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60 Second Ideas - Last Night's Tele-Conference Replay - Imagination to Profit

For those of you who missed last night's tele-conference on how to brainstorm truly original moneymaking ideas with passion and imagination and Walt Disney's Secret, You missed a good one. We gave away hundreds of dollars in prizes complements of Ace Hardware to help them promote their Dream Ace contest where they are giving away a fully stocked Ace Hardware Franchise to one lucky entrepreneur. While we believe the all the prizes from last night's call are gone, you can still enter the Dream Ace contest free for the next several hours. The entry deadline is 12:00PM tonight, January 31st so you will have to hurry. Go to www.dreamacehardware.com. Thanks to Ed Forteau at http://successrainmaker.com  for putting this tele-conference together at the last minute.

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Profit by Imagination Radio Show to Interview Donald Trump's Season One Winner, Bill Rancic, Friday January 26, 2007 at 12:00 PM EST - Rescheduled from Last Sunday...

Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, Bill Rancic was not able to join us on last Sunday's show as scheduled. The good news is we have rescheduled him for Friday, January 26th, 2007 at 12:00PM EST. I hope all of you can join us.

For those of you that do not know Bill Rancic, he is Season One Winner of Donald Trump's The Apprentice and an amazing entrepreneur you won't want to miss.

We will talk to Bill about what it was like to be on the Apprentice, first as a candidate and now as a judge. What his thoughts are on Entrepreneurship and Small Business Ownership, find out what Bill is doing these days and why he is traveling the country in a 45 foot bus called the "Dream Ace Machines." Hint: Bill Rancic is helping to promote a contest that will give one entrepreneur the chance to fulfill his or her dream of owning and managing their own Ace Hardware business worth over $1 Million Dollars. Plus additional giveaways and your questions for Bill Rancic live.

Don't forget, the show is scheduled for 12PM EST, Friday January 26, 2007. I hope to hear from you.

Profit by Imagination Radio Show to Interview Donald Trump's Season One Winner, Bill Rancic, Sunday January 21, 2007 at 2:00 PM EST

I am really excited about this live interview with Bill Rancic. I hope you can join us.

Bill Rancic knows a lot about entrepreneurship. At age 23, he started his own company, cigarsaroundtheworld.com. Winner of the first season of Donald' Trump's The Apprentice and now a judge on the show, Rancic will be interviewed this Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 2-3 PM (EST) on our Profit by Imagination Radio Show. We will talk to Bill about what it was like to be on the Apprentice, first as a candidate and now as a judge. What his thoughts are on Entrepreneurship and Small Business Ownership, find out what Bill is doing these days and why he is traveling the country in a 45 foot bus called the "Dream Ace Machines." Hint: Bill Rancic is helping to promote a contest that will give one entrepreneur the chance to fulfill his or her dream of owning and managing their own Ace Hardware business worth over $1 Million Dollars. The contest ends January 31, 2007 and you get can get all the details on how to enter during The Profit By Imagination Radio Show this Sunday at 2:00PM EST. Plus, Bill will have give aways for live listeners. Listeners will also have an opportunity to talk to Bill Rancic live and get their questions answered.

60 Second Ideas Podcast - Interview with Sarah Lefton of Jewish Fashion Conspiracy

In the last two podcasts we have talked about Sarah Lefton of Jewish Fashion Conspiracy. Now hear an a portion of an interview with Sarah herself for the upcoming Profit by Imagination Book. Below you will find the introduction and podcast. This one is a little longer than our typical 60 Second Ideas Podcasts at just over 10 minutes, but well worth it. You will be amused, entertained, and inspired all at the same time.

Accidental Entrepreneur Sarah Lefton’s funny mind set and her Jewish pride led her to a profitable small business. In this fast paced podcast, listen to how Sarah’s clever word play while at Yosemite National Park launched her into a thriving Internet Business, Jewish Fashion Conspiracy, in less than 2 days! Plus find out how Sarah made some quick cash simply by following the news, using her sense of humor and taking fast action. All at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s expense. Not to worry though, the former Terminator actually bought one for himself!

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60 Second Ideas Podcast - How to Make Money from Funny News Stories

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Like the multitude of Pluto T-shirt and Bumper Stickers that popped up virtually overnight last fall, when Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet last, Sarah Lefton, founder of Jewish Fashion Conspiracy   She set up a website and sent out press releases to major media outlets and low and behold Sarah's funny T-Shirt got picked up by CNN and Fox News - exploding her sales at $24.00 per t-shirt.  She also added a little political activism and more humor to the equation. "And 20% of proceeds will benefit the California Democratic Party, which as you may have noticed, could use the help," the Sacramento Girlie Men Web site read. The website is no longer active because topical protects have a short shelf life.

Capitalizing on topical feelings, trends, fads, or slogans like Sacramento Girlie Men or Pluto that can evoke emotion in a humorous and tasteful fashion is an excellent way to earn some quick cash – just remember that fun products like this will fad fast as the subject fades from the headlines.

I am a great admirer of Walt Disney who knew that if he could get people to smile, a Magic Moment for that person had been created. Sarah Lefton through her Jewish Fashion Conspiracy business and her other short term sites like Sacramento Girlie Men makes people smile. If you have an existing small business think of what you can do to add a happy twist to make your customers smile. If you are just ready to launch your company or in the process of formulating and refining your business idea do the same thing and you will be ahead of the game.

The bottom line: Magic Moments equals Profits.

In our next 60 Second Ideas Episode, you will hear from the San Fransicio Funny Girl, Sarah Lefton herself. As Always, You can hear it all and subscribe to this podcast at 60secondideas.com and of course through Itunes.

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60 Second Ideas Podcast - San Francisco Funny Girl Sarah Lefton and Jewish Fashion Conspiracy

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Sarah Lefton's funny mind set and her Jewish pride led her to a profitable home based business. As the marketing director for a Jewish summer camp at Yosemite National Park, Lefton discovered a little doctoring of the word Yosemite would create "Yo Semite".  Amused, she silk screened the term on a few T-shirts for herself. Wearing her clever Yo Semite T-shirts around the streets of San Francisco, Sarah was continually approached by people wanting to know where they could get one. Two days later, she had taken orders for 36 shirts and her Internet based business, Jewish Fashion Conspiracy was born.

With the success of the Yo Semite shirts, Lefton has now added additional designs to her product line. Always fun, and sometimes racy, the goal is to create a sense of cultural identify and pride among 20 to 30 something Jews.  The Chanukah panties are a huge hit and promote Jewish sex appeal. An avid baseball fan, Lefton also has designed a "Jews for Jeter" shirt to honor the New York Yankee's star Derek Jeter. Lefton's designs are a way to have fun and be Jewish at the same time. Lefton's clever idea has received media attention from a variety of Jewish publications and Time Magazine.

In our next 60 Second Ideas Episode, you will hear about how Sarah’s quick wit earned her some quick cash just be paying attention to the news…and we will do a third where you will hear from the San Fransicio Funny Girl, Sarah Lefton herself. You can hear it all and subscribe to this podcast at 60secondideas.com and of course through Itunes.

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60 Second Ideas - Congratulations Boise State!

Congratulations to my favorite home town College Football Team, The Boise State Broncos for defeating the legendary Oklahoma Sooners in what is being called the Game of the Century at the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale Arizona on New Years Day. Quite an accomplishment for the team and first year Head Coach, Chris Petersen, one of only two coaches since 1900 have won 12 games in his first season.

When BSU Quarterback Jared Zabransky threw an interception with just over a minute to play.  Everyone thought the game was over and Oklahoma would win. The Broncos came roaring back and tied the game with a perfectly executed hook-and-lateral to tie the game. Boise State went on to win in overtime with a gutsy two point conversion Statue of Liberty play with Zabransky faking a throw and handing the ball to star running back Ian Johnson.

Ian Johnson pulled another stunner when the game was over, proposing to his cheerleader girlfriend, Chrissy Popadics on national TV after scoring the winning 2-point conversion, giving Bronco fans and the nation something else to cheer about. Congratulations to Ian and Chrissy too!

What a difference 60 Seconds can make!

Indeed, that is really the Point of The 60 Second Ideas Blog. Our mission is to try to make a difference by inspiring you with short and to the point amazing ideas that you can tweak, borrow, pilfer or simply motivate you come up with your own profitable small business  or home based business ideas and most importantly take action.

Go Broncos!

60 Second Ideas - You Are Mighty

I found this on Cheryl Mclaughin's Blog, whom I wrote about in yesterday's post. This is very cool. Turn on your speakers and click on the link below. The awesome thing is you can make your own simply by substituting your name or the name of a friend for my name in the url. Try it out.

http://www.michaelbrooks.youaremighty.com/

Be Great!

MB

60 Second Ideas - Six Degrees of Separation

This post is about six degrees of separation – I don’t mean the failed TV show, but as a practical matter in real life. It really is a small world out there. Anyway, last week, I was on the phone Cheryl McLaughlin, founder of the McLaughlin Human Performance Institute, (http://www.cherylmclaughlin.typepad.com, http://www.cherylmclaughlin.com) whom I had never met. Cheryl happened to listen in on the debut 60 Second Ideas Profit by Imagination Radio Show on Blog Talk Radio. She emailed me with some questions. I emailed her back and mentioned that she could call me if she had further questions. Through our emails we found that we had some things in common, namely we were both former college athletes and she used to live in my adopted home town of Boise,Idaho. She called me and found that we even knew some of the same people and we had a good time just talking about common experiences and our lives in general before we ever got to talking about business. Then after virtually becoming friends over the phone, we got to talking business - helping each other out, brainstorming and even imagining ideas on how we might be able to work together….very cool.

The Internet has made it easier than ever to come in contact with amazing people. Don’t be afraid to email someone or even call if you have questions, comments, or an idea. You never know what might transpire - what you can imagine and brainstorm together and at the very least you could have a new friend and contact.