Maxwell Technologies CFO Kevin Royal to Present at Deutsche Bank Investor Conference May 15
May 10th, 2012 | Posted by Global InvestorsMaxwell Technologies’ (Nasdaq: MXWL) Chief Financial Officer, Kevin Royal, will make a presentation at 2:15 pm (EDT), Tuesday, May 15, at the Deutsche Bank Clean Tech, Utilities Power Conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.
The presentation will be webcast live and archived for subsequent Internet replay via the following link:
http://investors.maxwell.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=94560 p=irol-calendar
Maxwell is a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative, cost-effective energy storage and power delivery solutions. Our ultracapacitor products provide safe and reliable power solutions for applications in consumer and industrial electronics, transportation and telecommunications. Our high-voltage grading and coupling capacitors help… View full post on Live News from PR-USA.net
Do You Care About Job Security?
May 10th, 2012 | Posted by Global InvestorsHow important is job security to you? Are you worried about losing your job tomorrow?
I understand that anyone with a family, kids, a mortgage, car payments, or any other real responsibilities is obviously going to want job security. You want to know how much money you’re going to have coming in so that you can cover your current expenses and plan for the future. I totally understand that aspect of job security. Nobody wants to work in an industry with a high turnover rate when they have a family because they want to be able to put food on the table.
There’s one problem though. I want to ask you a simple question:
Do you care about job security too much?
I’ve recently encountered buddies that are far too concerned with job security. These are talented young people that could reach their goals if they worked for it Allow me to share a quick story.
At my part-time job, a friend of mine took a full-time position. His new position doesn’t fulfill him at all and he gets paid enough just to not quit. He’s never happy at work nor does he feel stimulated for one minute, yet he chose to accept a permanent position. Why did he do this? Because he feels that his job his stable and he wants job security. I think that he’s far too talented to be concerned about job security.
Should 25 year olds care about job security?
I don’t think so. At this age you have all of the energy in the world and you’re ready to grab a hold of life. Sure it helps to have a steady gig so that you can budget your money. I get that part. However, your only concern shouldn’t be money in your 20s. You could be apart of something remarkable or work on stuff that actually interests you. You can get that steady job in a few years. You don’t have to settle for the first secure gig that comes your way in your 20s.
When is job security important?
Should you quit your job, following your passions, and travel the world?
“Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion.” — Seth Godin
Not at all. As much as I praise the idea of “working for yourself/following your passions” or whatever else you want to call, I do realize that it’s not for everyone. I have buddies that are huge risk takers in real life, but don’t care for risks with their income. Not everyone is meant to be self-employed and traveling the world like Tim Ferriss. It’s cool to work for a small startup or to accept work in a field that has a high turnover rate. You don’t have to ditch job security for self-employment.
I recently brought up a challenge to make an additional $5,000 in freelance income this summer because I do believe that we all have the potential to make more money in our 20s. We just get too distracted with dating, media, and other useless crap. If we can filter out the useless stuff once in a while, we can make find time to work on cool stuff.
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Goldcorp declares fifth monthly dividend payment for 2012
May 9th, 2012 | Posted by Global InvestorsGOLDCORP INC. (TSX: G), (NYSE: GG) is pleased to declare its fifth monthly dividend payment for 2012 of
$0.045 per share. Shareholders of record at the close of business on
Thursday, May 17, 2012 will be entitled to receive payment of this
dividend on Friday, May 25, 2012. Goldcorp has paid a monthly dividend
to its shareholders since 2003. Canadian resident individuals who
receive dividends from Goldcorp after 2005 are entitled to an enhanced
gross-up and dividend tax credit on such dividends.
Pursuant to tax legislation enacted in 2007, Canadian resident
individuals who receive “eligible dividends” in 2006…
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Pasternack Enterprises Expands Line of Precision Connectors
May 8th, 2012 | Posted by Global InvestorsPasternack Adds Inventory of Precision Connectors for Formable Semi-rigid Cable Assemblies View full post on Live News from PR-USA.net
May 8th, 2012 | Posted by Global Investors
A couple of months ago, I told you that I started a new job and that I was joining the big leagues. More recently, I compiled a few videos on how I motivate myself to get the ball rolling. And it works: after 6 weeks at my new job, I’ve already achieved my annual objective and have an interesting pipeline for next year!
I received a few emails and comments on this blog asking how I make cold calls and how I start a new book. Readers are basically asking me what I do to be so successful at work. I guess the secret is to find what you are really good at and hustle. Passion and hustle are the only 2 words you need to remember to be successful in any field. This is what I’ve been doing for the past 4 years and it is paying off big time. On this team, I am, once again, the youngest guy sitting at the table. This is great proof of my fast climb due to consistent high performance at work.
Everything seems perfect and rolling for me.
Seems
But the truth is slightly different.
Today I want to bring you with me for a tour behind the scenes. The truth I never told anybody about my job is the following:
It’s a Darn Hard Job to Do
There is nothing cooler than succeeding at something that is very tough. What is even cooler is when other people look at you and you make it appear like it’s super easy to do. Well NOT! This is not cool! It’s not cool because it is so f&%/”g hard to achieve, you have no idea. Each day is a roller coaster of emotions. Regardless if I exceed the expectations or not, I feel like sh!t at least once a week. And I’m writing this post to explain exactly why I feel like that. At the moment of writing this very line, I’m not even sure myself. But I need to dig into my mind to find out what is wrong.
I like my job.
I’m good at it.
People around me are awesome.
So what is wrong?
Anxiety is My Dark Passenger
Each time I have to pick up the phone, I feel anxious. It’s kind of weird as I have a pretty good batting average to booking appointments on a cold calls. So far, I have a 26% rate of success when I call a client to get an appointment. In this industry, this rate is sick. Every 4 phone calls, I have a chance to meet with a new client and show what I can do best: take care of people.
Nonetheless, the pressure of performing is freezing my brain and slowing down my actions. I fear the moment when I schedule time to make cold calls. I find all kind of excuses to “shuffle paperwork” instead of growing my business. This results in hours of non-productivity, boringness and an awful feeling of being useless. But some days, I just can’t pick up the phone and make a stupid call. The confident, borderline cocky, Mike is unable to pick up the phone and dial 10 numbers in a row! Come on, dude, it’s like ordering pizza! Is it that difficult?
Why is it so hard to do something that I’m good at? I mean; I love to meet new people and find out about their lives, businesses, backgrounds. I love connecting with people and move forward with them.
But the seed of anxiety was planted in my brain when I started. I told you that people had great expectations of me when I first started at this office. Well, the seed of anxiety was planted the moment I realized that I didn’t have a small book of client to start with. I was supposed to get roughly 40-50 clients. I thought this would be enough to get me busy for a few months, get the ball rolling, meet with clients, develop relationships and develop referrals. But I started with 18 clients regrouped into 5 families. Seriously, 5 families to start a business… it’s more like having 5-6 real clients (can we count the 3 minor kids I have in the 18 clients as “real clients”?) Do you really think I can live with that?
This is where a little bit of panic started to run into my mind. When I have a busy day, when I have appointments with clients or when I have files to work on, the anxiety disappears in a heartbeat. In fact, these days, I feel like a million buck and truly love my job. Every time I have to meet with a new client, I’m super excited and motivated. And each time I leave their offices I smile and feel satisfied.
But most of my days are not like that… there is not much you can do to keep you busy with 18 clients, right? So there are other days where all I have to do is to sit at my desk, pick up the phone and make calls. This is exactly when anxiety jumps onto the dance floor and drains all my energy. So what scares me, really?
I hate when people tell me they are not interested.
I hate when they make me feel unwanted, unsolicited.
I hate when I have the feeling that I won’t bring in any money this week.
I hate when I can’t prove that I have real value to offer, that I can truly help them.
I hate to been seen as a vacuum peddler – I’m a professional damn it!
Phew!… seriously, thank you for reading me this morning. I’ve been thinking seriously prior to writing this post and I dug inside myself to find what is wrong with me, when I go into a rut like this. The fact that I feel like you, my friends, are listening to me this morning makes me feel a lot better. It’s kind of weird but the best way to get rid of anxiety, is climb up to the rooftop and scream it to the world.
I’M ANXIOUS AND I HATE IT!!!!
Aahhhh… now I feel better! It’s currently8:44 amas I finish this post and I’m going to hit the phone like I never have since I started this job!
When you think about it, what is worse: staring at the phone during an hour and doing nothing or getting ten “no, thanks” and 3 appointments for next week?
Rock on!
Thx for reading, you are awesome!
Mike.
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1 Year From Now, I Had a Plan…
May 7th, 2012 | Posted by Global Investors 
About a year ago, I wrote my company long term plan. This post was divided in 4 sections according to a time horizon (1, 3, 5 and 10 years out). Since I’m a financial planner, I know a thing or two about effective planning. Plans do change in time and most plans are not realized as forecasted. But the power behind a plan is in revision and adjustments. If you don’t go back to your initial plan and look at where you have been, where you are at right now and realize the difference from the plan you have, then your plan has been worthless. It is darn important to follow-up. Not because you need to stick to your plan but to understand what went well or went wrong and what you can do to move forward.
I’m also a big fan of commitment. There is no point talking about something if it’s just to write it on a blog to be forgotten. This is why today I’m reviewing what was written a year ago.
Last year, I wanted to accomplish several things in this company during the short span of 12 months:
- 10 niches sites up and running
- 2 sites (besides blogs) up and running
- Make over 10K/month (I made $10,514 in May 2011)
- Have 4 eBooks for sale
My goals were pretty ambitious and several things went sideways during the last year. We went “all-in” without a true direction. We didn’t have a huge plan. In fact, we just had goals… I must say that I’m somewhat disappointed with where we are at today when I look at my aspirations of a year ago. But, nothing is all gloom and doom.
We do have some serious niche sites running and generating over $350/month now. We do have our 10 niche sites but they are not as big as we thought they would be 12 months later. We were expecting these 10 sites to make $100/month each in orderto generate $1000/month from this part of this business. I actually think that we will make it, but it’s harder than we thought. Our latest sites are well built and make a the bulk of our niche site income. Here are our 4 biggest niche sites (all generating over $40/month):
The “2” big sites are still under construction. This is probably our biggest “failure” as we didn’t make enough time to have them fly. On the other hand, it gave us the time to create a super nice structure around them. Both designs are done and the sites are live right now. However, we are still working on the content before officially launching them. The only advantage I see is that they are already getting search engine authority since they are live and updated regularly. We expect to launch both sites by the end of Q3.
When we wanted to make $10K/month on a regular basis, we were already “almost” there last year. But now, I can say that it’s great success. Even if we are currently decreasing our number of private ads, we have compensated those losses by bigger Adsense income and affiliate marketing. After 4 months of operation, I can say that I’m confident we’ll make over $120K in gross income for 2012.
eBooks… ish… do I really have to talk about this one? You know how my 2nd eBook launch went (read here if you don’t!) but we are not discouraged. In fact, we learned a lot and tried something else recently with some good success (more details here). Our current project is a 2 version eBook on dividend investing (Canadian and US). Both books are completed and have been sent for editing/formatting and we will also have a complete site built for us for this launch. I expect to sell over 300 copies in 2012. It’s pretty ambitious but it will also be confirmation that I have (or haven’t!) learned from my past experience and that I can create, market and sell a great product! With an investing newsletter over 5,500 members strong, I’m confident that 5% of them will buy my book. The rest will come from an affiliate program and other referrals. So maybe I’ll be able to say “mission accomplished!” in 6 months .
I wrote that I was expecting the company to use leverage again to buy another site in the 3 years to come. Well, this happened faster that we thought! We actually made our big purchase about 3 months ago. While we are still integrating these sites into our network, I can say that the investment return is already showing. Our company currently owes around $82K in total. Yup, you read it right… 82K in debt! But this debt is dropping by 3K a month since February. We have put in place an aggressive debt reduction plan. In 27 months, we will be debt free and running a highly profitable business. OR…. we will be leveraged again and be making a lot more money .
Our second project for 2014 is to offer membership websites or other kinds of paid services. Well this will probably happen in 2013! The funny thing about our first 12 month plan is that it was tossed away by several other “opportunities”. This is why we started working on different projects instead on focusing on what we thought was important. So we already know what our membership product will be, how we will manage it and the platform / design has already been purchased. So all we need is manpower to generate content and setup the launch (this is already being put into place). To be honest, as soon as we can launch our eBooks and finish our 2 major websites, we are starting to work “full time” on this project: Canadian Aristocrats They Have it Too.
The main goal will be to make over 20K/month in 2014. As we are currently generating slightly over 10K/month, this is a 100% increase in 2 years. There is still a lot of work left but if everything that we launch works, I don’t see why we couldn’t achieve it. Worse comes to worst, we just have to buy 10 sites that make 1K/month over the next 2 years… lol!
In 2016, I’ll be 35. I already wrote that my windows of opportunity will start to shrink after this countdown. This is why the current 5 years are crucial for me, my company and my pockets!! The big plan is to show a $1M net worth for my 35th birthday. I’m now focusing on paying off my debts and both my investments and home will increase in value. However, we all know that if I show $1M in net worth at 35, the bulk of my assets will be my company. I’ve already mentioned that I would need my company to be worth 864K to become a millionaire by 35. This is roughly a 20% annualized revenue growth. It is still quite a challenge (now that we have to survive Google once again!) but I don’t think it’s impossible.
I mentioned on this blog that 2012 will be a “do or die” year for our company and this is really the case.
If our niche sites don’t grow and generate $1K/month by the end of the year,
If our 2 big sites are not generating money by the end of the year,
If I don’t sell 300 copies of my new eBooks,
If I can’t sell membership subscriptions to my new sites in 2013,
I won’t be able to bring this great sideline to the level of a great company.
What I like to see is I’m not too far away from my 12 month projections. While this is definitely not where I thought I would be on many points, I’ve also developed other projects and already bought 2 great websites (which wasn’t in the short term plan).
So I’m now ready to crush the rest of 2012 and boost my monthly income to $15,000 by the end of this year!
Readers, when is the last time you wrote a plan and looked back at it? How did it go?
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MusicDishTV Presents “Girl You’re Free” by KC Jockey
May 6th, 2012 | Posted by Global Investors“Girl, You’re Free” Is Significant And Sobering, Detailing The Struggle Of A Woman Who Is Being Abused View full post on Live News from PR-USA.net
Liquid Health, Inc. Launches New Raspberry Ketone Formulation to Help Burn Fat without the need for
May 5th, 2012 | Posted by Global InvestorsLiquid Health, Inc., manufacturer of quality liquid nutritional supplements unveils new Raspberry Ketone formula developed to target different segments of health-conscious consumers. This new formula of Raspberry Ketones as found in clinical studies and as featured on Dr. Oz.
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