Josh (High School student) sharing for GFI

Hi and Welcome to the GFI!!

Meet Josh from a High School student, He is one of many part time GFI entrepreneurs who decided to try and succeeded in GFI! He is one of my business associates doing GFI together with his parents (but he's doing it on his own) on a part time basis after his school 1-2 hours even at home and online. 

Today, he's enjoying the weekend with us in Fontana and prior to that was tagaytay Highlands. This is the "Life Balance" that we promote and embrace among other values that make us successful, living and enjoying our lives to the fullest through GFI. 

Like Josh, your success is secure through our partners like Avida Properties of Ayala Land Corporation and Multiply.com!

SO....If you desire to make your life better, If you love your family, If you value your time and yearn to be more, better, happier and wealthier then Contact us today and Let's talk about it (just listen and see how we can HELP YOU build, improve and enjoy Life =)

Thanks & God bless
Dondy Gonzales
GFI Entrepreneur
Former BPO Manager
mobile: +63916.2513700
skype: dondy.gonzales

What Every Entrepreneur Can Learn From Kids

When you’re pondering about what it takes to be an entrepreneur, don’t overlook the business savvy of kids. They aren’t always consciously striving to climb the ladder of success. However, the journey from toddler to teen leaves a trail of tested developmental data.

Here we feature the 8 areas of ‘kids’ mindsets:

#1 – Negotiations

Children of all ages are masters of the art of negotiating. Watch a child engaging in the bargaining process. Kids learn early on that everything has subjective value and might be considered trade worthy in certain circumstances.

Take stock of your own negotiating inventory.

#2 – Compromise

Reaching agreements results in more rewards than stubbornly wallowing in stalemated disagreements. There is nothing defeating about walking away with a gain. When you want two jumping frogs for your slingshot, keep in mind that frogs aren’t so easy to catch. One frog or no frog? It’s that simple.

#3 – Resilience

Kids seldom take ‘no’ for an answer. When they hit a wall, they walk around it, climb over it or set up a catapult. They don’t quit until they have exhausted every possible way to achieve their goals. They are driven with passion, determination, ingenuity and optimism. You need all of those to be an entrepreneur.

#4 – Resources

It’s important to know who has the best, the most, the cheapest, the best delivery time, etc. Kids look through junkyards, yard sales, ‘free’ ads and under rocks. That’s all aside from keeping a list they’ve acquired through the grapevine of those who can offer the best fish bait, fireworks, homework help and bike repairs.

#5 – Funding

When more money is needed, it’s important to be able to turn to more than one funding source. Kids already know this. When one parent turns out empty pockets, they shamelessly hit on the other parent. Benevolent uncles and friends with generous allowances might be willing to offer some temporary financial relief.

You don’t know if you don’t ask.

#6 – Real World Social Networking

You can never have enough contacts. Most kids join activity groups to be with other kids. As the social circle widens through introductions, there is an increase in invitations. The cousin of the friend of the kid on the wrestling team knows the lady who is in charge of auditions for the play you’d love to be in. Hmmm…just maybe.

As we grow older we make less time for social groups like sports, performances and hang outs. There could be a lot of great new info we are missing out on from one another if only we made more time for social networking in the real world, not just online.

#7 – Promote Yourself

It’s okay to talk about your talents, goals and successes with pride. The power of word of mouth advertising can start with you. There is a difference between bragging and exuding supreme confidence. Just be sure that you can deliver on your claims. As you show others what you can do, word will get around.

Those who are in need of your talents will find you.

#8 – Dream Big!

While it’s necessary to be realistic, it’s also important to project a positive outcome. It’s okay to want a pony someday even if you currently only have room for a dog house.

Success will allow you to address such minor details.

As you can see from the above tips, it’s sometimes worthwhile to look back as well as to look forward. Remember when you were a kid and unstoppable! Now the risks are greater, the challenge is bigger and the potential rewards make it all worth it. Like all kids, you practiced and honed your business skills. Back then, it was part of being a kid. Now it’s all a part of how to be an entrepreneur in the adult world.



Cheers!

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Being Productive even on a lazy and rainy Tuesday

Being  Productive even
on a lazy and rainy Tuesday .................... Making a Video!


 
Its the second day that its been raining here and just imagine if i was still an employee how challenging it would be to go to work or even just get out of the bed due to the cold and very comfortable "Bed Weather"

Great thing is, i don't really need to go anywhere!, That's one of the advantages when your managing your business or investments at home and specifically online. So rather than sleep the whole day i decided to do something productive while doing my morning routine of drinking coffee and catching the morning breeze. I decided, to make a short video of how "Great" it is to stay at home during this times, how advantageous the internet has  been to me and share a very successful event last Saturday that i consider a first and one of the turning points in my career (truly i made the right choice)

To my surprise, when i powered on my laptop and just decided to check my skype and facebook, a chat box in skype already greeted me with curiosity coming from Singapore and another one from Bacolod, Philippines. Both were asking what i do for a living online =) So video stardom aside, i talked to the guys for a few hours and showed them some short video clips of what im doing and there really into it. Just Imagine, they will be one of many business associates that im working with that i met and actively make money online even if its one different country or island province to mine. Hundreds even thousand of miles apart but the web can really make things very convenient!

So after that, i already decided to work on the video and asked my wife to help out since i do need someone to work the camera =) after editing and a few sounds, here's the 6 minute video. I wont talk about it anymore since you can just watch it. Enjoy!

Cheers!

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Top tips for the budding online marketer

    Top tips for the budding online marketer

Have you asked yourself this questions repeatedly, How can i use the internet to market my products? What do i need to know and do to be a successful online marketer or "Technopreneur"? How and Where do is start? 

The web offers savvy marketers the opportunity and free tools to help grow their business. Whether big or small, firms can easily leverage these free tools to successfully run and reap the benefits of an online marketing campaign. You will be amazed how some 1st timers are even using Facebook to buy and sell "knick knacks" and earn hundreds if not thousands at the comfort of their own home.

Here are five key questions and tips to help you plan  and execute your online marketing campaign like a pro. 

Five Key Questions to Ask Yourself
1. What is the goal of your campaign? Sounds basic enough, but specifying what you want your campaign to achieve can really help you narrow down the details your plan. While you may have a number of marketing goals, focus on the most important one to start. For example, a small shoe store may identify “selling 100 pairs of shoes in one month” as their primary goal, or an online gadget store may aim to “gain 1,000 unique visitors a week.”

2. What are you trying to market? Pick out the product or service you want to market. This may be your best-seller or one of your lesser known products or services. Picking too many products or services can lead to an incoherent and ultimately, ineffective, campaign.

3. Who is your audience? It is important to identify who your audience is, as this criteria will help refine what actions to take to implement your marketing strategy. Is your product or service best suited for women aged 20-30 years old? Or are you looking to attract new customers from a specific demographic?

Once you know who your intended audience is, you’ll be able to understand their online behavior and shape your marketing plan accordingly. For example, if your intended audience uses search engines to look for information on products and services, then a search marketing campaign may be just what you need to engage with them.

4. How is your audience accessing your site? It’s important to know whether your audience is looking for you via desktop devices or using mobile search. Google’s data shows that around 66 percent of shopping-related searches are coming from mobile. And Filipinos are increasingly turning to their smartphones for answers as well. Research shows that around  64 percent of Filipino households already own at least one smartphone and more -- over 35 percent -- Filipinos intend to purchase smartphones this year.

So even if you have a great desktop website, you may still be missing out on potential customers by neglecting to create a mobile-optimised site.

5. What’s your budget? Your marketing plan will affect and be affected by your budget. Find a balance between what your needs are -- perhaps you don’t really need that banner ad and instead a smaller text ad may do the trick -- and what you can afford to optimise your investment. 

Most importantly, most sites right now offer free advertisements and what really cost are the extra options, tools or added features to your campaign so manage and select what is more important. For example, www.Ebay.ph, offers free adverts and what really cost are extra's like themes, extra pictures and exposure. So check each option, dont just ignore or pick them all.

Cheers!

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Powerful Tips for Marketing on Facebook!

Powerful Tips for Marketing on Facebook! 

The simplest strategy to MAXIMIZE Facebook, tweeter or even youtube is to join groups that are related to your niche.  Once you join the group, become an active participant.  Do not be too pushy with your business!

In addition, be sure to open a Fan Page in your business persona.  It is important that you regularly offer information of value on that page.  Interact with discussions on that page.

So basically, the easiest strategy is to join groups, have your own business page and engage people in conversation.  When the time is right, present your business.

You need to be careful with FaceBook, Tweeter and YouTube as well.  They think they are gods and change the rules all the time.  So keep up to date.

What are the elements of good discussions and fan pages for marketing on FaceBook.

1. First of all this is “social media”, so be social.  Talk to people as people not as customers or potential customers
2. Post content of value for FREE!  The more value you add the more people will be interested in you.
3. Ask question, answer questions.
4. Tell people about your life outside of business.
5. Post videos and pictures that are not related to business
6. Have a nice smiley picture of yourself. People love pictures.
7. Have an abundance mentality.  Some people will work with you, some won’t, who cares, NEXT!

You should post all your articles, pictures and  videos on your Fan Page.  Make sure it is value add content!

Good content can go viral on FaceBook like nothing you have ever seen!

If you follow the advice in this article you can do well for free with marketing on FaceBook but make no mistake about it, you need to put in a lot of time.

Cheers!

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3 Ways To Start Making Money In Your Business Today!

3 Ways To Start Making Money In Your Business Today!

Welcome Back to “TheSeekersWill”!

Today I am going to share an article that I read before and I felt was a vital piece of information to many aspiring and veterans alike. But first, I was asked recently why you had your blog named “TheSeekersWill”? Let me shed some light to that first.

I first heard the word “Seeker” or should I say I first put value on the word Seeker when I heard it from my first mentor. “You should always have a seekers mindset”, true enough since it was my first in this industry I learned early to be hungry for knowledge. To “Seek” out information, To “Seek” knowledge for a great knowledge base + action = success in this career and surely everyone wants success. The “Will” part, well I believe that’s self explanatory but for me “Will” means the capability to fight, to withstand and be strong in all challenges, the Will to succeed.

So whats the relation between my Blogs name and the topic? Success is something you attain when you are equip with the right know how, who do you get it? You SEEK for it. That being said, let’s go back to our focus for today.

Success is no easy path but definitely worth any challenge so what makes success attainable per say? Its knowledge coming from those who actually came and conquer those adversaries that proves vital to those who are in need of help. It’s better to avoid pitfalls if we can and the best way to do that is to learn from those who conquered them.

The author of the article simply put it into 3 important keys that every   aspiring new blood or even veteran may need to refresh on. It’s simple, straight forward and understandable why he mentioned it as the 3 Keys. No need for “rocket science here people”.  What you immediately realize after reading it is the money that you can save and earn in the next weeks or months if you take his advice under consideration.  Another notable item here is the sincerity of the advice, no sales pitch for “buy my program”, “follow my system for a guarantee” but rather a modest advice.

As old as the article is, the concept and ideas are still the same. I recommend that you read the whole article, its short anyway and its worth your time. You can find the article here

Cheers!

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5 Secrets to Drive Online Traffic to your Blog or Page

5 Secrets to Drive Online Traffic to your Blog or Page

Have you ever wondered or ask this “How do I Drive traffic in my blog or Fan page?” It’s the most asked question since we all want to drive traffic to our sites without spending that much on paid advertisements.

But for the not so versed, what do we mean by “drive traffic”. It’s the ultimate goal for most people specially those who want to share their ideas or for some its business. Simply put it, “drive traffic” means views, usage, ratings or popularity. Think about a famous music video or movie in youtube.com, let’s say “The secret video” most videos have at least 100,000 views. Meaning people all around the globe has viewed that item 100,000 times; it creates so much online traffic that it’s so popular that even if you do a Google search, the item appears. That is our GOAL, to drive traffic! So how do we do it??

What I am going to share is what I have learned from online research, feedback from people as well as personal experience.

To sum it up, there are 5 items that you can use to drive traffic in your site, blog or pages.

1.  Social Media
2.  Social Bookmarking
3.  Blog Comments

4.  Forums

5.  SEO

So first of all, Social Media. This is no longer a stranger for all of us, actually Social Media’s like Facebook, Twitter, linkedin and youtube has been used and capitalize by so many big companies that it is proven already how powerful it can be repeatedly. Take a look at some establish companies using the power of Facebook like Pepsi, coke, pizza hut even schools  and resorts have their own Facebook page that has millions of followers. You know what’s the best part? Most of these social media’s if not FREE are cheaper compare to the traditional advertisements!

So how do you do it? Most Social Media are FREE so take advantage and create your own page or accounts and keep this in mind:

          a.  Be Unique. Design it base on your brand

 b.  Make it interactive and FUN
 c.  Always remember to Add value to your friends or followers. Don’t just focus on your sales pitch 100 times a day
 d.  take advantage of different tools available
 e.  Don’t Spam

Social Bookmarking is more on giving, sharing or “bookmarking” the relevant links to your sites so that people can find you. I checked the trend for Social Bookmarking and there are a number of recommendations like Digg or StumbleUpon. My advice is to pick one or two, stick to it and see how the feedbacks come in rather than juggling all of them at once.

Blog Comments and Forums for me focus on one thing, Building relationships. This 2 are similar in approach since you will be investing some time to build rapport, establish trust and value not only to you but to the community as well.

Some tips about Blog Comments and Forums

          -     always ADD value. Remember, your building a relationship so avoid nonsense comments or sale pitches just to add your name in the community

-          Don’t do your Social Bookmarking here unless there is a separate thread for that

-          Respect other peoples post and or ideas

-          Use your name when interacting with the community

-          Always put value on your comments so that it attracts attention

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is a functionality available to blogs that helps you and the people find your ideas. Samples are

          -     Keyword search

-          Tags (words related to your post)

-          Naming Images or pictures

In most cases, like in Blogger, there is a built in SEO function and step by step procedures to help you so don’t be lazy in reading the FAQ’s. It’s there to help you.

So that’s what I can share with you today and I hope that it can help you further improve your online marketing may it be for business or for that personal goal that you were able to share an inspirational idea to someone.

Oh by the way! As my mentors always tell me, Great Ideas and Learning’s are useless (pardon the term) if you procrastinate and don’t put it into action. Those items above are proven methods by hundreds if not thousands of people, its time you prove it as well.

Thanks for taking the time in reading this article and feel free to share it to those in need.Dont forget to also stop by and share your  ideas and/or thoughts @ https://www.facebook.com/motivatewithdondyg

Cheers!