disappointed that they have no substance at all and therefore walk in total unbelief.

excerpt from Faith in an Unbelieving Church. (c) 2008, Sandi Krakowski, all rights reserved.

What does the recession mean to you?

2008-01-25T06:22:00.001-08:00

Did you hear the news? Did you see the forecasts all
the experts are making?

Let me give you some advise. Do not believe everything
you hear. I don't mean that they are
feeding you a line of bull.... actually the
opposite. What I do want to tell you however is
that at this time of year, when a possible
recession is hanging in the loom- this is the
biggest time historically in the home based
business industry.

People are ready for a change. They do not want
to hang onto their boss for security anymore.
They are needing more money.

I know how it is. Just 3 years ago we were in
debt. We were losing our house. We were at our end!
But we got started in a home based business and
I'll tell ya this- it wasn't all it was
cracked up to be. Not everything out there was
honest and not everyone out there was walking in
integrity. But I made a decision....

No more living and trusting in others for my
future.

If you are looking for an industry to invest your
rebate check into and you do not want to buy
another lottery ticket, give me a call.

I'd love to help you get started on your future.

God bless,
Sandi
http://www.sandikrakowski.com
Office: 574-971-8762

VH1 Teaching on forgiveness

2008-01-22T14:26:00.000-08:00

Wow.. I have to tell you I am NOT a VH1 fan, but most recently I began to watch Celebrity Rehab. I was so shocked when I heard Dr Drew tell one of the gals that she had to find a way to forgive and she had to let go of bitterness or it would kill her faster than the drugs.

WOW- God led me to watch this as I have a strong desire to love and minister to these people- I would love to even be there for Celebrities if God would let me.... they are just people with hearts that need a Savior and deserve love.

As I watch this I pray, I learn and I ask God for grace and wisdom. I can see the demons and I want to love on them, cast those out and SET THEM FREE!

Wow- VH1 teaching on forgiveness and bitterness. GO GOD!!!!

Love,
Sandi

It's a good thing I work at home....

2008-01-17T13:21:00.001-08:00

.... and when I want to sip tea and talk to people on BeenUp2 or MySpace I have no guilt.... because I know I do not have to work all the time. I don't have to constantly look at ratios and track records and goals. I have made more money when I focus on people and life and love than when I focus on strategies and methods and programs. I've been designed to see and feel and hear and He is the one I search for.... it's a good thing I work at home.

Love,
Sandi

He said, "Find the peace!"

2008-01-16T11:13:00.000-08:00

Was lying in bed last night, listening to some music. It was 124 am and yes I was still awake- half awake actually. And I heard Him, He said, "Find peace, I am where the peace is."

Lately I have had some questions before the Lord, things that aren't making sense to me... not that He has to make sense to me, but I just didn't 'get' what was the direction forward. So last night He said "PEACE"

I am resting in peace today, drinking cranberry rooibos tea. It's a real peace inducer if you ask me. Doesn't make me sleepy- makes me feel more 'balanced'......been still recovering from this nasty case of Pertussis ( Whooping Cough) and I just don't feel 100% myself yet. So here I am.... drinking rooibos tea, writing my blog post and resting in His peace.

Luv,
Sandi

Fat Burning Candy!

2008-01-14T11:30:00.000-08:00

1/2 cup organic Cacoa Powder
3 cups of shredded unsweetened coconut
3/4 Cup coconut oil, raw organic
1/2 cup agave nectar
1/2-3/4 cup raw almonds

Mix the cocao and coconut together. Add coconut oil and agave nectar. Place in mounds on tray and put in freezer for 30 min. must store in freezer.

These are great for burning fat, satisfying the sweet tooth and make that lazy menopausal thyroid perk up!

ENJOY!

Less Value But Increased Strength

2008-01-11T06:19:00.000-08:00

Many times as a Marketplace warrior, a person who God is using in the marketplace, in business- we can be hit with a challenge. We'll lower our values to increase our position... we'll be put in situations where we'll compromise an increase in INFLUENCE for a decrease in our values.

It doesn't typically happen overnight, but sometimes it can. We'll see a business or a person growing in influence quickly and we'll see an increase in demand for speaking engagements, or book writing, or in my case people calling for marketing advise, advertising suggestions, will I write their sales copy for their next biggest business piece. And while it might not appear on the surface to be a compromise to the integrity of my Christian position, ultimately it could lead there.

How many of us go in a direction we know full well we shouldn't go in... and yet we rationalize that it's going to 'increase our position'.... ' it will increase our favor' might be a better christian-eze way to say it. Yet......we know in our heart of hearts we must come down a rung or two on our values and our value in what God is doing but we rationalize that it must BE God if we are being given this chance.... this opportunity.

Opportunity is not the indicator of God's favor. It can often times be a trap. Remember the enemy doesn't come with a gong and a blast that he is leading into a path of deceit. He mixes 90% of God's truth with just enough poison that most would never catch on. Oh God help us as Marketplace ministers when we mix 90% of God's truth with just enough humanism that most would never catch it! Forgive us God when we relate our ROI, our increased profits, our ability to give more and impact many and we have had such an increase because we took 90% of God's Word and mixed it with just enough of the worlds metaphysical poison that of course they'd want it!

We have not won with such schemes, we have been bought is what happened.

When we we lower our values to increase our strength we have succumbed to the path of least resistance and that path always always always leads to weakness.

Rise up , increase your values, stand firm as Daniel did in this modern day Babylon and resolve to not eat of the worlds mix. Do not mix your sales methods and your campaigns with just 10% of the worlds secrets and newage methods.. Do not justify your 90% increase in income saying it was God when you know that you used 10% of the worlds lies to acquire it.

If I use Metaphysical means of mind control and I use New Age secrets of human persuasion to get people to take action with my sales copy and I call it God when they respond, what have I done. I have lowered my values to increase my so called strength of position. Danger zone. Danger zone. Oh God that my writings, that my coachings, that my teachings would be with the power and the influence of the Holy Spirit and not the counterfeit. Oh that my mind would be pure and steadfast and fully persuaded that it is not by my strength but by Your Spirit that hearts are changed.

Rise to the real task .....100% integrity. 100% truth at all costs and at all times.

87% of disease can be traced back to thought life....

2008-01-04T14:30:00.000-08:00

.... and only 13% is tracable to food, genetics and environmental influences.

While I am a huge health enthusiast- I have always been MUCH more healthy by having a happy heart, a clean mind, right thoughts and then....eating right.

I see rigid strict health enthusiasts who have more stress about WHAT they eat than anything else in their life. It controls their thoughts, it bombards their day, their choices all rotate around what they will eat next. Could this go so far as one's food becoming their god? The Bible says it can.

JUMP to this site now: http://www.drleaf.net/osc/ and order the book: "Who Shut Off My Brain?"

Your life might never be the same!

The next time you eat healthy- be sure your heart and mind are also healthy.

Till next time!
Sandi

How a Home Based Business Can Help Your Financial Future

2008-01-02T18:34:00.000-08:00

1. Make extra income to cover unexpected expenses. Many families can benefit hugely by just adding an additional $ 500 per month to their budget for unexpected expenses.
2. Have a home based business so you can write off many of your day to day expenses.
3. Many tax advantages to having a home based business, even if you only earn $ 100 per month of an income, you could possibly write-off 100x that amount every month if done properly.
4. Increase an asset account rather than increasing your hours
5. Plug into the success of a team making money rather than being the only money producer for your financial future
6. Hit a global market from your home thru the internet
7. Tap into a market that consumers are already demanding from

Start a home based business today to help your financial future! and your financial NOW!

A New Year and New Freedom

2007-12-31T07:17:00.000-08:00

Never in a million years did I intend my home based business to become the tool that God would use to share my 'pit dwelling' story to set so many captives free thru. There were so many years spent hoping no one would know. Have you ever lived there? Maybe you are there now. So often thru success, thru business, thru motherhood, thru being a Proverbs 31 woman (yeah right!) I would play the part and hope no one knew what a mess I was in. But God knew..... and He wanted me free.

So after a long journey of health problems, financial problems, marriage problems, self problems, all manner of problems my life crashed.... and I stumbled upon an idea that was so amazing, so unique, so different I still can't figure out how I got into such a dark pit that I didn't realize this before. The idea was freedom.

Over the course of the next few years God would use business, the internet, Beth Moore and a host of other tools: Brett Rademacher, AWAI, John Maxwell, Dani Johnson, Os Hillman and many many more to bring me to deliverance thru His truth.... but friends it doesn't end there. No pit story ever does. If a former-pit dweller tells you they have continued freedom because they 'once got free' mark my words, they might be back in it. No freedom is a daily and sometimes hourly journey. One that must be FOUGHT FOR.

2008 is coming and I am coming to the last day of the first series of coachings I have been doing. I didn't intend on doing coachings but God always seemed to put me into those situations. Stepping out in faith to launch http://www.arealchange.com/ helping people find the roots that might be holding them back was truely a dream come true. Spending some serious time, I mean like 15-25 hours per week going thru some of Beth Moore's materials, fasting, praying and seeking the face of God so that I'd hear His exact words- and then launching the coaching program thru Uri Life www.urilife.com/main/sandi.html - and even then, wondering if I did the right thing. Well God be praised, I did... .and He IS. He is the Deliverer, He is the One who sets captives free and He has a desire to see His people free.

After going thru some group coachings with 34 people I began to realize two things:

People want to be free
People don't know how to get there

People truly do want to be free. As John Eldredge teaches in his book Wild at Heart, people have a desire to be free, to fly, to soar- their Creator put it there. But people don't know how to get there..... life, pain, suffering, wrong programming, you name it- and the land of the free is now the land of prisoners and the body of Christ would should be demonstrating freedom really is just a bunch of forgiven prisoners struggling to be free as well.

I am a former pit dweller who fights for her freedom each and everyday. Even this morning the voice of 'just sleep in and forget your alone time with God' tempted me and I began to remember what a day can be like without time alone with God. No thank you. I don't enjoy a day of struggle or a day of attack.

So I got up. I got some coffee. I got out my journal, I got out my Bible, I got out some teaching DVD's I am going thru and I fought for my freedom.

2008 has been prophesied to be a year of New Beginnings. I believe that ..... and I am anxious to see where He'll lead this year.

Be free- you were designed to breathe and to enjoy life. Do whatever it takes to get there.

With love,
Sandi

Yummy Healthy Recipes!

2007-12-30T17:35:00.000-08:00

German Chocolate Feast

1 Scoop The Feast (Regular or Supercharged)
2 Scoops of Vegetein /or Multi Meal (Chocolate Flavor)
1 Tablespoon URI Coconut Pure
Scoop Food n' Fiber or your favorite nuts

Add 10 ozs raw milk
Add Ice and drink or can be blended as a smoothie.
Your favorite flavor of yogurt can also be added

URI Chicken Bake

Coat chicken with URI Coconut Pure
Put Food n' Fiber in a baggie
You may add your favorite seasonings to the Food n' Fiber
Add coated chicken and shake wellBake and enjoy.
Yum!

Radio Coop Starts Soon

2007-12-30T17:23:00.000-08:00

Radio Coop goes live in less than 10 days- There is a special

team call this Wed, Jan 2nd!

Jan 2 -- Special UriLife Team Call 9pm EST

1-605-772-3800

pin code: 563727#

Teens Rockin' and Rollin' for Jesus!

2007-12-28T03:37:00.000-08:00

Nothing seems to stir up fire in me more than a bunch of teens on fire for Jesus.... as I dropped off my son today at church to go to 3DYC ( www.3dyc.org) I began to think about all the encounters I've had with God in the last 3 years- that were outside of my normal realm of life..... seminars, studies, conferences, concerts that wrecked me, re-made me, ruined me for Him and brought me to the level of freedom in Christ that is now mine.

An easy journey? no way. But oh so worth it- the depth of the love of Christ that I know, that I have and that lives in me each day was totally implanted at those events... and now I bring seeds to everywhere I go. May this be a life-ruining time for these teens. May they be wrecked and remade .... may all the fallow ground be stirred up, may the leaking places be sealed and healed.

I began to think of some of the trials that some teens might be facing- it's a challenging age 14-18. Finding who you are, finding who you are not, learning how to fit in and learning you don't need to fit in. Discovering makeup and discovering the internet. Some already have full blown addictions, some have already been taken to painful places that have caused wounds that are deeper than I could ever imagine. May all the open wounds be healed this weekend Jesus- not just band-aided up. May the hard ground be softened. Some already have hard places. May they be softened God.

Some crave for a deeper walk with you God- may they find it. Some yearn to break out of their comfort zone and dance for you Jesus- may they just walk into reckless abandonment and do it for you! and live in 'who cares!' when it comes to worship and devotion for you! 'who cares!' what anyone thinks- who cares what the devil says!

I remember when my 19 year old was at UC Berkeley this past Summer for a conference and he danced so hard for His King he said his shirt was soaked- it was a great time. I bet that wasn't the only thing that got soaked that weekend. Praise Him.

May the rain from heaven fall down even in that bus, God. Bring unity, bring love, bring an 'I got your back' spirit amoungst them. Raise them up, fill them, equip them, draw them.

And may it never be said that we adults got in the way of their abandonment for you. May we also come of the closet with our worship and our prayers and have a 'who cares!' attitude towards our peers, towards our fears and towards our comfort zone.

Ruin us Jesus! We love you!

Urilife The Feast and The Holidays.....

2007-12-16T12:41:00.000-08:00

There's ONE feast that you don't to miss out on during the holidays this month- The Feast by Uri International.

We Have Unlocked the Secret Code to Quick,
REAL Nutrition! UriLife's Live Whole Food Based
“InstaFresh” Juice Powder

"Empowering Individuals With Truth, Knowledge and Solutions for Achieving Optimal Health"Back to Basics . . . Our Past Reveals the Future of Nutrition!

With nutritional supplementation and health awareness at an all-time high, why have health problems skyrocketed over the last 100 years? While our ancestors lived difficult lives, they were not burdened with many of the complicated health challenges we face today. So what has changed in our modern world? What is the secret to enjoying the health and vitality experienced by our forefathers?

This month when you head out to travel or you head out for holiday festivities- don't forget to take your Feast before and after each meal!!!

Lucky Jeans and Jesus!

2007-12-11T13:31:00.001-08:00

I live in Indiana after 43 years of living in Michigan… we relocated in the last 6 months and also have a brand new season in our lives… in 2003 I was given a year to live and in 2004 I believed God for total healing in my body. He did it- and by 2005 we were living a life I never ever dreamed possible.

I went from walking with a walker and being on morphine to running thru airports
in high heels! I like high heels so much better. And I LOVE Lucky jeans! :)

Yup- Jesus let me get into Lucky jeans after years of just wearing fat-sweat pants..

I swore I'd never buy anything bigger.. and I didn't! But I never expected to be

walking in heels, wearing jeans and living again!

If you are at the end of your rope, or you feel like no one cares- tell that lie to go back

to hell where it came from! I remember so vividly what it is like to long for life again.
To long to live again, to think that my kids would be without a Mommy.... and well, here

I am !

I believed God... and He did more than I ever dreamed possible for this one life.

He has set me free!
He gave me a spiritual labotomy and rewired my hard-drive!
He is the King of second chances and He will open doors for you that you never thought would ever open.

Lucky jeans and Jesus... that is what I called this. I love Lucky jeans.. they are very forgiving, they are sexy yet modest ( can there be such a thing! yes there is!)... and my Jesus let me

live again so I could enjoy them. ;)

Blessings of love to you!
Sandi Krakowski

My man, me and my 2 teens who are still at home

My son who is 19 ,is living his dream and has already produced 3 TV shows!

GO GOD!!!

A facelift from Jesus

2007-12-10T11:18:00.000-08:00

I am doing some in home studies by Beth Moore and have been so blessed. She is my mentor right now- I wonder if she knows it? Watching her videos, watching her on Life Today, reading her blog http://www.livingproofministries.blogspot.com - and learning so much.

It's been my passion to coach people in business for years, to help them find the TRUE meaning of what is holding them back. This side of overcoming a life threatening illness, paying off $ 400k in debt, seeing my marriage rebuilt and restored and watching God give me a labotomy on all the wrong beliefs I had- it's no small wonder my passion burns to share and impart into others all that God has given and shared with me.

On Beth's training video Breaking Free she shares about the verse in Eccl. 8:1 where God says that when wisdom comes into a life the harsh lines break. Wow- during the last few years of letting God heal my heart, mind and body so many people have said I look 20 years younger. You can see a picture of what I mean at the bottom of this page www.arealchange.com .. amazing!

Learning to believe God, learning to let go of the past and all of man's silly expectations has so set me free that I am sharing my heart with strangers here on this blog on the internet.

The human heart desires freedom. You know that don't you? That's why we crave and seek after all kinds of things... and unless it's filled with God Himself, we'll never be satisfied.

MAC and Bobbie Brown do not compare to the facelift Jesus can give!

Glory to His name...
Sandi

A Real Change Spiritual Roots Coaching

2007-11-24T05:40:00.000-08:00

Have you hit a place in your business that seems to prevent you from going to the next level? Are you just at your wits end trying to find out what might be holding you back?

Many times when people are building a business, the issues that lie deep within the heart and soul are the very things that hinder the progress to their success more than anything. Sadly people will invest thousands of dollars looking for the best opportunity, the best product, the best company, the best state, the best whatever- and the real problem is never addressed.

My specialty is in helping my clients get to the roots, the bottom line, the core reason why they are being thwarted and to assist them in breaking thru the barriers so they can have the life that they deserve and were designed for.

Do you suffer from some of these common 'symptoms' that are revealing a spiritual issue?
Afraid to pick up the phone and can't figure out why you feel that way?
Do you lose your focus when you are talking to someone and no matter what you do- you can't seem to break thru?
Have you ever set out to accomplish things on your task list and it seems like there is a brick wall between your ambition and your goals?
Ever had a day that no matter what you do everything goes wrong?
Have you prayed and cried for help but no matter what happens, you always end up on the same path?
Do you find your weaknesses dominating over your strengths and you feel like there's no hope?
Have people told you that you are called to leadership but deep in your core you can't seem to see yourself as a leader?
Have you had reasonable success but struggle with fear, paranoia at times of being robbed, ripped off and taken advantage of?
These are just some of the things that our services have helped countless of others like yourself find the life they always dreamed of.

Many times just one change in the program, the method, the belief system can create a multitude of results.

I Know What It's Like To Fear Rejection

There was a time in my life when this happy go lucky easy going person you see on these pages was not who I was. I so feared rejection that it became frustrating to me! No matter what I did, record my voice, recite affirmations, smile when I was talking, it didn't matter- I still had a pit in my gut that prevented me from asking the closing question in a sale.

When I first encountered the issue of spiritual roots it didn't take me 10 sessions to be set free. Just a few times with someone who was not judging me, someone I could trust- and the roots were gone, forever.

I no longer fear rejection and I actually welcome it in my business on a daily basis! Let me help you get there.

I Know What It's Like To Lose Alot of Money

I was recently on the phone in a web conference with a group of multi- millionaires and we all laughed at how much money we had collectively either lost, wasted or been robbed of. We were not, mind you, a bunch of victims looking for counseling- we were acknowledging that on the path to success, at some point, you will lose money- it is just inevitable. I find it interesting that the more successful you get- the more you'll lose and the easier it is to just make MORE!

I Know What It's Like To Need To Break Thru Or I Will Die

Do you have to break thru? Is it something that is not particularly what you want, but more so, is something you feel compelled that you must do? Do you feel like you have to find the roots and issues or you will die inside? I have been there.

There was a time when my pain was so great I could hardly breathe thru the struggles. Just knowing that God had my answer and that He could rescue me was a new revelation. Having been set free from a life threatening disease, from suicide and depression, abuse, debt, poverty and distortion, I can help with you, with God's help, get to the root and find freedom.

It is not my concern or my place to change your religious and spiritual beliefs. My passion however is to see roots broken off- bondages taken off- yokes dismantled and cut off. I always tell people however- if for some reason your god is not working for you, you might want to try mine! He is the most awesome amazing True King and has set me free from death itself!

I'd love to help you!
Sandi Krakowski

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The Spiritual Side of a Home Based Business

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If you can't close someone, you can't get anyone to join your business, it could be a spiritual issue!

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60 Minute Challenge In Your Home Business

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There are those who say this is the sovereign will of God. There are those who say we are being judged for our sin.

Is there no such thing as a debt free company anymore?

Do people just expect that it’s normal to sink now?

Where are the kings during this recession?

I live in a 'weather proof' kingdom.

If you follow a lottery and a fantasy- you have a curse waiting for you!

The stock market goes down and financial issues arise and the world believes we have come to an end.

Hag 2:4 But now be strong, O Zerubbabel,' declares the Lord. 'Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,' declares the Lord, 'and work. For I am with you,' declares the Lord Almighty.

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Open Up The Real Me!

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Your Mindset Affects Your Checkbook More Than Anything!

What Is Your Brain Eating On a Daily Basis?

SEO Copywriting and Generating Organic Traffic

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I KNOW HOW TO GENERATE TRAFFIC that causes people to take action

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IT WAS SUCCESSFUL- and so much so that my trainer created an entire system duplicating the process.

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