Archive for October, 2007

by John Reece
$10 a day may not sound like a great deal of money, but if you can find your first niche, create a free ebook with the intentions of recommending another great ebook that you charge for. Design and upload a simple profit pulling website and start promoting it earning on average $10.00 per day then you have cracked the code to wealth.

That simple website pulls $70.00 per week. Not a lot by any means, but once you have done this and proved to yourself it can be done then this is where you can start to make some serious money. Research another niche and use exactly the same format as you used in your first niche.

Before you know it you will have 10-niche websites all averaging around $70.00 per week. 10 X 70 = $700.00 EACH WEEK!

Still not enough?

Well now you have worked out the secret you can start working on your next 10 niches and then another 10 until you have 30 on the go! Initially you will have to put some work in for each niche, but just think what happens when all the hard work is done.

You could use affiliate programs for this, but ideally you are better off researching and creating your own informative ebooks. This way you know no one else will be selling your ebook; it will be exclusive to you. Try to write between 40 - 100 pages for ebooks you intend to sell and 15 - 25 pages for your free reports. It may sound daunting, but you should be able to produce an average sized ebook in about a week. A 50-page ebook could easily be well researched and written in five days by writing 10 pages each day.

I can have a new niche set up and running in around two weeks. If you are ok with building simple one to three page websites and setting up a payment processor using someone like Paypal then you shouldn’t have any problems doing the same. Setting up your first niche may take a little longer but once you have it up and running the next one seems so much easier.

Realistically, these niches will probably be built up over a two to three year period, maybe sooner for some. But once this is out of the way it is just a matter of maintaining and advertising your niches from time to time and reaping the benefits for years to come!

30 x $70.00 = $2100 each week

$9100 every month

$109,200 per year!

All these figures are based on profits of only $10 per day. Who knows, some of your niches could make a lot more than this.

It makes you think doesn’t it? There are some out there who have over 100 plus niche sites each pulling in small profits week after week, but combined together are producing some serious money for their owners.

You don’t need to be a genius to create an ebook, it’s just a matter of breaking it down into chapters and paragraphs before you begin. Break each chapter down into sections and then work on each section in turn. It’s all down to planning it out before you begin.

$10 a Day is Brilliant! - I think you now know the reason why.

John Reece works from home as an Internet marketer producing quality ebooks to help others. He tries to be a little bit different by bringing workable business ideas for off-line and on-line use and produces an excellent highly recommended FREE NEWSLETTER. http://www.ultimateprofitsystem.com/news.html *** SIMPLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY *** Ideal for your own local area: http://www.UltimateProfitSystem.com

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by TLKleban
Do you consider yourself to be the type of person who is full of all sorts of creative ideas? Then you’re also probably always trying to find a reason to celebrate any little thing and a lot like myself. It’s true. I’m that person who goes nuts at holidays and birthdays, spending hours trying to find the perfect gifts and then dressing them up in creative packages. That is why I got into the gift basket business.

The gift basket business lets your create and give gifts year round all while getting paid for it. Recent studies have shown that it’s also one of the hottest businesses going, with recent annual sales of $800 million. If you have tons of creativity and can develop your own special niche, you have the opportunity to be very successful.

These entrepreneurs of the gift basket industry buy gifts and tuck them into baskets, decorative tins, boxes and even bags so their customers can give them to someone special in their life. Baskets are designed around a theme based on anything from romance to travel to a new baby. Here is how you can start your own career in the world of gift baskets:

• You should have a basic idea about who your customers are going to be, how you plan on selling to them and how they are going to find you. One way is to set up a little stand in the mall and display your baskets or if you feel safe doing this, go door-to-door of businesses showing them a few examples of your baskets in different styles and colors. Depending on the business, show them a basket with items in it relevant to their business.
• Show a small selection of gift baskets you already have made to friends, family or anyone else. If you own or work for another small business, like an office, a catering business, or even working on computers, ask customers there if they would be interested in buying a few baskets.
• You should always have one display basket that is better than all the others. This powerful and exciting example of your craft will show your customers that you have an eye on what makes an attractive, useful and quality basket. You can even specialize in creating seasonal baskets depending on the time of the year and holidays.
• Purchase a few baskets of different styles if you any when you are out shopping or if you see any on sale. Keep an eye out for any baskets that match the season. These types of themes increase interest in your product. For example, red, green or gold baskets work well for Christmas and any kind of red basket will be ideal for Valentine’s Day.
• You’ll want your gift baskets to be filled with different and delicious items to suit the overall theme such using muffins, fruits, decorated cookies, or ornaments. One trick of the trade is use cheaper, less-attractive items such as grapefruits or big oranges to fill up the bottom of the basket. Then fill up all the extra space with dried straw found in all craft stores.
• All your final touches on the basket should make use of things like dried flowers, pine boughs, pine cones or ribbon. Add some excitement to the basket with a sprinkle of mixed nuts in the shell over the top of the entire basket.

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by mcomo
There are many programs offering this type of work, which can create a very nice income while sitting in the comfort of your home. More an more people are choosing to at home work and this seems like the perfect fit for many who wish to improve there quality of life and have more time at home.

It’s easy to see that work at home is the most popular among surfers. I think it’s because the cost to get started is minimal and most people find that they have the skill sets already to do whatever is necessary. If you can type and you have a computer you are good to go. There are many work from programs to choose from such as data entry, Type at home, Surveys for Cash, Telephone Answering Services, Mystery Shoppers and more.

There are misconceptions about these programs that you will be typing endlessly to earn nothing. The truth is many online programs can be done with minimal effort. If you feel comfortable on the computer and If you can type at a good speed and be accurate this can be an easy source of income. Especially today with the tools available like spell check, grammar check etc, it makes it a lot easier. In fact it’s possible to earn some nice cash from these programs.

You have to do your research, because when anything is popular on the web now days there is a dark side. When the scam artist see an opportunity they will creep in to get try and make some money. Thats why it is imperative to do the research yourself or find a website that you feel comfortable will aid you in making the selection. On my site I try to give my visitors a selection of what I believe to be companies that they will have a chance a success with.

In my opinion there are enough reliable companies that I have found, therefore I can feel comfortable recommending them to my visitors. Yes you can find about a hundred or so, but many do not offer good results or opportunities. The other thing I think is important is customer support and training. Any good company worth it’s salt has to train and support it’s customer base. In addition only a few offer a money back guarantee, which I feel is important to visitors to my web site.

That does not mean their are not good companies out there that don’t offer a money back guarantee, because there are. I have some on my site, but they few and far between. I’m sure the reason they don’t offer a guarantee is because their respective fee’s are so low. Good companies are out there you just have to find a site that highlights them or do allot of home work and research yourself. It can be done and you can be successful. Really, what do you have to lose? The start up cost is minimal and you more than likely have everything you need.

Please feel free to read more of this article by visiting my link in the resource box below. I always enjoy getting emails pertaining to my articles or my site. Your feedback is important to me.

Michael Comeau has been owner of many successful businesses over the years including his current online business which can be viewed at http://www.workfromhome4dollars.com/ArticleWorkFromHome4.php You may also find more articles by Michael Comeau at http://www.workfromhome4dollars.com

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Ok, you have scoured the internet for a business opportunity that is going to make you that dream income. You know it’s out there; you just need to find it. But which ones are good and which ones are bad? How do you know? What are the signs to success with a home business?

No matter where you go on the World Wide Web, everyone seems to say “I have found what is going to make you successful”. But without some extensive research and a little insight on how the whole web thing works you just might find yourself loosing a lot of money and time. I mean do these people actually think we are going to put trust in something or someone that promises me to be making 10,000 dollars the first month in business?

That’s a little far fetched if you ask me. No doubt, in some really rare instances it has happened but could it really happen to you? In my years of trial and error, I have found that it does not happen over night and you do have to put in effort to get paid for it. So that seems to help you weed out a few thousand opportunities. So, what next?

For one it would be good to ask “how long has the company been in business?” I know there are companies out there that haven’t been around long and you would just have to take a gamble that they are all they say they are, but there are some other ways to “test” them. One thing to look for: Do they provide a phone number for you to contact them? This may sound simple, but just do a little research for yourself and see how many actually provide you with a number! And yes some will give a number but you can never talk to a real person. It does make a huge difference.

Next, what about the product? How big is the market for it? Is it consumable? Is it a product you can believe in and truly “love” to share with others? These are some great questions show the “signs to success”. First of all let’s say you find a product that everyone is buying and it is consumable (which means it can be used up and orders will need to be repeated) ok you seem to have found it, but you decide that I don’t really like it myself but since there is such a huge market for it and it’s consumable I think I can do this. Do you really think you can sell something you don’t truly love? I have tried it already and it made me hate the opportunity I was in just like having a job I hated! Who wants that? So finding something you feel good about promoting is a very good “sign” to look for.

Ok now you have found your perfect company with a perfect product. Now what? Another good thing to check for is the cost to become a member of that opportunity. I know the old saying: “you get what you pay for” and while that does ring true in so many cases, it’s not always the case in this business. For instance, I paid $3,500 to join a business and they didn’t even provide a product! I had to find one for myself! You would think it would have been a great opportunity since it cost so much but not in that case! I found one that was free to join and the company disappeared after I first looked into it. So it can really be a matter of investigating the company further.

What about a compensation plan? Well we all know the “pyramid” schemes and how they only make the top spot rich. So how do you know the difference? For one Multi Level marketing, at first glance appears to be a pyramid, but after you understand how it works, you will see that it works to better anyone who puts in the hard work, not just the lead guy! And yes I did say “hard work”. It won’t just happen for you; you have to make it work. Although you can find opportunities that will work with just a good product, I recommend you finding one that provides a great comp plan.

For instance I joined a company that had a comp plan that only allowed you to enroll 6 people in top spots and after that you had to put people under other people. That was bad because you were practically giving your hard work away! There are companies that allow unlimited top spots and pay down 8 levels! So you make the most out of what you give in!

Finally a good “sign to success” is a good support and mentoring team. Not one that just claims to have one but who actually put it in motion! How many jobs have you had that just put you out there and said “do it” without any training? Of course it’s in the best interest of the owner to train you to do your job. It works the same in internet home business opportunities. You want to find someone who has been successful and is willing to teach you how to do it too! Some things to look for are: Do they provide team meetings via telephone? Do they have training calls available every week? Can you contact them with questions? Do they have annual conferences?

Although these are just some great guidelines, not all companies will have every one in place and still be a great opportunity. So just get out there and do some research for your self you will find pretty quickly that they all pretty much fall into the same categories. Just keep in mind: “if they promise big things in a short time”, it is probably too good to be true!

Tina Wells is a wife, mom,entrepreneur, and online business coach. She is the owner of http://www.clubcandles.com. Tina has a passion-helping others succeed in business both online and off. Her company site is http://www.tinawells.scent-team.com. Find out how Tina is letting her “why” drive her to success!

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by Kara Koeven
Are you struggling in your business? It may be because you are not of One Heart and One Mind with your entrepreneurial calling. Do you really believe in yourself and your business?

There are hundreds of opportunities out there to start your own business working from home. What ever business you chose doesn’t matter. What matters now is that you aren’t seeing the success of your peers that got you so inspired to start your business in the first place.

So what do they have that you don’t? You both have the same product, same marketing system, same lead generating company- so what’s the deal? Perhaps it is your belief level. Are you of One Heart and One Mind with your role as business owner? If you are not, your internal conflict may be prohibiting your success. You may want to ask yourself this: Do I treat my business like the Six -figure business it can be and is, or do I treat it like the debt producing hobby that it isn’t? If your last quarter financial report showed you going backwards on the money-making scale, then perhaps you need to start treating your business like a business - not a “hobby”

Henry Ford left us with some very powerful words of wisdom when he said, “Whether you think you can or you can’t either way you are right.”

What are you thinking about your business? I hope it’s something possitive! When you wake up to start your day do you dread starting your computer to work your new and glorious business? Think of the negative vibration you are sending to your precious money-making empire! If your approached your best friend with that kind of vibration she’d probably hand you an iron and tell you to come back when your panties are no longer all twisted up! (Hey, what are friends for? ) Seriously, if you approach your business with negative feelings you will get negative results.

Consider the Law of Attraction: Your thoughts become your reality. First know what you want; that’s easy - a successful money-making business. Second believe that you already have it, because guess what- YOU DO!! and Third open up your heart and mind to receive it! Don’t fight it off with negative thoughts and improductive actions.

I like to start my day getting in touch with my inner leader and on-purpose savvy business woman! I take a few deep breaths and focus on the image of myself in my mind, feel how confident and capable I am; I am attracting success, leadership, confidence, abundance, prosperity, and money! I am that leader, that on-purpose savvy business woman! Ahhhhhhhhh!!!! That feels much better! I think I’ll go make thousands of dollars today! And it’s that simple! Get in touch with the leader within! She is in there! Free her! Let her lead you to your dreams! “…Only this way can a person move beyond relying upon the knowledge & experience of others and claim those blessings for herself! Only in this way can what is known in the mind be transformed into what is felt in the heart.” (Quote from satelite broadcast LDS Church Educational System Feb 3, 2006)

It is time that you stepped up to the plate! You own a great business! You are a great business woman! You are helping and inspiring others! You are a leader attracting success, abundance, prosperity, and giving back to your community!

Be of One Heart and of One Mind with your entrepreneurial calling, and you will see the success , abundance, and prosperity that you were born to receive!

Kara Koeven Life Style Mentor and Successful Entrepreneur, is helping many become the next success story. Whether you’re looking to create an extra few thousand dollars per month, be an ex-corporate executive, or the next millionaire Mom, Kara can assist you to create a second stream of income and greater peace of mind. visit : One Heart, One Mind

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by Erick Nevarez
EDC Diamond was officially prelaunched 10/23/07 by multi-millionaire owners Craig Garcia and Mike Corcoran.

The company is offering a limited time/ limited member sign-up with a $1500 saving.

The program which will be priced at $2,497 is now available for $997 until there are no more spots available. Members that join in now at the EDC Gold level for $997 will be automatically grandfathered into the $2497 EDC Diamond program as soon as it launches pretty soon.

EDC Diamond has been introduced with a compensation plan that completely blows away any “competition”. Not only is the compensation powerfully leveraged now but it’s also residual.

When you join at the EDC Diamond level you get all 3 levels including EDC Gold and Easy Daily Cash at one price. Members can now make direct commissions at $1,500, $997, $600 and $397. More importantly members can earn residual commissions up to $50 per month for every new member they bring in.

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by Jason Paul
If your goal is starting and building a successful home based business, read on. Over the last 5 1/2 years of working full-time from home, I’ve learned many lessons and in this brief article I’m going to share some of the most important ones with you. Hopefully by the time you’re done reading this, you’ll have picked up a few things that you can apply to your home business and will make more money as a result.

One of the most important factors to becoming successful with a home based business is to choose the right opportunity. I see many work from home hopefuls who fail because they choose a business vehicle that is flawed, or simply doesn’t work. In my opinion, the best work at home businesses offer you the ability to work from anywhere in the world (with your laptop and an Internet connection), have a proven blueprint or “system” laid out for success, and give you the ability to leverage your time and build a substantial residual income.

Another thing that is vital to your home business success is focus. As entrepreneurs, we’re born with a short attention span and it’s easy for all of us to get distracted by other opportunities. If you’ve found something that works, put the blinders on and build it full-steam ahead. The individuals who constantly skip around might make a couple bucks, but they’ll never realize their full potential.

Lastly, seek out a mentor. The most successful people are sometimes difficult to reach, but going out of your way to track them down can pay off in a big way. If they sell products, consider buying a few of them and becoming their customer… it’s much easier to approach a well-known, highly successful individual for advice if you’re already a customer of theirs.

Hopefully this short article has given you some good ideas for building a successful home based business. While not always easy, working from home has been the most rewarding experience of my life and not a day goes by that I take it for granted.

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by Wendell O.
A survey of 500 executive women reported that 79 percent say good service is their prime consideration in selecting a restaurant. A MasterCard study reported that of the top ten reasons diners select the restaurants they do, six have to do with service, three with food quality, and only one with value. NONE were about the lowest price.

In the area of quality, YOU must recognize that the true quality comes when you customize the product or service to your client’s unique needs. The quality in a service or product is not what you put into it, but what the client or customer gets out of it.

Take a reality check to determine how clearly you understand what your
prospects are thinking each time they look at your advertisement.

The owner of a small business takes a leap of faith and contracts to run a weekly ad in the local newspaper with a frequency of once a week for a full year. After five weeks, the results displease him so much that he cancels his contract.

Five ads in five weeks seems like a lot of frequency in marketing. Five exposures do, indeed, establish some momentum. But they don’t even come close to create enough desire to motivate a sale. To truly comprehend how much frequency is enough to spark that sale, you’ve got to know just what your prospects think from each exposure. Here is exactly what each one thinks as he or she looks at the ad you’ve run:

The first time a man looks at an advertisement, he does not see it.
The second time, he does not notice it.
The third time, he is conscious of its existence.
The fourth time, he faintly remembers having seen it before.
The fifth time, he reads it.
The sixth time, he turns up his nose at it.
The seventh time, he reads it through and says, “Oh brother!”
The eighth time, he says, “Here’s that confounded thing again!”
The ninth time, he wonders if it amounts to anything.
The tenth time, he asks his neighbor if he has tried it.
The eleventh time, he wonders how the advertiser makes it pay.
The twelfth time, he thinks it must be a good thing.
The thirteenth time, he thinks perhaps it might be worth something.
The fourteenth time, he remembers wanting such a thing a long time.
The fifteenth time, he is tantalized because he cannot afford to buy it.
The sixteenth time, he thinks he will buy it some day.
The seventeenth time, he makes a memorandum to buy it.
The eighteenth time, he swears at his poverty.
The nineteenth time, he counts his money carefully.
The twentieth time he sees the ad, he buys what it is offering.
The list you’ve just read was written by Thomas Smith of London in l885.

But here we are in a new millennium, so how much of that list is valid right now, today? The answer is all of it.

Hmmm…Chew on that.

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by Dean Caporella
It’s natural when entering the world of online surveys to look for the best paid surveys. The truth is, you probably won’t get rich completing them but once you gain enough experience in the industry, there will be some good pay days.

The best paid surveys aren’t usually to do with money either. Yes, most prefer to get paid cash in hand but there are several well paying survey opportunities that reimburse their people through goods and prizes.

How Much Can You Earn?

Realistically, the majority of surveys will net you anywhere between $3-$25. You need to be completing plenty of them to get up there with some of the internet’s highest earners.

Occasionally, you’ll get the opportunity to complete a survey which will offer you anywhere up to $250. These are worth waiting for but very few and far between. In the main, these involve being part of a focus group.

Depending on what product or service is being surveyed, these focus group settings will generally involve you either attending a group session at a designated address or taking part in an online discussion environment.

They can take anywhere from 1-3 hours to complete however, the high reimbursement makes them one of the best paid survey opportunities out there. The trick is to find them.

Goods And Prizes

If you don’t mind receiving payment by way of goods then there are some very attractive survey opportunities out there which reward their takers with physical products.

You could test a television or a stereo unit or simply attend a movie and give your opinions. There are opportunities to test drive cars as well as stay in hotel rooms for a night. There are opportunities to try new make up lines or clothing and shoes.

Many companies simply don’t offer payment in monetary terms however, they can more than make up for this with goods and prizes. Many successful survey takers often describe these as the best paid survey opportunities.

Completing surveys and redeeming your efforts in reward points is another popular means of payment. You could receive a rewards cards and save on future purchases from a variety of outlets including holiday destinations. In addition to this, many participants are also entered into major draws and are given further opportunity to gain from their meager efforts.

Here’s a tip; when looking for the best paid surveys opportunities, be receptive to those jobs which offer big incentives such as goods and prizes. On most occasions, the value is many times more than a low paying survey.

Want to know how to avoid getting stung by paid survey scams ?Use these effective tips to your advantage plus, get all the latest paid survey news, views and reviews.

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by Dean Caporella
In her report “The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing” author Ann Sieg has ruffled more than a few feathers within the MLM business world.

Ann has been bold enough to tell it like it is however, if you’re smart enough to read between the lines then she has also given us a clue on how to survive the first few months of a network marketing business.

Lack of cash flow is murdering the chances of most distributors who after the initial sign up fee, autoship payments and the expense of marketing materials find there is not much left in the kitty to continue building their MLM businesses.

The result is usually a swift exit out of the company and it usually occurs within the first 90 days of signing up. What does this achieve?

All it serves to do is waste everyone’s time; from the distributor, to their sponsor to the company they joined.

What does Ann tell us in the “7 Great Lies Of Network Marketing?” Well, basically forget everything you’ve been told about building an MLM business. Everything including everyone’s a prospect to anyone can do this to you’ll have your business built for you.

The message being conveyed is building a system within a system; forgetting the old style tactics of applying the 3 foot rule and prospecting in an organized and unprofessional manner.

You know, she makes sense. Finding a way to create cashflow during the initial stages of your business without recruiting anyone is the key. It takes time to build an MLM business successful enough to generate a consistent income to sustain your standard of living.

Creating a network marketing affiliate program may have been a pipedream a few short years ago but with the internet now at our disposal, it’s a reality.

Providing something of value to prospects during the initial lead generation stage and teaching your prospects the same system means income creation is not as difficult as many in this business would lead you to believe.

It’s one of the 7 great lies of network marketing and the sooner you realize that running a system within a system is key to survival in the MLM business, then you’re likely to keep spinning your wheels.

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