Weekly Wisdom from Karen
ILLUMINATION Edition #entrepreneurs #selling #success #YouTube #business

Let’s start the weekly wisdom off with words from Francesco Joseph. His ten tips on what makes an entrepreneur tick are both interesting and informative to anyone who aspires to be one.
Entrepreneurs; What are they? What makes them tick? They are a different breed from most people, some say they eat, drink, and breath success. Some say they were born great or achieved greatness, others say they had greatness thrust upon them.
A second entrepreneur story next from Floyd Mori, a prolific writer for ILLUMINATION. There have been some pretty successful young people setting up their own businesses. Do you remember that young man, Alex Tew, who made the million digital squares and asked for a dollar for each one? A true entrepreneur.
A woman sent out an email announcing that her daughter would be selling hot chocolate and cookies along with some handmade bowls at their home.
Another entrepreneurial short-form article for you, this one is from Trapper Sherwood. His marketing skills are admirable.
The big idea here is if you have a “no holds barred” approach to the big picture, even the impossible can lead to innovation and accomplishment.
Here’s some information about becoming a seller on Amazon. I didn’t know you could pay to become a seller and receive useful advanced selling tools to aid your success. Thanks to Naouress Akrouti for the info.
You can sell products on Amazon, as a professional, or as an individual. In order to sell items on Amazon, you need to choose a selling plan.
How to Become an Amazon Seller
On Amazon, you can sell as an Individual or a Professional
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I’m always looking for ways to succeed, so this headline grabbed my attention straight off the bat! The YouTube star, Kaiti Yoo, shared her tips for making it big in the online video arena and they are neatly captured and shared with explanatory commentary by Willda Atienza. I didn’t know about pinning and top comments on YT before reading this.
YouTube is seen as one of the hardest social media platforms to build up a following on. According to TubeFilter, the average is 22 months just to reach 1000 subscribers.
Star Reads
The star reads this week are two short forms from Dr Mehmet Yildiz. Storybooks are his latest means of advertising and marketing our work.
He recommends we make our own storybooks. He tells us how and what to include in the first article and shares examples.
These short forms are excellent value for sharing our work, recent and older.
For your storybook, simply choose a subject that you have plenty of stories for and make a list. You’ll find the complete list of tasks in the stories below.
Here’s Stuart Englander’s Entertainment storybook.
Thank you for reading.
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