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Hivemapper Dashcam Earns Crypto

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Hivemapper Dashcam Earns Crypto

by Ashley Cassell, Editor, The New Digital World

Hivemapper Dashcam Earns Crypto

 

Aims to Compete with Google Maps

The “crypto winter” is thawing out pretty nicely now. Not only are prominent cryptos starting to bounce back in price… Innovation is making a comeback, too. So, if you got bored with all the DeFis and Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) clones, then good news: I think I’ve found the hottest crypto startup for Summer 2022.

The Google Maps Killer

What would it take to beat Google Maps at its own game? Or Apple Maps, for that matter? A worldwide fleet of GPS camera operators… And a vast amount of cash to hire them. It could be a vanity project for a billionaire – although Bezos, Musk, or Branson might find it less gratifying to the ego than, say, going to space!

Or… what if you could recruit an equally vast number of ordinary people to map out their corner of the world – by rewarding them in cryptocurrency? That’s what Hivemapper is all about.

Hivemapper, whose upcoming crypto token will use the ticker HONEY, just completed its Series A fundraising round. Now, it’s about to roll out its first device: the Hivemapper Dashcam. Just affix it to the windshield, dashboard, or exterior of your car… and the Dashcam “automatically transfers collected imagery to the Hivemapper Network” through an app on your phone.

As soon as people receive their Dashcams and hook them up to the Hivemapper Network, their devices will start mining the HONEY token, in proportion to how much map imagery (and GPS metadata) they contribute to the project. Hivemapper is built on Solana (SOL-USD), which founders say provides “the truly global scale that the Hivemapper Mapping Network needs to operate.”

Hivemapper’s crypto rewards are what sets the project apart from, say, Waze, which was absorbed into Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) in 2013.

“There are now something like 25,000 Waze map editors. These are people sitting behind their computer screen editing maps … on behalf of what is effectively a multitrillion-dollar company,” Hivemapper founder Ariel Seidman told CoinDesk. “And they don’t get paid, there’s nothing they get in return for that. They get, maybe, a Google T-shirt or a Waze hat, but that doesn’t sit right with me.”

After all, the global market for geospatial data & analytics is valued at “$256 billion by 2028,” according to Meticulous Research. And as the heavyweight champion of GIS, Google Maps can do things like raising its prices by 1,400% on app developers who need them…leaving customers scrambling for alternatives. (No wonder Google Maps is now under investigation for antitrust violations!)

But what’s the best way to snatch up some of that market share? Simply to keep the map up-to-date.

See, even with the Scrooge McDuck-like hoard of cash sitting at Apple and Google… “Street-level imagery in many parts of the world is only updated once every two years,” Seidman explains in TechCrunch! “This causes cascading logistical, municipal, and political problems. However, maps have the potential to be near real-time. An open-source, community-owned map is the only way to continuously construct a living, breathing, ever-updating view of our world.”

 

Source: Hivemapper

Hivemapper is just getting started – with the first Dashcams scheduled to ship in July. What’s next for the project? According to its whitepaper:

  • Contributors who sign up to review, annotate, and QA the map imagery will earn HONEY crypto, too.
  • Any developer can build apps that provide driving directions, traffic warnings, or custom maps (geocoding).
  • But to use Hivemapper’s APIs, developers will need to “burn” HONEY to receive Map Credits.
  • “These burned tokens then increase the number of tokens available to mint and to pay to map contributors,” capped at 10 billion.
  • Manufacturers can “seek approval” to make new hardware for Hivemapper, like cams for drones, scooters, and bikes, and add features like air-quality sensors or 3D.

Bottom line – this roadmap (so to speak) is exciting but long. It’ll take years to grow Hivemapper into a true rival to Google or Apple Maps.

 

 

Luckily, Helium (HNT-USD) provides a good model for how these projects can grow and succeed in the meantime.

Another “Proof of Physical Work” Project Grows 50X In A Year!

Helium is not unlike Hivemapper – and has a lot of the same investors, like Multicoin Capital, which provides a good, concise explanation of its investment thesis here.

Here, there’s also a physical device that mines crypto, in exchange for contributing to the network. But in this case, what you’re contributing is actually Wi-Fi coverage. By setting up a Helium Hotspot, you can share your internet connection with the Internet of Things (IoT) devices, like environmental sensors, GPS trackers, personal safety devices, and smart home/office devices. And you receive HNT crypto in return.

Unlike this new startup Hivemapper… Helium didn’t start out as a blockchain project. And without crypto incentives, it spent four years struggling to hawk its Hotspots to enough people for a robust network.

“The company was running out of money in 2017 when an engineer suggested, during an all-hands Scotch-drinking session, that more people might be willing to set up hot spots if they could earn cryptocurrency by doing it,” Kevin Roose reports for The New York Times in his memorably titled essay, “Maybe There’s a Use for Crypto After All.”

Now, the more people that use your Hotspot, the more crypto it earns. And from barely $1.50 in 2020, the HNT crypto reward is now worth over $21, even after coming through the long, hard crypto winter…a nice reward for long-term miners:

Source: CoinMarketCap

No wonder the Helium Network went from just 14,000 to 719,344 hotspots in the past year! The network is now present in 54,840 cities across 170 countries. That’s 12% growth – and 5,471 additional cities – in just the last 30 days!

Also in the last 30 days, the network seems pretty active, with users burning $4.7 billion worth of HNT for transaction fees (called Data Credits).

After all, this level of coverage for IoT devices puts the Helium Network in high demand. So in March, its leadership announced a new Helium Roaming Services program, where it will partner with other networks to provide their clients with roaming coverage through Helium. “Roaming partners and their customers, such as Volvo Group, Cisco, Schneider Electric, Accenture, and more, will dramatically increase overall usage of the Helium Network and will be important drivers of data transfer rewards for Hotspot owners.”

As we see below in its network map, Helium Hotspots are pretty popular in Europe, not to mention the United States and China:

Source: Helium

Helium is further along than Hivemapper in its fundraising, too. Having just renamed to Nova Labs (to emphasize the decentralized, community nature of the Helium Network itself), the company “just closed a $200 million Series D equity round from some big-name investors like Google Ventures, Tiger Global, and Andreessen Horowitz,” as Luke Lango reported in a recent update to his Crypto Investor Network.

“It clearly appears that Helium is firing on all cylinders right now. This remains one of our favorite long-term cryptos,” Luke concludes.

These “proof of physical work” projects also tend to be discussed as possibilities for big institutional investors.

“Where might institutional investors find value in crypto?” wonders Byron Gilliam in his Blockworks newsletter. One “possibility is protocols that provide real-world utility, like Render, Helium, or Livepeer. Those will look more like investable companies to traditional asset managers.”

Right now, though, any crypto that’s smaller than Bitcoin (BTC-USD) and Ethereum (ETH-USD) is a no-go for most institutions. This is the early advantage that we have as “retail investors”: We have the flexibility to invest like a venture capitalist in great projects like Helium – and, soon, Hivemapper.

With a $265 billion total addressable market (TAM), Hivemapper has enormous opportunities ahead. Let’s say they grab 10% or even just 5% of the market share from Google and Apple. If we put Hivemapper’s valuation similar to Helium’s ($1.2 billion today), then this is easily a 10X opportunity for a company with a cool, unique idea – that brings huge utility.

 

New Opportunities Are Emerging For Citizens of The World.

Freedom and democracy may appear to be struggling to stay alive in America, but there may be a knock-out punch ready to be released. The evolution of the blockchain-enabled metaverse is going to enable the 'Citizens of the World' to gain their own Freedom by democratizing power and creating a new world with new rules, new players, and new opportunities. For 99.99% of us, the metaverse will improve our real-world lives through the democratization of power and opportunity.

Along with the major long-term trend of society towards decentralization and smaller-scale organizations, there are new opportunities developing to help 'Preparers' in the cryptocurrency sector. Businesses are beginning to issue their own Crypto Coins that can be traded on Cryptocoin Exchanges.

Markethive.com for example will be releasing its HiveCoin (HIV) in the coming weeks. It has tremendous upside potential that is outlined in a Video by Founder Tom Prendergast, "Entrepreneur Advantage…".

Not only that, if you go to their website and register as a FREE Member, you will be given 500 HiveCoins for "FREE" along with access to several Earning Opportunities and online tools to increase your HiveCoin balance.

Be sure to check it out today – Markethive.com

Markethive

Tim Moseley

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Why The Government Won’t Ban Bitcoin

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Why The Government Won’t Ban Bitcoin

by Tika Tiwari, editor, Palm Beach Daily

 

Bitcoin Is Aligned With American Values

Last week, while attending the Bitcoin Miami Conference, one of my high-net-worth friends invited me to a special, closed-door meeting with U.S. Representative Pete Sessions. Sessions, who is from Texas, was also in town for the conference. He believes bitcoin is “aligned with American values” and predicts that it’ll work to strengthen the U.S. dollar. He also wants to make sure Congress doesn’t regulate the burgeoning crypto economy out of existence.

My friend who invited me to the meeting has made a fortune in crypto. And he’s worried about government overregulation of digital assets. So he put together a small, exclusive gathering of heavy hitters from Wall Street and the blockchain space to speak to the congressman. And the first person he introduced Rep. Sessions to was me.

He trusts me to speak about bitcoin to a political heavyweight like Rep. Sessions because he made his crypto fortune following my newsletters. In a moment, I’ll share my thoughts on whether the government will ban bitcoin. But first, I want to say I’m humbled that my work for everyday Americans has put me in the position to advocate for the government on behalf of this groundbreaking technology.

If it weren’t for you believing in me, I wouldn’t be where I am today. And I wouldn’t be able to push for regulations that will cultivate the crypto ecosystem, not suppress it. I’ve never seen an asset with more power to transform the lives of everyday people than bitcoin and crypto-assets…

There’s a dentist from Oklahoma City I met who turned a few thousand dollars into $2 million… and an auto parts salesman who made six figures from a single $500 investment in one of my ideas. These are the kinds of people I fight for. People like you. Because, like Rep. Sessions, I believe bitcoin is “aligned with American values.” Now, let me turn to my thoughts on potential regulation…

The No. 1 Worry Among Bitcoin Investors

Last month, President Biden signed an executive order calling on the government to examine the risks and benefits of cryptocurrencies. Even now, people are still freaking out about this order. They believe it’ll lead to restrictive rules that will stifle innovation. But I’m not worried.

The order says exactly what you would want it to say… And the U.S. will not get left behind on blockchain technology. The U.S. government is now taking a unified approach to providing regulatory guardrails the industry can use to grow in a compliant way. The decision to pursue a unified regulatory framework will be the foundational launching pad that will propel the entire United States into the blockchain age.

Why the sudden change of heart by the government?

I believe it all comes down to something I’ve been saying for years: Never bet against Wall Street greed. If we’ve learned one thing about global governments, it’s that they don’t stand in the way of the big banks’ desire to make money.

Take the 2007 housing crash. It was among the top five most devasting financial crises in history. The stock market plummeted, wiping out nearly $8 trillion in value between late 2007 and 2009… Americans lost $9.8 trillion in wealth as their home values plummeted and their retirement accounts vaporized. But after that horrible financial crisis, did the government ban mortgage-backed securities… credit default swaps… or collateralized debt obligations (CDOs)?

 

 

No.

Those financial products brought our country to its knees. Yet, the government didn’t eliminate them… (Which is shocking to me.) So, why didn’t they get banned? The answer is simple: Wall Street makes too much money from them. And with every big bank now offering bitcoin to their “high-net-worth” clients… they now want to make sure they have the regulation in place to roll out crypto products to the rest of their millions of “ordinary” clients.

To be clear: I’m not comparing bitcoin to mortgage-backed securities or CDOs. Unlike those risky financial products – which relied on trusting that your counterparty was delivering what they said they would deliver and would have the funds to pay you – bitcoin is completely different.

  • It’s completely transparent. The bitcoin blockchain allows you to see and verify if your counterparty has what they say they have.
  • It is finite. There will only ever be 21 million bitcoin minted.
  • It is tamper-proof. No matter how much power, money, guns, or influence you have… you can never make the bitcoin network do something it’s not coded to do.

This is why I consider bitcoin to be a world-class asset. And they want a piece of the action.

Think about this… Bitcoin is a $1 trillion asset. And it hit that market cap with every banker on the planet hating it. I know many people who lost their bank accounts when they bought bitcoin during its early days. I surely did when I wired money from my bank to Coinbase. (I still have banks that will refuse to let me open an account simply because I write about bitcoin and crypto-assets.)

Fast forward to today, and every major U.S. brokerage firm supports it.

Again, bitcoin went to a $1 trillion value while operating outside the traditional financial system. What do you think its value will hit inside the financial system? Is it $10 trillion… $20 trillion… $30 trillion… $40 trillion? Do you think Wall Street is going to give up all the fees that will come from a run-up like that? Do you think the federal government is going to give up all the tax revenue from that growth?

No, they won’t. With that much money at stake, don’t be surprised to see the financial and government establishments start defending bitcoin and crypto-assets. Look, the facts tell me we have moved past the risk of the U.S. government banning bitcoin.

Now, is that a certainty? No. I can’t give you certainty… certainty is a myth. But I can give you highly educated viewpoints based on years of research. And all of what I know of bitcoin, human behavior, and Wall Street greed tells me we’ve moved beyond bitcoin and crypto-assets being banned.

The Coming Crypto Panic

As I told the congressman’s panel, bitcoin has reached escape velocity. I believe it’ll eventually be a primary base layer of the global financial system the way that government bonds are now. Central banks around the globe will hold bitcoin as a reserve currency on their balance sheets much as they do with gold and U.S. dollars.

But please bear this in mind… While the threat of a bitcoin ban is largely behind us… it doesn’t mean it’ll be smooth sailing between here and bitcoin’s rise to a premier global monetary asset. Between now and then, we’ll see a LOT of volatility.

And right now, I see a coming “crypto panic.” It all has to do with an event coming to crypto that’s never happened before. Only a handful of people know about it. And it’s guaranteed to happen. No matter what.

Now, I’m not talking about a bitcoin halving or anything like that. This event will only happen once. That’s it. In my opinion, it could be the biggest crypto event of this decade. And when it happens, I believe it will trigger a crypto panic as we’ve never seen before.

To prepare you for this event, I’m holding a special briefing on April 20 at 8 p.m. ET. It’s called Crypto’s Coming Panic: Teeka Tiwari’s Most Important Warning of His Career. During this briefing, I’ll share my playbook for thriving and surviving this coming panic. For those who follow my playbook, it’ll offer a chance at securing a lifetime of wealth and income that has the power to change the course of your entire generational line.

This investment could fund your lifestyle… your children’s lifestyle… and their children’s lifestyle. So be sure to join me on Wednesday, April 20, at 8 p.m. ET. I’ll tell you all about the crypto panic on the horizon… and reveal details that you won’t hear from mainstream outlets like CNBC or Bloomberg. You’ll even get the name of one of my top cryptos to play this panic… absolutely free. My free picks have averaged a gain of over 1,500%. That’s 16x your money… So please make sure you attend and take advantage of my free pick right away.

Friends, in my opinion, we’ve moved past concerns about the government banning bitcoin. But you need to be aware of this important warning I have for you. Hearing it could be the difference between a lifetime of generational wealth or a lifetime of regret for missing out.

Let the Game Come to You!

 

New Opportunities Are Emerging For Citizens of The World.

Freedom and democracy may appear to be struggling to stay alive in America, but there may be a knock-out punch ready to be released. The evolution of the blockchain-enabled metaverse is going to enable the 'Citizens of the World' to gain their own Freedom by democratizing power and creating a new world with new rules, new players, and new opportunities. For 99.99% of us, the metaverse will improve our real-world lives through the democratization of power and opportunity.

Along with the major long-term trend of society towards decentralization and smaller-scale organizations, there are new opportunities developing to help 'Preparers' in the cryptocurrency sector. Businesses are beginning to issue their own Crypto Coins that can be traded on Cryptocoin Exchanges.

Markethive.com for example will be releasing its HiveCoin (HIV) in the coming weeks. It has tremendous upside potential that is outlined in a Video by Founder Tom Prendergast, "Entrepreneur Advantage…".

Not only that, if you go to their website and register as a FREE Member, you will be given 500 HiveCoins for "FREE" along with access to several Earning Opportunities and online tools to increase your HiveCoin balance.

Be sure to check it out today – Markethive.com

Markethive

Tim Moseley

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Fauci Just Threw in the Towel

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Fauci Just Threw in the Towel

by Jeff Brown, editor, The Bleeding Edge

Fauci Just Threw in the Towel

 

After all we’ve been through… After all the restrictions that we’ve had to endure – that we now know have been ineffective… After the lies that we now know we were told, here is what he had to say about the virus:

This is not going to be eradicated and it’s not going to be eliminated.

These are the words of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who in the past told us that wearing masks and taking the COVID-19 “vaccines” would stop us from getting COVID-19 and spreading COVID-19. This is quite the reversal of position… again.

He went further, saying:

And what’s going to happen is that we’re going to see that each individual is going to have to make their calculation of the amount of risk that they want to take.

Even better, he delivered this one:

We’re at the point where in many respects… we’re going to have to live with some degree of virus in the community.

Remarkable.

 

 

More than two years later, having suffered through a seemingly endless string of completely ineffective pandemic policies, that’s what he has to say to us? After criticizing the policies of states like South Dakota, Texas, and Florida – which we now know to have outperformed those states with the most restrictive policies – that’s his message?

Ironically, some of the most well-known and respected epidemiologists and virologists have been saying the same things throughout the pandemic… And their positions were based on scientific research. 

Their recommendations were focused on far more pragmatic and effective policies, centered around early treatment, and protecting those who are most at risk from severe illness. These are approaches that we now know to be effective.

Yet those same physicians and scientists were censored, banned, and de-platformed. Many had their careers ruined for being truthful about the science behind our immune systems, an aerosolized virus, how it spreads, and putting relative risk into context.

What Fauci and his ilk should be saying right now is “I’m sorry. We apologize, we were wrong.” And everything should be done to restore the reputations of those who were right all along and worked tirelessly to affect a better outcome for all.

Of course, we know that won’t happen. The mainstream media will conveniently forget and focus on something else. Worse yet, I expect that they’ll keep doing more of the same.

Just today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it is extending the federal mandate to wear masks on public transportation for at least another two weeks. To what end? For what purpose? 

These arbitrary policies are not based on any scientific research. The fact that the CDC continues down this nonsensical path tells us that they are preparing us for a return of restrictions in the fall.

The BA.2 variant is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. It is less dangerous than Omicron, which was/is less dangerous than a strain of influenza. In the fall, there will be another variant spreading that will be even weaker than BA.2. It’s endless.

Enough is enough. Fauci just threw the towel in the ring. The game is over… We all should do the same.

 

New Opportunities Are Emerging For Citizens of The World.

Freedom and democracy may appear to be struggling to stay alive in America, but there may be a knock-out punch ready to be released. The evolution of the blockchain-enabled metaverse is going to enable the 'Citizens of the World' to gain their own Freedom by democratizing power and creating a new world with new rules, new players, and new opportunities. For 99.99% of us, the metaverse will improve our real-world lives through the democratization of power and opportunity.

Along with the major long-term trend of society towards decentralization and smaller-scale organizations, there are new opportunities developing to help 'Preparers' in the cryptocurrency sector. Businesses are beginning to issue their own Crypto Coins that can be traded on Cryptocoin Exchanges.

Markethive.com for example will be releasing its HiveCoin (HIV) in the coming weeks. It has tremendous upside potential that is outlined in a Video by Founder Tom Prendergast, "Entrepreneur Advantage…".

Not only that, if you go to their website and register as a FREE Member, you will be given 500 HiveCoins for "FREE" along with access to several Earning Opportunities and online tools to increase your HiveCoin balance.

Be sure to check it out today – Markethive.com

Markethive

Tim Moseley

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Twitter Tried the Oldest Trick in the Book

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Twitter Tried the Oldest Trick in the Book

by Jeff Brown, editor, The Bleeding Edge

Twitter Tried the Oldest Trick in the Book

 

The battle for Twitter

Whether or not freedom of speech will be allowed again on Twitter's platform, just got a lot more interesting. Last week brought news that none other than Elon Musk himself acquired 9.2% of the company. The move followed a series of tweets from Musk last month concerning whether or not a new, open, and censorship-free social media platform should be built.

After the news of Musk’s stake broke, it was immediately expected that Musk would join the board of Twitter. In fact, Twitter did offer him a seat, but the offer came with a major stipulation: As a board member, Musk would not be able to own more than 14.9% of the company’s stock.

Musk declined.

 

 

Twitter was a bargain when Musk started buying, and from my perspective, Twitter is worth a whole lot more than where it trades today. And if the platform returns back to its original ethos rather than trying to impose itself as a false arbiter of truth, the sky will be the limit.

But that’s not why Musk is buying in…

He knows Twitter is broken in its current form. And he knows that when scientists, scientific researchers, and other experts in their respective fields are censored, banned, or de-platformed because the information that they share doesn’t fit a political narrative, a breakdown of society will follow in the absence of free, open, and healthy discourse.

Musk came out of nowhere

Twitter’s board was caught off guard. They couldn’t change that, so they tried one of the oldest tricks in the book. They tried to pigeonhole Musk and limit his influence. But it didn’t work. 

Musk is too busy building what no one in the automotive industry has ever been able to do. He’s too busy democratizing access to space. He’s too busy working on enabling the human race to eventually become a multi-planetary species.

Do we think he wants to screw around fighting for control of the board vote by vote? Heck no. He’ll just buy the company and do it right… Problem solved.

There is no need to build from scratch when the infrastructure is in place right now. He can pay cash if he wants to, but he won’t need to. There’s plenty of private equity that will support the acquisition. 

Game on!

 

New Opportunities Are Emerging For Citizens of The World.

Freedom and democracy may appear to be struggling to stay alive in America, but there may be a knock-out punch ready to be released. The evolution of the blockchain-enabled metaverse is going to enable the 'Citizens of the World' to gain their own Freedom by democratizing power and creating a new world with new rules, new players, and new opportunities. For 99.99% of us, the metaverse will improve our real-world lives through the democratization of power and opportunity.

Along with the major long-term trend of society towards decentralization and smaller-scale organizations, there are new opportunities developing to help 'Preparers' in the cryptocurrency sector. Businesses are beginning to issue their own Crypto Coins that can be traded on Cryptocoin Exchanges.

Markethive.com for example will be releasing its HiveCoin (HIV) in the coming weeks. It has tremendous upside potential that is outlined in a Video by Founder Tom Prendergast, "Entrepreneur Advantage…".

Not only that, if you go to their website and register as a FREE Member, you will be given 500 HiveCoins for "FREE" along with access to several Earning Opportunities and online tools to increase your HiveCoin balance.

Be sure to check it out today – Markethive.com

Markethive

Tim Moseley

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The Sneaky Sales Tie Down of Feature Benefit Meaning

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The Sneaky Sales “Tie Down” of Feature – Benefit – Meaning

by Jim Edwards, The Jim Edwards Method

The Sneaky Sales “Tie Down” of Feature – Benefit – Meaning

 

When I was in the furniture business, I learned from a real old-school salesman named Buck Daniels. I actually dedicated my book to him along with my mom, my dad, my wife, and Russell Brunson.

Buck taught me a selling concept called “tie-downs.” Tie-downs are basically where, when you’re talking to somebody, as soon as whatever it is you’re selling meets one of their requirements, you tie them down to that feature.

Example: “So we can agree that this is the right color?” Yes. Cool.

What do you think about the texture? Good.

What do you think about the fabric? Cool.

It’s got a recliner on one end, that’s good? Yes.

Excellent!  So we got the right fabric, we got the right color, and we got the right function here! We are in good shape!

 

 

Bottom line: as you tied people down, they started selling themselves! Why? Because what you were selling met their criteria for buying. We were looking for as many different things to tie them to as we could get. Color, size, fabric, function, pattern, manufacturer, price point, all these things.

So I just learned that you want to find as many different reasons people have for buying and tie the purchase to as many of those reasons as possible.

But if you notice a lot of people in their sales copy only harp on one reason to buy. The problem is when people are making a buying decision, if you only harp on one reason (like making money), and that’s not the reason, you’ve got a problem!

Let’s say you were selling a course on how to write and publish a book in seven days.

Some people want to write the book because they think they want to make passive income.

Other people want to write the book because it’s going to give them authority.

Other people want to write a book because it’s going to give them something to sell on the back end of a funnel.

Others want it to set up a book funnel.

Other people want to write a book so that they can have a legacy.

Other people want to use their book as a textbook for a coaching program, or a course they want to teach.

There are a whole bunch of different reasons why somebody wants to buy something.

If you miss that reason, if you never even acknowledge it, you’re going to miss the sale, more often than not! You’re hoping that they will infer why they should buy.

One of the things I have done for years – automatically or just instinctually – is to try to tie different features of my products to different reasons why people buy… and then interpret the meaning of that.

Think of it this way. If you are familiar with the Feature, Benefit, Meaning bullet formula, I want to give you a new way of looking at this tried and true formula.

Take the feature of whatever it does and then tie the payoff/benefit to one of the 10 reasons why people buy. 

1 – Make money

2 – Save money

3 – Save time

4 – Avoid effort

5 – Escape mental or physical pain

6 – Get comfort

7 – Increase cleanliness or health

8 – Gain praise

9 – Feel loved

                       10 – Increased popularity and social status

 

And, for the M in the FBM formula, the meaning we always come back to is some kind of freedom. Freedom to do what we want… or freedom to avoid what we don’t want.

When creating bullets, we now have a GREAT way to come up with bullets, because you’re just not making stuff up. You can ask which benefit or payoff from the list of 10 makes the most sense to tie with this particular feature.

Then, by tying it to that benefit, what is the ultimate meaning of that feature and benefit together?

This is really cool because this ties together a proven list of things we know motivate people to buy plus we can then automatically translate over into meaning.

I hope this new way of looking at tie-downs and bullets and meaning helps you write some better sales copy!

 

New Opportunities Are Emerging For Citizens of The World.

Freedom and democracy may appear to be struggling to stay alive in America, but there may be a knock-out punch ready to be released. The evolution of the blockchain-enabled metaverse is going to enable the 'Citizens of the World' to gain their own Freedom by democratizing power and creating a new world with new rules, new players, and new opportunities. For 99.99% of us, the metaverse will improve our real-world lives through the democratization of power and opportunity.

Along with the major long-term trend of society towards decentralization and smaller-scale organizations, there are new opportunities developing to help 'Preparers' in the cryptocurrency sector. Businesses are beginning to issue their own Crypto Coins that can be traded on Cryptocoin Exchanges.

Markethive.com for example will be releasing its HiveCoin (HIV) in the coming weeks. It has tremendous upside potential that is outlined in a Video by Founder Tom Prendergast, "Entrepreneur Advantage…".

Not only that, if you go to their website and register as a FREE Member, you will be given 500 HiveCoins for "FREE" along with access to several Earning Opportunities and online tools to increase your HiveCoin balance.

Be sure to check it out today – Markethive.com

Markethive

Tim Moseley

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An End to Progress

by Jeff Thomas, editor, International Man Communique

An End to Progress

 

"Progress may have been all right once, but it has gone on too long."

I’ve always been fond of that quote. Back when Ogden Nash wrote it, it was quite clever. Today, the quote is a bit less entertaining, as we are living in a period when, more and more, world leaders seem to be headed in the wrong direction – away from progress. As the Great Unravelling plays out, people are coming to the conclusion that the directions taken by their leaders are, not only the wrong thing to do but the exact opposite of the right thing to do.

The first category in which this seems to be true is economics. Most world leaders are quite committed to the idea that Keynesian economics will provide all the answers to solve any economic problem. However, the further each country goes down the Keynesian road, the clearer it becomes that Keynesian theory simply does not work. In fact, many countries that have followed it are on the brink of economic collapse, yet they are charging forward all the more determinedly with solutions that are based upon the very theories that caused the problems.

The second category is economic legislation. In most First World countries, particularly the US, legislators are making it ever-more difficult for businesspeople to function, as a result of the passage of ever-more complex and stricter regulations. The free market is, at this point, far from free, and there is a substantial flow of business away from First World countries as a result. Contrary to the claims of many politicians, most businesspeople are not following this exodus out of greed, but out of a need for survival.

The third category is social legislation. First World countries, at one time, took pride in referring to themselves as "the Free World," in contrast to the communist and socialist Second World. Not so, today. Whilst many former Second World countries are beginning to open up, First World countries, generally speaking, are passing increasingly draconian legislation, converting once-free countries into virtual police states.

When the above trend began, few people took much notice, but, in recent years, the changes that have taken place are becoming, increasingly, both more numerous and more frequent. At present, the frequency and severity of governmental developments have begun to resemble a runaway train.

 

 

As mentioned in the introductory paragraph, more and more people are becoming convinced as to the reality of all of the above – that we are reaching an "End of Progress." There does, however, seem to be a division in who they feel is responsible. Three theories follow.

The Evil Party

  • The party I support makes mistakes, but they mean well.
  • The alternate party is inherently evil and must be removed from power.
  • The future depends upon whether our party takes control as a result of the next election.

People who see the control of their country in this light tend to live from election to election, each time hoping that their chosen party will take control of all branches of their government (such as occurred in the US between 2008 and 2010). On occasions when their party does succeed in doing so, they rarely seem to lose faith in this belief, even when their party fails to "right all the wrongs" as they promised they would if they gained complete control.

The Inept Legislators

  • Both our primary political parties have become thoroughly corrupt.
  • It no longer matters which party we vote for. They both act in opposition to our best interests.
  • Legislators appear to be so inept that they truly don’t understand that they are bringing about the ruination of the country.
  • All (or most) legislators have sold out to corporate interests, which have become their puppeteers.

The followers of this theory tend to believe that the situation will not improve substantially, no matter who is elected.

The Elite

  • A group exists, made up primarily of bankers, whose goal is to one day rule the world.
  • The Elites control the central banks of the First World, and, therefore, control the governments, as legislators need loans from the banks to pay for the ever-increasing cost of government. (Tax dollars, at this point, could not come close to covering that debt.)
  • The Elites are not buffoons. They know exactly what they are doing, and they have a very clear long-term plan.
  • The Elite plan is for a neo-serfdom; the elimination of the middle class, with the Elite as a very small, very wealthy class who will dominate nearly every facet of the lives of the proletariat.

A dominant perception of the identity of the Elite begins in 19th century Europe, with Mayer Rothschild, whose five sons are credited with developing a concerted plan for economic and political domination of the world. Their descendants are believed to have conquered America in the early 20th century when they and others created the US Federal Reserve. Since that time, the power of the Elite has slowly increased both politically and economically, whilst the Elite themselves remain well in the background.

From the beginning, a Rothschild tenet was to avoid the limelight, whilst pulling the strings behind the screen. With each generation, this concept has been more apparent, and, today, the family names that have been associated with the seizure of control tend not to appear in the media. The names of Rothschild, Rockefeller, Morgan and the rest have either become less visible or more closely associated with philanthropy in public awareness.

Theories differ as to whether the Elite plan a communist, socialist, fascist, or another type of state, but they agree that the goal is a statist system, with a minimum of personal freedom for the proletariat.

There appears to be a bit of a divide between those who support each of the above theories. Each group appears to give a nod to the others, whilst firmly focusing on their own theory as being correct. This is interesting, as the three theories are by no means mutually exclusive. Certainly, the idea that the Elite are the puppeteers of the Inept Legislators is a good fit.

If the first theory is the accurate one, it would seem that the present pattern of decline would be due to a battle between good and evil, in which the socio-economic structure is an unfortunate casualty of the battle itself. If the battle would only end (with the good guys as the winners), substantial progress would hopefully begin again.

If the second theory is the accurate one, a similar battle exists, but it is between two more-or-less equally-incompetent parties, neither of which seems to be able to sort things out. And again, the socio-economic structure is an unfortunate casualty. (This theory promises less hope than the first.)

If the third theory is correct (whether or not it is coupled with the second theory), we have a very different reality. In the Elite theory, whilst there may be a battle between the political parties, it would matter little to the puppeteers as to which party is victorious. In fact, it would serve their interest if the battle were never-ending.

Just as in the latter days of the Roman Empire, the public, if they are to continue to be controlled, needs a distraction – something to focus on rather than to focus on the real game. To an Elite, the political struggle is not so different from either the gladiators of the first century or the football matches of the twenty-first century. Both politics and sports are tried-and-true distractions from the otherwise central issue of the maximization of social and political rule.

Under the Elite theory, the almost-consistently negative developments that are occurring in First World countries would by no means be an unfortunate casualty; in fact, they would be occurring by design. For a New World Order to exist, based upon statist principles, with the vast majority of humanity as a class of serfs, an End of Progress is not only an acceptable by-product, it is a principal objective.

So, is this, then, merely an academic discussion, a curiosity for the brain to muse over? Not at all. Regardless of our own personal perception of what is causing the present condition, the objective for us all should be to be as open as possible to all interpretations, as the closer we understand the situation, the more likely we are to create an ability to step away from the fray and avoid becoming a casualty of it.

 

New Opportunities Are Emerging For Citizens of The World.

Freedom and democracy may appear to be struggling to stay alive in America, but there may be a knock-out punch ready to be released. The evolution of the blockchain-enabled metaverse is going to enable the 'Citizens of the World' to gain their own Freedom by democratizing power and creating a new world with new rules, new players, and new opportunities. For 99.99% of us, the metaverse will improve our real-world lives through the democratization of power and opportunity.

Along with the major long-term trend of society towards decentralization and smaller-scale organizations, there are new opportunities developing to help 'Preparers' in the cryptocurrency sector. Businesses are beginning to issue their own Crypto Coins that can be traded on Cryptocoin Exchanges.

Markethive.com for example will be releasing its HiveCoin (HIV) in the coming weeks. It has tremendous upside potential that is outlined in a Video by Founder Tom Prendergast, "Entrepreneur Advantage…".

Not only that, if you go to their website and register as a FREE Member, you will be given 500 HiveCoins for "FREE" along with access to several Earning Opportunities and online tools to increase your HiveCoin balance.

Be sure to check it out today – Markethive.com

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New EU laws set to revolutionize tech markets

by Robert O'Sullivan, Cora Quigley, Jackie Dana, contributors, Namecheap Blog

New EU laws set to revolutionize tech markets

 

EU takes aim at U.S. tech giants with Digital Markets Act

Much has been said in recent years about the dominance of ‘big tech’ firms and the way this unfairly impacts digital markets. But this could all be about to change, with new EU regulations that are aiming at reducing the power of online ‘gatekeeper’ platforms, such as Facebook and Google. The BBC reported that EU officials agreed on the wording of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) last week and, provided further approvals are met, the new legislation could be in effect later this year. 

So which tech giants will be hit and how will it affect them? Any company with a market capitalization that exceeds €75 billion ($82 billion) and also has more than 45 million users would be impacted. This includes the likes of Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Meta (formerly Facebook), Alphabet (Google’s parent company), and Booking.com.

The regulations concern interoperability (the extent to which different companies or software applications cooperate), and there will be limits to the use of personal data for the purposes of advertising. The European Commission will also have new powers to place a ban on large mergers.  

Changes to interoperability mean that different messaging services, such as Whatsapp and Telegram, will be forced to allow messages from users of different platforms.

 

 

Another change is that large companies that offer online markets will no longer be able to provide a single option, according to Wired. This means Apple will need to provide alternatives to its App Store for Apple devices, while Android devices will not be limited to Google Play store. When it comes to billing, this is good news for companies like Spotify, which will be able to avoid commission fees of up to 30%.  

The new law heralds a shift in government approaches in dealing with large tech companies. Many U.S. politicians support breaking up big tech, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, who recently introduced legislation that would limit the powers of big tech companies. But France’s Digital Affairs Minister Cédric O, who has been working to draft the DMA, goes with “don’t break them up, break them open”. This suggests that the new regulation will usher in a period of increased sharing and competitiveness.  

The DMA has not been well received by large tech firms like Apple, which told Fortune that it will “create unnecessary security vulnerabilities for our users.” And Google said it would “reduce innovation and the choice available to Europeans.” 

As with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into effect in 2018, Europe looks to be leading the world in the regulation of large tech companies. Similar to the GDPR, the Digital Markets Act will impose hefty penalties (up to 20% of global revenues) when the regulations are not met. For such large companies, this could be equal to billions of euros. 

The DMA will also be similar to the GDPR in that its impact will reach further than its EU jurisdiction, and many large companies will be forced to rethink their approaches. The law is intended to bring more fairness and innovation to Europe and the rest of the world, so the upcoming months will show us just how markets and users will take to the restrictions on large companies. 

 

New Opportunities Are Emerging For Citizens of The World.

Freedom and democracy may appear to be struggling to stay alive in America, but there may be a knock-out punch ready to be released. The evolution of the blockchain-enabled metaverse is going to enable the 'Citizens of the World' to gain their own Freedom by democratizing power and creating a new world with new rules, new players, and new opportunities. For 99.99% of us, the metaverse will improve our real-world lives through the democratization of power and opportunity.

Along with the major long-term trend of society towards decentralization and smaller-scale organizations, there are new opportunities developing to help 'Preparers' in the cryptocurrency sector. Businesses are beginning to issue their own Crypto Coins that can be traded on Cryptocoin Exchanges.

Markethive.com for example will be releasing its HiveCoin (HIV) in the coming weeks. It has tremendous upside potential that is outlined in a Video by Founder Tom Prendergast, "Entrepreneur Advantage…".

Not only that, if you go to their website and register as a FREE Member, you will be given 500 HiveCoins for "FREE" along with access to several Earning Opportunities and online tools to increase your HiveCoin balance.

Be sure to check it out today – Markethive.com

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Tim Moseley

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by Karon Thackston, owner, Marketing Words

Marketing Must-Dos - Make More In Less Time!

 

Plan Your Offer Funnel Checklist

For decades, the marketing funnel has proven itself to be a steadfast marketing method that repeatedly delivers new opt-ins to your list and dollars to your bank account. But many funnels don’t work as well as they should because steps are missing, the target is off, or something else isn’t quite right. These steps will make sure you’re on track.

“I need to…”

 Identify my most expensive product or service. This is the tip/bottom of my funnel and what all of my activities, products, and services funnel into.

 Set the price for this product or service. It’s a fair price that meets demand and solves a high-level problem and provides a substantial value.

 Outline a tiered product/service offering that gradually increases from free to my previously identified most expensive item. Each item provides value and builds upon itself to offer increasing value and benefit.

 Create a system to brainstorm my free content, the largest portion, and the top of my funnel. This includes all of the content I normally publish to generate awareness and drive traffic. I’ve used:

 Lists

 Mindmaps

 Keyword research

 Google Alerts

 Consumer surveys

 Previously published content

 Competition

 Trends

 Social media

 Other_______________________

 

 Decide on a schedule and content plan for my free content. My content includes:

 

 Blog posts

 Podcast(s)

 Video(s)

 Interview(s)

 Guest blogging

 Social media posts

 Other_________

 

 Make my freebie or free offer (or have it created for me) to introduce or pull people into the next tier of my funnel. The goal of this offer is to capture an email address.

 

 Newsletter

 Course

 Report

 eBook

 Audio

 Video

 Tutorials

 Webinars

 Other_________

 

 Create an introductory product or service that meets my target audience’s basic needs.

 

 eBook

 Guide

 Webinar

 Group Coaching

 Other__________

 

 Identify an introductory price for the product or service that my customers will be able to easily justify and part with.

 Choose a mid-level product or service that meets my target audience’s basic needs.

 

 eBook

 Webinar series

 Home Learning Product

 Individual Coaching

 Other__________

 

 Pick a mid-level price for the product or service that my customers will be able to easily justify and part with.

 Establish a marketing strategy to connect with customers as they move through the funnel to upsell and help them take the next step.

 Use this plan for your offer funnel checklist to guide you as you plan your offer and create a seamless system to introduce prospects to your funnel and move them through seamlessly.

 

Sales Funnel Development Checklist

“I need to…”

 Make a list of all the products and services I offer, including their original and sale price points. Create a system to organize my products/services and relevant prices. Use:

 

 Spreadsheets

 Mind map

 Flowchart

 Notebook

 Other__________

 

 Identify the problem solved, the target audience, and the benefit each product or service provides.

 Create a content plan that is used to drive traffic and enter my prospects into my sales funnel including:

 

 Social media post

 Blog posts

 Guest blog posts

 Free reports/case studies

 Videos

 Interviews

 Other______

 

 Develop an opt-in offer and squeeze page to build my email list. My opt-in offer is a:

 

 Report

 Newsletter

 Video series

 Tutorial

 eBook

 Other_______

 

 Write automated emails and a thank you page so I can follow-up messages to transition them to the first product in my sales funnel. 

 

 Establish a timeline that takes into consideration the most effective time to deliver each message.

 Identify the format, goal, and call to action for each message.

 

 Write and scheduled my email messages using my chosen email marketing platform such as Active Campaign or Aweber.

 Look at my product/service list, I’ve identified opportunities to:

 

 Upsell – When during your sales and marketing process can you offer the next higher-priced product to your customer?

 Cross-sell – When within the body of your sales funnel can you offer complementary or supplementary products to your customer?

 Create special promotions – Where in your sales process and funnel can you introduce special promotions to your customers to help them move through your funnel?

 

 Develop my sales page for each offer. It includes:

 

 Attention-grabbing headline

 Compelling benefit-driven copy

 Proof

 Motivation to act now, for example, a limited number or a limited time offer

 Call to action

 

 Test all elements of the sales funnel process including email links, sales page links, and how each element appears on various browsers. My shopping cart system is integrated into the sales material and emails and everything is working perfectly.

 Implement a system of analytics and evaluation – create systems to collect data about:

 

 Email message click-through rates

 Links and calls to action on sales pages

 Email open rate

 Squeeze page conversions

 Sales and profits for each customer and offer

 Schedule a time each week/month/quarter to review the analytics and make any necessary tweaks or changes to my existing sales funnel.

 

Email Marketing Checklist

Email marketing is one of the most effective and efficient methods to connect with your audience on a consistent and personal level. This checklist will help you create a productive email marketing strategy.

“I need to…”

 Set my goal for my email marketing strategy and each message sent to subscribers. I’m:

 

 Motivating affiliate sales

 Driving traffic to a sales page

 Driving traffic to my blog/website

 Selling/promoting a product

 Other:______________

 

Research and identify the autoresponder technology that will help me create an effective and efficient email marketing system. For example, Active Campaign or Aweber. Create an account and/or set up my account with the service provider, including:

 

 Newsletter/email format

 Image/graphics

 Unsubscribe policy and procedure

 Subscribe policy/procedure. For example, do you require a double opt-in?

 Disclaimers/copyright statement

 Social media connections have been enabled.

 

Establish a content/email schedule that consistently provides value and helps me reach my email marketing goals.

 

 This schedule is one that I can follow through on by writing the content myself and managing the newsletter or by hiring assistance.

 This schedule includes the day(s) and time(s) each email message will be sent.

 

Know who my email list is targeting and I’ve implemented measures to motivate subscriptions. Including: 

 

 Download

 Freebie

 Special offer/promotion

 The promise of fantastic content

 Other__________

 

 Define my email message. Create a list of email topics that engage my subscribers and provide value. I know what my audience wants to know and I’ve created an email content plan to achieve it.

 Implement and use Google Analytics or my email service provider provides the data that I need to evaluate the success of each email I sent. A time has been scheduled on my weekly/monthly calendar to review the analytics and make necessary adjustments to my email marketing campaign and strategy.

 Write attention-grabbing and effective subject lines. Each email message has a test subject line so I can determine what my audience best responds to.

 Include a call to action in each email message sent to subscribers. The call to action clearly tells readers what they should do next and there are compelling reasons to take action now.

 Create engaging content that supports my goals for my email marketing strategy. This content provides value and motivates readers to not only remain subscribers but to also take action.

 Test each email and make sure that:

 

 My links work

 My email isn’t perceived as SPAM and placed in junk email folders

 My email, whether delivered in text or HTML, looks good on all browsers

 My 'From' line is clear and apparent – people know who is sending them an email

 

Use this handy checklist to help you make sure you don’t miss a step when creating your email marketing messages and strategy. Reap the many powerful benefits email marketing has to offer.

 

 

Brand Decisions Checklist

Your brand is the image that people observe, develop, and relate to. It connects you to your customers and prospects. The branding process, including the planning and decision process, are important. These decisions have an impact on your future success. By working through this checklist, you’ll establish a solid brand and a plan to move forward and integrate it into all of your marketing and sales efforts.

“I need to…”

 Identify my business vision and mission. My branding decisions must remain true to my vision and mission in order to provide a consistent and comprehensive image to prospects and customers.

 Identify colors that best represent the brand I want to portray. These colors embody the vision and mission of my business along with the message I wish to convey.

 Choose a brand name that is easy to remember, easy to spell, and can be registered as a domain name.

 Have a solid understanding of who my target audience is and understand what their needs, interests, and goals are. I know how my branding efforts influence my unique target customer. 

 Know what differentiates me from my competition. I know what value I bring to my prospects. I can answer the following questions:

 

 How do you benefit your clients?

 Why do they like you?

 Why do they buy from you?

 

 Create a logo, or hire someone to create a logo, that conveys my brand in a way that is simple and easy to understand. My brand colors are used in the logo and the logo supports my vision and mission.

 Develop a brand purpose – a statement that highlights what I provide the market, how my business is different, and what makes my business distinct. 

 Create a brand personality – a statement or list of characteristics and words that best describe my brand. My brand personality embraces elements of my personality so that I can create a stronger connection with my audience.

 Develop a brand promise – an emotional statement that connects prospects to my brand and my company. My brand promise and message both evoke a positive emotion.

 

Facebook Checklist

Facebook continues to grow amongst most demographics. It’s widely used by many target audiences and can be an effective tool to grow your audience, and ultimately your sales. Use this checklist to make sure you don’t miss a step as you plan and implement your Facebook Marketing Strategy.

“I need to…”

 Choose a Facebook name that is consistent with my business. Customers will be able to easily identify my business Facebook page and profile.

 Create a vanity URL that I can use to promote my Facebook page. My vanity URL, for example, Facebook.com/yourbusinessname, is professional, consistent, and apparent to my customers. (Go to Admin panel, Edit page, and Update info to set your Vanity URL).

 Design and brand my Facebook page with current photos, my logo, and other images that represent my business. My cover photo and header image are professional and relevant to my business. My tagline is present on my Facebook page.

 Create an "About" page that embraces my company brand, voice, and communicates current and relevant information about my business.

 Decide on a goal for my Facebook page and social media marketing activities. I intend to use Facebook to:

 

 Drive traffic to my site

 Provide valuable content

 Promote/sell products

 Build my opt-in list

 Other__________

 

 Establish a message for my Facebook page that supports my goals for Facebook marketing.

 This message supports my brand and is authentic.

 This message is engaging and provides value to my friends and followers. 

 Create a content schedule that provides a steady and consistent flow of valuable content that supports my goals and message.

 Set aside time each day so that I can consistently connect with potential prospects and build my following while building my business and reaching my marketing goals. For example, I’ve set aside fifteen minutes two times each day to share, comment, and post. I’ve scheduled one post for each day of the week.

 Integrate Facebook with my other marketing tactics including:

 

 My blog

 My website

 My email signature

 My email marketing

 Other social media pages

 Other__________

 

 Leverage technology and automate as much of the process as possible. For example, my weekly email newsletter is posted on Facebook.

 Create systems to test and track my Facebook marketing results. I’m testing for:

 

 Content

 Delivery/posting time

 Clicks

 Subscribes

 And measuring my results as they relate to my specific Facebook goals.

 

Facebook can be a useful tool to connect with your prospects and begin to build a community around your business. Create your message, follow-through, and track your results.

 

Twitter/LinkedIn Checklists

Both Twitter and LinkedIn serve different audiences and purposes. However, for the sake of efficiency, I’m combining the checklists – many of the steps are the same or similar.

“I need to…”

 Create my Twitter profile. My profile includes my name, my location, and a short bio

 or statement about me and my business. It also includes a link to my blog or website.

 Customize my Twitter background with my business logo or an image that is relevant to my business.

 Create my LinkedIn Profile page.

 

 It includes a lengthy summary about me and/or my business.

 It includes contact information.

 It includes references/recommendations/endorsements.

 It includes a recent and professional photo

 

 Choose a goal for both my Twitter and LinkedIn social media marketing activities. I intend to use them to:

 

 Drive traffic to my site

 Provide valuable content

 Build my opt-in list

 Establish credibility and authority

 Other__________

 

 Establish a message for my Twitter and LinkedIn activities that supports my goals for each site.

 

 This message supports my brand and is authentic.

 This message is engaging and provides value to my friends and followers.

 

 Develop a content schedule that provides a steady and consistent flow of valuable content that supports my goals and message. This content schedule includes searchable hashtags for Twitter content. For LinkedIn, consider answering questions or joining groups and providing content for a unique and specific audience.

 Set aside time each day so that I can consistently connect with potential prospects and build my following while building my business and reaching my marketing goals. For example, I’ve set aside time during my day/week to post unique and valuable content.

 Integrate Twitter and LinkedIn with my other marketing tactics including:

 

 My blog

 My website

 My email signature

 My email marketing

 Facebook

 Other__________

 

 Leverage technology and automate as much of the process as possible. For example, I’ve scheduled Twitter posts in advance using an autoposter and linked those tweets to my Facebook page.

 Create systems to test and track my Twitter and LinkedIn marketing results. I’m testing for:

 

 Content

 Delivery/posting time

 Clicks

 Subscribes

 And measuring my results as they relate to my specific LinkedIn and Twitter goals.

 

Both Twitter and LinkedIn have unique audiences and can help you build a community, increase awareness and ultimately build your business.

 

Instagram/Pinterest Checklists

Instagram and Pinterest are two of the hottest social platforms today. People love getting insight into your everyday life on Instagram, and sharing all the cool stuff they find on Pinterest. In fact, Pinterest is one of the top sources of referrals to blogs in many niches, so if you’re not leveraging these two social networks, you might just be missing out!

“I need to…”

 Create my Pinterest profile. My profile includes my name, a short bio or statement about me and my business, and a link to my website.

 Customize my Instagram profile with my name and business, appropriate keywords, and a link to my website.

 Create relevant Pinterest “boards” to showcase:

 

 Related products and services

 Fun niche content

 My products and services

 Personal interests

 Useful tips my market can use

 

 Identify appropriate hashtags for Instagram which are:

 

 Related to my niche

 Widely used and searched for by my target audience

 Keyword-rich

 

 Establish a goal for my Instagram and Pinterest activities that supports my overall business development plans, including:

 

 Increasing traffic to my website

 Growing my mailing list

 Increasing sales

 

 Develop a habit of sharing content through both Instagram and Pinterest on a regular basis.

 Schedule time each day so that I can consistently connect with potential prospects and build my following while building my business and reaching my marketing goals. For example, I’ve set aside time during my day/week to post unique and valuable content.

 Integrate my Instagram and Pinterest accounts with:

 

 My blog

 My website

 My email signature

 My email marketing

 Facebook

 Other__________

 

 Test and track engagement and follower growth using the tools available on both Instagram and Pinterest.

 

YouTube Checklist

YouTube is the second largest search engine online today. You very likely use it yourself when looking for help on a project, or just want a fun diversion for a few minutes. But are you using YouTube to grow your business? Here’s how to get the most out of YouTube.

“I need to…”

 Create my YouTube profile. My profile includes my name, a short bio or statement about me and my business, and a link to my website.

 Customize my YouTube header and profile picture to include an image of me and my logo.

 Make relevant YouTube “playlists” to showcase various categories of videos.

 Identify appropriate keywords for YouTube which are:

 

 Related to my niche

 Widely used and searched for by my target audience

 

 Organize a system for optimizing my YouTube videos, including:

 

 Appropriate and keyword-rich naming

 Compelling descriptions which include my website link

 Call to action within each video

 

 Develop a schedule for posting new videos that is both consistent and goal-oriented.

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The End of the Petrodollar and What It Means for You

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The End of the Petrodollar and What It Means for You

by Nick Giambruno, contributer, International Man Communique

The End of the Petrodollar and What It Means for You

 

Oil for Gold (and Bitcoin)…

The US government reaps an unfathomable amount of power from its racket of printing fake money out of thin air and forcing it on the world. The petrodollar system is a big reason it has gotten away with this scam for so long.

Here’s how it works…

Oil is by far the largest and most strategic commodity market. For the last 50 years, virtually anyone who wanted to import oil needed US dollars to pay for it.

Every country needs oil. And if foreign countries need US dollars to buy oil, they have a compelling reason to hold large dollar reserves.

This creates a huge artificial market for US dollars and forces foreigners to soak up many of the new currency units the Fed creates. Naturally, this gives a tremendous boost to the value of the dollar.

The system has helped create a deeper, more liquid market for the dollar and US Treasuries. It also allows the US government to keep interest rates artificially low, thereby financing enormous deficits it otherwise would be unable to.

In short, the petrodollar system is the bedrock of the US financial system. That's why the US government protects it so fiercely. It needs the system to survive. World leaders who have challenged the petrodollar have ended up dead…

Take Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi, for example. Each led a large oil-producing country—Iraq, and Libya, respectively. And both tried to sell their oil for something other than US dollars before US military interventions led to their deaths.

Of course, there were other reasons the US toppled Saddam and Gaddafi. But protecting the petrodollar was a serious consideration, at the very least. When countries like Iraq and Libya challenge the petrodollar system, it's one thing. The US military can dispatch them with ease.

However, it’s a whole other dynamic when Russia and China undermine the petrodollar system… which is happening in a big way right now.

Russia and China are the only countries with sophisticated enough nuclear arsenals to go toe-to-toe with the US up to the top of the military escalation ladder. However, the US military can’t attack Russia and China with impunity because they can match each move up to all-out nuclear war—the very top of the military escalation ladder.

For this reason, the US is deterred from entering into a direct military conflict with Russia and China—even though they are about to strike a fatal blow to the petrodollar system. The top Russian energy official recently made it explicit. He said Russia would accept gold or Bitcoin in return for its oil.

"If they want to buy, let them pay either in hard currency—and this is gold for us… you can also trade Bitcoins."

Here’s the bottom line. The petrodollar system’s demise appears to be imminent. It has enormous geopolitical and financial consequences that most investors don’t understand.

The Real Reason for China and Russia’s Massive Gold Stash

It’s no secret that China and Russia have been stashing away as much gold as they can for many years. China is the world’s largest producer and buyer of gold. Russia is number two.

Today it's clear why China and Russia have had an insatiable demand for gold. They've been waiting for the right moment to pull the rug from beneath the petrodollar system. And now is that moment…

After it invaded Ukraine, the US government kicked Russia out of the dollar system and seized hundreds of billions in dollar reserves of the Russian central bank.

Washington has threatened to do the same to China for years. These threats helped ensure that China cracked down on North Korea, didn't invade Taiwan, and did other things the US wanted.

These threats against China may be a bluff, but if the US government carried them out—as it recently did against Russia—it would be like dropping a financial nuclear bomb on Beijing. Without access to dollars, China would struggle to import oil and engage in international trade. As a result, its economy would come to a grinding halt, an intolerable threat to the Chinese government.

China would rather not depend on an adversary like this. This is one of the main reasons it created an alternative to the petrodollar system. This system will allow anyone in the world to trade oil for gold. It will bypass the US dollar, financial system, and sanctions.

 

 

Here’s how it works…

After years of preparation, the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) launched a crude oil futures contract denominated in Chinese yuan in 2017. Since then, any oil producer can sell its oil for something besides US dollars… in this case, the Chinese yuan.

There's one big issue, though. Most oil producers don't want to accumulate a large reserve of yuan, and China knows this.

That’s why China has explicitly linked the crude futures contract with the ability to convert yuan into physical gold—without touching China’s official reserves—through gold exchanges in Shanghai (the world’s largest physical gold market) and Hong Kong.

PetroChina and Sinopec, two Chinese oil companies, provide liquidity to the yuan crude futures by being big buyers. So, if any oil producer wants to sell their oil in yuan (and gold indirectly), there will always be a bid.

After years of growth and working out the kinks, the INE yuan oil future contract is now ready for prime time. It comes at the perfect moment. Russia is the world’s largest energy producer. China is the world’s largest energy importer, and Russia is Beijing’s largest oil supplier.

Now that the US has banned Russia from the dollar system, there is an urgent need for a credible system capable of handling hundreds of billions worth of oil sales outside of the US dollar and financial system. The Shanghai International Energy Exchange is that system.

Other countries on Washington's naughty list are enthusiastically signing up. For example, Iran—another major oil producer—accepts yuan as payment. So do Venezuela, Nigeria, and others.

Even Saudi Arabia—the linchpin of the petrodollar system—is flirting in the open with China about selling its oil in yuan. One way or another—and probably soon—the Chinese will find a way to compel the Saudis to accept the yuan.

China is already the world's largest oil importer. Moreover, the amount of oil it imports continues to grow as it fuels an economy of over 1.4 billion people (more than 4x larger than the US).

The sheer size of the Chinese market makes it impossible for Saudi Arabia—and other oil exporters—to ignore China’s demands to pay in yuan indefinitely. The Shanghai International Energy Exchange further sweetens the deal for oil exporters.

Think about it… An oil-producing country has two choices:

Option #1 – The Petrodollar

The dismal financial situation of the US guarantees the dollar will lose significant purchasing power. Plus, there's enormous political risk. Oil producers are exposed to the whims of the US government, which can confiscate their money whenever it wants, as it recently did to Russia.

Option #2 – Shanghai International Energy Exchange

Here, an oil producer can participate in the world’s largest market and try to capture more market share. It can also easily convert and repatriate its proceeds into physical gold, an international form of money with no political risk.

From the perspective of an oil producer, the choice is a no-brainer. Even though most people have not realized it yet, it marks the end of the petrodollar system and a new monetary era.

A lot of oil money—hundreds of billions of dollars and perhaps trillions—that would typically flow through banks in New York in US dollars into US Treasuries will instead flow through Shanghai into yuan and gold. We could also see countries using Bitcoin to pay for oil, as the top Russian energy official recently suggested.

What Happens Next

Ron Paul knows more about the international monetary system than almost anyone alive. He once gave a speech called "The End of Dollar Hegemony," where he pointed out the one thing that would precipitate the US dollar’s collapse.

Here is the relevant part:

"The economic law that honest exchange demands only things of real value as currency cannot be repealed. The chaos that one day will ensue from our experiment with worldwide fiat money will require a return to money of real value. We will know that day is approaching when oil-producing countries demand gold, or its equivalent, for their oil rather than dollars or euros. The sooner the better."

The bottom line is that China, Russia, and other countries will ditch the dollar and use yuan, gold, and potentially Bitcoin to trade oil. It will be the end of the petrodollar system, and it is imminent.

For over 50 years, the petrodollar system has allowed the US government and many Americans to live way beyond their means. The US takes this unique position for granted. But it will soon disappear. There will be a lot of extra dollars floating around suddenly looking for a home now that they are not needed to purchase oil.

As a result, expect inflation to skyrocket and a financial earthquake of historic proportions… One that could alter that direction of the US forever and mark the biggest economic event of our lifetimes.

The sad truth is, most people have no idea how bad things could get, let alone how to prepare…

 

New Opportunities Are Emerging For Citizens of The World.

Freedom and democracy may appear to be struggling to stay alive in America, but there may be a knock-out punch ready to be released. The evolution of the blockchain-enabled metaverse is going to enable the 'Citizens of the World' to gain their own Freedom by democratizing power and creating a new world with new rules, new players, and new opportunities. For 99.99% of us, the metaverse will improve our real-world lives through the democratization of power and opportunity.

Along with the major long-term trend of society towards decentralization and smaller-scale organizations, there are new opportunities developing to help 'Preparers' in the cryptocurrency sector. Businesses are beginning to issue their own Crypto Coins that can be traded on Cryptocoin Exchanges.

Markethive.com for example will be releasing its HiveCoin (HIV) in the coming weeks. It has tremendous upside potential that is outlined in a Video by Founder Tom Prendergast, "Entrepreneur Advantage…".

Not only that, if you go to their website and register as a FREE Member, you will be given 500 HiveCoins for "FREE" along with access to several Earning Opportunities and online tools to increase your HiveCoin balance.

Be sure to check it out today – Markethive.com

Markethive

Tim Moseley