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Presenting Your MLM or Network Marketing Business Online
The ability to correctly present your MLM or network marketing opportunity online is extremely important to your overall success. The benefits of the internet has been well documented, and the point has been beaten to death. The internet offers a worldwide audience in which you can make a substantial amount of money regardless of the product you are promoting. The internet also offers cost effective advertising, and a 24 hour sales force if you leverage correctly. The bottom line is, the internet offers some really amazing benefits for the home based business owner. The downside of the entire scena

’s planned on any given day. It’s not easy...it takes time and effort to know where I want to be 12 months from now, so I start with some basics.

* Holidays...I take the major ones off.
* Vacation...I am taking a trip with a friend this year and so have those dates reserved and can work around that.
* Business Building...are there any conferences that I know I want to attend? I schedule my time to step back and review – it makes it easier to plan for.
* Profit generating...these are the days that I’m working on activities that make money for my business.

3. Bring all those scraps of paper or notebook in

Extra - Ordinary Prospecting - Be Enthusiastic
Thomas Edison wrote, "The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense." How do you do with the "stick-to-it-iveness"?Well what I have found that keeps you sticking to the task at hand is, not allowing yourself to loose your composure. The worst thing you can do when prospecting is loose it. If you do, it gives the opposite outcome to what you want. You have to understand, potential customers have been so bombarded by sales calls sometimes they want to hit back at their time being wasted. Don't bite with these p

Do you spend so much time working in your business that you never work on your business?

The corporate world knows the value of taking time out for a step back, taking time to assess what is going right, what is going wrong and what just plain isn’t going anywhere. As a business owner (or as one who dreams of owning a business), it is critical to take time out to plan for the upcoming time period, be it a year, or even a long-term goal. Otherwise, how can you get where you want to be if you don’t know where that is?

I usually plan my retreat in late summer – it’s late enough in the current year to have a good idea of how the year is progressing and yet still have enough time to make changes if necessary. I take a few critical tools and go somewhere alone for a few days where I can sit and reflect on my business as a business, it’s successes and opportunities. It is critical to build a roadmap of where you want to go...here are some of the steps I take:

1. Bring your financial records...in whatever form they exist. I use QuickBooks to track my finances – it allows me to track my income and expenses by any number of categories and dates. With the click of a few buttons, I can tell when my peak times of year are, what services bring in the most income (and how that changes seasonally) and what my expenses are.

I used to figure out how much money I had (or would have based on an estimate) and then what to do with it...until a few years ago when I attended an IVAA (International Association of Virtual Assistants) conference and realized it was okay to start at the bottom and work up. Now I start with all my expenses, including salary, income taxes, advertising, software, supplies, training, etc. and determine how much revenue I need to generate to cover all my expenses plus a profit. This calculation helps to determine the minimum number of profit generating days I need to figure in for estimating my time and efforts.

If your financial records are a mess, now is the time to straighten them out. If you can’t do it yourself, get help, this is one area that you can’t skip! You need to know where you are now in order to effectively plan for the future.

2. Bring a calendar. Personally, I use a large write-on/wipe off wall calendar so I can see the whole year at a glance. This allows me to easily see what I’ve planned. I also use colored stickers to label different types of days: profit generating, business building, vacation and holidays. This allows me to know what’s planned on any given day. It’s not easy...it takes time and effort to know where I want to be 12 months from now, so I start with some basics.

3. Bring all those scraps of paper or notebook in

Buying Or Selling A Small Business? Your Decisions Count
You must realize that a small business must grow. If the buyer or owner can't find a way to grow the business, it will go down the drain. On the other hand, if the business can show a history of growth, it can be sold for a tidy sum.Most owners want to grow their business, but few truly understand their financial statements and balance sheets. These documents contain many hidden guidelines that can direct the owner toward proper management. Sit down with your accountant; read some books that cover the subject and you'll be a step ahead.If you are buying a small, growing successful business,

good idea of how the year is progressing and yet still have enough time to make changes if necessary. I take a few critical tools and go somewhere alone for a few days where I can sit and reflect on my business as a business, it’s successes and opportunities. It is critical to build a roadmap of where you want to go...here are some of the steps I take:

3. Bring all those scraps of paper or notebook in

Internet Article Writing
Most Article sites, which take on submissions, have a minimum number of words required in each article. Some require 350 plus words per article that is unfortunate because articles which have 350 and under get picked up the most by online news sites. If you are going to write articles and want them to develop a life of their own thru viral marketing or sent in Ezine Newsletters it is best to keep them small and tight. One of the best sites I have found after writing some 1900 articles is EzineArticles.com and they have a minimum of 250 words which is fairly easy, think of it as 12 pt. Font and 3.5 to 4 i

bring in the most income (and how that changes seasonally) and what my expenses are.

3. Bring all those scraps of paper or notebook in

Sales and the City
It’s all about relationships!Here is how a popular TV show looks at it:In a city filled with more than its fair share of players, predators, losers, and creeps, these people need all the help they can get in order to find the one thing that eludes them all - a real, satisfying and lasting relationship. Is such a thing possible in New York City?Here’s how your customers may be seeing things:In a vocation filled with more than its fair share of players, predators, losers, and creeps, these customers need all the help they can get in order to find the one thing that eludes them a

generating days I need to figure in for estimating my time and efforts.

3. Bring all those scraps of paper or notebook in

Business Debt Consolidation - Business Debt Consolidation Gets Businesses on Track
Just what is business debt consolidation and how could it relate to your business?Let's review the situation. You've started your own business that provides either goods or a service to the people in your area. The business was developed on a sound principle that was carefully researched in terms of the need for these services or these goods and how many competitors were in the area. The business delivers quality goods or service and your company has built up a small, but loyal, clientele base. It may be a relatively new business that, despite its growth, is still trying to break even. Or it could

’s planned on any given day. It’s not easy...it takes time and effort to know where I want to be 12 months from now, so I start with some basics.

3. Bring all those scraps of paper or notebook in which you wrote down ideas for your business and things that you want to do. Record them in one central place; I call mine my “Dream Notebook” – it’s actually a sketching notebook with a gorgeous picture of the beach on the front cover. If you have a laptop, bring it...otherwise a notebook and calculator will do just fine. Use this list as the starting point of where you want to go, what you want to do and, equally important, what you don’t want to do in the upcoming year.

4. Break it down into small segments...after determining where I want my business to go over the next year (month, quarter, etc.), I break down the larger goals into quarterly objectives and then into monthly objectives, etc. This takes the “big picture” and makes it more manageable as I can get my arm around quarterly and monthly (and then weekly) objectives much easier than I can the entire year, and it won’t seem as daunting if you plan to take smaller steps toward a larger goal.

5. Relax and remember that you started your own business to do what you love, to focus on those things that bring you joy and also...to make money to allow you to continue to do the things you enjoy. Keep this in mind as you plan and remember to plan some time for yourself away from the business – we all need this to keep things fresh and exciting!

It is critical that you take the time to plan what you want your business to be like. You don’t need to do something just because “you always do it” or because “you’re good at it” – focus on those things that you enjoy doing! You’ll be much happier and productive – after all, you didn’t go into business for yourself to feel pressured or dislike what you’re doing!

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