A Few Simple Tips – To Help You Get It Right In 2012!

January 13, 2012 By Tuks

Here are a few thoughts, that may help you to do better in 2012 than you did in 2011, when it comes to setting up your own flourishing business.
1. Your MIND Is Your Best Friend & Your Worst Enemy: Please remember, you CAN achieve whatever you want to for your business. As long as you BELIEVE it. When you DO believe that you can earn $30,000 or $80,000 or $150,000 – it may not happen overnight but your mind will slowly but surely make you ACT to make this happen. This isn’t BS. This is why applying the power of THOUGHT. Writing down PLANS. And constantly reviewing them is so very key to your success.

2. The Clients Are Out There. Millions Of Them. Don’t ever doubt it. There are people who will pay you good money when you provide them with a GENUINE product or service. The trick then becomes being able to provide that product or service and then putting it in front of targeted buyers.

3. Keep Learning – there is a very direct relationship between how much you learn and what you will earn. The moment you close your mind to new techniques, new ways of doing this…you’re in trouble. Keep learning. Always.

4. Give Yourself TIME – Look, I’ve been on the net for over a decade. I was not even earning a FRACTION of what I am after my first year. All good business people give themselves time to learn and earn. Take a very long term mindset.

5. Remember – A Business Is About CLIENTS. While learning, while setting up new sites in the very best niches, your business is about clients. About people. So, build your lists, and learn about the most potent ways of getting targeted clients to your sites and onto your list. It’s so simple when you avoid the clutter – have a good product/service and site – and get clients as cost efficiently as possible. And let the laws of nature handle the rest.

It’s never been a better time to set up your own internet marketing business!

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Why You Really Need To Start Your Own Thing (Worrying Truth)

January 13, 2012 By Tuks

If you’ve followed the last few newsletters, then I really hope you’re keeping a cautious eye on what’s happening out there in the real world. But also empowered, because never before has it been so possible for ordinary folk, like you and I, to set-up home based, internet based businesses that can help to provide us with both financial security and a pleasant lifestyle.

The reason I feel it is so important to start looking at your own thing now is simply what’s happening in the world today. We’re seeing more and more companies going bust. We’re seeing more people unemployed (in the Eurozone, generic unemployment has climbed over 10% with some countries like Greece seeing multiples of that).

We’re seeing wages frozen, sometimes even go down – yet the cost of living is rocketing. In the UK for example, people are finding that even getting to work is becoming too expensive…rail and subway fares, and petrol have seen massive rises – meaning more people seem to be working harder and harder, in return for less and less.

Perhaps the most worrying trend of all is that all signs point to this getting worse, as governments desperately try to raise funds to address crippling debts and unsustainable budget deficits. And who will suffer the most? Ordinary folks who have ordinary jobs. Their wages will be frozen, yet they will face crippling direct and indirect tax hikes, and savage inflation. They will face greater work associated costs (travel etc). Their incomes will be squeezed more and more, till they appear to be working just to pay the most basic of living expenses.

Now obviously, I don’t know your personal circumstances. My newsletter readers come from a wide variety of backgrounds, from hardcore business owners to people who are currently employed but are setting up their business on a part time basis – to those who are retired and wish to supplement their income.

Whatever your background, just keep in mind that it’s always a good thing to set up your own internet based business (or set up additional income streams). Financially, it will empower you like nothing else ever can. And whatever might happen elsewhere, that source of income will be under YOUR control. It will reward YOU, and not some shareholder or government. And the best thing about setting up your own thing is that you can do it slowly, and at a pace that suits you.

Now, very quickly, here are just a few noteworthy things about setting up your own internet based business:

- The possibilities are practically endless. Bounds of niches, many unique things that you can offer means just about everyone can (with the correct application) carve out their own little income , from home – with nothing but a pc and a net connection. It’s wonderful.

- An internet business can be run from home. This can actually put several thousands of dollars in your pockets every year, because you skip the associated costs of travelling to and from work.

- There can be several tax benefits that you can take advantage of when you have your own business. This can include writing off parts of your rent/mortgage, car expenses, even train and air fare & hotels – depending on the type of your business and the tax laws that apply to you. You just cannot do this when you’re a “worker”.

That’s merely scratching the surface. There’s the comfort and dignity of working for yourself , without workplace politics (etc) which frankly is priceless. You can’t put a monetary value on it.

As I’ve said for a while now, one very strong way of achieving all the above is by offering your services online. Doing (actually simple) things that millions of people are paying good money for.

This includes being an Internet Marketing Contractor (imho among the most potent things you can do right now) – you can do this part or full time. And, if you’re serious, you can start as early as this week. Later on this week, something very special will be offered, that will provide you with all the skills and tools you need to do this, and get new clients too.

Look out for it, if what I’ve said above makes sense to you.
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2012 – Do This, Make Money.

January 6, 2012 By Tuks

I thought I’d write a quick one to help focus your mind for 2012. To talk a little about what you’ll need to do in 2012 , to make this your highest earning year yet – or if you’re still at the starting point, to start your earnings and make them grow.

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about 3 simple steps you should use to make your living online. You can read it at the blog if you missed it:

3 Steps To Make Money Online

Today, I want to tell you two simple things that will help you to earn money. Both have more or less limitless potential. Then, one niche site is available for sale for the first person who wants it (insane price for what you’re getting)

1. Consider Being An IM Contractor…

Over the past couple of years especially, I’ve been literally shocked by the number of people who have approached me and asked me to do online work for them. Everything from website design, and marketing to creating graphics and more.

Fact is , when you learn how to do a few simple skills online…the world is your oyster.

Internet Marketing Contractors are in great demand, and you can actually fit this into your normal online business activities quite comfortably. Take on new work when you have time. You can actually earn hundreds per day doing things that people in the offline world just do not have the time or patience to learn.

Soon, a new site will be available to my clients who will be able to set-up a good , honest business in this field if interested. You’ll learn how to offer all the services that pay very well – and discover the places where you can pickup clients who buy from you over and again. Yes, theres work involved. No, theres no magic red button that you press and as if by magic sales will appear. But, if you promise that you’re willing to invest some effort for me, you may be shocked at what you achieve this year :)

 

2. Please Keep List Building!

In 2011, there was so much gong on that I actually stopped my normally frequent pestering for all clients to keep building their opt in lists. It’s really KEY that you keep doing this, because trust me it is quite key to the prosperity and survival of your online business.

Last year, I was meant to launch a new service that would actually build a few clients lists for them. I’m going to be frank – I just did not have the resources to do this for my clients. But, this service WILL be coming in 2012. It WILL be the most astounding service you’ll ever access RE getting a living, breathing opt in list. Because I’ll build it for you myself over the course of 2012. For a handful of clients only. And for those who wish to build themselves, that’s great – I’ll keep providing the latest tools and techniques so you can do this as efficiently as possible. I’d encourage everyone to have a go – yes it’s hard but it may be one of the best things you’ll do for your business.

 

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3 Simple Steps To Making Money Online

January 3, 2012 By Tuks

Another calendar year is drawing to a close. It’s time to do two things. First, congratulate yourself on a job well done. Yes, even if you have made ZERO, congratulate yourself for trying because damit we’ve ALL been there. And, the fact that you’re still around, on the net, ready to fight another day means you WILL succeed.

Feel good? Marvelous. Now stop patting yourself on the back because the second thing you need to do VERY seriously is review what you did right, and wrong. And then draw up plans for next year.

A) Just Remember. There Are 3 Simple Steps To Making Money Online

Now if you’re struggling to make your first dollars online, remember this very simple 3 point strategy. Yes, there is much more beneath the rather simple surface of them…but get rid of all the clutter and you find that in fact, it IS as simple as 1-2-3:

1. IDENTIFY – What niches, products and services are in DEMAND? Listen, I’ve seen shockingly poor niche product and services offered out there for 3 and even 4 figure fees. A lot of them leave the buyer (normally newbies) with nothing but expensive digital DUST on their hard drives. They sell a dream and nothing more. Designed to make a few JV partners rich. Nothing more. Just because a pig wears a diamond neckless and tiara, doesn’t make it a princess (Ps I have nothing against pigs, I quite like them in fact).

So, in 2012 make it a mission only to penetrate the BEST niches. The ones with good profit potential. The ones that have a BUZZ about them. It’s important. Keep in touch with this newsletter, I’ll research and provide the best of them for you on a silver platter (yes, no charge for my in depth research).

And, in 2012, understand that online you need to offer a wide berth of products and services. Yes, you CAN make 4 and 5 figures with one site. But, the real key to longevity and success online is to offer a wide range of things. Have a few really potent niche sites. But consider offering some in demand services too. Before you know it, you’ve got a huge network of income streams all adding up to one MASSIVE payday.

2. LEARN – Never , EVER stop learning new things. The net evolves at breakneck speed. New ways of traffic generation come in. New ways of building your list. Hot new niches suddenly appear. These are not things to be afraid of, rather things to EMBRACE. They are opportunities, and you should learn about them. And, I’ll put in a shameless plug – Digitalresalerightspro.com has just about everything you’ll ever need to stay abrest of all developments online.

3. APPLY – This is HUGE ok. The first points are key but they are USELESS unless you actually put them into pratice. And SO MANY intelligent people who could succeed otherwise, fall down simply because they FAIL TO APPLY. By this I mean consistent application. Not trying something for a week and then giving up because it’s not made a thousand bucks, or because Bob The Guru (my older clients will remember him) has come up with a new push button software that makes everyone who buys it rich (or gets leads and clients on autopilot or fill in the fantasty here _______________.)

 

Here’s something no one wants to hear. It’s a hard graft online. There is NO magic software. Sorry but it’s true.

But, do the 3 simple things above and you WILL succeed. How do I know? Because damit I’ve been doing it for a decade now and I make my entire living with the internet :)

In fact in 2012, more than ever I’ll be prepping my clients for their success. Actively helping them with whatever they need – be it first class video education on making money, or actively getting my hands dirty and building sites, opt in lists and even delivering traffic.Again, nothing to buy in this newsletter – but I hope the content helps you to focus your mind for 2012. I’ll tell you now – it will be a horrible year for a lot of people in “jobs”. Even if you have one of them – it’s time to start building a line of defense. Your own business, online, so that you’re protected against the horrid couple of years that many people are facing “out there”.

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Irritating Things About Being An Internet Entrepreneur & Marketer

April 3, 2011 By Tuks

According to a Merrill Lynch report published in and around 2008 (you’ll forgive me for not knowing the exact date), there had been 8,364 internet millionaires created to date. That’s interesting, because it’s broadly our niche and, tastily, it could so easily be one of us next.

Today, we’ll take a light hearted look at the internet marketing (and general internet business) industry. It wont be heavy, I wont dazzle you with stats, but we’ll look at the type of irritating challenges that come with creating, running and growing your own online empire.

Before starting, let me tell you that in fact, setting up my own business was the most rewarding thing I have ever done, on multiple levels. It has been my baby. And, being a childless near middle aged man, it will be my legacy and footprint in this world of ours.

In case you don’t know all that much about me (and you probably dont), I’ve been online for about a decade now. The idea of owning my e-business first came to me about a decade ago, when I was working at about 10.47pm in my then rather hectic city job. I had finished off my umpteenth cup of dishwater coffee and I had a list of things to finish. Tomorrow, I would have to take the 6am train and repeat it all over again. As I sat there, momentarily paralyzed at how I could have wound up in the rat race at the age of 25, I remembered thinking, there’s got to be another way.

A better way. Where I can work hard when I need to, but also enjoy the nice things in life – fast cars, my own place, travel… without the intense workplace politics, and the hundred other chains and whipsaws that come with that dreadful 3 letter word…JOB.

That idea took seed in my mind. And do you know the most difficult thing to get rid of in the world? An idea. Ten years later, I have to say I’m in an industry that I like, doing a business I enjoy, working with clients who are a pleasure. Thanks to technology, I can wake up and head to a cafe for a couple of hours in the morning to do some work. I can work late when I need to (which is quite frankly, often) and when the situation allows, I can finish early and enjoy some time off. As long as you’re responsible, and you understand that clients come first…you’ll probably love being an internet entrepreneur, and do pretty well to boot.

Today, we’ll look at a few of the challenges and even toe-curlingly irritating issues that you have to get on top of when you choose this life.  Here are just some…and these may not always be covered in your standard marketing-101 ebooks. A couple are serious, others a tad bizarre…but you’ll encounter ALL if you hang on long enough.

- Motivation: What type of person are you? Can you *REALLY* work without the tyrany of a ruthless boss monitoring your every move? See, the idea of working in your PJs sounds pretty sweet, but when push comes to shove a lot of people discover that they just do not have the motivation or discipline to do it. When it’s a choice of watching Jeremy Kyle go head to head against a canabis smoking benefits cheat, or article re-writing…Jeremy Kyle wins more often than not. You need to be motivated in this industry, and be stern enough to stick to the tasks you need to complete. 

- Reading the pulse of your industry: Online, it all changes at the speed of light. Everything is fluid…from the best ways of generating new leads and traffic, to what it is exactly that clients WANT from your business. If you’re starting out from scratch, you’ll need to develop your skills, to be able to deliver what your clients need. If you’re an old pro, the process involves continually reassessing what they want, and adapting your business accordingly. Sometimes, we all get it wrong…and you need to have the strength of character to bounce back from it.

- Spammers. Sometimes, all you want to do is log into your various business emails and deal with relevant issues. But of course, instead you have to deal with all sorts of SPAM. Some have subjects that are tantalizingly genuine sounding, such as “please send download link” – which paints a picture of some distressed client who’s invested in a product but who has not been redirected to the download page and instead been stranded in the blankness cyberspace (probably because Paypal is having a momentarty strop). So you click, but it turns out some plucky little spammer is trying to promo his ebook instead. These wasted clicks and seconds soon all add up, until you wind up wanting to beat every spammer over the head with a baseball bat until the blood seeps through every imaginable oraface.

Here are some spam mails I’ve recently received:

* “I have a list of 50,000 lawyers that you can buy!”  (keep sending this to random people and you’re going to need them)

* “Make her erupt with pleasure”

And perhaps my favourite…

* “Genuine Rolex Fakes for £10″

- Form Filling & That Little Letter Verification Box. As an online professional, you’ll have to fill in a lot of FORMS. When you want to join an affiliate program, you need to fill out a form. When you join a giveaway, you have to fill out another form. Some are simple, some are more involved and you’ll need to verify your email address.

But, perhaps the most annoying is the letter verification tool that a lot of sites you’ll visit have. On the surface of it, it’s a good thing right? After all, the site owner is only trying to protect the site from thos scampy little auto robots getting through. The thing is (and it may just be me) most of my first (and often subsequent) tries end up being wrong. Because, the letters are always done in some weird squiggley writing which is impossible to identify. Is it an a or an unfinished 8? Is it a 0 or an O? It’s impossible to tell – and if you get it wrong, you’ll get penalized for it. Sometimes, when you screw it all up (which in my case is always) you’ll have to do the whole form again as a punishment. When you try again, the next series of letters is even harder to decode – this time, it appears to be just a random collection of shapes that look nothing like letters. And now, there are lines and circles criss crossing the shapes. Lightening seems to be attacking it. I mean for goodness sakes, you’re meant to fool the robots, not the humans. 

- Cats. Yes, cats. Here’s a tip for you. Do not, under any circumstances even think of having a home based business when you have a cat. My one seems hell bent on ruining my business. Ordinarily, he’s a great and incredibly personable little fellow. He loves affection, and will nibble your ear gently in the mornings when he’s hungry and it’s time to wake up. Give him some fresh prawns and he’ll purr loudly like a ferrari engine. Take him to the garden, and it’s a pleasure to watch him leap about, batting his paws at insects, and sniffing flowers energetically. However, let it be know to him that you’re trying to do something productive and he’ll bend over backwards to stop you. Over the last few weeks alone, he’s managed to ruin a crucial .txt document (he likes to sit on the laptop when you’re off to the kitchen to brew some tea), he’s attacked a potential JV partner, he’s stolen a dongle (still missing) and if you so much as dare to make a skype call or produce an audio/video he’ll scream like a maniac until you abort. So, think hard before getting a cat – having said that, I wouldn’t now change having him  around for the world :)

- “JV Giveaway Events” – A good way of adding new subscribers to your lists? Sure. What does perplex me is that all of them seem to feel they need some underlying theme. We’ve had the sweetheart event (Valentines day), events for every religious holiday, we’ve had the fathers day and mothers day events and birthday events. Do we as marketers really need to hold these events only when there’s a holiday or occassion of sort? And, when too many people start hosting their own giveaways and we run out of occassions, what will we see next? A move into increasingly bizarre life based events? Will we see “Menapause Madness”? Or “Midlife Crisis Extravaganza”? I certainly hope not.    

- Taxes & Accountants. Every year, I start looking at getting my dream car (in a realistic attainable sense). The Audi TT. It is a thing of beauty, and when you fancy a bit of speed and danger (ie overtaking little old grannies in their 1.2l Hyundai’s) there’s nothing quite like it.

The thing is, every year around about Christmas I start getting the itch – and I tell myself that yes, it can be done. Then, my accountant calls up and informs me in his robotic voice that we need to start talking about the accounts and the taxes to be filed. Now, in my business I pay taxes annually not monthly. It typically comes as one big nasty TT shattering shock, and it needs to be paid upfront in one whack. Then, you also have to pay the accountant a good 2k for his services. By the time it’s all done, your TT money has gone into the governments coffers.

On a serious note – you do need to take taxes and accounting seriously when you venture into online business. Because, you can get into serious trouble if you don’t.    

So there you have it – some random, strange and possibly neurotic things that I’ve stumbled over while running my own online business. But do you know what, weighed up against the fantastic things that my business has given back in return, these things are really nothing. And I wouldn’t change what I have for the world :) . If creating and running your own internet business appeals to you, I really could not recommend it enough.

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(Video) How To Create & Host Your Own Mailing List!

December 2, 2010 By Tuks

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Dear Internet Site Owner,

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What Internet Marketers & Entrepreneurs Do…

November 5, 2010 By Tuks

Appreciating The Ecommerce Opportunity:

Ecommerce is defined as “any transaction or business conducted over the internet”. It has evolved and grown incredibly over the past decade. And if you are of the mindset that Ecommerce can play a big part in your life as a revenue generator, then read on. Because you’re bang on target.

One of the problems in defining ecommerce is that it’s so HUGE that it can include just about anything. When you click on a debt-help advert, and someone somewhere gets paid via Adsense or CPA…that’s Ecommerce happening. When someone buys an ebook, or software from you – that’s ecommerce again. As the internet evolves, and communities use it in increasingly in their everyday lives – so the opportunity for ecommerce booms.

The great thing about the internet is that it has brought closer that huge gulf between huge corporations and the small business person (you and I). Because it has handed the power to the people. Hence, social sites like youtube are inctreasingly influential in determining things that once only traditional media had the power to. It’s well known that the Democrats in their last election successfully engineered internet marketing to win votes. 

Ecommerce is getting larger by the minute. It’s carving out new exciting opportunities and niches too. It’s where you need to be – but if you’re a newbie there are sharks in these waters, so you must proceed with care.
A Stark Summary – What Internet Entrepreneurs Need To Get On Top Of

It’s not easy. Anyone who tells you otherwise is almost certainly pulling a fast one. The learning curve is steep and there are many challenges to master. But surely, if you’re expecting to make five figures monthly you should expect and relish this. If not – if you’re not enthusiastic about learning new things, about trying new things then why even bother? Best to get a nine to five, there’s nothing wrong with that (except that it sucks).

Broadly, here’s what you’ll need to figure out when you decide that you want to create your own online business:

- Pick a quality niche. Goodness, do not underestimate this step. It is KEY. Because, once you are up and running it takes as much time and effort to run and grow a site in a penniless niche , as it does to run one in a rich one. In case you have not already, please do download and read my own “Niche Business Empire” book on this topic (it’s f.ree and no opt in):

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- Decide A Budget (Monthly) : Yes, online is cheaper to do business than offline. You can save on staff costs, you can save on material real estate and physical goods (if you choose a digital delivery niche)…but you’ll still need a budget. Things like site design and marketing DO have costs associated with them. Figure out what you can spare.
- If you’re starting with no knowledge, experience and no site then you need to create a plan. How will you develop your site? How will you market it? How will you grow it? I’ve seen absurd claims from some marketers claiming that newbies can set-up “100 niches NOW and make a fortune with them”. BS – even ONE niche requires a lot of time and attention to grow properly. 
- Commit To Education : Ecommerce evolves at record speeds. What used to work last year may not do so today. You must be willing to watch videos, read books and educate yourself on an ongoing basis. I don’t want to push anything, but my digitalresalerightspro.com is the best source of education for internet marketers and niche marketers because I quality check all the video tutorials and learning resources inside (and there are over 600 of them).
- Network : A huge amount of your time should be spent on marketing your site. There is lots to get done, and many different paid and f.ree ways of doing it. You must create a detailed marketing plan that you can stick with, and that you have the time to do. There are so many ways to network and get in new business. You need to make yourself visible. Facebook. Skype. Twitter. Plus, you need to get involved with things like adswaps and giveaways – these will bring regular new clients and leads for you.
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Make Or Break Your Home Business (and Residual Income Streams That Work)

October 31, 2010 By Tuks

As our divine world drives furiously into this new Information Age a new type of millionaire is fast emerging from the incredible changes that have been driven by the internet the Work From Home Millionaire. This article probes into the questions that you have about the benefits of starting a home business, avoiding the scams that seem to attract any prosperous industry and (the bit that you’ll want to gobble up) the drop dead simple ways that you can implement today for instant home wealth.

Ready? Let’s delve now into the benefits of starting a home based business. Do you know that this new breed of Work From Home Millionaire has it much better than most wealthy people? A home-business affords it’s owners a lifestyle that even traditional millionaires would envy (no need to commute or play dirty office politics as you watch the cash splosh into your Paypal account).

Not started yet? Don’t fret – every thriving home business started off as a mere conception. An idea in someones head. Working from home is a dream for many – but actually going ahead and starting a home business can be very difficult. So what makes so many people want to do it, and why would you ever try such a crazy thing? Here are some common reasons, and some things to consider:

Doing What You Love (Yes, You CAN Turn Your Hobby Into Your Job). Most people have something that they’re really passionate about, and would spend the rest of their life doing if they could, just for the enjoyment of it. Whether that means football, travel or hand-made sock puppets for you it’s wonderful to get paid for doing what you love! Make sure, though, that you?d be able to take it if you had to make a living from your passion. It’s the things we’re closest to that hurt us the most – think of how you might feel if no-one buys what you’ve made, or if they send it back and with a note saying “what rubbish, I demand a refund!” Can you cope with your hobby becoming commercial? As you?ll learn with time and experience there is always a small percentage of customers who are downright nasty and will take a swipe at your feelings (I know of webmasters who have even received correspondence touching upon hate-mail before). You always have to take the rough with the smooth.

Your Boss Is A Dirty, Backstabbing Little Pig. It seems like everyone hates their boss. In an increasingly commercial and profit conscious world the “boss” is the guy who will deliver corporate riches at any expense. You may be a model employee, work more hours than there are in the day yet when it’s time for your loyalty to be repaid you’re left with a barely inflation matching pay-rise and hardly any gratitude for your slog. Is this really the way you imagined spending your life? Wouldn’t it be far nicer to do your own thing from your own space?

What you might not realise is that “being your own boss” requires quite a lot of willpower. If there was no-one to make you get up in the morning and do any work, would you be able to motivate yourself? Your home is supposed to be a place of rest and entertainment – and when it’s full of the equipment and temptation to do anything but work, working there can be hard (shall I do some work or watch that Simpsons DVD?).

You’re Over 30, Have A Wonderful Family, But Barely See Them For A Half Hour In The Day. You feel like all you do is go to work, come home, and then sit around, too tired to do anything fun with your family. Well without doubt I can tell you that with a successful home business you’ll have far more time and energy to enjoy with your partner, your children, your relatives and friends. And when you’re boss, you can set your own holidays. How cool would it be to turn up to your home office, find things smoother than smooth and call Bob up for a round of golf (of course if you don’t know Bob you can ask one of your own friends : ) The flipside here is that you might just end up spending too much time with your family, while you’re trying to work. When everyone knows you’ll be in the house all day, they’ll probably ask you to do all sorts of unimportant things, just because you’re available. It’s hard to say no, and before you know it, you’re doing the job of a full-time “housewife” instead of what you set out to do. Discipline is required, and if you feel you struggle with this then perhaps a home business isn’t for you after all.

The Commute, The Stress, The Overpriced Sandwiches – It’s All Too Much. There is a very wise old saying that goes something like this: “No-one on their death-bed has ever reflected on their life and said – I wish I spent more time in the office!”

Offices are dreary environments, and terrible to work in -travelling for hours there and back and spending a significant proportion of your wages to do it seems completely pointless (especially if you live in the middle of nowhere). If you could work from home, think of the time you?d save? and time is money, isn’t it? To make things worse, if you happen to work in some of the larger cities in the world such as London, the amount you spend on basics like food and drink can be shockingly high.

Isn’t it time you started earning more and spending less (both money and energy)? Once set-up, a home business affords you the enjoyment of working based around your time, schedule and requirements (with the only commute from the bedroom to the home office via kitchen).

You Want To Work Smarter And Benefit From Residual Income Streams. When you have a job, usually the pattern is that you work to accomplish a task and you get paid once. When you have a smart home business (such as creating and selling information products) you do the work once and then for years into the future you will receive payment for the very same work. That’s residual income and it’s one of the most powerful concepts you’ll ever take on board (congratulations – this one tip alone is worth hundreds of dollars).

A home business can not only be highly enticing because of the advantages it offers by way of work-life-balance, but when you get it right it will pay many multiples of any job. That?s the trick to setting up a really successful home based business.

Home Income Streams That WORK. Pay close attention to this short paragraph. You’re about to discover multiple ways of creating powerful home income streams that are seductively residual. Here are some income streams that have worked very well for me – I’ll leave it to you to research into and profit from them.

As mentioned above, resale rights and information products are superb residual income generators. These days you can purchase premium products with rights for the price of an ice-cream and profit from it for years into the future.

Google Adsense has been established as a viable and highly profitable business model for the home business publisher. It?s an awesome way of setting up income streams that do not require you to sell a thing (and continue to make money from them long after forgetting about them).

Knowing the basics behind importing & exporting is another explosively profitable home business model. Once you find a profit source here, again, it will continue to deliver cash for you for years into the future.

A Call For Action. Now that you’re aware of the pros and cons of starting your very own home based business (and some highly powerful tips to nudge you towards early profits) you need to take action. The next five minutes are vital – if you walk away and take no action you may never start on the most important and worthwhile journeys of your life. It’s totally up to you. Who knows, perhaps you’ll end up being the next new Work From Home Millionaire.

Filed Under: Internet Business

How To Charge A Bomb By Marketing Your Internet Business Skills Online!

October 31, 2010 By Tuks

Some time ago I was savagely attacked by a bee while innocently enjoying a tipple of sherry in the living room. In the process of battling it (flailing my arms about frantically and screaming like a lunatic) the front door SLAMMED shut so hard that the lock broke instantly.

I had to call a locksmith to fix it and do you know how much he charged? 90! (That’s about $160 if you’re across the atlantic by the way). He didn’t change it. He didn’t even change any of the parts. As far as I could tell he simply twiddled at it with some metal thingy (i think they call it a screwdriver) and then stuck me with a ridiculous bill. I had no option but to pay it.

The thing is I checked, and that’s the going rate for a locksmith in London. And do you know WHY they get away with charging such high rates? Because it’s a SPECIAL SKILL. Most people can’t do it.

What does this have to do with you? Absolutely everything. You see, YOUR specialist knowledge is absolutely priceless online. If you happen to be an internet business entrepreneur (like me) you can make an absolute BOMB simply by knowing more than most, and having more skills than most. Because people will pay (sometimes exorbidant sums of) cash for your specialist skills & knowledge. And the potential is even more potent in the internet arena where new techniques, systems, methods & technologies are born almost daily.

Think about that the next time you’re struggling with trying something new online. Because once you sort it out, you can probably write your own ticket by having that skill or knowledge. Here are just a few examples of the type of online specialist skills & knowledge I’m talking about:

* Creating simple websites.
* Understanding & penetrating new niche markets.
* Installing scripts.
* Creating information products & software.
* Creating graphics.
* Pulling in traffic.
* Building Opt In Lists.
* Setting up membership sites.
* Creating Audio/Video.
* Creating podcasts & RSS feeds.
* Creating high-ticket courses.

You see, just this small list of topics require SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE too. This means that like the locksmith, once you start to master them, and know where to find customers who are looking for them, you can start charging those high market rates for them yourself.

A lot of people want to earn a massive amount of money online. They want $5,000 or $10,000 online. There’s nothing wrong with that at all but if you’re starting out from scratch then it takes some time and application to develop your skills & knowledge online.

Perhaps you already have a SPECIALIST SKILL? If so, start to think about how you can market that skill online. The next section of this article looks at how and where to freelance your skills for immediate gains.

Freelancing – The Opportunities For YOU Are Endless. Here’s What To Sell, Where To Find Work & How To Set-Up A Freelancing Business Selling Your Skills Online!

It’s almost startling the way that the entire world is rushing online to conduct business. Did you know that there are an estimated 8 billion websites floating around on the world wide web? That number is going up as we speak.

It’s good news. Because as more and more people and businesses come online it creates one thing – opportunity. As the internet evolves, so does your scope for marketing your skills and services online.

So what type of skills can you market online? The answer is just about ANYTHING that you can do for someone else. I’m going to be focusing largely on online business skills today but it could just as easily be something completely different (for example making hand made crafts or speciality cards).

Here are just a sample of your skills and services that you could offer to the exploding internet business market:

- Content creation.
- Website creation & maintenance.
- Graphics creation.
- Copywriting.
- Information product creation.
- Software creation.
- Search engine optimisation.
- Pay per click campaign management.
- Affiliate program management.
- Joint venture marketing.
- Opt in list/leads services.
- Audio/Video production.
- Accounts/Excel/Word skills.
- Access database skills.

I could just as easily keep going for AGES with additional services & skills that you could charge for (and that are in great demand). For now, lets talk a little about the sort of prices that you could charge for your skills. Here are some averages I found for you:

For WRITING Services (copywriting, transcriptions, reports) – Average price of $376 per project.

For DESIGN Services (book/cd covers/photo editing) – Average price of $264 per project.

For PROGRAMMING Services (C++ and other geeky type languages) – Average price of $1,030 per project.

For OTHER services (including lead generation, video editing, word processing, excel skills) – Average price of $780 per project.

Do YOU have any skills that could be used by the billions of businesses seeking them? Why not find out (pop in to elance and have a poke about).

You’ll find out exactly what skills are sought after – and if you happen to have them you could start bidding on projects and start creating an additional stream of income by offering your services.

Train Yourself Online & Offer Your Skills For Sale – Visit www.digitalresalerightspro.com

Filed Under: Internet Business, Making Money Online, Something Different

Mobile Profits 101 (Video)

October 11, 2010 By Tuks

** DRR Pro Members get this whole video seminar as part of their Membership

Announcing The Brand New, 6 Part, Step By Step Video Course, That Shows You …

“Finally, Learn How to Quickly and Easily Reach Your Customers Through Mobile Marketing Without Worrying Whether It Will Get To Your Customers or Not…Starting Today!”

Resell Rights Included!

Unlike Email Marketing Where Your Chance of Reaching Your Customers is Slim due to SPAM protection, Mobile Marketing helps you increase that chance.  This is a step by step video course takes you by the hand to show you how to do this quickly and easily increase your sales…

 

Dear Future Mobile Marketer,

Sales Fact:  

- Currently One Third of people around the world have mobile internet access, which is twice as many as the number of internet-connected personal computers.

- 50% of the world’s population is expected to have access to the Internet through a mobile device in 3 years!

- Development of mobile websites and mobile applications are growing…just look at the Iphone, Droid, and many other similar mobile phones.

Who’s this perfect for? This type of marketing is perfect for any organization that needs to communicate quickly to their member base.  It can be organizations, it can be parties, events, concerts, sports events…Or it can be for businesses, retail stores that are having specials…meetings, emergency notifications and much much more….

 
You see, here are several reasons why you’ll want to tap into Mobile Marketing:

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Mobile marketing is easy to setup without the technical know how
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As mentioned earlier, the delivery of messages is fast and controllable, you don’t have to worry about that SPAM folder
- Because of the above reason, response times are super super fast
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Helps you build a relationship with your customers and makes it more personal

 

Now you maybe worried because you don’t know where to start, but don’t be. 

 

Introducing…

Mobile Profits 101!

6 Part Video Course

 

 

This step by step, 6 part video series, takes you by the hand and shows you how to quickly tap into Mobile Marketing!

CONDITION:  In this video series, I am going to presume that you have a list of customers that you want to contact.  However I will also show you ways to build that list.

And in addition to that, I will reveal to you some of the top Ad Networks, if you choose to market to your POTENTIAL customers:

Now just like any site, some only cater to certain countries, but the concept holds the same.

Here’s a list of this 6 part video series in more detail

 

 
Video #1:  Introduction to Mobile Marketing

In this video we will discuss why you should use mobile marketing.  You will also learn the tools and concepts you should understand before jumping into mobile marketing and much much more.  You will also get a quick overview of what we’ll be discussing in this video series.
 
Video #2:  DO’s and DON’Ts (Common Sense Stuff)

Before you jump two feet into Mobile Marketing, there are a few do’s and don’ts you need to watch out for.  Especially the don’ts, because you cannot just start adding people’s mobile phones without their permission.  The last thing you want is to be sued or tracked down because something you did; and you did not know it was illegal.  While we always recommend that you talk to a lawyer, you will learn a few tips that will give you a good head start.
 
Video #3:  Gathering Your List of Leads

Now that you know the DO’s and DON’Ts from Video #2, you need to start gathering your list of leads.  You will need this in order to complete video #4 and 5.  Most of you should already have this if you want to use mobile marketing as a means to strengthen your business relationship with your customer base, however if you don’t, I will show you how to gather them legally. 
 
Video #4:  Send Voice Messages to your LeadsIn this specific video, you will be shown a specific site that I have had some success with in sending voice messages to my leads.  This site will allow you to automate the process of both voice and text messages thru the use of this system; but I use it primarily for voice messages. 
 
Video #5:  Send Unlimited Text Alerts

In this specific video you will learn how to send unlimited text alerts, using this specific service.  At the time of making this video series, I was able to get the inside look of a brand new site that will allow you to send unlimited text alerts to your customers.  And how this can increase your conversions.
 
Video #6:  Creating Apps for Mobile phones (Iphone, Droid) Want to take a step further?  Creating apps and letting your customers know about them; is a great way to keep in touch with them.  I mean think about it.  People that have Iphones and Droids are pretty much addicted to their phones.  They are addicted, especially to the applications.  How do you go about creating an application?  Those answers on in this video.

 

 

So…with that said, grab this video series today, and learn how to start using mobile marketing to increase your sales and deepen your customer relationships today!

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