It can’t be said enough that the key to success in a home based business is all about what your mindset is like. It really is the truth. If you believe you’re going to be successful and you have a positive attitude there isn’t anything you can’t do.
I don’t know where you are in your business as you read this article. You may be new to a home based business, you may have been involved in your business for years, you might not even be in a business at all or just starting to think about working from home.
Wherever you are in the process if you don’t know your “why” STOP! Don’t do anything else for your business, don’t make another call, don’t send another email. Because if you don’t know your “why” I can almost promise you you’re not going to be successful in your business.
That’s a pretty bold statement, but it’s true. You will never win if you don’t know what you’re fighting for.
What do I mean when I say you’re “why”? I mean, WHY are you doing the business? WHY do you want to make money from home? WHY do you want the amazing lifestyle that a home based business offers you? WHY?
Now that you know what your why is let me tell you what it’s NOT. Your why is never money. You might think you are motivated by money but the truth is nobody really is. What you are motivated by is what the money can DO for you and what it can do for your family.
When you’re thinking about your why you’ll want to think about things that make you emotional. Your husband or wife, your kids, your parents, your childhood dreams… things that really hit you hard in the gut.
Now I can’t tell you exactly what your why is for you personally but let me give you some examples of what it is for a lot of people…
Being able to take care of your parents like they took care of you…
Being able to give your children a better like than you had…
Letting your spouse quit his or her job…
Living in the house of your dreams…
Giving more money to your church or a favorite charity….
Waking up every morning and doing exactly what YOU want to do everyday…
Saving for your kid’s college….
Those are just a few examples but I hope it gave you a few good ideas of what a “why” really is.
Here is another hint… you don’t have to have just one. You can have 2, 5, 10 even 20 “whys” as long as they are personal to you and help motivate you, you can have as many as you can think of.
Now that you’ve got your “why” you need to mediate on it every single day, don’t let it slip out of your mind. When you come home from a long day of work and you don’t feel like working on your business simply take a look at your “why” and if it’s strong enough it will push you to work a little harder even when you don’t want to.
There really is NOTHING that will motivate someone to success in this industry more than their “why”. Make sure you have one and make sure it’s a GREAT one.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
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Grants.gov does not provide personal financial assistance. To learn where you may find personal help, check Government Benefits, Student Loans and Small Business Start-up Loans.
Financially Independant....or boke? Choice is yours
It is a sad but true fact that by the time people reach their “golden years” people are either dead, dead broke or financially independent.
Now I would hope that you wouldn’t want to be dead, I’ve yet to run across someone who thinks this is the best option.
So it really just comes down to two big choices: dead broke or financially free.
A few decades ago you could work hard all your life and at the end of it all retire with a nice amount of money to show for your years and years of effort. Sadly, for many people this is no longer the case.
If you don’t believe me take a look around at how many people in their 50’s 60’s and even 70’s are still working to this day. Some of them have retired and realized they don’t have enough money to stay retired and some of them haven’t been able to afford to retire at all!
I don’t know about you but I do not plan on working well into my golden years. I want to retire and more than that, I want to retire and actually have the money to live the way I want to live.
If that sounds like what you want you’ll probably want to be one of the few people in America today who are financially independent. So how do you get that way? For me it’s with the help of a home based business.
Residual income is the thing that will allow you to work hard for a few years and be able to retire and retire in a big way. That’s because residual income is income that lasts virtually forever!
You can’t get residual income on a job and a lot of people can’t even get their head around the concept. However, once you do discover it’s power you’ll never ever worry about your financial future again!
So there are your options: dead, dead broke or financially free! Freedom with the help of a home based business is real, don’t wait until you’re ready to retire to discover it’s power start right now!
Now I would hope that you wouldn’t want to be dead, I’ve yet to run across someone who thinks this is the best option.
So it really just comes down to two big choices: dead broke or financially free.
A few decades ago you could work hard all your life and at the end of it all retire with a nice amount of money to show for your years and years of effort. Sadly, for many people this is no longer the case.
If you don’t believe me take a look around at how many people in their 50’s 60’s and even 70’s are still working to this day. Some of them have retired and realized they don’t have enough money to stay retired and some of them haven’t been able to afford to retire at all!
I don’t know about you but I do not plan on working well into my golden years. I want to retire and more than that, I want to retire and actually have the money to live the way I want to live.
If that sounds like what you want you’ll probably want to be one of the few people in America today who are financially independent. So how do you get that way? For me it’s with the help of a home based business.
Residual income is the thing that will allow you to work hard for a few years and be able to retire and retire in a big way. That’s because residual income is income that lasts virtually forever!
You can’t get residual income on a job and a lot of people can’t even get their head around the concept. However, once you do discover it’s power you’ll never ever worry about your financial future again!
So there are your options: dead, dead broke or financially free! Freedom with the help of a home based business is real, don’t wait until you’re ready to retire to discover it’s power start right now!
Monday, December 22, 2008
More confidence in your phone voice
When you’re talking to a prospect over the phone it’s extremely important that you speak to them with confidence. Just because you’re on the phone and not in person doesn’t mean people can’t tell when you’re unsure of yourself.
Here are 5 ways to convey more confidence over the phone.
#1 Sit up straight
Believe it or not how you sit can effect how you sound on the phone. When you sit up straight in your chair just as you would if you were speaking to someone in person you will sound more confident and sure of yourself.
#2 Smile
This is a big one! If you don’t believe me try talking to a friend in another room. Once while smiling and once without. I guarantee you your friend will be able to tell you which is which. You might feel just a little silly but believe me it works!
#3 Avoid nervous laughter
This was a big one for me. Everyone can tell the difference between genuine laughter and nervous laughter… everyone. When you don’t avoid nervous laughter you won’t emit any kind of confidence and the person on the other end of the line will get the idea that you don’t know what your talking about or you’re not really sure about your business.
Do not ruin a perfectly good business call by laughing out of nerves. You might think it’s nothing but it really can ruin your credibility over the phone.
#4 Keep eye contact with something
I know, I know it sounds really silly and pointless. I guess you’ll just have to take my word for it. But keeping eye contact on a specific spot. Just like you would look someone in the eye in person can really help how you come off over the phone.
Find a spot on the wall or put up a poster if you need to, just maintain “eye” contact and you will sound much more professional and confident.
#5 Talk slowly and with a purpose
Talking quickly is one of the first signs someone is nervous. No I’m not saying you should… slow…. down… until… it… gets… annoying. Just don’t start speaking faster than you normally would.
Choose your words carefully and speak with authority. Don’t use words like “um” and “uh” if you don’t know what to say take a beat and start when you’re ready..
By following these simple tips you will convey a comfortable and confident business man or woman and you’ll start to sound more like the type of person that everyone would want to be in business with.
Here are 5 ways to convey more confidence over the phone.
#1 Sit up straight
Believe it or not how you sit can effect how you sound on the phone. When you sit up straight in your chair just as you would if you were speaking to someone in person you will sound more confident and sure of yourself.
#2 Smile
This is a big one! If you don’t believe me try talking to a friend in another room. Once while smiling and once without. I guarantee you your friend will be able to tell you which is which. You might feel just a little silly but believe me it works!
#3 Avoid nervous laughter
This was a big one for me. Everyone can tell the difference between genuine laughter and nervous laughter… everyone. When you don’t avoid nervous laughter you won’t emit any kind of confidence and the person on the other end of the line will get the idea that you don’t know what your talking about or you’re not really sure about your business.
Do not ruin a perfectly good business call by laughing out of nerves. You might think it’s nothing but it really can ruin your credibility over the phone.
#4 Keep eye contact with something
I know, I know it sounds really silly and pointless. I guess you’ll just have to take my word for it. But keeping eye contact on a specific spot. Just like you would look someone in the eye in person can really help how you come off over the phone.
Find a spot on the wall or put up a poster if you need to, just maintain “eye” contact and you will sound much more professional and confident.
#5 Talk slowly and with a purpose
Talking quickly is one of the first signs someone is nervous. No I’m not saying you should… slow…. down… until… it… gets… annoying. Just don’t start speaking faster than you normally would.
Choose your words carefully and speak with authority. Don’t use words like “um” and “uh” if you don’t know what to say take a beat and start when you’re ready..
By following these simple tips you will convey a comfortable and confident business man or woman and you’ll start to sound more like the type of person that everyone would want to be in business with.
Choose success
Success is not just something that happens to people it is a choice. Everyone in the world who is successful at one point or another made a very distinct choice to become that way. And here is something not many people are willing to say but…. If you’re NOT successful that’s your choice too.
When I first heard that last part I got really defensive and angry. How could someone tell me my lack of success was my fault?! I was trying the best I could!
Then I started thinking about it and you know what, it’s true. Success is a choice and so is not having success. I don’t know about you… but I’m read to choose success!
Everything in life is really about choices you’ve made. Flunked out of school? You obviously chose not to study. Make $100,000 a year as a doctor? You made a choice too… a choice to succeed in medical school.
It’s not just about money either. Are you overweight? That’s a choice. Have rock hard abs? That’s a choice too.
Do you see what I’m saying now? Everything in life is a choice, and when it comes to your home based business you will either choose to succeed or choose to fail.
When you choose to succeed it means you work on your business even when you don’t feel like it. You develop your skills and go a little out of your comfort zone if you need to. You sacrifice going out to dinner with friends to work on your business or you spend a few dollars on an ebook that will help you develop your skills.
You might not know it at the time but putting off calling leads on the phone one night is choosing to fail. I’m sure you don’t want to fail, after all why would you have signed up in the first place if that was the case. However, that is the choice you’ve made.
This is not to say that you can’t ever hang out with your friends or that if you’ve done things in the past to hurt your business you can’t turn it around because you can. What I am saying however is if you really want to succeed working from home you’d better choose it now or risk a lifetime of lost dreams.
I hope that you have taken this article the way I meant it when I wrote it, to help you! I don’t want to discourage you to bring you down I want to give you everything you need to choose success. I’ve chosen it! What about you?
When I first heard that last part I got really defensive and angry. How could someone tell me my lack of success was my fault?! I was trying the best I could!
Then I started thinking about it and you know what, it’s true. Success is a choice and so is not having success. I don’t know about you… but I’m read to choose success!
Everything in life is really about choices you’ve made. Flunked out of school? You obviously chose not to study. Make $100,000 a year as a doctor? You made a choice too… a choice to succeed in medical school.
It’s not just about money either. Are you overweight? That’s a choice. Have rock hard abs? That’s a choice too.
Do you see what I’m saying now? Everything in life is a choice, and when it comes to your home based business you will either choose to succeed or choose to fail.
When you choose to succeed it means you work on your business even when you don’t feel like it. You develop your skills and go a little out of your comfort zone if you need to. You sacrifice going out to dinner with friends to work on your business or you spend a few dollars on an ebook that will help you develop your skills.
You might not know it at the time but putting off calling leads on the phone one night is choosing to fail. I’m sure you don’t want to fail, after all why would you have signed up in the first place if that was the case. However, that is the choice you’ve made.
This is not to say that you can’t ever hang out with your friends or that if you’ve done things in the past to hurt your business you can’t turn it around because you can. What I am saying however is if you really want to succeed working from home you’d better choose it now or risk a lifetime of lost dreams.
I hope that you have taken this article the way I meant it when I wrote it, to help you! I don’t want to discourage you to bring you down I want to give you everything you need to choose success. I’ve chosen it! What about you?
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Put in the Time to be Rich
If you’re in a home based business you’ve probably asked yourself… what’s the key to huge results working from home?
There are a lot of things that contribute to a person’s success however, nothing can be better for your paycheck than good old fashioned hard work!
Hard work seems to be a concept that’s a little lost on home based business owners today. We want everything fast and easy. Why cook something in an oven when you can cook it in a microwave right?
Let me tell you something… there is no microwave equivalent to success in a home based business!
Companies that promise you huge money with zero or little effort are either lying to you or scamming you because nothing that is that good comes without effort.
It just amazes me how many people expect to make 6 figures overnight and without any effort at all! I don’ t mean to be rude but… how can you possibly think that?
Everything in life that is worth anything takes some time and effort, and the better it is there is a good chance the more effort it will take. I don’t want to get you down or discourage you. I just want to be honest with you.
If you want to make 6 figures in your home based business in the next couple of years I want to encourage you because it can happen! However the faster you want it the harder you’re probably going to have to work to achieve it.
Think about it this way… if home based business success was easy everyone would be working from home and filthy stinking rich!
Big time success and a huge income is always the result of hard work and consistent effort. No matter how silly your product is (and we hope you have a good one) or how little you know about business anything can be overcome with hard work!
So start putting in that much extra effort and your success will be one the way that much faster. No one can stop someone who has a goal in mind and is willing to work hard to achieve it!
There are a lot of things that contribute to a person’s success however, nothing can be better for your paycheck than good old fashioned hard work!
Hard work seems to be a concept that’s a little lost on home based business owners today. We want everything fast and easy. Why cook something in an oven when you can cook it in a microwave right?
Let me tell you something… there is no microwave equivalent to success in a home based business!
Companies that promise you huge money with zero or little effort are either lying to you or scamming you because nothing that is that good comes without effort.
It just amazes me how many people expect to make 6 figures overnight and without any effort at all! I don’ t mean to be rude but… how can you possibly think that?
Everything in life that is worth anything takes some time and effort, and the better it is there is a good chance the more effort it will take. I don’t want to get you down or discourage you. I just want to be honest with you.
If you want to make 6 figures in your home based business in the next couple of years I want to encourage you because it can happen! However the faster you want it the harder you’re probably going to have to work to achieve it.
Think about it this way… if home based business success was easy everyone would be working from home and filthy stinking rich!
Big time success and a huge income is always the result of hard work and consistent effort. No matter how silly your product is (and we hope you have a good one) or how little you know about business anything can be overcome with hard work!
So start putting in that much extra effort and your success will be one the way that much faster. No one can stop someone who has a goal in mind and is willing to work hard to achieve it!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Is it possible to grow my business with Article Marketing
If you are a home based business owner you’re probably always looking for new ways to market your business right?
One of the most popular methods for marketing a home based business is through article marketing. If you are not familiar with the concept of article marketing, oh wait, you’re reading one right now… hmm so I guess you DO know what it is!
Article marketing works for several different reasons. First of all it allows you to address certain issues that a prospect might be having trouble with. Like “is this one of those pyramid things” or “Can I really make money with Network Marketing?”
All you have to do is write an article about that particular issue and it’s out there for all of cyber space to find and read.
The other reason article marketing works is it makes you an instant expert on the issue. There is a certain amount of credibility that goes along with being the author of an article even if it’s just on the internet and not a newspaper or a magazine.
For these two reasons home business owners have been using article marketing to grow their business for years! Oh and just in case you are not yet convinced that it really is a great way to market check this out… it’s free!
That might just be the best part about article marketing online. It doesn’t cost you a thing! While traditional methods of marketing in print say in magazine or newspaper ads can cost a ton online article marketing is absolutely free.
Even if you aren’t a professional writer you can have lots and lots of success with article marketing. Of course if you don’t have the time or the will to write articles, and yes they can be fairly time consuming, there are plenty of PLR or private label rights article websites that will write your articles for you for a small fee. There really is no reason for any home business owner not to be doing this!
Another great thing about article marketing is that it will get you in the search engines like yahoo, google or MSN pretty quickly and that means that when people are online looking for a home based business opportunity they can find your article and therefore find you!
Article marketing is simply a great way to let even more people know about your home based business, and that means more money and success for you!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
9 Steps to succeed online in business
1. Determine your goals for your website. How will you drive traffic to your website Plan for this up front, while developing your website. If search engines are important to you, then proceed to step 2.
2. Allocate a budget to online marketing and search engines. It’s as important as what you spend for designing and hosting your website. The budget you set will instruct these further steps you should take:
3. Optimize your website during design to perform well in search engines. Make sure it contains the correct density of keywords important in searches.
4. Make a commitment to keep your content fresh. Augment content as frequently as practicable, because search engines reward rich content.
5. Devote resources (your time or the money to hire others) to actively work on search engine placement. Monitor your ranking weekly or monthly in the major search engines for key search terms; this can be done manually or you can utilize automated software to produce a monthly or weekly ranking report.
Even if you plan to focus on free “organic” rankings, plan to set up Pay-Per-Click accounts at Google and Yahoo. All companies that want traffic from search engines should consider PPC a basic cost, as essential as paying your monthly hosting bill.
The budget can be as little as $20 a month … or much more, depending upon how aggressive you want to be.
6. Promote links to your website from your trading partners, in directories, through reciprocal links and discrete paid placements. “Link popularity” is highly important to search engine rankings.
Monitor who links to you, and also who links to your competitors. Get as many links coming into your website as possible. Use viral marketing strategies, like posts or links from forums, bulletin boards, social websites like myspace and more.
7. Install a good statistics package. And review it frequently so you know what is happening with your website. Statistics will tell you if you are successful in getting people to your website.
If you are having success in traffic but realizing few sales, that means you need to work on your “conversion” of website visitors by improving your products or improving the functionality and usability of your website..
8. Periodically measure progress in ranking and make adjustments to keywords and content as part of a regular maintenance program - at least monthly.
9. Submit your site URL to as many free sites as possible. Self-promote yourself by writing articles, placing ads on bulletin boards, e-zines, group sites etc.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Have you seen this writing website
To be an author has always been my dream and I love the thought of this website and hopefully I can publish here take a look
http://writing.com/authors/danielhimes
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