What Is The "X" Factor In Business?
I’m willing to bet you have heard the phrase before. Something like, “You need to find the X factor that will take your business to the next level,” or maybe it was, “We have an X factor that makes our business opportunity better than any other of its kind,” or it could have been, “Such and such internet marketer has that X factor that makes him so successful.”
Whatever the exact phrase was isn’t really important. What I am trying to get at here is that we have all hear of this mysterious “X factor” that will take our businesses to the next level.
We hear so much about this X factor, but if you were to stop somebody on the street and ask them what the X factor is, they wouldn’t have a clue. They’d make something up or just stand there with an empty look on their face not knowing what to say.
Some people say that the X factor is what that person or business does best. But can’t that just be called a skill we all have? For example, if a company said that their X factor was that they wrote fantastic sales copy, we could say that isn’t something so unusual. Tons of people write spectacular sales copy. So, how is this an X factor? Isn’t that just somebody who writes excellent sales copy?
After racking my brain for hours to find an answer to this question, without reading a bunch of philosophy books to get interpretation of what the X factor is, I decided that ultimately the X factor is something that you really can’t pinpoint, yet you know it exists.
Let me give you a few examples of what I see as the X factor…
You walk into a room filled with gorgeous women. There isn’t an ugly one to be found. Each one could easily win a top beauty pageant. But there is one woman you see who has an aura surrounding her. You can’t quite describe it. You just feel it. She stands out, even if she is not the best looking of them all. It’s the way she carries herself. It’s the confidence she displays without coming off as arrogant. She doesn’t seem unapproachable like some of the others. There’s almost a down to earth quality about her. She has the X factor that separates her from the others.
Here’s another example, you walk into a room full of businessmen. All of them earn at least $1,000,000 per year. They’re all at the top of their profession. They all dress for success and all look the part, right from their hairstyle down to the shine on their shoes. And then into the room walks Donald Trump. All of a sudden, all these very successful men look quite small in comparison. They seem like a bunch of nobody’s. The presence of Mr. Trump is just something that nobody else has… The X factor!
To me, the above examples are what I call the “true” X factor. The reason it IS an X factor is because you really DON’T know what it is. That’s what truly separates the very exceptional people and opportunities in the world.
How does this apply to an internet marketing business? Lots of people are trying to find that elusive X factor to take their online business to the top, but never find it. What’s even worse is that they never will. It’s not something you can just find. It’s something that you know is there. You can feel it. When you hook up with a company or internet marketer that has that X factor you just know it. It’s a feeling that you can’t describe.
So the next time you sit down and try to figure out what your businesses X factor is, don’t beat your brains out looking for an answer. You will know when it comes to you!
Dedicated to your success,
Trent Brownrigg
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Save Money and Improve Your Life…
The owners of the well known blog Can I Make Big Money Online have just revealed their new website called, “Barter Genius” and I believe this is definitely something you will want to check out.
I’ll let you read the website to get the full details of what it’s all about. But here’s just a little information to wet your appetite…
Would you like to be able to get products and services that you need but can’t afford, without having to pay for them?
That is exactly what Barter Genius was created for. Many of the largest and most well-known companies in the world use bartering to get the resources they need without spending large sums of money on them. And now you can too!
Here are just a few reasons to join this site:
* Save Money
* Improve Your Cash Flow
* Increase Your Purchasing Power
* Trade for Products and Services You Normally Pay Cash For
* Increase Your Sales and Customer Base
* Improve Your Lifestyle
Oh and I almost forgot to mention that they are also holding a contest to coincide with the official launch of this new site launch and you can win $500 just by telling people about it. Read the details here.
Dedicated to your success,
Trent Brownrigg
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Top 15 Best Online Business Blogs
Below I have listed the top 15 best online business blogs.
Wait, let me re-phrase that, they are actually MY top fifteen favorite online business blogs. That may or may not make them the “best” but I don’t think anyone would argue the fact that they are damn good blogs full of great online money making information.
All of them cover many topics in the “make money online” or “online business” niche. Most of them are well known and established members of the make money online blogging community and I’m sure it’s no surprise that they made the list. However, a few of them are not as well known but are the up and coming online business blogs that will soon be right up there at the top with the others.
Google rankings, PR, Technorati ranking, Alexa ranking, and feed subscribers don’t necessarily have anything to directly do with making it on this list. However, for the most part, they do have high marks in each of those categories because they are very well established and full of great online business tips. Mainly they made this list because they are the ones I visit the most and I feel provide the best online business and money making information.
So, here are the top 15 best online business blogs listed in no particular order:
* How to Make Money Online for Beginners
* Court’s Internet Marketing School
* DoshDosh
There you have it. The top 15 best online business blogs teaching you how to make money online!
Any blogs that you would add or remove from the list? Leave a comment below.
Dedicated to your success,
Trent Brownrigg
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