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Oct 30, Start a business from home: Search results page

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:21:35 GMT

Start a business from home search results page

Oct 29, what's your extra 15 minutes?

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:36:20 GMT

I heard Olympic gymnast and gold medalist, Peter Vidmar, speak last week on what it takes to reach Olympic performance, to get from a 9.4 to a 10. He talked specifically about the little things, the daily performances, the training. Not working harder than everyone else but simply putting in an extra 15 minutes at the end of the day. Going the extra mile even when we don't feel like it. Tonight I asked myself what's the extra 15 minutes I could put in? I handed my 1 year-old baby to my husband, asked everyone to clear the room and let me make 5 uninterrupted phone calls. The result? I closed the day strong and two people are anticipating my call tomorrow. So ask yourself -- what's the extra 15 minutes you could give to your business?

Oct 28, put on your blinders

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:30:18 GMT

I'm taking my business to a crazy new level in the next five weeks. I don't know how it's going to happen but I'm committed to being completely UNSTOPPABLE for the next five weeks. Like seriously, nothing in my way (including myself), laser focus on my end goals, a willingness to give up some afternoon naps and some evenings that I enjoy. I am expanding. I am putting myself out there. I am leaping without looking. I am going to fly yet I don't have wings. As Les Brown says, LEAP! And grow wings on the way down. What is worth giving your life to for the next five weeks? To produce a result you never thought you could have? What are you willing to do to get there? Here's a hint: OPEN YOUR MOUTH. Tell the world. Be bold. Use your words to create what it is you're after. Get others to see your vision. Keep going. See you there!

Oct 15, Teleseminar instructions

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:11:52 GMT

Teleseminar instructions

Oct 15, Amy Biddle SBI success story

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:01:29 GMT

Amy Biddle, SBI success story

Oct 15, free tele-seminar -- easy site-building, marketing & monetization

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:16:27 GMT

I have been working on my own SBI site for almost a year, slowly and steadily towards monetization. Now several of my keyword phrases rank in the Top 10 for Google. And within a few short weeks of placing ads on my site, I began earning ad revenue. I can now honestly say, THE SBI MODEL WORKS! So please join me for an exciting FREE tele-seminar: HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE! with Amy Biddle, a Site Build It! success story (between these two sites -- www.cheap-computers-guide.com and http://www.dj-tips-and-tricks.com -- she gets more than 100,000 page views per month!). Amy shares her entrepreneurial expertise on how to move quickly from thinking to PRODUCING money-making results on the Web. WHO SHOULD JOIN US:

Small Small Business Owners
Small Office/Home Office Owners
Network Marketers
Retirees
Students
Local Business Owners
Real Estate Professionals
Webmasters
(and Anyone Curious About Making Money Online)

DATE:

Thursday, October 16th

TIME:

8 p.m. EST

RSVP HERE.

Call-in details will follow in separate email.

Oct 14, ignore the economic gloom and doom

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:12:39 GMT
Economy-shlonomy. I don't listen to any of it. I do not have money tied up in the stock market and there is nothing I can do with more gloom and doom information. There are no new strategies I need -- as a small business owner -- in "turbulent times." There is no information that can scare me into doing or not doing anything. I subscribe to T. Harv Eker's concept of "create your own thriving economy." Harv says: "More than ever before, having the right mindset and tools is key to financial success. While the markets continue to be volatile and the global economy is affected by the economic crisis in the United States, many people are rubbing their hands together with anticipation and excitement at the opportunities available to them." To learn how to be even more extraordinary in the down times, I recommend the Millionaire Mind in Turbulent Times, an exclusive offering this fall season. The words of T. Harv Eker have transformed the way I view and speak about money, about myself and my business. It is powerful, effective stuff. Go check it out!

Oct 14, made it to basecamp!

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:27:01 GMT
LOVING THIS! Can't believe it took me so long. I've been hearing about it, thinking about it, wondering if it was for me -- so finally I took the plunge. Der, you can sign up for a free account, one project, unlimited participants, and just see how it all works. I am re-motivated, inspired and feeling incredibly organized.

Oct 14, Smart home business: Delegate, hire or outsource.

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:18:06 GMT
You may be saying, Why should I pay someone if I can do it myself? But when it comes to growing your smart home business, learn to let go and let others do the work.

Oct 14, Women starting a small business: Map your time and make your life work.

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:59:17 GMT
For women starting a small business, we often get caught up in the minutiae so the real "meat" of our business (making money) gets pushed to the next time slot. Here's what's working for me.

Oct 14, Steps to home business success

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:47:57 GMT
What does a successful home business look like? How do you define success for your home business? Ideas and insights here.

Oct 14, Work at home business success: Top 5 ways to build a great team.

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:44:05 GMT
For work at home business success, learn the secrets to building a solid, satisfied, top-earning team.

Oct 13, clean up time

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:32:30 GMT
It's a little bit feng shui, a little bit Law of Attraction and "internal" housekeeping -- I'm cleaning up my life. To make room for the amazing life that I want. What I mean is, there's all this background noise. Some of it is in my closets (I just got rid of several years' worth of fat girl clothes now that I've lost 20 lbs and I refuse to ever gain it back!). Some of it is in my friendships. Like something I've been harboring for about 20 years. I wrote to an old friend and told her the truth about some things. I don't know how it's going to go from here but I know I've cleaned up my side of the street. Some of it is scheduling in all the things I say are important to me. I say they're important and then I don't do them. So now I've got a all these things in my calendar. Weekly calls with each member of my team. Weekly calls with my own mentor. Daily family time scheduled in. ME TIME. (Always the last to get put in, and the shortest amount of time as well, but at least now I've actually "insisted" upon it by scheduling it in.) I'm looking around my life, going, What else can I CLEAN UP??! Because I'm ready for a shift and I know I can cause it by taking this kind of action. So I recommend you take a look around -- at your environment, at your relationships, at your life -- and see where you could do some "housecleaning". Make way for something completely new. And get READY. Because here it comes!

Oct 7, How To Make Money Online: Free tele-seminar sign-up.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:04:23 GMT
Sign-up page for How To Make Money Online Free Tele-seminar.

Oct 7, Starting a small home business: Tips and advice

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:03:15 GMT
Want some personal guidance, good humor and encouragement for starting your small home business? Start here.

Oct 7, Starting a new small business: Establish your why.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:00:25 GMT
So you're starting a new small business? Before you do anything else, get out a piece of paper and write the answer to this question: WHY? The answer is what will keep you going in tough times.

Oct 4, solution for the schedule snafu

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:34:46 GMT
Well today I succeeded in missing FOUR phone meetings. FOUR OF THEM! Unbelievable. I was working so diligently and intently I never looked at the clock. And long ago I turned the "ding" off on my Outlook because it was way too annoying and it was going off way too much. Solution? Reschedule, of course. But also looking at how my week/day is structured -- and what the benefit is of having certain time frames on certain days, dedicated to phone meetings. I've structured the rest of my week to have my appointments (mostly) on Thursdays. I'm now looking at Monday and Friday mornings for team management calls. Perhaps the breakdowns are needed to produce the breakthroughs. I'm oddly inspired by what happened today.

Sep 26, those days when nothing gets done

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:24:15 GMT
That's what yesterday was like. So today, while I'm feeling behind and unproductive, I could either make myself all kinds of wrong about what hasn't been getting done and what I SHOULD be doing, or... I can just look at what I can do today. Not think about what didn't get done yesterday. Not be overly concerned about how much or little or quickly or slowly I'm reaching my goals. They are there. My goals are written down. I'm clear about what I want. But it's counter-productive to dwell on what/why I haven't reached them yet. The reality is, I have two small children I have to attend to, constantly, daily. And it's pretty well miraculous the amount of work that DOES get accomplished, and the goals I have achieved thus far. So I grant you permission to give yourself some slack. Let's see if I can heed my own advice today.

Sep 24, ain't no stopping us now

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:45:41 GMT
In the last few weeks I've had a couple of partnerships not work out the way I had hoped. Disappointing at first, but totally okay. In the past I would have felt a pang of panic, which would have led to inertia and moping and hiding out. Now it's just the cost of doing business. Sometimes there's opportunity and partnership, sometimes there's not. At the very same time as these two partners pulled away, TWO NEW ONES stepped into place. Pretty amazing, but maybe not so. It seems the Universe is simply doing what it does. All I have to do is step aside -- and keep generating.

Sep 24, Easy to start home business: Ideas and inspiration

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:59:44 GMT
Personal advice, tips, helpful hints and resources for anyone interested in starting a home business. Short, snappy articles here.

Sep 24, Help starting a small business: Is your vision big enough?

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:57:26 GMT
Whether you need help starting a small business or you're taking your existing business to the next level, step away and ask yourself, "What is the biggest vision I can imagine for my business?"

Sep 24, Free home business advice: Personal tips for home-preneurs

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:17:25 GMT
There are plenty of sites with business forms and formalities. This one's a bit more friendly and personal - an online friend to support your new endeavor!

Sep 24, Advice for home business: 5 easy ways to promote your business.

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:16:27 GMT
Here's some advice for home business that is so easy to implement, you may as well apply it right now:

Sep 20, the be do have thing

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:29:51 GMT
Got a great lesson in "being" these past few weeks. Since we're so used to the backwards yearning of "If I only HAD XYZ, I could DO ABC, and then I'd BE the happiest human being on earth." I usually DO a lot to make things happen. Major action, major flurries of activity which, admittedly, don't always produce great results. So what if building my business could just be EASY? What if I didn't insist on the struggle? I gave up some struggle this week -- in my personal life and my business. And you know what? Two amazing things came out of it. Someone said Yes to me after a year of saying No. And in being generous with someone else, a business prospect, it looked like - in the short-term -- I would lose business. But almost simultaneously, increased business came from another, unexpected source. I am very clear that it was who I was BEING that gave me these results. Not the DOING that I'm usually so zealous about.

Sep 6, who you are not who you know

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:31:27 GMT
Okay, sure, who you know always helps but I assert that it's who you ARE that gets you to who you know. And it is who you are that determines the success of your business and whom you attract to your services, products or opportunity. If you want to bring in more business, you have to be able to market YOU as well as anything else you have to offer. When I look at the customers I have and the business partners I work with, I see RELATIONSHIPS with every single one of them. I tend to them like a gardener lovingly oversees her garden. Even if your business is purely online, you have to build and tend relationships with people who have bought from you. You have to make them know you appreciate their purchases and you haven't forgotten about them. You'd like to keep them coming back for more...More of who you are!

Aug 29, Home business hints: Read wealth authors.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:50:11 GMT
For me the wealth journey began with a complete change of consciousness. These are the authors and books that helped transform my views.

Aug 29, Home business hints: Adopt a wealth mentality.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:36:35 GMT
These home business hints are for success-driven entrepreneurs who believe more wealth equals more freedom and greater contribution to the world.

Aug 29, Home business hints: Sell your strengths.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:14:44 GMT
Think beyond the usual resume skills and tap into certain powers you possess that make you unique. Now see ways to profit from your "you"-ness.

Aug 29, doing the dirty work

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:51:16 GMT
I don't usually have a problem with most people. I tolerate personalities, I get along with most everyone, and I give most people the benefit of the doubt -- as in, we're all human and we do and say things we don't mean to do so let's forgive ourselves and each other. So recently I realized I'd been holding onto something about someone I know from a networking organization. There had been an exchange, an interaction, which she and I had both been a part of, many months ago. She rubbed the wrong way in a conversation and I felt very uncomfortable because it had an impact on other people who were also there. Instead of speaking to her about it, however, I allowed it to settle in between us. Many months passed. I realized I was still holding onto this thing AND starting to talk about it to other people. That's called GOSSIP. And part of my training is in communicating powerfully and in a way that moves conversations forward. So there's no room for gossip in a world where I make things happen and produce results that I want. I knew I had to have the conversation with her, uncomfortable and awkward thought it felt after all these months. So I called her up yesterday. I took responsibility for the fact that it was completely unfair to her to be harboring all this stuff against her -- when I hadn't even brought it up to her in the first place. It had been so long in fact that I couldn't even remember the details of the exchange. Rather than blaming her for how she had been -- which I could easily have done -- I just owned up to everything. It was all about me. In so doing it gave her plenty of room to step forward and apologize for the way she had come off. It was a completely non-confrontational, powerful communication that happened between us. And it gave me confidence in my ability to create whatever relationships I want to have with people. Whether you're sitting at home reading this in your pajamas, or you're going out into the world to interact with other human beings, you will have an impact on other people -- personally or professionally. It's all related. It's all the same. This example perfectly illustrates who I have to BE in order to achieve success in my life. I have to bring power and integrity and completion to my relationships...whether I want to or not.

Aug 22, Subscribe to Pajamapreneur Press: An ezine for unstoppable entrepreneurs

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:18:21 GMT
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Aug 22, when people say no

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:05:35 GMT
Alright, I know it's downright painful sometimes. We expect everyone to love what we have to offer as much as we do. But you know what? It just doesn't work like that. And the good news is, you can actually rejoice when they say no. It means you can wrap things up and move on instead of being emotionally entangled with some anticipated outcome. As I learned in my Sandler training: Hope is not a strategy. In fact, someone said no to me today. And I was really really REALLY okay with it. I used some Sandler technique and said, "Now that we've decided not to do business together, is there anyone in your network who might be interested in a product like mine?" She still said no but the DIFFERENCE in the way the call was completed -- the way I FELT in the conversation -- was light years from what a no used to feel like. I regained my power and equal stature with her, simply by asking that question. And in gaining that stature, I was able to complete the call very powerfully. What I had to offer was simply was not a good fit for her business and now we can both move on.

Aug 20, Help starting a home business: Sell products online.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:23:36 GMT
Do you make or sell hard goods? Thinking about taking your business online and expanding your reach? Here's help starting a home business online.

Aug 20, Home business hints: Become an expert.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:04:44 GMT
How do you make all those years of experience and wisdom pay off? Declare yourself an expert and start monetizing in multiple ways. Here's how it happened for me.

Aug 19, Home business secrets: What you need to know now

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:42:46 GMT
Sometimes the secrets to having a home business you love are unbelievably obvious. Others you'd never think of.

Aug 16, Success in home-based business: Top 5 home business success elements

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:14:43 GMT
What makes for success in home-based business is the way the entrepreneur thinks and behaves. Here are some of the characteristics you have to have.

Aug 15, a clear defined future

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:38:40 GMT
In Sandler Sales training they talk about having a clear defined future with clients and prospects. It's the establishment of certain agreements in advance, stating what will happen and by when, so that neither party (especially the salesperson) is left wondering what's really up. Today, after a sales call, we created a clear defined future -- but I just wasn't happy with it! So what happens if you've agreed on what will happen but you want it to happen faster? Or maybe I could have taken the conversation even a step further...saying, "So Ms. Prospect, when we talk next week, and if this looks like a good investment for your business, what will happen after that?" Then I'd really have come away with some certainty and a bit more power. I just lost my power at the end of the afternoon because I had set my expectations at a certain level. When they weren't met, I got thrown off and truthfully, just wanted to bolt on outta there. So the lesson is, create a VERY clear defined future...the future of the future even! And when your expectations aren't met, just set it all aside and just keep going.

Aug 8, Starting a small internet business: Do your due diligence.

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:01:04 GMT
If youre trying to discover a legitimate way of starting a small internet business, no doubt youre a little overwhelmed. Here's a place to start your due diligence.

Aug 8, Smart home business: Top 5 qualities of great leaders.

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:59:42 GMT
If youre building a smart home business then assuming leadership means assuming success. Here's what I mean.

Aug 5, Help starting a small business: Top three reasons to create a website.

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:38:48 GMT
In this day and age you won't be taken seriously without a website. When you need help starting a small business, your website is your calling card and more. Find out why here.

Aug 5, Starting a small business: 7 ways to boost your self-image

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:32:05 GMT
In starting a small business it's important to project a certain image to the world, but equally important to perceive ourselves at a high level. Here are ways to make you feel business-confident.

Aug 4, Help starting a small business: How to get better at your business

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:21:20 GMT
Let's face it. The best way to get good at anything is with practice. So if you need help starting a small business, be patient with the process.

Aug 4, great being here

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:02:12 GMT
I often find myself wanting to be further along in my entrepreneurial journey. To have achieved something more or be somewhere different. Never satisfied. Always looking ahead. Creating action now that will serve the future. My goals and vision are critical, of course, to my success -- but what about just being HERE. Being present to where I am in my business. Like really LOVING being just where I am. I'm in a pretty great place. I have an extraordinary business. I make a difference in people's lives. People love what I have to offer. People respect me and admire my professionalism. I market myself well. People are attracted to what I'm doing. Where, exactly, do I want to be if not here? Always more money, of course. But the rest of it, well, I might have to secretly admit to myself that I'm already HERE. This is it!

Aug 3, Starting up a small business: Get fired (up)!

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:55:22 GMT
If you're not excited about your business idea, then you haven't found the one you're looking for yet. Starting up a small business should spark something for you...we call that PASSION.

Aug 3, Help starting a home business: Are you ready to start a home business? QUIZ!

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:21:21 GMT
Right now you're just doing a little research, seeing what's out there. If you need help starting a home business, take this quick (and not too serious) quiz to see where you are in the process.

Aug 3, Starting a new small business: Know your worth

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:09:06 GMT
Believe it or not, someone's going to pay for your products or services. If you're starting a new small business, make sure you know what to charge -- and that you're worth it!

Jul 30, what good marketing gets you

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:11:31 GMT
Attention! That's what it gets you. I just talked to a business associate today whom I haven't talked to or seen in many months. You know what she said to me before I even told her what I was calling about? She said, "I get all your emails and I've been thinking about you. You do such a great job with your marketing." The door was instantly wide open for me to step in (thanking her for the compliment) and request an appointment. Not to mention I got this nice feeling that someone in my network whom I admired, actually has some admiration for ME. Marketing. Whether it's ongoing emails, newsletters, postcards in the mail, periodic telephone calls -- make it happen, over and over and over again. Have questions or comments about this, feel free to contact me via the contact link on the left.

Jul 26, ms office 2007 2-month trial

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:56:20 GMT
Just as I was contemplating the cost of upgrading my MS Office 2003 (my Outlook has been temperamental and I think it's just TIME) -- I discovered I could try the new MS Office 2007 for free for two months. Hooray! So if you go to the main Microsoft website you'll see the free trial information. You get full access (as far as I can tell) to all the functionality of Outlook, MS Word, Publisher, etc. -- and I have to say, I'm mightily impressed with the layout/format/ease of use. MS Word, especially, has a nice new feel to it, like a lovely breath of fresh air you didn't even know you needed.

Jul 23, repeat exposure

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:24:38 GMT
There are things I do to keep myself top of mind with my customers. I send them an e-newsletter every other month, and in the off months I send them a postcard in the mail. I also make a point of calling people every other month to see how they're doing, to see if there's anything I can help them with, to make sure they're happy with their products and to see if I can recommend anything new. I learned from another businessperson recently that this is above and beyond what most people do. Come to think of it, when I think about my own vendor relationships -- people from whom I buy, regularly -- I can see where they don't work too hard to keep me as a customer. Not that I'm taking my business elsewhere, necessarily, but I recognize how loyalty can be a funny thing. I mean, for the moment, I'm loyal to one person's products. I buy from time to time, I like the products, and I support that person's business. Enter another person who's selling similar products. For cheaper. And she's talking to me regularly. Suggesting products that I might try. Keeping in touch. I'm starting to feel swayed towards the new vendor -- see what I mean? So the importance of follow up and real customer care and attention cannot be underestimated. What are YOU doing to keep the ones you have?

Jul 18, do it with intention

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:24:42 GMT
Still reading daily Wallace Wattles' "The Science of Getting Rich" -- to keep the GOAL in mind and keep the mind from distraction. The book was inspiration for the movie "The Secret" and in it, Wattles speaks of bringing intention to our interactions. So often he says, we have this goal or vision in mind of what we want. Then when we go about the activities or behaviors to try to have that, we become less focused, less intentional. So for example, when I call people up to ask for referrals, rather than just saying what I say without really connecting my whole body, heart and mind to what I want the result to be, is not as powerful. If I make those same requests, with my INTENTIONS in mind as I'm speaking, it's a much more engaging way of speaking and things are more likely to line up for me more quickly. So figure out what you want, exactly. Do the actions, thoroughly. And do them with INTENTION, always.

Jul 9, how committed are you?

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:11:21 GMT
I just got back from a meeting regarding a project that some partners and I have been working on for nearly a year. We have held numerous meetings and brainstorming sessions to move the project along; ultimately composing a business plan that we recently submitted for professional review. One of the main critiques we received was regarding our level of commitment to the project. Our business plan reflected a lack of commitment that was pointed out to us by the reviewer. It was a wake-up call for all of us as we have our own businesses and personal goals we're striving towards -- yet we all have this project we're interested in doing. What we discovered for ourselves is that anything we're up to in our lives, we'd better be 100 committed. Otherwise we're wasting time and spinning our wheels. Or one or the other of the things we're involved in is going to suffer. I have realized for myself that I cannot be 100 focused on more than one thing at a time. I just cannot do all the things I want to do, and do them well, all of the time. To really achieve success on the massive scale I am striving for, I have to re-align myself with that ultimate goal, daily. And if my actions reflect a striving towards something other than my ultimate goal, then my efforts are diluted. I may be getting one step further from -- rather than closer to -- what I want to accomplish. To realign myself tonight I'm off to read Wallace Wattles' "The Science of Getting Rich" -- for the third time this week.