"Sanity vs Sicko" Author (A Health Plan for Business Owners!), Mobile Messaging and the One Year Anniversary of Uniqueness is Power

Join us for Dan Boaz who talks "healthcare to benefit ALL without government involvement" - and Larry Block of MMT - shows you how to reach people on the device they carry 85% of the time

Ok, folks, so it was the 1 year anniversary - we passed 50 shows, and we hosted 142 guests in this past year!  Wow!  What a milestone - and we share with you, in case you missed them - the top 10 shows, top 5 guests and the 4 specialty shows.  Links available at:

http://uip.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=261812

Joining us in the studio as this week's Author/Business Booster combo was Dan Boaz, who has written a very practical essay about how to save the health care and insurance debacle in the USA without government involvement.  Boaz has a 5 step program,  outlined below, but please download his pdf for his full opinion and reasoning.  The program's five steps are interdependent. 

Step 1. Eliminate health insurance in the workplace making all health policies individual or family owned.

Step 2. Require that individual and family health insurance become mandatory like auto insurance.

Step 3. Insurance companies must institute a policy of guaranteed insurability for all applicants.

Step 4. The major medical part of individual and family health policies must be changed.

Step 5. Continue to make health insurance policies non cancellable and affordable by the insurance companies.

In our second segment, we had another segue-way guest – both Business Booster AND Unique of the Week – Larry Block of Mobile Marketing Technologies.  Larry shared how cell phone text messaging, coupons, alerts and other opt-in driven information can benefit both the cell phone user and the business or messaging entity. 

Accessing the one device Americans have on them 85% of the time, 24-7, makes the most sense.  Sending to email and to voicemail are slower, less reliable and make the info received far less valuable.  From sending text alerts to students in cases like the recent Virginia Tech and Deleware State gunmen and shootings to reminding patrons of upcoming concerts, the potentials are fairly unlimited.

Be sure to check out the ways in which Larry can help you promote your business in a green manner – no trees are killed to send a text or coupon message on the cell phone, and it stays with the patron wherever the phone goes.  No more forgetting coupons, no more missing events.

Thanks for making us grow the way we have in the past few months, and in our first year.  If you listen, and know people who could benefit (87% of small – medium sized businesses can) – please forward to a friend.

Thanks!
Andy and Lee

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This week's show is brought to you by Carroll/White, with hosts Andy Greider and Lee Kantor.  Uniqueness is Power is a marketing and business growth show, broadcast live Thursdays 6-7pm eastern, and downloadable by podcast, or RSS Feed.  Please send any questions to andygreider@comcast.net.

Want to take your magazine or publication online?  Visit www.bluetoad.com and use the coupon code SYBL for a nice .25 per page discount from our sister site, www.saveyourbottomline.com

Need to start a national salesforce - want to only pay anything once your new sales people sell things?  Call 404 516 4204 to find out more.

Also, if you have a product or service or advice that can boost a business or know of a company innovative enough to be an Unique of the Week, drop Andy a line.

From the development of young souls into wise older ones, to the monitoring of technology to make it more efficient (plus hints "in English" to help improve PC performance today!) - we covered a wide range of topics today, with guest Crissy Klaus, CEO of FIO360 and Jeff Paige, Owner and CEO of Blue Tree Technology.

Lee and Andy began the show talking about how to go from networking - to netweaving - to networthing - the three levels of networking now being discussed.  What begins with "how can I help YOU?" turns into "who do I know who can help YOU grow?" (netweaving) and then into "How can WE ALL gain traction and GROW as a result of this conglomeration?"

Our Business Booster was Jeff Paige of Blue Tree Technology, and he gave Lee and Andy plus our packed audience in studio a lot of great tips to improving the performance of their PC, what NOT to do in a meltdown and also previewed his remote monitoring service - which seems like a very pro-active manner in which to make sure you don't run into problems.  Jeff is extremely personable and easy to understand, which is something all too rare in those who are technologically proficient.  He speaks English - not Geek - and he even walked Lee through the intricacies of how to get better performance from his PC.  Check him out in the interview, learn more and then give them a call - when you have PC Problems and don't know what to do, call 770 849 - BLUE.

We moved from high tech fixes on to high tech, yet organic, childcare, right here in Atlantic Station, opening in early 2008.  I met Crissy Klaus about 6 months prior and knew once things began to grow, we'd want her on the show to speak about the new FIO360.  Meaning "to become" (Fio) and 360 meaning "whole" - the name makes sense, especially when you hear what this amazing undertaking encompasses.

So, what's the big deal?  From kid-sized entrance doors, to 4 stage security, from organic meals to family dinner packs to go, from everything being based in nature to a pyramid staged program that takes children through and prepares them well for schools like Waldorf, Montessori and more - this is an amazing facility.  In addition, Klaus is helping amortize the cost of the service to be competitive with other facilities by adding all sorts of extra residual and helpful resources.  Be  sure to go to the website and download all the info you can - and get on the waiting list - which can only grow to a little over 250.

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This week's show is brought to you by Carroll/White, with hosts Andy Greider and Lee Kantor.  Uniqueness is Power is a marketing and business growth show, broadcast live Thursdays 6-7pm eastern, and downloadable by podcast, or RSS Feed.  Please send any questions to andygreider@comcast.net.

Want to take your magazine or publication online?  Visit www.bluetoad.com and use the coupon code SYBL for a nice .25 per page discount from our sister site, www.saveyourbottomline.com

Need to start a national salesforce - want to only pay anything once your new sales people sell things?  Call 404 516 4204 to find out more.

Also, if you have a product or service or advice that can boost a business or know of a company innovative enough to be an Unique of the Week, drop Andy a line.

Ever wanted to be an author?  These days it is easier than ever and with EBookPro you can do so much more than just become an acknowledged expert.  Lee and Andy discuss the benefits to EBooks, and to EBookPro - and walk you through how to use this type of tool to virally create a massive flow of visitors and signups for your mailing list.  Increase your internet sales today and get started on promoting something you know how to do.

Everyone is concerned about benefits - and about lowering costs and keeping their bases covered.  In companies with 100 and less employees, keeping up with changing laws, exceptions, rules and more is the job of one person who wears many other hats.  Often, assumptions are made that can cost the company thousands if not more in potential losses.  E-Ben Concepts takes a very logical approach, educating clients on the pitfalls, and taking over the responsibilities.  Blake Watts joined us and shared what makes his company different, and some of the dirty secrets of what happens in many cases with COBRA, with FMLA and with other compliance gone bad.  He also spoke about how his company has saved between 70,000-150,000 a year for some accounts.  Listen in to find out more - and Google the name Blake Watts for more info, as he had already met up with our next guest.

Googling someone's name for info about them - it is becoming a common occurance.  So, what control do you have about what comes up about you?  Up until recently, not much, unless you had the money to do a pay-per-click campaign and the wherewithall to make it stick and keep you near the top.  Along comes QAlias, with a $10 a month solution to assure you top #1 positions on Google each time someone searches (as well as Yahoo!)

Our Unique of the Week, QAlias co-founder Charles Fellingham spoke about the importance of being able to position online and how his company helps this happen.  Constantly evolving and growing, QAlias will soon be able to drop backgrounds in for larger organizations or companies that want a branded look.  Currently, the monthly fee gets you top ranking, a bio page, a business card page and a bulletin that works as a blog and an email blast center.  Not shabby at all - in fact, we recommend this to any small business owner - it can save you the next time you forget or run out of business cards, or want someone to find you amidst all the internet clutter - sign up and then tell them to Google you.  Try it - go there now and type in Andy Greider.  Then check out the top link.

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This week's show is brought to you by Carroll/White, with hosts Andy Greider and Lee Kantor.  Uniqueness is Power is a marketing and business growth show, broadcast live Thursdays 6-7pm eastern, and downloadable by podcast, or RSS Feed.  Please send any questions to andygreider@comcast.net.

Want to take your magazine or publication online?  Visit www.bluetoad.com and use the coupon code SYBL for a nice .25 per page discount from our sister site, www.saveyourbottomline.com

Need to start a national salesforce - want to only pay anything once your new sales people sell things?  Call 404 516 4204 to find out more.

Also, if you have a product or service or advice that can boost a business or know of a company innovative enough to be an Unique of the Week, drop Andy a line.