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Hi everyone, I hope your weekend is going well. I am holding another contest today. This contest will last for 72 hours. I have been really successful at teaching people how to make money at home. So I want to share my knowledge with some of my regular readers.
There were a few of my readers who didn’t enter the last contest in time and lost out. Hopefully by the end of the summer a majority of my regular readers will win this contest. I will be looking to have 3-4 contests like this each month. I know I can help you!
Details: This contest will last for 72 hours. It will end on May 14th at 8:00pm eastern time.
To enter the contest; comment on this blog post.
I will pick a winner the old fashioned way. All names will go in to a hat and I will have a friend (not involved with contest) pull the lucky winner. I will Congratulate the winner on May 15th in a blog post.
The winner of the contest will get the following:
Winner receives-
Both of my e-guides. The Home Drop Ship Guide and The Auction Power Guide
**3 Months of Tutoring From Me!**
Thanks for entering the contest everyone! Good luck!
My help will include research that you can’t do on your own. (Finding Wholesalers/Drop shippers/Hot items/Explaining the tricks and tips/anything you need)
Any questions you have will be answered so you head in the right direction.
Special Note: The subject matter doesn’t have to apply to my e-books. I can teach you how to buy wholesale, drop ship, market and advertise, affiliate marketing, build/host your own website, make money by writing your own e-books, blogging, anything that has to do with home business online.
No e-book can tell you everything you need to know. That’s why my e-books are sold with tutoring along the way. I can back up what I say. I don’t just sell you an e-book. I help you, until you are ready to do things on your own.
Note: Don’t be alarmed if you don’t see your comment right away. I have to approve it. Don’t worry, all comments to enter the contest will be approved.
If you have any questions, email me LP@thehomedropshipguide.com
Today was a very good day! Last weekend I bought some perfume bottles at the flea market. I bought 5 empty bottles that were very old. I brought them home and cleaned them up thinking they must be worth something. I did a little research on the brand names and found very little about them. Only that they were probably made back in the 1920′ to 1940’s on average.
I listed them for cheap money on ebay ($5.00 each). Four out of the five perfume bottles sold for over $100! I couldn’t believe it. I read a while ago that old perfume bottles sold really well. The thought of perfume bottles making me money stuck in my head when I bought them at the flea market. Not knowing just how well they sold.
I know it was lucky to find such a good group of antiques in one place. This doesn’t happen often, believe me. Just to give you an idea of the great find I had; one of the perfume bottles was Victorian made back in 1919. I was not aware that the bottle was so old until the woman that won the item told me. I usually make a couple hundred dollars a week reselling things I get from the flea market. But this was a great week.
It goes to show you the early bird gets the worm. I always try to show up at the flea market before it opens. Most flea markets let you roam around until all the sellers are ready. If you see something you like just strike a deal with the seller. Nobody is around and you saw it first anyway, right? I am kind of like an auction sniper, only at the flea market.
Flea markets have been very good to me through the years. If you want to make money at flea markets you have to be vigilant. Show up early and don’t buy fake stuff. Fake merchandise and rip offs are usually easy to pick out. Even if they look real, you have to use your head. If it’s brand new and 75% off compared to the real deal, it’s obviously fake. Most of the vendors that sell brand new items are looking to rip people off. I suggest you stay away from these vendors unless you are getting a great deal.
You can always talk someone down on their prices also. I like to wheel and deal with the people who are selling stuff they don’t want anymore. These are the people you find selling antique and rare items. They usually don’t know what they have.
Look in your local newspaper and find some flea markets. Take the family or some friends. Flea markets are fun! I rank flea markets a 7 on the scale of 1-10 family fun. You will find all kinds of things from the weird to the rare. Everyone can go home with something for themselves. And you don’t have to spend a lot of money to be happy at a flea market. Plus you have a chance to find some rare items to resell online!
Thanks for reading my blog everyone. Don’t forget to stop by tomorrow. I have a treat for you.
Hi readers, I hope everything is good. My contest ended yesterday. We pulled Marion’s name out of the hat. Congratulations Marion! Marion will get the presidential treatment on learning how to start a business at home.
Thanks for entering the contest everyone! This contest will be held again very soon so keep reading my blog when you can. Anyone that needs help starting a business can enter my contest.
I also have a little treat for my readers this weekend. If you have time, I suggest you stop by to read my blog this weekend.
Sorry to keep today’s post so short everyone. I will make it up to you really soon.
Thanks for reading and see you tomorrow!
Hi everyone, I hope your doing great. It’s that time again. I am having another contest to let me teach you how to work at home and be successful. The last contest only lasted 24 hours and it was a surprise to most of you. Some of you missed out or entered a few hours late.
Hopefully 2 days is enough to give most of you a chance to enter this contest. I don’t want to advertise the contest ahead of time because my regular readers will miss out on their chances to win. The contest details are listed below. Goodluck everyone!!
Details: This contest will last for 48 hours. It will end on May 6th at 12:00pm(noon) eastern time.
To enter the contest; comment on this blog post.
I will pick a winner the old fashioned way. All names will go in to a hat and I will have a friend (not involved with contest) pull the lucky winner. I will Congratulate the winner on May 6th in a blog post.
The winner of the contest will get the following:
Winner receives-
Both of my e-guides. The Home Drop Ship Guide and The Auction Power Guide
**3 Months of Tutoring From Me!**
My help will include research that you can’t do on your own. (Finding Wholesalers/Drop shippers/Hot items/Explaining the tricks and tips/anything you need)
Any questions you have will be answered so you head in the right direction.
Special Note: The subject matter doesn’t have to apply to my e-books. I can teach you how to buy wholesale, drop ship, market and advertise, affiliate marketing, build/host your own website, make money by writing your own e-books, blogging, anything that has to do with home business online.
No e-book can tell you everything you need to know. That’s why my e-books are sold with tutoring along the way. I can back up what I say. I don’t just sell you an e-book. I help you, until you are ready to do things on your own.
Thanks for entering the contest everyone! Good luck!
Note: Don’t be alarmed if you don’t see your comment right away. I have to approve it. Don’t worry, all comments to enter the contest will be approved.
If you have any questions, email me LP@thehomedropshipguide.com
Hi everyone, I hope this makes your weekend. I know I have a lot of readers now. So, I wanted to give something back. I am going to give one lucky reader, two of my e-guides with 3 months of tutoring to get you started. I give people 3 months of tutoring because this is usually how long it takes the average person to catch on to everything and be comfortable with doing things on your own. I am basically setting you up to be self employed for the rest of your life. Keep reading if you want to learn more.
Details: This contest will last for 24 hours. It will end on April 21st at 12:00pm(noon) eastern time.
To enter the contest; comment on this blog post.
I will pick a winner the old fashioned way. All names will go in to a hat and I will have a friend (not involved with contest) pull the lucky winner. I will Congratulate the winner on April 22nd in a blog post. The winner of the contest will get the following:
Winner receives-
Both of my e-guides. The Home Drop Ship Guide and The Auction Power Guide
**3 Months of Tutoring From Me!**
My help will include research that you can’t do on your own. (Finding Wholesalers/Drop shippers/Hot items/Explaining the tricks and tips/anything you need)
Any questions you have will be answered so you head in the right direction.
Special Note: The subject matter doesn’t have to apply to my e-books. I can teach you how to market and advertise, affiliate marketing, build/host your own website, make money by writing your own e-books, blogging, anything that has to do with home business online.
Note: No e-book can tell you everything you need to know. That’s why my e-books are sold with tutoring along the way. I can back up what I say. I don’t just sell you an e-book. I help you, until you are ready to do things on your own.
I just want to give something back to my readers. Hopefully I will gain a few readers from this contest also. Yes, I am really giving both e-books (not just one) and my help along the way for 3 months.
Besides, where else will you get an experienced individual like me, to help you for free? Let alone, for 3 months.
Thanks for entering the contest everyone! Good luck!
Note: Don’t be alarmed if you don’t see your comment right away. I have to approve it. Don’t worry, all comments to enter the contest will be approved.
If you have any questions, email me LP@thehomedropshipguide.com
Hi everyone, I hope your weekend is going well. I am celebrating my birthday tonight. I will be back tomorrow with a juicy post for you all.
Take care!
Creating your own product is probably one of the best ways you can start a home business. I was reading a blog earlier that made a really good point about creating your own product. You make 100% profit when you create your own product. The people that are the creators are usually the ones making all the money. A majority of people that want to be rich are willing to buy created products to help them get an edge. That means, created products will always be in demand.
New inventions are made everyday that are potential million dollar ideas. Who’s to say you can’t make your own product and sell it online? There are billions of consumers that are willing to purchase items that can make their lives easier. Ebooks are another great way to make your own product. Write an ebook about a subject you know best and sell it on the net. That’s why I wrote my eguides. I was helping people anyway. Now I can reach I bigger audience online.
Have you ever noticed all the people willing to buy into get rich quick scams? Some where along the line, they had to know it was a scam. Yet some people stay dedicated to pyramid and other types of scams hoping it’s not a scam. How can you stay dedicated to something that you think is a scam? You are only scamming other people into a scam you fell for. That’s just wrong.
Take all the time you dedicated into the scam and turn it around into what you know best. Make a product or service that relates to your professional experience/s. With some people they are great at sales online. Other people know how to advertise and market a product. Take some time and learn it all. Look at the box from the outside for once. Stop being a follower and get people to follow you for once.
Maybe you are great at something, but you like to be the person behind the scenes. That’s fine, get a partner. Just know the troubles that can come with finding a good partner. The beginning is always a rough part of starting a business. By bringing in a partner too early, you could ruin your chances of even getting past the product/service creation stage over conflicting interests. My recommendation on getting a partner is; draw up some plans and create the product or service. Then bring a partner in for parts of the biz you don’t know how to do(marketing, advertising, spokesman, etc.). After the product is made, it is great to get some thoughts or ideas from a third party(partner), to better the product or service.
There is nothing wrong with taking a year or two to develop your ideas to create your product/service. As always, be original so you stand out in the crowd. Don’t copy other work. Above all, don’t get yourself into an over-saturated market. By making your own product or service, you should be stepping into a realm where your competition is little to none.
That’s the way you make money with your own products. Nobody else has the same product or service that you do. So you are kind of a monopoly. You can target certain group/s and let them try your new product. New products sell really good. Especially if it’s a new product/service that has never been seen before. Consumers have always been interested in new and original products.
Take some time and think about the things you do all the time. Are you good at any of them? Are there people out there, that would be interested in knowing what you know? Everyone is good at something. If you don’t think you are good at anything, look again, because you missed something. I bet if you really thought about it, you could create a great service or product!
Thanks for reading my blog everyone. I really appreciate all your feedback. Let me know if you have any questions.
Hi everyone, thanks for reading my blog. I have been getting lots of positive reinforcement to keep me going. Thanks for all your support. I am going to hopefully change the website theme this month sometime. I am trying to find a better theme. Speaking of that, wordpress just released version 2.5 and I have to say it is great! I installed it today and no problems at all. My blogs look great and even seem to load a little faster.
If anyone is interested in blogging, I recommend using wordpress. It’s absolutely free. All you do is upload it to your website host. There are literally thousands of themes you can choose from. The theme on this blog is a wordpress theme customized to me. There are lots of ways to make your blog more professional using wordpress. It is fully customizable and the interface is very user friendly. You don’t need any website of HTML knowledge. You just need to know how to upload it to your host.
I am going to be making a few positive changes in the next month. I will be offering my services as a business consultant right through my blogs. I already give my advice for free here. But I will be offering much more very soon. I will be offering email, Instant message, and even phone consultation. I want to help as many people out there as I can. You have to have a back-up plan, with the economy always keeping you guessing. It’s really easy to make money from home. People just need the right guidance. I have been helping people start home businesses for a few years now. Helping people over the internet comes very naturally to me.
If anyone has any ideas to make your experience more interactive with me, let me know. I want to interact and help as many of my readers as possible. If you have a home business, you want to keep it very interactive with your customers. Maybe that’s why I run my blog the same way. People like to feel comforted by knowing they can ask questions.
I am thinking about having a contest soon. I will keep you informed & hopefully will have the news of contest details by the end of this month. If you are a web designer, check back soon. I am sure you will love this contest. I will also be getting a sponsor for one of my blogs later this month. I am very excited about that and will announce it as soon as I can.
Ebay was voted worst auction marketplace on the web last month (March). Be sure, that I will be talking about that, this month also. I am going to give you some great up to date ebay killers. So many great auction marketplaces are popping up all over the place recently. The auction places that were out there in the past, were never as good as the new ones that have been popping up. Could it have something to do with ebays new rule and fee changes?
I am looking forward to giving you all my review on the “so-called” price reductions ebay announced. They went into effect today. I am curious to see how much of a final value fee hike it is also. It seems like ebay is crumbling before our eyes. They are still the auction marketplace giant. But not the Goliath it used to be. Something better always comes along.
That’s why positive change is better. You have to listen to your customers. Take their word collectively and make a decision. If your customers are against something you are thinking about doing; you may want to rethink your plan. Customers are the base of what keeps you going. Ebay has turned their back on it’s customers for over a year now. They keep making changes that are against their customers. But, that is another story. We will get into that all this month.
I really hope to add some readers this month and catch your attention. I haven’t seen many interactive blogs. Hopefully I can start a trend with my wacky and original idea.
See you all tomorrow. Let me know if you have any questions.
Hi everyone, I hope you are doing well. Today I figured I would tell you about something fun to do this Weekend. Skillground has announced today that it has added Toca Race Driver 3 to its list of game titles you can play for free. As some of you know, I love video games. Especially sports and racing games. They keep the blood flowing. You can sign up and try skillground for free. You can win money if your skills are good enough.
Skillground is known for UTour golf. It has become huge this past few months. But now that they have finally added Toca to their game line-up; they are sure to become more popular to skill video gamers. You can play in one on one matches against someone else. You can play in tournaments for bragging rights as well as money. You can play in a team game. Or just practice by yourself until you think you are good enough to play against someone.
It’s a lot of fun at Skillground lately. They also have some first person shooters. Warpath and Close Quarters Conflict are not as popular as they used to be. But you can still win money playing them. Skillground also has a cool kung fu game that you can play against others. It reminds me of mortal combat.
Right now Skillground has a few tournaments you can play for money and win big. They have over $500.00 total pot for one of the Toca tournaments going on right now. Utour’s prize pot is over $500.00 on one of the tournaments also. You can play free games for bragging rights or put up your own money to win more in certain tournaments. Lots of people play at Skillground so there is always a fun time to have.
Skillground also has built-in chat rooms to match up with opponents. It’s a very social place. You can even chat with players during the game. Go to meet friends that play video games from around the world. This weekend Skillground is having a Skills Challenge Weekend. Players will compete in putting and driving contests in Utour golf for cash prizes. You can find details about this weekends contest right here.
Go have some fun for an hour. Everyone needs a break. It’s so much fun when you can play against someone and communicate with them at the same time. There is nothing like online gaming. Skillground is the best of both worlds because you can win money.
Give Skillground a try. Sign up for a free account and play.
See you all tomorrow. Thanks for reading.
Okay, now that you know what I mean about writing articles we can move on. Now, you are probably thinking, how do I combine clickbank and writing articles? Here is how you do it. Clickbank lets you promote any product they offer as long as you are a clickbank member. Just a reminder, it is absolutely free to become a clickbank member and promote clickbank products to get paid. All it costs is your time promoting the products.
Go to Clickbank marketplace and choose the products you would like to promote. Assuming you have signed up(free) for clickbank already, make sure you are signed in. Notice next to each product in the marketplace, you can see your designated affiliate link to promote the product with. Copy the link and save it somewhere. I will tell you why later.
Okay, now the writing part. Now go to one of the products homepages that you want to promote. Read about the product and get to know it. You are about to write an interesting article about this product. Do you think you can do it? It’s really easy once you start, believe me. Writing an article about someone else’s product is very easy. Just take information they give and tell everyone about it in your article. If you have tried the product, that is even better. You can be like me and only promote good products and services you have tried and recommend. If you can spice up your article without misrepresenting the product, then go for it(but you don’t need to). Simple is always better.
Now, remember that affiliate link you got on the Clickbank marketplace? You want to place the affiliate link at the bottom of your article. Now, post that article in as many places that will let you post your articles. The three places I told you about (ezine, goarticles, and idealmarketers)should be sufficient enough. They all get tons of traffic. But don’t let me stop you from posting it anywhere else.
The more places you post this article the more sales you will make. Clickbank gives you a commission for each product you sell for them. Try and sell the products that offer a 50% or higher commission per sale. Since most products sell for $50-$100 you should make some decent money.
Now, combine what I have told you and use it. Write articles for as many clickbank products as you can. Then post all your articles in every article submission website you want. If you advertise your articles you will make even more money. Advertise them everyday and you will be a professional affiliate in no time. It’s very possible and very easy to do. Working at home doesn’t feel so far away right now does it?
You can even send articles through social networks in an all out advertising campaign. You can find out how to advertise and market your articles in this blog post I made. http://thehomedropshipguide.com/blog/advertising-your-business-is-the-important-part/
Just remember, I tried to make this a brief post. If I didn’t explain something thoroughly enough, don’t be afraid to ask me. I have been doing very well with clickbank lately. I wouldn’t recommend it if it wasn’t working. And I don’t mind helping any of you. I know how tough it is to make extra money these days.
Thanks for reading my blog everyone. See you tomorrow.
Hi everyone, Happy Easter!
I found a cool poem about Easter. If you know “T’was the Night before Christmas”, you should get a good laugh. See You Tomorrow.
T’was The Day Before Easter
By Tammy Fuller
T’was the day before Easter and all through the woods,
The bunnies were busy packing their goods.
The eggs were all colored so pretty and bright,
All things were “go” for the big, special night.
The baskets were waiting, all decorated with care,
In hopes that the Bunny soon would be there.
My little brother Sam was asleep in his bed,
While visions of Easter eggs rolled round his head.
And I in my pajamas with the cat on my lap,
I had just settled down for a quick little nap.
When outside the window I heard a great noise,
I sprang from my chair and jumped over some toys.
As quick as a flash to the window I flew,
I pulled up the shade and, OH, what a view.
The moon on the meadow cast a bright, golden glow,
And the wind blew the flowers to and then fro.
Then all of a sudden out of nowhere,
Came some lively bunnies, hopping here, hopping there!
Leading the group with ears long and funny
Was a plump all-white rabbit…
That’s right…The EASTER BUNNY!
The bunnies hopped past, one, two, three, four,
The rabbit called out and then there were more.
“Come, Peter! Come, Flopsy! Come, Benny! Come, Joe!
Now hop along! Hop along! Hop along! GO!”
So up on each doorstep, the bunnies did hop,
With baskets of eggs. (Let’s hope they don’t drop!)
Just at that moment, on the porch down below,
Came the stomping of feet; ‘Twas the rabbit I know!
As I stepped from my window I heard a loud sound.
Through the door came the rabbit with a leap and a bound.
He was furry and soft from his head to his feet.
To see him so close was really quite neat.
He was surrounded by eggs that had been carefully dyed.
Easter eggs galore he soon would hide.
His eyes were all twinkles, his nose was so pink,
And I can’t be too sure but I think he did wink.
He had a kind face and a big fluffy tail
That bobbed up and down like a boat with a sail.
A twitch of his nose and a flick of his ear
Was his way of saying, “You’ve nothing to fear.”
He uttered no sound as he hopped all about,
Hiding the eggs and leaving no doubt,
That the Easter Bunny had come like he does every year…
Bringing baskets of happiness to children so dear.
Happy Easter!!
There is too much bogus information about home business on the internet from people that just copy and paste BS on their blog or website. They have no experience and just believe anything somebody says on a web page. So i figured, in my free time I can blog and help people.
But mainly, my goal with this blog is to steer people away from scams and bogus content. And at the same time I want to answer questions and help people. I hate get rich quick scams around the internet. Lots of people fall prey to them everyday and I am really sick of it. The thing I really hate about scams online are the ebooks that come along and say you can be rich overnight. That will never happen.
I have written a couple of ebooks to help people, just because of all the scams with ebooks out there. My ebooks do well, as they are special. I do not just sell an ebook to you. I back it up with my experience by helping along the way. That’s something nobody else is doing. Most people have never even used the information they sell as ebooks. It is usually just information they found online somewhere. I do charge money for my ebooks, as my customers get VIP service and work I can’t do for free. I do go the extra mile for people that buy my ebooks. When someone purchases an ebook they get 3(more if needed) months of tutoring from me. I offer unconditional help with things like researching and finding wholesalers you want, to showing you step by step anything you can’t figure out. I won’t advertise my ebooks on this post, as they do well already.
Who knows, maybe I can start a trend and experienced people will start writing ebooks and sell them along with experienced tutoring. Offer a money back guarantee and all the scam artists will be forced to do something else for a living. If you can’t help someone with questions about your ebook or how to do the subject in your ebook, you shouldn’t be allowed to sell it.
I do have a couple on blogs. Two blogs are for fun. I do use one blog to make money. I have advertisements and took some advice from the great John Chow among others. I don’t make much with the blog but that’s fine. It’s a learning experience and I am not in it for the money anyway. I want to help people learn how to make money at home. Even part time, anything extra helps. I know how it is to be scratching your head at home saying “how can I make money at home or online?” I was that person ten years ago.
I have been using ebay for about ten years. I met this great guy in 1998 who was always telling me how much money he made on ebay. He was nice enough to show me the ropes and get started on ebay. Maybe I got wanting to help people from him. Ebay was how I started making money from home online. I have expanded to many other marketplaces as auction marketplaces are my specialty. As you know, I do not list my auction marketplace ID’s anymore for sabatage reasons. Sad to say but, almost as soon as I started showing my auction id’s on my blogs(especially ebay) I noticed frantic fraud bidding and an avalanche of scam artists. So I don’t advertise my auctions or stores on my blogs anymore. They get enough exposure already on those marketplaces anyway. As you can tell, from the tips and information I give people on my blog; it’s not like I need the help when it comes to making money online.
For the past six months I have been teaching myself affiliate marketing. My goal is to get away from selling and live off of affiliate marketing instead (Don’t worry, I will always have my home business blogs. I think teaching people correct ways to bring in a little extra money at home is very important). I am finding out there is less work and stress involved with affiliate marketing. All you do is list a company link on one of your websites and when customers click that link you get paid in different ways; depending what that person does on that companies website. There are all kinds of tricks and tips to learn to be an affiliate marketing master. But that’s just like anything else. Practice makes perfect.
I would like to thank my friends around the net who have been kind enough to give me advice on how to market and advertise my websites. I get lots of great advice on young entreprenuer, a forum I visit to get and give home business advice. You see, I am using this kind of A&M knowledge to build experience of making and bringing traffic to my dream business website someday. Marketing and advertising is the most important part of having a website. If nobody knows you have a website, how can they visit it? Over the past six months I have become an advertising and marketing genius.
I think overall I will probaby stick with ebay through thick and thin until something else comes along better. Right now ebay has all marketplaces cornered. Ebay is pretty much the monopoly of auction marketplaces right now. There is too much money to be lost by taking ebay out of the equasion. History always repeats though. Someday something will come along bigger and better than ebay.
But I will always be here for my readers, I love to help people. I have developed quite a following with this blog and I thank you. Now I have found a new love for blogging. Helping people go hand and hand on my blogs. Anyone with questions about making money at home will not be ignored on my blog. In my years of helping people only one person has not been successful. And to tell you the truth, I don’t think they tried.
I do my best to post on my blogs everyday for you, although sometimes it’s just not possible. When I do post, it is usually answering someones question or giving information they asked about. I find answering my readers questions is most useful to everyone. I have been answering questions along with any tips or tricks I can give in a blog post. So, if you have any questions about making money at home, feel free to ask me. It doesn’t cost anything to ask me questions, don’t be shy:) I really am just someone who cares and wants to help you. Times are tough enough without trying to avoid scams too. I would hate to see anyone make a costly mistake they could have avoided. I have helped people from all around the world make money at home.
Thanks for reading my blog everyone. Have a great day!
Hi everyone, I hope you had a great weekend! I was smart and mapped out a fun filled weekend with the family. Nothing seems to go right when I plan at the last minute. I want to tell you a little about goal setting. You have to be really smart about what you do to plan future goals you want to accomplish through your life. If you read my blog regularly, you know how positive I am about everything. You can increase how much you are capable of, when you are positive about what you can accomplish.
The power of the mind is very underestimated. It’s a fact: people with positive energy, get more accomplished through life, compared to people that are very negative. You would never hear Bill Gates or Donald Trump saying “I can’t do that”. That’s why they are so successful. They would say “I can do that, let’s make it happen”. They both came from nothing. They were not born with money. They worked hard and accomplished their dreams one by one. Of course they were pushed around and told it wasn’t possible by other people. But they always had a positive attitude and they never quit. Great people never give up.
Do you have that greatness in you? You can accomplish greatness if you keep at it everyday. Just like a sports star that practices everyday. They are great because they practice everyday. You have to set out your daily goals like you would anything else. Do them everyday and get good at accomplishing them. Goals can help take you and your business to the next level. You work hard at each one until you accomplish that goal and move on to the next goal. It sounds very easy, but it can be devastating to your self confidence along the way. You will run in to all kinds of major distractions and road blocks. You have to stay strong and believe in what you are doing. Don’t let anything get in your way of the goals you want to accomplish.
When you set goals, you have to think of everything you want to accomplish and put it into a sequential order. Taking each step is important. But knowing what steps to take and when to take them can be even more important. Make each daily goal reachable. I have said this before; Nothing will happen if you make your daily goals unrealistic or unreachable. Think of everything from your resources to time spent each day. Studies show that people are more likely to accomplish their goals if they are measurable to that person. Another words, don’t over do it. That can be very discouraging in itself.
I read this a while back from a great positive thinker. Use the SMART system to map out your daily goals.
S - Specific
M - Measurable
A - Achievable
R - Realistic
T - Timely
Specific is pretty obvious. But lots of people don’t make their goals specific at all. Map out precise and very detailed goals. Vague goals will only confuse you and throw your focus off track. A good example would be if you said “I want more sales this quarter”. Instead you should say ” I want to up my sales by __ percent”. Make the percentage specific and realistic to what you want to accomplish. Mapping out a specific plan will help you greatly.
Measurable is an important one. People like to see their goal and try to jump right to it. Some goals can’t be reached right away. You have to chip away at it everyday. Most people like us can’t jump through a hoop and be rich. We have to work hard for it. Make a chart or list so you can keep track of daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales. Compare all your data. Make necessary changes according to what works best.
Achievable is a good one to teach yourself. Making your goals achievable means to keep then within your reach. If you made 10 sales last quarter, it is unrealistic to say you will have 1 million sales this quarter. But, if you keep achieving your daily goals you will accomplish that goal later. People have a bad habit of destroying their goals by over expecting what will happen with their business. Then it turns out in disaster and they give up because of it. It is good to underestimate yourself once in a while. Just keep in mind to chip away at that main goal each and everyday. Don’t let it get away without achieving that goal.
Being Realistic is the one that may slap you in the face. Most people have a habit of being very dreamy and unrealistic when they map their goals out. Make sure what you want to accomplish is something that is possible to do. Look at it from all sides, from the consumer to if it is legal or not. Make sure you are mapping your daily goals to reach a realistic one. A good example would be; If you have to change laws in order to reach your goals; then it is probably a bad idea. Nothing is worse than trying to reach a goal that is impossible to reach. Especially if you are using a positive attitude to reassure yourself it can be accomplished.
Timely is the one that most people don’t like. You have to sacrifice and spend time on your goals every single day. Don’t procrastinate! Get off your butt when you have free time. Even if it is only 5 minutes here and there during the day. Don’t take any time off of your daily goals and accomplishments. At the same time; you have to be fair to yourself and only fit in what you can do for the day. Break each goal into one small, timely, task. One baby step at a time. Don’t do more than one goal at a time unless it is absolutely necessary.
When you break your goals into small, simple, tasks, they will be more appealing to accomplish. You will find more time to work on them. That’s what it’s all about. Making your goals concrete, set in stone, and as easy to do as possible. Don’t take on too much at once and you will never be discouraged away from your goals. Everyone has goals and dreams. Not many people can say they accomplished all of their goals and dreams when all is said and done. You have to work hard and never give up to be in that league of people. But it is not impossible!
Just don’t lose touch of your life responsibilities. Lots of people get lost in their work when they try and reach their goals. They may lose out on the good things in life. Don’t be that person that loses out. Enjoy your life, you only get one chance. I like to live by the saying of the great Benjamin Franklin; “Work like you are going to live to see one hundred years old. Play like you are going to die tomorrow.”
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Hi everyone, I wish everyone a great weekend! It’s Friday, so I figured I would do something fun for a change. Today I got a lot of requests asking about free ebay auction templates. It seems like everyone wants more ebay templates. After all, ebay custom auction templates really sell your item all by itself. Customers look for professional looking auctions. Studies show the customer will stay on your auction page longer if your auction is attractive.
It’s hard to hold interest in something as boring as a plain text auction description. Are you using custom templates to build your ebay auction pages? Or are you a boring text description seller on ebay?
I make my own auction templates from scratch. I don’t usually use auction templates as a base to create my ebay auction pages. But it seems there are tons of you out there that want decent ebay templates for free. There is nothing wrong with turning an ebay template in to your own masterpiece either. You have to learn somewhere. Here is another great place I found for auction templates. http://www.isdntek.com/demo/onlinetemplates.htm
That website has tons of tools and templates for beginners and expert auction builders. Here is another great place to find some decent auction templates. Just click onto the auction template to view; then right click onto the auction template page and choose view source, now select all and copy. Now you have the code for each of these auction templates. http://www.onlineauctiontrader.com/ebaytemplates.htm
This is another great place to download some free ebay auction templates. These templates come in very handy and are highly customizable to your liking. http://www.alouwebdesign.ca/free-ebay-templates.htm . Just use the view source method and copy and paste the code into your ebay auction description.
I really hope these auction templates help everyone. If you don’t know HTML don’t worry. The templates I gave you are very easy to understand. All you have to do is fill in the blanks with your auction information and pictures. And you will have some great looking auction templates to use next time you list some auctions on ebay. These auction templates are not limited to ebay either. You can use them anywhere and on any auction marketplace that lets you use HTML in the auction description.
If anyone has any questions at all feel free to email me. Thanks for stopping by everyone.
Don’t use technology for bad business practices. There is a lot of technology out there to use for your advantage. Don’t over do it. Some companies go as far as; using a computer program to profile guests. If a guest is good or bad. This way the company will know who they are dealing with up front. In my opinion, this is taking technology a bit too far.
As I have said before, use mobile technology. Especially if you don’t have the time to spend in front of your computer all day. Most business people can’t afford to be at the office all day. Their job requires them to always be on the run. Some people work two or more jobs. You need to have a mobile device, whether it be laptop, PDA, cell phone or whatever you are comfortable with using. You will be able to send and receive email, faxes, files, and important messages. There should be no excuse for you telling a customer you need to get back to the office and you get back to them. Although, even I have done this recently. We have to break the bad habit of not being mobile. Today’s technology thrives on our businesses being mobile.
Use web 2.0, it’s very beneficial. Use social media networks to improve your businesses database of customers. Myspace, facebook, delicious, digg, so many more social networks to make you and your business well known. You can post comments, messages, vidoes, and blogs. Web 2.0 is all about making friends. You make friends and your friends trust you more. Then they are more likely to buy your products or service. People tend to buy from who they trust. Then it’s all about word of mouth through the social community. It works great!
Make sure you have an easily navigated website. Don’t use anything on your website that will contradict what you are selling. Make sure all the information; including ad space is something you would use and recommend. Make sure you have good, quality content on your website. You need to have something to draw people in. Try and offer them a reason to visit your website.
A blog about you and your business will really help shape your business. A blog can make your page rank higher. A Blog will also be more likely to raise your rank in search engines. Search engines find new content. So the more you blog, the more likely people will find your website. Create a newsletter you send out by email. Your customer base will be more likely to return if you have a newsletter.
Spend money on technology to upgrade, not waste. You spend money on all kinds of important things to keep your business going. Don’t upgrade with technology only when it is necessary. Upgrade with technology whenever you can. A business just starting out should be overwhelmed with technology. People seem to have the attitude that they don’t need anything new. The truth is, everyday new products come out to make our lives easier.
When you spend money on your business, don’t think of it as losing money. Every bit of money you spend on new technology is money well spent. The more technology your business has, the faster it will grow. The more likely your business will succeed and keep up with the competition. When McDonald’s came out with the Happy Meal; Burger King didn’t sit around twiddling their thumbs, they invented the kids meal.
Be smart about where you spend your money. Some technology is an obvious ripoff. Spend your money on technology that will help you in the future as well as right now. Technology is here to save us money and time. Don’t overwork yourself. Work Smarter, Not Harder. You can get more work accomplished thanks to technology. Most businesses can more than double the workload because of technological gadgets.
Take advantage of the technology available to us. Thanks for reading my blog everyone. See you tomorrow.