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Every morning as people wake up and make the commute to work, many dream of the day when they will finally work for themselves. Every time the boss lets someone know that they must give up their weekend plans for the good of the company, people contemplate the benefits of being the owner of their own business.
Are you one of these people?
If you are, it is important to ask yourself some very important questions before you make the uncertain leap into self-employment.
Many dream of the benefits of home business ownership, but few take into account the sacrifices that must be made to bring the dream to fruition. Please don't make this mistake yourself.
You must approach home business ownership with your eyes wide open. Ask yourself the important questions, and more importantly, answer your own questions openly and honestly.
AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION
Are you the type of person who relishes every chance to gather around the water cooler for social interaction?
If so, then home business ownership may not be the right decision for you.
Instead, if you feel that you can be quite content sitting alone at your desk; speaking only to clients and really minding your own home business, then you might have what it takes to succeed as a home business entrepreneur.
If you feel at ease with your own company and don't need a dozen coworkers milling around your desk, then you, too, could savor the freedoms that will allow you and your family, to live the lifestyle you know you want and deserve.
THE KEY TO HOME BUSINESS SUCCESS
Self-motivation is the key to success when you start a home-based business. You need to possess the ability to push yourself ahead. Your drive and determination will be reinforced with every new sale.
The level of success that you will achieve greatly depends on the time and effort you are willing to plow into your new home business. Your organization, planning and marketing skills, will all be put into practice when you embark on your liberating journey from employee, to being your own boss. In fact, you will be the wearer of many hats and gain a wealth of business experience along the way, when you finally make that commitment to work at home.
YOUR SUCCESS RESTS ENTIRELY UPON YOUR OWN SHOULDERS
You will now be the boss. Are you truly able to work independently? Do you have the drive; the tenacity, to persevere with your home based business? Will you be able to invest the necessary time to nurture it, to watch it grow and see it through, from germination to full, glorious bloom? When you're the boss, you are responsible for the success of your home business, from A to Z, from disappointments to victory.
When you work at home, it will empower you to achieve many things you were unable to do when you were stuck working for that tyrant boss. Remember him? He's the guy that wouldn't let you take time off when your baby was sick...the same guy that called you in to work on Thanksgiving Day.
A home business means that you can take good care of your family and make money from home, simultaneously. You will have the best of both worlds! Just think--no more dirty laundry piling up--you can do it while you work. No more scurrying around at the last minute searching for a babysitter either. And no more worrying about getting fired; you'll be the boss!
IN CONCLUSION...
Stay positive and focused on your home based business, even if, when sales aren't up to par, you get occasional negative remarks or derogatory comments from people with stuffy, dead-end jobs. Ignore their cutting words and bear in mind that success is the best revenge! Keep your admirable, positive attitude at the forefront and show them what you're made of!
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Your ability to start a home based business or to work from home for someone else is increasing daily as new opportunities come available every day. Entrepreneurs, sales representatives, customers service reps and many others are now more than ever working at home or from their homes. Finding the opportunity that fits you can be as easy as asking yourself a few questions. They are... What do I truly enjoy doing? What can I readily afford to allocate toward this opportunity if necessary? What resources and tools can I bring to the table that will help me build my business or do my job productively? Am I coachable, teachable, and willing to acquire new knowledge that can help me succeed? Asking yourself these questions can help you to narrow down which industry or areas of home business would best match your needs and what interests you.
Enjoying What You Do If you hate your job or have no passion for your chosen home business field, in a short time period you will find it difficult to do the things necessary to succeed. Even if you are working from home, you will find it difficult to "drag yourself to work". Motivating yourself to do those things you know you need to do will become harder and harder. And if you are working from home, distractions that are inherent to being at home will easily detract your attention from the job at hand. Being honest with yourself about what you truly enjoy doing will allow you to enter a home business or home job with the confidence that you can perform every day. Sure there will be days when you don't feel like working even if you are doing what you love, but enjoying what you do will help ensure your perserverence and longevity.
Financial Concerns When starting a home based business or when considering accepting a home job position, you should take the necessary time to understand your budget and income requirements. Having ample savings is certainly prudent. This is true no matter what you are doing, but especially in this case if you are building a new home based business from the ground up as your income source or if you have accepted a commission based position that takes time to get momentum. You need to know that you can meet your family's budget needs comfortably in order to eliminate any possible money stress that can hurt your productivity. Being able to survive comfortably for a 3 month period is a good rule of thumb. This allows time to establish yourself and produce a flow of income. You should also have a firm grasp on the money needed to fund your business. What are the cost of materials, necessary advertising, web hosting and so on? Most home based businesses fail within the first year from the lack of a realistic budget or the failure to budget at all.
Resources and Tools An important consideration is to take inventory of the tools and resources that you may need for your business/job. You may have some things already on hand. Like your computer, internet access, and home phone line. A fax machine that doubles as copier can be a valuable tool. A hands free headset for your phone isn't a must, but if you'll invest in one you will be glad you did. Especially if you will be spending any amount of time on the phone in your home business or job. Having a dedicated phone line for your business and fax are nice, but not necessarily required. I have used very successfully a service called "distinctive ring" through my phone company. My phone has a different ring for business calls so I know when a business call is coming in. Also, my fax machine recognizes a different ring and answers those calls. Distinctive ring is great if you have access to it AND it's cheaper than having dedicated lines added to your home.
Being Coachable And Teachable I once read where the word "teachable" is the Biblical word for "coachable". I don't know if this is theologically accurate, but I like it. In many ways, as this would indicate, the words are interchangeable. Both are key factors in evolving and succeeding. Those who shun these principles usually plateau while those who continue to be coachable and teachable continue to grow and reach higher levels of success. Successful home business people, home workers, and all other successful people from all walks of life not only learn but they apply what they learn. To simplify all of this... be willing to learn, be open to the idea that there is always knowledge out there you can add to your base of knowledge, be willing to take direction from those who have been or are where you want to go. That says it all. You don't have to be the best from the start, just be good at being coachable and teachable and the rest will come with time.
Once you've honestly answered of these questions, you will be able to make the most informed choice for your home business. This will allow you to begin your business by putting your best foot forward. Take the necessary time to prepare for your work at home job or home based business, and you will ensure that you thrive and succeed.
I was checking my voice mail yesterday and received a message that was short and sweet. It said: "My name is Ken Shapiro. I'm the writer, director, producer and star of the motion picture 'The Groove Tube'. Please call me back at ..."
Interesting. The writer, director, producer and star of a motion picture?
My curiosity was aroused so I went to Google and looked up "The Groove Tube". I discovered that Ken Shapiro was indeed all of the things he said he was and that Chevy Chase, a very famous American actor, had is debut film appearance in the movie. My mind determined that Ken Shapiro was a force to be reckoned with so I gave him a call.
It turns out that Ken found me online and was seeking some guidance on how to promote his new project at http://www.BedBooks.net. "Bed Books" is a very interesting innovation and I must admit that I've often wanted to lay on my side in bed and read a book, but that's not a very comfortable thing to do. Thus, Ken's unique idea and business has the potential to really take off.
In our brief conversation, we exchanged pleasantries and I gave Ken a few tips on getting publicity for his site. He's obviously a guy who takes action on his ideas so I expect that he'll take the information I gave him and put it into motion immediately. If so, you'll be hearing a lot more about Ken and BedBooks.net in the near future. In exchange for my time and advice, Ken said he is sending me a "Bed Book" to try out.
What's interesting about my conversation with Ken is my motivation for having it in the first place. Considering that I receive an overwhelming amount of voice mails every single day and that I'm rarely able to call anyone back on the phone personally, why did I choose to pick up the phone and call Ken on my dime?
The answer is because Ken had established that he was already successful. Because of the accomplishment of making "The Groove Tube" movie in which Chevy Chase appeared back in 1972 I determined that calling Ken would be, at the very least, interesting. I also sensed that there could be the possibility for me to benefit in some way because I perceived Ken to be powerful and influential.
I was right. Ken is powerful. He's a doer. He makes things happen and I respect him for that. In this world, it's the dreamers that take action and persist until they succeed that get my attention. That's why I called Ken and that's also why he was able to benefit from a free consultation with me. In that discussion, I gave Ken some very specific advice for marketing his website that has the potential to bring him all the business he can handle.
The point to take home is that Ken's previous success in the movie business made it a lot easier for him to get the information and resources he needs to succeed in his new venture. In other words, past success has power.
When I first started my Internet business it was not easy. In fact, it was downright difficult. I spent thousands of dollars on credit trying to learn the game and acquire the tools I needed to build my business. Everything was expensive and the people who I thought could help me grow my business the most wouldn't give me the time of day. I was a nobody in this world.
However, I was persistent and by leveraging my financial and creative resources I was finally able to make my first sale online. Once that occurred, I simply focused on what I did right and did more of it. My sales continued to grow and I was becoming successful.
From those initial small successes, I was able to continue building my knowledge. I realized that once I had knowledge, I could share it. By sharing my knowledge with others, I was able to become an expert. As an expert, people were attracted to me. Through that attraction, I was able to sell more goods and services. I was becoming *very* successful.
Then other experts got attracted to me. They started giving me their products and services for free. They were also open to the possibility of working together. The same products and services that I could barely afford in the beginning of my career and the same people who wouldn't give me the time of day before, were now becoming as freely available to me as oxygen itself.
Why? The answer is simple. I was already successful.
Is it easier for the rich to get richer? Absolutely. Is it easier for successful people to become more successful? Definitely. The momentum has already been established. Money attracts more money and success attracts greater success.
Before you get cynical, first consider the fact that most of the rich and successful people in this world started with nothing but their ideas and enthusiasm. They were able to use that energy and put it into motion to create their own success.
In most cases, the path they traveled was riddled with moments of confusion, struggle and failure. But they persisted and with each small success their path got easier and easier to travel until they eventually paved it and turned that path into a "success super-highway" that now allows them to travel and succeed with ease.
The enormous power of past success is that it can and will catapult you toward greater success in the future. Use everything in your power right now to create some initial success and then roll that success forward to create more success in your life. You will ultimately discover this is a very easy thing to do.
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To Your Success,
Todd
Todd Thomas is the President of WorkAtHomeForDummies.com!- http://www.workathomefordummies.com and writes business related articles ranging from internet business to network marketing and everything in between. Todd is also a baseball coach and hitting instructor. He owns http://www.HitItHere.net. Contact at support@workathomefordummies.com for info on articles for your website!
Building a large internet based network marketing business can have several distinct challenges than building one of the many companies that are not solely based on the web. Sure, most network marketing companies have some sort of online presence these days, but I’m talking about the pure online network marketing business and the ones that are very slanted toward building on the internet. Both online and offline opportunities have their merits, but the pure online network marketing business’ biggest challenge is your communication with your online partners. A great tool to building an online network marketing empire is a well-written, well designed, and incredibly interesting newsletter. Many of the most successful online network marketers consider this one of their big “secrets”.
But ssshhh… Don’t tell anybody that I told you that. And by the way, here are a few of their “secrets” in the design of their wildly successful newsletters!
For starters, it is incredibly critical for you to create and emphasize the relationship you have between yourself and EACH recipient. A personal friendly greeting that shows you as a real, warm, and caring person is without question the best way to start. Far too many people who try the newsletter approach put too much focus on the mechanics of building their business, sales figures, product presentation and so on, rather than putting an emphasis on the human side of the business. Your business partners don’t want to feel like you are simply marketing to them. It’s much better if after reading your newsletter, they come away with the feeling that you put it together while thinking of them.
Graphics and html are nice, but can sometimes make downloading slow. Instead, send your newsletter in plain text. Keep the body of your newsletter in a nice easy to follow order. You don’t want it to appear muddled. Showcase distinct sections with some of them relating to your home company’s business, while others feature prospecting, business building articles and material on what you might want to be promoting specifically that month. It’s okay to intersperse your content with material related to your company’s industry.
For example, the first article may feature a new product that you are marketing while the second is focused on successful ways to prospect. The next article may be about the industry and changes that will effect everyone’s business followed by a special offer, joke, a business building quick tip and so on. The entire goal is to make the newsletter interesting, useful, and easy to read with the goal of having the entire newsletter read rather than simply glossed over.
Your newsletter should end with a friendly closing that in some way references the original greeting. When you are building a million dollar network marketing organization using the newsletter as your secret weapon, you want to squeeze any bit of usefulness from it. A personal signature, your title and contact information, an invitation to email you with questions or content suggestions, but also a call to action, such as buying the product or taking the free marketing course are good closes for the newsletter. You may even want to go so far as to give a teaser for the next newsletter, which will ensure that you will not receive too many unsubscribe requests!
When building a large network marketing organization, using a newsletter as your “secret weapon” would be a common step taken by many network marketers that have built multi-million dollars businesses. Do what other successful people have done and develop your own functional and useful newsletter. You will be glad you did.
To Your Success,
Todd
Todd Thomas is the President of WorkAtHomeForDummies.com!- http://www.workathomefordummies.com and writes business related articles ranging from internet business to network marketing and everything in between. Todd is also a baseball coach and hitting instructor. He owns http://www.HitItHere.net. Contact at support@workathomefordummies.com for info on articles for your website!
The bottom line success of any legitimate network marketing business comes down to the gathering of actual customers and the relationship that one has with those customers. Sure you need to recruit business partners and help them do the same in order to build a big business, but the customers and the relationship you have with them is critical to your businesses success. Because no one gets paid until a product or service is sold, right? If this is not the case with your MLM opportunity then you might need to check and see if your business is operating legally! That’s the subject for another article though. The focus here is on yours and your partner’s relationships with customers.
Customer relationship management and success in ANY business go hand in hand and this holds true in network marketing as well. As a matter of fact, it’s even more important in an MLM business since everyone in an organization typically has only a handful of customers rather than hundreds or even thousands of them. Yours and your organization’s good relationship with customers helps insure that during down economic times that business stays strong. Of course this is easier with some MLMs that are not so product based or that have a service that many people might see as expendable during harder times.
If you aren’t sure whether you are really making the most of your network marketing business with respect to growing and maintaining your customer base and relationships, here are a few good starting points for your business.
· Keep in mind how it is that a particular customer came to be your customer to begin with. How, when, and why did the relationship begin? Are they a relative or friend? Were they more of a stranger to you before becoming a customer? Where they referred to you by someone? These factors are important considerations in how you treat and approach a particular customer.
· Start keeping a log when you gather new customers and note your thoughts on why they became your customer. What attracted them to you and/or your product or service. By doing this, you can keep track for each customer what need you think you should continue to fill to keep them as a happy customer. Many times you will be able to pinpoint the reasons why they became your customer. Sometimes you won’t. If not, then ask them.
· Keep in touch with them on a semi-regular basis at least. Even if they are on some sort of auto-ship or have a service that requires little or no attention from you like electricity for example. They use it and pay for it every month without thought, but hearing from you to see how they are keeps on the top of their mind where they got their product or service from in the first place and reminds them that they can call you if any issue arises.
· Keeping in touch doesn’t just mean by telephone. That’s certainly a great way, but also dropping them a note by email is important. Putting a Thank You note or just about any brief note in the regular mail is great. Everyone loves to get a postcard or letter in the mail. That personal touch goes a long way. And then there is Christmas cards or even birthday cards are also enjoyed and appreciated. Not only do they appreciate you for this but THEY feel appreciated.
Customer relationship management in the network marketing world is often sold quite short. It deserves much more attention and credit for success in MLM businesses. There is no doubt that the focus of network marketers is the hunt for new business partners to sponsor. This receives the lion’s share of the marketer’s attention as well it should. It is how one will build a very large business. In fact, it is mostly during this quest for business partners that many of your customers may be found. Once they become a customer, it is the relationship savvy business person who goes on to huge success.
To Your Success,
Todd
Todd Thomas is the President of WorkAtHomeForDummies.com!- http://www.workathomefordummies.com and writes business related articles ranging from internet business to network marketing and everything in between. Todd is also a baseball coach and hitting instructor. He owns http://www.HitItHere.net. Contact at support@workathomefordummies.com for info on articles for your website!
There are few areas of modern business growing as rapidly and successfully as that of franchising. It is a great way for young entrepreneurs to get their foot into the business world. Take an existing brand, expand it, put your own spin on the best of the ideas, and work a business model that has been proven to be successful. Among the franchising opportunities in America today, few of them are as popular and youthful as that of the kid’s market. Toy stores and other franchises geared toward the younger set are quickly becoming one of the top franchise markets of today’s world. Perhaps it is because young business people are not so far removed being kids themselves that they can remember what children of all ages like to play with and what is likely to appeal to them. Whatever the reason, the fact cannot be denied that the kid’s/children's market is to be taken seriously by the wise businessperson.
What makes the kid’s market so valuable in today’s business world is the fact that today, more than ever, kids are in control of their parents income. This was not nearly as true fifteen or twenty years ago. Americans spend more than 100 billion dollars a year for their children’s necessities, not to mention their entertainment. With this kind of money in the economy up for grabs, it’s no wonder the kids’ market is thriving. That number, according to many industry analysts, is only going to grow in the coming years, far ahead of the rate of inflation.
One of the reasons for this rapid growth in the industry could be the disappearance of the traditional one-working-parent family system. While this is decried by some family experts, the fact remains that many families are now home to two working parents, that are trying to juggle career and children rather than doing one or the other. This leads to two things: more expendable income and less time with the children. This means children must fend for themselves when it comes to their entertainment many times, and this of course leads to greater amounts of spending in that area.
In addition to entertainment items, what cannot be ignored are the huge opportunities in the world of providing day care and extra-curricular activities for these young children. Combined with the need for necessities, it has created a wide open world of franchise and business ideas and possibilities. The market simply cannot be ignored by anyone wishing to enter an industry with unlimited growth potential. If you are someone who wants to go into business for yourself but aren’t sure what market to focus on, you could do worse than build something around the kids market. It’s not going anywhere that's for sure, and it could provide you and your family with a wonderful income for years to come.
To Your Success,
Todd
Todd Thomas is the President of WorkAtHomeForDummies.com!- http://www.workathomefordummies.com and writes business related articles ranging from internet business to network marketing and everything in between. Todd is also a baseball coach and hitting instructor. He owns http://www.HitItHere.net. Contact at support@workathomefordummies.com for info on articles for your website!
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Before
you can have a successful home based business, you must first possess 3
"intangibles." These are things that must come from WITHIN you.
===> Intangible 1 <===
First,you must have a strong WHY.
Why MUST you have a successful home business?
What is driving you? What is it that you CAN'T have in your life anymore and/or
what is it that you absolutely MUST HAVE now?
For me, I couldn't stand
working 12+ hours a day anymore and missing the experience of my children growing
up. I also absolutely HAD TO HAVE the freedom of being able to control
my life and finances through a little box (laptop computer) that I
could carry with me anywhere in the world and not be tied to anyone's
time pressures or demands but my own. That was my carrot and my stick.
I felt a great pain deep in my gut of missing out on my children's
lives and the incredible freedom that succeeding in a home based business
would provide for me. I found my why. You MUST find yours.
===> Intangible 2 <===
You
must BELIEVE that it is possible.
If
you don't believe that it's POSSIBLE for you to have a successful home based
business or make your living from home, you won't. It's that simple.
For me, figuring out that it was possible was just a matter of realizing
that many other people were ALREADY making great money working from
home. If they could do it, I could too. It would just be a matter of
figuring out what those people were doing and then adapting it to my
situation.
There is no shortage of undeniable PROOF
that people (millions of them) are making money working from home. Just get online
and do some research and you'll find countless testimonials and stories
of REAL PEOPLE making real money on the Internet. Or head to your local
bookstore and you'll find the same documented evidence of this fact.
Truth is, it's getting easier and easier to make money with your own
home based business.
I've always said that
"affiliate marketing" (a simple way to make money from home) is the job of the
future. In the old days, you had to go to a potential employer, apply for
the position and hope for the best. Now you can simply go to any company
you want, fill out their affiliate application and start work
immediately. Affiliates are the new working class. In fact, making
money with affiliate programs or making your living on the Internet is
WAY MORE than possible. It is pretty much (or will be soon enough)
unavoidable now. Affiliate marketing is the "job" of the future that's
already here TODAY.
===> Intangible 3 <===
You must be willing to MAKE THE LEAP.
Ready, FIRE, then
aim... This is the operating philosophy you MUST adopt to succeed with
a home based business.
That's
backwards for most people who like to aim before they fire. The fact is
that home based business success is a moving target... The only thing
constant about it is change. You need to stop analyzing the game and
simply jump into it. You can't learn from the outside... You have to be
*IN THE RING* to truly understand and profit from it. In fact, this is
a business where you can truly be earning WHILE you're still learning...
The
lesson here is that you will never really be READY to start a home based business.
You simply have to start one. It's like having children... You're never really
ready, but when it happens you adapt and grow and therefore you succeed. This is
what I call:
"Making the Leap"!
The good news is that the cost of failure with having
your own home based business is very small. In the "brick and mortar"
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a business. It's almost always necessary to invest thousands of dollars
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not in the game yet, you're ALREADY behind the times... Make the leap to
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