I Am Not Psychic – Repeat I Am Not Pshycic – Repeat – Well Maybe

Do you remember any of the predictions made for 2007?  I made it a point to track what I said on December 30, 2006 . For the record the December 30th post is published and I am repeating it below along with the first report on what actually is happening now vs. what was predicted.(2008 predictions will be published on December 29th. There will be some astonishing forecasts and if you pay close attention, prosperity will be yours in the next 12 months.)
 
Summary: the most obvious prediction that came to be true was Frank Kern’s hair – there simply was no doubt it then or now. Let’s look at what was said on December 30th 2006 and how it turned out!
 
 
December 30, 2006
 
The Key Was Found That Unlocks The Secret Vault With The Report On What 2007 Business Development Predictions Will Come True. Here Is The Report!
 
20% of the people having a goal of making money on line in 2007 will make money on line in 2007. 20% – 40% of those will make enough money to consider it their full time work. 
12-07 Update: I was wrong. The latest reports indicate 10% of those having a goal of making money on line actually do and 5% actually make enough money to stay at home and pay their bills.
 
Frank Kern will be more even more blond by the end of 2007.  
12-07 Update – just look at Frank. I called this one. I rock!!

80% of the people on line today trying to make money will not make any money on line in 2007.
12-07 Update: Unfortunately this is accurate

The rate of business failures in 2007 will accelerate. 80% of those failures could be avoided with the experienced guidance.
 
12-07 Update: 110% accurate The rate of failures has accelerated and most could have been avoid with the right advise.
 
Ken McCarthy and Ken McArthur will continue to rank the highest in the group of people offering the best seminar training.
 
12-07 Update: 100% accurate There is great content at seminars but these guys are at the top of the mountain.
 
The rate of new business starts will increase. Those starts will be added fuel for the rate of failure. 
12-07 Update: 100% accurate This is a mathematical fact.
 
2-5% of the people on line in 2006 will make 90-95% of the profit on line in 2007. 
12-2-07 Update: 100% accurate ( The composition of the 2-5% might change but the stats don’t)
 
President Bush will not be re-elected. 
12-07 Update: 100% accurate (He can’t run again)
 
Dan Kennedy and Bill Glazer will send out a big box next year to their customers wishing them the very best Christmas ever. In the box will be at least 10 opportunities to spend money on one or more of their in-house study programs or seminars. Read the Christmas card first of course. (Did you receive one of their cards in 2006. Was it just me thinking their mailing was tacky at best? ) Do not ignore Dan and Bill’s training unless you are netting more than $10 million a year from continuity programs. 
12-07 Update: 100% accurate (I received mine – did you?)
 
There will be no more than 4 new players in 2007 that will achieve public recognition of being an Internet guru. Five currently recognizable gurus will leave to find off line jobs to pay their bills.  
(Statistics Still Being Compiled -Unfortunately I am right.)
 
More people will figure out how to use Blogs and Social Networking sites to effectively market their business. 5% of these people will develop courses to teach use these skills. 20% of the courses will have valuable content. 5% of those not publishing courses will be making the most money and we will never know who they are.
 
12-07 Update: 100% accurate ( No – I am not taking consultation fees for what your 2008 will look like. )
 
Next year the number of people you don’t personally know who will send you emails wishing you everything you ever dreamed of during the holiday season will triple.
 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

The burst in the housing bubble is over and the housing market will be on a steady incline throughout 2007. 
Completely missed this one.

90% of the people buying new programs, memberships and training will not use any of what they purchased and learned.
 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

Google Adsense is not dead and there will be a surge in people telling you how much money they are making with Adsense.
 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

There will be an increasing number of public companies that will go private as they are tired of the cost of complying with SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley.
 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

Website buying and selling will accelerate. Ed Dale’s latest training topic is in front of the curve.
 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

Direct mail will be used more by the top 5% of the Internet Marketers in 2007 as they recognize that a people still like paper and ink. 20% of the remaining 95% will try direct mail and wonder why it doesn’t work for them. None of the 95% pay close attention to Dan Kennedy and Bill Glazier. 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

John Reese says that long sales letters are on the decline and using a combination of Camtasia, live video clips and sales copy on your sales page will be most effective. John is right. Actually John is nearly always right and will continue to be so in 2007. Why is that? He tests and validates before he opens his mouth. If you don’t read his monthly report you are not serious about making money on line. (Frank Kern is nearly always right even with blonde hair.)

The gap between those building wealth and those not increasing net worth will widen in 2007.

12-07 Update: 110% accurate Those not building wealth will blame those who do with even louder voices and will want the government to step in. Those building wealth want the reinforcement of our country’s constitutional principles which basically says we have the right to build our business and build wealth and who we help is our choice not a government mandate. People still don’t get the fact that jobs are created and more money flows into the federal and state tax accounts when we let people who know how to build business do just that. The number of those not getting this point will continue to increase in 2007.
 

Portal Feeder will win the Grammy for the longest running program to have people pay for the development of a new version that should have been offered when the original version was offered but was not, and still is not over a year later. The Grammy will be awarded for best supporting actors in a major film that has not been released. By the way – I love the PF team.

12-07 Update: 210% accurate. Portal Feeder not only one the award but released a sequal that is awesome.
 
More people will recognize that all of this is a game and will turn increasing levels of attention and energy to the purpose and quality of human game. (Read Bob Scheinfeld’s Busting Lose From The Money Game. Read Joe Vitale’s The Key, Read all the material developing at Prosperity Now)  
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

Stomper Net will emerge as the best “I wish I were in that group” program. However, 80% of the people in Stomper Net will not take any action on what they have learned. 
12-07 Update: Partially True – Stomper Net is like having the entire Internet Library of Congress thrown at you. It  is 200% true most Stompers have not acted on what they have learned. Be on the look out for my 2008 predictions.
 
The best overall teacher of business success principles in 2007 will be Steve Pohlit, followed by John Reese. (Hey it is my blog!) 
12-07 Update: 210% accurate

If 2007 is a great New Year for you it is because you have accepted the responsibility to make that happen and not because me or anyone else says Happy New Year to you.

12-07 Update – you are now learning how to make every day great.
 
Be well and prosper,
 
Steve Pohlit
Business Development Consulting 
Steve Pohlit has more than 20 years experience running very large and medium sized companies. Steve now consults personally with clients to design and implement processes that will deliver improved business performance for the long term. The latest successful on line and off line marketing techniques are part of the processes that are implemented. Most projects are self-funding within 90 days. The client then experiences a very high return on investment. Learn more about the process of Increasing Profits by 30% or More In 90 Days or Less by visiting http://www.stevepohlit.com or you can call 727-587-7871 and speak with Steve directly. Have a question? Click Here To Visit Ask The Consultant