I know EXACTLY how you feel.

I wondered if I could do it myself. The old brick and mortar way of doing business is almost a thing of past. You get stuck with a high overhead, lots of employees, health insurance and unemployment plans, bookepers just to get you started. So perhaps, you're like me and millions of others out there who are tired of fighting traffic, bosses, deadlines and co-workers just to pay the bills on time.

You wonder "Is there a way out of this?" I can tell you, YES THERE IS. But it's not going to be easy. Todays internet marketing gives you exposure, but is it in the right place?

Who sees it? Who wants your product, and seeing as you are about to embark on a new business, will your product stand up under scrutiny? Will it make you only 10% of a hundred dollar sale and how much running around or product sales do you need before you even clear your first hundred dollars?

The second thing you need is COMMITMENT. Not only to your product and your business, but to YOURSELF. You have to believe in both, because less than 10% of those who start home businesses are still in them three months later. It takes action, persistence, and yes, investment. This investment is not only your time, but your money. Anyone who says you can make thousands of dollars a year (or even a month, for that matter), probably won't tell you how much it's going to take to start that project and keep it afloat.

Upgraded home and cell phone plans, copier, scanner, fax machine, business cards, brochures, logos, etc. are all just a place to start. It's your advertising costs that will test your mettle as you look for ways to have your product SEEN in the marketplace and be "branded" as it were, to you. This takes time and money and plenty of it. You have to have an entrepreneurial personality and be a bit of a risk taker. Confidence and persistence will eventually pay off.

The first thing you have to look for is a product with QUALITY and a good compensation plan. Then you have to find the right person and company to join, and the right team to support you. Plenty of marketers out there are very successful, and promote themselves that way, but will they have time just for YOU if you join their team? With all that money, success and bravado, will they really return your phone calls? I guarantee you that our team is strong and successful and that we return your phonecalls!

Come join me and my team at Global Resorts Network (GRN) and I can show you how, with a little passion and a lot of persistence, you can start making your dreams come true. You have to plan early, so stop by to find out what we're all about.

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To become a successful Network Marketer you must have a number of skills that go beyond just those of sales, computers and training.

Network Marketing is not the same game as it was a decade ago. Back then the focus was on the product. All the network marketing companies taught you how to sell the product; good, new or the latest one going. And you did so by simply convincing your prospect on their value. Often this was done in someone's home, at a hotel conference room, or standing in the line at the grocery store.

Then along comes the Internet. Marketing on the internet became less personal. It was still about the product, however the biggest selling point with many of the new opportunities is "no phone calls, no talking to anyone."

Some how we've lost what the idea of what Network Marketing is all about. By the very virtue of its very name, "network marketing" means to network with people, to connect. A skill you still should possess if you're going to be in the game.

So what skills do you want

Teamwork - you need to be in the mindset of team. It can't be all about you or the money. For you to be successful you need to help others and ensure that what you are providing will enhance there lives. The old style network marketing sales person doesn't think like this which causes their lack of success with MLMs.

Network Marketing is about relationships. Period...end of story! That's why the old school theory of "throw enough mud against the wall and see what sticks" does not work. You need to be willing to commit to the success of others- 100%. This truly is the power of the MLM! Always knowing that whatever you contribute to others will come back to you-ten-fold! People will do what you do, so lead by example.

Listen - you need to develop the art of listening. When you ask someone "how they are, or what they've been up to" really listen to the answer. In that response is a wealth of gold. When you 'listen' you hear what is really important to them, where their feeling some pain, what their dreams are, and from that you know how you may assist them.

Now that's not to say that you listen and then pounce on them to sell your product as a solution to anything. This will only result in resistance to your product or opportunity. So your first objective should be to build rapport. Sometimes that takes time and won't happen on the first meeting. The more you know about the person and find in common with each other the more likely you will build that relationship and trust. So keep asking questions until you understand their emotions and how your product can serve them.

Making the Sale

A natural flow of conversation will turn to you. They will ask you what you do for a living. This is the time you can open with enough information to peak their interest. You never want to sell them; people hate being sold. Don't show and tell your product; speak to the benefits as it applies to them. Understand if your prospect wants an opportunity or are they better suited as a product user. Most of all keep the focus on the prospect not the product or opportunity.

Finally, if you have mastered these two important concepts you will be successful in any Network Marketing opportunity. And in the end your prospects and your team will understand that Network Marketing goes way beyond the product.

Honor yourself; learn these two powerful skills and create new possibilities for you and all those you touch.

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The online world is highly dynamic and gets more sophisticated by the minute. So how do you stay ahead and stay in the game for the long haul?

What Brought you to the idea of using the Internet?

Was it the fact that you say people who were making claims of generating large sums of moneywhile working from the comfort of their home. Was it the fact that you say all these programs and ways to market on the Net and make money and you said to your self I want to do that!

Brand Yourself

To make yourself known on the internet, you have to be different. You can accomplish this by making yourself unique from all the others. Sometimes people do this by using a nickname of wearing something totally different that people will remember. The key is to stand out from the crowd.

A unique landing page is the first step to your becoming unique. You want to have a simple and concise one page site that is warm and inviting. Your prospects will want to join and what your are offering because they relate to you as an individual. Most of the time if they relate to you and you have built trust they will buy from you. Another good Idea is to place a photo of yourself and or the family on the page.

Also audio and if your are really wanting to get with the program make a Video about you and your program, remember keep it short.

Do what you say you are going to do!

If you say you are a great trainer then you need to deliver the goods to your people so they will come back for more. If you say you will provide them with the latest techniques make sure you give a little more than what was promised.

Your reputation online is everything. The first time that you don't do something that you promised to someone, you are setting yourself up for disaster. Don't spread yourself too thin by saying 'yes' to everyone. Only take on what you can handle.

Connect yourself with the Best!

This is the easiest way to stay ahead of your competition. When you surround yourself with the best, you will be pushed to be the best. Don't ever choose to promote a product just because it has the highest payout of any other product in its group.

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Stephen K Reynolds is publisher of the LSR Unlimted "Free" newsletter which focuses on helping newcomers learn the secrets to marketing in the ever changing world of the internet! For more information on this e-mail lsrwealth@gmail.com

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Yes, there really is a way to make all the money you want online, without ever having to build a website, learn HTML or buy hosting.

Look, I'll be honest...

There are a ton of ways to make money online. And a lot of them require building a website or maintaining a blog. And there is nothing wrong with that. I have websites and blogs and they make me money.

But here's the thing. When I first started online I didn't know I had an option. I thought I HAD to have a website. So, I did what a lot of people do. I spent months learning about HTML, web hosting, graphics and everything else you need to know to launch your own website.

Then I spent another few months writing and publishing my own ebook and learning how to market it. And there is nothing wrong with this method of making money on the Internet. (I still make money from that ebook every day!)

But...

It was a very long and frustrating process. And frankly, I don't think a lot of people who want to make money online have the time, patience or money to do what I did. So, I'm going to show you an easier way to get started making money online. (And I have to admit, I wish I started out this way!)

Here's the basic plan, (and I say basic because I don't have the space in this article to give you all the particulars. I'll send you to where you can see a DETAILED account of this plan in my resource box.)

First, you need to pick a product to become an affiliate of. I suggest you pick a problem you have and then spend some time looking for the BEST solution. If the BEST solution has an affiliate program, join it.

HINT: Join only the affiliate program for the BEST solution you find. This will be the program you promote.

Second, set up an affiliate marketing system that has ALREADY been proven successful. This is your "offer". There is no need to reinvent affiliate marketing. There are already successful affiliate marketers, so do what they do!

Third, send targeted traffic to your offer. You have the BEST solution to a problem. Now all you need to do is get your solution in from of the people who have the same problem and can benefit from the solution.

So, you're probably thinking, "How am I going to do all this without a website?"

Here's how you can get all this done today. (Yes, that is not a typo, I said TODAY!)

Join a service that allows you to plug YOUR affiliate links into high quality affiliate programs AND provides squeeze pages, ebook incentives to sign up, follow up messages and BONUSES when the person purchases. Yes, this marvel does exist, and I'll show you where in my resource box.

Next, you need to have an Autoresponder service. This allows you to build YOUR list while promoting someone else's product. This is where you'll load the follow up messages and further offers about related affiliate products.

Then start sending traffic to your squeeze page. There are plenty of ways to send traffic such as article marketing, posting on forms, pay-per-click, using social networking sites, etc.

That's it. Frankly, you can get the whole thing set up TODAY, and have the potential to make huge commission checks without ever having to create your own website. (Compare this to everything I had to go through to get the potential to make money online.)

I hope you see the tremendous value making money online without a website can bring you. It can get you up and running faster, more profitably and with a lot less frustration. If I had to start all over again, this is the way I would do it. And I 'm sure I would have made a lot more money, a lot faster than I previously did.

So, are you ready to make money online without a website?

Edward Lomax invites you to learn how to make money online without a website. He goes over this plan in detail, including free downloadable reports, so you understand each step. Access all the free information here: Affiliate Marketing Without A Website.

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Many people have a desire to Work from the comfort of their home in hopes of replacing their day job. A large percentage of these people feel they could type data entry or type at home, but feel uncomfortable, because they are unsure they have the necessary skill sets.

I decided to take a look on the web to see what was available so that these people are not left out. Why is this important? What I have come to believe over the past couple of years is that, if people will match their work at home profile with the online opportunity, they are more likely to have success. You may be asking what is a work at home profile. It's actually something I came up with that really means understanding your current skill sets, time constraints, income objectives and comfort level. Having said that you can see that if a person does not have the necessary skill set or comfort level to perform the data entry task required they are more likely to fail. This makes finding some type of step-by-step guidance and support system important.

You will be able to find, as I have, that their indeed are companies that will give you the necessary training to ensure that you fell you have the skill sets necessary and acquire comfort in doing the task required. It is very important that you research these companies thoroughly. I suggest either using a website like mine, but not necessarily mine, that has done some research for you or be prepared to spend days doing so yourself. This is a very important step as their are many companies that will take your money and give you nothing in return. The Internet and the access it allows is great, but like anything this big there is always some care that needs to be taken.

You are probably asking how do I take on the task at hand? In my opinion you should take a Data Entry training class if you feel the need. The next step once this has been completed is to find 2 - 3 Data Entry companies that meet your work at home profile, join and get started earning money. You should be able to accomplish all of this for less than it cost for two people to go out to dinner at a nice restaurant and a movie or drinks one evening. Many folks will later focus on the program or programs they enjoy the most.

It's important to realize that you need to match your work at home profile with the companies you join. The next thing is to remember if you don't do any work you will not make any money. This requires effort, but once accomplished think about the changes in your lifestyle it can bring.

Why not take a chance on yourself? Invest a little in yourself. You are putting in time every day for someone else's company. You deserve it. Please feel free to read both this article or one of my many others by visiting my link in the resource box below. I always enjoy getting emails pertaining to my articles or my site. Your feedback is important to me.

I wish you the very best.

Michael Comeau has been owner of many successful businesses over the years including his current online business which can be viewed at http://www.workfromhome4dollars.com/ArticleDataEntry14.php You may also find more articles by Michael Comeau at http://www.workfromhome4dollars.com

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So here's the question, I know your expecting it. Honestly, truthfully, Are You Doing Your BEST to Build Your Network Marketing Business? The question you may be asking yourself is how do I know if I'm doing my best? What does it look like in my daily activity to be doing my best? Most of us played some sort of sport growing up. I know in high school you must have played basketball, baseball, football, ok enough with the ball's, how about running or jumping in track class? What was the indicator that told us we were doing our best? It was the score right? If you ran fast you won, if you played your best in basketball you helped your team score points.

So let's keep score. Our mission ,if you choose to accept it,is to get 100 points a day by simply doing our B.E.S.T. The way we get our 100 points a day by getting 25 points for each of the parts of B.E.S.T. The B equals BELIEVING, the E equals EXPOSING, the S equals SEALING THE DEAL, and the T equals TRAINING. By doing something in each of these areas everyday you earn 100 points. And I believe that you will be what I call a 100% club builder. By giving your business 100% effort the rewards will be amazing.

Believing - you believed when you got involved. Believe the best is yet to come. What do you believe the business will do for you? With belief you build your list, because you believe the products and/or business will help others. With belief you see a vision of a future without limits. With belief you will build a strong contact bank from people you know and people you meet. A person with belief says "I'll contact the sharpest people I know to tell about the business and I'll tell the rest about the great products."

Belief building is done by reading books, listening to a audio books or Cd's, watching educational DVD's, or attending workshops or seminars on a topics that elevate your thinking. Another way to build belief is to work with a mentor and learn from their experiences. Some of my favorite topics are (Leadership , Biblical Leadership, Higher Thinking , Law of Attraction). Some of my favorite speakers are Keith Craft, Brian Tracy, John Maxwell, Jack Canfield, Paul Zane Pilzer. Google any of these speakers and attend one of their workshops, read their books, or listen or watch their audio recordings. Build your belief today and get 25 points.

Exposing - The products and business to others. Using parties, DVD's, 1 on 1 presentations allow you to step out and expose people to the business. Find fun ways to expose. You can even expose through online presentations and grow your business in other areas. Private receptions or parties are fun due to the intimate setting. Find a fun setting to do a reception or party like by the pool, on a boat, at a fun restaurant, in a beautiful home, in a media room or movie theater. Bringing your own fun to any environment will make exposing something you look forward to doing. Expose your business today and get 25 points.

Sealing the Deal - Also know as "Getting the Check". Whether it's a new customer or a new distributor the business doesn't grow until we say "So let's get started". Here's where we get them to move forward. Utilize your upline with 3-way follow-up calls. The fortune is in the follow-up and being bold enough to ask them to move forward. Follow-up today to seal the deal and get 25 points. You get the points just for following-up. We can not predict what they will do but we can do our part and ask.

Training - Show others how to build their contact bank, how to expose the business, how to do 3-way calls, how to do the presentation, how to share the stories of the business. Training is duplication. The number one way to train someone is to show them while building the business. It's so powerful when we lead by example. You learn more and they learn more because they see it working. Training is better outside the classroom in the real world. Train today and get 25 points.

At the end of the day you'll have 100 points simply by doing your B.E.S.T.

Become a member of the 100% club today by emailing me below to say "I'm doing 100%" in your subject line.

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Home-based businesses are different than other businesses. Since you're not dealing with a lot of money, you can't afford to take a lot of losses. You can get the skill set without spending big money, but your focus must be on learning to communicate properly with your market. You can then get bigger by investing lots of money after you've already made it.

That seems to be the common misconception about starting a business from home and accounts for a major portion of the 95% drop-out rate in network marketing. What you choose to bypass in labor you must replace in dollars, but it's necessary to do the labor first. One reason is to avoid going bankrupt, and another is that the skill set is necessary.

The best place to start, whether you are brand new or you've been around for a while with a stalled business, is to seek proper marketing education. Your company will only go as far as teaching you how to sell and promote their own product to the masses. They don't care if you make millions for yourself because, quite frankly, most people don't have that much patience with building a business. What they want is for you to get as many people on their products as you can before you quit.

Marketing is finding a demand and filling it with supply. The best way to find customers isn't talking to everyone you meet or leaving a paper trail of flyers wherever you go. There are techniques, mainly on the internet using search engines and distribution services, that can get qualified people calling you instead of you calling them. This saves you time and money, which are the two resources most people never seem to ever have enough of.

When you seek proper marketing education, which sometimes comes with a money-back guarantee unlike the trainings your company offers, you will begin to learn that you should never lead from your business. This is the second money-saving technique that will speed up your business toward that million dollars.

People who join your organization without an attachment to your products or services will quit. It happens all the time because it takes time and patience to build a home-based business. If someone isn't serious about helping others with the products they are endorsing, they'll drop out as soon as they realize they won't make a financial killing in the first month after joining you.

Once you have established that the kind of person you are looking for is someone who is product-driven, the next cheap technique to do is aquire leads and start practicing with a script. This is where many people get into financial trouble because they think they need to spend tons of money for "quality" leads. Well, there is no such thing. All leads stink!

You can find lead brokers on the internet offering ten cent leads of people who have a passion for your type pf products. You have to dig through all of the people who are un-interested until you find the people with your common interests. Once you get that, you won't have to dig anymore because you'll know where to look and you won't have to convince people they need what you have.

Now that you've found a cheap way to practice speaking with people who have a desire for what you want, what do you say? Becoming a good copywriter is something your education will guide you on, and you won't have to spend any extra money for it. Scripts are essential for success in network marketing, and it's the power of good copywriting that can skyrocket your business.

What you want to avoid is writing a bunch of things that will come across as hype. Simply focus on the needs of the person at the other end of the telephone and how your product or service can benefit them. Be as specific as possible because most people aren't looking to cure every problem they've ever had. They are usually looking for something very specific.

Once you have written compelling copy to get the interest of your prospect, the next cheap technique is to call them on the telephone. Notice how I didn't say to send them an e-mail or text message? The telephone is still the best way to communicate with another person long distance, dispite how popular the internet and e-mail have become. And it's still cheap!

When you make a connection, be brief. This is a relationship business, but here we don't want to invest much unlike what is commonly taught. The more you practice your script, the easier it will become to get your point across. If your prospect is still on the fence after your presentation, let them call you back. This lets them know you are not desperate.

Network marketing is the only way you can become a millionaire without spending a lot of money to get your business started. Follow these 5 simple techniques and you'll have a good chance at securing what you already have in order to go for what you want.

William Winch is a Business Growth Specialist whose mission is helping people expand and explode their home-based businesses without breaking the bank. A former High School and College Business Educator and Counselor, he mentors from his home office in Rochester, NY. If you are interested in learning how to explode and expand your home-based business, you can contact William by visiting his website at http://www.thefreemlmpowerreport.com or by calling him directly at (585) 234-5283.

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The Real Deal? I get asked this question by many of my clients in network marketing, looking to learn their own marketing and mlm lead generation strategies. The Internet gives network marketers leverage when it comes to building their business. You know, have a worldwide audience to marketing a network marketing business to and generate great quality prospects in the process. The PIF4P system that was created by Joel Broughton and Paul Birdsal is called a funded proposal system. A funded proposal system is a system designed to generate leads and cash for a network marketing business. This is very powerful because most network marketers are taught to buy leads from lead companies while making cold calls and dealing with rejection. As well as spending themselves broke because their is no return on investment. The most important point is that the leads from lead companies are not the right kind of leads networker marketers should market their business to.

Joel Broughton Paul Birdsal And pay it forward 4 profits will generate you targeted prospects for your business that will pay for themselves. This allows the user to cover the cost of their marketing cost so they can continue to generate leads for their business. However this system is not the most effective funded proposal system in place on the Internet. Joel Broughton Paul Birdsal and pay it forward 4 profits system is missing a few critical elements when it comes to marketing online. However the most important that should be brought to your attention is Branding! All the users that go out and promote the PIF4P system is branding Joel. This just make Joel out to be the expert and people will seek him out. If an individual wants to use a funded proposal system, then use one that Brand the user and not the creator of the system. If you are going to spend all your time and money marketing to build your list of prospects, then I suggest Branding yourself to your list right from the beginning so prospects see you as the expert and not some other guru. Branding is the element that makes people want to reach out and contact you wanting to know more about you or what network marketing business your with. Joel Broughton Paul Birdsal and the PIF4P system does not provide this for the users along with other elements.

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Nothing makes working from a home office more frustrating than not being able to find anything when you need it. While most business owners see themselves as being busy all the time, some of your time has to be spent in staying organized. If not daily, at least once a week you have to set aside time to put everything in its place. Most mechanics have a rule that there is a place for everything and everything needs to be in its place.

Many people have to find the time to do things over, but seldom have the time to do it right the first time. Usually because they can't find a file, they will have to recreate it, which will take a lot more time than the five seconds it might have taken to put it in its right place to begin with. Being able to find the staples when your stapler runs out can save a precious few minutes you will spend going through the desk drawers, or worse going to the store to buy more, knowing you have a new box somewhere in the office.

The amount of office supplies you maintain in the home office will depend on the business as well as your budget. Regardless, don't let your desk become a storage area for your supplies. Use an old dresser of bookcase on which to keep your office supplies, while keeping only a small stash on your desk or in the desk drawers. When you put supplies in a storage area, make sure the tags are visible for easy identification.

To keep your office running smooth, consider your desk the focal point of the office. All of the equipment that is frequently used needs to be within easy reach of your desk chair. If you have to get up every few minutes to answer the phone, grab a fax or check the printer, you are wasting several precious minutes everyday reaching for things. Files that you are currently working on should be in easy reach, whether in a file cabinet next to your desk or in an upright file holder on your desk or adjacent table.

Ideally, you can pull al the files you intend to conquer that day and have them ready to work on at any time during the day. Files you are not going to touch should be put in their proper place so they can be easily found when they are needed.

While it may seem easier, especially for caffeine addicts to have their coffee pot near their desk, it is a bad idea overall. First, too much coffee can be bad for the health as well as a contributing factor to extra bathroom breaks. However, the primary reason is the potential for a damaging coffee spill by drinking coffee at your desk. Everyone needs to take a break from their work periodically, and having the coffee pot in a separate room can force you to take a few minutes to clear your head.

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It seems that with each passing year more individuals are turning to alternative sources of income. The general consensus is that 2008 will lead more people into the work at home industry than ever before. With talk in the news of a possible recession, home employment is an option being investigated by increasing numbers every day. The intention of this article is to bring to light how the economy might influence you when deciding if working from home is a viable option.

There is very little doubt that major employers are becoming more apprehensive when it comes to the subject of hiring new workers. Recent reports indicate that job payroll cuts in February reached a level that has not been seen in the past five years. This could be one of the major factors involved that leads so many people to search for ways to work at home and supplement their current income and even start a full time business from home.

Working from home not only allows you to make the type of income you desire, but also provides a less stressful environment in which to work. I believe that one of the main reasons so many people make the switch to home employment is that they are tired of having a boss constantly looking over their shoulder. They are fed up with office politics and feeling as though doing cartwheels and jumping through hoops is required to get a raise that never seems to be enough to keep up with the cost of living.

Inflation continues to rise each and every year with some experts suggesting there has been as much as a four percent increase in the past twelve months. My personal opinion is that this is a slightly conservative estimate. I have seen the price of some things nearly double in the past year, with food items being a good example. This brings into play some of the advantages of work at home employment, such as being able to save money on lunches and work attire, as well as on gas and maintenance for your vehicle.

The cost of gasoline has risen to record highs in recent years and is expected to go up by at least another forty cents or more per gallon this year. A large number of people have to commute quite a distance to and from their job, some driving as much as two hours each way. When you consider that some put in as many as to ten to twelve hours a day at their job, that does not leave much time to spend at home with their family and friends.

A struggling economy can affect the decisions we make about our future in many different ways. Whether or not a work at home opportunity is the right way to go is something only you can decide. Home employment has many great advantages and provides people with life changing opportunities which will be discussed in future articles.

Michael Jarrett is a successful home business entrepreneur. His Work At Home Employment Center at http://www.tophomeworld.com provides quality income solutions for everyone interested in working from home. You can also find more home employment information when you visit his blog at http://www.tophomeworld.com/blog

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Are you on the path to financial success with your own start-up business? If you are starting your own business at home, the first thing you need to do is take a good look at your own values and beliefs. Are you sabotaging your efforts, thinking the wrong thoughts, and holding yourself back from financial success with your own work-from-home business? Take a closer look. You might be surprised.

What is self-limiting behavior and more importantly, how does it affect you as a mom growing a new business at home? Self-limiting behavior, simply put, is an action or thought or behavior that will limit you from achieving your full capacity. Any negative thought or action - however small - can impact your future success in business. That's why it's imperative that you destroy any self-limiting behaviors that you might be dealing with, consciously or unconsciously.

So how do you go about doing this? The first step is to assess your behavior. Look at any traits that may be hindering your business growth. These could be procrastination, missing appointments or deadlines, half hearted marketing attempts, not billing in a timely fashion, disorganization - the list could go on and on.

Once you've identified trouble spots in your business, you need to see where the problem really lies. Is it a lack of information on your part or something deeper? For instance, you may be putting off setting up a blog because you don't yet have the knowledge and haven't found time to learn the process. Or you may be doing it because, deep down, you're scared of putting yourself out there and making your business "real."

If you can honestly assess and address these types of issues, your business will have a much better chance of not just surviving, but thriving, under your confident leadership. Moms who want to stay home and grow their own business need to have a lot of determination and strength, but they also need to do some serious self-analysis.

The main determinant of success is often how you view yourself and your abilities. If you have confidence in yourself, it will show in your business. Likewise, a lack of self confidence will be magnified in your business efforts. Work on yourself first and your business will be more successful as a result.

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April Coggins is an entrepreneur coach for stay at home moms. She teaches moms how to turn their passion into profits in record time.

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Mike Dillard, Magnetic Sponsoring And MagneticSponsoringOnline Are Marketing Systems That Many Use To Help Build Their Network Marketing Business. The cold hard truth is that most users of the funded proposal system aren't even aware that every time they promote Magnet Sponsoring, they are promoting Mike Dillard. 90% of Magnetic Sponsoring system users should understand how important Branding is to their marketing since the courses provided through the system teach it. The art of attraction marketing comes into play when a person is seen as the expert.

This means people will seek out an individual who they believe can be of help. This is another marketing concept that is taught in the courses. So if users of the MS system know these key marketing concepts, why do they continue to go out and Brand Mike Dillard over and over again making him the expert in the eyes of their own prospects? In the beginning, most users of the Magnetic Sponsoring system will not have, access to the money it takes to create their own funded proposal system and there for use Mike Dillard's Magnetic Sponsoring System. I also believe the users of the system feel the need to be committed to Mike Dillard because of all the great training he provides.

I have used the MS system when I first came across the idea of funded proposals. It really is a great system. It provides great marketing products, lead generation system along with a community were Magnetic Sponsoring users can come together to share their ideas.

Let's play the "what if" question game for a bit. What if you had your own funded proposal system and not have to rely on Magnetic Sponsoring and Mike Dillard? What if you had your own products to market? What if you could generate a massive quantity of commissions to help offset your marketing cost? What if you had top Internet network marketing leaders teaching you step by step how to market online and generate super red-hot leads for your business? What if the whole time you were the one being Branded as the expert and not some other Guru. Do you think the prospects you generated, would seek you out more often? You bet they would! Mike Dillard himself says, don't be the hunter, become the hunted. Magnetic Sponsoring and Mike Dillard provide a great service. However all the material and training we come across is to create value in ourselves so we can go out and become more successful. Just continue to follow the great mentors online and learn from them.

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Today the home business industry is full of opportunities, hype and empty promises. Are you overwhelmed with the options and having a hard time deciding what opportunities are legitimate, ethical and worth your time? Let me give you some insight as to why network marketing may just be the perfect business model

The thought of owning a business of some sort has crossed everyone's mind at one point or another. While some consider franchising, starting a traditional small business or even investing in established companies via the stock market, most people dream of owning a home based business.

After nearly a decade of research into various business models, investments and opportunities I have come to the conclusion that Network Marketing is the most ethical and quite possibly the perfect business model. With that said, let's go into detail as to how I arrived at this conclusion.

First of all you must understand that the purpose of all businesses is to earn a profit and create cash flow. This however is not the underlying problem. The problem lies in the methods each business model uses to achieve this goal and what steps they take to increase their profits and cash flow.

In a traditional business model used by corporations, franchises, small business owners and real estate investors, the initial profits come from offering a product or service to a consumer who is willing to purchase that product or service at a set price. In Network Marketing the same is true also. A product or service is offered to an end consumer at a competitive price. However this is where the similarities end.

When a traditional business wishes to increase its profits or cash flow it does so by bringing someone else "pain". Let's look at a few examples. A real estate investor who owns several rental properties would increase his profits by possibly raising the price a tenant pays for the service he or she offers. While this is good for the investor the tenant feels the "pain" of the increased price of the service. On the other hand a traditional corporation or small business might increase its profits by possibly squeezing the supplier, raising consumer prices and reducing wages and benefits for its employees. This type of move would bring "pain" to countless individuals in many sectors of the economy.

In Network Marketing the exact opposite is true. Success is achieved not by bring an individual "pain" but by empowering them and improving their quality of life. Each individual has the same opportunity for success, which is a quality that a traditional business model does not possess. For this reason I am passionate about Network Marketing and the opportunity it provides to an average individual. When performed correctly Network Marketing is one of the most financially and personally rewarding careers I know of and by far the most ethical. To know that you have made a positive impact in the lives of many rather than profiting from their "pain" brings me to the conclusion that Network Marketing is the perfect business model.

James Stacy is a successful Home Based Business Owners and Success Coach. He is an expert home business developer who coaches individuals on how to build a successful home business. You can learn more about him and his business by visiting his personal website at http://www.miabelladollars.com

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Many people nowadays are investigating for several reasons home based businesses to increase their income. All advertisements about these opportunities are telling them high income, working part time from home with little money to invest.

It's time to tell the people who are really serious about making money online through these opportunities that you have to invest, of course in time, but also in money.

I don't want to write about affiliate programs or paid survey programs. I know you can make good money with this type of home based business. For now I want to write about the programs who have actually products to market.

If you decide to enroll in a MLM-company, there is probably an annual membership fee and the purchase of the autoshipments every month. That depends which MLM-company you join and the quantity of products you order monthly. And if you decide to enter a high ticket program, usually these programs are costing between $800.00 - $2000.00 as a one time fee combined with monthly administration fees.

This is the easy part of the investment. You know what you have to pay, for the products and the different fees. But then, there is the marketing thing. We have to position ourselves on the internet for our specific product.

I am not going in detail about marketing techniques, only about the must have tools and the investments you have to consider.

You have your own business, so you have to have your own domain and your own web(capture)page. Registering a domain is about $10 per year. I have a subscription at a company where I can setup a capture page, setup autoresponders, setup newsletters and much more features. This is a must have for every internet marketer. There is a 7 day no-obligation trial, to maintain the membership it's just $50.00 per month.

When you have your own domain and your own webpage, it's time to market. The fastest way to get traffic is start with PPC-advertising. This is also the trickiest one, because if you don't do this right, you will be out of your business within 3 months. Team up with people who are doing this for some time. My company provides video tutorials about PPC-advertising and this is a very important issue when you consider a company to market for. Having a tool for keywords is an absolute must. You can purchase a tool where you can pay for one week $30, one month $60 or one year $330.

In my next article I am going to write some more features of marketing and the possible investments you have to consider.

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At first glance, the title of this article might suggest that you are about to read awful things about Ann Sieg and her Renegade Network Marketer book. It may suggest that she's harmed the MLM or network marketing industry by introducing the Renegade Network Marketer approach. You might even think that her infamous report, The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing, is nothing but a publicity laden phrase.

Allow me to apologize in advance. Because you will find no such claims or misplaced attacks against Ann Sieg on this article. On the contrary, there is nothing but praise.

You see, when you spend more than six years working at the largest advertising agency in the world, you tend to pick up a thing or two about marketing. Incredibly, when it comes to marketing MLM, I am as dumb as a box of nails. And it wasn't until I read about Ann Sieg that I had my big "a-ha" moment on why my network marketing businesses had failed in the past.

Having had fairly good success in my life, even at an early age, I've always known that passive income would be the eventual ticket to true financial liberation. And network marketing has always been the elusive vehicle I've always wanted to take for a nice, long ride.

However, like many others, my past results mirror that of the 96% - 97% of unfortunate distributors that don't ever make it. Fortunately, after reading Ann Sieg's free report, The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing, and subsequently reading her book, The Renegade Network Marketer, I figured out how the few elite get into the 3% club. A group, by the way, that will now start to grow as other network marketers start to figure out strategies like the ones revealed in Ann's book, The Renegade Network Marketer.

The shocking part of this discovery is that for about 4 years, I had the answers staring me right in the face. Working in the ad industry gives you a pretty good glimpse at what's coming. And yet, having been "brainwashed" by traditional prospecting and antiquated marketing approaches, I never once thought of actually applying these alternate principles to my network marketing business. I really was dumber than a box of nails.

In hindsight, I wish I had been a little more experimental, even rebellious. In fact, the stuff Ann talks about should have been incredibly obvious. But I flat out didn't see it. And had I not stumbled on her book, I would have totally missed the boat.

After reading The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing, my brain juices started flowing immediately. I could barely sit still in one place, prancing around in complete agreement with the logic of everything I was reading. Everything was about to change!

Twenty five minutes later, I was done reading the entire report and I knew I wanted more. So off to the web I went and spent about a day researching anything I could on Ann Sieg.

After sorting through all the "hyped" reviews and discarding all the whiner critics who expected to make thousands in their first week, I'd seen enough. And surely enough, a day later I was highly rewarded after devouring her tell-all book, The Renegade Network Marketer.

While the information contained in her book was not particularly alien to me given my marketing background, it did serve an incredibly important purpose. It offered a detailed map on everything I was doing wrong with network marketing. But more importantly, it outlined how to use everything I did know about marketing and how to use it to finally turn network marketing into the passive-income-producing machine it was designed to be.

In a nutshell, you learn that by leveraging the greatest communication and marketing tool known to man - the internet - you can systematically harness a very powerful marketing tool to build and grow your network marketing business to exponential success. No get quick rich approach here. Just a steady, methodical approach that leverages free and inexpensive online marketing techniques that flat out work with a miniscule budget.

And speaking of budgets, by following this formula, you can self-fund the prospecting process entirely. Indeed, you learn to actually generate up-front revenue while you prospect. That means you effectively solve one of the biggest problems beginning and struggling network marketers face: running out of funds before they make a profit.

In the end, this approach virtually eliminates the need for cold-calling, hotel meetings, the dreaded 3-foot rule, books, tapes and the incessant harassing of friends and family. And suddenly the proven growth strategies that were only available to the big players in the past are now accessible to just about anyone with motive and desire.

Of course, it's only fair to mention that Ann Sieg is not the first to come up with this marketing approach for MLM. And in fact, there are some other excellent and very detailed courses out there that delve deeper into more advanced strategies.

However, of all the products I researched, I felt Ann Sieg truly gives you an amazing value in a perfect bite-site portion so as not to overwhelm you. All for a price that is less than one-tenth the top-rated programs. And that, my friends, is quite hard to beat.

In the end, nothing will improve your chances of a higher ROI for your business than staying on the cutting edge. So continuing education is a must. And rest assured, you will end up investing more in advance education as you start to make progress. And you better do so. Because one way or the other, you will end up paying the price. Whether through proper courses or expensive mistakes.

So always remember that the more you invest in your education, the more profits you are likely to make. All you have to do is implement. After all, knowledge is nothing but "potential" power until actually put to use. And I could think of no better place to start than Ann Sieg's excellent book, The Renegade Network Marketer.

Here's wishing the best to your success!

Camilo Machado is an internet marketing specialist with over 6 years of NYC ad agency experience. Having been lured by the incredibly leveraged power of internet marketing, Camilo now focuses on growing businesses online, including how to build passive income via self-funded network marketing. To learn more about attraction marketing and how thousand of once struggling network marketers are now enjoying phenomenal success in their business, visit The Digital Network Marketer.

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The Shocking Truth Finally Exposed!

Why is it that over 95% of all home based businesses fail? That's a shocking statement and it comes directly from the Small Business Administration (SBA). So then what is the Top Home Based Business | Computer Home Based Business where the average person actually has a chance? Excellent question!

Donald Trump & Robert Kiyosaki - co-authors of "Why We Want You To Be Rich" suggest people whom want to be big business owners in the B(business) quadrant to join a network marketing company as you can do this for just a few hundred dollars and get the business skills needed to create a 7 figure a year multi-million dollar empire without the risk of losing tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

So back to the average person. The average person is not capable of creating a successful Top Home Based Business | Computer Home Based Business (the proof is in the numbers) as there are so many variables it can make your head spin....along with your wallet. The average person CAN join a network marketing business for a few hundred dollar investment and make millions all without having to worry about the dreadful "employees", payroll, management, customer service, insurance, lawyers & legal fees, etc.

Without having to worry about those above variables that gives us more time to focus on the prize right?... You got it MARKETING. When you can put 110% of your time into 1 variable(marketing) without having to worry about all the other headaches of owning your own business, the average person now has a chance.

Network Marketing is an industry which creates more millionaires then any other business model in the world. Network marketing is taught at top universities such as Harvard & Yale as it is again THE most powerful form of marketing on the planet.

When it comes to the success of any new business, you -- the business owner -- are ultimately the "secret" to your success. For many successful business owners, failure was never an option. Armed with drive, determination, and a positive mindset, these individuals view any setback as only an opportunity to learn and grow. Most self-made millionaires possess average intelligence. What sets them apart is their openness to new knowledge and their willingness to learn whatever it takes to succeed.

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I am an internet marketer, who is using the power of the internet. I teach & mentor ambitious people how to generate free leads and traffic using the latest marketing. I enjoy helping people succeed with duplicating effective wealth creation opportunities. Making a positive difference in people's lives.

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A winning internet marketing company attracts people to their site and gets them to buy. You can have a winning internet presence too if you follow a few simple guidelines.

Assuming you have created a compelling website based on a specific style dictated by your target market, there are a series of steps that need to be implemented next.

Get people to your site - Several methods need to be used such as Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Paid Banner Advertising, Blogs, eBay, Podcasting, Offline Media and Affiliates.

Capture Leads - Email leads are your most valuable asset. Using the law of reciprocity, giving them something in return for their email address, is highly recommended. High quality eBooks are usually winners.

Make Sales - Us a Sales Driven website style to talk to your customers in their language. Use the sales page to create a four step dialogue that drives customers to buy. Use of the sales page to establish social proof and remove risk is a great vehicle. Establish your role as Strategic Preeminence and establish scarcity.

Follow Up Sales - Use email to drive sales from people who only leave their email address. Use email to implement the Law of Commitment and get customers to make more and larger purchases.

The Winning Website:

* Gives prospects immediate incentives for providing their email information.

* Immediately provides prospects with measurable benefits and their USP.

* Acts as a sales person with a clear and compelling sales copy.

* Establishes credibility with video, audio & text testimonials & endorsements.

* Clearly drives the prospect to a buying decision within 2-3 clicks.

* Tracks conversions and revises the site as necessary.

The Winning Web Promotion:

* Clearly identifies and uses at least 500 optimized keyword phrases.

* Incorporates keywords into text copy.

* Submits internet press releases.

* Submits electronic articles.

* Promotes on eBay and other sites.

* Maintains a Blog.

* Advertises in eZines.

* Does Pay per Click Advertising.

* Uses effective offline media to drive people to the site.

* Encourages and provides incentives for referrals.

* Tracks click-throughs, referrals and conversions.

The Winning Marketing Company:

* Establishes a Position of Preeminence through consumer education.

* Provides free downloadable educational materials.

* Provides free promotional webinars and teleclasses.

* Provides post sale training electronically.

* Markets through podcasts.

* Sells electronic educational materials.

The Winning Web Sales Site:

* Makes its USP clear to each prospect for each sale.

* Eliminates or minimizes risk to the customer.

* Makes it easy to make a purchasing decision.

* Uses a "Sales Funnel" approach

* Has a simple-to-use shopping experience.

* Minimizes the number of clicks required to purchase.

* Gives customers payment options.

* Collects up front.

* Uses special and time incentives to drive immediate buying decisions.

* Uses post buy decision up sells and cross sells.

* Uses a systemized sales processes.

* Tracks sales.

The Winning Web Fulfillment Site:

* Gets ordered products and services to customers fast - ship in 24 hours.

* Fulfills digital orders immediately.

* Provides customers notification of delivery and shipment.

* Provides complete order tracking.

* Ensures products are always in stock.

* Uses predictable, systemized shipping strategies.

The Winning Web Customer Service:

* Provides telephone, email and internet chat customer service.

* Routinely does after-the-sale follow up.

* Provides telephone order taking

* Provide post-sale training.

* Provides a searchable FAQ capability.

* Uses systemized questions and responses.

The Winning Email Marketing System:

* Routinely uses email for follow up marketing and sales.

* Maintains a community through short, frequent email newsletters.

* Establishes relationships for email promotion from other sites.

* Sends targeted emails to sites with published addresses.

The Winning Marketing Site:

* Establishes relationships with other sites with the same target market.

* Co-publishes, co-registers and co-promotes.

* Creates new affiliate promotion packages.

* Tracks sales by and commissions to all affiliates.

* Allows referring customers to become sales affiliates.

* Establishes 2-tier affiliate capabilities.

Joe Cavell has been a marketer and business development coach for 30 years. He is the owner of Marketing Innovations LLC, a consulting firm in New Jersey and has taught marketing seminars at Kean University and various business events. http://www.GetRichTheRightWay.com Marketing tips can be found at http://www.tips4success.biz/mktg.html

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If you are mulling over about making money with cash gifting, then there are several things that you need to think of beforehand. First of all, you have to comprehend that about 97% of all internet businesses and cash gifting programs fail in their first year. So, how do you become one of those few statistics, the lucky 3% who actually succeed and rake in profit? Well, there are some things you ought to know. Let us have a look:

1) You need to have a plan. Failure to have a viable plan may result in loss of hundreds of dollars and wasted tears. Take the time to actually sit down and do research on cash gifting. Ask yourself the following questions:

a) How much time are you willing to spend on this? If you think you can just start a cash gifting program to begin generating $5,000 every week with only one hour of effort each day, then someone lied to you because it's not going to happen. You have to realize that this only applies to people who have been at it for a long time and possess a great system in place already. If you are a newbie, you can have the same success as the others. It's imperative that you treat cash gifting as if it were a business. However, cash gifting is not a business. It is a private cash gifting activity where you make 100% cash.

b) How much resources are you willing to shell out? Cash gifting online or offline is no free endeavor. All businesses or money making opportunities from home all require capital for launching. While it is quite a fact that starting a cash gifting program saves you a lot of money over a brick-and-mortar business and a home-based business, you will still have some expenses to pursue in cash gifting. They include, but are not limited to office equipment, office furnishings, computer, printer, phone line, and high speed internet connection. The most important of all without a doubt is advertising expenses to instill public awareness of your cash gifting program.

c) How much effort are you willing to put in? You will have to get familiar about cash gifting in general and how the model works. You will have to work your butts off everyday until you can establish some type of presence. Always keep in mind of the failure rate so all the more you have to be diligent in order to see results.

d) Which marketing strategies will you employ? This is mainly dependent upon your budget. Most people that are beginning cash gifting programs are not wealthy. That denotes your investment and will require time and energy - and lots of it. Start by researching different marketing techniques.

2) You will need to pick your marketing instruments and your marketing mentor wisely. The reality is that there are a lot of scams and dishonest cash gifting programs out there. Also, many mentors do not really care about your success and they leave you to do all the marketing yourself. Everybody promises you the moon and yet after you pay these scamming machines, only few deliver.

3.) Pick the appropriate tier level. This is crucial because the higher tier level you are, the more cash you would pour in as your profit. Adopt a strategy to attain a better tier level.

Beginning your money generating venture at home in cash gifting can be a real treat. Literally thousands of people from all over the world are creating wealth with just cash gifting alone. You just have to make sure you get involved with legitimate and honest cash gifting programs.

Copyright (c) 2008 Ronnie Navasca

Ronnie Navasca is a successful internet marketer and home-based business owner. He is also a member of one the world's exclusive cash gifting programs, The Overnight Cash System. Learn the secret of creating massive wealth for you and your family through cash gifting. Learn more at The Overnight Cash System

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Network marketing companies sometimes train their distributors to use annoying marketing methods. For instance, they teach them to approach people in public, hand them their business card, and proceed to enlighten them all about their products and their compensation plan.

I would absolutely be so angry if this happened to me. It implies that the company rep assumes that I have the time or the interest in listening to what they have to say. Another method some of them teach is to simply tell your friends and family (your warm market) about your products as if you were recommending a movie or restaurant. They claim that this is "telling", not "selling". I don't know about you, but I know when someone is trying to sell me something.

Most of us were not born yesterday. We figure these things out pretty quickly. If you want to inform your friends and family of your new business and/or products, let them know upfront what you are doing. Do not assume that they are not smart enough to see right through you if you try to con them.

I guarantee you, they will not appreciate it, and they may even begin to avoid you like the plague. The last thing I want to do is bother people with my business or products who have no interest in them. Besides, what do you gain when you do this? Nothing. The best prospects are those who come to you, not the ones that you have chased down and tackled.

Here are some good ideas that draw people to you without you having to say a word:

1. Email signature. Set this up with a message about your business and/or products. A lot of people will see your email signature because some emails are forwarded numerous times. This is a very non-threatening way to promote your business. The recipient can ignore it altogether, or actually visit your website, email you, or give you a call if they want.

2. Personal website. Provide information about yourself and your business. Give your website visitors ways to contact you such as an email address or phone number.

3. Car magnets or decals. A business name, phone number, and website address are in plain view for all to see as you go through your day. Anyone who wants to know more has all the information they need to reach you.

4. Post cards. Send them to people you know, or to leads (business opportunity seekers). Provide information about your business and a way to reach you. They should be sent on a monthly basis for at least six months to prospects. If the recipient is not interested, they can simply toss the card.

5. Company apparel. Wear anything with your company logo. Ball caps, visors, sweatshirts, t-shirts, etc. These items sometimes draw interest.

6. Business cards. You can leave them at restaurants with tips, in envelopes when you pay bills, at the bank, the doctor's office, etc.

7. Catalogs. Leave company catalogs in public restrooms, laundry mats, waiting rooms, etc.

8. Free samples. If you have a consumable product, give out free samples to friends, bank tellers, hair stylists, receptionists, or anyone else that you come into contact with.

9. Classified ads. Place an ad in your local newspaper, or any newspaper. Place online ads also.

10. Online forums. Ask questions and offer information. Include your website address in your signature.

These are all great ways to promote your business without annoying anyone. Any of these methods may pique a person's interest enough to contact you about buying your products or wanting to join your company.

Use these marketing methods and have people come to you. Gone are the days of chasing people down. I could not be happier about that. Don't you agree?

Ronda Tuckness is exploring the world of internet marketing through her home candle business and it is her goal to make a career in the industry. Please visit her website at http://www.your-candle-scents.com

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We all need ways to promote our businesses, and most of us would prefer not to spend a fortune in the process. There are so many methods, both online and offline, but I have decided to list ten of my favorites in this article.

Some of these methods are free, and the others cost very little. Why should anyone spend a great deal of money promoting a business when it is just not necessary? Some would argue that the more money you spend, the better results you will see. I just don't agree. Anything that gets your business name out there is valuable, no matter what it costs.

Look at the following free and affordable methods that many people use:

1. Email signatures (free)
2. Flyers (inexpensive)
3. Magnetic car signs (nominal cost)
4. Business cards (inexpensive)
5. Article writing (free)
6. Forums (free)
7. Classified ads (both free and nominal cost)
8. Websites (nominal cost)
9. Brochures (inexpensive)
10. Bumper stickers (inexpensive)

Let's look at these individually. Each time you send an email, which is then forwarded to each recipient's address list, and so on; consider how many sets of eyes are seeing your email signature, which includes your website address or business information.

When you leave flyers on public bulletin boards or restroom stall doors, imagine how many people are looking at your business information.

In the course of your daily activities, numerous people see your car sign advertising your business.

If you leave your business card at every business that you enter, send them out with each bill you pay, and leave one with every tip for every meal, you could be advertising to dozens of people each day.

When you submit a well-written, informative article to the article directories, your article may be picked up and re-printed by someone else on their website, with your resource box information attached, which of course lists your website address.

Participating in forums and providing valuable input makes you appear very knowledgeable and lends credibility to you and your business.

Classified ads, both online and offline, are seen daily by tons of people.

Some say that a business website is not necessary, but it is the best way to market yourself, and not your opportunity, first.

Business brochures left in each business that you enter, especially those with waiting rooms, is a great way to advertise. After all, what else do people in waiting rooms have to do?

Placing a business bumper sticker on your vehicle ensures that everyone behind you in traffic sees the ad for your business.

All of these methods used together give your business a lot of exposure. Of course, you may not be comfortable using all of them. You could select just a few of the ten listed here and still be promoting your business effectively.

About half of the promotion methods that I mention in this article are online, the other half are offline methods. Whether you prefer to use only online methods, or to advertise only in the offline world, there are plenty of free and low-cost ways to do it. If you use your imagination, I am sure you could come up with some great ideas of your own.

The bottom line is you don't have to spend a lot of money to get the word out. Each of these free and inexpensive methods works just as well, in my humble opinion. If you are looking for ways to let others know about you, I recommend that you try some of these ideas before spending your hard-earned money on expensive advertising.

Ronda Tuckness is exploring the world of internet marketing through her gourmet candle business and it is her goal to make a career in the industry. Please visit her at http://www.your-candle-scents.com

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Personal websites and business may not go hand-in-hand as far as you are concerned, but I urge you to think again. If you want to sell something, you may need to "sell yourself" first. People enjoy doing business with someone they know and like. More importantly, they want to know that they can trust you.

We are actually able to transact business all over the world due to today's technology. The problem with that can be a lack of personal service. However, with the internet, and especially with personal websites, we can feel as if we know someone that we have never actually met. We can know what a person looks like, we can know the sound of their voice, we can know all about their family, hobbies, dreams, future goals, etc.

When someone is surfing the web looking for a way to work from home, they are also looking for someone to partner with. Someone to mentor them and show them the way. They want to feel comfortable with a prospective future business partner.

If you want them to consider joining your opportunity, you have to be visible on the internet. You have to be willing to get personal and reveal yourself to them. Your site should be warm and inviting. It should provide information about you and your business opportunity. Give them a way to contact you.

This really is the way to gain business partners from all over the world, or from just the good old U.S. if your company is not international. Think about what you were looking for when you were searching for a home business. I don't know about you, but I felt a connection with my sponsor. I felt as if I knew her just by looking at her website.

That is what you want to create. You want to seem warm, friendly, and approachable. You want your reader to feel as if they already know you. A lady contacted me via email recently who was interested in my candle business. She practically told me her life story in that email, and it is probably because she felt like she knew me. She had seen my site and already knew all about me.

That is a good thing. It means that she felt as if I was someone she could talk to candidly. She must have thought that I would be approachable and would be receptive to her. Not everybody who contacts you will be so open. They may be wary of you and your business, but they contacted you because they found something of interest. This is when you provide them with honest answers to all their questions. It is also where you give them that personal attention that they are seeking.

Their state of mind when they contact you is not important. The fact that they made a connection is what matters. The reason for the connection was that they found your personal website and liked something they saw there. They were able to contact you because you provided them with either a phone number, email address, or both.

Do you see how this works? Prospects come to you. You do not have to "beat the streets" or chase your friends and family in order to build your business. This is not yesterday's network marketing, it is the new way. Believe me, it is also the best way. Many of yesterday's methods gave us a bad rap because they were so annoying.

Personal websites and business work well together. Get your own site up soon. It doesn't have to be fancy; just informative. Keep it simple and see what happens. I am sure that you will be pleased with the results. Remember to advertise your website and tell your friends about it. You cannot just build it and hope they will come.

Ronda Tuckness is exploring the world of internet marketing through her gourmet candle business and it is her goal to make a career in the industry. Please visit her website at http://www.your-candle-scents.com

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Would you like to be one of these work at home moms making money online? It's actually a lot easier than you think. Obviously there is a big concern about online scams and I think it's an important concern. A few of the biggest scams for making money online are data entry scams, getting paid for taking surveys, and Nigerian bank scams. You'll want to go out of your to avoid these gems.

That said there are plenty of legitimate ways to make money online. First, you need to figure out just which method you want to use. There are a number of methods that work at home moms making money online use. Some of these are: Affiliate marketing, Writing and selling ebooks, Membership sites, Ebay actions, and Multi-level marketing.

There are a lot of people making money with any of these methods and more. I think for you, the beginner, the easiest and quickest to make money on the internet is with affiliate marketing. In case you don't know this term, it means to promote someone else's product or service. The two chief ways of doing this is by using Pay-Per-Click (PPC) and Article Marketing.

PPC is a method where you create a sponsored ad that appears on the side of most search pages. For instance, if you do a search for "make money online" you'll see many ads on the right hand side of the page. The amount you would pay for one of those ads varies based on its position, how much competition there is, etc. PPC is a good way to make money but unless you're good at it there is a steep learning curve and can be very expensive in the beginning.

I didn't have any start up money so I began with article marketing because it is free. I write articles that promote others folk's products for which I receive a percentage of the profit. While it is free it did take me a while to really figure out how to make it work. I had to learn how to pick keyword phrases (since I couldn't afford any fancy keyword finder software), learn how to submit my articles, where I should submit them to, how to use keywords in my articles, etc. Fortunately I have a friend who developed a system that puts all that together and gives you the tools to outsource all the writing. Not only that but his system is completely self funding AND can be begun with no start up costs. You don't always need money to make money.

If you read work at home mom forums you'll see there are many work at home moms making money online by using article marketing. Think of the delight of when you get that first check in the mail. What would you spend it on?

Buddy Tripp is a museum professional and part time internet marketer. If you're looking for a way to make extra money online, or even replace your income entirely click on this link to his site: How To Make Money From Home On The Internet

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After months of agonizing over the pros and cons, the should I's and shouldn't I's, the what could happens if I do and the what could happens if I don't, you've finally made the decision to quit your job, stay home to raise your family and begin running a home-based business-- all at the same time.

You know that as soon as you take that final step, there's no going back. Things will never be the same again. And then, the thought pops into your head, "Oh my gosh! What have I done?"

Relax! You know in your heart that this is the best decision for you and everyone concerned.

You're going to get to be home with your babies to enjoy their childhood before it's gone, you won't have to put up with the office politics or that jerk you called your boss, you won't have to go out early in nasty weather or come home late to tired to do anything but toss the McDonalds bag on the table and put your feet up. But best of all, you'll finally get to start that business at home you've always yearned for.

Then, like some boogieman in a monster movie, reality rears its ugly head!

Within a few weeks comes the realization that you have gotten absolutely nothing done that you had planned. Sure, you've had a great time establishing a new routine, playing with the kids, hubby likes coming home to having a real meal on the table that's not takeout, he appreciates the laundry being done before he has to ask where his favorite shirt is, but you haven't gotten anywhere on your plans for your home-based business. How the heck did that happen?

Don't stress out! You've hit the same snag hundreds of other work-at-home women have run into. You need to make up a schedule and STICK TO IT! You can do it-you were a working gal just a little while ago. You know all about getting things done on time. Well, this is now your time schedule. Make up a realistic one and get moving.

Check for the times when baby eats, sleeps and plays. When the older kids get home from school, set up snack time and a homework and play schedule for the rest of the afternoon. Do some of the housework and laundry every day of the week and don't be afraid to assign chores to everybody. It never hurt anyone to do some work around the house ,plus, it builds character. From this timetable, assign hours to yourself to work on your business. Be truthful about how long you will need to finish a task but go easy on yourself. Rome wasn't built in a day!

Remember-no schedule is carved in stone. Things will happen to throw it off once in a while but that's the beauty of working at home. It's your schedule and you can arrange it anyway you want!

One last point I'd like to get across to all work-at-home Mommies. You must take some time for yourself at the end of each day. You've put a lot of hard work into setting everything up and it can work but you need time to relax each day. If you don't, exhaustion will set in, resulting in loss of drive and creativity.

Besides, you'll need a few minutes at the end of each day to count the new gray hairs.

Stephanie Walls has written articles on the Web and Internet Marketing for beginners and pros. She knows you want to get the right answers to all the questions you have before you start. Visit the following site to learn about the expert solutions she has uncovered to solve these problems.

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Ever wonder why we spend so much time with one client in marketing our various mlm businesses. I see it all the time at lunches, dinner, conferences you name it, what's worse is I have done it. Isn't not productive or the best use of our time. Hi, my name is Charlie Wolter and I am a network marketer and a business growth specialist. Network marketing, you know where we tell everyone to get their friends and family to go to a meeting for one hour, most of the time to learn they really just went because they didn't want to hurt your feelings and of course the answer of "no thanks" to the entire idea, not very productive at all, needless to say very frustrating as well.

So how can we be more productive isn't that why advertising is such a huge business, because it pays to advertise? Getting your message to the right audience - very productive and it makes the most of our precious commodity time. Oh, but our up line says we can't do that, really? This is America right; home of the creative isn't it? How about the internet, oh I forgot the up line doesn't like that one either unless it is a "company approved" site. So if we can't advertise and/or use the internet can we be productive in our mlm business? Sure we can!

Now granted most budgets in a new or slow building business can not afford to advertise on television or use the internet to promote the business. But we can build it by using the phone and increase our productively. Now that does not mean for one to go out and buy a bunch of leads right away. There is an art and science to that as well. Remember our goal is to increase production in the least amount of time. Most leads can really be a waste of your time. We should shop for our leads like we do cars, houses or any big ticket item; it is the lifeblood of the production of our business. It improves the productivity and the use or our time because we can get the right message to the right people. Yes, there is a way to build relationships, get better and less expensive leads which in turn helps the bottom line.

Once we start building then we can, regardless of what your up line says, advertise on the internet, media and television. But caution, lets take one step at a time because if we jump on the television or the internet our time and productivity might drastically go down because we have not achieved the foundation.

For more information on how to make your time more productive in building your mlm business check out the following web site:

http://www.RepstheEasyWay.com

Thanks for spending a little time with me, by the way the web site above will be a great use of 5 minutes and guaranteed production!

Charlie Wolter is a business growth specialist, primarily working with network marketers in building their business.

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I was flying back from the Seminar that was held in Orlando for Strategic profits and I was so Pumped up about getting to a Million Dollar Annual Earning with my online business. I couldn't get the Darn smirk off of my face, every time that I thought about my future I couldn't help but smile like a wacko?

Fast Forward a year and I write this in front of my Florida Pool Home that rests on the Beautiful Gulf of Mexico and the west coast of Florida. It wasn't always this great, you know the same year we broke the million mark we were still in Bankruptcy, after we lost our Dream Home, and two investment properties in WV. We got caught up in the massive real estate boom and bought a 400K home in Orlando, when the market had people flipping houses in a month for more than 100K. When we had to sell six months later the market had gone belly Up!

I knew that I had a decision to make after battling with my own financial demise, losing my home, and going back to being a renter. The choice that most people make would have been make excuses, get a lame job, get by, and blame everyone around me for not doing better, or maybe I could take a totally refreshing but strenuous road that would be one of Passion and Determination to go after my God Given right to the American Dream. I knew that I couldn't live my life on a measly salary of 90k and raise my family to the standard that they deserved.

I prayed a great deal, I read many books, such as Think and Grow Rich, Tony Robbins, Robert Kyosaki, and the Law of Attraction by Michael Losier.

All of these resources pointed me in the direction of Internet marketing but where to start>>

So,So So many Ebooks and gimmicks seems like you can get rich in 10 Billion Different Ways. The truth is that there are thousands of vehicles to use if you want to make a living off the Internet. It is really an incredible time to celebrate the Future and Realize that we can all have a quality of life, that we long for, with improving our income and working less hours.

OK, I Went on a complete information about making money on the Internet Binge!! I mean bad, bad, stuff, I was buying up Ebooks faster than I could read them and I just knew I would find the silver bullet to my Internet Empire.

I learned a great deal about Affiliate Marketing , and I am actually making over 250K from just my nice business's on the net. The best thing about the tremendous amount of E Book Gurus you quickly realize that there are only so many ways to say, find what people want, market it, and promote the hell out of it!

That sounds really simplistic, but its totally true, I know because Spent Thousands on Internet marketing products, and courses.

I had all these ideas and making $20 a sale deals going on but nothing was really making a killing. You have to keep up on 50 different websites to make 6 Figures on the Internet, so if your currently making 30K per year than you probably think that's great, but believe me, you need to get into the 7 figure income group to truly enjoy the finer things. Imagine getting tickets to Disney and the Superbowl in the same weekend. Imagine having backstage VIP passes to cut all the lines at Disney and then Royal treatment from the hotels, and restaurants that identified us as VIP, then the best part of the whole trip was having my family fly in a private chartered jet to all our destinations. If you have never chartered a plane before, you need to get that on to your Bucket List.

I was luck enough to get an email from someone about the Reverse Funnel System back in November, and I was doing really well with my Niche Business that was taking off, Big Time. I wasn't sure about the sales page, with this guy sitting by the pool with his laptop in Hawaii. I started doing some serious research about the business and the amazing thing was that Nothing Negative was out there. That's almost unheard of for a network marketing company, even the most incredulous people will have something bad to say when they are the reason for their failure. Even though there are folks that have nor made it, they know that it is totally on them to be successful.

The really cool part about that is when you take 100% responsibility for all your results and outcomes in life you are able to be more introspective. This in turn allows you to be closer to the real YOU, That may seem strange but most of us are far away from our true identity, we are actors at work always, and with friends mostly, family this varies in terms of the strength and bonds with your loved ones. Everyone will strive to be their true self but as life goes on we tend to become complacent with our surroundings.

There was a great survey that was done at Yale, and it basically looked at two groups of people and how there income was related to there true passions and how closely your career mirrored your passions.

Inevitably the results were that people who 1st sought to follow their passions and then find there jobs, out performed those that choose a profession like Lawyer (because you want to make big money), thinking that the money from the Job will make them happy. The reality is that only Lawyers that are making bank have aligned themselves with their professions. For instance the personal injury lawyer that truly feels like he is helping to protect the lower class working folk, that cannot stand up for themselves. A perfect example I believe is John Edwards who really does feel like he has been a true savior to the under privileged working class that won settlements from giant corporate America. As a result of doing what your passion leads you to will always provide the satisfy your need and desires at every level.

The point that I am talking about is Congruency - this represents our level of success and achievement as we measure it in our lives.

I can tell you that the business I have been involved with in the past 9 months has been So profitable that simply having 10 people making 10 sales a month will yield you $100,000 per month. That is where I started with my goals and I quickly realized my goals.

I did this by focusing on one thing, marketing my website. That's the only thing that you have to do to make thousands of dollars per week.

The package that you are marketing is one for a Platinum Membership to Global Resorts Network. This is a membership that is Lifetime and allow your entire family to stay anywhere in the World for 7 Nights at rates from $298 to $799 at the high end.

Yes, you read that right, you are guaranteed to stay in a 3-5 star luxury resort wherever you go for as low as $298 for seven nights. Most people will pay for the cost of the lifetime membership in their first or second vacation.

Picture traveling all over the world or maybe just chilling out in a Beach Front Suite in Fiji for a month, for only $1200. You can still be working your business as the same time. There are no other memberships or clubs that will offer the same value of discount and variety of international destinations complete with skilled customer travel agents at no additional cost to help make your reservations and cater your every need. OK That's enough of my Pitch for the GRN package. Seriously though the package is only the first income stream of the reverse funnel system. The organization it truly committed to producing Billionaires in the next few years.

I hope that you will take some time to check out my website and learn about my opportunity that will change your lifestyle and your income forever.

David Bateman
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http://www.YourAbundanceConnection.org

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes

Benjamin Disraeli

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Many people the world over are tired of working a nine to five job and are looking to explore business ideas so that they can work for their own desires instead of someone else's. Out of all the home based business ideas, many believe that network marketing is the most reasonable. Many people in business today are also looking into this avenue of making a residual income. We will explore a few of the main reasons why network marketing home based business ideas are the best choice for most today.

To start an average brick and mortar business, the person involved will need to devote substantial amounts of money to get it off the ground. They will need to lease or buy a piece of property, purchase all of the fixtures, permits and fees, equipment, inventory. They must pay all the costs of running a physical establishment i.e. electricity, phone, insurance, overhead signage, wages, taxes, advertisements for employment as well as customers, and many more. Most home based business ideas involving network marketing can be started anywhere from $10/ month up to a few hundred a month, significantly less than brick and mortar. With only the entrepreneur's home upkeep costs, hardly any signage (if any), no employees, and much of the advertisement can be done free or for minimal costs on the internet.

Many of the brick and mortar businesses starting up require immense amounts of personal time to be involved in not just getting it off the ground, but also in the running of the establishment. Extreme amounts of hours devoted to screening employment applicants, supervising the construction or renovations of a current establishment. Most of the waking day of the new business owner will be spent in training and overseeing new employees and managers, to be sure that the business runs the way the owner wants it to operate. Whereas your average network marketing home based business idea can be built using only an entrepreneurs "off-time" from their current profession, anywhere from 2 hours a week for the beginner up to 15 to 20 hours for the more serious in the industry.

Many brick and mortar businesses, unless investing in a popular franchise, do not have a system already set up for the owner to instruct new employees and management in the day to day operations. The owner then must spend inordinate amounts of both time and money into the planning of how the business is to be ran, and the initial startup of said business. Usually the entrepreneur will require the assistance of a lawyer or at the very least a consultant that will assist the owner in building a plan of operation to succeed in this endeavor. A home based business, usually network marketing, often has a successful system already in place that the new entrepreneur can plug into to follow in the footsteps of those who have already made thousands if not millions of dollars in the industry.

The majority of small brick and mortar businesses hire employees who have no major incentives to help the business succeed. Most will be there purely for the pay check and have no interest at all in proper customer service and retention. We have all been in a local store where the employee is doing his or her own thing instead of doing the job that they are payed to do.

So these are just a few of the many reasons why many people turn to networking businesses instead of expensive and time consuming brick and mortar businesses. There are many more reasons, it just now comes down to a person's willingness to be open to the truths that abound when brainstorming home based business ideas which include network marketing.

Dean L Leverett is an internet consultant who works from home in Arkansas. He teaches other network marketers how to make online business a success. http://wowezmoney.ws

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