I once decided to take up a home working idea, which i soon regretted. This home work was to paint very small footballers in their team colours. In all, several different colour paints would have to be applied to each figure! This would have to be with good accuracy. Of course i had to pay for t...

An ongoing series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble.

The 7th C: Crisis management impaired by personal issues:

- Attack and blame.
- Take to drink.
- Disappear.
- Pass the buck.
- Become hysterical.
- Pr...

For the employees, payday is the brightest day; they finally get the compensation they so well deserve for the services they rendered. For the employer, this could be nerve-wracking, not because they don?t want to pay their employees, but because some employers have a hard time calculating the payro...

In his classic best-seller, "How To Win Friends And Influence People," Dale Carnegie`s second chapter is entitled The Big Secret of Dealing With People. The secret is summed up in this principle: Give honest and sincere appreciation. Carnegie said there is only one way to get anybody to do anything ...

Earning an income from home has become a big goal for many families. A lot of women desire to become stay at home moms after having children, but also have a desire to contribute financially. Many of these women are opting to earn that income from home one of two ways. People often use the terms ?...

I received an inquiry the other day from an organization that?s inviting me to speak before its staff. Small problem: they can?t pay me my standard fee. Well, scratch them off them off the list, right? Wrong. If I?ve learned anything in my consulting career, it is the wisdom in the phrase, ?Mighty t...

You?ve made the break from the chains of working for the corporate machine and have decided to become a consultant in your specialist field, be that marketing, IT, HR or Sales. You want the dream of working for yourself and creating greater freedom in your life. Many Independent Business Consultants...

What`s in a name? In the world of business, a name is everything. Naming your home based business is important, because it is something that you will want your clientele to remember as they associate it with something positive. There is a lot of thought that should go into naming your home based ...

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Query -
A letter written by a writer asking an editor if she is interested in a piece on a certain topic. This is not the same as a cover letter. A Query introduces the idea, outlines your qualifications for writing it, and...

Many people dream of setting up a home-based business, but it takes hard work, persistence and a willingness to wait for results. If you are thinking about starting up on your own, make sure you write a list of your reasons for doing so. When the going gets tough you can go back to your list to remi...

Ah, working at home... Visions of leisurely days, conference calls in comfy sweatpants, increased productivity with fewer interruptions. But the distinctions between work life and home life soon blur. You really should throw some laundry in the wash before you write that proposal. You have an hour b...

I`ve always been fascinated by "anti-marketing", and how powerful its effect can be if done properly, so when I stumbled upon The Rich Jerk salesletter, I was immediately intrigued. I`ll admit, I`m one of those people who *never* reads a salesletter when I am considering buying something (I do read ...

Getting a network marketing lead. Getting a network marketing lead is not an easy process and involves a lot of work. However you can achieve network marketing success by following a few simple but detailed instructions and using network marketing tools. Network marketing success involves not only g...

Wholesale sources that are authentic can help you build your business rapidly. These wholesale sources will have wholesale products that your customers will want, at prices that will allow you to make a profit. After all, you can have the nicest wholesale merchandise but if the price is too high you...

The wizard in Wizard of Oz and the guy behind the curtain pretending to be him have different personalities. Which one would you rather listen to? The wizard comes across as bigger than life and unreachable. The little guy hiding behind the giant green face is one of us, a person. Companies that pub...

Cold calling. Most people hate to do it and there is a cottage industry of people making a profit by selling ideas on how to generate business without cold calling. They`re making money because they are using a basic marketing tactic that most of us have forgotten how to use - give your customer w...

Writing for the internet requires that you create a large number of articles in order to get yourself noticed. You may think, "who has the time?" Well, you do if you follow a few of the simple rules I have outlined here. 1. Divide and conquer. Chances are you have a few excellent articles in your po...

Writing a business plan isn`t optional just because you consider this simply a home business. You are a small business owner. A written business plan is required to secure finances or investors in your new home business. Starting a home business with your own funds and ideas doesn`t mean you don...

I am often asked how I stay happy and motivated all the time. The answer has two parts to it; positivity and self-talk. Many years ago I had a colleague who was forever complaining about everything and everyone in her life. Each day when she arrived at the office, it would start, "you wouldn`t belie...

Whether or not to start a home based business is probably one of the most important questions that you will ever have to answer. If you are even seriously pondering the question in the first place, then it probably means that there are circumstances in your life which are causing you to consider u...

In these uncertain times when we all would like to feel safe, when we don`t really want to travel so much for our business, we need to look to the Online Marketing Machine of ePublishing.

Your audience today is Internet savvy. They love the Web, surf it regularly and are looking for specific...

In franchising an individual desirous of their own business will sign on with a franchising company and use their brand name, know how and expertise to make a living. The franchisor will generally assign an exclusive territory with limitations. In our franchise company we have mobile service units, ...

Is it really your time to take that a leap and move from your home office to a commercial property? To help you answer this question, let`s take a step backwards for a moment and answer two other questions. Why do you want to move? Why is this move necessary? The first question is -- why do you want...

We say we want to eat better, feel better, and look better. But in order to make our goals materialize, we have to take responsibility for what we want by taking the appropriate actions. Here are three simple steps to help you turn your healthy goals into concrete accomplishments: Step One: Blame No...

Recently many high-output online article authors have been condemned by top-notch copywriters and editor type authors. These copywriter type authors and writers believe that many high-output authors do not take the time to carefully edit their work before submitting them and thus detract from the In...

(Channelled) Roy?I am sending you this quote from Sōtō Zen, Dōgen`s Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki, please read it. Once someone advised Dōgen to go to Easter Japan if he wanted to see Buddhism prosper. Dōgen said: "I don`t agree. If anyone really wants to study Buddhism...

"What do you do?" It just might be one of the most asked questions there is, at least here in America. Are you prepared to answer this question and make a positive impression for your business at various networking (and social) events you attend? How about this one... When you go to a business event...

Your book cover is the first impression a potential client has with your book. The book cover design and message will determine if your book will be ignored or bought. Go to your website and have a look at your current cover. Ovi Dogar has put together the ultimate book cover test. Learn if your boo...

Selecting to venture out and start a business is one of the hardest decisions entrepreneurs have to make, leaving the security and income of a previous job, to invest in an uncertain future can be a daunting decision for anyone. But once the decision has been reached, the next step is to select the...

I meet and talk to hundreds and hundreds of business owners every year and do you know what I`ve discovered? Virtually all of them are regularly suffering from stress. It dawned on me while running a seminar one day... stress is caused by pressure. Isaac Newton?s Second Law of Motion says for every ...

I?m writing this on my laptop in a Cosi café in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. The reason I am here has nothing to do with me or my business, but the reason I can continue to be successful in my work is because I have set myself up to do so. How? By creating supportive environments. In this case,...

In the movie, ?The Gladiator,? Emperor Commodus? rose to power early on because he realized what was most important to the people of Rome. Most would believe influence would be gained by the accumulation of wealth and fame. In Rome it was neither. The greatness of Rome was found in the ?sands of ...

Writing a business plan is a fundamental step to ensuring your business has every chance of succeeding. Common statistics state that 9 out of 10 businesses fail on the first 5 years of operation, and of the remaining 10%, 90% fail in the following 5 years. Why? There may be a number of reasons - ...

Another New Year is upon us. You?ve probably got lots of grand plans for change. We all know that every year we start out with good intentions and within a few weeks the drive and motivation diminishes. If you are ready to make a lasting change that positively impacts your life, get the ball rolling...

Learning to balance a work at home job with a family life can be difficult. Often, after people have decided to have a home based business, they find that it is harder than they thought it would be to run a home based business and also having the life they envisioned when they decided to take a leap...

"Now this could definitely be a movie! Dark Autumn is fantastic action-packed futuristic thriller that had me riveted for days. The energy was kept very high throughout the book. Occasionally Clint Dunshee?s characters performed seemingly super-human tasks, similar to James Bond or Dirk Pitt. Ho...

"We can make it up on volume"! These seven words, when uttered by any business owner, usually spells doom. They are typically spoken when a business experiences a cash flow problem. It is very tempting to cut prices in order to generate cash. However, nothing good ever comes out of this strategy. A ...

There are many websites that will host your articles on the Internet. Some small, some large, some with guidelines, some without, some support streams of topics, some have a limited focus, some charge a fee and some are free. With so many places to post your articles how can you maximize distribu...

Business owners have the greatest potential for writing successful articles. Most people usually start a business because they have a particular interest in certain products or services. Business owners usually have already gained much knowledge in their particular market. They can optimize their p...

Passive Income, residuals, royalties three ways to get paid multiple times for a one-time effort. You write a song in 1970 it gets covered by many artists. Each artist sells many albums or radio stations play your tune and Presto! you get a royalty check in the mail, even decades after you first pub...

Have you noticed a drop in affiliate sales since Microsoft`s Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) was released? I have and I didn`t really know why until my wife, kids, and friends started asking me why their computer wasn`t working right. While using Internet Explorer my son said, "Dad, nothing happen...

A promotion is a marketing activity aimed at boosting sales. That is why, business promotion should not be taken for granted and should be implemented with correct and effective promotional strategies. To start with, there should be a plan of action which a company should follow. The plan of action ...

If I received a quarter for every time someone told me that it`s absolutely impossible to convert 30% of the subscribers on your list, I`d have an extra million dollars sitting in my bank account. Well I`m here to tell you that it can be done ONLY by using a systematic approach to converting your...

It never ceases to amaze me how many otherwise intelligent people set-up a website, without any type of plan or clue about how to promote it, how to write a sales letter, how to write an ad--nothing! Fact is, nowadays, anyone can have a website. But once you get one, then what? How are you going to ...

In a world economy that is in constant flux and undergoing turbulence, more companies are realizing that their most precious asset is their customer base. An even more important realization is the need to satisfy the whims and fancies of these customers in order to survive in these increasingly comp...

For those of you with Web sites, you probably know what a "host" is. It`s a company that provides a location, or address, on the Internet where your Web site resides. In other words, just like a physical business needs an address, so does a Web site. You can`t have a Web site and just "stick it u...

"I hate making marketing calls. I don?t know what to say and how to say it. I?ve been assigned to find new clients and in the past 4 weeks I brought in zero new clients." Do you ever feel this way? Are you tired of being turned down? Are you frustrated by your limited success selling on the ph...

Freelancing is a competitive business, especially in today?s fast-paced, e-focused world. Often there are hundreds of writers competing for the same, limited number of assignments, and the writer who can best showcase his or her abilities is the one who lands the job. Editors, however, are very ...

How is branding different than marketing? Branding is not so much different from marketing as it is an element of marketing. We think of marketing as a tree; the brand is the roots, holding the tree in place and providing constant energy. The leaves are the tactics, reaching in various directions ...

About two weeks ago I received an article submission that immediately attracted my attention. The title was identical to the title of an article I wrote and which was published in `WebProNews` in May 1999. "Probably just a coincidence", I thought to myself, and kept reading. But the first paragra...