Joel Block's Blog http://www.joelblock.com/blog Helping You Hit Your Financial Bullseye Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:13:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 en Growing Your Business: Guru Marketing At Its Best http://www.joelblock.com/blog/143/growing-your-business-guru-marketing-at-its-best/ http://www.joelblock.com/blog/143/growing-your-business-guru-marketing-at-its-best/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:01:00 +0000 Joel Block http://www.joelblock.com/blog/?p=143 I'm a proponent of being very specific about finding a niche in your business. Every successful businessperson has to find a niche and they have to get great at it. Then, they have to exploit it in every way that they can. The businesses that are the least successful are the ones that are sloppy about finding their niche.

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]]> http://www.joelblock.com/blog/142/growing-your-business-are-you-ready/feed/ Teleseminar Tonight: Connecting You To The Money http://www.joelblock.com/blog/141/teleseminar-tonight-connecting-you-to-the-money/ http://www.joelblock.com/blog/141/teleseminar-tonight-connecting-you-to-the-money/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:12:41 +0000 Joel Block http://www.joelblock.com/blog/141/teleseminar-tonight-connecting-you-to-the-money/ Joel has been invited to speak at Larry Benet's upcoming Connection Mastery event in September. In anticipation of this exciting event, Joel will share some of what he will talk about during a telephone interview being held tonight at 5p PST. The topic of Joel's remarks will be "Connecting You to the Money You Need to Grow Your Business" and he will address a variety of business and money-oriented subjects during this hour long interview with Larry.

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]]> http://www.joelblock.com/blog/141/teleseminar-tonight-connecting-you-to-the-money/feed/ Growing Your Business: What Is Technology, Really? http://www.joelblock.com/blog/140/growing-your-business-what-is-technology-really/ http://www.joelblock.com/blog/140/growing-your-business-what-is-technology-really/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:01:00 +0000 Joel Block http://www.joelblock.com/blog/?p=140 I am tremendously confused. I don't have any idea anymore what technology is. I went to college in the early 1980s; I got my first job in the middle 80's and really cut my teeth in my career in the late 80's. That's when I first started making my money.

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]]> http://www.joelblock.com/blog/140/growing-your-business-what-is-technology-really/feed/ Real Estate Syndication Success: A Special Opportunity For You http://www.joelblock.com/blog/139/real-estate-syndication-success-a-special-opportunity-for-you/ http://www.joelblock.com/blog/139/real-estate-syndication-success-a-special-opportunity-for-you/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:01:00 +0000 Joel Block http://www.joelblock.com/blog/?p=139 The participants in the Real Estate Syndication Seminar program are being exposed to some of the finest real estate talent in the country. So far, the participants have learned how to position themselves as experts so that they can confidently, and quickly, raise money from a growing fan-base of investors.

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]]> http://www.joelblock.com/blog/139/real-estate-syndication-success-a-special-opportunity-for-you/feed/ Growing Your Business: Market To The Soft Spot http://www.joelblock.com/blog/138/growing-your-business-market-to-the-soft-spot/ http://www.joelblock.com/blog/138/growing-your-business-market-to-the-soft-spot/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:23:46 +0000 Joel Block http://www.joelblock.com/blog/138/growing-your-business-market-to-the-soft-spot/ Last week was a wonderful vacation week with my family. My wife and I took our three kids on vacation in Oahu, which is in Hawaii. We were staying in Waikiki and visiting all the typical places that tourists tend to visit.

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]]> http://www.joelblock.com/blog/138/growing-your-business-market-to-the-soft-spot/feed/ Show Me The Money: Announcing A Contest For Filmmakers http://www.joelblock.com/blog/137/show-me-the-money-announcing-a-contest-for-filmmakers/ http://www.joelblock.com/blog/137/show-me-the-money-announcing-a-contest-for-filmmakers/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:01:00 +0000 Joel Block http://www.joelblock.com/blog/?p=137 I'm very happy to announce that our upcoming "Show Me The Money" program for film makers will have a contest in which some of you will get the chance to participate. From my inner circle of film and finance professionals, people are very excited about this new addition to the program.

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]]> http://www.joelblock.com/blog/137/show-me-the-money-announcing-a-contest-for-filmmakers/feed/ Growing Your Business: Why Lock Down LinkedIn? http://www.joelblock.com/blog/136/growing-your-business-why-lock-down-linkedin/ http://www.joelblock.com/blog/136/growing-your-business-why-lock-down-linkedin/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:31:19 +0000 Joel Block http://www.joelblock.com/blog/136/growing-your-business-why-lock-down-linkedin/ I am shocked to find out that some large companies forbid their employees to use LinkedIn. These companies worry that if they expose the names of the people who work for them, that the best of their crop might be pillaged and yanked from their ranks. Well, I can only imagine the kind of environment that exists inside of a company that tries to create a roadblock in front of their people.

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]]> http://www.joelblock.com/blog/136/growing-your-business-why-lock-down-linkedin/feed/ Growing Your Business: Creating Great Content http://www.joelblock.com/blog/135/growing-your-business-creating-great-content/ http://www.joelblock.com/blog/135/growing-your-business-creating-great-content/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:53:25 +0000 Joel Block http://www.joelblock.com/blog/135/growing-your-business-creating-great-content/ People frequently ask me how I'm able to create so much content for this blog. My readers know that my content is unique and it takes a lot of energy to create it. Everywhere that I go, every time that I have a meeting, every person who I talk to, every idea that we kick around, becomes potential fodder for this blog. I take notes and I write down ideas on little scraps of paper. These ideas frequently come from situations that I am exposed to as I go through my days. It takes a lot of energy to create brand new material.

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]]> http://www.joelblock.com/blog/135/growing-your-business-creating-great-content/feed/ Show Me The Money: Helping Filmmakers Raise The Money To Make Their Movies http://www.joelblock.com/blog/134/show-me-the-money-helping-filmmakers-raise-the-money-to-make-their-movies/ http://www.joelblock.com/blog/134/show-me-the-money-helping-filmmakers-raise-the-money-to-make-their-movies/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:07:53 +0000 Joel Block http://www.joelblock.com/blog/134/show-me-the-money-helping-filmmakers-raise-the-money-to-make-their-movies/ Last week I made a post about some of the challenges that film makers face today and what can be done about it. Here is a recap of that blog entry…

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