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A Secret to Building Your Business - From my years of coaching individuals in Direct Selling and past experience in the industry, I have made an interesting, and what has turned out to be a VALUABLE, observation...
9 Marketing Tips - Here are 9 low-cost but highly effective marketing tips to help you boost your sales and profits fast.
10 Ways To Grow Your Homebased Business - When the status quo just won't do, these 10 exciting ideas will help you take your home biz to a new level.
51 Secrets to eBay Success - Sell like a pro, even if you're just starting out! These eBay experts share their top power-selling tips.
Childproof Your Home Office - Want to keep cookie crumbs, crayons, and screaming kids out of your home office? Check out these ground rules.
Downloaded Firefox? - So you've read the glowing press and you're sick of the gaping security holes Internet Explorer opens into your personal computer and the personal data it manipulates. You've gone to Mozilla.org and you've downloaded the latest and greatest in Web browser technology. What next?
Eight Paths To Homebased Business Success - Building your business empire from home? These management tips will keep you on top of your game.
Navigating eBay's New Fees - We may not be able to get eBay to cancel their latest fee hike, but we can show you how it will effect your auction biz.
Home Disadvantage - Screaming kids? Dirty laundry? Don't invite clients into your home office when you can meet off-site at these top spots!
Home Office Under $2000 - If you're setting up your home-office tech on a budget -- and who isn't -- we've got some tips to keep costs down.
How to submit your site to directories. - Unlike submitting to search engines, submitting your site to directories and niche portals usually involves a lot more than simply typing in your URL.
"On Demand" Energy Savings - I was wondering about a program offered through my local electric company. They offer savings of $5-10 off your monthly bill for allowing them to "cycle" your energy resources. I am not at all familiar with this and before I signed up I thought I should learn something about this program. Heather
Pocket Some eBay Profits - eBay's top 50 affiliates are making $1 million a year in commissions. Here's how you can get a piece of the eBay pie.
Pricing New, Used, and Collectible Goods For Sale - Before you start reselling the treasures you've amassed, learn how to price them correctly.
Replacement Value Insurance - I recently read that the worst homeowner's policy is a "Cash Value" Policy. I checked my condo insurance policy and it is "Cash Value". Should I be concerned? Lynn
Separating Your Home From Your Home Office - Can't keep your home out of your home office? These eight tips will help you consider the legal and practical issues.
Starting a Homebased Business Legally - Before you set up shop at home, make sure you've got all your legal bases covered.
The Google Patent - Google's Patent Application contains a lot to read and reading it may take some time, but if you own any type of website, this is all information you need to know. It also brings some interesting points up.
The Three Principles of Image Optimization - Are you losing visitors to your web site due to slow page load times? Is your site being penalized because the images on your site are too large? Are you able to capture your visitor's attention in the first 10-15 seconds that they are on your site?
Top Ten Reasons To Market Your Business Online - The Internet is the great leveling medium that makes a small business nearly as accessible as TheBigCorporation.com. But many businesses throw up a site without much thought about the potential impact it can have their business.
VOIP Phone Services - Vonage, Lingo, VoiceWing, CallVantage - if these names aren't familiar to you yet, they will be before long. They are the top four current VOIP (voice over internet protocol) service providers.
What is an Idea Meeting and why should I have one? - If you are completely happy with where you and your business currently are then you can stop here. If growth and change aren't something you have any interest in, there is no need for you to read any further.
Break the Procrastination Habit! - Procrastination affects us all at some time and can become a major problem in both your business and personal life. Getting ready for April 15th is one of the biggest areas of procrastination but it impacts us in many other areas too.
Start With a Strong Base - There's a saying in direct selling: "Recruit quantity, promote quality." I have a slightly different philosophy and it goes like this: "Recruit ideal, promote ideal." Now you are probably saying "what does she mean by this?" Here's what I mean. An "ideal" recruit would be someone that has the perfect, (by your definition), characteristics and qualities for your business.
Do You Have What It Takes to Achieve Your Goals? - Each year you start off determined to achieve important business goals that you've set. But what usually happens after the first few weeks? You start to lose interest, you find it's harder to stay motivated then you thought, and you slip back into old habits. Why do you drop your good intentions? The answer is simple - lack of a strong compelling vision fueled by a burning desire.
What Does Passion Have to do with Results? - My husband and I have property at a lake resort community not far from our home. The interesting thing about this Resort Development Company is their high percentage of sales closings. It's really pretty amazing.
Creating A Website Winner - Like many people, you may have been dreaming of the day when you can start
What's Blocking Your Success? - Do you sometimes feel that you've done all the right things, (followed your company's training materials, read leadership and self-help books, listened to motivational speakers, devoted essential time to your business), and you're still not achieving the success you want? If that's the case, then you probably carry some self- limiting beliefs that block your success.
What Is Your Recruiting GAP? - Imagine a large ravine with a potential new recruit standing on one side of the ravine. This person, (call her Lynne), wants to get to the other side of the ravine and is looking for a way do this. She wants to cross the "gap" from A to B but right now she can't see an easy way to do so. If you can offer Lynne a way to bridge the "gap" from A to B, then she might become your recruit. But first you must know two things. One - you must know what Lynne's "gap" is and, two - you must know how your business can eliminate Lynne's "gap".
What's the Key to Your Business Success? - I had a sales and marketing coach tell me one time that asking someone to buy from you the first time you meet them is like going on a blind date and asking the person to marry you! Her words really hit home; it was something I knew but putting it in this context made the lesson memorable. How many times have you met someone and immediately tried to sell them on your products or opportunity? If this is a practice of yours, what type of results are you seeing?