7 Reasons You’re Losing Respect (and What to Do About It)
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.” ― Confucius No matter what field you're in, the respect of your team and colleagues is one of the most valuable assets for your success. When your team respects you, the quality of work and results are off the charts. On...
Kicking Bad Habits: 12 Small Habits That Drain Your Energy
Ultimately, habits shape who you are and what you will achieve. Avoid these 12 under the radar habits that do more harm than you might realize. More often than not, people develop habits they aren't consciously aware of to get through the day to day and "get things...
4 Ways You’re Screwing Up Your Landing Pages
Find out the 4 common landing page fails that screw up your conversion... so you know how to create landing pages that crush it with top conversion rates. Landing pages can be sales page, email opt-in pages, a video landing page, or even a content landing page. There...
3 Mistakes That Are Holding You Back
It's true, you are your own worst enemy. Find out how to overcome the most common mistakes that hold you back from success. I've worked with hundreds of individuals from all different backgrounds and expertise, and there are certain undeniable qualities that every...
3 Ways to Get More Traffic for Your Website
If you want to leverage social media and your website, you have to know how to get traffic. Use these 3 tips to boost your traffic with content marketing that works. Entrepreneurs have so much opportunity today to connect with a wide audience, automate your...
10 Ways to Create Awesome Free Bribes That Grow Your Business
Free "bribes" are meant to entice and seduce potential clients to buy your products... but how do you choose what to give away free and what to sell? One of the classic advertising examples of using an irresistible bribe to make sales was Columbia House's carefully...
8 Easy Ways to Seamlessly Automate Your Business
Find out how to streamline your day-to-day operations with automation so you can boost productivity and spend your time doing what you love. Before you find out how to put your business on auto-pilot, let’s do something your competition is ignoring. Let me show you...
7 Stages of Entrepreneurship
How to identify the 7 stages of your entrepreneurial journey so you know how to find solutions that work and fast track your success. One of the things I enjoy most about my work is the time I spend coaching and mentoring entrepreneurs. It's easy to have fun as a...
Readers Are Succeeders
Once you understand how to align your reading habits with your aspirations, you know how to leverage your best skills to succeed. Readers are succeeders. Period. I have many friends, business associates and students that have said at some point that they just...
How Social Entrepreneurs Achieve and Succeed
Do you have what it takes to rise to the top of entrepreneurial success? Social entrepreneurs are changing the way business is done - and it's easier than you think to get started. I am forever grateful to have been given the opportunity to work with Sir Richard...
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Great Boss?
Your team is essential to your business. Find out how to use communication strategies to motivate your team, boost productivity and be a great boss. Being a great boss, team leader or entrepreneur isn't only about practical skills - it's about your interpersonal...
How to Motivate Your Team
Use these 5 powerful tactics to motivate your team and achieve. Whenever you want to get a project off the ground, you need to rally your troops. As an entrepreneur and business owner, your team is crucial to your success. A motivated team can help you make your...
3 Instant Boss Maneuvers To Succeed
Leaders who motivate and inspire achieve greater productivity and better results. Use these three strategies to manage your team and lead like a boss. Everyone who knows me, even a little, will tell you that I don't put on airs when it comes to my 'professional...
How to Use Branded Words and Get More Traffic on Your Website
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is likely something you're already familiar with, where you essentially use a list of targeted keywords. But, are you using branded keywords in your SEO strategy? Branded words are company specific words that you use, from specific...
The Secret Weapon Entrepreneurs Use to Create Success
Once you become an entrepreneur, your life changes. Find out how entrepreneurs work smarter to create successful businesses (it's not what you think!) that thrive. I discovered a long time ago that entrepreneurship isn't about what you do, it's who you are. And as a...
3 Step Marketing for Entrepreneurs: How to Create Your Perfect Pitch for Success
As an entrepreneur, there are good days and bad days, good clients and bad clients, successful wins and learning experiences - it's a constant push and pull lifestyle. So how do you take it all to create a marketing message that helps you achieve your goals? Read this...
4 Strategies to Create All-Star Teams: How to Motivate Employees
As an entrepreneur, you set high expectations for yourself and others. Find out how you can implement strategies that boost productivity so your business gets the results you want. No one is an island. We all have to rely on others to make sure things get done, and if...
6 Tips to Make a Great First Impression: How to Impress Everyone You Meet | Entrepreneur
First impressions matter and stick out in people's mind for a long time. So how do you make sure you're making the right first impression? Read these 6 tips so you know how to impress people right from the start. First impressions are key to your success, whether...
Why School Brainwashed You… And How To Fix It.
Once you "get" how school brainwashes students into obedient servants, your entire schooling experience will finally make sense. More importantly, you'll be armed with the powerful truth to break out of the "box". Is Education Valuable? Yes. I am a firm...
When is the next Steve Martel Seminar?
Steve Martel Seminar So we’ve been getting an average of 7 calls per day since the beginning of September from people inquiring about the Steve Martel seminar. I’ll...
Contingency Planning: 5 Ways to Limit Your Liability and Protect Your Business
As an entrepreneur, one of the most important aspects of your business is to always have your contingency plans in place. Find out how you can implement a system to protect your business using these 5 simple steps.For most entrepreneurs, it's easy to get caught up in...
5 Ways to Build and Grow Your Connections: Networking 101
Networking is key to success, so long as you know how to create relationships. Use these 5 tips to network like a pro and enjoy every minute of it.You've heard it before: networking is essential to your success. So how can you successfully network so that you're not...
20 Free Ways to Get “Un-Stuck” Now: Life Hacks for Growth
Nothing is worse than feeling like you've hit a wall and are stuck in a rut. If you're looking for ways to inject new motivation and growth into your life, try a few of these free and simple ways to experience renewal and growth now.Have you found your motivation low...
5 Ways to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence: How to Unleash Your Inner Master
Emotional Intelligence is the most important factor in achievement, no matter what your background, experience or resources. This is because EI shows you how to connect with others, gain respect and achieve results. No matter how educated or connected you are, there...
3 Ways to Overcome Setbacks So You Can Achieve
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” - Henry Ford No matter what you're trying to achieve, you're going to experience setbacks along the way. But the truth is, setbacks are one of the most valuable experiences on your path to success, so...
5 Tips to Create Smarter Real Estate Partnerships
Find out how to structure successful real estate partnerships right from the start, so you reap the benefits without the headaches. Creating a real estate partnership can be incredibly beneficial. Whether it's sharing risk, tapping into a wider pool of resources or...
7 Ways to Create Instant Rapport
No matter how much education, experience and talent you have, there's one inescapable truth that forms the basis of all success. The ability to connect with others. How do you know if you're good at networking and building relationships? Here are 7 traits that...
Top 5 Skills Every Entrepreneur Needs to Succeed
There are A TON of skills that help entrepreneurs achieve. Here are the top 5 skills every entrepreneur must have to succeed.#1: Creative Thinking The ability to think creatively is a hallmark of every great business leader because innovative ideas are the core of...
6 Daily Habits to Become a Millionaire
Find out how to implement 6 daily habits of the ultra-prosperous.Whether you realize it or not, about 90% of the decisions we make on a daily basis occurs at an unconscious level. Those day to day decisions that become your routine are nothing more than unconscious...
How to Position Yourself and Your Brand for Greatness
Never underestimate the importance of positioning. Find out how to position yourself right from the start and watch your business boom. No doubt about it, there's stiff competition out there today. If you want to stand apart from the crowd and help your business grow,...
6 Ways Entrepreneurs Manage Stress
If you want to succeed as an entrepreneur, you need a high threshold for stress. Use these 6 science-backed ways to manage stress and anxiety so you can achieve more.There's no question that entrepreneurs are masters at handling stress simply because the lifestyle...
How Airbnb Landlords Generate Millions of Dollars Each Year
Despite the idea of Airbnb as a platform 'for the people, by the people', professional landlords are generating over $500 million dollars a year using Airbnb.According to the research conducted by Pennsylvania State University, Airbnb guests in 12 major metropolitan...
10 Millionaire Mindset Trademarks
Use these 10 millionaire mindset tactics so you can achieve financial success.Do millionaires have a different perspective than most average 9-5 people? Put simply, yes. In my experience, the main difference between those who achieve monumental financial success and...
6 Social Media Marketing Tactics That Bring in Sales
Are you wasting time on Facebook or making sales? Here's how you know the difference.Most people on social media wind up wasting time because they don't have a solid social media strategy in place. The question is: how do you use social media to find more customers...
7 Ways to Create Irresistible Offers
Get the ultimate 7 research-backed advertising tactics to optimize conversion and boost your bottom line.I've heard the process of sales referred to as both an art and a science. The truth is, it's both.It's a science because there are key elements that research shows...
6 Magic Words That Sell
If you want content that builds your brand, attracts new traffic to your website and converts that traffic into customers, use these 6 magic words that sell.Imagine... by the end of this post you'll know the secret 6 magic words to use that create irresistibly...
7 Reasons To Invest in U.S. Real Estate This New Year
With 2016 just around the corner, find out how a combination of market factors are making real estate the most viable financial opportunity for money conscious North Americans.No matter what you "day job" is, you need to have at least one side project you're working...
Why You Need Multiple Streams of Income
One of the biggest challenges you face as an entrepreneur, is a healthy work-life balance with your business and personal life. Trying to fit the demands of promoting, managing and developing your businesses drains mega amounts of time away from your families. And...
How To Find And Motivate Your Ideal Team
The ability to recognize strengths and weaknesses and build a team is called 'effective partnering' - and as an entrepreneur, effective partnering is crucial to your success. As an entrepreneur, you are a major part of your business. Your vision, your leadership and...
20 Weird U.S. State Laws You Might Be Breaking
Before you go off enjoying music in New Hampshire or chugging beer in Texas, here are 20 weird U.S. state laws you should know about. As a Canadian who buys and sells U.S. real estate, here are a few state laws you might want to know before visiting your properties. ...
How Wealthy Real Estate Investors Manage Cash Flow
Make your cash flow smarter. No matter how much you're pulling in, managing that cash flow is essential to your long-term success as a real estate investor. When you're starting your real estate business, the most difficult skill to master is the management of cash...
Your Guide To Being A Social Media Superstar
Find out how to become a social media superstar and build your brand so you reach a larger audience for your business. Just how important is it for entrepreneurs to use social media? The short answer: very. It's very important. Social media is a powerful platform...
How To Use Online Reviews To Boost Your Bottom Line
How to use online reviews to increase leads, boost your conversion and optimize sales using 3 simple tactics. I want you to consider this: What is the first thing you do online before you make the final buying decision? For a lot of consumers nowadays, before you buy...
Top 5 Reasons You Need To Start Your Taxes Before the Holidays
Don't get slammed by missed deadlines! Find out how to systemize your taxes to complete your Canadian and U.S. returns on-time and avoid expensive fines. Getting your paperwork in order is one of the most important aspects to optimizing on your returns as a...
The Downside of Creativity
Bad publicity is real and it seriously hurts your bottom line. We've all heard this before, and like many things in life, if it gets repeated long enough and loud enough it becomes true even if it isn't. Let's think specifically about the old adage, "There's no such...
Listen Now: The Ask Steve Martel Real Estate Show
Episode 2: How to Attract Investors and Raise Private Money In this week’s Ask Steve Martel Real Estate Show, Steve and special guest entrepreneur, Cedric Grenon, share the best-kept secrets to attract new investors so you know how to raise private money and...
Listen Now: The Steve Martel Social Entrepreneur Show
Episode 1: How to Build Your Power Team and Achieve SuccessYou don’t need to be born into a well-connected family to become a successful entrepreneur. You do, however, need to build a power team of amazing people to help you achieve your vision. As an achiever, it’s...
Social Entrepreneurship
Steve Martel is passionate about social entrepreneurship. He defines true business innovation broadly as change for the better. Steve believes entrepreneurs are central to driving that vision forward. That’s why he builds his own business models to create social...