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To Make Money at Home Online, Is It "Do One Thing" or "Many Things"?

Chunking your portfolio. What does this mean? Well, it refers to what Charles Handy wrote about many years ago. For those who have not come across Charles Handy before, look him up and buy some of his books to read - he is a real treasure! The principle he expounds is that the concept of just doing one thing that generates your only source of income is a seriously flawed one. He expounds the virtue of having a number of irons in your portfolio fire. If you read any of his material I think he makes a compelling argument.

Spread your risk. When you are investing for your retirement, you do not invest all your money into one type of investment. You would not invest everything in shares, for example, you would spread your investments over a number of different areas. So, why would you do it differently for your income?

Your skills are transferable. The skills you have enable you to work in different areas. For example, if you are highly skilled at writing, then you could make money at home online by writing and monetizing your own blog, you could hire yourself out as an article writer to others, you could write your own e-book, you could ghost write for someone else, you could write copy for your own or other's websites.

Broadens your expertise and value. The more you stretch yourself outside of the single narrow niche, the more you will grow your skills and knowledge accordingly. The more you do that, the more value you can add to others. You become a much more valuable resource.

More fun. Diversity is much more fun! That's a fact. The way to keep yourself fresh and vibrant is to be involved in many different things in your life. The more vibrant you are, the more creative you will be and the more creative you are, then the more productive you will be!

These are my key reasons for diversification. I know that many will say that going this route will cause you to lose focus and I understand the point that is being made. But, I would argue there is a difference between being diversified and being scattered! Diversification is a clearly outlined strategy to deliver on a number of key projects or streams of income. Being scattered is simply jumping from one thing to another without completing anything. My argument is that being diversified requires discipline and planning in order to be successful at it, and so does working on a single source of income. I would argue that I have come across many people who only work on one source of income and I would describe them as scattered. So, that is not a strong enough argument against diversification. We are also all multi skilled - remember the old adage "I can walk and chew gum at the same time"!

What do I want you to do? Do an exercise on a blank sheet of paper that brainstorms all the areas of work where you would have the possibility to make money at home online. Then pick a few - say 3 or 4 - and start doing research into how you could convert those into other income streams. Do not pre judge or set obstacles in the way as you build up this list and research - just do it!!

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The Client Contract - Unwritten But Essential

Those of you who have read other articles I have written on customer service will know that I believe that the customer is always right. Even when they are wrong, they are always right. A cleaning business is a place of strong relationships and trust, and as part of this the customer is always right.

There is no point in making someone wrong and even proving it with all the facts at your fingertips. It makes them feel like they have made a mistake and often they will blame you for making them feel that way because you have shown them the errors they have made. It is not a good thing to do because they are likely to go somewhere else for their services instead of coming back to you again.

There are however at least two situations where you may need to show the customer they are not correct.

The first one is where there is a major discrepancy in the accounting. If you believe they have not paid you for your goods or services, then you have the right to make your case and prove to the customer that they have missed payment. After all you are in business to earn a living and make money, so I believe you have the right to state your case clearly.

Don't use this approach over a few dollars however. It is not in your best interests to make a case over a simple error that will not make much difference to your bottom line. Just make sure it does not happen to you again. You might let one instance of a small amount go through, but I hope you would be more wary, especially if it happens more than that. That is a coincidence you don't want to repeat. If it happens a third time it becomes a pattern.

The second situation where it is relevant to stand up for yourself is in the unfortunate case where there is abuse. If there is a matter at issue that needs to be resolved keep the customer on side. Do not get angry or take offense as far as possible.

But when the customer starts to make it personal and becomes abusive it is time to change tack and retreat. It is at this point that the contract between customer and you is at an end or at least suspended. They have crossed the line.

There is an unwritten contract between client and service provider that is about being mutually respectful. By not making them wrong you are upholding that contract. When there is a dispute that deteriorates into abuse that contract is broken and the rules are gone.

In this situation it is important for your reputation that you do not indulge yourself and take part in a slanging match. If you do, it will be all over town by morning. You need to walk away from the situation, and never go back. If you have to leave behind the money for the service, do it. Any client who starts to abuse you is not worth the money. If the client contacts you again and apologies, asking you to return (is that likely?) then you need to make a judgment call as to whether you want to go back there again, and whether the situation might recur or not. You are in my opinion perfectly entitled never to go back if you have the least doubt. As I always say, you are not desperate.

It really is a relationship between yourself and the customer.

This breaking of the rules has other forms as well. Any form of sexual approach that is unwelcome is an example. Treating you with disdain while pretending to be civil is a borderline call.

We once had a client whose husband clearly resented our being in the house. He would come home from work when we were there, and once he left our money in the peanut jar! (He thought he was being clever, and being dumb cleaners we wouldn't get the point.) In the end we had no choice but to leave. It seems the only person who was going to clean his house was the wife.

These examples are just some of the situations that can arise and start to break the contract between you both. If you are starting to feel like you are not being respected, honour the feeling, and find what is happening to break the trust. If you find you have not been living up to the contract yourself you will need to take steps to rectify the problem, and quickly, starting with an apology.

But if the break-down is coming from the other side you have the right to walk away. Do it with dignity and your reputation will not be hurt. The contract has been broken.

Luke Dearlove operated his own cleaning business in regional Australia for over five years.

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How To Be Persistent In MLM and Network Marketing

What I mean when I say the lottery platform, is that people want to gain control of their lives, but of-times don't want the growing realities that come with being controlled by an employer to a 5 figure per month MLM and network marketer.

Part of growing as a successful MLM and network marketer, means you have to submit yourself to a new idea that you did not know of per say yesterday, and then learn how to utilize that information to enable you to create cash flow.

Most businesses don't make a profit for three years. If you as a network marketer are just beginning to get involved in the industry, it may take you some time to get things going. Some have taken weeks. Some network marketers have taken months. I even met an individual who said it took him seven years before he made a profit.

Now I am not saying it should or will take you that long, but what I am saying is that however long it takes, you cannot quit! It took 9 months to create and fashion you in your mother's womb. It took a little discomfort that your mother had to endure in order for you to be where your are today. Thank God she did not quit and abort you. The same must be done as you learn to build from where you are.

Whatever you want in life, whether it's being a master recruiter in your primary business offline, or a successful internet marketer, everybody has to start somewhere. It doesn't matter if your family doesn't support you, or whether or not your friends support you in your warm market.

Once the reality hits your heart that things have changed from the days when you easily sold Boy Scout or Girl Scout cookies where every bought into your business when they didn't like the product, you must begin to realize that there are millions of other people who are waiting for you to introduce to them what it is you have to offer.

Be persistent yet be patient, but more importantly don't be afraid of the word NO. The idea is to keep getting in front of people because someone will buy your idea. Do not be afraid to make mistakes. Move forward and don't quit. Here's to your success.

Eugene Muhammad

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Creating a Great Landing Page That Doesn't Take Mucking Boots to Wade Through

Ever think of how great a landing page is, when it captures your interest from the moment you click to the site? Well, I was thinking, so what if it is terrific, if it is not what the, "clicker" is looking for or interested in, what does it matter that the author is a superb, "catch" man?

Think about this, how much do you appreciate being told a little white lie, to say nothing of being flat out lied to? I find it very disheartening myself, to see how many people are willing to say things that are down right, intentionally misleading.

When you promise me something, be certain you are honest with me, if you know little about the subject, say so! Tell me we will be learning together, with you just a few stages ahead of me. Don't tell me that I only have a short time to join in, if it is a gimmick that works, but isn't true! Because believe it or not, that will affect how I trust You!

Don't market me, just to use me! Do you care? Really, I mean do you care about others, or is that just a line that works for you and you have found that it brings money into your pocket? It's okay if you don't care, just so long as you don't pretend to!

You see, as an enlightened being, one who loves because you are known by the Creator, call yourself, Christian, or not, you will one day walk in the knowing that somewhere along the way, you really should have learned to care about others.

If this has not been the case yet, for you, that's alright, your time will come. Far better to be known for being honest, than to pretend and be known for something less.

The knowing comes from a pure heart, one filled with Love. A heart that realizes compassion for every other human being in existence. One who wants to see success for the benefit of the being, not the beholder.

In spending time, learning what it means to market, I have begun to realize that we must sincerely desire to give and come alongside others, to offer them a step up the rung, if we are to be at peace when all is said and done. Using the information we gather, the knowledge and the wisdom, is far more profitable to us, when we in turn, pass it along to others.

Remembering these points when you carve out your Landing Page, will cause you to not only make a profitable income on the internet, but to be demonstrative in the success of those who buy in to your Sales Page!

Should you want mentoring from one who is willing to go the extra mile, know that there are those around who are still willing to perform in honesty and integrity. Your best bet, is to become a service provider of just this type of quality! Give until there is nothing left for you to give, knowing that you will never out give the Source of all knowledge.

Know that though you read many a good sales page, not all will keep your boots from the muck! If someone wants to buy the farm, that is their business, just make certain that when they read your sales page, they know what they will be stepping into!

Great Success Be Yours!

Cheryl G Burke http://cherylgburke.com/blog

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Disadvantages to Owning a Home Based Business and How to Minimize Them

1. Nobody is there to tell you what to do. This is an interesting one because you might want to get away from your '9 to5' to avoid having a boss but you realize that being your own boss might be difficult because doing whatever you want might lead to doing nothing. To minimize this challenge, boss yourself around. Use a schedule, notes around the house, reminders on your mobile phone, an over-sized calendar, whatever it takes to remind yourself to put some pep in your step. Being your own boss means just that. You must find some way to get it through to yourself that the work must be done.

2. The bed is soooo comfortable. Solution: get out of it! Set your alarm clock. You obviously don't need to set it for dawn, when you're barely alive, like you did when you had to go into an office. But, in line with being your own boss, set your alarm, don't hit snooze too many times, and get out of bed. You can still take a nap in the middle of the day since you do work from home! But, get up, get out of bed and do some work first.

3. It's boring being alone. This is a tough one. I happen not to mind being alone all day if I have to, but, for some, it's less than pleasant. Solution: find someone that you can help. Having a home-based business gives you a luxury that most people don't have, control of your time. Surely there must be a neighbor or a friend who needs something from you, a phone call, a trip to the grocery store, a hug. Doing things for others can add happiness to your life and keep you from being bored and hating your home-based business.

There might be more disadvantages that you can think of. But, when you think about it more fully, working outside of the home, for someone you don't like very much, with people you wouldn't choose as friends, has many more challenges. So, stick with your home-based business. You'll be glad you did.

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3 Best Strategies For Generating Cash On Demand

Strategy #1

Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket. Many online entrepreneur's make mistake by diversifying as they think that more than one basket, they will eventually collect more egg(money). Putting you eggs in more than one basket is the complete opposite from what you should be doing. To prevent from you online income being pulled out from under you, just have to find a person selling a product that you know has BIG PLANS for staying around for a very long time...

Strategy #2

Instead of being an affiliate, take a step further and become their "PARTNER". Then spend 100% of your time with all your eggs in that one basket and watch that basket. This will allow you to generate "CASH ON DEMAND" for years and not only days.

Strategy #3

When searching for the "PERFECT" person to partner with so you can promote their products,it's important to focus on three important elements:-

1) Believe in the product - find a product that you feel can truly change the lives of others as it will become very easy to tell the world about it and make more money than you can imagine.

2) Approve the quality - simply buy the product yourself to try it. If quality of the product or customer service support is poor, the customers you send will cancel or refund over time. That means you will not get paid.

3) Recurring commission - to make serious CASH ON DEMAND, you want to focus on products that have recurring commission. This means that every customer you send, will make you money month after month for years to come.

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An Honest Review of Auto Coupon Cash

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They do have an upsell where they make several auto-updating blogs for you that use unique content that they mix in with "money makers" / promotional stuff like amazon links, AdSense, clickbank ads, a special contact form to capture leads. The basic package still includes several tools that will help you do a lot of that stuff, including get blogs that rank well.� It comes with about a dozen software tools.

I do not use this program and ever since I started to investigate this product I receive more than 25 emails a day for coupons of which I have no desire to use and they repeat themselves 2 to 3 times.� I just send them to spam and go on with my real email.� I do not like this type of capture but it is the latest thing from what has happened to me.� Now if you're a coupon fanatic you will like this program.� Personally I would steer clear but again it is your choice, it may be just what you want.� Building a business online should be something to be proud to represent, something I would call integrity.� Since I don't want to load someone's email with coupons that they don't want I would pass on this product.� Build a firm foundation while doing an online business, learn different techniques to grow your business and success will follow you.

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The 5 Reasons Homepreneurs Fail in Their Business

(1) Keep on trying
Taking action and trying are two completely different things and there is a fine line in that. Trying is taking actions that do not bring you the results while taking action is going out and getting it. And when you go out to get it do not forget - even though constantly being in action keeps you in the routine to achieve more and more, half-done projects and half-finished tasks and half-executed promised may get you not half-results but sometimes much less. Sometimes this half-done work can really damage your business representing you as only half -delivery.

(2) Investing in top-notch tools
If you live in a penthouse apartment your real estate tax will be much much higher than if your live in a tiny one bedroom apartment. And it appears to be common sense to know that. What amazes me is that way too many start-up businesses jump into the fancy tools of the multi-million dollar companies and spend their seed money on expensive tools. It is always good to look at where you want to be and to gradually upgrade your tools on a needs basis.

(3) Forgetting what will bring you "There"
The quickest way to get an entrepreneur wrinkle her face is to ask them when are you going to get your next prospect to sign up with you. Why? Because they feel powerless. Whether the prospect signs up with them is both a choice of the homepreneur and the prospect. Now, in order to start bringing clients in consistently, there need to something else set up in place than just the hunting for clients. There needs to be a PLAN - sales strategies, marketing plan, business outlook, PR campaigns. Should you loose sight of your long term goal of stability, the search for clients can turn into a repeating struggle.

(4) Not being gracious with their clients
I've heard this story over and over again and I really hope that people will eventually get tired of it and will see through it. As a marketing strategy start-ups are told that when they start getting business - they will be able to control the client load, the payments they receive, how much time they will be working, what kind of revenue they will be bringing in, etc. It's just too good to be true if you are not with 5 or 10 years of experience in business. And even then- late nights work, unsuccessful campaigns and compromises with personal life are to be expected. The most ignored factor in this equation is: the client payments. Remember, clients are sometimes late with their payments. So, be careful how you will approach this as money exchanges are the fastest way to build a trusting relationship with your clients... or to burn the bridge for Ever.

(5) Being super busy all the time
All you own is - this very moment. That's it. You miss it and you've lost the chance to get max results with min efforts. What most entrepreneur fail to recognize is that busy is not good. It's not bad either. It simply means: I do not have enough time for everything on my to-do list. If you have the work done and the money coming in, then busy is good. If you keep being everywhere and doing everything and achieving only so much results, then busy means: time to start using the time on your hands much more effectively so that you become more productive for less time spent.

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Offline Money Making Through Interior Decorations and Wedding Planning

Art and craft is so essential in today's world that in every household there is always a piece of art or craft required in various sectors of an individual's home. Be it the paintings on the walls or the desk top decorative materials like flower arrangements or ornaments. Mostly every home have occasions like parties, special occasions of remembrances and the most common of all is while a marriage is being organized in the family.

During a marriage organizing many factors come into requirement starting from the bridal bouquet to the guests memorable. Every marriage is bound to be different from the other making the interior decorator to be more creative and efficient. Designing of materials for marriages could vary from entire decorating materials for the bridal parties and for the church and reception centers.

The marriage planner comes in with various requirements and the interior decorator would be required to furnish exactly what is required. So the benefit of art and craft knowledge is always a best paying job while seated in the shelter of your home. Art and craft requirement for marriages could vary from floral arrangements, church decorations, bridal individuals requirements like head dresses, bridal bouquet, brides maids bouquets, groom and best mans favors right up to even the flower girls and ring bearers needs.

So if all of these requirements could be catered for under one roof makes the marriage planners life even easier and enables them to concentrate on other requirements of the wedding plan.

Floral arrangement requires a special technique and skill to make every arrangement look to be most original and pleasing to suit the occasion. Picking of colors is also very important. In most cases the bridal party would specify the required colors and also the required design and method.

Church and reception centre's decorative materials generally is made with accordance to the theme of the bridal parties requirement, having no let up's or color variation is the duty of the interior decorator. If you could design the required mater like the wall decorations, stage back drop, seating arrangement decoration, table top decorations, center piece and so on out of special materials that could be of light weight, transportable and reusable, that would be of great assistance for the wedding planners.

Being an art and crafts personnel you would be always on demand as this art is very rare and in some cases the only available source in the region or city. The amount that could be earned off a single order for special occasions could actually double the monthly salary of a receptionist working at any organization for 8 hours a day six days a week.

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Desperate for Success? 2 EASY Ways to Build a 100K Information Publishing Business From Home

Imagine being able to change all of that in a few simple steps.....without making a big investment, trying anything risky or even working outside of your comfort zone?

Imagine being able to be PAID for doing what you really love, when you want to, and being able to share, participate and contribute what you truly were born to do, with an evolving audience of people who crave your message?

The truth is, you CAN do exactly that and a whole lot more by starting your own information publishing business, and I'm going to share 2 very simple ways you can get started, immediately below.

Filed Under: The Strategy of Straight Lines

This is a very simple, linear marketing model, and you are actually reading a live example of it right now..:-) The short version is that you create content (much like this) that is designed to build a community of fans, friends and evangelists for your marketing message, by driving them to a value heavy email sequence that builds GENUINE rapport and relationship, while gently promoting your own high end suite of offers, services, and opportunities. These can either be digital downloads, information in PDF or text form, a coaching or mentoring curriculum, or even....if you are nervous about creating your own information, an affiliate offer that you passionately believe is best of breed.

This particular strategy is really a PASSION and PROFIT based model, and I love to use it myself in the entrepreneurial niche, simply because I love sharing, teaching, writing and working with others who have the same fire. (although it can be used in ANY niche under the sun...and often is, by some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world)

Filed Under: The Content Community Continuum

I have written about this before, and it's probably the MOST unique and powerful process for creating content, credibility and COMMUNITY all in one fell swoop, while obviously generating cash flow to boot..:-) The process is very similar to the one we outlined above, only HERE, we are publishing information to a community centric blog that is designed to facilitate engagement, participation and creativity in your readership. (I like the Q and A model for this personally, but there are other approaches - forums, niche classified style sites, etc)

Remember, a COMMUNITY blog, that is content driven has real, genuine value. It can be sold for BIG bucks because you have a captive audience of readers, and often....a newsletter list on top of that, making it a very viable, and VALUABLE asset that others in your niche, even your competition will CRAVE. (and I've seen these communities sold for mid 6 figures and UP, even in small niches you'd never believe possible as well)

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