WELCOME
czwartek, 4 listopada 2010
LOW-COST PROMOTION & MARKETING IDEAS
home-based business, however, more often than not, has a very
limited budget when it comes to advertising. The home business
owner needs to make the public aware of his or her product or
service at the lowest possible cost.
There are many ways. A pet breeder in a large city was struggling
for several years-until he came up with a novel idea. He started
giving away customized "birth certificates" for the pets he sold.
Almost immediately, his sales rose more than 10 percent.
The owner of a new home cleaning service was trying to attract
clients. She couldn't afford much advertising, so she began
offering "home cleaning seminars" to civic groups. After two
months of seminars, she was swamped with inquiries and clients.
Promotion often makes the crucial difference between business
success and failure. Customers or clients must know about a
business or product line before they'll buy and they must have a
reason to buy.
If you are trying to promote your business now, you can move in
one of two directions: 1) You can take the conventional route to
promotion and mount an elaborate media campaign, spending a
considerable amount of money or 2) You can let your creative juices
flow and mount a low-cost promotion effort, using a potpourri of
attention-getting gimmicks to bring your message to the buying
public.
Now, to be sure, conventional advertising is valuable. If your
enterprise is large enough or if you're selling numerous product
lines, you may find that a full-fledged media campaign is the
most efficient and cost effective way to promote your business.
If money is tight, however, or you're not sure you can amortize
the heavy cost of a media campaign over a period of time, the
following is a assortment of low-cost techniques you can try. Not
all may be appropriate for your particular business, and
certainly it would be costly to try them all. But you're sure to
find some ideas that will work for you.
GIVEAWAYS. People love to receive "free" items, especially items
they can use to gain knowledge or improve their lives. You can
base an entire promotional campaign on this desire. If you're
running a furniture repair business, for instance, you could give
away a furniture repair brochure, free furniture planning guides,
or color swatches. Once you begin giving away authoritative
information customers will begin to perceive you as an expert in
your field.
NEWS CREATION. Want to get names and news from your business in
the local newspaper? It may be easier that you think. If you
don't have any news to report to the local media, create some.
Maybe you've taken on a new associate. Or maybe you're selling an
unusual product line. Or maybe you've opened a free advice center
for the community. Or maybe you've received an award from a civic
or professional group. Local Pennysavers and weekly are often
quite interested in business news of this sort and can help you
attract the attention of thousands of people.
EVENTS. You may be able to attract the attention of the media or
a crowd by staging a special promotional event. If you run a
fitness classes, for instance, you could stage a celebrity
instructor day. If you're promoting a new real estate business,
you can offer tours of a model home in the area. If you're
selling children's products and it's springtime, you can offer
lunch with the Easter bunny. Get the idea?
CHARITY TIE-INS. Are you launching a new product? Trying to
increase visibility among a particular segment of your community?
Offer your product to one or more local charities as a raffle
prize or for use at a fund raising event. You'll receive lots of
exposure among people who buy tickets or attend the event.
CONTESTS. Offer a desirable or unique item-or even several
items-as contest prizes. First, find a contest theme that tiers
into your business. A caterer might offer a quiche-eating
contest. A photographer might offer a young model contest. A mail
order craft firm might offer an "Early American" handicrafts
contest. Invite contest submissions and offer prizes to the
winners. Do contests attract attention? You bet. All it takes is
a few signs, a small press announcement or two, and the word will
spread throughout the community grapevine.
COMMUNITY SERVICE. Nothing brings you to the attention of the
people faster-or more favorably-than community service. Ask
yourself how your enterprise can be a "good neighbor" to your
community. If you're running a lawn care and gardening service,
perhaps you can offer one season's services at no charge to a
needy charitable organization or nursing home in your area.
Hundreds of people will hear about your work in the process.
Volunteer for various community causes. If appropriate, you can
step in during community emergency, offering products and
services to help an organization or individuals in need.
COUPONING. Americans are very coupon-conscious. Test the market:
at what level will coupons increase the volume of various product
or service lines? When you get some tentative answers, start
distributing coupons that offer a discount on your services.
Distribute them to area newspapers, on store counters, in
door-to-door- mail packets (which can often be quite
inexpensive), at the public library, at laundromats, at any
location where people congregate.
BADGES AND NOVELTIES. You can easily and inexpensively produce
badges, bumper stickers, book covers, and other novelty items
for distribution in your area. You can imprint your business name
and the first names of the customers on many of these products at
little cost and distribute them for free. Or you can tie your
novelty program into a contest: once a month, you can offer a
prize to any individual whose car happens to carry one of your
bumper stickers or badges with peel-off coupons, redeemable at
your place of business.
CELEBRITY VISITS. With a bit of persistence, you may be able to
arrange to have a local media celebrity, public official, or
entertainment personally-even a fictitious cartoon character or
clown-visit your service. The celebrity can sign autographs, read
stories to children, perform cooking demonstrations, or perform
any one of a hundred other traffic-building activities.
CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS. You'll probably want to celebrate major
public holidays with special sales. But celebrate some of the
offbeat holidays as well. Almost every business has a few
little-known holidays. Ever hear of National Pickle Day, for
instance? Or Cat Lovers Month? Once you find the "right" holiday,
you can sponsor a special sale or special product arrange special
media coverage of a holiday event.
GO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. Can you open sales information booths at
community fairs and festivals? This promotional technique can
work for gift retailers, craftspeople, and personal service
firms. If you have the people and the time, can you handle
regional fairs or even trade shows?
MAILING LISTS. Once you begin establishing a committed clientele,
gather their names on a mailing list. Save the names from your
mail orders and telephone inquiries. Eventually, you'll be able
to send product circulars or even catalogs to the folks on your
list and you'll be able to promise your products by mail.
SCAVENGER HUNTS. If you want people to buy NOW, offer them an
unbeatable deal. If they bring an old product-a small appliance,
a book, whatever-to you, you'll give them a worthwhile discount
on a comparable new item. Or stage a general purpose scavenger
hunt. Customers who bring in three canned goods for your
community's food bank will receive a discount on products
purchased that day.
PARTIES. Everyone loves a party. Why not celebrate the
anniversary of your business or some special holiday by offering
baked goods and beverages? If you're running a service business,
perhaps you can offer an open house or obtain a small banquet
room in your community. Besides refreshments, be sure the place
is brightly decorated.
GREETING CARDS. Do you send out greeting cards to major customers
or clients? Holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries make nice
greeting card occasions. Greeting cards create enormous goodwill
and keep your name in front of people.
SEMINARS. In this information hungry age, people love to receive
advice, especially about their personal needs and hobbies. If you
sell health foods or run fitness classes, perhaps you can offer
"wellness" seminars during lunchtime to your area's business
community. If you're an interior decorator, perhaps you can offer
one-hour decorating workshops to any group of ten people who will
gather in someone's home. If you're running a printing business,
perhaps you can offer tours and layout seminars at your plant.
If you're not pleased with your promotional efforts today or if
you simply must increase your exposure among customers and
prospects-it's probably time to increase your publicity efforts.
By all means, advertise in the media if you can or must. But
don't neglect your greatest promotional asset-your mind. Ponder
the products, services, and events you can offer the community
and devise a creative promotional strategy around them. You'll
have to invest a bit of time and energy in the project, but the
payoff will be worth it. You'll save hundreds-or even
thousands-of advertising dollars and, better yet, you'll travel a
well-worn shortcut to profit.
środa, 3 listopada 2010
PROFIT MIRACLE
Cybernet has come to the rescue by providing opportunities in easing economic crisis. Today, people talk a lot about the global crisis and its adverse effects in your economic life. Take a look at your computer? Are you aware that this simple and ordinary gadget where you play computer game or find friends in the Face Book is like the genie in Aladdin's lamp? Your internet can be your gateway to a good source of income. With the ongoing recession, you lost the comfort zone feeling which you always maintain in relation to your job. Working online are words not included in most past edition dictionaries and it is only until recently that the words have become familiar to our sight and hearing. By working online, you can benefit in many ways.
WHAT DOES WORKING ONLINE MEAN?
Your only requirements for working at home is being computer-literate, having a computer and having a internet connection. To work online, you are have to have a your computer and a internet connection.
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES IN ONLINE EMPLOYMENT?
>> For those coming from developing countries, working at home payments are tax-free since the dollars you earned are changed into the currency of your country.
>> Your work at home salary is paid on the 15th and 30th of the month via PayPal or other reliable money service. The amount of which will depend upon the work you are doing or based on the standard paid for online jobs.
>> The online employment work can be easy and quick. If you are efficient and can keep deadlines in submitting your assignments, you are guaranteed continuous work from home.
>> Being a online employee, you are given the choice of working part-time or full-time as with any commuting jobs. Also, you can choose to be paid bi-weekly, monthly or get paid on a per project basis with online job employment.
WHICH ONLINE JOBS ARE AVAILABLE?
>> Network marketing - You will be selling products and services and at the same time. You will also need to organize your own sales force and for every sales of your member, you get extra commission. This is a low risk type of occupation and only need your sales charisma. Telemarketing - Your only activity is to sell a product or service on line. This is an amazing way to earn and it gives you rich potentials.
>> Virtual assistant - You will provide professional, administrative, social and creative assistance to clients from your home. Usually, you will be working for a broker or consultancy firm. Requirement is at least 5 years experience in administrative work.
>> Typing - You will be typing papers for professionals, especially for doctors (medical transcription) and lawyers (legal transcription). Transcriptionists are much on demand and able to earn high income. Professionals have always a bulk of papers to be typed which their office cannot do on time. A good grasp of legal or medical terms are essential.
>> Data entry - You have to be affiliated with a reputable website to get your source of work. Once you become a member, you are provided a list and you can choose the company you want.
HOW CAN YOU TELL IF THIS HOME JOB IS A SCAM OR LEGITIMATE?
Legitimate work from home job also maintain a permanent website. Avoid all work from home listing that offers wealth, instant financial success, get rich quick lines and promises a high income within a short period of time, these impossibilities cannot be for real. Testimonials and photos are not even reliable security of a legitimate any more when searching for online work.
START AN ONLINE BUSINESS.
Investment is minimum and hardly negligible so there is no risk in losing heavily with starting your online job. Many success stories come from people doing online business. The best part about creating your own business is that you will be your own boss and you can determine your own working schedule. By starting your own business, you can create an additional stream of income which is completely automated.
FAST FACTS ABOUT RUNNING AN ONLINE BUSINESS:
This type of livelihood is easy and risk free and its income potentials are great. There is no perfect business and there will always be short comings, learn to live by them. Expectation to achieve wealth fast, laziness, procrastination, over-anxiety, frustration and fear of failure. These negative attitudes are your path towards failure.
WHAT ARE THE DISADVANTAGES OF WORKING ONLINE?
To remedy this problem, change your life style especially your sleeping habit. You could then use your free time to go out and socialize with your friends and visit places. Word of advice, before starting your work at home assignments look after your physical appearance first. Your full time job is usually from 8 to 9 hours requirement from Monday through Friday unlike some work from home positions. Observe your personal hygiene at all times when working from home.
AFFILIATE MARKETING
There are 4 core players actively involved:the merchant, the network, the publisher and the consumer. One of the best opportunities using your computer to build extra income is through affiliate marketing. For example, if you refer a traveler to a particular traveling agency, by being the affiliate marketer, you will get a commission. Affiliate marketing is a procedure in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer that buys a product. With affiliate marketing, you will receive large commissions just by referring customers to some good quality products or services.
HERE, YOU WILL REFER ONLINE SURFERS TO A SELECTION OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AND IN RETURN, YOU ARE REWARDED WITH YOUR AFFILIATE COMMISSION. YOU WILL FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE
>> Resulting in a commission given to the affiliate.
>> The affiliate agrees to promote a merchant's goods on a website.
>> A potential new customer looks at the affiliate's website. An action, such as clicking, results in the viewer entering the website.
TIPS:FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESSFUL MARKETING ONLINE.
You can make your network the best by the tools provided to you. Your niche must contain from 3 to 4 merchants, not just one. There is no specific best network. Work at perfecting your system, be persistent and dedicated to make it work. Use a lot of banners in your website to attract attention to the product. Be wary of parasites or scums that try to redirect, overwrite and intercept your visitors. In building your first site, know HTML and apply graphics software and us generating tools for fast launching sites. Content sites are sites that provide all the information about the product.
1. FACTS ABOUT AFFILIATE MARKETING:
Advertisements from Google and Yahoo are free, so you start earning without paying additional expenses. Each time, someone uses your search engine and gets good results, you earn affiliate commission. Google and Yahoo searches are 30 people searched related.
AFFILIATE MARKETING VERSUS INTERNET MARKETING.
Internet marketing utilizes regular advertising methods such as optimization of organic search engine, paid search engine marketing, email marketing and display advertisement. Affiliate marketing uses less stereo-typed methods, such as publishing reviews of products and service offered by partner.
PROS AND CONS OF AFFILIATE MARKETING:
Negatively, affiliate marketing is not easily scalable and you have the follow step-by-step procedures.
WHAT IS PROFIT MIRACLE?
Profit Miracle is based on some successful niches, it is capable of creating extraordinary, original and unique articles. As soon as the Profit Miracle system is activated, this machine starts generating income for you. Profit Miracle is not very hard to pick up and learn and it is not using simple unneeded products. Profit Miracle is an internet traffic and an article making machine. Profit miracle is not a rehashed over used method that has been fully saturated. This Profit Miracle article marketing machine creates application simple to use and it gives income by leveraging free traffic on the internet.
BENEFITS IN USING THIS THE PROFIT MIRACLE SYSTEM. THERE ARE MANY ADVANTAGES YOU CAN GAIN, ONCE YOU ACTIVATE THE PROFIT MIRACLE SYSTEM:
>> You simply relax and watch the money come flowing in or you can go on vacation and still see the money in your account when you get back
>> It requires no effort and you do not even need to lift one finger once the system is in place.
>> The articles will attract readers who in turn will get them into the traffic to visit your website with its affiliate link.
>> It is a time saver and you have what is needed to put online to gather the traffic to make money.
WHERE DID THE SYSTEM GET ITS NAME, PROFIT MIRACLE?
The creator of the machine shared his system with the members of his community because he wanted to help those who are affected by the recession. Since the Profit Miracle system simply promotes other people's products, it does not need an inventory. The creator discovered that many of them strive to improve the system so it gave better results. Use Profit Miracle the machine campaigns by copying exactly the same campaign that insures the same top dollar results. The more the Profit Miracle machine is used, the more traffic is generated from the search engines and big websites. In the Profit Miracle system, you just choose and then activate. More research was conducted to perfect the Profit Miracle automation system.
THIS BRAND NEW TECHNOLOGY MAKES USE OF THREE STEPS:
>> Watch the money machine go and then sit down and wait for results.
>> Choose a campaign to work with.
Profit Miracle helps people come out of their recession-mentality. Using Profit Miracle, you just press a button and watch the cash pour into your bank account.
DAILY PROFIT MIRACLE SALES SNAPSHOTS:
>> Thursday May 28 1,467.
>> Friday May 29 3,161.
>> Saturday June 6 3,111.
>> Friday, June 5 5,308.
>> Wednesday June3 2,273.
>> Monday, June 1 4,289.
>> Saturday May 23 3,230.
>> Sunday May 24 2,158.
CREATE A GOOD NICHE.
>> Once the niche is established and it is well-received by the market, do not be tempted to lie down and just watch. Ask yourself these questions, "Who are your target clients?", "Who are not your clients?", "Do you refuse a business outside your niche?", and "What do clients consider you to stand for?"
>> Picture the customers' worldview, your perspective for the customers and identify their concerns.
>> Test whether niche matches with product, to test, market it. Do this by giving few incentives as offering free mini seminars or giving a copy of your newsletter,
>> Evaluate to determine if it is a good niche. If it fails in one of the criteria, scrape it off.
HOW DOES PROFIT MIRACLE WORK.
Many internet marketers make money online by finding a niche which offers to show them some topics of interest that they can choose. The function of the Profit Miracle control panel is to help you make as much money online by leveraging the power of billions of hit in cyberspace. Then you can proceed and find another niche that you think will make money and set it up with just a few steps and clicks. There is an estimate of 70 members who are fairly new in the affiliate marketing field. Profit Miracle further to explains how you can promote the products without any extra cost and using minimal efforts. Profit miracle takes care of the traffic and provides the articles to be submitted.
TAKE NOTE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN ITS SALES EFFECTS:
>> This is the famous propeller effect that Profit Miracle exhibits for the users. The income just shoots up and you literally cannot stop it from making money even if you try. For example, your income from Monday to Friday just goes up and up.
>> What is happening to your business is not a dream but a reality. Your dreams have come with in modern day and age by combining technology and internet traffic and it's made very simple for you.
WHAT DOES MIRACLE PROFIT GIVE YOU?
>> It identifies which service can double your ROI in a short matter of time.
>> It economizes your time in making researches.
>> It points out which outlets do not work so you can eliminate it and save your efforts.
>> It increases your bank account on demand with no recess.
>> Create ads using new techniques so all you do is press a button and you will never need to write an ad again.
>> This system offers actual and real profiting campaigns which are in high demand and high traffic niches.
BENEFITS DERIVED FROM THE PROFIT MIRACLE SYSTEM:
>> If you are not satisfied, you are given a 60 days money-back guarantee.
>> You pay a one-time only fee to access the system and no more charges will be collected.
>> You are able to use 50 of their best Free Traffic Campaigns.
>> You make money online faster but with lesser learning and expenses.
>> You are using all traffic methods that are totally automated.
CODE NAME:A MIRACLE, IT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING:
>> Profit Miracle EBook.
>> Beginner to Advanced Institute.
>> 50 best free traffic campaigns.
GOOD PROFIT MIRACLE ASPECTS:
The Profit Miracle is beneficial for experienced internet marketers but a challenge for some newbies. Control panels are easy to use and nicely laid out. You will have tons of niches to select from and that is only paid at one time.
THE PROFIT MIRACLE VIDEO COLLECTION HAS:
>> Profit Miracle Campaigns.
>> Forum Marketing.
>> Handling page magic.
>> Affiliate Marketing Blueprint.
What could be a better way to earn online and putting up a successful online business than Profit Miracle? Utilizing Profit Miracle and various forms of media online and putting in 2 to 3 hours a day can spell out the difference between your success or failure. The Profit Miracle system is true to its name, it is a miracle, indeed, for aside from all its money making benefits, it reverses failure into success. By simply promoting other peoples' products, you will earn and will continue earning as you set the Profit Miracle system in place. Profit Miracle is the future of affiliate marketing wherein you are using all free and at no cost methods. If you are this type of person, then the Profit Miracle system is not for you.
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czwartek, 28 października 2010
SELECTING THE RIGHT BUSINESS NAME
name and you will get 500 different answers. Everyone has a story behind
how they chose their own business name. Even if the business is named after
their own birth name, there's a reason why this was done.
When you open a business, in a sense, you are causing a new birth to begin.
This new birth was created from an idea alone by you or your associates. It
will have its own bank account, it's own federal identification number,
it's own credit accounts, it's own income and it's own bills. On paper, it
is another individual! Just as if you were choosing a name for your own
unborn child, you need to spend considerable time in deciding upon your
business name.
There are several reasons why a good business name is vitally important to
your business. The first obvious reason is because it is the initial
identification to your customers. No one would want to do business with
someone if they didn't have a company name yet. This makes you look like
an amateur who is very unreliable. Even if you call your company "Kevin's
Lawn Service," a company name has been established and you are indeed a
company. People will therefore feel more comfortable dealing with you.
Secondly, a business name normally is an indication as to the product or
service you offer. "Mary's Typing Service," "Karate Club for Men,"
"Jim-Dandy Jack-of-all-Trades," "Laurie and Steve's Laundry," "Misty's
Gift Boutique," and "Star 1 Publishers" are all examples of simple
business names that immediately tell the customer what product you offer.
However, most people will choose the simple approach when naming their
business. They use their name, their spouse's name, their children's names
or a combination of these names when naming a business. The national
hamburger-restaurant chain "Wendy's" was named after the owner's daughter.
However, research has proven that these "cutesy" names are not the best
names to use for a business. Many experts claim that it makes the business
look too "mom-and-pop-sie." However, this depends on the business. If you
are selling something that demands this mood or theme to appeal to your
market, it's best to use this approach.
Names like, "Sensible Solutions," "Direct Defenders," "Moonlighters Ink," "Printer's
Friend," "Strictly Class," "Collections and Treasures," and "Starlight on
Twilight" are all good examples of catchy names. These types of names
relate to your product or service but serve as a type of slogan for your
business. This is a big help when marketing.
When you name a child, you may not decide upon a definite name until
after they are born. You do this because a name is sometimes associated
with a type of personality. When you name a business you may need to wait
until you have a product or service to sell and then decide upon a
business name before going into the business itself because your business
name should give some clue as to what product or service you are selling.
A business named "Joe's Collections" normally wouldn't sell car parts and a
business named "Charlie Horse" would not sell knitting supplies.
To generate ideas - begin looking at business signs everywhere you go.
Notice which ones catch your eye and stick in your mind. Try and figure
out "why" they stuck in your mind. Naturally, the business "Dominos Pizza"
sticks in your mind because it is nationally known. These don't count!
Look around and notice the smaller businesses. Take your time. Within a
few days you should be able to come up with a few potential business names.
Then, when you finally find a few names you really like - try reciting
them to other people and get their opinion. It won't be long until your
business will have the proper name that will carry it through it's life!
MAIL ORDER HINT:
Try to avoid very long names so they will fit into small display ads.
Amalgamated International Enterprises can be easily presented as AIE -
which is easier and shorter to spell.
wtorek, 26 października 2010
START A PRINTING BUSINESS WITH NO EQUIPMENT
But being a printer takes huge, expensive printing presses, long
hours and messy work, right? WRONG. YOU can make money without
the mess and expense by being a PRINTING BROKER.
A printing broker is, basically, an order taker for one or more
commercial printers. You take orders for anything from business
cards to circulars to large printing orders, take your agreed
upon commission, then pass on the order to the printer. The
printer then does the job and ships the order back to you or your
customer, depending on your arrangements. Because the printer
won't insert any of his or her literature in with the job, YOU
will get the return orders and commissions. You can even insert
some of your circulars for your other products and services with
the job, saving your mailing costs.
Here's what you need to do. Prepare a letter explaining your
desire to become a broker and mail it to all the printers in your
area. The smaller printers seem to be the most likely to work
well with you on this. Set up a time to meet with any printers
who are interested. During this meeting, explain exactly what
you will be doing (selling printing jobs by mail through
advertisements in mail order publications). You won't have to
explain much because almost all printers are familiar with
brokering. Usually, you should be able to get a 20% - 30%
commission agreement, though it may depend upon the competition
in your area between printers. You should be able to find
printers interested in working with you, though, even those who
already have brokers.
Printing is a very competitive business and printers always want
more work. So, you should have no trouble setting up
connections. One good printer is all you need, though being set
up with more than one may be an advantage (one may be cheaper for
business cards than the other, who may be cheaper at single sheet
printing).
Try to get a price list of YOUR costs drawn up by each printer.
This will help you if someone needs a price quote on a job.
Also, you can check the mail order publications and see what
other printers are charging. If you can undercut them and still
keep a good margin (which you should be able to do, easily), you
can make good money in this business.
Another good idea. Instead of a commission, you may want to
set up a "work account" with the printer, and get your printing
done for free! Printers hate to have "down time," where their
presses aren't printing anything. Work out an arrangement where
you will have flyers, circulars, ad sheets or whatever, ready to
be printed whenever the printer has down time. Turn over the
full amount of orders you receive, instead of taking your
commission, and get your printing done free during this down
time! Most printers will be more than happy to take this
arrangement, and you can get great benefits from it!
Be sure your printer will be able to deliver QUALITY products ON
TIME. These are the two biggest considerations to keep in mind
when selecting a printer or printers to work with. Get samples
of their previous work. Talk to them about the importance of
being timely with the orders you bring in. Most printers will be
understanding of your concerns, and will do their best to keep
you happy, as you will be bringing in orders they otherwise
wouldn't have. You have the capability to bring your local
printer orders from across the country... building their
business while building yours! Printing brokering is an easy way
to expand your profits while expending little extra work.
środa, 6 października 2010
SECRETS OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE
Whether you want to follow the ways of the great financiers, the famous politicians, or the dynamic movie stars, there are common modes of behavior each of them followed. And in many cases, they have shared their secrets so YOU CAN FOLLOW THEIR FOOTSTEPS.
"If you wish to know the road up the mountain, ask the person who goes back and forth on it," said the ancient sage, Zenrin. What better way is there to know the secrets than to ask those who made it?
What goals do you want to achieve? And what amount of effort can you commit? You may want money for the extra things in life, money to build a corporate empire, or money to support yourself while you pursue the fine arts.
Perhaps you'd like to take the risk to start something new in your life. You may want to open your own business, devote your energies to an artistic career such as acting, or reap the benefits of your yearly endeavors with fabulous vacations several times a year.
What will bring you happiness? The satisfaction of success takes many forms. Not only are people seeking financial fortunes, but also the ancient goal of peace of mind.
Do you worry? You might be concerned about your health or your family's well-being. You may be anxious about the added expenses of education, medical bills, or the steady increase of cost of living. There are ways out of the endless cycles of worry, stress and anxiety. Right now, you can rise above the whirl of survival to achieve the accomplishments you dream of. When you're ready to put your whole effort into realizing your goals, YOU WILL SUCCEED.
WHAT ARE RICHES
"Had I but plenty of money, money enough to spare," wrote Robert Browning. And money is the greatest attribute of riches. A universal desire, money is the materialization of riches, the stuff that makes the rest possible.
Are you looking for financial security? For retirement, for education or leisure? Riches are the overflowing abundance of material possessions - houses, cars, boats, furnishings - everything you ever wanted.
Centuries ago, Horace wrote, "By right means, if you can, but by any means, make money." For many people it is a path towards happiness, a cure-all for worry and peace of mind.
For others, riches come in the form of satisfaction and personal independence. Satisfaction comes from accomplishment in employment or attaining goals. It is that feeling of contentment and confidence from a good task well done. Riches are closely linked with success. And with that comes fame and acknowledgment of position. Success might be the feeling of well-being from the rewards of good effort. Or the enthusiasm and vitality triggered by recognition.
"Success is how well I enjoy the minutes," said producer Norman Lear.
Throughout history, the people who lived with riches often achieved them by hard work, diligence and a belief in themselves. For some people, it took courage, genius and stamina.
But for many others, it took nothing special but the desire to turn dreams into reality. Whether you want millions of dollars, recognition as an artist, or personal freedom, you have the ability to make your life as rich as you want.
Think about what you most desire. It may not be hard cash, but what it can buy. Or it may be those feelings of inner satisfaction, from creating something beautiful or strong.
You may want personal independence from the work week, or freedom to live anywhere you want. You may be looking for something meaningful and significant in life - something other than things money can buy. Whatever your goals, and however difficult they seem to be to accomplish, you have the ability to become who you want. Take a look - can you see yourself surrounded by riches?
Picture the world open and in front of you, ready to become the form of your dreams, ready to stage your desires. "Why then, the world's mine oyster," wrote Shakespeare, "which I with sword will open."
WHO IS SUCCESSFUL?
Many people who achieve fortune in the world are not born rich. But they accomplished it through hard work and a plan of action.
Every type of person on earth can become successful. There are saints and scoundrels; philanthropists and thieves; poets and politicians; young and old. There are no limitations or physical boundaries for success.
Success comes to those who think about success and strive for it. Although many rich financiers at the turn of the century had no formal education, they overcame that and went on to great fame.
Some people strive towards a single goal from early in life, and often attain that goal while still young. Others are willing to risk new adventures later and still attain success.
"It's never too late to learn," wrote Malcolm Forbes, the money magnate. "I learned to ride a motorcycle at 50 and fly balloons at 52."
Whatever your task, whatever your obstacles, you can be as successful as anyone else. Study the people who accomplished recognition in the areas of your pursuit. How did they achieve their goals?
And don't be afraid you don't have what it takes. As Daniel Webster wrote, "There is always room at the top."
FORMING CONVICTION
The single attribute that every successful person has is the one-pointed devotion to attain a goal. "There in the sunshine are my highest aspirations," wrote Louisa May Alcott, "I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."
What are your desires? How can you form them into definite goals that you can attain? Lawrence Peter wrote, "If you don't know where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else."
Maybe you're studying a craft or skill. Perhaps you're caught in a rung of the corporate ladder. Or, you might feel constricted by your family and the environment around you.
Which star are you reaching for? "Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through anything to get it," wrote Don Marquis.
Take the time to think about your own aspirations. Look inside to find what feels right. Almost everyone entertains the notions of fame and fortune, but put on the costume that fits you.
Conviction requires certain qualities of action. You must be sincere and be willing to assume responsibility. And you need the self-discipline necessary to work towards your goals.
Are you prepared to achieve your dreams? Can you form their reality in your mind? Will you devote your entire being to attaining what you want?
ON YOUR OWN
Most millionaires are non-conformists. So are the most famous actors and actresses; and the most prominent artists. Writers are known for their individual traits and eccentricities.
Your convictions and goals are your own business, even when you find help along the path. Mentors often take people under their wings to nourish and teach. Or spiritual guides will show you the path to attainment. But you're on your own to achieve.
Cultivate a sense of justice and an ability to make decisions. Cooperate with everybody and develop your own self-respect. And follow good criticism and advice after you've judged carefully. J. Paul Getty said, "I advise young millionaires to be skeptical of advice. They should advise themselves; they should form their own opinions."
Lord Byron wrote, "There is rapture on the lonely shore." And if you attain your goals with poise and sincerity, you'll find warmth and love at the top - not the cold loneliness pictured by the jealous.
Put on blinders to negative comments and criticism meant to hurt you. About the people who criticize, Voltaire wrote, "Never having been able to succeed in the world, they took revenge by speaking ill of it."
SEIZE THE DAY
People are judged by what they think and what they say. But the true measure of their character is what they do. Anyone who has achieved success and fortune in the world has done it by action.
William Jennings Bryan wrote, "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."
The choice of the path you follow is often put before you as opportunity. "Few people recognize opportunity," said Cary Grant, "because it comes disguised as hard work."
Don't let opportunities slip past while you're still considering them, and create new ones as you see them. "Wise people make more opportunities than they find," said Francis Bacon.
What opportunities can you act upon? Woolworth saw a need for small inexpensive items and opened the chain of stores that grossed billions. Wrigley started giving gum away as a bonus from a supplies wagon he sold from, and saw the opportunity to make money from the gum that became in high demand.
All successful people the world over have found the opportunities for their own special talents and acted upon those ways to achieve. Why wait for the time to pass? There's never a better time than now.
"Sometimes," wrote Lewis Carroll believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Take your own impossible dreams and make them become reality.
HOW THEY THINK
Thousands of potential millionaires are born every year. And making a million dollars is coming closer to everyone's pocket. What advice did the money-makers follow?
Aristotle Onassis worked eighteen hours a day to maintain his fortune. He started as a welder and aimed for the top. "You have to think money day and night," he said, "you should even dream about it in your sleep."
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., said, "I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes every person an opportunity to make a living."
And J. Paul Getty acknowledged his hard work: "I have no complex about wealth. I have worked hard for my money, producing things people need."
Even Proverbs advises: "In all labor there is profit."
Richard Bach, the author of the best selling "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" wrote, "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however."
The Empress of the British Empire, Queen Victoria, admonished, "We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat."
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
There are qualities of endeavor and achievement that are common to many people who make it to the top. The following questions are a guideline to self-enterprise and attaining your goals.
1. Do you prefer to work for yourself than for others?
2. Are you well-informed on current business and political affairs?
3. Are you a leader?
4. Do you take advantage of opportunities?
5. Do you pay attention to what other people say?
6. Can you finish a job even when it is difficult or unpleasant?
7. Are you challenged by problems?
8. Do you have a goal you want to achieve?
9. Do you consider other people?
10. Do you strive to attain?
11. Can you obey commands?
12. Can you bounce back after defeat?
13. Do you believe in yourself?
14. Can you stand by your actions in spite of criticism?
15. Can you follow instructions?
16. Can you respond to the needs of others?
17. Will you give credit to other
18. Can you make your own decisions?
19. Are you determined?
20. Are you ready for success?
ESTABLISH A GOAL
What do you want? Are you looking for financial security, professional acknowledgment, spiritual attainment? Do you want to fit better socially, or become more expressive creatively? Establish the goal that's right for you.
Then turn that goal from a dream into a desire. You want to realize that goal, not just wish for it. Aesop said, "Beware that you do not lose the substance by grabbing at the shadow." Know exactly what you want, then go for it.
Don't be tricked by your own procrastination - especially if you want to achieve something artistic. The writer Thomas Wolfe wrote, "I had been sustained by that delightful illusion of success which we all have when we dream about the books we are going to write instead of actually doing them. Now I was face to face with it, and suddenly I realized that I had committed my life and my integrity so irrevocably to this struggle that I must conquer now or be destroyed."
Can you see what you want? If you want the abundance of material wealth that money provides, what goal will give you that money? Do you want the prestige of owning your own business? What business do you want to begin?
Where are the opportunities for you? Talk to everyone in the business you want to join. Make friends in the literary or art societies in your area. Read books and articles about your field of endeavor. How can you attain your goal?
"If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you don't have to work," wrote Ogden Nash. And isn't that the way" Money makes money; success breeds success. But not always. How can you break through those thoughts to help yourself to the rewards?
Henry David Thoreau wrote, "I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams, and endeavor to live the life which you imagine, you will meet with success."
Think big and visualize success. Do you see yourself in a big house? Maybe you picture your artwork hanging in a gallery. Can you feel your book in print and in your hands? How does it feel to be a person of success? Believe that you are; believe that it is in your grasp. That's what the others did, and that's how people make it to the top.
Then get down to basics. Be precise. Exactly how much money do you want, and by what date? And exactly what are you going to do to earn that money? Be realistic, but give yourself short-term goals.
Write it down. In six months or one year, you will have how much money. And repeat it until it feels good. Then repeat it twice a day until it swirls in your subconscious, until it becomes your one-pointed goal.
"The goal stands up, the keeper stands up to keep the goal," wrote A.E. Housman.
KEYS TO SUCCESS
Make people feel at ease. They will respond to your needs as you respond to theirs.
Share the spotlight. Give credit to those who deserve it - and to those who strive. Don't grab praise away from other people.
Have confidence in your own value. Don't do anything that won't credit your own self-respect. Follow up your actions as they reflect your own self-worth.
Listen well to others' comments. Then weigh your own actions. Cultivate relationships with people who have good and important things to say.
Participate in life. Be active in business meetings and endeavors; volunteer to be part of organizations and groups. Social interaction will boost your sense of well-being .
Feel worthy of your own goal. Know that you can attain it and that it is right for you.
Grasp your own challenge. Don't give yourself impossible goals, but always reach higher.
Relax and be yourself. Each person is different and just as wonderful as the next. Don't be plagued by what you think others think of you.
Don't bathe in success - use it. Once you achieve your first goal, go on to others. Use the money you earn for the rewards you look for. Then go on to the next endeavor.
Be slow to criticize others' achievements. Find out how they did it and learn from them.
Never use subterfuge. Don't go behind someone's back. Speak your mind and earn respect.
Banish negative thoughts and traits. Restructure your life to exclude bad habits.
Believe in yourself and what you are to accomplish. All the power in the world is within you to achieve.
WORK TOWARDS YOUR GOAL
"To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live without being born," wrote A.P. Gouthey. Every person who has attained something worthwhile has worked for that goal.
Cary Grant said, "I do believe that people can do practically anything they set out to do if they apply themselves diligently and learn."
Which path is the right way towards your goal? Do you need more education? Do you need a few years experience in your field of business? Maybe you need a teacher or guide to help you practice.
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached, as by the obstacles which are overcome while trying to succeed," wrote Booker T. Washington.
What obstacles are in your way? Consider them as easy to pass through as hurdles are to a champion runner. Take each obstacle as a special challenge placed especially for you. Approach it with intelligence and courage, then learn what it has to teach.
"Success is a journey," said Ben Sweetland, "not a destination." For some, the process of attainment is the attainment itself. They move on, keep growing and expanding. There is no still water at the top.
"The message from the moon is that no problem need any longer be considered insoluble," wrote Norman Cousins. And you can attain anything that seems impossible.
If you have a problem that needs to be solved, sit calmly and consider it with a clear mind. Observe all the consequences of the actions - both good and bad. Ponder the paths and actions and contemplate the core of the problem. The solution will appear.
"Ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you for everyone who asketh, receiveth. He that seeketh, findeth and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened."
Tap the inner self and encourage positive actions. With each outgoing breath, release the impossible; at each incoming breath, inhale the attainable. Demand the best of yourself, but don't despair from an overused sense of perfection.
What can you learn? And who can teach you? Can you attend classes and seminars from universities near home? Check out books from the libraries and absorb the material. Find a master and become an apprentice.
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty," said Henry Ford. "Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."
Never stop learning; never stop growing and expanding as a person and in your personal endeavor.
ASK YOURSELF
As you consider the success you desire, you need to affirm its possibilities and develop the self-confidence necessary to attain the goals. Learn to do things well. "If you know how to do one thing well, you can do everything," wrote the philosopher Gurdjieff.
Are you ready for success?
Is what you are doing now helping you to achieve your goals?
Do you weigh the consequences before making a decision?
Is this the best use of your time?
Do you cooperate with everyone and help cultivate their best potentials?Are you warm and sincere?
Do you have the courage to succeed?
Do you have the self-discipline necessary to achieve your goals?
Do you have a realistic sense of self-worth?
Do you give more than you take?
Do you have the courage to fail, and then pick up and try again?
Can you assume responsibility without blaming others if things go wrong?
Are you strong?
Can you be sympathetic to life and its sufferings?
Can you say no?
Will you follow your convictions and plans to achieve?
Do you sincerely want to achieve the goals you have chosen?
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
"The price of greatness is responsibility," wrote Winston Churchill. Are you willing to take the responsibility once you attain the success you desire?
"The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become," wrote Ashley Montague. And the greatest tragedy is to become less than your full potential, using less than the abilities you have to work with.
Are you waiting for something to happen? Maybe you're waiting for a job offer, or a promotion. Perhaps you're waiting until you get good enough at a craft or skill. Or are you waiting for the inspiration of creativity to strike your life?
It is up to you to take the actions and be responsible for their consequences. "Our responsibility: every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty," wrote John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Inspire yourself. Read books that will spurn you to action; talk to people who have the vitality you admire. How would you like to lead your life? And make the changes necessary to be like that. "There is nothing permanent except change," wrote Heraclitus. What changes do you want to make? What are you waiting for?
ACCOMPLISHMENT
What actions will take you closer to your goals? Decide upon the steps and write them down. Review them until you feel comfortable with those steps. Then repeat them at least once a day, crossing them off as you accomplish them.
"I believe there is no escape from the rule that We must do many, many little things to accomplish even just one big thing," said James Dupont. "This gives me patience when I need it most."
The most rewarding accomplishments are those that take long to achieve and present difficulties. It is only through these difficulties that a person can rise above the rest to be the unusual, the outspoken and the well-deserved.
As if building a kit, follow your own instructions. Decide your best courses of action and achieve their benefits. Whether the steps are small or large, make them achievable and then do them. Don't commit yourself to things that you never intend to do.
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there," said Will Rogers. Don't be paralyzed by inaction; rather act upon your own convictions.
Set yourself up for rewards. Don't give yourself goals that have no feeling of satisfaction or no monetary rewards. If you want to be an artist, be the best and learn from the best. Don't dwell on imperfections or the awkwardness of unpolished skills.
If you go into business, do it for profit or reinvestment. "In business, the earning of profit is something more than an incident of success. It is an essential condition of success. Because the continued absence of profit itself spells failure," said Justice Brandeis.
Marchant wrote, "To be a success in business, be daring, be first, be different." Think of ways to achieve the best; formulas to increase productivity or decrease overhead. Profit is your drive.
"Profitability is the sovereign criterion of the enterprise," wrote Peter Drucker. And, profitability is the core of any achievement - whether financial or artistic.
Once you achieve your goals, think of ways to benefit others. "Money-getters are the benefactors of our race," said P.T. Barnum. "To them we are indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our academies, colleges and churches." How can you benefit humankind and still keep enough to fulfill your own desires?
THE HIDDEN ASSET
Not all success can be counted in dollars; not all richness is measured by money. "The great secret of success is to go through life as a person who never gets used up," said Albert Schweitzer. "Retire upon yourself and look for the ultimate cause of things inside you."
Look within yourself for the ultimate inspiration, and follow the true feelings you discover. "One of my favorite methods is to whisper," said Alfred Hitchcock. "I've discovered the best work is done with sweet reason."
Act upon your own conscience -that guides; that judges your actions and signals your behavior. "Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone may be looking," wrote H.L. Mencken.
Accomplish what you desire; fulfill your inner yearnings. But don't compromise your deepest feelings.
"We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it," said F.D. Roosevelt.
Follow the paths that life offers you and live the fullest existence you can.
TAKE A LOOK
Look at yourself and look at those who have succeeded throughout history. Do you have what it takes? Even if you have only a few of the qualities of the other great people, you can achieve your heart's desire.
Reach for the highest, then reach higher. Accomplish your steps one by one on a daily basis, always moving forward, always making progress. Encourage yourself. Insist that you can succeed and affirm these thoughts daily.
Keep a sense of proportion and judge for yourself. Then keep busy at the tasks you've set out to accomplish. What's keeping you? "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration," said Albert Einstein.
Find inspiration wherever you can. Talk to people; read about people; learn your business or craft. Believe that you can do it and you will. The only way to dispel the doubt that you can do something is to finish it.
Always be the best you can be. Never fall short from fatigue or lethargy. Don't attempt to do anything that you can't give your all to.
There is no way to inner satisfaction without appealing to the higher consciousness. Search within and without to find the paths that are meant for you and follow them with conviction and a steady heart. And, you will succeed to become as rich and full as you ever desired.
Harold Ickes wanted the "freedom to live one's life with the window of the soul open to new thoughts, new ideas and new aspirations."
And Woody Allen looked for a clear path. "If only God would give me some clear sign" he said. "Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank."
Finally, Sophie Tucker sums up everyone's worldly outlook: "I've been rich and I've been poor," she said. "Rich is better."
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USE PASSIVE INCOME to Enrich Your Life
What is Passive Income?
Are you like most everyday working people? For the most part average workers are paid or compensated either for what they know or what they know how to do. When applied to most "work" however, these both still translate into trading "hours for dollars". Whether you're a physician with a private practice, a bank teller, a car mechanic or a school teacher, your salary or income depends on your "showing up" for work, whatever that may be. Even many so-called high-income-bracket jobs like stock broker, insurance salesmen and plastic surgeons are not exempt from the income-earning business model of trading "hours for dollars". If they don't work, they don't get paid either.
Get Paid for Work You've Done Previously
With "passive income" however, you get paid over and over again for work which you've already done only once. You can continue to reap benefits - and income - from work you may have done last week, last month, last year or even earlier. Think of what happens with recording artists, movie stars and producers, for example. The song or music video is recorded once but pays them royalties for each and every time the movie is shown or rented. For each and every time the song or video is played. That's why they earn so much money. It just keeps coming and coming and coming. Wouldn't that be nice for you to have as a means of income?
Three well-known and well-established examples of residual, or as it's also called, passive income are these income models:
• MLM, Multi-Level-Marketing
Consumer products such as vitamin supplements, health care and beauty products, vacation time shares, food storage containers and other products like small item toiletries, creams and lotions are sold via this method which builds a downline of affiliates and customers from whom you continually receive a percentage of sales payments.
• Royalty or Time Payments
Whenever you have any type of intellectual production, say writing and publishing a book, producing a video or CD, any type of multi-media or production from which you receive payments from sales or rentals, i.e., royalty payments, these are a distinctive form of passive income.
• Interest Payments and Returns
If you have income from paper, speculative or real estate investments, interest payments or dividends, commodities stocks, government or other types of bonds, annuities, other financial returns or perhaps real estate and rentals, these are other equally viable forms of passive income.
ENRICH YOUR LIFE
You can enrich your life by using passive income from one of the previously mentioned sources to provide both you and your family with greater financial benefits without adding more hours of work or spending the increased time working needed when you trade "hours for dollars". Now doesn't that sound just great?
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HOW TO Begin Working From Home?
Working from home does not seem realistic to most people. The job scene has changed dramatically with the latest downturn in the economy, and many people have made the choice to begin working from home out of shear necessity. Others are simply looking for a better way to make money so they can be at home and care for their family.
Unfortunately, too many folks today still feel that if they are not punching a time clock from nine-to-five, then they are not really working. Others may think that the investments for starting any sort of at-home business are simply out of reach.
Sadly, a majority of those who do attempt to make a go of creating a business at home are duped into purchasing faulty information, and end up extremely unhappy with the type of business they are involved in - not to mention the lack of monetary results.
Working from home can cut down on a lot of the expenses that come with starting a traditional off-site business. If a person is utilizing their existing space at home, they avoid the need to go out and rent office space.
Related expenses are also less. For instance, their insurance costs will come down sharply. Other benefits include lower salary, maintenance and inventory expenses, just to name a few.
Of course, the amount of investment or start up costs can vary greatly between different types of businesses that a person may choose from. One important rule of thumb for anyone wanting to work from home is to make sure to be involved in a type of business that you truly enjoy.
No one likes to show up for a job they don't like. This is particularly true when choosing your own business. In any business, you will experience challenges, barriers, hurdles. In order to overcome each obstacle as it presents itself, you will need to be at your best. We are at our best when doing something we love; something we have a passion for. Your passion will continue to motivate you to move past those challenges.
When beginning to work from home, a person can quickly get into debt if they are not careful. Typically this occurs when the owner tries to use credit to keep the business afloat, holding on to the dream that maybe next month they will turn a profit. Usually, these people never have a real business plan from the beginning so they are destined to fail.
In order to many pitfalls and avoid putting the home worker into further debt, you need to have a proven and verifiable game plan. The fact is that anyone can be successful working from home - they just need to understand what to do in a step-by-step process.
Most people who are entrepreneurial tend to be smart, created, talented and self motivated, but they often lack a mentor who can take them by the hand and show them the way to building a profitable work from home business.
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