Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Extra Income Ideas

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

When trying to earn extra income ideas may seem a little far-fetched at first, but if you consider the ideas they may seem workable. It has always been said that necessity is the mother of invention and coming up with ideas to earn extra money seems easier when you really need to do so.

When looking to earn extra money you have to remember the idea is not to replace the money you are already earning. In other words, do not give up a regular job in order to earn money from another source. Money earned that way is not extra and you may have trouble staying caught up. Rather, any time and effort you put into earning extra money has to be above and beyond what is normally expended.

Although working out of the house, traveling to a job site, will also take time away from your family. You may want to consider a part time career in wholesaling in which you purchase merchandise at wholesale prices and resell it either at craft shows or online.You can purchase wholesale product online and have them drop ship directly to your customers which will save on shipping cost.

Visiting wholesale outlets you can occasionally find a really good price on quality merchandise that you can advertise and sell. Develop a retail website on which to sell this type of merchandise and then keep your eyes open for more bargains. With many of the online pass-through banking companies offering a free secure shopping cart, you can achieve the sales and collect money from your buyers quickly and safely.

Many even offer buy now buttons and are capable of printing shipping labels. With home pickup available from most shipping companies, you will not have the time and expense of taking your packages to the post office. Several companies are advertising how you can make a ton of money with online auctions and even offer to provide the product and handle all shipping and handling. All you need is an auction ID and the willingness to list their products on the auction.

Typically, you are also charged a monthly fee for the privilege of listing their merchandise. The difference between the sell price and your cost of the merchandise, minus the listing fees, is your profit. While this may be promising as well as profitable, if the items do not sell, as the one who listed the merchandise you are still responsible for the fees.

Joining with existing online companies to push their products is another method of earning extra money, and several offer a viable business model. Realize that in order for you to achieve sales, you will need to promote your individual website that offers the product for sale. To fine wholesale companies that can help you seek the perfect products at the lowest prices possible, for the greatest potential profits and have thousands of products at below wholesale prices, visit the Netmarketer.org website.

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Extra Income Opportunity Working At Home

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

Working at home has a nice ring to it and many see being able to set their own hours as a dream come true. For those who have little or no self-discipline, that dream can quickly turn into a nightmare. There may be times when a deadline is approaching as well as your favorite sports team on television. Without the discipline to set your priorities to your work, your home business will fail.

When you make the commitment to work from home, you are telling your clients or customers that you are ready to do whatever it takes to get the job done within the promised time. When you continually fail to do that, you are telling them that you do not care about their needs and your time is more important to you than their project.

When you work from home, if there is no one around a majority of the day then there should be no distractions to keep you from getting your work done. When you first begin working at home, the first few days may be wasted as you get up in the mornings and think about not having to go anywhere. How nice it is that you can work whenever you feel like it. Soon, however, you may find yourself struggling to hit deadlines and having trouble finding new projects.

One tip about working from home is that while you can work in your pajamas, until you are settled into your routine of working at home, gets up in the morning and get dressed for work. Hit the office at a specified time and establish regular hours. Once acclimated to getting your work done on time, then you can play with your schedule and your dog during the day and finish your work in the evening.

Many clients will not care whether you are working on their project at seven in the morning or 10 at night. Their only concern is that the work is done to their specifications within the time that was promised. It is up to you to accomplish this.

Other than discipline, organization is a key ingredient in working from home so that little details, or big jobs, are not overlooked and forgotten. Other than not getting a project completed on time, the worst customer service you can offer is telling a client that you forgot to do their work. Telling them they are not important enough to remember will likely not bring you any additional business from them or their friends.

Once you are organized and disciplined, you can be prepared to work more hours than normal. At least until you have established yourself in your business and become acclimated to the amount of work you need to do. Another tip is to finish all the hard projects at the beginning so if you get behind, the easy ones can be done quickly.

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Saturday, March 10, 2007

Starting An Internet Business Without Bricks And Mortar

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

When you are starting an Internet business, there are certain notions that will require conscious thought. Things like how to market the business and where as well as who do you need to help get it off the ground. While starting an Internet business may seem like a daunting task, it is no different than starting a traditional business.

While traditional businesses require advertising, it is usually done with a shotgun approach. You shoot advertising all over the place and hope to hit something with your message. By default, your advertising for a traditional business will be focused on the geographic area in which your business is located. You must also adjust pricing to meet what your market will bear.

When starting an Internet business, your market can be less focused on location since your business will be global. You will also need to be more descriptive in your product presentation as people will not be able to touch and feel the items and will have to rely on what you say about them. You not only have to market them but also the how and why. Getting people to part with their money through an Internet business involves selling the business as well as an individual product or service.

Many old-style sales persons know that the biggest part of sales is selling your self. People who can make a potential buyer feel comfortable with them have a higher success rate. Those who simply sell the product can usually experience a certain success if they are selling a worthwhile product, but experiencing growth may be limited.

Once you have chosen the type of business you want to start and the people who will work with you, your marketing plan will need to be executed. Once you have made your announcement and made the promise of what you will do, you need to do what you have promised. Customer service needs to be more than a promise; it needs to be a way of life. Unlike a traditional business, on the Internet you will never be the only game in town. If you make mistakes with customer service there will be hundreds, if not thousands of other businesses ready to take your place.

Many traditional businesses eventually fail because they are not willing to change with the shopping habits of their customers. The product mix may become stale or new competition may offer merchandise the old store does not have and since success has been around for years, many do not see the need to change.

With an internet business, changes are required almost daily and there is no real harm in looking at your competition to see what they are offering and some of the ideas may be worth mimicking. However, make sure any new ideas you implement are filled with your personal touch to keep your customers satisfied with you.

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Thursday, March 08, 2007

Home Business System

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

Are you good with computers and considering a home business where you can utilize your computer knowledge? You may be interested in starting a computer tech business from home offering support to the millions of Americans who own computers but often times become very frustrated with them.

If you are planning this type of business with your spouse and have children carefully, consider this venture before stepping into it. You will need to be able to manage your time and have an excellent ability to communicate to each other. You do not want your partnership to turn into a power struggle or both your marriage and business can become at risk of falling apart. Starting a home business takes investment both financially and emotionally so weigh your options carefully before jumping into the arena of home-based businesses.

It will be important to divide the responsibilities within the business. Look at the strengths that both of you have and divide them up that way. If both you and your spouse have great skills, when it comes to working with clients, one of you may prefer to do a different part of the business. Your business will succeed when you work together utilizing each other’s strengths as opposed to getting into a power struggle over who should work in which area of the business. Just as in a corporate environment, you have those who work in the forefront working with the customers and managing the day-to-day operations and another who work behind the scene generating the paperwork, payroll, and other office duties. Any large financial decisions should always be made together.

You do not want to be screaming at each other when differences arise so decide on a plan as to how you are going to handle disputes that arise and they do arise in all businesses. Again look at how businesses are run, have weekly meetings or even morning daily meetings to look at what you are going to accomplish that day. If you start your business but never, take time to communicate with each other as to what is happening your business will fail. Having weekly or daily meetings will lessen the chance of something happening that is unexpected and you will be more able to handle the little things that crop up.

If you have, children in the home consider hiring someone to come in and take care of the kids while you are working. It does not have to be all day but maybe for a few select hours when you know that you and your spouse need to concentrate without interruptions. Although one of the reasons you probably wanted to start a home business is so that you can be home with your children you will not be very effective if they are demanding your attention all day. Your children will have to adjust to the business being in your home the same way you and your spouse are adjusting.

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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Tips For Finding Work At Home

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

Now that you have made that decision to work from home, you might think that it is all smooth sailing and that there is nothing you are going to have to worry about as you make your way into the work at home job market. Not true! Working from home might be great once you get going, but in order to get to the point where it is going to be worth it, you are going to have to do some grunt work and do a lot of it, before it pays off. Working from home requires hard work and dedication.

The first thing that you need to do is make a clear decision about what exactly you are going to be. You need to have a clear idea about what market you are going to go after and you need to make a decision about how you are going to get that market and conquer it in the best way that you know how. Once you know what it is that you are going to do, you need to begin to be able to market yourself. Whether this means advertising your business or taking care of your portfolio, you need to make sure that people know what you can do and that you can do it well.

Don’t expect to be able to simply start in at a large paying work from home job on the first day. It might take you awhile to fully get a grasp on what the job market is and to begin to make some connections when it comes to your field. The most important thing that you can do is to make sure that you have a good example of what you can do and that you have it accessible online. Whether this means that you are going to develop a website or an online portfolio, you need to get that done right away so you can start to apply for jobs or to find customers. So, the most important thing about finding work at home is to make sure that you have a place where potential clients can look at what you can do and can hire you if they’d like, or sign-up for your product.

After you know what you want to do and have taken steps to begin that process, you need to start to apply for jobs. This might mean that you visit many different job boards each day and apply for as many of the jobs that you think you can do as possible. Or, it might mean that you visit job boards and other boards and recruit clients for your business. Whatever it is that you need to do, the important thing is to get your name out there and to get started. One of the key things to remember is, fine something you love to do. If you love doing it you will put the work and time into it to achieve your success. And the money will come.

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Friday, February 23, 2007

Supporting Your Spouse Christian Business

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

Your beloved spouse comes home from another day at the grind and announces, “I’ve had enough! I’m going into business for myself.” Before you start hoarding food and stashing money in the mattress, stop and pray.

Remember that God is sovereign and that He will provide for you. This new venture may be exactly what God has planned for your life. Surrender your will to Christ and pray. He may give you a peace that calms your fears and alleviates your concerns. Anxiety is a natural reaction to change, but as Christians we are to fight back with God’s truth.

The changes that come about in your spouse may surprise you, especially if they are following a prompting from God to leave the traditional work force. Pray with your spouse and be honest about your feelings. Discuss your excitement over the possibilities that a new business can provide. Vent your frustrations and fears about the changes and instability that will come in days ahead. Keep the communication open, between you and your spouse, and you and God.

This does not mean putting on a smile no matter what happens and ignoring the realities around you. It does mean that you should live beyond your circumstances and trust God. Be supportive of your spouse through the ups and downs. Encourage each other, pray together, and talk with other couples that have started a home business together.

Do some research in your spouse’s chosen area of business? Learn the associated jargon. Be familiar with the product or service provided by the business. Make yourself available to help with menial tasks like errands and printing shipping labels. Talk up your spouse’s bravery and professionalism every chance you get. Announce the birth of your new business at church, to your friends and family, to anyone who will listen. Be your spouse’s biggest fan. You will need to be knowledgeable of the business so that you can take calls on busy days and answer questions on the street when approached by curious neighbors and passers by.

Go to the library and research small business management and marketing, condense the books into a divided binder full of notes on the topics you have researched. You can present it to your spouse as a “business warming” gift. This information should be easy to read and condensed down to useful facts. You can even sneak in personal notes of encouragement, scripture verses or inspirational quotes.

Going the extra mile to show interest in what is important to your spouse will help hold you together through the storms of life and will allow you to build a strong, Christ centered business that can be passed down for generations to come.

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Saturday, February 17, 2007

The Joys of Working From Home

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

For some people transitioning their office job to their home is impossible. In the fast paced job market, it might seem like there is never enough time to do what you really want to do – be at home with your families and take care of what you need to take care of while you are there. Luckily, now there are many ways that you can work from home. There are many joys of being able to work from home, and make enough money to actually make it worth it.

First of all, if you have children, you are going to get to be there for them during the day when they are young, and after school when they are older. You will never get the chance to be there for your children again, because once they grow up, that’s it! So, you should take every opportunity to be near them and take care of them when they are young. Also, by working from home, you can make sure that you don’t have to pay for childcare. Most of the time, people end up spending the money that they make working directly on child care, and unless they love their jobs and need to do their jobs, it simply isn’t worth it for someone to work part time just enough to pay someone else to take care of their kids while they are working. Think about how nice it would be to be able to actually make money, and not need to spend any of it on childcare.

If you want to start your own business that you can run from home, you will need to do a lot of research. The best place to find information on a home-based business is online. The reason for this is that the majority of home-based businesses have something to do with the Internet. By researching this option online, you will be able to come up with the details and information that you need in order to get off to a successful start. Also, there is a certain freedom that comes along with working from home. By being at home and staying at home you are there to tackle things that come up and to keep a handle on the way that the house operates. You are there to be in charge. No more leaving in the dark and coming home after the sun has set for the day. No more trying to do all of the chores on the weekends. You can simply allow yourself to be at home and enjoy the life that you are living.

Remember that the best part of working at home is getting to do the things that you really enjoy and getting to do them in your own environment. Nothing can beat the fact that you are going to be able to stay at home with your family and with your house chores, and still be able to make just as much money as if you were working at a job for 40 hours a week. There are many ways that you can work from home, and getting to know what these ways are is just the beginning to a successful career

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Setting Up An Online Store

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

It seems like online stores are all the rage lately. There are many places online where you can buy things and where you can make other types of purchases. There are sites that sell new items, sites that sell old items, and sites that sell a combination of the both. If you want to work at home, and you are thinking of setting up an online store in order to do so, there are several things that you might want to keep in mind as you embark on this adventure.

First of all, you should choose goods that you have an interest in. If you are a big book reader, for instance, maybe you should sell used books online. If you have another interest, try to figure out a way to work your interests into your online store. This is important because you are going to be able to take control over your online store and make sure that you are selling what you want to sell, and if it is something that you are interested in, chances are good that you are going to find yourself more involved.

After you have decided what your online store is going to be selling, you need to figure out where you should get your products. Are you going to buy them around your town, or are you yourself going to order them online? Wherever you are getting your products from, you have to make sure that you are able to get products cheap. The best place to fine cheap products online would be a wholesaler like Salehoo.com. You can fine a link in the RED HOT Products section on The NetMarketer site. They have a Wholesale Suppliers Database. You'll find all the top suppliers, from drop shippers to liquidators to wholesalers to manufacturers -- with easy to find information and useful categories to help you find what you need. Drop shippers will save you money on warehouse rental space.

The best way to make sure that you are going to make a profit is to try to buy items in bulk so that you have many of them. Often you’ll be able to buy items much more cheaply if you buy a lot of them at once, and shipping costs will be reduced, as well. Then, you can sell the items individually to buyers online and make a profit that way. Since a person is only buying one item, they will pay more for it than you paid for it when you bought it in bulk.

Now you are ready to set up your store. You need an online space with a name that you can easily have people remember, and then you need to begin the marketing. Try to do as much as possible so that your name and your address are in as many places as they can be. Once you have started to get some business, you can continue to sell items and get even more business. The key to being successful is having a product that people want and being able to market it in a way that is going to make you money in the end.

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Sunday, February 11, 2007

Staying Sane While Starting A Home Business

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

Starting a new business can be a harried experience. There are a myriad of decisions to be made, the budget needs stretched, and the new secretary quits before the end of the first week: the struggles are endless. When starting a business from your home, you can add a slew of unique challenges to the list. Being aware of the potential pitfalls, and preparing for them can provide a way of preserving your sanity.

Friends and family members frequently assume that if you are home, you are available. Nothing can set your work back hours, faster than an unplanned visit from your mother. Setting clear boundaries regarding your schedule and availability for phone calls and visits can prevent misunderstandings early on in the life of your business.

If you are choosing to keep your small children home with you while you work, that carefully planned schedule can quickly become fodder for your three year old. Getting up early is often the best way to increase your productivity while those little angels are still slumbering away.

Having a contingency plan for days when the workload requires more attention than usual is an excellent way to head off disasters before they happen. Find local babysitters who are willing to come to your home to help out when needed. Recruit friends and family to provide occasional entertainment for short periods of time to allow you to work without interruptions. Anything that helps you keep focused is a good investment in preserving your sanity.

Running a business from your home has a few perks, especially at tax time. Consulting with a tax expert or accountant early on will arm you with the knowledge necessary to save you time and money when filing your first year’s business taxes.

Finding service providers that are both competent and trustworthy is a lesson in perseverance. The business directories, Internet advertisements and even newspaper ads are clogged with scams and incapable providers. Seeking the advice of a seasoned home business veteran can be your salvation. Word of mouth will reveal strengths and problems with service providers.

If you find that you have chosen poorly and end up with a full sized, ten year old copier in your den instead of that sleek, all-in-one model with all the bells and whistles that you paid for, don’t despair. Don’t back down either. You can explain your dissatisfaction firmly and politely while explaining that the services were not acceptable. If after bringing the blunder to the business’ attention, you are still left feeling cold, you can report the offender to the Better Business Bureau: and call for legal advice.

Using good old common sense, a little street smarts and a lot of charm and honesty will help your achieve your business goals, while allowing you to keep your sanity and your home life intact.

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Monday, January 29, 2007

Choosing A Good Internet Provider

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

Sooner or later business owners will realize that the fast pace and competitive nature of the business today require them to have their own Internet site. If you are ready to go global with your home based business, Internet service provider speeds and limitations will need to be considered. In a world where dial up service used to the norm, new technologies have mushroomed. In many of the business sectors this is no longer a luxury but a necessity. However, there are pitfalls that you as a business owner should be aware of before setting up your site. Understanding the Internet, your needs and expectations, your Internet site and your Internet Service Provider are the four elements that together determine the success or failure of your site.

As a matter of fact, many an ISP now bundles a large number of attractive services specifically tailored to the needs of a web-based business - internet service provider advertisements are very specific on these offerings – and these cost very little more than residential services. Some ISP’s like host4profit.com has a paid Affiliate program. Sure, you might wonder what this has to do with success on the ‘Net. For a home based client a business Internet service provider used to be the dial up access. A modem was connected to a telephone line and the computer, and this meant that unless you had another independent telephone line, your connection would be busy. Telephone orders could not get through. The speed of the connection was slow, and downloads were dreaded because the time was measured in minutes, not seconds. Delays are experienced simply because connections are notorious to drop suddenly.

Fast-forward to today’s business Internet service provider; these days business is done at the speed of digital data transmissions, and downloads take place in fractions of seconds. Connections are always open, and customers and business owners can interact in real time. This means that your ISP can actively help you not only in gaining new business but also in doing business much more productively! Your business will gain a reputation for being approachable; you will receive the Internet rep of being eager to serve your customers and quick to respond to questions and concerns. In short, whom you choose as your Internet service provider will have a big influence on the success of your home-based business. Make sure you choose one that will aloud you to accept credit cards, and also has an affiliate program.

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Saturday, January 27, 2007

Website Promotion Ideals For Small Businesses

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

You’ve already figured out that your small business needs a web site to compete with the big boys and maintain every aspect of your relationship with your customers. But once you have your web site up and running, you’ll need web site promotion ideas so that people know about your web site. After all, no one will visit your web site if they don’t know it exists.

The first of your web site promotion ideas is submitting your web site to all the major search engines. Search engine traffic is a major draw to web sites and most web masters will tell you that the vast majority of their traffic is coming from search engine clicks. Most of the major search engines have a specific page you can use to submit your site. Once it’s submitted, it will usually take a few days to a week before it starts showing up in keyword searches.
Other web site promotion ideas include advertising your web site on Internet message boards and discussion forums centered on subjects related in some way to your business. For example, if you run a small business selling pet supplies, you could go to message boards and discussion forums frequented by pet lovers.

Other tried and true web site promotion ideas include affiliate and banner exchanges. You can contact other web sites involved with the same target market and ask to exchange banners on each other’s web sites, or you can sign up at a banner exchange portal that will automatically generate banners for other sites on your site and banners for your site on other participating sites.

For even more web site promotion ideas, there are many online resources dedicated solely to teaching people how best to create awareness of their web site through the Internet at large and strategies for attracting more visitors to their web site. Start with these basic ideas and when you’re ready, explore for more!

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Sunday, January 21, 2007

A Free Home Based Internet Business

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

Finding a free home-based Internet business opportunity is not as easy as it sounds. Sure, you might think you could just go ahead and Google the term, and out of the wealth of information displayed on your screen you will be able to pick the one that is most likely to spell success for you, right? Wrong! Sadly, there are many scam artists on the ‘Net who are just waiting for someone to come by and subscribe to their get-rich-quick scheme. For this reason, get-rich-quick-schemes are now almost synonymous with free home based Internet business opportunities. One thing you must remember; nothing comes for free. Even on the Netmarketer.org site you will get a free website built for you but you have to signup for one of our program.

How often have you searched for avenues to supplement your income with a free home based internet business that would provide a little something extra every month – perhaps to save up for a wonderful family vacation, or maybe even to take the place of a part time job that is taking you away from your children during the day now – only to find the kinds of websites that talk about these wonderful opportunities without actually mentioning what the product or service is? The goal very often is to get your email address, which will then result in a SPAM filled inbox. Other times the goal is to get you to a personal phone representation where suddenly the free opportunity turns out to not be so free anymore.

To not be taken in by a scam artist but to find a genuine free home based Internet business opportunity, it is important that you know how much money you need to make – bottom line – and how much time you are able to devote to the business. Knowing this will permit you to find different avenues of success. Perhaps your free home-based Internet business could be that of an affiliate, a sales rep, a freelance writer, a survey taker, or a host of other occupations.

There are many websites, forums and chat rooms which detail this type of business and provide an avenue in which home business owners can chat with one another and perhaps pick up good tips as well. Home business success stories are also readily available on websites relating to this topic and one is sure to find a number of stories to bide their time with. Lastly, home business success stories can be gained from friends and family members as well. Since home businesses are so popular, one may know someone close to them who runs a home business and they can listen to the success stories told by these individuals.

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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Your Home Business is Your Job

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

One of the hardest things about having a home business is convincing others that you have a job. You might know some of what I’m talking about, you know; you get that phone call wanting you to go shopping or play a round of golf in the middle of the day. Or you have the neighbor or friend that drop in for that two to three hour chat. How do you convince them you have work to do without hurting their feeling? Or do you continue with what you are doing and hurt your business in the long run?

Most people who work at home are confronted with this problem. Myself included, Friends and family members would ask me to do things just because they knew I’m home during the day. The first thing I would hear is; it’s not like you have a job. So what is the solution? The first thing you should do is explained to your friends, family, and relatives that even though you’re at home every day, you really do have a job. As a matter of fact, it’s the best job I’ve ever had because it’s my own business. I’m having more fun working, and I’m actually going to have more money, and I’ll be helping more people in the process.

You can use this response as a little advertising for your business. But even if it doesn’t happen, it will help you establish that, yes, you do have a job. In fact it’s more then just a job, it’s your business. And believe me the word will spread that you are working, and the requests should start to reduce. Now, this doesn’t mean you can’t take the time to help someone doing an emergency. Remember, you still can have concern and still care for your friends and relatives, but you just have to establish some ground rules.

One of the first things you have to recognize is that many habits are difficult to break. A neighbor who periodically drops in unannounced will have to be discouraged in a pleasant but friendly way. Make sure you explain to them you have setup a work schedule and you will give them a call once your workload has eased. Of course, you need to understand that you can’t work all the time. Most marketers think they have to spend all of their time in front of the computer. But in reality, you really do have to set aside some time for your family and friends.

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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Finding The Right Business For You

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

There has been an exponential rise in the number of available MLM opportunities – but that doesn’t necessarily mean that there has been a corresponding rise in the number of people who’ve made money from such ventures. Choosing the right company to work with is very important if you want to succeed in any types of endeavors. The MLM industry is notorious for its scams – thousands of people have lost millions of dollars in fraudulent ventures. In other words, if you are not careful, you are liable to lose your money in this business field. Work at home schemes represent a substantial loss of money for U.S. residents.

This is not to say, of course, that all home business MLM opportunities are automatically be classified as frauds. There are people who run legitimate and profitable MLM businesses, not simply the kind that collapses on itself after a period of time. You can fine some of these businesses on The NetMarketer Site. The problem for the casual observer, of course, is separating the rare flower from the abundant thorns. In other words, how can one spot a legitimate MLM opportunity?

The cardinal rule about finding the right home business MLM opportunities is this: If it is too good to be true, it probably is. MLM marketers are taught to exaggerate the potential of their programs, and make it look as if the wealth that you can generate will be effortless. But the truth of the matter is, MLM marketing is hard work, and all of the other stuff should be seen as a sales pitch – they want you to buy into their program, which will result in them earning a commission. Keep in mind that there is no such thing as a free lunch. This rule applies to everything in life; why should it be any different in a business endeavor? Even if it is “residual income,” you obviously will have to do something to deserve it. One of the key things you will have to do is advertise which most MLM marketer won’t tell you.

Most of them try to make everything look easy. A good, honest program, will advise you of the difficulties of the endeavor without appearing negative or optimistic. Keep your rationality intact as you evaluate each separate home business MLM opportunity. Don’t let fear stop you from trying out a venture, but don’t let your greed get the best of you either. Try to fine a business that offer you training that will help you get your business up and running. A good, honest MLM opportunity won’t give you undeserved rewards. If they did, they won’t be in business for very long. Compensation must be realistic and commensurate to achievements, just as in a real business undertaking.

The first question you should ask is, “where does the company get the money to pay all the people like me?” If this question is not easy to answer, alarm signals should start to go off inside your head. Above all, try to conduct business with people of only the highest character. System are very important when it comes to network marketing that you simply have to be very careful when it comes to selecting the company. Try to select one with a good support systems.

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

The MLM Opportunity: A Potential Home Businesses

Copyright: Earl Williams
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What is an MLM Opportunity?

MLM, or multi level marketing opportunities, are business models that allow you to make money based on the number of people you sign up or the amount of products you sell. In other words, it is a business arrangement that will let you earn commissions, much like an affiliate program. The amount of rewards you get will be commensurate to the volume of business that you generate for your partner company.

Multi level marketing opportunities will give you the advantage of unlimited earning potential. In other words, the compensation you receive will be in line with the value you have created for the company. There is no real cap on what you can earn, for the most part, just the limits that you create for yourself. If, for instance, you can exceed your sales or recruiting quotas on a regular basis, then you can expect bonuses and high commissions as a matter of course as well.

MLM Opportunities Make For Great Home Businesses

What makes MLM opportunities a great home business is that they are designed to be worked on for as much or as little time as the person involved might decide. This means that you can work on your MLM venture for as little as an hour each day, or perhaps ten hours a day. It can be a full-time venture or a part-time job, depending on your inclinations.

Additionally, MLM opportunities allow you to create streams of residual income. Residual income is defined as income which you earn due to a one-time effort, not persistent and regular efforts. Examples would be the royalties that come from a bestselling book, or perhaps a popular piece of music. Residual income is the type of income that one needs in order to become truly wealthy, as it requires little or no additional effort on your part, yet continually provides you with cash. In an MLM example, having recruits or down lines will pretty much ensure that you earn a certain amount each month.

Another reason why MLM opportunities make great home businesses is because they typically require only a small amount of money to start-up and maintain. An amount of fifty to two hundred dollars is often enough as seed capital for an MLM business. Only a very minimal amount is needed to maintain the business on the months and years afterwards. Contrast this with starting a business of your own, which might require thousands of dollars. Obviously, this sort of business arrangement is tailor-made for individuals who have little money to spare.

Whatever the case, MLM opportunities are an excellent source of income for those who do not exactly have the luxury of excess time or energy. If you are reasonably ambitious and believe that you can sell worthwhile products, there is no reason why you should not enter an MLM venture.

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Saturday, December 23, 2006

Expanding Your Business With Affiliate Program

Copyright: Earl Williams
The NetMarketer

Young parents fine working at home to be the perfect job for being their when their kids arrive from school. More often than not, young parents who work have websites where they sell their products and services. For people who want to maximize the earning potentials of their website, the network marketing affiliate program is the best way for them to earn more without putting in additional capital.

Joining in the network marketing affiliate program is easy. All you really need to do is find a merchant that carries good and services, which you think, will be easy for you to market. Once you have found the right merchant whose goods are services are marketable on your part, you may accomplish their affiliate application form. In most cases, affiliate program applications are mostly approve within a couple of days. There are some affiliate programs that would approve applications is a matter of hours or minutes even.

Once you become a member of the network marketing affiliate program, you may now put the link or the logo of the merchant on your website. Make sure that you put the logo or the link in the most conspicuous place in your website so that everyone who visits your website will see the logo or the link. It would even be a better idea to put the link in an animated banner so that it will call the attention of the readers.

Promoting your website

Merely being a member of a network marketing affiliate program is not enough for you to earn extra income. Note that when you are in network marketing affiliate program, you only earn income if somebody access the website of the merchant from your link and then buy some goods and service from the site of your merchant. If you really want to earn considerable amount of money on your affiliate program, you should drive traffic to your website constantly. One sure way to drive traffic to your website is to use SEO articles to get your website on the upper ranks whenever a keyword search is launched by a Internet user.

If you have a newsletter, featuring the merchant in your newsletter would also help drive some traffic from your website to the site of your merchant. The good thing about featuring the merchant in your newsletter is that you can create an effective name recall mechanism by simply featuring the merchant repeatedly in your newsletter one issue after another. Since your readers will see your story on the different issues of your newsletter, sooner or later they will become curious enough and visit the merchant’s site. If they happen to find something that they like in the merchant’s site and then buy it, you get your commission from the sale. Overall, affiliate programs are a great way to make money. Since the majority of affiliate programs are free, you have no reason to not get started today.

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Advertising A Network Marketing Business

Copyright: Earl Williams
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By advertising your own business correctly, you will most likely pick up business advertising others’ business. Then once you have become an expert in network marketing, you will probably find yourself in the same position as other on the Internet. Getting the word out to people that you are there and ready to help them make a bundle from their website. It will not matter how great a person’s website looks, or how fantastic their product or service, if no one knows their site is there they will receive no business.

One of the ways many have found successful in advertising on the internet is through pay-per-click programs, or affiliate programs, which involve a third party planning your ad on their site and you pay them a pre-determined amount every time a visitor to their site clicks on your ad and visits your site. Payment to the third-party advertiser can be made based on the visit, or a percentage or fixed dollar amount of an actual sale.

This benefits you as it puts your advertisement in front of more people. Joining an affiliate promotions company could have your ad posted on several hundreds of sites, each one promoting their own site, giving you that much more exposure for which you pay only if others visit your site.

On the downside, one of the things search engines look for are outside links to your site and while all of the affiliates you have sign up with you do link to your site, due to embedded codes to track the site’s visitors search engines may ignore those links.

Another method of advertising your network marketing business is to design your site around the information sought after by search engine spiders. There once was a time when having sufficient keywords listed in Meta tags would draw their attention but the number of hits to websites with erroneous information led search engine developers to train their spiders to look for only good information. Many times in the past a search would turn up websites with totally unrelated information based on keywords alone.

Today’s spiders also search for titles of web pages that relate to the search terms as well as quality information about the search terms. Your web pages should have quality text that provides information for which the person is looking, and not only on the index page. The Meta tags, as well as quality textual information should appear on every page of your site where you want search spiders to look.

Getting your own site noticed by potential customers when they perform an Internet search for advertising a network marketing business, will let them know that you know how to get the attention of search engines and may improve your standing among customers as well and improve your page raking which show your customers you have good standing with google.

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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Using A Website For Building Residual Income

Copyright: Earl Williams
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Websites are a great tool to use in building residual income. They operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They are always available for customers and they do not need constant managing to work. They are the ideal employees. The website can have a shopping cart to take and process orders and payment. It can have a catalogue of merchandise, too. It is both an employee and store in one.

Residual income just does not happen. A person has to build it. One of the best ways to build residual income is through a website. A website gives a person many opportunities for residual income. Websites are also a great platform because they create many advantages for the website owner. Building residual income with a website is something anyone can do, all it takes is the drive to do it.

Besides taking orders there are ways to optimize a website to help a business earn even more money. One idea is having a subscription site. The main part of the site with the catalogue and shopping cart is public, but a business owner can make part of the site for subscription only. This part of the site must offer something a person would be willing to pay for and something that a lot of people would be interested in. People pay a fee to become a member and have access to the members only part of the website. Another option is offering an affiliate program. This is a residual income in itself, but tied in with a website and a person can really skyrocket their business. On the other hand a business owner could join some affiliate programs and advertise them on their website. This would create two streams of residual income and provide a sense of stability of income.

To get started a person has to build their website. There are many places a person can find help to do this. There are templates that make it super simple to build a professional website. It is important, though, that the website look professional and is easy for the customer to use. Professional website building services are actually reasonable priced and may be the best bet for the more technically challenged person. That way they can make sure that everything is set up on the website to optimize it for making money.

The Internet and websites have really changed the face of business, especially small business. They take a lot of the costs away and make it affordable for almost anyone to build their own residual income based business. The potential for success is amazing and all a person has to do is build their website to get started, then put in a little promotional work each day and your income will start to come in.

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Saturday, November 25, 2006

Earn Residual Income With A Website

Copyright: Earl Williams
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Almost everyone who works from home has an idea about affiliate programs and websites. They have the idea that just having an affiliate program and a website will allow them to make residual income. It is a little more complicated than that, though. Both an affiliate program and a website can be combined to make residual income, but there are some things a person must do to ensure they get the most out of this combination.

Many people have heard that adding affiliate programs to their website can help them to start earning residual income. That is true, but if a person goes about it the wrong way they may not see anything come of it. To make affiliate programs and websites work together they have to go together. There are a couple reasons for this. First of all, the people visiting the website already have an interest in the types of products being sold there, so they would be more likely to be interested in an affiliate program that is related to the other products.

Second, if a customer sees an affiliate program that is not tied in at all to the rest of the website they may see it as unprofessional. They may even believe that this business is not for real or a scam. They definitely are not going to click through to learn about the affiliate program or its products. So, it is essential to find an affiliate program that works with the existing product line. Placement of the affiliate ads is also important. They should not be placed where they will compete or interfere with the sales of the primary products. Some people choose to make a while separate page for affiliate programs. Others work them into their product pages. It is very important to make it clear that they are affiliate programs and will open a new window. Some people might get confused if a new window pops up and may close down both sites.

The whole idea is for them to compliment the main products and site, not interfere with it. The beauty of combining affiliate programs with a business website is that it sets up multiple streams of income. Having multiple streams of income is important. It is like the old saying says - do not put all your eggs in one basket. Business fluctuates. What is hot one day may not be the next. When a person relies on one income source they can easily be devastated if one of them starts to fail or business gets slow. By having different income sources or multiple streams of income a person is developing financial stability.

Adding affiliate programs to an existing website is not difficult. It takes some consideration and planning, though to make it work. By choosing and placing ads carefully a business owner can make the most of the situation and build nice multiple streams of income. They will boost their income while also being able to incorporate everything together.

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Saturday, November 18, 2006

The Internet And Network Marketing

Copyright: Earl Williams
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If you are looking for a good financial opportunity that will allow you to stay home with your family, then a home business network marketing program could be perfect for you.With the invention of the Internet, network marketing is a booming business. To get into this type of business just ten years ago, you would have had to be introduced into it by a friend or relative. Now that you have the Internet, you can bring your network marketing opportunities and your products to a lot more people than ever before.

You can use instant video, audio, and complete explanations of your business on the web. However, to do all this, you will need to have a website. One of the biggest problems with the majority of network marketing affiliate programs is that the website that they give you is basically a duplicate website that looks like everyone else’s which makes the search engines ignore the website. What you really need is a website of your own, one that you can personalize with all of your information.

What you will need first is a domain name. Try to select a domain name that has keywords in it pertaining to your business. If you can’t do this, then it is still possible to get good rankings with the search engines without it. Next, you will need web hosting. Cheap web hosting is okay; however, keep in mind that you will get what you pay for in most cases. You will want to experiment with several different web hosting services to find the right one that meets your needs and most importantly that it will be up 100% of the time.

You will need to purchase some software to design your website and software to help you link your website to other websites of similar interests and quality. There is a wide variety of software out there. You may have to do some research to find the right one for you; however, most people use Macromedia’s Dream weaver or FrontPage. You could also purchase a website template that has already been designed for a small fee.

There are also a few good free software programs that will help you design your website. There is really only one website linking software that you could ever need. Linking to your competitors is important because it will ensure that you get a steady flow of traffic from websites that are similar in content to yours. Zeus Reciprocal Link software is one of the best linking software programs out there. If you don’t want to use Zeus you can also use LinkMachine.com

You must have the determination to learn how to design your website. A little skill does not hurt either. It can be a very frustrating process to design your web pages; however, it can also be very exciting and exhilarating. You can find many books and websites that will give you the information that you need to learn how to design your website. No one, but you, will know what you want and need on your website. So why hire someone else to do it when you can do it yourself? Remember the object of the game is to have something different to offer.

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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Understanding MLM Residual Income

Copyright: Earl Williams
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Like any business, a person has to work to make money in an MLM residual income business opportunity. Many people believe that a residual income means they will not have to work at all. This is why many MLM businesses fail. There are some points about MLM residual income that every person needs to know before getting started so that they do not fall prey to misconceptions.
MLM’s are popular because the way they work is designed so a person can earn money from a one-time sale over and over. If a person sells to one person and that person buys products on a monthly basis they are still earning that residual income. MLM’s do not even require a person to recruit anyone if they do not want and still be able to earn money. That is why they work. That is why people are interested in them and that is why there are so many MLM opportunities available.
The concept of an MLM is that each team member is helping the company sell their products. The addition of allowing each member to build a team is an additional way for the team members to build their business. It is not a necessity, but an option. If a person only sells items they will still make money, however, building a team will greatly increase that money. It is the team that enables a person to make the most residual income. Selling products is something that can only be residual if the customer buys again and again, but with a team the person makes money off their sales, too. So, as long as everyone is selling, everyone is making residual income.
MLM’s are not a risk free opportunity, though. They are still a business and with any business there are risks. If a person signs up people who decide to quit then they are back at square one and must recruit again. Risk is always a factor in business. Also since it is a business that also means it needs to be run like a business. The MLM should have a senior group of management and staff that actually runs the business. Without the senior staff, the business could easily fold, leaving everyone out in the cold. If a person keeps these two points in mind when choosing an MLM they should be able to find a great company to work with.
MLM’s are not a way to get rich quick. Making good money takes time, but the structure of the MLM has been proven to be a great way to earn a nice residual income. Many people make their living solely form MLM’s, so it is possible to make a lot of money. It just takes a little knowledge and a little time to make it a success.

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Friday, November 10, 2006

The Perfect Business Opportunity

Copyright: Earl Williams
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Part of getting a good start in business is choosing the right opportunity. A person has to choose an opportunity, which interests them. They should be able to easily form the determination and drive to make their business successful. It also helps to choose wisely. An opportunity should be well set up. It should be easy to start up new people and to both learn and teach the system. The right choice can influence success in a big way, so choosing a good opportunity is one of the most important aspects of starting off on the Right foot. A residual income business opportunity is really not that hard to find.

There are many all over the place - online, on television and in the newspaper, to name a few. Making the choice is likely to be quite easy, but actually getting started is another thing. It is very easy to fail in this type of business opportunity if you do not know the keys to getting a good start. The next part of a perfect start is establishing a good team. Residual income is all about building a team that works hard and turns a profit.

If a person’s team is not making money then they are not making money - that is the bottom line. A person should choose their team members carefully. It should be a serious process. Many times people simply advertise and let anyone who contacts them become part of their team. This is not the way to do it. A person needs to take it seriously. They should conduct an interview and explain the opportunity to the person. They should make absolutely sure that the person is serious and is willing to put forth a good effort to be successful. A well-chosen team goes a long way to making a person successful.

Lastly, for the perfect start a person must think about the big picture. It is easy to get discouraged in the beginning because it takes some time to build a good business and start earning a profit. It is not going to happen overnight, but once a person gets their business going they will reap the benefits. If a person allows themselves to get boggled down by the little things and not keep their eye on the long term then they probably will give up. Starting out is sometimes a slow process, so a person needs to focus on their goals and keep them in mind.

A person can get a perfect start in a residual income business opportunity if they stay focused, take it seriously and remain committed to their main goal. A perfect start will allow a person to have a stable business right from the very beginning. They can avoid common pitfalls and make their business successful.

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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

The Network Marketing Business

Copyright: Earl Williams
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Would you like to be your own boss and set your own hours?
Would you like to own your own business but find it difficult to find the money to get started? Would you like the opportunity to reach for the stars and possibly catch one? Then you might want to check into Network Marketing. Network Marketing offers people a unique business opportunity.

Many network business offer consumers the opportunity to buy their own business for little money. Most network marketing companies have a marketing plan that allows the consumer the chance to buy a membership in their company. This allows the consumer the opportunity to sell and distribute their product for a commission. Most of the time the cost of start up is minimal compared to beginning your own business if you were to build from the ground up. The network marketing company has already done this for you.

Many Network Marketing Companies range in what type of service they provide.
Cost start up for most business opportunities range from $10.00-$1000.00. Some may cost a little more and some may not. However, it would be difficult to start your own business for that price. Where else could you own your own business for less than $1000? One of the places to start looking would be The NetMarketer.org site. Most of the business on this site are even cheaper than that, significantly cheaper. From Cosmetics to vitamins to long-distance plans, chances are there is a product out there just waiting for you to sell. You want to make sure you've tried the product and are a believer in it before signing on to sell. It's easier to sell a product when you truly believe in it.

The potential customer will also ask questions and it's best if you have experience with the product and can answer those questions honestly from experience. So you've bought into the business are ready to go, now what? Find out what exact opportunities are available to you. Most Network Marketing companies offer a product to sell. You will want to learn about the percentages of commissions the company pays on retail sales. If you have a certain amount of money you need to make per week or month, then compute the amount of product you'll need to move/sell in order to earn that amount.

Now, most network marketing companies not only offer you the opportunity to earn money through commissions but they offer you the opportunity to earn money through the commissions of others. That's right, you can earn money off of what someone else sells. Isn't that wonderful? If you believe enough in your business (and chances are if you're working it, you do) then you can earn a percentage off of what someone else sells simply by sharing that same opportunity you have with someone else.

If that person signs up with the company, they become your recruit and you can earn money from their sales. It doesn't just stop there, however, you can earn money off of their recruits and their recruit's recruits as well. There is no doubt if you are a self-motivated person with dreams to become a business owner, then network marketing might be for you.

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Monday, November 06, 2006

Running Your Own Online Business

Copyright: Earl Williams
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Making money online by starting a home business is not the daunting task that many budding entrepreneurs assume. If you carefully consider your skills and talents and figure out how to leverage those abilities on the Internet, you'll be making money online in no time. The key thing is staying with it once you start, so many people will start a home business and after a few months when the money doesn’t start rolling in as fast as they though it should, most just give up.

Running a full time home base business is difficult, especially when you are trying to give your children the attention they deserve. Most stay at home moms try too hard to balance the family life with their business, and is only thinking of the financial part instead of setting up a plan from the beginning. This is the reason that so many mothers choose to work at home.

They want to establish some type of financial standings while still being able to watch over their children. Making money online can be a great idea for stay at home moms. It provides a flexible schedule as well as the benefit of little commuting. Some examples of great ways to make money online are: owning a home business, completing surveys, freelancing, and reading emails. Providing mothers with the best ways to make an income online, these opportunities put money into moms' pockets.

Oftentimes the most challenging task involved in making money online is coming up with the perfect idea. We're not all computer programmers, web developers, or content writers. However, we all have some talent or skill that others will pay for. Making money online is as simple as figuring out what you do well and deciding how to leverage that talent into an opportunity.

For example, a friend of mine had little computer experience, but was interested in making money online. I suggested that she think about what she enjoyed doing and using that as the basis for her home business. She said that her greatest skill was the creation of unique homemade jewelry items. She hired another home business professional (a web designer) to build a website for her and she is now making money online selling her jewelry creations.

In order to succeed in any online business you have to Constance remind yourself why you started the business in the first place, this will keep you motivated and on track during those hard times, and they will come.

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Sunday, November 05, 2006

Making Money On The Internet

Copyright: Earl Williams
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The people that run headfirst into an online marketing business, with wild expectations are surely headed for a very rude awakening. It is an unrealistic and often unfounded mindset that many people fall into. The idea of not having to do any work on your business once the web site is set up is purely preposterous. There is however, a difference between being naive, and being a full-blown idiot. Any one that believes the money will just roll in while they do nothing to improve their site or any work at all for that matter, is naive.

The person that just doesn't want to work at all, on this endeavor or otherwise, and expects money to just fall into their laps, is indeed the full-blown idiot. Making money on the Internet is hard work. You have to put in the time in order to make it work. Sometimes the dice do not roll your way, this is a proven fact all through life's endeavors, and the ones that want to make it and be successful do not just roll over and give up. Would it not be nice to have a plethora of customers that are completely obsessed with what it is you have to offer?

Not everything goes as planned in business, yet there are ways to make it. Many do after facing major problems; you just have to train yourself to believe you will too. The object of this training is for you to become more than just a dreamer, rather a producer of what it is you see and want for yourself. This is not unrealistic, nor is it unreasonable to ask. You know you have, as much right as the next person to succeed, the difference is all boiling down to wanting it, and merely dreaming of it. This is truly a skill that most have to learn, some have a gift for it but the ones that need schooling can relax knowing it is not an impossible task.

Clearly the way to go is to create and control markets rather than chase after them and hope to sell what it is you need to get rid of. There is no easier medium to peddle your goods to the public than the Internet, and it's web based marketing services. When someone looks at their browser to find a solution, or a place to get what it is they need, it is your site you want them to go too. The good marketers will want to have the solutions, and the product for every need anyone could ever have. Now this is clearly not realistic, however, the idea of it does have its merits. What I am getting at is simple, what people want is what you should want to sell. What exactly you may ask entails staying power? Well it is a healthy mixture of dedication, consistency, persistence, and perseverance.

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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Network Marketing Tip

Copyright: Earl Williams
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There are a few network marketing tips that you could follow to make sure that your network marketing business is as successful as it could be. First you will want to pick your network marketing programs from a reputable list from very reliable sources. After you have your list, you will want to enroll in at least two or three of the network marketing programs. Since there is no guarantee that any program will not go out of business, it is important to not put all of your eggs in one basket. There is some truth to the saying that there is safety in numbers.

Take your one core network marketing company that is at least five years old and build on it. Make sure it is the best one that you can find. You will want to continue to promote your other network marketing businesses while you are continuing to promote your slower, but stronger core program. You should also pick a financially sound network marketing company or program. This will ensure that you feel good about your company and your product. This will help you to feel good about the company and the products that you are promoting. There is no better feeling than being able to tell your customers the prospective truth about your products.

Only get into network marketing companies that you have complete faith in. If you do not have faith in the company or the product, then how can you expect to inspire faith in the product or company? If you can’t inspire faith, then no one will want to buy your product or service. Stick with companies that have a few years of success behind them. Make sure that you can get all the literature on your chosen company so that you can read up on them and their product. It will make your life easier.

One tip you should follow is to keep your lead generating methods separate from your network marketing business promotions. It is completely legal to promote an opportunity any way that you choose; however, you do not want to tie this promotion directly to your network marketing company.

Another tip you should follow is to pick up as many books on the topic of network marketing as possible. Read anything you can get your hands on and hang onto the ones that you find especially useful. They can get you on the right track to success. Keep in mind that starting your network marketing business will take time and you will need to be patient. It could take months before you can expect anything to start to happen in your company. You should stick with your new business for at least a year before you bail out on it.

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Sunday, October 22, 2006

Network Marketing Training

Copyright: Earl Williams
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Most people get into network marketing because they are frustrated with their day job and want to get out of it. If you are going to stay in network marketing, then it is extremely important that you get some training and understand how important it is for that training to be ongoing. It is not easy to build a successful sales organization.

A good training program will teach you the basics as well as how to increase your profit. When you start building your down line you will be expected to train them. This is another reason why it is great to have a good training program in place so that you can share it with them. This will ensure that they are successful and will make you successful, too.

When you are searching for the perfect training program, keep in mind that other people have done this kind of business successfully and you will want to learn from them and mimic their methods. A good training program can show you how to market your product the right way to garner more sales.

You will want to learn how to use the Internet as the powerful marketing tool that it is. Your program should teach you how to write effective ads and powerful sales letters. Also, it should show you how to set up a way to contact your prospects or leads on a regular basis, how to effectively use the internet, how to manage your down line, and how to add more revenue streams without adding to your workload.

You can find some good network marketing programs that will help you improve your communications skills. This will reduce your rejection and eliminate your anxiety and fear you most likely get when you are talking to people. You can also find programs that will help you improve your listening skills and show you how to think positively.

Some programs will even show you how to set attainable goals, how to get organized, and how to motivate yourself. You can also get lead training that will help you wade through the leads and get the best leads for your business. One of the best things about the many training programs available today is that they are inexpensive and you can access them on your home computer. Some of them could even be free. If you are truly serious about your network marketing business and want to make it your full time career, then you need to commit to a good training program.

Look at some of the leaders in the network marketing business. Some of them have created training programs that will show you how they did it. Read through their material and if it doesn’t work for you, then leave it and move on.

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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Tips for Promoting Your Home Business Website

Copyright: Earl Williams
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Do you have your own home-based business? Do you have a website for it? If so, then you need to promote the website for your home business to bring in even more business. There are a few tips for promoting your home business website that will bring you more customers.

One-way to promote your home business website is to list it with the search engines. A search engine is an Internet directory that is designed to make your website easier to locate and easier for a potential customer to access it. Each search engine listing will include a link to your website. If your website does not get listed within the top twenty of the major search engines, then chances are that your website will rarely be seen. Since a recent survey showed that between 84% to 92% of Internet users the world over use search engines to find what they need, you would definitely want to take advantage of this tool. The top three search engines to be listed in are MSN, Yahoo, and Google.

Another way to promote your business website is via RSS feeds and blogs. A blog is just a short way of say Web Log. Blogging is just basically uploading text onto the same place on the Internet daily, weekly, monthly, or at least on a regular basis. The best people to blog are people who write because it is their passion. You can hire someone to do this for you or you can do it yourself. There are many websites on the Internet that are dedicated to web logs.

Have you ever went to a website and see a banner at the top of the page advertising another website? This is another form of promoting your business website. You can create a banner with a simple paint program, like Photoshop. If you want to animate it, there are animation programs out there, too. There are many banner exchange websites online that will allow you to place your banner on their website. Banner exchanges are pretty easy to participate in; however, these types of exchanges most likely will not let you pick and choose whom you want to trade with.

Another way to advertise your home business website is by opt-in mailing. Bulk emailing is the practice of sending mass quantities of email to lists of “unqualified” email address. This is considered Spam and is considered to be in bad taste. If you send unsolicited email to people that do not want commercial email, you will run the risk of ruining the reputation of your business and getting into trouble with your ISP. It is best for you to use targeted direct email. This means that you will be sending your email to people that have approved or opted in to receive this type of email. There are many websites on the Internet that provide this type of service for you and are definitely worth checking out.


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Sunday, October 15, 2006

Network Marketing Lead

Copyright: Earl Williams
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So you are having success with your network marketing business, and have just met someone who wants to know more about how to get started, too. Good for you! This is your first network marketing lead! In network marketing, part of your earnings as an independent representative comes from your own sales, but the best way to make a lot of money is to sign on other representatives. When you do, you will earn a royalty percentage on their sales as well.

The network-marketing representatives that you sign up are commonly called your ‘downline’. Remember, these people are going to be a major source of income for you, even more so than most of your customers. You always want to treat your downline with respect and courtesy! A few of your customers might begin using the new representative to place their orders with, because of convenience or a long-standing friendship. Remember, this happens all the time, and it is nothing to get upset about. You will still be earning a percentage of that customer’s order! And not only that, you will earn a percentage of every other customer order that your downline representative earns, including customers whom you might have never contacted otherwise. So do not warn your downline to stay away from your customers—this is counterproductive and can offend the very people who will be making you the most money.

Also, think back to when you started your own network-marketing career. Did you have questions? Were you ever confused, or did you ever feel lost? Did you have any problems inputting your orders or receiving your products to distribute? The person who helped you become involved in network marketing probably helped you out in all of these situations, and you were grateful for it and motivated by their knowledge and success. The same is true of your downline. Network marketing can seem complex and difficult to some people as they are just learning how to make it work. Giving your network marketing leads a little of your time and energy now will create a much better working relationship for you and your downline, a better career for them, and more earnings for you. It is truly a wise investment to spend a little of your time nurturing your downline!

Finally, remember to treat your network marketing leads like the individuals they are. The business model that works for most of your network marketing leads will not necessarily work for this latest member of your downline. You must be willing to be flexible, and think outside the box when it is needed. Remember that every bit of help that you give to your new network marketing lead will be returned to you as money in your pocket!

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Thursday, October 12, 2006

Web Site Promotion for Newbies

Copyright: Earl Williams
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Web site owners, no matter what they sell or offer to the public, need a way to promote their web site so that they receive the traffic that they need to operate their site. Web site promotion allows web site owners to publish the name of their site along with the links to such a site so that individuals will learn about the web site and visit it. The following paragraphs will provide some valuable information for Newbies who are interested in learning more about web site promotion.

What Is Web Site Promotion?

Web site promotion is a way for web site owners to attract Internet users to their site. Web site promotion comes in a variety of forms. One may sign up with free web site promotion directories, which will post their information for the public to view. Other web site promotion directories will charge a fee for individuals to post information there. An additional way to pursue web site promotion is to have your link placed on another web site where visitors to that site can view the link to your web site should they feel so inclined to do so.

Purpose of Web Site Promotion

The main purpose of web site promotion is to get traffic to an individual’s web site. Since all web sites need a good amount of traffic in order to work efficiently, this is a wonderful way to direct visitors to the particular site and allow them to take advantage of all the site has to offer them.

Free or Paid Web Site Promotion

When considering which type of web site promotion to utilize, many are perplexed with regard to whether they should use free or paid web site promotion. Some may wonder why choose a paid web site promotion when they can get one for free. The answer to this is simple as some of the paid web site promotion avenues are ones, which may promote the individual’s site more effectively as they are frequently viewed sites. This is not a general rule however and some free web sites have wonderful promotion techniques. A good thing to do might be to try the free promotion web sites first and then try the paid ones if the free ones do not seem to be doing the trick.

Conclusion

Web site promotion is one of the best ways to attract individuals to web sites. This advertising method is one, which may be available to web site owners for free, or the web site owners may have to pay a reasonable sum for the advertising avenues. The best thing to do is to try a few web site promotions and see which ones work the best. You can write articles for publication on different article sites with a link back to your site. Also you can start a blog and post article on it with a author box attach which has your website name and address in it.

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Monday, October 09, 2006

How to Learn More About Home Business Success Stories

Copyright: Earl Williams
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Home businesses are extremely popular these days and their popularity continues to grow. Individuals are expressing an interest in this type of work as it provides them with a certain level of freedom that a normal 9 to 5 job may not provide them. They can work from home, stay home with their children, avoid long commutes and be their own boss. When considering these aspects, it is easy to see why this type of work is such a popular choice. For those who wish to learn more about home business success stories as they contemplate getting involved in this line of work, there are a few places where such stories can be found.

Read Home Business Success Stories on the Internet

The Internet is a wealth of knowledge just waiting for interested parties to take advantage thereof. There are many websites, forums and chat rooms which detail this type of business and provide an avenue in which home business owners can chat with one another and perhaps pick up good tips as well. Home business success stories are also readily available on websites relating to this topic and one is sure to find a number of stories to bide their time with.

Purchase Home Business Books

Books, which relate to home businesses, are also continuing to grow in number. Since more and more individuals are starting their own home businesses, there are more individuals who are writing books about the subject and detailing their success stories relating to such. Home business books are beneficial for a few different reasons.

One who reads home business books will find that these books describe the business for the reader. This will provide the reader with valuable information as to running a home business. Also, home business books are beneficial as they provide success stories for the reader. These types of success stories are ones which will provide the reader with the confidence that they too can start up and run a successful home business. One will find a large variety of books which detail home businesses as well as home business success stories.

Friends and Family Members

Lastly, home business success stories can be gained from friends and family members as well. Since home businesses are so popular, one may know someone close to them who runs a home business and they can listen to the success stories told by these individuals. Home business success stories provided by friends and family members are quite valuable as they are coming from a trusted source and many times the individual inquiring about such stories have seen the success stories personally.

Conclusion

Learning about home business success stories is a great thing to do as it provides individuals not only with tips for their own businesses but the confidence to pursue their goals and dreams relating to running their own home business. To fine a home business to run from home, visit The Netmarketer Site.

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Thursday, October 05, 2006

Take This Job and Move it – Home

Copyright: Earl Williams
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The idea of finding work at home opportunities seems rather far-fetched. Someone looking for work at home opportunities typically doesn’t know how to start looking for that type of home office work, nor do they even take the time to reflect on whether they’re suited for working at home.

Surprisingly though, work at home opportunities might just be one of the easiest work opportunities to find, if you’re already employed. Why? Because working at home opportunities are often available for the current employer of the person looking for that work at home opportunities.

That’s right. The job a person has right now – that job for which he or she rises at 6am, for which she or he dresses in suit or career attire only to sit in stalled rush hour traffic for a couple hours a day and then in a little cage with the other workers for another eight hours, just might be one of the work at home opportunities.

Most jobs can be done at least part time from home – or any location where the means of communication and the necessary information is available. The general rule of thumb for determining if a job can be done at home is to think about whether one could close the door and have contact with no one else for a few hours and still complete job tasks successfully. If the answer is yes that job is one of the many part or full time work at home opportunities.

Work at home opportunities isn’t nearly as dependent on the right job tasks as they are dependent on the right workers. Not everyone is the right temperament for working at home. A smart supervisor allows someone who requests a work at home opportunity to complete a self-assessment first. This self-assessment may let that worker know that she or he is better off working in the office with others.

If the self assessment is completed with that employee still requesting consideration for work at home opportunities, then an assessment of the worker by the supervisor must be completed. Issues for consideration are job knowledge, self-motivation, autonomy, enough technical knowledge to troubleshoot basic computer problems, trustworthiness, a safe and secure home environment and a quiet home office that will allow for work flow and conversations that will be seamless to clients.

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