Long Run

It’s A Process

Garth Beyer
Long exposure is remarkable
Long exposure is remarkable

Blogging (daily, mind you)… it’s a process

staying active on social media… it’s a process

regular email conversations… it’s a process

hosting google hangouts… it’s a process

writing thank you letters… it’s a process

Processes are difficult. Processes show you’re in it for the long run. Processes are as much branding as branding is a bundle of processes. The more processes the more remarkable. Even the word in plural form is difficult to say. Difficult is good. Difficult isn’t an event. Nor is success.

 

Stay Positive & Remember Every Process Needs A Purpose

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Monopoly, Anyone?

Monopoly, Anyone?

Garth Beyer

Monopoly

I’m not particular to “what if” situations, but I’ll make an exception here.

What if you looked at all the barriers, all the red tape, all the content creation you have to do to get ranked high on Google search results as a way to challenge yourself, to prove your or/and your business’s value, to exceed expectations the gatekeepers have set for you?

What if, instead of trying to find a loophole in the search engine’s logic, instead of posting ads on craigslist to pay people to click your links, instead of trying to skip ahead in your journey, you play the game and play it better than everyone else who is playing it.

We’re all just about past the age when we are impressed by those who hack in the untraditional aspect. We’re more impressed by those who can hack success while playing by the rules.

Anyway, the system rewards those who stick around for the long run. Rather than cheating or flipping the board over on the winners, why not see if you can get to their level first.

 

Stay Positive & Do Not Pass Google, Do Not Collect $200 Adsense

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Giving Whenever Asked

	

		
Giving Whenever Asked


					

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If I signed up for everything my friends and acquaintances asked me to, I would be spread out, seriously vulnerable and broke. If I gave whenever asked to give, I’d have nothing left to give. Out of time, of money, of resources. I have to say no to people I care about more often than you may think. I’m not necessarily a hard sell. I’m just selfish. I have to be.


For those I say no to, I wish I could help, but I can’t. For those I say no to, let me suggest something new and give you a newsflash. Newsflash first.


Newsflash: You don’t need my help, my tribe, my resources to be successful. You have the power to gather your own tribe and create a strategy for success.


Something new: Do the hard work. Don’t seek out the people who can make your success happen with a wave of their wand and don’t seek people out who you can piggyback off their success. Do the hard work of developing your one page marketing plan, the hard work of seeing it all the way through, the hard work of starting out small and growing over a long period of time.


If you’re not in it for the long run, why are you in it?


 


Stay Positive & Enjoy The Journey, Really, Enjoy It


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My 1,000th Blog Post


					

				Garth Beyer			

			


			

			
The only “lock-in” from any transaction should come from the face behind the business, not the customer; the professional, not the client; the author, not the reader.


I’m writing to remind you I’m here for the long run. That’s my promise.


After all, many years down the line, how else will I get to say “I’ve been doing/writing/studying this for 50 years.”


I’m here, I’m learning and I’m thankful you’re along for the ride.


 


Stay Positive & If I Have Impacted You In Anyway, Sharing My Website With Your Friends Would Mean The World To Me


 

					

	
	



			
				



	
	

		
Will Your Product Or Service Be Around In Five Years?


					

				Garth Beyer			

			


			

			
Does it really matter if you know? Shouldn’t you act on the forethought it might?


Timeless enterprises are never constructed by moving forward on short-term-quick-ROI. Timeless enterprises are constructed by moving forward on short-term-quick-tasks that aim for a long-term ROI.


You can make something work tomorrow, but with the expectations of people these days, you’re better off making something that will still work five years from tomorrow.


 


Stay Positive & A Thought Like The Long Trail