Monday, February 18, 2008 

The Dream Of An Online Home Business

All over the world, thousands of people ask the question : Is it possible to make money with an online home business?

They have a dream of a life in freedom. They dream of being able to get loose from the nine to five ball and chain. They want to get free from the daily mind-numbing commute. They want financial independence.

The dream is about working from home, or to be able to work at the beach in a tropical paradise. The question is still unanswered. Is it possible to make money with an online home business? Or is it just a dream?

From time to time, some doom-sayer comes out from the shelter and predicts the end of small business on the Internet. It will be only the big businesses that can make it on the Net. Small home businesses will not stand a chance. Is there any reason to listen to these prophets of doom?

Let me answer that question with an example. Some years ago, the end of the Internet itself was predicted. It is beyond any doubt, that the Internet is here to stay. Online home business is also here to stay.

Day by day, more and more consumers get onto the Internet, they are shopping. They are spending money! As it becomes more and more convenient to shop online, Internet shopping increases every year. New payment processors make it safe and more easy to use credit cards online.

Broadband connections make it easy like a finger snap to download large files of e-books, audio, video, and other software.

As more and more merchants make their products and services available, Online shopping is becoming a natural part of many people's lives. It is so convenient and effective.

How to make money with an online home business?

As in the ordinary business world, if you can fill a need, you can make money. Find a niche. Find your passion. Offer your expertise, products or services to people who share your passion.

Give people what they want and you will make money with your online business

Small business will always have a great chance of success on the Internet. There will always be a place for you, if you can offer a different approach, create a better product or if you can fill a unique need.

If you offer a service or a product that is a little different, a little better, your online home business can dominate a niche market.

The Internet offers many fine opportunities to start a small business. Once you go a head and build a real online business, you will reap the rewards. Create your own online home business, that comes with the freedom you dream of.

All you need is a goal, a good plan to reach your goal, and the perseverance to follow your plan until you reach your goal. Get these three factors in place, sooner or later you will have the opportunity to work from wherever you want.

Ove Nordkvist share his more than 25 years of entrepreneur experience at his web site http://www.small-biz-ideas.net You'll find free download able master courses, tools and informative articles.

 

Internet Marketing And List Building: You Owe Yourself 9 Continuous Hours

Still confused about list building? You may have all the knowledge you need to get a good Internet marketing niche list up and running, but you don't know where to start. That's not unusual. We all get tons of mail in our inboxes, day after day. You may just be so overwhelmed by all the advice that you just shut down and don't do anything. Well, I have a very powerful way for you to make list building work for you and to get your Internet marketing business jump started.

Tomorrow, be sure that you have 9 hours of uninterrupted time. If this means calling in sick at work, or canceling appointments, or whatever, just be sure that you have nine hours free to dedicate to getting your list building system up and running.

Getting this kind of time together will probably be pretty hard for you, but it's what I do when I want to learn something at rapid speed. But here's the thing... You can have your list started by tomorrow night, if you really want that. Here's the thing: If you had the worst virus you've ever had in your life, what are the chances that you'd find a way to reschedule everything or to take the day off work? You'd do it, right?

OK, so pretend you have this nasty virus and just take that time to listen to My First List. Use 9 AM to 6 PM just to listen from beginning to end. Focus on learning and getting things implemented fast.

Don't allow yourself to expect perfection. Just follow the steps you hear. You can always mess around with the quality of your system later on, after you have everything set up. You may have already done some of the things you'll hear about or that you think you understand about Internet marketing list building. In fact, if you've been around a while, I can almost guarantee it.

What the system does is help you to get things fixed in your mind. Then, when it comes time to do this again, you'll have it all set in your head and it will be a lot easier. So, just focus on the action steps and get them nailed as quickly as possible. When you come to something you don't have done, pause and go do it!

When you've finished implementing that step, go back to listening. The whole system will be up and running by the end of the day, and you'll be sending people to product in your niche and making money.

You'll also be list building right away when co-registration kicks in. Then, you can worry about other ways to drive traffic, like blogging, writing articles, pay-per-click, and so on. Traffic will come from everywhere.

That's when you'll realize the beauty of list building when it comes to Internet marketing. It's just a matter of getting things up and running. Then, keep improving your list building system and your Internet marketing business will be cranking. Hope that makes sense.

Tellman Knudson knows all about list building, owing to his expert interviews three years ago at List Crusade. Join him as he reveals the secret to rapid list building when you visit My First List at http://www.myfirstlist.com/

 

Stylish Living Room Ideas From Our Home To Yours

Decorating our home has become a labor of love for us. By far, our favorite room to decorate has been our living room. This space has become the centerpiece of our home, in addition to being the room we spend the most time in. We've used color, a mix of traditional and contemporary furniture, wall art, and eye-catching accessories to create a stylish living room design that is still functional and comfortable. We hope by giving you some ideas from our own living room we'll spur your creativity and point you in the right direction to making your living room your favorite room.

Paint

When we moved into our house, the walls were off-white. Not bad, definitely versatile, but not for us, and definitely not for our furniture and accents. We used our favorite wall color, Sherwin Williams Latte , and...WOW!!!! The room just popped! When your paint colors complement your furniture and accents, and your furniture and accents complement your paint colors...you win. Your style starts working for you.

Maybe you live by the water and nautical fits your style. In that case, blues, whites, greens and yellows may work for you. If you live in a downtown loft, you may want an industrial look with white and silver elements. If you're in search of the perfect country look - try some softer, blues, reds, browns, and maybe some yellows.

We choose a neutral color scheme for our living room. Brown is Jen's favorite color and I love all the tones and colors you can mix into a neutral scheme - like red, gold, bronze, maize, and orange. Next we're going to mix in a bit more black.

After the color was set, we had to think about what to put on these walls...

Wall Decor

Just so happens that in one of our previous homes, the walls were about the same color. It was time to sell and there was this empty space above the mantle. What would be just right there? Wrought iron? Something black and white? Some professional wall art?

We had the color scheme...our favorite latte, a little red, a bit of of gold...we knew the size...then we saw it in the framed art and wall decor section at Kirkland's. The frame was the perfect thickness...the colors were just right and the size looked like it would fit pefectly above the mantle. Sometimes you just have to go for it.

With all the online resources these days, it's really easy to find pieces that go with your colors, before you even leave the house.

Lighting

When it came to add lamps to our decor, we had to figure out the answers to some pretty important questions.

Where was our primary light source? For us it was recessed lighting over the mantle. In other words, not alot!

Did we want to separate a TV watching area and a reading area? Not really, because there just wasn't enough room.

What kind of lighting did we want to use? Add a light to the ceiling fan - table lamps - floor lamps? Eventually we combined table and floor lamps with a style somewhere between mission and contemporary. Believe me, these two styles go together better than you might think.

Furniture

Our living room has two focal points, the fireplace and our TV armoire. Unfortunately, the armoire ended up next to the fireplace, simply because of the cable jack. It does work there quite well, but ideally we would have liked to move it around to some different places to get a feel for where it worked best. Just goes to show you that sometimes you have play the hand you're dealt.

As for the rest of the room, our favorite piece is our sofa table. It's not behind the sofa, though. We use it as an anchor piece against one of our walls. There are lamps on both ends and it's filled with photos of both our families. It's always a great conversation starter.

I hope what you've gotten out of this article is that style is not confined to a single term; like contemporary, traditional or country. Style is your state of mind and what appeals to you.

My wife and I aren't professionals. We just know what we like. When we run into a problem, we face it, break it down, and decide what looks best. With good information and a little bit of time to spend, you can make your living room "the" room that everyone talks about when they come to visit.

Todd Marsha is just a regular guy who enjoys living room decorating with his wife. For great ideas on decorating your living room, visit http://www.stylish-living-room-ideas.com

 

Earn Money With A Few Clicks ~ Home Opportunities Business

Many people wonder if there is an effective way to make money from home. Many websites that proclaim instant earnings or high salaries from home are costly or fraudulent. However, one legitimate method of making extra income from your home is affiliate marketing, and all you really need is some time and a computer.

Affiliate marketing pays either by issuing a commission, or through a recurring fee, agreed upon in the beginning of the undertaking. The payment scale and method of pay vary depending on the agreement. A relationship is formed between a merchant and an affiliate, where the affiliate is paid based on how much traffic they can bring to the merchant's website. If an affiliate produces a lead or new sales for the company, they are compensated by the merchant for their efforts.

The majority of merchants offer a one-time commission for all future leads or sales that the affiliate brings to the company. This commission can be as high as 75% or as low as 5%. Some affiliate programs grant a small, fixed fee for each click that the affiliate brings to the merchant's website. The later program is beneficial because it does not require a purchase to be made on the site in order for payment to be received.

An alternate payment system that some affiliate programs choose to use is a residual income program. This program will provide the affiliate with reoccurring income ranging from between 5-50% of the sales made through the affiliate. This allows a person to be paid based on the amount of work they do, which occasionally leads to a higher income. It also promises the opportunity for multiple payments, an attractive option for many. The drawback is that this income is not guaranteed in the way that a commission is. Often, a high paying one-time commission far exceeds the initial payment from a recurring income program.

For example, let's suppose that two merchants are beginning an affiliate program. One offers a $100 commission, and the other is offering $20 per sale. It is tempting to sign up for the single, higher commission, but the second option has long-term viability. Even if the affiliate only makes $20 a month, in six months they will have exceeded that original, one-time commission of $100. The marketing efforts are not in any way lessened by choosing the first option, either. The amount of work involved in either endeavor is equal. However, with the second option, a person can secure a future income by building a loyal clientele, which can provide years of future income.

Personal choice is a big part of choosing the affiliate program that is right for you, but keep in mind that there is usually more money to be made in a residual income affiliate program. Don't take these opportunities of making money from home for granted!

Irene Rexlee is an Online Business Marketers. The co-founder of DTM CDT International & GBBCorp who have built a huge network in a few short months. For recommended resources, visit http://rexleecorner.successuniversity.com/specialoffer and receive your FREE ebook on way to build large network marketing downline, Click http://rexleecorner.biz

 

Avoid Being Scammed With Work At Home Opportunities

Working at home is something that many people are interested in, but few actually attempt because of the fear that all of these opportunities online are scams. However, there are many legitimate ways to make money online and we are going to outline in this article how you can make money online and protect yourself from being scammed.

Working at home online is expanding rapidly as is the Internet. There are thousands of options for net entrepreneurs who make money through creating web sites, offering web services, or selling products online. The market has expanded rapidly over the past few years as the Internet has grown and there is something that everyone will be interested in and profit from.

What Are Scams

Unfortunately, there are a number of people on the Internet that are out to scam you and take your money without giving you any value or what they promised. This is a real threat that prevents many people from pursuing creating an online business but is one thing that you should not let bother you. The key is to be careful with whom you deal with online and to do your homework before you make a purchase. The key is to identify the scams before you spend any money.

How to Identify the Fraudsters

Identifying the scams is very easy. You just need to make sure you get a number of unbiased reviews on the company or individual you are dealing with. A great way to get this information is to search the web on the company you are looking to make a purchase from and check what other users are saying about them. Make sure you are getting these reviews from an unbiased 3rd party or your information will be incorrect which could lead you directly into a trap. Use Google or Yahoo! to get the information you need quickly and for free.

You should also be sure to check the latest reviews on forums as they are the best place to get multiple reviews quickly.

Identifying scams will only take you a few minutes and could save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars annually. Pretty soon, you will be able to identify the scams and help others save their time and money.

Places to Report Scammers

When you do read about somebody getting scammed or get scammed yourself, get back at the company and protect others by reporting them. You can report them to the FTC, Federal Trade Commission, so that they can deal with the matter legally, but be sure to visit forums and other online communities with users who may be interested in the product that the scammers offer and are subject to their trap to warn them about the scam so that they can save their time and money. After all, others are doing the same thing for you so you might as well return the favor. Reporting the company to the BBB or Better Business Bureau is also a good option. Just be sure to let others know of your experience.

Getting Refund from Scammers

If you do get scammed by scammers, be sure to get your money back. One good thing about online payments is that you do not have to use cash to buy products, but rather, must go through a third party payment gateway such as PayPal or eGold among others. These systems are well aware of the scams and do everything in their power to get the money to its rightful owner. So, if you have been scammed by someone online, be sure to make every attempt to get your money back. Contact your payment gateway support team or credit card issuing bank, tell them about your situation and open a dispute. They will take the time to look into the matter to assure that the rightful owner is awarded the money that they lost.

Legitimate Ways to Find Genuine Work At Home Jobs

There are legitimate ways to make money online, just be sure that you do not fall into any sort of trap. Always deal with reputable companies over other unknown programs and be sure to be very careful in what your purchase and who you purchase it from. To avoid scams, put the time that is required to research the company you are dealing with and be sure to get multiple opinions from multiple unbiased sources so that you can be sure you are not getting scammed. Also, check the BBB, Better Business Bureau, records to get official information about the company you are dealing with. If you are dealing with an individual, be cautious and make sure that they have a good reputation as you will not be able to find many reviews or anything in the BBB or another official resource.

Last but not least - Do your homework and you will be fine in your online endeavors.

Vijaya Kumar is an online business entrepreneur with 5+ years experience. He currently administrates several successful websites including http://www.makemoneyfromonlinejobs.com/ and http://www.bestonlinejobs4u.com/ which provides a scam-free database of online money making opportunities.

 

3 Things You Must Do Before You Submit To Article Directories

Are you making full use of article directories to grow your internet business? Start digging up those creative writing skills back to do it.

With modern communication technology comes the popularity of information-based marketing, which is one of the oldest and most effective techniques in getting targeted prospects to sites and converting them into buyers. This is why article writing, submissions and publications are also getting popular.

There are already many tools that people can use to make the process of distributing their articles more easily. These tools saves people time in distributing their articles, but you may know only half of the story.

Let us take a look first at the common mistakes that some people make before submitting their contents to article directories:

1. Confusing the reason to promote the articles with the reason to write them.

In article writing, there are three key benefits why you are promoting them; branding, lead generation and promotion, which are all part of your optimization efforts.

But there is only one reason why you write an article, and that is to inform your audience. If the article is not focused on this primary and most important purpose, it will fail to achieve the three promotion benefits because no one will be interested in reading them.

You need to figure out first how to get people to read what is in your article, then make them click on your resource box.

You can achieve this by producing better contents.

2. Failing to maximize the promotional opportunities of article marketing.

You may know already that your articles can help you generate additional links back to your site. But do you know that you can get more visitors and better search engine results from that same articles?

Mention keywords at strategic places. Just be sure not to overdo them. Some are even using anchor texts which is also an effective method. But it is important to know that majority of the directories are not able to support this.

Remember that it is not only about the links back to your site. Part of doing well in your article marketing is getting picked up by publishers with a large number of audiences and gaining the ability of leveraging other brands because of the quality of your work. Better search engine results also are great benefits.

But these things do not put much money in your pocket. There are other factors that can turn your article marketing efforts into an opportunity that can boost your earnings. Not just increase the number of visitors to your site.

Start out with a plan and see to it that your article will serve the function that you intended it to have.

3. Publishing content that does not help your readers.

Maybe in the process of writing articles, you are thinking that all that is you wanted is links back to your site. And any visitors it can generate are fine.

Guess what? Not all article banks and directories are going to accept your content automatically. Often times, they have some guidelines and specifications on the articles that they are accepting.

You can double the number of sites you can submit to by writing articles that the directories want to share with other people. All it takes is one publisher with a hundred thousand readers to increase your potential audience overnight.

Write the articles that publishers want in their publications if you want your article marketing to work the most effective way for you. This also means you have to obey the standard guidelines, spell checks, researching on a good topic and even hiring a writer to produce a good content on your behalf.

In the end, it is all really a matter of choice on your part. You can start getting a little exposure from increased links back but on a very basic level. Or enjoy massive exposure from a little extra time making quality contents.

It will be your choice. You may not be aware of the fact that an article submitted on directories is not meant to have the same level of exposure as highly-targeted content ones geared on a narrow group of people.

Learn the difference between these two and it will surely help you know what kinds of articles to write and to submit.

Joe Lee is an enlightened entrepreneur starting his business in an out-of-the-box way. With his experience , he compiled a report, "49 Compelling Headlines to increase your profit by 433%".If you are frustrated with your advertisement response rate, you may want to get this report at http://www.millionaire-idea.com.

 

What Do I Sell Or Do To Make Money On The Internet?

Finding products and services to market online is easier than you may think.

You may be asking yourself how do you start a work at home business and make money on the internet. You have nothing to sell and you do not know anything about computers or the internet, or you might think you do not have anything to write about. Well, if you found this site, then you have some of what it takes to start your own work at home business. One of the greatest things about making money online is you do not need your own product to sell, or a vast knowledge of any particular subject. The internet provides all that for you! Everything you need is available to you if you can learn how to find it and use it to your advantage.

The details of going about it are a little more complex than what I explain here but the concept is relatively easy to grasp. You can make a second income online or even a living promoting other peoples products. This is what is usually called affiliate marketing. These products may be actual items from companies like Amazon and thousands of other online merchants. These merchants will pay you a commission to send others to their web site and buy their products or services. Another option is creating a content-rich web site full of useful information pertaining to a specific subject and selling advertising on it or a combination of the two. Both of theses methods can be very hard to start out with if you do not have prior experience. You can also work at home opportunities that teach you how to start making money on the internet; some are free to join and others may be fee-based. As far as the free programs, remember the old adage you get what you pay for. You also need to be careful spending your money on a fee-based program. Research the offer thoroughly before you give up your hard-earned money.

Multi-Level Marketing is another great work at home opportunity that is a match made in heaven for the internet. Now, do not roll your eyes and click the back button just yet. I remember the days when I avoided my brother like the plague; he was always bugging people about coming to meetings or telling everyone how great he felt taking vitamins and dietary supplements. I bet the poor guy got pretty lonely for a while there. But MLM online is completely different. In fact, some of the best work at home opportunities to get started with is some form of MLM or tiered program. The beauty is you do not need to bother your family or friends to join or buy the products and your not limited to the people you know to get started. You have millions of people in the online community as prospects; so do not discount MLM online. It is a great way to get start a work at home business and usually these programs have great training resources to get you started because their success is based on your success.

As you can see, the possibilities for earning money online are as limited as your imagination, and the more research you do upfront, the better your chances are for finding the best work at home opportunity that is right for you.

Jeff Houdyschell, Copyright © http://www.eSmartJob.com

 

Bad Credit Woman Business Loans: Craft Your Dreams Into Reality

Women might be physically weaker then men but they have vindicated their equality in all sectors including the corporate sector. In the corporate world they might encounter any sort of bad credit tags and still stand to combat to restore their financial status. Such women have bagged acclaimed from financial institutions and also the institutions have come forward to aid financially in the commercial activities by introducing the bad credit woman business loans. Bad credit woman business loans can be obtained by the fair sex for both small and sizable commercial expenses. They can borrow the loan for purchasing commercial sites, machineries, stocks and shares, office repairment and so on. Every women business professional are eligible for this loan plan and can borrow with or without placing property as security to lenders.

The amount of bad credit woman business loans usually depends upon the ability of placing valuable collateral. Applicants who are able to place collateral of higher equity can borrow more amount in comparison to a lower equity. Depending upon the equity the repayment tenure and rate of interest are calculated. But the tenure has a limitation of within 5-25 years and the interest rates fluctuate from one lender to another without offers. But before applying for loans always estimate the value of your expenses and present the layout to the lenders in a rational and logical way as loans are approved based up on the layout of the commercial activities.

Bad credit woman business loans not only provide financial aid but also empower them to rebuild their hampered credit score to nullify other financial hassles. They can continue their business smoothly or can also set-up a fresh enterprise with the loan of bad credit woman business loans. Thus, all such provision can be acquired by sitting at home or office. The amount of bad credit woman business loans can be utilized for commercial activities. Thus, bad credit woman business loans are here to strengthen the financial base of the bad credit woman business professionals.

Ben Gannon is a senior financial analyst at Woamn Business Loans with an acumen for business and loans. To find Bad Credit Woman Business Loanss, business loan start up woman, woman business loans uk, woman business loan start up uk, advance woman business loans visit http://www.womanbusinessloans.co.uk/