You have no doubt heard of MySpace, but did you know that it and other sites like it such as Facebook, Orkut, and YouTube can be used as great research tools that can put you way ahead of the market?

Let me show you exactly how this works: Companies that are using these sites as a regular part of their business and media models have a huge edge over their competition who just don’t get it.

These sites represent many of the top 10 most visited sites in the world.

For instance just MySpace and Facebook alone get around 2.5 Billion with a B hits a day… A DAY!

The kicker is that the vast majority of the business clients that I consult with don’t have a clue about how to capitalize on these numbers. But those that do it right can see phenomenal growth no matter what business they are in.

This is part of the reason why I can base 95% of my consulting fee on guaranteeing to improve revenue and profit by 10% to 20% within just a few months for my clients no matter the size or type of business they are in or I don’t get paid.

How many other consultants will do that?

I am currently working on two books based on using these effectively. The one you see is for Investors and I will be giving you some of the best and most relevant concepts from it over the coming weeks.

The other one is a “How To” for businesses to show them how to capitalize on this.

The largest problem for many companies is that their IT people usually don’t have a clue about marketing, and their PR and Ad people don’t have a clue about IT. It is a double whammy. But for those companies that do get it, they have a huge advantage.

In the book I will teach you how to use these alternative methods and tools to find hidden and not so hidden gems.

First off, find out if the company has a MySpace or Facebook page and see how they are using it.

As far as I know, I have not seen a concise book on using these sites as a research tool. But then again, if someone is using them the way I am going to show you, more than likely they are not going to broadcast how they do it.

But there’s a rub – and it’s really ironic. The more people that find out about these tools and use them the better it is for everyone.

Want to see how it works right now? (more…)

If you have been reading this blog for a while, you already know that I don’t hold much back You also know that I have the utmost confidence in your ability to manage your own finances. You just need a little help. You also need to not follow the herd as it blindly goes over the cliff. You need to do things differently if you want above average returns. Besides, average is far overrated.

Beware, if you continue to read this, you will never not be able to see where you are going or feign ignorance again. Not that you would or course but in order to see where things are going, you need a good road map, a compass, and some binoculars to see what is ahead, and then you need a blueprint to build your investment vehicle.

Here is a tool that both gives you a Micro and the Macro view on what is going on in a number of markets mainly housing, bonds, and mortgages. These also foretell a lot about the state of the overall economy.

I bet you have never seen this mentioned anywhere else. It is one that I have been using for years and it is called The Mortgage Grapevinee. It is about and for people in the Mortgage Business.

It is worth taking a look and reading some of the posts there on a regular basis. It is by far the most accurate source for seeing what is going on in the Mortgage arena today. Because it is raw, you have to take things with a grain of salt, but it gives you unedited data on what is going on in the the housing and mortgage business and it is the real deal and not some watered down interpretation by a talking head.

There are some lively political discussions as well. You can also get another take on those ignorant brutes called mortgage brokers that the media so readily vilifies for taking advantage of the poor people that signed 86 pages of documentation on their loans and yet proclaim not to know that their payment might go up. LOL