Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
No Job's Finished Until the Paperwork is Done
No Job's Finished Until the Paperwork is DoneBy Peggy Hazelwood www.albooktross.comThat time of year has come and gone... I'm talking about dreaded taxes! Tomake tax time easier next year, read on. As is the case with many other smallbusiness owners I've talked with, taxes, recordkeeping, and all that darnedpaperwork are the hardest and most unpleasant parts of having your ownbusiness. However, I have established a system for tracking my antiques andcollectibles business inventory and expenses, which keeps headaches to aminimum.Keeping Uncle Sam happy (KUSH) is important, too!Numerous books on small business operation are available today.
I suggestvisiting a local bookstore or library and just sitting down with a stack (andthere are stacks of them!) to see which one will work best for you.My inventory-tracking system works for me because it's simple. I don't liketo do this part of my antiques business, so I have to keep it simple or itwould be overwhelming. But as long as I stay on top of things, I'm fine.
Iestimate that I spend four to six hours a month at the task of recordkeeping(a little more than one hour per week).I keep an inventory sheet that has five columns: Inventory Number,Description, Purchase Price, Marked Price, and Date Sold. Using this simplemethod helps me track what I've purchased and for what price as well as whenit sold.
To track expenses other than inventory, I use a simple software package(Quicken) on my computer that totals the numbers I input. The same resultscan be realized by using a good old notebook, writing down the date ofpurchase, where purchased, and purchase amount, and totaling the amountsyourself.Tax preparation is not what I call fun, so I use a tax preparer. For about$100 a year (which is tax deductible), he does the dirty work, and I keep mysanity. Good luck in the business end of your antiquing!~~~~~Peggy Hazelwood is the author of From Old to Gold: How to Start and Run anAntiques Business, $7.95 ebook available at http://www.albooktross.com in theHow To category.Peggy Hazelwoodwww.ezeewriter.comwww.albooktross.com, sign up forthe Albooktross Web-foot News
I suggestvisiting a local bookstore or library and just sitting down with a stack (andthere are stacks of them!) to see which one will work best for you.My inventory-tracking system works for me because it's simple. I don't liketo do this part of my antiques business, so I have to keep it simple or itwould be overwhelming. But as long as I stay on top of things, I'm fine.
Iestimate that I spend four to six hours a month at the task of recordkeeping(a little more than one hour per week).I keep an inventory sheet that has five columns: Inventory Number,Description, Purchase Price, Marked Price, and Date Sold. Using this simplemethod helps me track what I've purchased and for what price as well as whenit sold.
To track expenses other than inventory, I use a simple software package(Quicken) on my computer that totals the numbers I input. The same resultscan be realized by using a good old notebook, writing down the date ofpurchase, where purchased, and purchase amount, and totaling the amountsyourself.Tax preparation is not what I call fun, so I use a tax preparer. For about$100 a year (which is tax deductible), he does the dirty work, and I keep mysanity. Good luck in the business end of your antiquing!~~~~~Peggy Hazelwood is the author of From Old to Gold: How to Start and Run anAntiques Business, $7.95 ebook available at http://www.albooktross.com in theHow To category.Peggy Hazelwoodwww.ezeewriter.comwww.albooktross.com, sign up forthe Albooktross Web-foot News
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
The #1 Reason Your Child Doesn't Want to Learn ... And What You Can Do About It
Modern schooling at the average educational institution suffers from one general impediment: the motivation to learn is often not clear to the learner, the child.
Great drama ensues if a child needs to do homework it doesn't understand the reason for. And the reason is rather far-fetched when it comes to a child's horizon: it's got almost nothing to do with the here and now and is almost completely about successes it is to feel in ten to twenty years down the road.
Ever since "modern schooling" has been established children fight against or suffer from chores like homework, assignments they don't want to do or don't understand (which, accidentally, often are two sides of the same coin), permanent bad conscience and lack of self-confidence since there's always someone in class who still seems to get it all right. And instead of building their self-esteem, those children are often openly or covertly criticized for their lack of effort by teachers, even parents and other "stakeholders". At the same time parents often notice their child can concentrate miraculously on things that have nothing to do with school but seem a least as difficult.
How come? Well, it all boils down to exactly one thing and one thing only, motivation! I know, many of you will now sadly shake their heads saying "boy, it's not as if we hadn't tried". So let's be a bit more precise here: what your child lacks is intrinsic motivation, motivation that comes from within! Surely all the other times you have seen your children really concentrate you will find they had a reasons of their own to do so. Until puberty and beyond, a child or youth is best and mainly controlled by primary motivation, i.e. the goal and the motive are one and the same, so to speak. Secondary motivation is for older youths and adults and goes like this: if I want that better paid job I need to invest a certain amount of (unpaid) overtime to make a good impression and show I stand one hundred percent behind my company's targets and goals. Trying to teach children they need to do a certain assignment because 15 years later they will get a better place at college and then, as an even later outgrowth from that, a better job and then maybe a better life, is useless. If your kids' life is already miserable and you give them assignments that make them feel more so it is very hard for them to believe that exactly this behaviour would eventually free them from all the misery life seems to hold for them (as they can see daily in the news?).
Intrinsic motivation, motivation from within, is the clue
Easier said than done. How do you bait rats? You put some poisoned appetizer in their way and hope they'll eat it and die. Indeed they do: one rat tastes it, the others stand by watching and if that pioneer rat dies they won't eat anything of it. Your children will always realize that you try to coax them into learning the very SAME stuff they know belongs to the school curriculum und any pretext. And if you try a carrot-and-stick approach you risk two equally dangerous alternatives: either your child will only work if rewarded or only to avoid punishment. That attitude will carry over into their later life and, mind you, most employers are not looking for people who only start working if rewarded or punished, they want employees who use their own good judgment to the best of their company and work of their own accord. Oh, and getting back to your kids - isn't that what you'd like to see yourself too when it comes to their learning habits? Otherwise you're in for a lifelong Sisyphus chore of intervention and control that undermines the very foundation of all family life: mutual love, appreciation and trust! Maybe it's worthwhile to invest a few minutes now and from then on each day to look into better ways of motivating your children. If so, read on (we can't cover all aspects in the space of an article, but this one won't be the last).
As Peter Kline says in his bestselling book "The Everyday Genius - Restoring Children's Natural Joy of Learning": "Your children have much greater talent than can be developed by our current educational system. You are going to have to help." Well, doesn't that mean your child is rather frustrated by being challenged TOO LITTLE rather than too much by the prevailing school system?
How you can start immediately
As we cannot give a full course in wonders here in this limited space I suggest you begin with two simple, effortless and almost no-cost measures (and then follow our other suggestions which we post over time later):
* Try and formulate everything you say POSITIVELY and try to make it a habit. Examples: instead of saying "Don't forget your homework" (suggesting to the subconscious something like "forget your homework") rather say "when will you do your homework", "Have you done ...". That doesn't mean you can't use negative wording, the catch is: whatever you SUGGEST must be a positive statement: to your child's subconscious a sentence such as "I wouldn't want you to fail" sends a covert message that contains the word "FAIL!" whereas if you say "I never said you shouldn't succeed" you send a covert message to "SUCCEED!". Make a list of all your typical verbal interactions with your child and see how often you use negative vs. positive words or phrases, then try and turn all the openly or covertly negative phrases around. TRAIN YOURSELF, and I know it takes some time, maybe a week, to use the new language, and after another week you should see first results.
* Ever since Émile Coué (1857-1926) gave his patients that one simple sentence to repeat "Every day, in every way, I am feeling better and better" psychology knows about the irresistible power of autosuggestion and belief systems. The single most frequent cause underlying children's learning "disabilities" are belief systems that keep them from trying and that act as self-fulfilling prophecies. Since your subconscious works all the time and takes over esp. during sleep, one of the best times to initiate positive change in belief systems is before you go to sleep. Try the following for a few weeks: over your children's bed put one or two sheets of paper, letter-size (A4) that you print the following statements on (as big as possible). "My memory stores everything I learned during the day when I sleep", "I can read perfectly well while dreaming" (for children with reading difficulties), "When I write while dreaming I get all words correct" (for the orthographically challenged). Do NOT write "... I don't make mistakes" - again that's a suggestion to do just that! I'm sure you can tailor more such sentences to just your child's respective needs when you experiment a little. Again, make a diary of effects and side-effects, you'll see noticeable effects after two weeks at the longest. Then rotate the posters to address other weaknesses and turn them around one by one.
With the growing positive effects your child will inevitably become more confident and happier which again feeds back into their intrinsic motivation to try harder even if they don't always succeed at once.
------
Franz Rasch is a business and educational consultant specializing in speed learning, memory enhancement and motivation coaching. He develops training materials and methods to increase intelligence and creativity. Get his e-Book "99 Learning Strategies" for free (limited time only) at CaptainMnemo.Net .
Great drama ensues if a child needs to do homework it doesn't understand the reason for. And the reason is rather far-fetched when it comes to a child's horizon: it's got almost nothing to do with the here and now and is almost completely about successes it is to feel in ten to twenty years down the road.
Ever since "modern schooling" has been established children fight against or suffer from chores like homework, assignments they don't want to do or don't understand (which, accidentally, often are two sides of the same coin), permanent bad conscience and lack of self-confidence since there's always someone in class who still seems to get it all right. And instead of building their self-esteem, those children are often openly or covertly criticized for their lack of effort by teachers, even parents and other "stakeholders". At the same time parents often notice their child can concentrate miraculously on things that have nothing to do with school but seem a least as difficult.
How come? Well, it all boils down to exactly one thing and one thing only, motivation! I know, many of you will now sadly shake their heads saying "boy, it's not as if we hadn't tried". So let's be a bit more precise here: what your child lacks is intrinsic motivation, motivation that comes from within! Surely all the other times you have seen your children really concentrate you will find they had a reasons of their own to do so. Until puberty and beyond, a child or youth is best and mainly controlled by primary motivation, i.e. the goal and the motive are one and the same, so to speak. Secondary motivation is for older youths and adults and goes like this: if I want that better paid job I need to invest a certain amount of (unpaid) overtime to make a good impression and show I stand one hundred percent behind my company's targets and goals. Trying to teach children they need to do a certain assignment because 15 years later they will get a better place at college and then, as an even later outgrowth from that, a better job and then maybe a better life, is useless. If your kids' life is already miserable and you give them assignments that make them feel more so it is very hard for them to believe that exactly this behaviour would eventually free them from all the misery life seems to hold for them (as they can see daily in the news?).
Intrinsic motivation, motivation from within, is the clue
Easier said than done. How do you bait rats? You put some poisoned appetizer in their way and hope they'll eat it and die. Indeed they do: one rat tastes it, the others stand by watching and if that pioneer rat dies they won't eat anything of it. Your children will always realize that you try to coax them into learning the very SAME stuff they know belongs to the school curriculum und any pretext. And if you try a carrot-and-stick approach you risk two equally dangerous alternatives: either your child will only work if rewarded or only to avoid punishment. That attitude will carry over into their later life and, mind you, most employers are not looking for people who only start working if rewarded or punished, they want employees who use their own good judgment to the best of their company and work of their own accord. Oh, and getting back to your kids - isn't that what you'd like to see yourself too when it comes to their learning habits? Otherwise you're in for a lifelong Sisyphus chore of intervention and control that undermines the very foundation of all family life: mutual love, appreciation and trust! Maybe it's worthwhile to invest a few minutes now and from then on each day to look into better ways of motivating your children. If so, read on (we can't cover all aspects in the space of an article, but this one won't be the last).
As Peter Kline says in his bestselling book "The Everyday Genius - Restoring Children's Natural Joy of Learning": "Your children have much greater talent than can be developed by our current educational system. You are going to have to help." Well, doesn't that mean your child is rather frustrated by being challenged TOO LITTLE rather than too much by the prevailing school system?
How you can start immediately
As we cannot give a full course in wonders here in this limited space I suggest you begin with two simple, effortless and almost no-cost measures (and then follow our other suggestions which we post over time later):
* Try and formulate everything you say POSITIVELY and try to make it a habit. Examples: instead of saying "Don't forget your homework" (suggesting to the subconscious something like "forget your homework") rather say "when will you do your homework", "Have you done ...". That doesn't mean you can't use negative wording, the catch is: whatever you SUGGEST must be a positive statement: to your child's subconscious a sentence such as "I wouldn't want you to fail" sends a covert message that contains the word "FAIL!" whereas if you say "I never said you shouldn't succeed" you send a covert message to "SUCCEED!". Make a list of all your typical verbal interactions with your child and see how often you use negative vs. positive words or phrases, then try and turn all the openly or covertly negative phrases around. TRAIN YOURSELF, and I know it takes some time, maybe a week, to use the new language, and after another week you should see first results.
* Ever since Émile Coué (1857-1926) gave his patients that one simple sentence to repeat "Every day, in every way, I am feeling better and better" psychology knows about the irresistible power of autosuggestion and belief systems. The single most frequent cause underlying children's learning "disabilities" are belief systems that keep them from trying and that act as self-fulfilling prophecies. Since your subconscious works all the time and takes over esp. during sleep, one of the best times to initiate positive change in belief systems is before you go to sleep. Try the following for a few weeks: over your children's bed put one or two sheets of paper, letter-size (A4) that you print the following statements on (as big as possible). "My memory stores everything I learned during the day when I sleep", "I can read perfectly well while dreaming" (for children with reading difficulties), "When I write while dreaming I get all words correct" (for the orthographically challenged). Do NOT write "... I don't make mistakes" - again that's a suggestion to do just that! I'm sure you can tailor more such sentences to just your child's respective needs when you experiment a little. Again, make a diary of effects and side-effects, you'll see noticeable effects after two weeks at the longest. Then rotate the posters to address other weaknesses and turn them around one by one.
With the growing positive effects your child will inevitably become more confident and happier which again feeds back into their intrinsic motivation to try harder even if they don't always succeed at once.
------
Franz Rasch is a business and educational consultant specializing in speed learning, memory enhancement and motivation coaching. He develops training materials and methods to increase intelligence and creativity. Get his e-Book "99 Learning Strategies" for free (limited time only) at CaptainMnemo.Net .
SMC, Specialty Merchandise Corporation
SMC, Specialty Merchandise Corporation, has been in business for years.
Basically what SMC does is allow you to sell their products. The idea is that you will buy them at a low price and then sell them high.
This is great in theory. But after talking to a large number of people that work from home, with SMC, I have yet to find a single person who can support him or herself from their SMC income.
SMC has run ads in small business magazines for several years. They have also produced a large number of infomercials.
SMC's success with their infomercials is largely due to the fact that they did choose the right person to be spokesman for the company.
Tom Bosley, the dad from "Happy Days".
Tom is the ultimate spokesman because he just looks like someone you trust. After all, he played an all American, no nonsense, and strict dad on television so it just makes sense that America trusts him.
SMC mostly specializes in giftware, jewelry, collectables and general merchandise. They offer a lot of neat things and knickknacks for women to accessorize and display around the house.
The number one reason that I am bothered by about this kind of business is the degree of competition. The second problem with this type of business is the low margins. once again you will most likely be sell ing them at cos because of so many people selling the same product.
Yes SMC has signed up thousands of SMC vendors over the years and the popularity of the program has created a large number of copycat companies. They also have become part of your competition, not just the huge number of people who have bought into SMC.
With large competition and a low profit margin I don't think you are actually going to get rich with the SMC system.
The websites that SMC supplies you are nice, but the problem is they look like the same cookie cutter has cut them all out. Search engines strongly dislike duplicate websites and very often don't give them much page ranking. If you could build your own unique SMC website, you'd probably make out a lot better. However, SMC will not allow their vendors to build their own custom websites.
IMO, SMC is a very solid company that will be around for a longtime, but I really don't think it's an easy way to make a lot of money.
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SMC.
Buy low, sell high.
What you need to know before investing.
http://www.hottestbusinessreviews.com/gurus.html
Basically what SMC does is allow you to sell their products. The idea is that you will buy them at a low price and then sell them high.
This is great in theory. But after talking to a large number of people that work from home, with SMC, I have yet to find a single person who can support him or herself from their SMC income.
SMC has run ads in small business magazines for several years. They have also produced a large number of infomercials.
SMC's success with their infomercials is largely due to the fact that they did choose the right person to be spokesman for the company.
Tom Bosley, the dad from "Happy Days".
Tom is the ultimate spokesman because he just looks like someone you trust. After all, he played an all American, no nonsense, and strict dad on television so it just makes sense that America trusts him.
SMC mostly specializes in giftware, jewelry, collectables and general merchandise. They offer a lot of neat things and knickknacks for women to accessorize and display around the house.
The number one reason that I am bothered by about this kind of business is the degree of competition. The second problem with this type of business is the low margins. once again you will most likely be sell ing them at cos because of so many people selling the same product.
Yes SMC has signed up thousands of SMC vendors over the years and the popularity of the program has created a large number of copycat companies. They also have become part of your competition, not just the huge number of people who have bought into SMC.
With large competition and a low profit margin I don't think you are actually going to get rich with the SMC system.
The websites that SMC supplies you are nice, but the problem is they look like the same cookie cutter has cut them all out. Search engines strongly dislike duplicate websites and very often don't give them much page ranking. If you could build your own unique SMC website, you'd probably make out a lot better. However, SMC will not allow their vendors to build their own custom websites.
IMO, SMC is a very solid company that will be around for a longtime, but I really don't think it's an easy way to make a lot of money.
------
SMC.
Buy low, sell high.
What you need to know before investing.
http://www.hottestbusinessreviews.com/gurus.html
Writing Your Wedding Vows � Easy tips from a Brisbane Wedding Celebrant
As an experienced wedding celebrant I spend a lot of time writing wedding ceremonies so I know that your wedding vows are arguably the most important part of your wedding. In Australian wedding ceremonies saying your vows is the point when you are actually married so it is important that your vows have meaning for you. With this in mind many couples choose to personalise or even write their wedding vows, but often find it to be harder than they thought.
Sitting down to write your vows can be a daunting task especially if you don�t know what you can and can�t include, how long they need to be or even what you want to say. Your wedding celebrant will be able to offer you guidance on how to write your vows and what is legally required. Below are a few important tips to get you started:-
1. You and your partner need to discuss what you want in your vows.
Do you want both want to write your own vows? Do you want to say the same vows or express yourselves individually? It is quite acceptable for you to have different vows. In some cases one partner (usually the Bride) will write their vows and the other will either use traditional vows or personalise vows they have found elsewhere. There are lots of examples to choose from in books, on the internet, in the sample provided by your wedding celebrant or at www.vividmemories.com.au. In cases where only one partner is writing their vows from scratch I recommend that the other party personalises their vows so it is not really obvious that they have chosen not to write their own.
2. What tone do you want?
The tone of your ceremony will usually be reflected in your vows. If you have chosen a very sentimental and romantic ceremony then your vows will usually reflect that. The same goes for funny vows or serious vows. It�s entirely up to you what tone you want to have, just try to make sure your that tone of your vows suit you as a couple. This will make them sound like they are heartfelt and true.
3. How long do you want your vows to be?
In Australia there is a legal sentence that you are required to include so that your marriage will be valid, but other than that your vows can be as long or as short as you choose. Your wedding celebrant will advise you on the legal requirements of your vows. Another point to keep in mind is that you will need to say your vows, so if you are uncomfortable speaking in front of others then shorter may be better. Also remember your guests; if your vows are too long your guests will tune out regardless of how lovely the words are.
4. What are the most important parts of your relationship?
Think about what is special and important about your relationship and include it in your vows. Is it that your partner is your best friend? Is it the way they support you and help you be the best you can be? Whatever it is mentioning it in your vows will make them more meaningful for you.
5. Think about the promises you wish to make to your partner.
The promises that you make to each other in your vows will form the basis of your marriage. Your marriage will continue long after the honeymoon and it is your vows and how you uphold them that will shape your marriage on a daily basis. So think about your relationship now and how you want your marriage to be and use this to decide on the promises you want to include in your vows. There are no right or wrong promises as every relationship is different, so decide what feels right for the two of you.
Your wedding vows are the centre of your wedding and your marriage, so it is important that you take the time to make them as special as your relationship.
Megan Wilson is an authorised and accredited civil wedding celebrant who can design a modern ceremony tailored specifically to meet your needs. For more tips and information about civil ceremonies find me at http://www.vividmemories.com.au
Megan Wilson - Brisbane Wedding Celebrant visit me at vividmemories.com.au
Sitting down to write your vows can be a daunting task especially if you don�t know what you can and can�t include, how long they need to be or even what you want to say. Your wedding celebrant will be able to offer you guidance on how to write your vows and what is legally required. Below are a few important tips to get you started:-
1. You and your partner need to discuss what you want in your vows.
Do you want both want to write your own vows? Do you want to say the same vows or express yourselves individually? It is quite acceptable for you to have different vows. In some cases one partner (usually the Bride) will write their vows and the other will either use traditional vows or personalise vows they have found elsewhere. There are lots of examples to choose from in books, on the internet, in the sample provided by your wedding celebrant or at www.vividmemories.com.au. In cases where only one partner is writing their vows from scratch I recommend that the other party personalises their vows so it is not really obvious that they have chosen not to write their own.
2. What tone do you want?
The tone of your ceremony will usually be reflected in your vows. If you have chosen a very sentimental and romantic ceremony then your vows will usually reflect that. The same goes for funny vows or serious vows. It�s entirely up to you what tone you want to have, just try to make sure your that tone of your vows suit you as a couple. This will make them sound like they are heartfelt and true.
3. How long do you want your vows to be?
In Australia there is a legal sentence that you are required to include so that your marriage will be valid, but other than that your vows can be as long or as short as you choose. Your wedding celebrant will advise you on the legal requirements of your vows. Another point to keep in mind is that you will need to say your vows, so if you are uncomfortable speaking in front of others then shorter may be better. Also remember your guests; if your vows are too long your guests will tune out regardless of how lovely the words are.
4. What are the most important parts of your relationship?
Think about what is special and important about your relationship and include it in your vows. Is it that your partner is your best friend? Is it the way they support you and help you be the best you can be? Whatever it is mentioning it in your vows will make them more meaningful for you.
5. Think about the promises you wish to make to your partner.
The promises that you make to each other in your vows will form the basis of your marriage. Your marriage will continue long after the honeymoon and it is your vows and how you uphold them that will shape your marriage on a daily basis. So think about your relationship now and how you want your marriage to be and use this to decide on the promises you want to include in your vows. There are no right or wrong promises as every relationship is different, so decide what feels right for the two of you.
Your wedding vows are the centre of your wedding and your marriage, so it is important that you take the time to make them as special as your relationship.
Megan Wilson is an authorised and accredited civil wedding celebrant who can design a modern ceremony tailored specifically to meet your needs. For more tips and information about civil ceremonies find me at http://www.vividmemories.com.au
Megan Wilson - Brisbane Wedding Celebrant visit me at vividmemories.com.au
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Top Tips For Work At Home Mom And Dad
Being work at home moms, or even dads for that matter, is quite a responsible position to be in. You do have the advantage of being at home though and having complete control of your time which is so great. But don't forget the reason for being a work at home mom. That is to have a successful entrepreneurial business that makes you money while allowing you to be at home caring for your family. There are a number of considerations to think about in order to ensure that you obtain and maintain a successful lucrative business. Here are a few tips.
Being a work at home mom is quite different from having a hobby. A hobby is something you love and normally would do in your spare time. Running a business, even from home requires dedication and commitment. Set clear goals and a plan to achieve these goals daily. Treat your business like a business, not a hobby you do in your spare time. Create a schedule and stick to it. Plan your day as if you were going to an office. The best part however is that you are the boss and you can change your plans and be as flexible as you want. Have fun and enjoy working for yourself.
As a work at home mom and or dad, it will be essential to have a good balance between your business responsibilities and your family. It will not always be easy, but it is an absolute necessity. Involve the older children in assisting with meals and household chores. They could even become involved in some aspects of your business. Plan dedicated time with your family, but also maintain your self-discipline for your business goals. Again, so important to make a schedule and stick to it.
Everyone wants to make instant money. We are an "I want it now" society. It is easy to fall into this trap. Any business, and the same goes for a home based business, requires a startup period. During this time you might be putting in extra hours and wondering when the first pay check will be coming in. Be resilient and patient with yourself. You are laying the ground work and building a list of contacts which will ensure a steady stream of income for years to come. It would also be helpful to find a community of other successful entrepreneurs that you can master mind with to learn how to best build your list of contacts.
Any business requires a daily operations plan. Without a plan, your business is bound to fail. Spend time planning your activities for each day. I like to make a "to-do" list for tomorrow the night before as I think of things I need to accomplish. This will ensure that you stay focused and on task without wasting precious time. You'll see that the day really flies when you start working for yourself. Prevent procrastination as it is one of the greatest time wasters that will prevent you from achieving success.
Being at home to work may cause you to sometimes leave things you need for your business in places other than your office space. When you begin work in your office it can be frustrating if you need the tape for instance and you left it out in the garage somewhere rather than returning it to its proper place. Make a point of getting yourself organized. Ensure that you have an office space that is designated as your work area. Within your office, organize your space for business items you use. It just makes it easier when you need to get back to work and need to get your hands on specific items quickly. Who needs any other distractions or frustrations? Take good care of yourself and get organized.
Any small business needs to build a good relationship with its customers and also attract potential new customers. One of the best ways to do this is to follow-up with your leads to remain in contact with them. Even if it doesn't seem like they're keeping in touch with you, you can rest assured that they are watching what you're up to. Always respond to an email, communication or fax that comes your way. It might not be part of the business at that time, but it could turn out to be a valuable communication sometime in the future. Maintain a contact list and have a follow-up system preferably an automated one for contacting past and existing customers regularly.
Being a work at home mom can be the most exciting time of your life for many reasons, but also the most stressful time of your life. Manage to apply these few simple tips, and who knows what might happen. With the correct approach, any home based business has the potential of developing into an empire of your dreams.
About the Author
Sydney Dinsmore has made the choice to become a work at home mom. It has been the best decision she has ever made. After being forced to lay off almost 800 employees and friends from a large corporation she didn't want to put herself into that heartbreaking position again. Sydney Dinsmore teamed up with a couple of the most successful home based entrepreneurs in the industry. To see what Sydney found click here to http://tinyurl.com/6paj43d
Why would you try to start a business all by yourself? Find a community of entrepreneurs that will be there to help you every step of the way. Whatever you choose to do, best wishes to your success. Click here to find the community Sydney is working with http://tinyurl.com/6paj43d
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Being a work at home mom is quite different from having a hobby. A hobby is something you love and normally would do in your spare time. Running a business, even from home requires dedication and commitment. Set clear goals and a plan to achieve these goals daily. Treat your business like a business, not a hobby you do in your spare time. Create a schedule and stick to it. Plan your day as if you were going to an office. The best part however is that you are the boss and you can change your plans and be as flexible as you want. Have fun and enjoy working for yourself.
As a work at home mom and or dad, it will be essential to have a good balance between your business responsibilities and your family. It will not always be easy, but it is an absolute necessity. Involve the older children in assisting with meals and household chores. They could even become involved in some aspects of your business. Plan dedicated time with your family, but also maintain your self-discipline for your business goals. Again, so important to make a schedule and stick to it.
Everyone wants to make instant money. We are an "I want it now" society. It is easy to fall into this trap. Any business, and the same goes for a home based business, requires a startup period. During this time you might be putting in extra hours and wondering when the first pay check will be coming in. Be resilient and patient with yourself. You are laying the ground work and building a list of contacts which will ensure a steady stream of income for years to come. It would also be helpful to find a community of other successful entrepreneurs that you can master mind with to learn how to best build your list of contacts.
Any business requires a daily operations plan. Without a plan, your business is bound to fail. Spend time planning your activities for each day. I like to make a "to-do" list for tomorrow the night before as I think of things I need to accomplish. This will ensure that you stay focused and on task without wasting precious time. You'll see that the day really flies when you start working for yourself. Prevent procrastination as it is one of the greatest time wasters that will prevent you from achieving success.
Being at home to work may cause you to sometimes leave things you need for your business in places other than your office space. When you begin work in your office it can be frustrating if you need the tape for instance and you left it out in the garage somewhere rather than returning it to its proper place. Make a point of getting yourself organized. Ensure that you have an office space that is designated as your work area. Within your office, organize your space for business items you use. It just makes it easier when you need to get back to work and need to get your hands on specific items quickly. Who needs any other distractions or frustrations? Take good care of yourself and get organized.
Any small business needs to build a good relationship with its customers and also attract potential new customers. One of the best ways to do this is to follow-up with your leads to remain in contact with them. Even if it doesn't seem like they're keeping in touch with you, you can rest assured that they are watching what you're up to. Always respond to an email, communication or fax that comes your way. It might not be part of the business at that time, but it could turn out to be a valuable communication sometime in the future. Maintain a contact list and have a follow-up system preferably an automated one for contacting past and existing customers regularly.
Being a work at home mom can be the most exciting time of your life for many reasons, but also the most stressful time of your life. Manage to apply these few simple tips, and who knows what might happen. With the correct approach, any home based business has the potential of developing into an empire of your dreams.
About the Author
Sydney Dinsmore has made the choice to become a work at home mom. It has been the best decision she has ever made. After being forced to lay off almost 800 employees and friends from a large corporation she didn't want to put herself into that heartbreaking position again. Sydney Dinsmore teamed up with a couple of the most successful home based entrepreneurs in the industry. To see what Sydney found click here to http://tinyurl.com/6paj43d
Why would you try to start a business all by yourself? Find a community of entrepreneurs that will be there to help you every step of the way. Whatever you choose to do, best wishes to your success. Click here to find the community Sydney is working with http://tinyurl.com/6paj43d
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How to Reap Instant Profit From Your Web Site?
Let's face it, a lot of money gets spent on websites. I am sure if you have a website, or are thinking about making one, you too are looking to hire professionals to design a beautiful and professional site.
However, if you leave out this one important thing you are wasting money!
There is one thing that every website must have. If it doesn't have it, the site is or will become a money pit. Might as well start flushing $100 bills down the toilet, because at least you'll get the full visual experience of your cash swirling around the drain and finally being washed away in to vast nothingness.
I am amazed at how many sites out there don't have this one thing that could change their money sucking sites into productive and profitable sites. Actually, when someone asks us to build a site for them and they leave this out I suggest it immediately; however, you would be amazed at how much resistance there is to this.
Some people either flat out reject this, or they come up with excuses as to why they can't do it or why it won't work for their site. Well, we have been in the web business for over 8 years and have seen a lot of sites. I can assure you, everyone can implement this and have success with it. EVERYONE! So what is this secret? What is this thing that can turn my cash draining site into something worthwhile?
It's not really a secret at all. In fact, most of you out there will say duh, that's common sense! And I would agree. It IS! But a quick look around and you will see that a huge number, the majority really (especially with small / med business site), are not doing this.
All they have to do is: Offer something for sale!
Yeah, I know. Duh, that's common sense. So quickly, take a look at your site. Do you have something for sale? I don't mean implied for sale or an implied service or something that you can offer in the future after a brief talk or appointment with a sale rep. I mean FOR SALE! Now!
That last bit is really the kicker that gets most people and businesses. Most people will talk about their services and products. Talk about their company. Talk about how wonderful they make customers lives after they start servicing them. But right now, at this very minute they have nothing I can click on and buy immediately at this visit using the internet exclusively to pitch, offer, and close the sale and collect the check.
Online Brochures are 10 years behind the times. They were behind the times 10 years ago! The internet and web is such a powerful medium, it is downright foolish not to use it. That's why building a website and not offering something for immediate sale is a waste of money.If you are going to spend the money to build a site, do it right and at least leverage some type of electronic commerce with it. It's not as expensive as you think! In Fact, It's More Expansive and Will Cost You More Money in the Long Run If you Don't Do This Immediately!
First off, I want to address those entire nay Sayers who tell me that they have nothing to sell immediately online, or that their service doesn't fit that sales model, or that their products can't be sold that way without a sales representative's interaction. All of that is just B.S. and is just plain entrepreneurial laziness. If you are in business then you have something you can sell immediately, I guarantee it.
Now you might have to do a little bit of brain work and critical thinking, but I'm willing to bet if you spent 1 hour a day for a week you could come up with 10 different ideas that you could implement. Not 1, but 10! Most people don't stop to think. They just look at what they have and what they have always been doing. The internet is a powerful new platform that people are using to make billions every year.
Billions! Not Millions & Billions! (Apple Computer Anyone? Google? Microsoft? Yep, they all have it!)
If that doesn't grab your attention and make you want to think, well, you probably should just stop reading and go back to your normal business routines. Almost anyone who owns or runs a company can write a 50-100 page book that covers introductory questions about their industry.
Using your company FAQ is a good place to start. Take 10 minutes a day, only ten. Write as much as you can in those 10 minutes and in 3-4 weeks you will have a great introductory book. Does it need to answer all questions? Of Course Not! In fact, it's better if it doesn't because that's precisely why you have an advanced sales team to help them with further questions. Sell this as an e-Book for $10-20 dollars.
Now you can educate your future clients, stop wasting your time and sales rep's time with rudimentary questions, get only highly qualified leads from return calls, AND make money through sales of your introductory e-Book. This is only one example that will fit almost any business.
But you can literally come up with an unlimited number of ways to sell information and help like this to non-customers. Anyone can do this and to be honest, most web developers love to add this functionality to their client's site. I know web developers that love to brag about how much their client x and y are making off sites they built for them.
So do not be afraid to ask. Usually it will only cost a small fee to implement some basic selling options. Most people can get started using Paypal and maybe a couple hundred dollars extra in web design costs to add an e-Book or something similar.
Quit wasting money on your website! Start making it productive now!
If you need help or assistance with your web design or development, please contact us and we will be happy to help. If we can't help, we guarantee to locate someone that can.
Enjoy!
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However, if you leave out this one important thing you are wasting money!
There is one thing that every website must have. If it doesn't have it, the site is or will become a money pit. Might as well start flushing $100 bills down the toilet, because at least you'll get the full visual experience of your cash swirling around the drain and finally being washed away in to vast nothingness.
I am amazed at how many sites out there don't have this one thing that could change their money sucking sites into productive and profitable sites. Actually, when someone asks us to build a site for them and they leave this out I suggest it immediately; however, you would be amazed at how much resistance there is to this.
Some people either flat out reject this, or they come up with excuses as to why they can't do it or why it won't work for their site. Well, we have been in the web business for over 8 years and have seen a lot of sites. I can assure you, everyone can implement this and have success with it. EVERYONE! So what is this secret? What is this thing that can turn my cash draining site into something worthwhile?
It's not really a secret at all. In fact, most of you out there will say duh, that's common sense! And I would agree. It IS! But a quick look around and you will see that a huge number, the majority really (especially with small / med business site), are not doing this.
All they have to do is: Offer something for sale!
Yeah, I know. Duh, that's common sense. So quickly, take a look at your site. Do you have something for sale? I don't mean implied for sale or an implied service or something that you can offer in the future after a brief talk or appointment with a sale rep. I mean FOR SALE! Now!
That last bit is really the kicker that gets most people and businesses. Most people will talk about their services and products. Talk about their company. Talk about how wonderful they make customers lives after they start servicing them. But right now, at this very minute they have nothing I can click on and buy immediately at this visit using the internet exclusively to pitch, offer, and close the sale and collect the check.
Online Brochures are 10 years behind the times. They were behind the times 10 years ago! The internet and web is such a powerful medium, it is downright foolish not to use it. That's why building a website and not offering something for immediate sale is a waste of money.If you are going to spend the money to build a site, do it right and at least leverage some type of electronic commerce with it. It's not as expensive as you think! In Fact, It's More Expansive and Will Cost You More Money in the Long Run If you Don't Do This Immediately!
First off, I want to address those entire nay Sayers who tell me that they have nothing to sell immediately online, or that their service doesn't fit that sales model, or that their products can't be sold that way without a sales representative's interaction. All of that is just B.S. and is just plain entrepreneurial laziness. If you are in business then you have something you can sell immediately, I guarantee it.
Now you might have to do a little bit of brain work and critical thinking, but I'm willing to bet if you spent 1 hour a day for a week you could come up with 10 different ideas that you could implement. Not 1, but 10! Most people don't stop to think. They just look at what they have and what they have always been doing. The internet is a powerful new platform that people are using to make billions every year.
Billions! Not Millions & Billions! (Apple Computer Anyone? Google? Microsoft? Yep, they all have it!)
If that doesn't grab your attention and make you want to think, well, you probably should just stop reading and go back to your normal business routines. Almost anyone who owns or runs a company can write a 50-100 page book that covers introductory questions about their industry.
Using your company FAQ is a good place to start. Take 10 minutes a day, only ten. Write as much as you can in those 10 minutes and in 3-4 weeks you will have a great introductory book. Does it need to answer all questions? Of Course Not! In fact, it's better if it doesn't because that's precisely why you have an advanced sales team to help them with further questions. Sell this as an e-Book for $10-20 dollars.
Now you can educate your future clients, stop wasting your time and sales rep's time with rudimentary questions, get only highly qualified leads from return calls, AND make money through sales of your introductory e-Book. This is only one example that will fit almost any business.
But you can literally come up with an unlimited number of ways to sell information and help like this to non-customers. Anyone can do this and to be honest, most web developers love to add this functionality to their client's site. I know web developers that love to brag about how much their client x and y are making off sites they built for them.
So do not be afraid to ask. Usually it will only cost a small fee to implement some basic selling options. Most people can get started using Paypal and maybe a couple hundred dollars extra in web design costs to add an e-Book or something similar.
Quit wasting money on your website! Start making it productive now!
If you need help or assistance with your web design or development, please contact us and we will be happy to help. If we can't help, we guarantee to locate someone that can.
Enjoy!
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Cloud Hosting is Grean Hosting: Companies are going green in record numbers. It is a philosophy that not only sells solutions and wins clients, however it is specifically essential as business IT infrastructures can have the actual greatest negative impact on the environment as they consume the largest portion of energy. Cloud servers provide a great power savings and reduction to the amount of carbon emissions emitted into the environment. Regardless of the scenario, integrating a cloud web host solution for your organization want is cost successful for numerous factors. A cloud server remedy may be deployed in moments and managed from online software program.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Seeking A Legitimate Work From Home Opportunity
There are a great many business ideas trying to claim your attention in the work from home niche. Unfortunately, not all of these are a good idea. In fact, a large number of them are no more than scams designed to suck all your money away from you. So how can you find a legitimate work from home opportunity? Well, let's look at some areas you should concentrate on.
Perhaps the simplest method of doing this is to get a business of your own up and running with minimum cost. You do not need to join a business opportunity to make money on the Internet yourself.
Right now you may be thinking, "but I do not have any products to sell. How can I get started?It is always good to ask a question like this, and selling products that give good information is a great way to make money legitimately online.
What makes this a really good way of earning money is that good quality information is always in demand, and people will pay good money for it if they see it as offering great value to them. You may well have already bought some form of information product, whether it was offline or online.
For instance, one item that has been in demand over the years is that of "how to" books and leaflets. You may have seen such books as "how to finish your basement", "how to install a deck", "how to change a flat tyre", "how to start a home business", and so on.
The Internet makes it very easy to sell information products if you are answering questions and solving problems. The trick is to know what kind of problems people need solved, and then have products available to sell to them.
You can do this either by creating your own information products and selling them online, or you can join affiliate programs such as ClickBank. You can get access to many thousands of good products created by other people by joining Clickbank's affiliate program.
As an example, if you join up with Clickbank, you can begin to build websites to sell their products on using your affiliate ID number. If you prefer you do not even have to create your own website, and you can just use the one that is provided for you for that specific product.
This is a perfectly legitimate work from home opportunity because you will never run out of products to sell. Also, you now have the chance to generate an income exceeding your current full-time one, provided you learn the necessary skills as you go along.
In summary, creating your own product and selling it online is one way to work from home. Joining click Bank as an affiliate is free to do and is another excellent legitimate work from home opportunity.
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Alan Thomas is an experienced business owner who has helped many people develop their own successful home based businesses. You can find more information on Legitimate Work From Home Opportunity and Simple Work From Home Blog
Perhaps the simplest method of doing this is to get a business of your own up and running with minimum cost. You do not need to join a business opportunity to make money on the Internet yourself.
Right now you may be thinking, "but I do not have any products to sell. How can I get started?It is always good to ask a question like this, and selling products that give good information is a great way to make money legitimately online.
What makes this a really good way of earning money is that good quality information is always in demand, and people will pay good money for it if they see it as offering great value to them. You may well have already bought some form of information product, whether it was offline or online.
For instance, one item that has been in demand over the years is that of "how to" books and leaflets. You may have seen such books as "how to finish your basement", "how to install a deck", "how to change a flat tyre", "how to start a home business", and so on.
The Internet makes it very easy to sell information products if you are answering questions and solving problems. The trick is to know what kind of problems people need solved, and then have products available to sell to them.
You can do this either by creating your own information products and selling them online, or you can join affiliate programs such as ClickBank. You can get access to many thousands of good products created by other people by joining Clickbank's affiliate program.
As an example, if you join up with Clickbank, you can begin to build websites to sell their products on using your affiliate ID number. If you prefer you do not even have to create your own website, and you can just use the one that is provided for you for that specific product.
This is a perfectly legitimate work from home opportunity because you will never run out of products to sell. Also, you now have the chance to generate an income exceeding your current full-time one, provided you learn the necessary skills as you go along.
In summary, creating your own product and selling it online is one way to work from home. Joining click Bank as an affiliate is free to do and is another excellent legitimate work from home opportunity.
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Alan Thomas is an experienced business owner who has helped many people develop their own successful home based businesses. You can find more information on Legitimate Work From Home Opportunity and Simple Work From Home Blog
Sell eBooks on eBay? You must Have an eBay Store.
I frequently get asked if owning an eBay store is worth the fees eBay charge. I personally think if you are serious about your eBay business owning an eBay store is a must and in this article I will try and explain why.
1. Owning an eBay store gives you your own unique URL to promote.
Having your own link to promote means you can promote your eBay store from your auctions, about me page, email signatures, forum signatures, blogs, articles, eBooks, newsletters etc etc.
2. You look more professional.
If you look like a professional seller you will sell more. Obviously a lot of factors count to looking professional such as excellent feedback but having an eBay store adds to the professional look. Also, a fully stocked eBay store gives you a professional look and with eBooks this is easily achieved at low cost.
3. You can sell multiple store items for a few cents per month.
That's right, you can list an eBook with a 1000 items available and this can cost only a few cents per month. You could actually list 1000 items in your eBay store and this would cost less than $30 per month. The minimum price to do this with 1000 auctions would be almost 10 times the expense.
4. You get to send out store newsletters.
Yes, you can build your own eBay subscriber database. Every time someone leaves feedback for you on eBay they get asked if they would like you to be added to their favourite sellers list. If they accept they can also subscribe to your store newsletter. This means you can send out mailings to your past customers. Plus you can also set up eBay to send out regular mailings on your behalf every 2 weeks.
There is also the option to add a link to your store newsletter and store favourites in all your auctions. This is a crucial promotion tool eBay provides, just look at the top right corner of any of my listings to see these links in action. This means you can add people to your eBay mailing list even if they don't initially buy from you.
5. You can 'feature' your most profitable items.
By putting your most popular items in the featured section of your eBay store you are gaining maximum exposure for the items that make you the most money.
6. You can personalise your eBay store to differ yourself from other eBay users.
With a little HTML experience you can add categories, logo's, graphics, pictures and a lot more to give your eBay store a more personalised, professional look. Even if you are not familiar with HTML you can still create an attractive looking eBay store.
7. You can track traffic and sales.
Depending on your store subscription level you can track a whole host of features such as store traffic, your most viewed items, search terms used in your store, where your visitors came from and a lot lot more.
8. You can link to your store from all your auctions.
If you use all the tools eBay provides you can have up to 10 links to your eBay store from every auction you run. Without an eBay store you can have 3 or 4 links at the most linking to your other items.
9. Your store and store items will appear in the major search engines.
Google 'planetsms' and you will see number one is my website and number 2 is my eBay store. You can add keywords to your eBay store and there is also more chance of your listings showing on google. In fact if you search Google for the term 'planetsms eBook collection' or even just 'eBook collection' you will see both search terms are on the 1st page of Google :-)
10. You get to say 'visit my eBay store'.
Sounds silly doesn't it? Well get more visitors to your eBay store and you will sell more and that's a fact no one can deny. You can ask people to visit your store in your auctions, about me page, email signatures, forum signatures, blogs, articles, eBooks, newsletters :-) etc etc etc.
There you go, 10 reasons why you should have an eBay store. I have probably missed out a lot more and maybe even some more important reasons why you should have an eBay store but I'm sure you get the picture.
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John Thornhill trades on eBay under the username planetsms and earns over $1000 per week on eBay on autopilot. To see how he does it visit his eBay store at http://stores.ebay.com/PlanetSMS
1. Owning an eBay store gives you your own unique URL to promote.
Having your own link to promote means you can promote your eBay store from your auctions, about me page, email signatures, forum signatures, blogs, articles, eBooks, newsletters etc etc.
2. You look more professional.
If you look like a professional seller you will sell more. Obviously a lot of factors count to looking professional such as excellent feedback but having an eBay store adds to the professional look. Also, a fully stocked eBay store gives you a professional look and with eBooks this is easily achieved at low cost.
3. You can sell multiple store items for a few cents per month.
That's right, you can list an eBook with a 1000 items available and this can cost only a few cents per month. You could actually list 1000 items in your eBay store and this would cost less than $30 per month. The minimum price to do this with 1000 auctions would be almost 10 times the expense.
4. You get to send out store newsletters.
Yes, you can build your own eBay subscriber database. Every time someone leaves feedback for you on eBay they get asked if they would like you to be added to their favourite sellers list. If they accept they can also subscribe to your store newsletter. This means you can send out mailings to your past customers. Plus you can also set up eBay to send out regular mailings on your behalf every 2 weeks.
There is also the option to add a link to your store newsletter and store favourites in all your auctions. This is a crucial promotion tool eBay provides, just look at the top right corner of any of my listings to see these links in action. This means you can add people to your eBay mailing list even if they don't initially buy from you.
5. You can 'feature' your most profitable items.
By putting your most popular items in the featured section of your eBay store you are gaining maximum exposure for the items that make you the most money.
6. You can personalise your eBay store to differ yourself from other eBay users.
With a little HTML experience you can add categories, logo's, graphics, pictures and a lot more to give your eBay store a more personalised, professional look. Even if you are not familiar with HTML you can still create an attractive looking eBay store.
7. You can track traffic and sales.
Depending on your store subscription level you can track a whole host of features such as store traffic, your most viewed items, search terms used in your store, where your visitors came from and a lot lot more.
8. You can link to your store from all your auctions.
If you use all the tools eBay provides you can have up to 10 links to your eBay store from every auction you run. Without an eBay store you can have 3 or 4 links at the most linking to your other items.
9. Your store and store items will appear in the major search engines.
Google 'planetsms' and you will see number one is my website and number 2 is my eBay store. You can add keywords to your eBay store and there is also more chance of your listings showing on google. In fact if you search Google for the term 'planetsms eBook collection' or even just 'eBook collection' you will see both search terms are on the 1st page of Google :-)
10. You get to say 'visit my eBay store'.
Sounds silly doesn't it? Well get more visitors to your eBay store and you will sell more and that's a fact no one can deny. You can ask people to visit your store in your auctions, about me page, email signatures, forum signatures, blogs, articles, eBooks, newsletters :-) etc etc etc.
There you go, 10 reasons why you should have an eBay store. I have probably missed out a lot more and maybe even some more important reasons why you should have an eBay store but I'm sure you get the picture.
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John Thornhill trades on eBay under the username planetsms and earns over $1000 per week on eBay on autopilot. To see how he does it visit his eBay store at http://stores.ebay.com/PlanetSMS
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