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Do you remember any of the predictions made for 2007?  I made it a point to track what I said on December 30, 2006 . For the record the December 30th post is published and I am repeating it below along with the first report on what actually is happening now vs. what was predicted.(2008 predictions will be published on December 29th. There will be some astonishing forecasts and if you pay close attention, prosperity will be yours in the next 12 months.)
 
Summary: the most obvious prediction that came to be true was Frank Kern’s hair - there simply was no doubt it then or now. Let’s look at what was said on December 30th 2006 and how it turned out!
 
 
December 30, 2006
 
The Key Was Found That Unlocks The Secret Vault With The Report On What 2007 Business Development Predictions Will Come True. Here Is The Report!
 
20% of the people having a goal of making money on line in 2007 will make money on line in 2007. 20% - 40% of those will make enough money to consider it their full time work. 
12-07 Update: I was wrong. The latest reports indicate 10% of those having a goal of making money on line actually do and 5% actually make enough money to stay at home and pay their bills.
 
Frank Kern will be more even more blond by the end of 2007.  
12-07 Update - just look at Frank. I called this one. I rock!!

80% of the people on line today trying to make money will not make any money on line in 2007.
12-07 Update: Unfortunately this is accurate

The rate of business failures in 2007 will accelerate. 80% of those failures could be avoided with the experienced guidance.
 
12-07 Update: 110% accurate The rate of failures has accelerated and most could have been avoid with the right advise.
 
Ken McCarthy and Ken McArthur will continue to rank the highest in the group of people offering the best seminar training.
 
12-07 Update: 100% accurate There is great content at seminars but these guys are at the top of the mountain.
 
The rate of new business starts will increase. Those starts will be added fuel for the rate of failure. 
12-07 Update: 100% accurate This is a mathematical fact.
 
2-5% of the people on line in 2006 will make 90-95% of the profit on line in 2007. 
12-2-07 Update: 100% accurate ( The composition of the 2-5% might change but the stats don’t)
 
President Bush will not be re-elected. 
12-07 Update: 100% accurate (He can’t run again)
 
Dan Kennedy and Bill Glazer will send out a big box next year to their customers wishing them the very best Christmas ever. In the box will be at least 10 opportunities to spend money on one or more of their in-house study programs or seminars. Read the Christmas card first of course. (Did you receive one of their cards in 2006. Was it just me thinking their mailing was tacky at best? ) Do not ignore Dan and Bill’s training unless you are netting more than $10 million a year from continuity programs. 
12-07 Update: 100% accurate (I received mine - did you?)
 
There will be no more than 4 new players in 2007 that will achieve public recognition of being an Internet guru. Five currently recognizable gurus will leave to find off line jobs to pay their bills.  
(Statistics Still Being Compiled -Unfortunately I am right.)
 
More people will figure out how to use Blogs and Social Networking sites to effectively market their business. 5% of these people will develop courses to teach use these skills. 20% of the courses will have valuable content. 5% of those not publishing courses will be making the most money and we will never know who they are.
 
12-07 Update: 100% accurate ( No - I am not taking consultation fees for what your 2008 will look like. )
 
Next year the number of people you don’t personally know who will send you emails wishing you everything you ever dreamed of during the holiday season will triple.
 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

The burst in the housing bubble is over and the housing market will be on a steady incline throughout 2007. 
Completely missed this one.

90% of the people buying new programs, memberships and training will not use any of what they purchased and learned.
 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

Google Adsense is not dead and there will be a surge in people telling you how much money they are making with Adsense.
 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

There will be an increasing number of public companies that will go private as they are tired of the cost of complying with SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley.
 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

Website buying and selling will accelerate. Ed Dale’s latest training topic is in front of the curve.
 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

Direct mail will be used more by the top 5% of the Internet Marketers in 2007 as they recognize that a people still like paper and ink. 20% of the remaining 95% will try direct mail and wonder why it doesn’t work for them. None of the 95% pay close attention to Dan Kennedy and Bill Glazier. 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

John Reese says that long sales letters are on the decline and using a combination of Camtasia, live video clips and sales copy on your sales page will be most effective. John is right. Actually John is nearly always right and will continue to be so in 2007. Why is that? He tests and validates before he opens his mouth. If you don’t read his monthly report you are not serious about making money on line. (Frank Kern is nearly always right even with blonde hair.)

The gap between those building wealth and those not increasing net worth will widen in 2007.

12-07 Update: 110% accurate Those not building wealth will blame those who do with even louder voices and will want the government to step in. Those building wealth want the reinforcement of our country’s constitutional principles which basically says we have the right to build our business and build wealth and who we help is our choice not a government mandate. People still don’t get the fact that jobs are created and more money flows into the federal and state tax accounts when we let people who know how to build business do just that. The number of those not getting this point will continue to increase in 2007.
 

Portal Feeder will win the Grammy for the longest running program to have people pay for the development of a new version that should have been offered when the original version was offered but was not, and still is not over a year later. The Grammy will be awarded for best supporting actors in a major film that has not been released. By the way - I love the PF team.

12-07 Update: 210% accurate. Portal Feeder not only one the award but released a sequal that is awesome.
 
More people will recognize that all of this is a game and will turn increasing levels of attention and energy to the purpose and quality of human game. (Read Bob Scheinfeld’s Busting Lose From The Money Game. Read Joe Vitale’s The Key, Read all the material developing at Prosperity Now)  
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

Stomper Net will emerge as the best “I wish I were in that group” program. However, 80% of the people in Stomper Net will not take any action on what they have learned. 
12-07 Update: Partially True - Stomper Net is like having the entire Internet Library of Congress thrown at you. It  is 200% true most Stompers have not acted on what they have learned. Be on the look out for my 2008 predictions.
 
The best overall teacher of business success principles in 2007 will be Steve Pohlit, followed by John Reese. (Hey it is my blog!) 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

If 2007 is a great New Year for you it is because you have accepted the responsibility to make that happen and not because me or anyone else says Happy New Year to you.

12-07 Update - you are now learning how to make every day great.
 
Be well and prosper,
 
Steve Pohlit
Business Development Consulting 
Steve Pohlit has more than 20 years experience running very large and medium sized companies. Steve now consults personally with clients to design and implement processes that will deliver improved business performance for the long term. The latest successful on line and off line marketing techniques are part of the processes that are implemented. Most projects are self-funding within 90 days. The client then experiences a very high return on investment. Learn more about the process of Increasing Profits by 30% or More In 90 Days or Less by visiting http://www.stevepohlit.com or you can call 727-587-7871 and speak with Steve directly. Have a question? Click Here To Visit Ask The Consultant

In the 10 Minute MBA program I show you how to improve your business performance by consistently following a straightforward business development and control program. I clearly state that if you follow this program and implement it properly, your business revenue and profits will absolutely increase substantially. I continue to stand stronger than ever behind that statement.

Business principles are at the foundation of The 10 Minute MBA program. Once I know these principles and have demonstrated them to work, I feel it is my responsibility to teach them and I do.

There is another set of priniples, laws actually, that I have learned and feel equally responsible for teaching. These are the Laws of the Universe. I didn’t always know these Laws like I do now. However, at one point a couple of years ago I woke up to the song “Hey What’s Going On?” I was going backwards fast. A downward spiral would be an accurate description.

Right about this time Joe Vitale released The Attractor Factor and that started me along the path of personal self-development that I am on today. That is a long story and the point of today’s message is that I now teach business principles and the Laws of The Universe. You may not like that thread. That is fine. “When The Student is Ready The Teacher Will Appear” In my case there is a growing group of teachers.

Do you or someone you know have challenges with their finances, health, relationships or possibly with their general outlook on life? There are a huge number of resources to help and most of them you can get for free on line, at your library, at bookstores and at certain churches. One resource just published is the book by Joe Vitale titled “The Key”

“The Key” is very important for anyone leading a business, wanting to be an independent entrepreneur or simply wanting to be happy by moving to a new place in life. In the book Joe tells the story of having a meeting with his trainers - these are the people who are paid to mentor paying subscribers toward greater success, happiness and prosperity. They help people with the principles detailed in many of Joe’s books as well as resources by others. In that meeting Joe draws two circles. One represents where we are and the other represents where we want to be.

The discussion is about how do we move from point A to point B. We are not talking about driving from your garage to the grocery store. We are talking about moving from a state of unhappiness or disatisfaction to one of peace, contentment and bliss. (A and B are my references not Joe’s. As many who know me understand: if I cannot get an action plan defined as steps A, B & C or steps 1, 2 and 3 (maybe 5) then forget about it. The plan would be too complicated for most people to stay focused on and certainly too complicated for me to manage.)

I was fascinated by the discussion, these were the people who were hired by Joe to coach high dollar paying members on principles Joe outlined in his books like The Attractor Factor and Zero Limits. Yet according to Joe, all of these mentors seemed to give traditional answers like..”well if we make more calls we will book more sales”

Joe (I imagine) is sitting there smiling and then simply reminds us that if we do not appreciate what is happening with us at point A then there is no way we can optimize our position or even come close to getting to point B.

Some clarification may help:

If you read my post on Quantum Success then you know a foundation Universal Law is that we must demonstrate gratitude for what we have before we can receive more. I love the sentence in The Key: “I’m Totally Satisfied..I Just Want More” Think about it..there are no limits and to experience all that you want to experience in the physical plane while we are here there are certain Universal Laws that must become part of your being. Two key ones are:

First - Release ..Forgive what has happened in the past that is not serving you. You cannot replay it except in your mind and when you do, whatever it is that is eating at you is sapping your energy right now. What a waste. This does not mean you should learn from your mistakes. It simply means release what is already done. How often do you find you are reliving something in the past. I know I catch myself all the time. This use of energy does not help us appreciate the now which leads to the next Law.

Second - Gratitude for where you are at right now. I don’t care what challenges you face, financial, relationship, health it doesn’t matter. Get used to the fact that life in the physcical plane throws curve balls. Deal with it. How? Release and Gratitude. Do you think you have nothing to be grateful for? Did the sun come up? Start there.

I don’t care if you are the greatest internet marketer, a highly successful business owner a person stuggling with financial, healh or relationship issues… I just know that if you want to have the feelings of happiness, peace, contentment you must live by the Universal Laws.

I have experienced the complete transformation of a business using these principles and following the guidance as outlined in Joe Vitale’s book Zero Limits. I have applied these Laws in my own life. I am having wonderful results and now I am practicing the message ” I’m Totally Satisfied - I Just Want More” Personally I can tell you there is a lot more that I want and for once I can tell you that I am focused on being better at enjoying the moment right now. If you cannot enjoy the moment right now, what makes you think you can enjoy the moment when you have more ___ or more ____ or more____? Which is exactly why you will not have more prosperity as defined by the feelings of contentment, healthy energy, happiness until you demonstrate that you are grateful now. That simply is one of the Laws.

As I go forward and help companies achive their profit goals I will continue to help them with foundation business tools as outlined at The 10 Minute MBA. we will also be integrating the ME Factor into their business and ultimately into their personal lives. However, like this article and like the material being developed for the Prosperity Now program, reading the material is great. However, believing there are no limits for me and you and everyone on this planet requires convergence. It requires the convergence of what we do with what we think about and what influences our subconcious mind with the Source that honors no boundaries.

The following is a great affirmation:

” I live with joyous gratitude and become more and more conscious of all that I have to be thankful for. I take time to appreciate all the wonderful things to be happy about”

May you experience the unlimited love, health, happiness and prosperity that is yours for the asking!

Steve Pohlit

Steve Pohlit has more than 20 years experience successfully running companies large and small. Steve now develops and implements processes that will deliver improved business performance for the long term. Learn more about the process of Increasing Profits by 30% or More In 90 Days or Less by visiting http://stevepohlit.com or you can call 727-587-7871 and speak with Steve directly. Have a question? Click Here To Visit Ask The Consultant If you want to learn how to use a blog to build your business then register for the the free mini-course “Blogging for Profits” at Steve Reports and Blogging For Profits. Did you know you can make a ton of money by referring a business that converts to consulting project? Just thought I’d mention that.