Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Online Marketing - A Beginner's Guide to Making Noise Online

As an online business owner, you should be aware of the huge marketing potential of the Internet. Like everyone else, you probably use the Internet as a valuable resource when deciding where and how you're going to spend your money. Clearly, times have changed; the Internet is now the most important marketing tool for businesses of all sizes.

But, have you ever Googled the service your business provides? If so, was your business near the top of the search results, or were you buried below pages and pages of larger companies? If your answer is the latter, then you might have wondered how to elevate your business in the search results.

The most efficient and budget-friendly solution is article marketing. With this strategy, the market size of your small business can grow even larger than that of the big companies.

You probably already have your website -- maybe you love it, and you can't understand why it doesn't get more visitors -- but the most well-designed website in the world attracts no visitors if it makes no noise. Article marketing is the perfect way to generate a buzz for your business, and to move up in the search results.

But where to begin?

It's easy. You're an expert in your field, correct? If not, you'd probably be doing something else. Your field is your area of expertise, and you know everything about everything. Why not use this as a marketing tool?

Write an article. Write two articles, or fifty. The more, the better. You're intelligent, you can write well -- use this. Write articles that everyone in your field will wish they'd written. Use research, if necessary; simply make it interesting, and make it informative.

In a moment, I'll tell you how to put these articles to lucrative use -- but first, there is one condition: These articles should not be advertisements for your business. These articles should be written solely to inform your potential customers of things they should know about. Yes, They should also know about your specific business, but we'll get to that.

After you have an article or two, or 50, search Google for "article marketing," and sign up for an article distribution service. After you've signed up, submit your articles -- but think carefully about how you want to categorize them. When asked to select categories for your articles, imagine the terms that your potential customers are likely to search for. If you pick the right categories, customers will have no problem finding you.

Once you've submitted your articles, it's likely that the service will suggest revisions and changes to your work. Don't be offended; these folks know what they're talking about. Take their suggestions seriously. Remember, while the quality of your articles is important, you are working to increase the market size of your small business, and these services are only trying to help.
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Monday, February 16, 2009

Can You Really Create Autopilot Profits and Make Money On The Internet?

One of the greatest challenges on the internet is finding a way to completely automate the process to make money online without going broke.

The good news is that it is possible to create a totally, turn-key program that allows the average person, with little or no marketing experience, to generate a five figure monthly income online.

Most people who try to break into online marketing have a difficult time doing it.

Having done it myself, I can understand how they feel. It's easy to get sidetracked by stuff that isn't important. It's easy to feel overwhelmed. It's very easy to think you're not smart enough to do it.

One of the primary keys to online business success is having the right income generators on the front end of your business. Even if you build a large list of qualified people, your success is entirely dependent on having the right product offer(s) and the ability to generate instant significant cash flow.

Having only one product for your business is like a car dealer trying to sell your only white cars. What if they like red cars or blue cars? Having multiple quality products you can offer will ensure that you can properly monetize your list of prospects.

Income streams take on many different flavors:

1) Affiliate Programs

Affiliate marketing allows you to start making money online without having to create any products or services of your own. Instead, you market other people's products and services. Affiliate marketing is great because it is so fast and easy to get going. You can literally be in business for yourself, marketing products as an affiliate in a matter of minutes. Now, actually getting sales and making money as an affiliate marketer may not be quite as easy but it's not exactly hard either.

2) Marketing Information Products

This is the favorite of many and definitely one of the best ways to make a lot of money online. Creating and selling your own information product such as an ebook can make you a lot of money in a relatively short amount of time. Once you have created and started marketing your product, it can be sold over and over again for years. The best part is that you make 100% of the money from sales and your customers can download the ebook as soon as they buy it, so you don't have to worry about any inventory or shipping costs.

3) Marketing Your Own Products

This requires a little more work and planning but you can easily hire someone through Rent-A-Coder, eLance or Guru to take your idea for a product and create it in a short period of time for less than you think. Developing your own product gives you the ultimate in control and freedom.

4) Reoccurring Income Generators (membership sites)

This is often an overlooked income stream in making money online and is one of the most important; the ability to generate residual income on a monthly basis. By either being an affiliate of or creating your own membership website you can participate in this very critical income stream.

Most online marketing gurus will tell you (over and over and over) that the one of the key ingredients for success in making money online is in building a large qualified list of prospects.

Succeeding in online marketing means being able to attract massive numbers of qualified prospects and get them to "opt-in" to your offer. This is where most people ultimately fail in their attempt to build a successful and profitable online business.

Google Adwords, ezine advertising, online classified ads, blogs, article writing, the list goes on and on. It's all overwhelming for most folks trying to figure the best way to drive traffic to their website and build their list.

Doing that requires that you have the right tools and programs to not only show you how to do it but also to be able to automate the process so that you aren't spending 12 hours a day sitting in front of your computer trying to make it all work.

In conclusion, you can make huge sums of money online, allowing you to quit your job to work from home for yourself. However, it requires you to learn the necessary information to work it effectively and put in an adequate amount of time and effort. Making money online is not easy, but it's not exactly hard either. It can definitely be done!
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Preparing Your Home Business For Operations

After you have conducted all the research and have come to a final decision about the business you wish to operate from your home, you need to prepare your home for the operation of a business. The first thing you want to do is an inventory of equipment you already own that you will need to operate your business. By taking this preliminary inventory, you avoid buying things you do not need as well as missing things that you do not already have.

You certainly do not want to start operating under the premise that you have everything you need only to find something missing. Another important aspect of preparing for your home business and even more important that your equipment inventory is in a designated area to work. Depending on the type of business, you may need a small private area to use as an office or you may be able to utilize space that is already being used.

If you do not have an extra room that you can use, consider partitioning the area you already have to afford privacy when you need to work. This will work better than an open area as it will send the message to other family members that you are working and not available for conversation or other non emergency interruptions. By developing this concept from the start, you avoid the delay that is caused when friends find out you are working at home and think you can socialize any time of the day.

You need to develop your own time frame so that you know what you need to do and during what time of the day or night. Depending on the type of business, you may be able to operate only during normal business hours but that is not true of all home businesses. You must be prepared for the possibility that you will not be able to operate a 9 to 5 business all of the time. While you are developing your business, you will probably find that you are working 12 to 16 hours a day but that will slow down after you have everything in place.

The most important thing you need to do when preparing your home for business operations is having all of your legal and tax information completed. Although you may not need to file taxes until you start making money. You may want to have everything in place from the beginning. You also want to have an account, attorney and tax advisor either on retainer or available for any questions you have or any forms or other business related issues that you need prepared. Remember, once your business begins making a profit, you will not have the time to start looking for the professionals to help you, so its important to include that in your pre operational preparations.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Using Google Adwords To Make Money With Your Busbiness

With any online business the main key to success is generating targeted traffic for your website. There are a number of different ways you can go about doing this, however everyone wants to see fast results, and the only way to achieve such results is to spend money on advertising. Probably the most fastest way to bring in high quality targeted traffic to your website would be Google Adwords.

For those that of you that do not know what Google Adwords is its a place you join and pay money for your ads to be shown on the side of Google for keywords you pick. The keywords you choose are targeted around your business and product which results you in receiving highly targeted traffic.

Now picking your keywords to use can be very difficult especially if you are in a very completive business. Some keywords could get up to has high as a dollar or more per click. You would probably want to stay away from those keywords, and stick to the cheaper ones that are more targeted. If you can pick high targeted keywords you will increase your ROI. So how much should you spend for each keyword? Well each keyword will be different. It all really depends on how popular the word or word phrase is. That is why if you can be as specific as you can the cost for the keyword will greatly come down.

I usually tell people not to spend no more then 35 cents per click for any given keyword. However sometimes that just is not possible if your targeting very popular keywords.

Now lets go over a few steps you need to take to setup a Google Adwords account.

1. Create a account with Google Adwords

2. Login and create a ad campaign

3. Fill out your title and description using a catchy headline that stands out along with a good ad body

4. Now choose very targeted keywords that relate to your business

5. Set a daily budget as well as a CPC cost per click for your keywords

Once you do those five steps you will have your very first Google Adwords campaign setup and ready to go. You can also make other ad groups if you choose to do so. Doing this will allow you to target other keywords that also relate to your business or product. Remember PPC pay per click will be your fastest way to draw high quality traffic to your website. So if your looking for fast result then this is your answer.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Giving Your Kids A Job

If it is summer time or if your children have a break from school you might find yourself wanting to give them a job in your home business, whether it is to keep them busy, keep them out of trouble or to get them interested in your home business. No matter what the reason is for you wanting your children to be involved, there are many things that you should think about before you do this, to make sure that you are doing it for the right reasons and so that it does not backfire on you.

Right Reasons

Sometimes it is hard for us to think about why we want our kids to help us. If your children show no interest in your home business, you might feel bad about this and you might be tempted to force them to work for you so that they get interested. Remember that this is something that hardly ever works. If you are doing something that your children simply are not interested in, forcing them to work for you is going to backfire and you are going to find that the children are even less interested in it. It might be something that you have to let go.

On the other hand, if your children have shown an interest, asking them to work for you when they have free time might be a great way to teach them about responsibility. You have several options here if this is why you want them to work for you. First of all, you can use this time to teach them about money by giving them a paycheck. This should, of course, be dependant on the amount of time they put in at your home business and how well they perform the chores that you ask them to do.

No matter what, you should never give your kids something to do that will mess up the entire business. Remember that no matter how responsible your kids seem to be, they are still kids and because kids are going to be kids, things are going to happen that you might not have any control over. Give them small tasks and give them tasks that you can either do yourself very easily or that will not matter much if they do not get it done.

Do not tell your kids this because making them feel important is part of teaching them to be responsible. You want to be sure that they think they are a very integral part of the business, yet you want to make what they do less stress on you so that if something goes wrong with what they are supposed to be doing, they have not messed up a huge part of your business and you do not have to take it out on them.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Easy Mistakes to Make in Home Business

Running a home business is very much about fulfilling your dreams. But it's also hard work and study. The more quickly you figure out what will make your business appear professional, the more likely you are to succeed.

Some mistakes are easy to see once you know about them. Using a free host, for example, especially without your own domain name. With hosting and domain names being so cheap, there's no excuse to skimp on this.

There are plenty of other mistakes you can make with regards to a website. Poor design. Graphics that aren't related to your business. Overuse of graphics.

Audio is becoming more popular, as is video, but wise use of these is important. Some sites like to have their audio or video start on load. The trouble is that many people won't want to hear it, and many will click away quickly. Better in most cases is to allow visitors to start the audio or video.

Another mistake that is far too easy to make is to not pay enough attention to your customers, especially if they are contacting you through email. Emails should be answered within about 24 hours in most cases, 48 hours at the outside. But it's easy to let them slide and to take care of things later.

Failing to keep in contact with your customers is also a mistake. People who have bought from you once are more likely to buy from you again. Email makes this highly affordable. Collect your customers email addresses and respect them. Contact them when you have something relevant to send.

One of the most challenging mistakes to correct can be knowing when to keep giving information rather than trying to get the sale. There's a point at which people just want to buy, not read through still more information. The easier you make it to buy, the more likely people are going to buy when they are ready. Make it hard and they'll buy from someone else.

On a more personal level, making sure you manage your time well and are realistic about the time you can spend on your home business is extremely important. You do not want to take on more work than you can keep up with. This is a very easy mistake, and is why it is important to learn when to hire help.

You are going to make mistakes in business. Everyone does. But how you cope with your mistakes and how you learn from them will help to determine how well you will do in business.
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Monday, January 26, 2009

7 Amazing Ways To Make Your Internet Home Business Idea More Profitable

Anyone who starts an internet home business idea has high hopes for success. Many feel that with just a few simple ads the business will boom and take off into a major business. However, many find that customers are actually few and far between when it comes to an internet based business idea. With the following tips you can help to market your internet home business idea and turn it into a success.

1. Brand your name and business. You can easily do this by just writing articles and submitting them to e-zines or web sites for republishing. When people see your home business idea consistently they will become more curious and eventually will click through to your offer.

2. Remember to take a little time out of your day or week to brainstorm. New ideas are usually the difference between business success and failure. The more time you spend online promoting your home business idea the more ideas that you will find. Some you might not be able to take advantage of right away because of time or money. In that case create a swap file, or but the site you find into your favorites so that you can come back to it when you are ready to put that idea into motion.

3. Model yourself after other successful businesses or people. I'm not saying out right copy them, but practice some of the same habits that have made them succeed. One idea is to look up their website in one of the major search engines and find out who they are linking to, or where they are submitting their articles, that should give you some more ideas as to where you could be linking to, or submitting articles yourself.

4. Take risks to improve your business idea's reach. Sometimes businesses don't want to advertise unless it's free, sometimes you have to spend money to get results. Make sure that before you do this, you set a monthly budget and stick to it! It's common to hear about people overspending unnecessarily and running up huge credit card bills. Maximize your advertising budget and don't go broke like the big web sites. All you need is a small group of loyal customers to sell back end products.

5. Include emotional words in your advertisements. Use ones like love, security, relief, freedom, happy, satisfaction, fun, etc. The goal is to make your offer sound so great that the person cannot wait to receive it. But never so great that he or she does not believe your ad, or trust you.

6. Make people feel like it's their idea to buy, they will be less hesitant. Tell them in your ad "You're making a smart decision for buying our product". Tell people what they're thinking and feeling as they read your ad. Most people will actually do it. Your statements should help sell your product.

7. Out source part of your workload. You'll save on most employee costs. You could out source your secretarial work, accounting, marketing, etc. If writing is not your area of exptise then get an expert to write your ad copy for you.
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Customer Service Work at Home Jobs - Reality and Fantasy

One of the first jobs people often think of when they want to work at home is customer service. There are some great companies that hire people for such positions from home, and it's work most people can do. But that doesn't make it easy.

There are many reasons why customer service may not be the right work at home job for you. Then again, it could be perfect. So I thought I would take a look at the realities and fantasies of this job.

Fantasy:
A highly flexible schedule where you can work the hours you select.

Reality:
There's a degree of truth to the fantasy, but it's not as flexible as many people would hope. Companies typically want you to either set up a schedule with them for each week, or sign up for hours as they come available. You are expected to work the hours you agree to.

The trouble can come in when there's a low call volume at the times you agreed to work. Work at home customer service positions generally pay on talk time, not on the hours you agreed to work. But you are still expected to be available. This can be really tough when the calls just aren't there.

Fantasy:
You can work and take care of your children at the same time.

Reality:
Especially when your children are young, utterly untrue. Your typical customer service position will require that you have no background noise whatsoever. A noise cancelling headset will help, but if you have children playing in the background, you cannot count on it being enough. People do get fired over background noises.

If you have young children, you are pretty much limited to working when they are asleep and will stay asleep, or when they are at school. You will probably want an office with a door you can close. You will want to train your entire family to leave you alone when you are working.

Fantasy:
It is easy to work in customer service once you find a job.

Reality:
While finding the job is one of the most difficult parts of working at home, it's not the only challenge. With many companies you have to test to qualify to take calls for various companies, and strict scripts to follow. Just being yourself in many cases is not allowed. There are legal reasons why you may be required to use specific phrasings.

You will also have to deal with problem customers, people who don't want to let you say what you have to say, and people who are just simply hard to understand. You'll have goals to meet. Some days the job will be easier than others.

Working well in customer service takes practice. It's a skill many people can pick up, but it is not for everyone. You will have times when there is not as much work as you would like. Times when it is hard to find a workable schedule or to keep to what you agreed to. But you will also be glad to have the ability to work in your own home.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

A Home Based Business Is The American Dream

One definition of the "American Dream" is the sought after realization of success and wealth through hard work and determination. This dream will achieve a better life for oneself, usually through financial gain. Everybody has their own definition of this great dream. To some it might mean a bigger house and fancy car and yet to others it means something totally different. The one component that seems to be consistent, is the quest for money and for Financial Freedom.

The American Dream of having your own profitable business working from home is now a true reality. Advances in the internet with high speed connections has made it possible for unlimited ideas and income from internet ventures. In 2005 as many as 150 Million people in North America alone, enjoyed the freedom and benefits of owning their own home based internet business. Other reasons that people are starting these home businesses in record numbers is the unrestricted time restraints, tax benefits, good earnings, and residual income that continues on year after year after the business is in place.

There are several ways to get started in your own business working from home on the internet. You can join with a established and reliable Network Marketing Company, you can become an affiliate with the thousands and thousands of affiliate programs on the internet, or you can buy products and merchandise at wholesale pricing and set up your own website and sell on Ebay. The ideas for achieving the Amercian Dream from working a business on the internet at home are endless.

Develop and write out your business plan. Read this plan everyday and think about it and make adjustments until you have an established business. Educate yourself about your home business. Take time and read good books or information about this business. Remain positive and enthusiastic. Dare to dream your dreams and visualize your success. Grow you business slowly until you find the methods that work. It may take 6 to 12 months to build your business base. Enlist the aid of experts in your area of business. Get advice and follow the people that are already making good money.

Follow these simple rules:

#1 - There is no get rich quick formula for any business. If you see an opportunity that advertises "get rich quick," avoid it.
#2 - You have to allocate time to work and build the business every day. Nothing happens without effort.
#3 - You must invest money in your opportunities and your advertising. You need a financial investment and you need to decide what you can afford.
#4 - You must learn everything you can about the opportunities that you offer. You must be knowledgeable when talking with other people about your business.
#5 - You must have a web site to send people to. Your web site is your best vehicle to promote your business.
#6 - You must be patient! You cannot build a solid business in just a few days or even a few months. It takes a year or more to get your business established and making decent profits. You must be patient!
#7 - You need the best home based business
opportunities that have proven to be successful. Investigate the companies that you are thinking about partnering with and network with the people involved.
#8 - You need multiple business opportunities to build your business with. It is never wise to "put all your eggs in one basket."
#9 - You must advertise and create your own permission based prospect list. This is key to building your business.
#10 - Make yourself efficient. Simplify everything that you can. Be persistent day in and day out. It pays off. Never give up.

The American Dream is within your reach.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The Three Foundations of Home Based Business Success

Big Why: The most important key to your Home Based Business success is your big why. You must have a reason to start your Home Based Business that is bigger than yourself. It could be to quit your Job. It could be to spend more time with your family and help your children. It could be to start a Humane Society store. Your why is the most important because having a big why will automatically ensure that you have continued dedication, a never give up attitude, a positive attitude, and you will have the motivation to continue to learn. A big why will ensure that you continue to work, even during difficult times. A big WHY ensures that you DO NOT give up.

Mentor: The best way to succeed at anything is to find someone who knows how to do it and learn from them. Whenever I want to learn about something, I read as much as I can about it and I find the most experienced person I can find to lean from. This is exactly what I did when I started my Home Based Business.

You must have an outlook that will allow you to listen to your mentors and learn from them. Remember they have probably tried everything that you are already thinking. Do not go off on a different path than what your mentor is guiding you down. If you try something different, you should talk it over with your mentor.

Highly experienced people know things that you can not write down in a book.

Belief: Starting a home based business takes effort, but with a big why, a good mentor, and the belief that what your are doing does something good for this world, you can succeed.

If you are joining a work at home company, you must believe in the company that you are promoting.

Belief starts with the company. It is much easier to believe in a company that has a long track record and a solid reputation than believe in a start up. How do you gain belief in a home based business company? Get involved and learn about the company. Start using the company's products. Learn what the company stands for. Is the company just about making a lot of money? Does the company have a bigger reason for its existence? What is the company's big why? The answers to those questions will help you choose a successful company.

"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential." -Winston Churchill-
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Monday, January 19, 2009

Six Reasons Network Marketing Will Change Your Life

Don't make someone else rich! What is the ultimate pyramid scheme? Your place of employment is, most likely, a fine example of a pyramid scheme. Think about it! The time that you are spending working for someone else is making them very rich. Why not take that time and make yourself rich? It is easier than you think!

Are you tired of trading your time for a paycheck? Are you sick and tired of going to work every day to make someone else rich? Do you hate your lifestyle? If any of the above is true for you, then read on.

Multi level marketing allows you to change your lifestyle and have more time to do what you want to do because Multilevel Marketing allows you to create residual income. Residual income is money that comes in month after month without you having to do any extra work. For example, residual income of $700 a month is the equivalent of investing $168,000 in a CD that returns five percent. There are MLM companies that only require a downline of 20 people or less to make a residual income of $700. You could go on vacation for a month, and still make $700. Now, that is powerful. So, remember, Multilevel marketing is not about making money; it's about residual income. When you understand the concept of residual income, the power of network marketing becomes crystal clear.

Six reasons that multilevel marketing will change your life:

1- Multilevel marketing allows you to work at home. Not only does multilevel marketing allow you to work at home, multilevel marketing allows you to live where ever you want to live. You can travel, live on a boat, in a camper, go camping, and bicycle across the country. With a laptop that has a wireless internet connection and you can continue to work your business from just about anywhere in the United States.

2- The internet has completely changed multilevel marketing. The internet allows you access to millions of people who are looking for a home based business. Let me repeat that. These people are looking for a home based business, just like you are. From the comfort of your own home, you have access to anyone in the world that has a computer.

3- Contribute to what you like to contribute to. Multilevel marketing allows you to be who you want to be. Since you are making your own money you are not tied to the rules and norms of the corporation that you work for. You are not constrained when you go to work and, the one I like is that you don't have to suck up to your boss.

4- You get to pick the people that you work with. You see there are only certain types of people that are going to expend the energy to succeed in the MLM business. These types of people are what I call the passionately curious. They are highly motivated to change their life style, because they hate their life style or they are broke. They are considerate, ask pertinent questions, are interested in what you have to say and take action.

5- Small start up expenses-with most MLM companies you can get started for as little as $20. Compare this to any brick and mortar business and you will see that the start up costs are the inverse of one another.

6- Help other people-Network marketing is a business that requires everyone to help one another in order to succeed. If you were to sign up to be my business partner I would benefit the most when you make the most money. My goal is for you to succeed. What a great concept! In a corporation, the exact inverse is true. If you were to work for me, the corporation executives make the most money when you make the least money. Where do you think their motivation is? The executive's goal is to get as much work you and pay you as little as possible. They are looking out for number one, just like you are.

With the powerful tool of the internet, network marketing is much easier than it has ever been before. All that is required to succeed is dedication, on your part, and good teachers that can show you how to put the internet to work for you so you can meet the right people.
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Friday, January 16, 2009

Internet Business Startup Steps

Everyone seems to be getting into online business these days, and the advantages of an internet business versus a more traditional setting are clear. An internet business startup is easy. You need a desk and chair, and a computer with internet access. That's it. You earn money working at home in your pajamas at any hour of the day you choose. You can even work as much or as little as you please, and you have the option of controlling which radio station is playing while you work. An internet business has very low overhead costs and tends to earn money faster than a traditional business. Sounds great, doesn't it? Sure it does, but there is more to an internet business start up than that.

First of all, you'll need some sort of internet presence and that's usually in the form of a website, though blogs are becoming increasingly popular for web presences. Some internet businesses only involve a profile page on an auction site for products or services. Whether you choose website, profile page, or blog, you're establishing your web presence. Having all three is a great internet business solution and tends to increase your exposure.

If you have a website or blog, you'll need a domain name. Choosing a domain name that is catchy, easy to remember, or relevant to your business is important. It's also important to register the different versions people might use when searching for your name, as well as the possible spelling mistakes. The more domain names you have that will direct people to your online business, the better.

You're going to have to work on marketing. There is more to setting up an online business than a flashy website and having a great product or service. Those who are successful in online businesses work hard at learning internet business solutions such as increasing their ranks with search engines. This is called search engine optimization, and without a web presence that is optimized for search engines, you aren't going to be successful.

An online business also involves promotion and marketing that a traditional business requires as well. You won't be able to assume that people will find your business or chose your website over the millions of others in the virtual world. The effort and time to promote your online business is like any other, so be prepared to have a good marketing plan as part of your internet business solution.

Develop your sales strategies and customer service skills. One difference with a traditional business and an online venture is that you're now going to be the jack of all trades in your enterprise and master of none, unless of course you hire professionals to handle areas of your business that you don't want to or can't. That isn't cost effective though, so learn how to be a salesman, as well as updating your communication skills to improve customer service and maintain client loyalty. A good internet business startup plan covers all aspects of your business that you're going to have to handle.

Lastly, be sure to have a plan for accounting and taxation. A legal business is far better than one that isn't, as there are plenty of things you'll be able to deduct at income tax time. Also, make sure that your internet business startup includes research into legal matters, copyright, and anything that might land you in hot water. For great online success, cover all the bases that a traditional business would and include internet business solutions as well.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Have You Ever Thought to Yourself "Show me a better life?"

Working at home would definitely make your life better, but can a home based business be the right choice for you? Why not? Considering all the downsizing companies are doing right now, it's probably one of the best decisions you can make. A desire to spend more time with family may be the motivation to start a work at home opportunity. Perhaps your job is a dead end, or your employer continually requires more work with less benefits. A home based businesses is the means of getting out of any of these predicaments. I for one have worked for others all my life, and have decided I want to run a home base business for all the reasons I listed. These and many, many other predicaments are excellent reasons to consider the potential of running your own home based business, and the benefits are outstanding.

Many people try to start a home-based business utilizing the skills they have learned at their previous jobs, such as bookkeeping, web design, sales, etc. These types of home based businesses can be lucrative, but they usually require a lot of work that most people don't have the time while already working a full time job for someone else. They also tend to incur huge start up costs, which most people also don't have. So what are your options?

There are many, many web sites dedicated to helping people find work from home opportunities which require little to no investment to start. In a lot of cases, you will be able to use the skills you learned at previous jobs with a company that is already established that can help you generate income from home. For example, if you have worked in sales for years, you would then want to look into an agreement with an established company that allows you to market their site or sell from home. This type of home based business is easy to start up and will most certainly generate income. But you are still working for someone else!

Online work at home opportunity web sites are undoubtedly a great tool. Look mainly for directories that can point you to several work from home opportunities and ideas. There are several home based income opportunities currently. They can be anything from reviewing goods to writing catalog pieces, to setting up online stores, to doing data entry, to filling out surveys. These opportunities are for everyone that wants to improve their income, or make a living. You decide on how much time and effort you want to invest, and that will determine the income you generate. Be sure to stay away from "get rich quick" schemes. Most all legitimate and profitable work at home opportunities do require work!

There are also sites where you can fill out a survey and they will find the right opportunities that are compatible with your wants and skills. Find the work at home directories, which have many opportunities listed and you will probably find an online work at home opportunity that is just perfect for you and your lifestyle (or the lifestyle you want to have!) Take the time and search out a few of these directory sites and start making notes of which opportunities are right for you.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Acheiving Success Through Home Business

Are you one of those people who have always wanted to put up business of their own and take control of their lives? If you are one of those people who are dreaming of a better life by engaging on a home business, do not stop dreaming. If you take a closer look at some of the most successful people in the world, you will find out that some of these people never really had much to start with but with persistence and determination, they were able to reach the pinnacle of success. This proves that if a person dares to dream and do something about that dream, he or she will eventually succeed. Always remember that if you really put your heart into something, you will be able to achieve that something.

Charting Your Course

Dreaming to become something is one thing and doing something about that dream is another thing. If you do not do anything positive about your dream, that dream will just remain a dream. Worst, if you do not act on your dream, it could turn into a nightmare and will haunt you for the rest of your life. Doing something about your dreams is not really that hard. You just need a push in the right direction to get things started. To get you started in the right direction, you should first set your goals. Ask yourself what you want to achieve in a certain span of time. When setting your goals, make sure that these goals are realistic. Do not set goals that are too high or too low.

There is really no point of cheating yourself on these things, so be honest to yourself when setting your goals. Always remember that setting your goals is the first step towards making your dream a reality.You need long term goals and short terms goals. Your short term goals will keep you going. Note that we all need small victories every now and then to help us get through some of the most difficult aspects of setting up a home business. Once you have set your goals, formulate strategies to achieve that goal. For instance, if you want to engage in a computer programming business, you should set a time line quota for yourself.

For the first few months, you may set lower quota when it comes to income and the number of clients that you serve. Do not expect too much from your business in the first few months. Businesses do not really become a successes overnight so give yourself some time and some breathing space. There will be times along the way when you will feel that you are not getting anywhere with your home business. If you encounter these types of situations, do not give up. If you do not change your course, you will surely reach your destination.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

How to Organize Your Home Office for Maximum Efficiency

Wherever you work from, may it your office or home, your workplace acts as a tool. A home office may not instantly increase your income, but a good office environment could improve your efficiency greatly. The greater your efficiency, the better would your profits be.

Whether you are trying to work from home, or are already managing a home-based business or are finding ways to be more efficient, there are many ways of improving it. Following are some tips, which could come handy for simplifying this.

Do away with the trash

First and foremost, you should trash all the junk. Unused and old paperwork are very often the culprit for almost 99% of the trash in your home office. Don't follow the old habit of I might need this later; do it instantly. Don't limit your cleanup drive to paperwork. Things that are not needed for the day-to-day business activities need to go now!

Sort emails

Sort through your email box and delete all unneeded or old emails, which very often take nearly 95% of the mailbox. All the items that you won't be using hence should go.

Organize Paperwork

Put together similar documents and paperwork to make sure they stay organized and neat. If various types of papers are accidentally put together, you may probably never achieve even half of what you could during the day. Instead, you might waste time frantically looking through the papers for the one you need, when you could possibly have it at hand with some simple organization.

Use appropriate and convenient furniture

Use appropriate furniture like closets, shelves, and other furniture. There are times when the desk is not the only piece of furniture in the home office. If you have a shelf or cabinet in your room, use them as well.

By using cabinets, you can categorically separate paper. You could keep separate shelves for the important papers, not-so-important papers, and trivia.

Sort important documents

Use colored labels for each shelf, a separate color according to the importance. For example, you could have one with the most important documents labeled in orange; the less important could be labeled in yellow.

Following some handy tips can make managing home office relatively simple to function from. You will be surprised to know that you can improve work merely by throwing away items you no longer use and simply organizing the ones that are crucial.

Many people have lost hours of productivity because of disordered items every year. If you follow the advice given, you will notice the rise in efficiency at work, tasks will be done much faster, and there would be a remarkable increase in income. Well-organized, well-planned home-offices offer the best of all worlds; comfort, convenience and professional image that all entrepreneurs seek.

Make a schedule for your daily activities, if you are self-employed. The home office can help you in being more efficient, productive, and organized. However, being organized and taking charge needs commitment - your commitment - to test something new and get rid of bad habits. Simple and easy techniques and methods will improve work and make your job a whole lot easier.
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Monday, January 12, 2009

When to Go With a Work at Home Business Opportunity

Most of us want to be able to work at home simply because the freedom is there to be able to do what you want with your life. You can finally stop doing things to try to please other people, and you can simply start living your own life in order to please yourself. This is something that a lot of people really strive for, and it can be something that you try to do as well. However, the question is often when is starting a work at home business opportunity good for you and your family?

While a work at home business opportunity might sound like something you want to start doing right away, you have to keep in mind that no matter how long you have been doing what you do, and no matter how much money you are making doing what you do, switching form your job to a work at home business opportunity is going to be starting at the beginning again. This means that for awhile you'll be making less money than you are used to, and so you have to be prepared to take a little bit of a pay cut when you start a home business. This is going to mean that you want to wait until your family is at place where they have some savings, and where you can afford to take a little bit of time and live on your savings while your business takes off and starts making you money.

There is something else that you have to keep in mind before you start a work at home business opportunity, and that is experience. If you are going to go with a home business that requires you to do the thing that you are doing now, such as your own photography business if you are currently a photographer for someone else, you want to wait until you have enough experience to go it on your own. You need to be able to have a great portfolio that is full of things that you can show off, and you have to be sure that you have enough experience in how the world that you are working in is run, so that you can do it yourself. You also want to see if you can get some clients to come with you, no matter what you decide to do from home.

Remember, starting a business at home can be very stressful, so be sure to pick a time in your life where there is nothing else that is going to be stressful, such as a new baby or a new marriage. The best home business opportunity will work out better if you start it at a time where everything about your life is ready for it.
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Friday, January 9, 2009

Setting Goals Is Only Half The Battle To Achieving Your Dreams In Your Home Business

We hear it all the time...

You must set goals in order to be successful in your own business. Its the secret of the wealthy. Its the difference between modest success and explosive success, etc.

Do you agree? I'm here to tell you it's only half true...

Setting goals and writing them down is one thing. Anyone can do that and many people do. But most never, ever achieve their goals.

I'll tell you exactly why shortly but first you must know this:

Despite your best efforts, you will never achieve the success you are looking for if you never actually set goals for yourself and your business in the first place. Let's at least agree on that.

Ask yourself, "What goals have I written down for myself and my business?"

Most people never set goals for themselves or their business at all. One day leads to another and the days continue to disappear without success.

How can you get to where you want to go if you don't know where you're going?

The biggest roadblock to goal setting is YOU. Setting goals requires you to actually write down your dreams and put a date of accomplishment on them.

Do not get in the habit of working your business without goals. This leads to apathy and an empty checking account.

Goals are the lifeblood of your business. Written goals that is. Statistics have shown over and over that small businesses fail within the first five years. You do not want to become a statistic; you want to become a success.

So how do you become successful at setting goals?

The first step, obviously, is to write down your intentions or exactly what you want to achieve. What intentions do you have for your life and your business? Write them down. When would you like to achieve them by? Put a date of accomplishment on your goals.

Get a pad of paper and start writing NOW. Be bold and write them all down. Your intentions are now your goals.

Think BIG! You must be clear...

You now have goals with deadlines. Your first step is accomplished but this is only half of the battle. Now comes the tricky part. Gut check time...

Do you feel as though you can achieve your goals? Do you actually believe you can achieve your goals?

Ahhhh, the look I see you giving your computer screen right now could melt ice. "Of course I believe I can achieve my goals" you say. "Why else would I have written them down?"

Well, writing them down is all fine and good but if you don't actually believe deep down that you can achieve your goals, then they are meaningless. And THAT is why most never achieve their goals with their business endeavors.

If you do not believe you can achieve your goals...You won't.

You say you can. You wrote them down. But, if you do not truly feel you can achieve your goals with absolute certainty...You won't. You must be crystal clear. Period.

Tough pill to swallow, I know. So how does one go about doing this?

This is where your mindset comes in to play - the other half of the battle.

Let's take this whole goal setting process just one step further now. Pay close attention here...

In your mind, see the goals you wrote down as already accomplished. What does it look like when it has been completed? You've nailed it. How does it make you feel? How has your life changed?

Go to that place right now (the outcome) and WRITE DOWN that part in addition to the goals you want to achieve. Get into the state of mind as having already achieved the goal instead of always wishing or hoping for it like everyone else does.

Assume the feeling of the outcome. Stay in that state of mind as often as possible. Once you actually feel the outcome you will then, and only then, be able to attract the goals that you wrote down.

This is a fundamental principal that has stood the test of time. DO NOT take it lightly.

So, it's really a two step process, yes?

"What you hold in your mind with energy and focus will tend to be created in your reality."

Read that again.

Remember, success doesn't happen to the uninvolved. Success happens to those who are not only persistent in reaching their goals, but to those who make a decision to reach their goals, get clear on what they want, and already feel themselves victorious in the so called goal setting battle...

A bit deep, I know...But without question, the difference maker.

You should never be without goals. Keep your intentions and your goals before you. Be clear, feel the outcome, and stay focused on the end result.

Take action.
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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Imagine Your Business Growing

A successful home business is something many people dream about. It's a way to achieve things that generally are not possible when you work for someone else. But they're also quite a bit of work. How do you get past that and bring your business to new heights?

One of the first things you need to do is picture yourself as successful. If you focus on failure it is much easier to give up, and therefore to fail. Believe that your business will succeed(always think positive).

Challenge yourself in this. You don't want your goals to be so easy that you can reach them quickly. Save those for short term goals. For the long term you want goals that you will have to push and struggle to reach. The harder it is to reach them, the better you will feel about it when you get there.

You also need to understand where your business is going and where you want it to go. If you cannot honestly look at where you are at you are likely to get off track.

Your business needs to stand out from others. Your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) is what will make people want to deal with your home business rather than some other company. It doesn't matter how many companies are offering something similar to what you have. What matters is what makes you different and more valuable.

One great tactic is to make it clear that you are an expert in your field. Write articles and submit them to relevant publications. Write an ebook and give it away to potential customers. Participate on forums and answer questions other people ask. The more you do to show that you know what you are talking about, the more people will think of you as an expert in your field.

Know what you can outsource. If you can have someone else handle the basic emails, the bookkeeping, website design - whatever it is that you are not an expert at, your business will run more smoothly and you will have more time to focus on the things you really do know. There is no need to be a Jack of all trades.

You should also automate whenever possible. If you have an email course that will encourage prospects to buy from you, there are many programs that will handle sending that out to new subscribers for you. Similarly, you do not want to have to process credit card orders yourself. Amazingly enough, some sites do just have you send in your information, then they process the order, rather than having their payment processor handle it all automatically. Simplify your life and let the computers do their jobs.

Finally, make sure you have more than one thing to sell. You may only have created one thing that you want to sell, but with affiliate marketing you can have a wonderful backend product to offer without any extra work to create it yourself. Once someone has bought from you once, you have a great shot of getting them to buy from you again. Why not take advantage of that?

Growing your business can take a very long time. Few people manage to be overnight successes. But if you are determined you can do very well for yourself and your home business.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Top 9 Reasons to Work at Home

Working at home has been getting easier these past several years. With the Internet opening up new home business opportunities as well as more jobs that can be done from home, the possibilities are quite simply amazing.

Depending on what you want to do, it can be easy or difficult to get started. If you have a job with a company that allows telecommuting already, it can be easy. Starting a business or finding a work at home job... easy or hard, depending on your skills, what you want to do, and just a touch of luck sometimes.

Not all reasons will apply to everyone. They can depend on what you do and how your family works. But you can generally get at least a partial benefit from any of these.

But there are some great reasons to work at home.

1. Saving on gas.

This is a really minor reason in many ways, but as gas prices go up people have been more and more interested in this idea. Even telecommuting one day a week can save you on gas costs.

2. No commute.

Or if you do have to drive to work or to clients sometimes, you may be able to avoid rush hour traffic. This saves frustration and time.

3. A more flexible schedule.

Not always true, but often enough. Depending on what you do, you might be working standard business hours, late nights, early mornings, or whatever time is best for you to work at. You are more likely to be able to be there if you have a child who needs you and run errands when it suits you.

4. No boss staring over your shoulder.

If you have a work at home job rather than a home business, you will still have a boss and have to meet your goals, but you don't have to deal with one all day. But this can be a negative if you need feedback.

5. More time with your family (?)

Once again, a huge advantage, but not true for all people working from home. Many will still need childcare so that they can get their work done. However, if you're keeping regular hours, you at least can lose the commute time and cut back on the rush in the mornings and evenings.

6. Simpler wardrobe.

Working at home means you don't have to spend so much on keeping your wardrobe current and you don't need so many "Dry Clean Only" outfits. Each of these can save you quite a bit of money.

7. The ability to follow your dreams.

More for people running a home business than working a job. Running a business is a dream for many people, one which allows them to make money from something they truly love doing. Working is more fun when you really, really love what you do.

8. Saving on lunch.

You won't need to eat out so often. Your refrigerator is right there, and if you plan ahead each evening, leftovers can make a quick and easy lunch. Your sodas and coffee also aren't marked up so much if you're buying your usual from the grocery store.

9. You can set up your office the way you want it.

No worries about corporate rules on how your desk has to be set up. Whatever decor makes you happy, you can have. Same for music, if you don't need absolute quiet when you're on the phone.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Are Your Network Marketing Efforts Taking You in the Right Direction?

There are some basic things just about everyone getting into network marketing or direct sales is told to do. Work your warm market. Talk about your opportunity every chance you get.

Too bad those really aren't effective for a lot of people. You're far more likely to really annoy your family and friends and get very few signups that way. With all the companies out there, all the possibilities available to any person you might talk to, it can be very hard to sell people on why they should join your opportunity.

Don't forget how hard it is to actually get people working their business when you get them signed up. I can tell you from personal experience that even when you are successful and want to help family members get going, most of those who express interest still won't go anywhere with whatever you give them. Many people just don't have the drive.

So what do you do?

You want to find people who want to do what you do. You want them to come to you.

And that means you need to stop lying to them. You want them to expect to work. No more telling prospects that the product sells itself. You know full well it doesn't. You probably even know that just talking to people about how much you love the products you sell is a form of selling, even if you insist that no selling is involved in your opportunity.

No matter what you were told by your upline, you know that success does not come easily. Success comes after hard work. If it were easy, everyone would do it and there would be no money in it.

One of the major keys is to have a good system in place to help your prospects along. Some companies make it incredibly difficult to market your opportunity online, but if you can do it the possibilities are just about endless. All you need is something to offer people who are interested in your business and a genuine desire to help them out.

The wonderful thing about this is that once you have a system in place, you can attract solid prospects to you, rather than buying leads and wasting money. If people see you as a valuable resource, one willing to help them succeed, they will come to you and their success will fuel your own.

Honesty really is the best policy, especially in business. If you can attract people to your business by telling them what they really need to know in order to succeed you will gain their respect and trust. With that you have a better chance at building a business relationship that will benefit the both of you.
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Monday, January 5, 2009

The Slight Edge Philosophy...

The slight edge philosophy is the idea of performing either simple disciplines or simple errors in judgment that will either build or destroy your business. The simple disciplines are what you want to get accustom to. I promise you that if you follow simple disciplines you will be able to double, triple, or even quadruple your income within the next twelve months.

It is not difficult at all to build a massively successful MLM business if you follow the simple disciplines, such as, making your phone calls every day, following up with people consistently, going to all the business briefings, even if you have seen them a hundred times, doing your 15 minutes of personal development a day, or doing your exposures every day. You already know what you have to do to be successful in the business; you just have to do it.

It's easy to do all the things that I've just mentioned. All you have to do to make an exposure is go up to someone and tell him or her about what you're doing.

Is it really that difficult to open your mouth? It's easy, but it's also easy not to do, and that is the trap that so many people fall into when they are in this business. They fall into the trap of performing simple errors in judgment, rather than performing the simple daily disciplines that are going to create them a more preferable compounded effect.

I mean, think about it. Let's take smoking for example. You smoke a cigarette today; It's just one cigarette, right? Correct! That one cigarette isn't going to give you cancer, but once you get in the habit of doing it on a daily basis, you probably will get cancer, because of the compounded effect that all started with that one cigarette. That simple error of judgment compounded over a series of years, is what mattered. It's the small things that don't seem to make a difference today that are the things that make a huge difference in the future.

Now let's take working out as another example. The reason why most people quit working out after their first initial days is because they put so much work into those three or four days and don't see any immediate results. I guess they feel they should see results within two or three days after years of abusing their bodies. That's just not how it works; it takes time before you start seeing any real results that you can be proud of, just as in business. It takes consistency and simple disciplines.

Furthermore, there are no one liners that are going to get people into your business, what you have to grasp are philosophies, empowering philosophies, because your philosophies will drive your actions, and your actions determine your results, and your results determine your lifestyle. Therefore, I suggest you adopt this Slight Edge Philosophy and think about it on a daily basis.

The problem is that most people stop performing the simple disciplines before the compound effect kicks in. It's like the snowball effect; it has to gather some momentum before it becomes a powerful force of nature.

It is this principle alone that distinguishes successful people from unsuccessful people, it is this principle that separates the homeless, from the multi-millionaires. The millionaires take hold of the slight edge philosophy and adopt the concept of simple disciplines, where as, the homeless are totally oblivious and continue to perform the same simple errors in judgement that they most likely started when they were children.

I'm telling you now! If you choose to accept the concept of the Slight Edge Philosophy, you will have a much more abundant life and a much more prosperous business. You really should start applying it to your daily life if you aren't already.

But, the choice is yours; there are two path's you can take!!!

May God Bless You!!
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Friday, January 2, 2009

Running A Home Business & Working Full Time Outside Your Home

Very few people will claim they are bringing enough money home to meet all their needs and wants. Several will begin a home business to supplement their income while remaining at the full time job outside. This can take a toll on the personal life as well as the health of just about anyone running a home business and working full time outside the home.

One of the first considerations should be is the home business in conflict with the full time job as many employers will not tolerate competition from one of their employees. For example, a person working in a retail environment in nearly any capacity may find themselves in conflict with company policies if they begin an online retail outlet. Or someone working for a carpet cleaning company starting a home business offering cleaning services part time as a home business. Being in conflict often forces the employee to make a choice of keeping their full time job or finding work elsewhere.

There are many home business opportunities available that will not conflict with outside work environments, but the time involved in operating the home business will need to examined to determine if it can be done effectively while working full time. The business operator will only have limited availability as well as time to spend on the business and the time needed to run the business will have to be reallocated from another part of the day.

A person with a family will need to know that any time needed to run the home business will have to come from time usually used for family functions or just spending time with the wife and kids. The full time employer will not tolerate someone spending time on their home business while being paid so dividing the time between work, running the business and family may or may not be worth the extra income from a home business.

In some cases, there are home business opportunities that require little time and enable it to be run at the convenience of the owner. With these jobs time can be arranged in which to run the business without losing time with family and friends, although sacrificing sleep or relaxation time may be necessary. Overall, there will be some sacrifice of time and personal involvement when running a business and working full time outside the home.

Time management will be essential in creating work-life balance as well as remaining organized so as not to allow important aspects of work, home business operation and family slip through the cracks. A single schedule guiding the commitments for all obligations will be needed in order to accomplish everything that needs done and to stay ahead of the work.
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