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<b>2.</b> If possible, plan your Walt Disney World Resort trip during the off-season and you will usually discover significantly lower airfares and hotel/resort rates.<br />
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<b>3.</b> Shop at area factory outlet stores such as Orlando Premium Outlets, which sells Disney merchandise at significantly lower prices than you will find at stores within the Disney World theme parks.<br />
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<b>4. </b> Check out some of the free things to do at Disney World such as strolling around Disney’s Boardwalk and Downtown Disney Area, or hiking through the Disney Wilderness Preserve.<br />
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<b>5.</b> Take the family to one of the all-you-can-eat buffets that lie just outside Disney World property such as Sweet Tomatoes, Boston Lobster Feast, Golden Corral, Ponderosa, Sizzler or Angel’s Lobster & Seafood Buffet.<br />
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<b>6.</b> You will discover numerous accommodation choices within a five- to 10-minute drive of the main entrance to Walt Disney World Resort. For instance, you can find incredible deals on spacious accommodations at Westgate Resorts properties that provide convenient access to Disney World theme parks such as Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa, Westgate Palace, Westgate Towers, Westgate Town Center and Westgate Vacation Villas.<br />
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<b>7.</b> Look for free publications such as <i>I Love Orlando</i> magazine, which contain a multitude of discount coupons to Disney area attractions, restaurants and specialty shops.<br />
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<b>8.</b> Check out comprehensive online guides to Disney World such as Orlando, Florida Guide for in-depth information on finding the best deals on Disney World tickets, accommodations and vacation packages.<br />
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<b>9.</b> For larger families, reunions or any other get-together at Disney World, it may make better financial sense to look into renting a spacious suite (see No. 7).<br />
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<b>10.</b> If you are visiting one of the Disney World theme parks with young children, don’t forget to bring along a backpack with some snacks or juice boxes.<br />
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<b>11.</b> Instead of spending a fortune at a Disney character breakfast, take your kids to Town Square at Main Street, U.S.A. in Disney's Magic Kingdom Park for autograph and photo opportunities with Disney characters.<br />
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<b>12.</b> Choose the appropriate Disney World ticket deal based on your family’s length of stay in Orlando and remember not to overdo things – you will want to schedule time for rest and relaxation during your trip.<br />
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<b>13. </b> If you choose to eat at the Disney World theme parks, try to make lunch your big meal of the day when prices are considerably lower than for dinner (especially at Epcot’s World Showcase).<br />
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<b>14. </b> Whenever you leave one of Disney World’s theme parks, make sure to get your hand stamped. Then after you rest awhile and enjoy a cheaper dinner off site, you can head back to the park after the crowds have thinned out.<br />
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<b>15. </b> You may want to schedule your Walt Disney World vacation around one of Disney’s highly acclaimed annual events and festivals, many of which are included with the price of admission such as the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, Star Wars Weekends, Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, Festival of the Masters and Holidays Around the World.<br />
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<b>16.</b> Carry your own water bottle into the Disney theme park and you can fill it up at any of the abundant water fountains throughout the day.<br />
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<b>17.</b> Establish a budget for Disney World souvenirs and stick to your budget (no matter how many cool gifts you see as you stroll through Epcot’s World Showcase!).<br />
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<b>18.</b> If you are an AAA or AARP member, <b></b>take advantage of any special rates or discounts that are available during your Disney World vacation.<br />
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<b>19.</b> Purchase such necessities as film and sunscreen <i>before</i> you arrive at Disney World, since prices at the theme parks are more expensive for such items.<br />
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<b>20.</b> If possible, try to avoid Disney World during holiday weekends and Spring Break when prices are higher and the theme parks are most crowded.<br />
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<li id="jsArticleStep1"> This is another free Internet marketing tool. You will visit different online directories that are relevant to your business and place a link to your website. You can also leave comments on blogs and forums and do the same. These are known as backlinks. When someone clicks on your link from another site, search engines look at that as a vote for your site. The more "votes" your sites has, the more important it must be, and the higher it will rise in search results. </li><br />
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Unfortunately, I can’t say I have found that one magic food yet (as soon as I do, I promise to let you in on it). The good news is there are several foods you can eat that give you some extra bang for your buck. By this, I mean, not only are they tasty and healthy additions to your meal plans, they also provide a chock full of antioxidants to your body.<br />
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<b>What exactly are antioxidants?</b><br />
Antioxidants have been all the rage for quite some time now, but many people don’t know exactly what they are. Antioxidants are substances or nutrients in our foods which can prevent or slow the oxidative damage to our body. When our body cells use oxygen (in almost everything we do each day), they naturally produce free radicals (by-products) which can cause damage. (Exercise is a good example of a healthy activity that naturally produces free radicals.) Antioxidants act as “free radical scavengers” and help prevent and repair damage done by these free radicals. Health problems such as heart disease, macular degeneration, diabetes, and cancer are all contributed by oxidative damage.<br />
You can see how it’s important for us to get these “free radical scavengers” into our bodies each day, especially if we have made exercise a part of our daily routine.<br />
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<b>What foods contain antioxidants?</b><br />
Lucky for you and me, the list of foods containing antioxidants is pretty extensive: vegetables, fruits, most nuts, fish & shellfish, red meat, grains, eggs, chicken and garlic are just a few examples of some great, healthy foods that will get you your daily scavenger.<br />
There are some foods that are particularly high and famous for their free radical destroying abilities. Here are three of my favorites.<br />
<b> Acai Berries</b> <br />
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</tbody></table><div class="imgfloater">Acai is a fruit that grows on the Acai Palm Trees in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil. The Acai berry is small in size (smaller than a grape) and is dark purple in color. Although Acai may be small in size, it is jam packed with antioxidants and amino acids, and is thought to be one of the most nutritional fruits of the Amazon basin. Acai has 10 Times the antioxidant power of red grapes and twice that of blueberries.</div>With that being said, I am not going to tell you that this fruit is the cure all for everything that ails you (like many internet sites trying to sell their Acai berry supplements and going a bit overboard with their claims). The Acai berry is a wonderful antioxidant and it is a great addition to your healthy meal plan, but not a magic potion that will cause the weight loss many make it out to be.<br />
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<b>Green Tea</b> <br />
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</tbody></table><div class="imgfloater">Green tea, black tea, oolong tea, and white tea all come from the same tea plant, Camellia sinensis. All teas from the camellia tea plant are rich in polyphenols, which are a type of antioxidant. Whether it’s green or black, tea has about 8 to 10 times the polyphenols found in fruits and vegetables (although the types of antioxidants are a bit different).</div>You can see how including a cup or 2 of tea can be a great way to get a mega dose of antioxidants into your day. However, just as people have taken information about the good ‘ol Acai berry too far, they have done the same with green tea. Yes, it is a wonderful addition to any diet, but it is not the miracle drink many people make it out to be. Studies have shown that it may have some metabolism increasing effects and assist the body in fat burning but drinking jugs and jugs of it all day is not going to guarantee long term weight loss. One to two cups is more than enough to receive its benefits. We also want to remember that tea does contain caffeine and some people need to be careful with their daily caffeine intake.<br />
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<b>Pomegranate</b> <br />
<div class="imgfloater">The pomegranate is a popular exotic fruit whose origins are from the Middle East and Asia. It is also known as the granada, grenade, and the Chinese apple. Aside from its rich flavor and the number of ways to eat and drink it, studies have shown that pomegranate contains more antioxidants than green tea, cranberries and even red wine.</div>Pomegranates have also been shown to promote healthy blood pressure levels and low cholesterol. Pomegranates may be especially helpful for men as studies have concluded that it may help prevent prostate cancer and growth.<br />
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How can I incorporate these great foods into <b><a href="http://d4c43-t69of4033on5imtn3uec.hop.clickbank.net/">my daily meal plan?</a></b><br />
1. Start your day with one cup of green tea. I say the morning, so the caffeine does not affect your sleep that night. You can sweeten your tea with Stevia, Xylitol, Agave Syrup, or a small amount of raw honey.<br />
2. Eat a pomegranate as your fruit of choice with breakfast, lunch or snack or drink 2-4 ounces of pomegranate juice. I suggest mixing your 2-4 ounces with water and sip alongside one of your meals.<br />
3. If getting in antioxidant rich foods each day is a challenge for you, you can supplement with an antioxidant supplement. Prograde, one if the very very few supplement companies I trust, has a powerful antioxidant supplement I highly recommend. It contains a high-octane extract blend of coffeeberry, pomegranate, green tea, acai berry, wolfberry and Biovin grape.socceraddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508620307317310690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748868333441232640.post-54199515282179707982010-08-24T01:43:00.000-07:002010-08-24T01:43:57.514-07:00The Best Diet Plan is NO Diet at allAs a nutritionist, the most common question I get daily is “<a href="http://674fc9tv0pofa7wlk4kd4kfue5.hop.clickbank.net/"><b>What is the Best Diet to follow</b></a>?” My answer is always the same and one that shocks many people. “The best diet to follow is to follow NO diet at all.” How could any nutritionist wanting to promote health tell you not to follow a diet?” Easy. I’m here to tell you that diets do not work. They are one of the most common reasons people have such a hard time losing weight. People are making the mistake of following a diet instead of following a delicious way of eating that will satisfy their hunger, their taste buds and help them reach and maintain an optimum weight and optimum health.<br />
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With all of the junk food, false advertising, and false information out in the world today, how is this even possible? A delicious way of eating healthy that will help me lose weight at the same time?<br />
Yes, this is possible for you once you are armed with the correct information.<br />
The best diet is going to be one that you can stick to (for more than just a week), one that includes delicious food and one you are happy with, not to mention one that you can maintain for a lifetime.<br />
Here are a few tips that will <a href="http://674fc9tv0pofa7wlk4kd4kfue5.hop.clickbank.net/"><b>help you develop the Best Diet</b></a> for you:<br />
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<b>1. Only eat food you enjoy.</b><br />
that would be just great, but I enjoy pizza and donuts and that sure doesn’t seem to be helping me lose weight. Yes, I agree. What I mean here is don’t establish a crash diet of cottage cheese and grapefruit if you absolutely hate those 2 foods. Healthy food does not have to be akin to bird seed. How about scrambled whole eggs in butter with your favorite vegetables and 2 slices of sprouted grain toast? French toast made from healthy bread, and eggs? A juicy hamburger or steak for lunch or dinner? How about making your own pizza from healthy ingredients? I could go on and on with a long list of delicious foods. The point is you do not have to eat like a bird or eat tasteless food to be healthy and lose weight. Find the healthy foods you enjoy and get creative with those. You will find you will have an incredible amount of delicious food options.<br />
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<b>2. Do not go cold turkey.</b><br />
Rome wasn’t built in a day right? You do not have to change every single one of your habits overnight. Establishing one healthy eating habit each week or eliminate one “not so good” food every week. This will prove to be life changing in just 1-2 months. Not to mention it will eliminate any stress or anxiety you may have over changing all of your habits overnight. Start with the easiest one for you. How about drinking water? Can you replace your sugar drinks with water and just do that for one week? How about just cutting down on a few sodas and replacing them with water? One small step each week will make your transition simple and easy.<br />
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<b>3. Do not go hungry.</b><br />
Another very common mistake I see is people starving themselves in an effort <a href="http://674fc9tv0pofa7wlk4kd4kfue5.hop.clickbank.net/"><b>to lose weight quickly</b></a>. The truth is you do not need to feel hunger in order to effectively lose weight. Actually, the contrary is true. You must give your body enough nourishment (good nourishment, that is) in order to see weight loss results. Make sure to feed your body consistently throughout the day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all important but so are snacks in between. Munching on things like raw nuts, fresh fruits and healthy trail mixes can really keep you from experiencing any hunger throughout the day and help control any cravings that may come up.<br />
Remember that the Best Diet you can begin today is an eating plan that does NOT resemble a diet at all. Tell people you had French toast for breakfast, chicken stir fry for lunch and a juicy steak with potatoes for dinner and they will wonder how in the world you are losing weight and looking great. Easy, I stopped dieting and found the Best Diet for me!socceraddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508620307317310690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748868333441232640.post-12033884797523020872010-08-24T01:36:00.000-07:002010-08-24T01:36:23.853-07:00The Diet That Works, Great Lessons from CavemanWhat is one thing cavemen knew much better than we know now? How to survive in the wild? Yes. But more importantly, they knew how to survive in the healthiest way possible. There were no diet programs in those days nor were there shelves full of diet books. What cavemen knew instinctively was exactly what the best diet that works for them. Let’s all take a quick lesson from our ancestors and see which elements of their diet are tips we can begin to incorporate <b><a href="http://4fcb4zx55iob34xiubtjuz0yft.hop.clickbank.net/">right way to lose unwanted body fat</a></b> and improve our health.<br />
<ol><li>Cavemen only ate what they could kill or find in the wild. By no means am I suggesting you begin to kill and hunt for your own food (we do have grocery stores now a days, thank goodness) but we still would benefit greatly by following this method in our own 21<sup>st</sup> century kind of way. If the food on your plate is not something your fellow caveman friend could have hunted, gathered and found himself, chances are you shouldn’t be eating that food. For example, a plate of lean hamburger and vegetables, followed by fresh fruit is perfect (for you and your new friend) but add a piece of bread or some pasta and now you have confused your fellow cave friend. These are not foods that existed during those times and are foods we are much healthier without.</li>
<li>Cavemen only drank what they could find. Do you know what people have been able to find for centuries? That’s right, good old fashioned H2O (water that is). Water is truly the magic potion to weight loss and increased health. Unfortunately a great majority of people are walking around severely dehydrated and suffering from many negative side effects which could all be easily resolved by drinking more water. Hunger, headaches, constipation, and digestive discomfort are just a few of the many symptoms that can easily be resolved by a few cups of water. Make sure to drink half of your bodyweight in ounces of water each day (i.e. 200 lbs should drink 100 ounces).</li>
<li>Cavemen stayed active for a majority of their day. I know this isn’t exactly part of their Best Diet but it is an essential and integral part of <b><a href="http://098ee0u5dso7x9ym25t9wbrpwc.hop.clickbank.net/">fat loss and optimized health</a></b>. Tell your new caveman friend that he has to sit in an office chair all day and then go home and sit on the couch for the rest of the night and he will look at you like you are crazy (not that he doesn’t already think you are crazy but this would make matters worse). Move, move, move. Movement doesn’t always mean formal exercise. Take the stairs to your office, walk the parking lot a few extra times, get up and walk around the office a minimum of once per hour, anything to prevent you from sitting all day long. Today if modern man even tried to keep up with the daily activity and regimen of a caveman, they would quickly fall over in exhaustion.</li>
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<b>Treble work.</b><br />
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But why do that when there are plenty of affiliate e-books around that you can promote and earn a cut from?<br />
The answer is simple. If you write and create your own e-book no one else will be selling anything quite like it. You’ve got a unique product that will draw attention since no one will have seen it before. As long as you do your research first, you could make a lot of money from one e-book alone.<br />
So first thing’s first – how do you decide what to write an e-book about?<br />
Think about what subjects are currently popular online. Making money will always be a great subject (look at this blog for example!) so anything that taps into this field which doesn’t cover the same ground as loads of other e-books could do well. Try and focus on a specific niche to get the best results; you could start by thinking about what you personally find interesting and see whether any of your hobbies might provide fertile ground to explore.<br />
Once you’ve got some ideas see whether there are already any e-books doing well online on that subject. If there don’t seem to be any around you’ll need to dig a bit further to see if your subject is going to be popular enough to attract a lot of sales. A spot of keyword research and simply looking up related search terms on Google can help reveal the answer to this.<br />
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The biggest problem when it comes to writing the book itself is staying on topic. It’s very easy to veer off course if you’re not careful, which is why having a pre-written outline to follow will keep you on track. If you plan this out before you begin writing you’ll find the whole process much easier to manage. If you don’t feel confident enough to write it yourself you can hire a ghostwriter to do it for you; there are plenty of sites online where you can hire a freelancer for a fixed fee that you decide on. This gives you complete control over the project.<br />
Incidentally the word ‘e-book’ can be somewhat misleading for newbies to the business. An e-book can indeed be a hundred pages or more long, but it can also be no more than a dozen pages or so. The price for a shorter e-book will of course be lower, but it is still more than you might think given the length of the book itself.<br />
Of course you need to think about more than just the e-book if you want to sell plenty of copies of it. You need to get the word out, and you need to have a great mini website to show it off. These mini websites are really single page sites which promote your e-book in a long sales letter. You would do well to spend as much time writing the sales letter as you did the e-book itself, since it has a very important job to do.<br />
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Think about your price carefully too. Don’t be greedy – but at the same time don’t go too low either. You want to give an impression of quality. Do some research and see what similar titles in your subject area are selling for.<br />
You can also sell more copies by offering bonuses along with the e-book itself. Could you write a number of special reports as well, each one a few pages long, which relate to the subject of your main book? Anything like this will encourage still more people to buy from you rather than going elsewhere for a similar title.<br />
The ultimate goal for you should be to write a series of e-books which each have their own website to sell from. When you write each sales letter be sure to include plenty of keywords and phrases to attract a greater volume of search engine traffic to your site. Pick a good and relevant domain name too – it will help to draw in more people.<br />
The hardest step is in writing that first e-book. Once you’ve got going and you’ve had some experience you’ll start writing them faster, picking better titles and subjects, and selling more copies as a result. Before you know it you’ll have a great business on your hands.<br />
If you’d like to comment on this piece, please leave your message using the form below. Then get writing – your first e-book is there, you just have to get it out.</div>socceraddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508620307317310690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748868333441232640.post-26120060545476545602010-08-21T13:46:00.000-07:002010-08-21T13:46:55.074-07:00How To Make Money With Google Adsense<div class="entry">If you have a website or a blog, you should definitely sign up for <b><a href="http://90b14bzz3le336w4l6mo2l7x9s.hop.clickbank.net/">Google Adsense</a></b>. It’s one of the few programs you can truly ‘set and forget’ – once it’s there you don’t really need to do much else with it.<br />
But there are ways and means to maximize your income from Google Adsense, and as you get to know more about it you can start to generate a decent income from it that will keep rolling in month after month. It’s a true passive income, which is why so many people are using it.<br />
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Basically if you have a website or blog you can sign up for a free account at Google Adsense and start putting contextual ads on your website. What do I mean by contextual? It means quite simply that the ads which appear on your site will be relevant to your content. So let’s say for example that your website is about tropical fish. The Google ads will then be related to tropical fish in some way. And because of the information that you give to Google, they will also display adverts that are relevant to your area. So if you are based in the UK the ads that appear will be relevant to UK buyers; if your site or business is based in Australia the ads will appeal to Australian buyers.<br />
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However well you integrate Google Adsense into your current blog or website though, there is obviously a limit to the amount of money you can make from one site. If you get thousands of people visiting your site every day then you can expect to get a good income from it but many people don’t get this number of visitors and that’s where you need a separate strategy to try and up your numbers.<br />
In this case you can go to the advanced level of Adsense income and think about starting several sites, all based around a different yet popular subject. You should think of these essentially as being content sites, since they are often chock full of articles and useful content which is carefully keyworded to attract plenty of search engine traffic on that particular subject. The Adsense ads are then placed in the optimum positions to achieve the best click through (the Adsense pages will give you ideas on where to position them but it’s worth experimenting to see what works best for you), and the site goes live for people to find and read through.<br />
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If you enjoyed this article or have any questions or comments about it, please leave them by using the form below. Once you’ve done that it will be time to visit Google’s Adsense site to get started! Good luck.</div>socceraddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508620307317310690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748868333441232640.post-60669844300053091042010-08-21T13:36:00.000-07:002010-08-21T13:36:12.765-07:00How To Make Money With Affiliate MarketingMost people know that there are millions of dollars being spent every single day purchasing products and services online. But did you know that you could be earning a % on every sale made by simply referring and recommending the products that you like to people.<br />
It’s one of the best ways to get started making money online – you don’t need a website, you don’t need a blog, you don’t even need any cash to get started, although these things can help, you can certainly start without them. By helping consumers research and choose products they already want to buy, which could be as simple as writing a 500 word article (just like this one) you could be earning a nice little second income.<br />
Or if you want to take it a little more seriously, you can earn a full income, even more than most “real world” jobs pay.<br />
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I personally make a full time living through <b><a href="http://a243c92z2wngaaudtln64ckd01.hop.clickbank.net/">affiliate marketing</a>,</b> and have been doing it now for about 5 years. Working from home, choosing the hours to suit my lifestyle, and making a lot more than I ever made working 60 hours a week in a job I hated.<br />
But if you really want to achieve some success with affiliate marketing you need a plan that will get you the level of income you want. A lot of people I speak too love the “Idea” of making money online, they usually ask me a million questions, and tell me how serious they are, how they are going to go home and get stuck into it, read all the stuff I recommend and get started asap.<br />
But then most of them never actually follow through on any of it. Then 6 months later I will see them again, some will avoid the topic completely, while others tell me again how serious they are, and they are really going to do it <i>“this time”</i>.<br />
It’s pretty ammusing for me, watching people make up excuses as to why they havnt done anything.<br />
Personally I don’t really care if they do it or not, it doesn’t effect me at all. Although it would be nice to have more friends who arent working all week to play golf with and take the boat out. But other than that, it makes no difference to me.<br />
I don’t really understand it though, I believe its the perfect business, think about it, you can make as much money as you like, your income is a direct result of the amount of effort you put in. You can work whatever hours you like. (Which is very few when you have been doing it for a few years) Plus you can do it from anywhere you can plug in a laptop. So if you like to Holiday or travel around the world, its the perfect business.<br />
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<b>But how do you get involved?</b><br />
The best place to start is by going to a website that houses a wide range of <b><a href="http://a243c92z2wngaaudtln64ckd01.hop.clickbank.net/">affiliate products</a></b>. This keeps everything together in one easy to access place and gives you plenty to explore. You can also get an idea of which particular areas you would like to concentrate on. The worst thing you can do in affiliate marketing is to use the scattergun approach.<br />
This is when you try and promote a wide range of products that aren’t connected with each other, all from a single website. In essence it isn’t aimed at anyone – and you’ll make fewer sales as a result.<br />
Instead, do some research and come up with a specific group of people that you can find a wide range of products for. Or find a particular problem that people are searching online for solutions too, and direct them to the solution. Not only do you stand a much better chance of making a sale, But people will actually thank you for helping them find a solution, and be more than happy that you got paid to help them.<br />
But if you don’t have a website, how can you promote your products?<br />
There are several ways of doing this. One of the best is to use article directories like EzineArticles.com or Web 2.0 sites like Squidoo.com, which allow you to build web pages for free on pretty much any subject you like. Once these get indexed by Google and you do a little promotion for them, then you’ll start getting a steady stream of traffic – if you’ve picked the right topics and search terms to target.<br />
At the beginning I mentioned the need to have a plan to reach the level of income you want. Not many affiliates actually do this and it’s one of the main reasons why more people aren’t making a lot of money with affiliate marketing. It’s certainly not because the potential isn’t there – it’s because they don’t plan to take advantage of it in the right way.<br />
You should always look at how much you will get by way of commission for each product. Obviously the less the commission, the more units you will need to sell to achieve your desired income. You’ll achieve this through a balance of products obviously, but it’s worth bearing in mind.<br />
You also need to think about the type of people you are marketing to. What kind of income do they bring in? How much are they likely to want to spend on the products you’ll be offering? If you don’t match these two aspects up properly you will struggle to make any real sales.<br />
It’s also helpful to set short, medium and long term goals to help keep things in perspective. A short term goal might be to sell five products a week continually, for example. A long term goal could be to make $100,000 a year from affiliate marketing. Goals will help you to decide where you want to go with your fledgling affiliate marketing business.<br />
Another important point to be aware of is that it’s wise to protect your income wherever you can. What I mean by this is that affiliate links can be rather obvious at times, and some people will actually delete your link and go into the site and buy something while denying you the commission.<br />
The easy way to prevent this is to simply buy a domain for each product you are going to promote, and redirect it to the affiliate offer. There are plenty of free tools that do this for you online, and it’s really the safest way to protect your interests. It also changes a long ugly link into a nice short one – much nicer for the article directories!<br />
Affiliate marketing is like any other business, once you start generating some income, then you can start to invest some of that money back into your business to ensure you enjoy ongoing growth.<br />
In short, start slowly and keep those visions of a huge income in perspective to begin with. You’ll soon get to know your way around the business and with each new experience you can build your knowledge and earn even more in the months and years to come.<br />
When I was first starting out, I learnt the basics by purchasing a few books and e-books on the topic, but mostly it was left to trial and error. I had to make a lot of mistakes in order to find a few good ideas that worked and made money.<br />
Fortunately these days there are some really good resources available for people looking to learn this business. So if you’re serious about becoming an affiliate marketer, check out some of the resources on this page.<br />
The most important thing to do though, is to just get started, do something right now, then follow it up tomorrow with something else… Try and do something every day towards your goal, don’t put it off for a single day, and before you know it, you will have a nice steady stream of profits coming in.socceraddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508620307317310690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748868333441232640.post-53802615575548952062010-08-21T13:24:00.000-07:002010-08-21T13:24:12.021-07:00How To Make Money Blogging<div class="entry">More and more people are realising that <b><a href="http://bac8c06wexqfa8tcvkhf04vc50.hop.clickbank.net/">blogging</a></b> is one of the best ways to start your own online business. It requires minimal start up costs, you can build an impressive and loyal readership over time and once you know how to monetize your blog it can also bring in a decent income that will keep on coming even on the days when you don’t update your blog.<br />
There are several ways to set up a blog online. You could use Wordpress, Blogger, or another free site that hosts your blog for you; or alternatively you can set up your own blog under your own domain name.<br />
If you want to make serious money from blogging, you must have complete control over your blog – and that’s something the free blogging accounts won’t give you. You’ll be bound by their terms and conditions and that usually includes not being able to actively promote anything. There are plenty of people who have established a blog only to have it removed without notice some weeks or months later.<br />
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It will cost you a few dollars to buy your domain name and set up a web server that will host your blog, but the benefits will far outweigh the cost involved. It can literally be as little as $20 a year we’re talking about here – and that buys you total freedom.<br />
Once you’re ready to set your blog up you’ll need to choose a good theme and layout for it. You might find one that relates to your choice of subject (more on that in a moment) or else there might be one you just like the look of. But there are thousands of templates available for you to use – a simple search on Google will reveal the ones that will be best suited to your topic.<br />
But perhaps the most important question is what you are going to blog about. The whole world is your oyster here – some people blog about their lives in general; some blog about their jobs; some blog about their hobbies; some tell the world about their kids and what it’s like to be a parent, and still others blog about the weird world of celebrities. But whatever you choose to blog about it needs to be something you are passionate about. Don’t forget, you are going to be writing about this topic several times a week, and if you don’t have the enthusiasm for it, that will show in your posts – and no one else will have the enthusiasm to read them.<br />
Okay – so you’ve got your subject. Now you have to start writing your blog posts. If you take a look at just a few of the blogs already online, you’ll notice that the length of the posts varies a lot. Some people only write a paragraph or two each time, but you’ll get better results if you go for something a little longer than this. Around 400 to 500 words makes for a good post with a lot of information in it; some people write hugely long posts that are thousands of words long and could be called an e-book by another name.<br />
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You should remember however that there are no real rules when it comes to blogging. Over time you will naturally find what works for you, and your blog will settle down into a nice pattern that both you and your readers will enjoy. You’ll find your character and personality will start to come through in your writing too; don’t fight against this as it is one of the hallmarks of blogging. It is, after all, a personal account of an individual’s life and experiences, so show people what you’re made of! You’ll get a more loyal – and bigger – audience like this.<br />
So you’ve got your blog up and running and you’re posting to it on a regular basis. The next step is to get it in front of as many interested eyeballs as possible.<br />
One great way to do this is to submit it to as many of the social bookmarking sites as possible. You can also join social networking sites and build a profile which contains a link to your blog. Other no cost ways to generate traffic include writing free articles for article directories with a link to your blog at the end, and creating signatures at the end of any posts you make to internet forums, and also in all the emails you send out. When you really start thinking about it, you don’t actually need to spend anything to generate plenty of traffic.<br />
All we need to do now is monetize the blog itself. You’ll want to generate some money from all the visitors you’ll start getting, and there are plenty of ways to do this easily. Google Adsense is probably the most well known method – you can join the program for free and display contextual ads that your visitors will be interested in to maximise your click through rate.<br />
There are also a handful of websites which give you the opportunity to get paid for each blog post you make on a specific subject. Pay Per Post and Review Me are two such examples, and they will pay you a certain amount of money to review a product or website for the owner. In a similar vein you can also review and recommend other people’s products through affiliate links inserted into your blog posts, and earn money on commissions earned through any purchases people make.<br />
And once you’re more established you can offer ad space on your blog too, and charge a fee for both classified and display ads if you wish. What could be better than setting your own price?<br />
But there is one final step you can take with your blog if you enjoy a change of scene every now and again. You can sell your blog! Once it is established and has plenty of revenue and traffic, you can usually sell it for ten times its monthly revenue.<br />
And then, you can start all over again with a whole new subject!<br />
So that’s it – profitable blogging in a nutshell. If you have any questions feel free to leave your comments in the form below. And once you’ve done that, get out there and get started building your first blog today.</div>socceraddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508620307317310690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748868333441232640.post-57285412863193264532010-08-21T13:14:00.000-07:002010-08-21T13:14:07.643-07:00How To Make Money On EbayThere is a lot of money to be made as a seller on eBay. Thousands and thousands of sales are made each day, resulting in a lot of income for a lot of sellers. And there is still room for you if you want to get involved – whether you want to earn some part time cash or set up a whole new full time business on the side.<br />
But where do you get your stock from? How do you get started? And how can you build a business that gives you PowerSeller status? Relax – you’re about to find out.<br />
It’s easy work to get started earning money on eBay. Once you’ve signed up for your free account the best way to get a feel for what selling is like is to auction off some of your personal items that you no longer want. If you are going to start buying stock to resell, you’ll do better by getting some basic selling experience first. <br />
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While we are on the subject of stock, you’ll need to decide what kind of business you are going to set up. Of course you can sell anything you like, but if you want to make a name for yourself it helps to become known for selling a specific type of product.<br />
Now that doesn’t necessarily mean your product area needs to be a small one; on the contrary it could be quite large. You could sell toys for example – there’s plenty there to keep any seller going for months on end without selling the same thing twice. You do need to pick a popular product though, and it’s worth doing some research using eBay’s advanced search feature to find out what is selling and how much it’s selling for.<br />
So let’s say you want to sell computer games, for example. There are hundreds of games you could buy to sell here, but if you don’t know which ones will sell you could lose a lot of money buying the wrong stock. By searching the ended listings you can see which titles consistently sell well, and which ones will produce the best profit for you.<br />
Okay – so you know how to figure out what to buy. Now you need to know where to get it from. It stands to reason that no seller is going to tell you where they get their stock; that would be like giving away the keys to their business. In order to find the best sources for stock you need to do a bit of legwork.<br />
We should mention here that there are two main sources for stock – wholesalers and dropshippers. Both have their pros and cons; it just depends on which method you personally prefer.<br />
Dropshippers hold all the stock for you, so you only actually pay for an item once you’ve received payment from the customer. You may have to pay a fee to join the scheme in the first place though. If you choose to go with one or more wholesalers you will need to have the room to buy the stock, and the money to buy it in advance. This comes with more risk since you could buy stock that doesn’t sell, but with the tactic we’ve already covered for checking completed listings before you order anything, the risk here should be kept to a minimum.<br />
So – back to where to find these sources. If you have a particular product in mind that you want to sell, the simple act of looking at the packaging can often reveal the name of the supplier. You can then check out their website to see what else they do.<br />
Another method is to search for what you want on Google. This sounds deceptively simple and in fact many people don’t think of doing this. It can be a bit hit or miss, but it’s possible to find some excellent wholesalers through this method. Over time you will go from having one wholesaler to a handful of sources to get your stock from, and you can build up your product range as you start to grow.<br />
Building your feedback is an important part of being a good seller and the higher you can get your score the better. It sets you apart as being a dedicated seller. And the faster your score climbs, the closer you get to attaining PowerSeller status.<br />
The PowerSeller symbol is highly prized among serious eBay sellers, and there are five levels to strive for. The first is Bronze, and it’s a lot easier to reach than you might think. While you might set a goal for yourself to reach PowerSeller, you will find that if you build up your product range and gradually increase your sales, you will reach it in no time. And if you get off to a great start you might just do it in three months – the minimum time you can actually do it in.<br />
Many sellers have their own shop on eBay, but it’s not necessary when you first get started. In fact you are often better off waiting until you have a good range of stock before opening a shop, since it can look rather empty if you only have a handful of items.<br />
The final thing to think about is the price of the items you are selling. It stands to reason that if you sell a hundred different products in the $5 to $10 price range, you won’t make as much cash as you would selling a hundred in the $50 to $100 price range.<br />
But you need to work out what you enjoy selling and what you can sell lots of to experience real success on eBay. Don’t go for expensive products just because they might bring a bigger profit. Go for your calling – that’s where you will experience the biggest success.<br />
Above all, remember that it can take time to build a successful business – but if you’re determined to achieve real success on eBay you should be enjoying the journey.socceraddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508620307317310690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748868333441232640.post-1249761768108530942010-08-21T10:20:00.000-07:002010-08-21T10:21:07.671-07:00Make Money Taking Online SurveysAre you looking for a legitimate way to make money online? Maybe you want some extra spending money. Or perhaps you need the money to pay bills. Either way, getting paid for filling out simple surveys can be a fun and lucrative way to earn that extra cash. In fact, there’s quite a lot of money to be had — and the cool thing is that you can earn it in your spare time. Any time you can spare a few minutes — or a few hours, you can make money.<br />
It’s easy too. Once you have signed up with the right <b><a href="http://6fc174y1ewsay3u0r1sv-m8odd.hop.clickbank.net/">survey companies</a>,</b> all you have to do is check your email and pick the best surveys, and you’re off to earning money every time you fill in the blanks.<br />
And if you’re wondering why anyone would care about your opinion, let alone pay you good money for it, read on. There’s a reason why you can make real money with surveys:<br />
Countless companies, including the largest international corporations, are desperately trying to find out what consumers want. And they’re willing to pay a whole lot of money for market research. But they still have a problem. How can they connect with you, the consumer? It’s not all that easy, so they hire survey companies to help them find out what people think about their products and what they would be most likely to buy in the future. They also want to know what it will take to get people to buy…<br />
And if you sign up, you’ll become part of that cutting edge market research.<br />
It’s really cool. You may have the chance to find out about new products long before they actually become available in stores. You might get to play video games that haven’t even been released yet. And you might get to watch trailers for movies that haven’t even finished filming yet. And the best part…. you get paid for your “efforts.”<br />
That’s because paying for you to take surveys is the quickest and easiest way for a company to get the information and feedback they need. And believe it or not, even when they pay thousands of people several dollars each for fill it in even one quick survey, it’s cheaper (and more effective) for them than many other forms of market research. And it’s way cheaper than making a costly mistake.<br />
Remember the NEW Coke? What a disaster that was! And it would have been so easy to prevent. All they had to do was ask people what they thought of the idea and they would have known better than to mess with a tried and true formula. But noooo. The company executives thought they knew what was best — and they fell flat on their face. So surveys can be essential for a company’s survival. And they know it and are willing to pay for it. So why not let them pay you? Now you’re probably wondering what it will take to connect with those big companies and get paid for sharing your opinion?<br />
All you have to do is find the right surveys… And the easiest way to do that is to join a club that specializes in helping consumers like you and me to hook up with the surveys that pay the most money. And the best one of those clubs we have found is a website called SurveyMastermind. Unlike a lot of other survey sites out there, it’s a Free Service. Not only that, but they also specialize in connecting you with surveys that actually pay. And as soon as you join and sign up with the companies they recommend, you will start receiving surveys to fill out… and start earning.<br />
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<u><b>Frequently Ask Question (FAQ) </b></u><br />
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<b>Is making money with surveys difficult? </b><br />
Not at all. You just need to be able to answer a few simple questions and fill in some details, and you’re ready to earn a nice income from taking online surveys and helping companies with their market research.<br />
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<b>How do I pick the right survey sites?</b><br />
Start by joining a survey club that will connect you with the best sites. After all, how much you can earn will depend on which survey sites you sign up for. Some of those sites will pay you money every time you fill out a survey, while others use more of a sweepstakes approach, and offer cash and prize draws to those who fill out their surveys.<br />
SurveyMastermind will help you find survey sites that pay cash for surveys. Many other sites mostly send you surveys that offer prizes and points, so you need to be careful.<br />
No matter which site you sign up for, though, they ultimately all work the same way. You tell them your basic information and then they start sending you surveys whenever they become available.<br />
However, the quality of the surveys you get can vary widely. That’s why SurveyMastermind is so helpful. They pre-screen the actual survey sites for you and steer you to the ones that pay the most, and away from those that just waste your time.<br />
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<b>How will it work?</b><br />
First you join SurveyMastermind. Then, you’ll get access to a list of pre-screened survey companies which in turn will send you the surveys.<br />
You sign up for several of those companies and fill out your profile with as much information as you can. This will help the site in deciding which surveys to send to whom.<br />
<b>Do all survey companies pay cash?</b><br />
No they don’t. SurveyMastermind will be sure to steer you towards survey companies that have lots of cash-paying surveys and away from those that don’t.<br />
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<b>How much can I earn?</b><br />
The amount you will receive for each survey or market research exercise varies between sites and countries, and it depends on the amount of time each one will take you. One site pays between $4 and $50 which is about average, although most surveys will be at the lower end of the scale. Of course, you can fill in several surveys per hour, so the earnings can add up.<br />
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<b>Can I answer the surveys any time I want?</b><br />
Yes you can. However, you should know that you’re usually competing with other survey takers. Each survey may only need to be answered by a set number of people and they often send it to more than is needed to make sure they get enough replies. The sooner you can complete each one and send it back, the better – and the faster your money will add up too.<br />
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<b>Is there anything else I need to know?</b><br />
Make sure you set up a new email account purely for use with your survey sites. After all, you will be getting lots of emails to plough through, and you don’t want them all going into your normal accounts. That way, you won’t have to sort through them to find your personal email. You also don’t risk missing a potentially lucrative survey in an inbox full of personal email.<br />
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There is very little training required and start-up costs can be kept to minimum. <br />
It is, however time consuming and you will probably need to provide 24-hr coverage to your clients to be successful. <br />
However the profits are substantial with the real possibility of making between $75,000 and $150,000 within the first 12-18 months. <br />
There can also be significant income growth potential as you expand your customer base. <br />
Even though email and other internet communication forms have emerged, the telephone is still the number one source of contact for clients and professionals. <br />
This is especially true in professions that require personal contact including: doctors (such as a physician answering service), lawyers, life coaches, therapists, real estate professionals, etc. <br />
These professional prefer their clients speak to a human and not a machine, typically paying handsomely for the service.<br />
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<h2>Routing Methods</h2>There are several ways to route your clients’ calls to your office.<br />
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<ul><li style="padding-bottom: 10px;">Use an internet service: there are several providers out there that not only dependably route calls but for a nominal fee per month they will also provide an exclusive 800 number for each client. You can then use the provided software to route that number to any number including cell and landlines. Best of all the software identifies each number on your computer before it is forwarded to your phone. So you could literally be anywhere in the world with a wireless network card and cell phone and conduct your business. </li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 10px;">Install separate landslines: This is a tried and true method for starting an answering service and is still pretty economically effective. Most of the cost is in establishing the land line, a cost that you can pass on to your client with a set-up charge. Monthly costs are not more than $50.00 per month per line.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 10px;">Call forward to Phone/Switchboard System: Every phone service these days allows for call forwarding. Simply have your clients forward their calls to a local number with a specific switchboard route or phone system extension and they can be answered appropriately. This system can be costly but is essential for larger operations with multiple operators and at least 20 or more full-time clients. If you are using landlines give sincere thought to starting with a site that will be permanent since moving the lines (reinstalling) is expensive. </li>
</ul><h2>Starting An Answering Service & Equipping your Space</h2>Start small but equip yourself for growth. No matter what method you use for routing, plan for your first 10 clients from the beginning. Buy a computer that will adequately allow you to run several programs effectively. Invest in good phones, wireless cards, etc.<br />
You need to create a professional environment for call answering. No customer wants their phone answered with a television in the background, dogs barking, children crying, etc. Be professional, you need a quiet uninterrupted work area; every caller should feel at ease in speaking with you.socceraddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508620307317310690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748868333441232640.post-80430682680674888162010-08-20T15:07:00.000-07:002010-08-20T15:07:57.443-07:00Starting A Bookkeeping BusinessWhen <b style="font-weight: normal;">starting a bookkeeping business</b> it is important that you have the experience to succeed. You will need basic office management, accounting software, and some tax preparation skills. <br />
The great part about starting a bookkeeping business is that it requires little startup capital and can be almost immediately profitable once you have a few clients. <br />
The potential market is broad and is generally made up of small business people who do not have the time or bookkeeping skills to perform the task for their business.<br />
The typical bookkeeping business can be started from home with minimal costs. Required equipment includes a computer, basic software, and simple office supplies. <br />
The most common functions performed by a bookkeeping service are:<br />
<ul style="line-height: 25px;"><li><b>Monthly Financial Reports </b>including a profit and loss statement, cash flow analysis, and general ledger balancing.</li>
<li><b>QuickBooks®</b> services including bank balancing, credit card management, and daily transactions. This bookkeeping software is the industry standard and you need to be very familiar with all functions and features before you begin your business. There are various bookkeeping courses available that teach this software. </li>
<li><b>Banking</b> management and the reconciliation of records can be tedious. It is also time consuming to investigate and dispute charges. Many small businesses are eager to have professional help in these tasks. </li>
<li><b>Backup Documentation</b> of computer and financial files is vital for small businesses but few perform these tasks regularly on their own. This service will provide your client with piece of mind and is a high profit item.</li>
<li><b>Tax Records</b> and preparation for auditing are often completed for small businesses by consultants. Free courses offered through the IRS may help expand your expertise in this area. </li>
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<h2>Starting A Bookkeeping Business </h2>Finding your initial clients will take some legwork and a lot of meeting time. When starting out from a home office your biggest advantage is price. Low overhead will allow you to beat or meet any price and you can increase your rates as you become established. <br />
However, don’t go too cheap or prospective clients won’t trust the quality they are being offered. A good rule of thumb is to charge no more that 30% below the average of the competition.<br />
There are some disadvantages to choosing a home office when starting a bookkeeping business. <br />
<ul style="line-height: 25px;"><li>Clients are generally distrustful of home office situations. Since it is likely that all your clients will visit your home office it is important to have a quiet, professional space to meet.</li>
<li>Once you start a home office, you will work at all hours of the day and never be able to completely get away from your job, no matter how many times you try and set “working hours”.</li>
<li>You will have clients come by unannounced and have strangers in and out of your home. This can be a bit uncomfortable.</li>
<li>Clients will call at night and expect you to answer – especially as you continue to work with them and they become more comfortable. Set office hour boundaries and try to stick to them when starting a bookkeeping business.</li>
</ul>To attract clients you will need some marketing materials such as a brochure, website, business cards, etc. Once you have your marketing material it is time to find your clients, here are some suggestions.<br />
<ul style="line-height: 25px;"><li>Check the job listings for places looking for part-time bookkeepers. </li>
<li>Check for small retail shops and businesses advertising grand openings.</li>
<li>Monitor recent DBA filing announcements in the paper. Also check for new members to local business associations.</li>
<li>Send promotional materials to businesses that move into retail space. </li>
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Whether you’re looking at summer jobs or for year-round supplemental income, an errand business has a lot of potential. With low startup costs and a flexible schedule, learning how to start an errand business provides a quick way to generate income. For this reason, it’s one of the best teen business ideas for kids who have driver’s licenses and are comfortable driving around. Think of people in your neighborhood who need help running errands. People with full-time jobs often find it hard to find time to run across town after work or in the evenings. Stay at home parents with young children can find an afternoon emergency grocery trip too overwhelming. In addition to people who are busy, people who are sick or disabled may have a hard time getting out. With a reliable car, a calendar, a map and a phone, you have the tools you need to open your enterprise.<br />
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<h2>How To Start An Errand Business</h2>Determine your target customers. You may want to envision a 10 mile radius from your home and consider that your base service area. You can advertise to businesses and individuals within that base. <br />
If your town is small enough, you can offer deliveries anywhere within the city limits. However, if you live in a more widespread city, you may want to limit your errands to a particular area.<br />
If the area around your home doesn’t offer enough business, you can target other types of customers. Go to your senior citizen center or assisted living facilities and offer to pick up dry cleaning, medicines from the pharmacy or food from the grocery store.<br />
Contact home business owners and offer to make daily runs to the post office or office supply store.<br />
Once you’ve found your customers, treat them well. The service you provide is a convenience for them, but not always a necessity. Your customer service and reliability are essential in establishing repeat business.<br />
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Consider also your pricing. While your prices need to be high enough to give you a profit, if they are too high, you’ll lose business. Remember that this is a quantity based business, and the more customers you can find within a small travel area, the better for you.<br />
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<h2>How to Charge</h2>So how do you establish your price? You can mimic cab drivers, and set a rate per mileage (look on Mapquest or Google to get mileage and directions from one point to another). You could base charge an hourly rate as well. You might charge more for emergency runs. <br />
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<h2>Growing Your Business</h2>It’s easy to expand your business beyond errand running. You could chauffeur people who have difficulty getting out of the house by themselves, or you could start a transportation service to take children to school.<br />
You could work with home business owners as a personal assistant, helping them so they can focus on building their business.<br />
And, with a strong sense of customer service and demonstrated reliability, you can have a successful business of your own. Learning how to start an errand business can get you into your own business quickly and will provide a solid foundation upon which to provide valuable add-on services.socceraddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508620307317310690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748868333441232640.post-90110896538449757762010-08-20T14:49:00.000-07:002010-08-20T14:49:42.150-07:00How To Start A T-Shirt BusinessPut your fashion diva skills to work and learn <b>how to start a t-shirt business</b>.<br />
People wear t-shirts everywhere, from ballparks, to the office, or even to the Oscars (like actress Sharon Stone did a while back). No other clothing has as much variety. <br />
You can buy a simple white Hanes t-shirt from Target for $5, or a Juicy Couture designer shirt from Nordstrom for $98. <br />
Beyond the fashion statement, graphic t-shirts also give expression to individual statements. <br />
If you have the passion to create t-shirts that resonate with others, you could start a successful business. <br />
With minimal overhead and inventory, learning how to start a t-shirt business is a great opportunity for a home based or teenage business.<br />
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<h2>How To Start A T-Shirt Business </h2>Some of the most successful t-shirt businesses have started out to address a need or theme. One mom started her business because she wanted t-shirts that recognized her child’s ethnic background. Other popular t-shirts address local or political themes Humorous t-shirts are also very popular.<br />
Determine what issue or theme interests you and that you can build from. If you make your selection too narrow, you may not have enough ideas to come up with new material. If you make it too trendy, you won’t have a sustainable product. <br />
Once you have your idea, you can buy design software and make it a reality. There are several routes to go in producing the actual t-shirt.<br />
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<ul><li style="padding-bottom: 5px;">Once you’ve created the design, you can do the screen printing yourself, however, the equipment for this is expensive. While you’ll have complete control over the process, you will incur the costs of production and will need space to maintain inventory and equipment.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 5px;">You can rely on a store that specializes in t-shirt printing, and bring them your design and plain t-shirts, and they will do the production for you. This will give you have more time to focus on the rest of your business, but you will have an extra person to pay. You also have to have inventory space.</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 5px;">You can go through a third party, such as Cafepress (cafepress.org) that allows you to design your shirts online, and they will produce and distribute them. This may be the easiest method, but more services from Cafepress (or any other similar business) means you pay them more money.</li>
</ul><h2>Marketing Your T-shirt Business</h2>No matter how you choose to produce your t-shirts, you’ll need to do additional marketing.<br />
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<h3>Local Marketing</h3>Although a t-shirt business doesn’t have to be locally based, it’s always good to market in your own back yard. If neighbors, friends and associates start to buy your products, business will begin to grow. <br />
Start by creating a t-shirt giveaway. Depending on your target, you could work with local high schools or colleges to help make your t-shirt the “must have” apparel. Set up a booth at a farmer’s market. Sell to funky boutiques. <br />
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<h3>Wider Marketing</h3>The web is one of the best ways to reach customers throughout the country with your products. Create a quality website (get help from a local technical college student if you need it.) that showcases your creations and start making a buzz.<br />
When learning how to start a t-shirt business, it’s more important to learn solid marketing skills than necessarily the products or production process. T-shirts are a commodity item so you will differentiate your business through proper marketing.socceraddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508620307317310690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748868333441232640.post-74176731377773739652010-08-20T14:38:00.000-07:002010-08-20T14:38:31.214-07:00Linen And Laundry Services And Small Business IdeasGoing into linen and laundry services is a great idea for a small business that can quickly begin to generate serious cash. <br />
The service will help any company which uses linens and provides linen rentals, cleaning, replacement, pressing, etc. <br />
The most common clients are hotels and motels, restaurants, and hospitals. You may also service residential communities for their laundry needs.<br />
For restaurants, you will pick up their dirty table linens (napkins, towels and table cloths) while at the same time dropping off clean, freshly pressed table linens. <br />
You can service hotels by collecting their dirty linens (towels, washcloths, sheets, bedding linens etc.) and dropping off the clean ones. Hospitals or clinics, especially those with cafeterias, assisted living centers, and other similar business will be your primary additional clientele.<br />
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<h2>Keys To Offering Successful Linen And Laundry Services</h2>Quality is everything in a linen and laundry business. Providing careful and thorough services will guarantee repeat business. Since cleanliness is of utmost importance, be sure to adhere strictly to high standards of hygiene and handling when dealing with these linens: you may even want to wear sanitary gloves when handling napkins or sheets. Try wrapping them in plastic shrink wrap for delivery.<br />
Along with quality, timeliness is critically important to your success. If a company contracts your services, they expect you to deliver when you say you will. A delayed bed linen for a high-paying hotel client is a sure way to lose business. To this end, make sure your equipment (your washers and dryers as well as your vehicle) are in tip-top shape. Keep an accurate and reliable scheduling system to avoid forgetting a client pick-up or drop off.<br />
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<h2>Expanding Your Business</h2>The potential for expanding a linen and laundry business is incredible. When you first begin, you may want to specialize in an area such as wholesale linens, but may want to later move into broader areas such as dry-cleaning pick up and drop off as you expand.<br />
You can regularly service personal residences on a weekly or bi-weekly laundry run. In addition to your regular linen and laundry services, you can also expand to do housecleaning, home-watching, in-home daycare, and even care for the elderly.<br />
As you continue to grow and expand, consider the option of franchising the business to increase your total revenue stream. There are great opportunities in linen and laundry services, and they are constrained only by your creativity and drive.socceraddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508620307317310690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748868333441232640.post-24259057826200603762010-08-20T14:30:00.000-07:002010-08-20T14:30:21.224-07:00How To Sell Cosmetics From HomeIf you know <strong>how to sell cosmetics from home</strong>, you will be able to make a substantial income and make your clients feel more confident and more beautiful. <br />
As your home business becomes successful, you can venture into other related areas as well – including beginning an international proprietary product franchise.<br />
The best way to proceed with your beauty products business is buying 500 units as an initial supply, and then making sure that your supplier will be able to supply 5000 additional units at short notice. <br />
Place inexpensive advertisements in your local newspaper, and wait for orders to begin pouring in. You can place a test ad in regional and national publications that are read by potential customers. You should go for small ads that offer free trials.<br />
It is better to have the option of drop shipment from your supplier. With this, your supplier will be able to supply the products to your customers directly once you mail the mailing addresses of your customers to them. This will enable you to protect your investments by not investing in merchandise.<br />
Next, think about marketing your own line of products. Since this is the continuation of your successful business, it should not take a million bucks. Since you have all the facilities and customers in place, you can simply add the new items to your flyers.<br />
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<h2>How To Sell Cosmetics From Home</h2>You can now start your cosmetics store by opening a retail outlet. Here, you should have both high-end and discount cosmetics – including organic makeup for both men and women. Your staff should be educated about the products you keep in your boutique and the various treatments you offer. Your staff should also be able to help your customers to choose the right products for them.<br />
Your budget should include enough money to give the right ambience and atmosphere to your retail outlet. More importantly, your outlet should have the trendy look, as this always attracts more customers. You could also stock high-end, well-known brands in your retail outlet and have an exclusive, luxury line of products and exclusive items such as top-quality makeup brushes to attract elite buyers.<br />
You should invite celebrities to your boutique for guest appearances, and conduct open house events and makeup days where you offer makeup tips to visitors. This way you will be able to display new products to your customers as well as create a buzz. You should focus mainly on getting permanent customers so that you get orders regularly, as this will make your business thrive and prosper.<br />
You can buy business liability insurance customized to your requirements in order to save yourself from liability claims. However, if you search the internet you will be able to find cheap insurance options like basic liability insurance for home-based cosmetic sellers.<br />
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<h2>Expansion Ideas </h2>Once your cosmetics business is established and successful, you should think about opening a spa. You can offer waxing, body wraps, exfoliating scrubs and massages to your customers. You can do cross selling by selling your cosmetic products to your spa clients. In addition, you can develop your own cosmetic line of products.<br />
You can then start selling your products throughout the world through the internet. Since you already know how to sell cosmetics from home, it would not be very difficult for you to run an international cosmetics business from the same place.socceraddicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508620307317310690noreply@blogger.com0