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		<title>37 Bite Size Steps To Get Your Online Business Started</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ms. Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><p> </p><p>Tweet If you’re dragging your feet and can&#8217;t seem to get your online business started, sometimes just thinking and doing simple things in bite size chunks can get the ball rolling&#8230;  Be determined to create a business, then start building your confidence.  Commit to being a self starter.  Don&#8217;t stress about money.  This will only [...]</p></p><p> </p>]]></description>
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<li> Be determined to create a business, then start building your confidence.</li>
<li> Commit to being a self starter.</li>
<li> Don&#8217;t stress about money.  This will only keep you from getting started.</li>
<li>Set up a workstation, this could be your kitchen table or an extra bedroom, but set up a working area that you can be comfortable in.</li>
<li>Have a coffee pot or your favorite beverage close at hand.</li>
<li> Make sure you have a comfortable chair.</li>
<li> Get at least a two drawer file cabinet and set up your filing system.</li>
<li> Clear off a book shelf for only YOUR business books and guides</li>
<li> Buy a timer and keep it on your desk for those times you need to get a job done.<span id="more-15098"></span></li>
<li>Go shopping for notebooks, pencils, highlighters, printer paper or any office supplies you need.  I love shopping for supplies, I think it&#8217;s exciting, but I&#8217;m just weird that way <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li> No business ideas yet?  Take a walk and think about a topic that interests you.  This could be a hobby, obsession, sport, enjoyment or interest that you have that you&#8217;d like to share with the world.</li>
<li> Think some more about how you can take that interest and make money with it online.</li>
<li> Go to the library or book store and read as much as you can on your topic. Take notes, all the time thinking about how you can use your topic to change someone&#8217;s life.</li>
<li>Think about what you know, then think about what you don’t know.</li>
<li>Think about your voice.  How do you want to present yourself.  Are you funny, sincere, a little crazy?  What persona will you take on as a business owner and writer?   Hint: don&#8217;t try to be someone you&#8217;re not.  Capitalize on who you are and work that into your business.</li>
<li>Spend time researching people that you respect and like, then follow them, subscribe to their RSS feed, newsletter, etc.  Just don’t bombard yourself with too many people and too much information.</li>
<li>Know what potential distractions you’ll have and work to either eliminate them or get them under control.</li>
<li> Use this simple template and create an easy business plan, here&#8217;s how:  http://www.sba.gov/content/templates-writing-business-plan</li>
<li> Get a tax id number, here&#8217;s how:   http://www.sba.gov/content/getting-tax-identification-number</li>
<li> Get a business bank account</li>
<li> Get some business cards made.  They&#8217;ll help get you motivated.</li>
<li> Sign up for <a target="_blank" title="Niche affiliate marketing system" href="http://mynams.com/amember/go.php?r=398&amp;i=l9" target="_blank">NAMS</a> and listen to their weekly getting started webinars, they’re awesome. .</li>
<li> Get involved with an accountability group.  NAMS has one!</li>
<li> Choose 3 colors or a color scheme for your business.  These will be the colors for your website or blog.</li>
<li> Get a domain name for your business</li>
<li> Create a free blog.  Not sure if you should <a title="create a blog or website" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/do-i-create-a-blog-or-website-how-to-decide/">create a blog or website?  This may help</a>.</li>
<li> Write one pillar post or article for your website or blog.</li>
<li> Set up a Facebook account</li>
<li> Set up a Twitter account</li>
<li> Set up a free account on ezinearticles.com.</li>
<li> Repurpose or rewrite the post or article from your website and send it to ezinearticles.com</li>
<li> Create a YouTube account</li>
<li> Get a business phone number.  If you have a cell phone this may be a good number to use to start.</li>
<li> Find affiliate products you can promote on your website or blog</li>
<li> Sign up for a Google account</li>
<li> Talk with someone who has an online business about how to get your online business started. It can be a big motivator talking with others about their successes.</li>
<li> Get started online by reading my candid 15 page <a title="internet home business getting started guide" href="http://www.homenotion.com/newsletter.html" target="_blank">getting started guide</a>.  You&#8217;ll be glad you did <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
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		<title>The Steps To Starting Your Online Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ms. Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><p> </p><p>Tweet Have you started your online business yet? With the end of the year just around the corner, this is the perfect time to create a new beginning.  I&#8217;m referring to starting your online business. Just think, if you could get your online business kicked off  today or within a few days from now, then [...]</p></p><p> </p>]]></description>
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<p>With the end of the year just around the corner, this is the perfect time to create a new beginning.  I&#8217;m referring to starting your online business.</p>
<p>Just think, if you could get your online business kicked off  today or within a few days from now, then this time next year you could be celebrating your first year in business.</p>
<p>By then you could be bringing in additional income or even running your online business full time.</p>
<p>All you need to do is to put aside a few hours of your time, and follow these steps to starting your online business.<span id="more-14784"></span></p>
<p><strong>1.  Have an Idea</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>If you have an idea for an online business,  <em>perfect.</em> If you&#8217;re still struggling to come up with ideas, my free <a title="free internet home business guide" href="http://www.homenotion.com/newsletter.html" target="_blank">internet home business guide</a> can help.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re completely new to doing business online, here&#8217;s a <a title="internet business tutorial" href="http://www.homenotion.com/starting_internet_business.html" target="_blank">quick 10 step tutorial</a> that will give you a basic overview of getting started, including tools you&#8217;ll need, legal considerations and more.</p>
<p><strong>2. Create Your Domain Name and Subscribe to a Hosting Service</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong> Once you have your online business idea, you&#8217;ll need a domain name which is the URL address of your website and a website hosting account which is where your website will reside.</p>
<p>Finding hosting can be a daunting task, so if you&#8217;re open to recommendations, I&#8217;ve been using Hostgator for years and personally recommend their service.   Here&#8217;s an explanation of the Hostgator pricing, service and my recommendation for what plan to get for those just stating out.</p>
<p><a title="hostgator pricing" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/hostgator-confused-on-pricing/">http://www.homenotion.com/blog/hostgator-confused-on-pricing/</a></p>
<p><strong></strong>Next, you&#8217;ll need to purchase a domain name.  This will be the unique address of your website, for example, www.yoursite.com.  &#8216;Yoursite&#8217; being the URL address.   Getting your domain name is easy if you use a domain registrar like <a href="http://www.homenotion.com/godaddy" target="_blank">Godaddy</a>, the hard part is deciding on what your domain name will be.</p>
<p>Choosing a keyword rich domain name is the popular choice but if you&#8217;re trying to build a brand, using your business name might be the better choice as it would provide you with a more memorable, branded name.  Does it really matter?  Here&#8217;s some ideas on that they may help you:</p>
<p><a title="keyword domain names" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/are-keyword-domain-names-really-better/">http://www.homenotion.com/blog/are-keyword-domain-names-really-better/</a></p>
<p><strong>3.  Create your Website </strong></p>
<p>Your online business starts with creating a presence which will be your website or blog.   If you&#8217;re not clear about which platform to use to create your site, here&#8217;s some help on <a title="create a blog or a website " href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/do-i-create-a-blog-or-website-how-to-decide/">creating a blog verses a website</a> that may help you decide.</p>
<p><strong> </strong> My<em> best</em> suggestion is to create your website using WordPress.  Most people think of WordPress as a blogging platform, <em>and it is</em>, but WordPress can also be set up as a non blogging platform as well.  I like WordPress just for that reason, it&#8217;s so versatile.</p>
<p>WordPress is easy to set up if you&#8217;re using a hosting service like Hostgator that uses CPanel.   In fact here&#8217;s <a title="how to create a wordpress blog" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/how-to-create-a-wordpress-blog-step-by-step/">how to create your WordPress blog step by step</a>, including what you need to know to sync up your domain name.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d rather create a traditional website using a website creation software, the choices can be overwhelming.  I personally use Xsitepro for many of my non-Worpress sites and prefer it because of  it&#8217;s easy to use features, wizards and powerful tools.  In fact Xsitepro has been referred to as a competitive <a title="alternative to dreamweaver" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/alternative-to-dreamweaver/">alternative to Dreamweaver</a>.  As the creator of 5 Xsitepro websites myself, I have to say it <em>IS</em> the better alternative <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>4. Create Your Content.</strong> Once your site is on the air, start populating it with content. This will be your products, articles and information.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve created a WordPress blog to publish useful information, start <a title="write great blog posts" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/how-to-write-great-blog-posts-faster/">writing great blog posts</a> that will interest your readers.  Use those posts to link to affiliate products or programs you promote, write product reviews and/or publish ads.</p>
<p>If  you&#8217;re creating an ecommerce site with WordPress, this is a helpful tutorial on how to get set up with products and your shopping cart:</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/create-e-commerce-websites-wordpress" target="_blank">http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/create-e-commerce-websites-wordpress</a>/</p>
<p><strong>5.  Start Promoting</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>The only way you&#8217;ll get visitors to your site is to promote it.  That&#8217;s one of the best things about the web, there are lots of ways to promote your website that won&#8217;t cost you anything but your time.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a quick checklist. It&#8217;s by no means exhaustive, but it is a good start for getting traffic quickly:</p>
<ul>
<li>Write articles using good <a title="article marketing strategies" href="http://www.homenotion.com/article_marketing.html" target="_blank">article marketing strategies</a></li>
<li>Create Facebook and Twitter accounts and connect with friends and followers.</li>
<li><a title="find guest blogging opportunities" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/how-to-find-guest-blogging-opportunities/">Find guest blogging opportunities</a> where  you can guest post on other high traffic blogs.</li>
<li>Syndicate your content by <a title="set up an rss feed" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/how-to-set-up-an-rss-feed-increase-rss-subscribers/">setting up an RSS Feed</a></li>
</ul>
<p>No doubt you&#8217;ll have questions along the way.  Don&#8217;t let that discourage you, if you need help getting started just drop me a line <a href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/contact-ms-liz/">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Inspirational and Motivational Business Books I&#8217;m Reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ms. Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><p> </p><p>Tweet I generally try to slip in a few good inspirational and motivational books now to help keep me inspired and motivated.  This month I found a few pretty good ones that I wanted to share with you. Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh Have you ever ordered shoes from Zappos?  I have.  I love that [...]</p></p><p> </p>]]></description>
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<p>This month I found a few pretty good ones that I wanted to share with you.</p>
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<h3><a target="_blank" title="delivering happiness by Tony Hsieh" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446563048/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=homenotion-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0446563048"><strong> </strong></a><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446563048/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=homenotion-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0446563048"><img class="alignleft" style="margin: 15px;" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL110_&amp;ASIN=0446563048&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=homenotion-20&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" alt="" width="72" height="110" /></a>Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh</strong></h3>
<p>Have you ever ordered shoes from Zappos?  I have.  I love that store, but what I really love is their customer service.  That&#8217;s a big deal to me, as a business owner<em> and </em>as a customer.</p>
<p>When Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO, came out with this book I couldn&#8217;t resist reading it.  Having been in the service business myself before starting my own internet business I really wanted to read what he had to say.</p>
<p>Tony stresses delivering happiness.  But not just for your customers, it&#8217;s important to keep your employees happy too.  It&#8217;s a brilliant philosophy and one that works.   If you&#8217;ve ever had a bad customer service experience, <em>and who hasn&#8217;t,</em> think about the person directly helping you, they probably weren&#8217;t happy, in fact more often than not, they hated their job.</p>
<p>Tony&#8217;s basic secrets to success that he discusses in depth are delivering superior service, embracing change, continued education and creating a family environment.  He also believes in keeping things fun and interesting by being a little weird now and then.  Can&#8217;t be too serious all the time <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I&#8217;m thinking that since Zappos gets about 75% repeat business, his methods are working.</p>
<p>Whether you own a business or you&#8217;re just thinking about it, you&#8217;ll get some pretty good  insight into how corporate culture can influence the success of a business,  and that&#8217;s true for the major corporations all the way down to the small work at home businesses.</p>
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<h3><a target="_blank" title="crush it by Gary Vaynerchuk" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061914177/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=homenotion-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0061914177"><strong> </strong></a><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061914177/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=homenotion-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0061914177"><img class="alignleft" style="margin: 15px;" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL110_&amp;ASIN=0061914177&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=homenotion-20&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" alt="" width="73" height="110" /></a><a target="_blank" title="crush it" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061914177/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=homenotion-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0061914177">Crush It! By Gary Vaynerchuk</a></strong></h3>
<p>I&#8217;ve gotta say, I loved this book the most.   It&#8217;s been one of the most inspriational and motivating books I&#8217;ve ever read, <em>that&#8217;s no lie! </em></p>
<p><em> </em> Gary wants all of us to become millionaires and he thinks we are all capable, but sometimes we&#8217;re probably our own worst enemies.</p>
<p>Gary asks you to look outside of what other people say you should be or do in the name of earning a paycheck and instead really look at your passion, or as Gary puts it, what&#8217;s in your DNA.</p>
<p>He drives home the argument that if you learn to live your passion,  things like skills, money to start a business and time are all  incidentals, in other words, none of them should ever stand in your way.   Which I think is true, how many times we use excuses like I don&#8217;t have to time, money or skills to do something?  Where there&#8217;s a will, there&#8217;s a way <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>There are four basic elements that Gary stresses for success:</strong></p>
<p><strong>1. Really find your passion -</strong> That&#8217;s certainly not a new concept, but it&#8217;s key.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve always been a little on the fence with the whole &#8216;passion&#8217; thing but Gary says it&#8217;s everything.  Anyone that has a passion and a skill set they can wrap around it can be wildly successful.   Don&#8217;t believe it?   Read the book, you will.  Talk about motivating.</p>
<p><strong>2. Know who you are and be that person. </strong>Don&#8217;t try to be someone you&#8217;re not.  Not everyone will like you, so don&#8217;t even try. But those that do like you will love you.   Tell your story.  Stories Be who you are first, do what you do best and the rest will come naturally.</p>
<p><strong>3. Be willing to Hustle.</strong> Gary did whatever it took to get ahead and preaches that you can&#8217;t be afraid to do that yourself.   Never look for reasons <em>NOT</em> to do something, focus on the reasons<em> TO </em>do something.</p>
<p><strong>4. Build a following. </strong> This is sort of a &#8216;don&#8217;t try so hard&#8217; kind of concept.   If you&#8217;re doing something you love then you&#8217;re probably doing it well and if you do it well people will be coming to you without even trying.</p>
<p>Get inspired with Gary. If you&#8217;re on the fence about starting an internet business or if you just need a boost of enthusiasm, get inspired with Gary.   This book just might change your life.</p>
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<h3><a target="_blank" title="words that sell by rrichard bayan" rel="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071467858/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=homenotion-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0071467858" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071467858/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=homenotion-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0071467858" target="_blank"><strong><img class="alignleft" style="margin: 15px;" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL110_&amp;ASIN=0071467858&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=homenotion-20&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" alt="" width="110" height="109" />Words That Sell By Richard Bayan</strong></a></h3>
<p>I actually bought this book last year but I&#8217;ve been wanting to mention it because it&#8217;s a great reference guide that has come to my rescue more times than I can count.</p>
<p>This is a 133 page book that contains all the words that sell, more than 6000 of them to be exact.   The book is full of words and phrases that will tease, grab, appeal and persuade your readers.</p>
<p>But you don&#8217;t just get a book full of words, you&#8217;ll find examples and phrases of :</p>
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<li>Headings and slogans </li>
<li>Opening questions</li>
<li> Statements and challenges </li>
<li>Snappy transitions</li>
<li> Flattering your reader</li>
<li> Selling yourself</li>
<li> Follow throughs</li>
<li> Calls to action</li>
<li>Decision makers</li>
<li>All purpose grabbers</li>
<li>&#8230;and so much more</li>
</ul>
<p>Using this guide is almost a little like cheating it&#8217;s that good <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><p> </p><p>Tweet Earning online credibility in your web business not only builds your brand, it’s a pretty significant buying trigger. After all we listen to and ultimately buy from people we trust or consider an expert in their field. But what if your online business is new?  How do you build online credibility then? It starts [...]</p></p><p> </p>]]></description>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">After all we listen to and ultimately buy from people we trust or consider an expert in their field.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">But what if your online business is new?  How do you build online credibility then?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">It starts with putting yourself out there and getting noticed.  <span id="more-9821"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong>1. Publish Online </strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The web makes it super easy to publish information online so why not take advantage of that?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Publishing quality information helps you  prove yourself a credible expert.<strong> </strong>But the key concept here is <em>quality</em>.  No one can be credible by writing poor quality information.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">So what signifies quality information?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Quality can be subjective but typically a good piece of information is accurate, believable and keeps the reader interested so they read to the end of your content and not just a few paragraphs.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The easiest and most effective way to do that is by using a writing style that is candid and connects with readers in a relaxed, conversational style.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Writing conversationally means writing as though you were talking to a friend.  Would you talk to a friend in &#8216;text speak&#8217;?  Probably not, so don&#8217;t do it when you write online either.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">A conversational voice makes your reader feel that you are speaking directly to them, <em>readers like that.</em> Add in a little humor, some  interesting or personal facts and your readers will enjoy reading what you have to say.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Start by choosing a topic to write about.  Jot down the ideas you are familiar with and combine that will credible research.  Connect it all  logically using good grammar and of course correct spelling.  Read it over about five times before going live with it.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I&#8217;d recommend getting started started by writing informative articles, then move up to writing small reports and as you gain momentum, move on to ebooks.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Here&#8217;s some great help with <a title="how to write a good article" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/3348/how-to-write-a-good-article/">how to write a<em> good </em>article</a>, and when you&#8217;re ready to step up your writing, use these <a title="steps for writing an ebook" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/9547/6-easy-steps-to-writing-an-ebook/">6 easy steps for writing an ebook</a> that will get you published quickly.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong>2. Teach Us Something</strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">We all love to learn something new and if I can learn something from you that I didn&#8217;t know before, you&#8217;ve just made a few points with me in the credibility department.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">A couple of great ways you can teach others online might be to host a recording which isn&#8217;t as hard as it sounds.  Simply create a recording on a topic.  <a target="_blank" href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">Audacity.com</a> has free recording software that will help you easily create your seminar.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">You can do the recording yourself or have others join you.  It&#8217;s an excellent way to give your readers some inside knowledge and it goes a long way for earning credibility within your niche</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Secondly, <a title="create a membership website" href="http://www.homenotion.com/creating_membership_websites.html" target="_blank">create a membership website</a> or even an online forum.   You can create these sites with free membership or charge a modest fee, either way once people in your niche get wind of the information you are publishing, the word will travel fast and you&#8217;ll be building credibility as someone in the know.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong>3. Let Yourself Be interviewed</strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">This might be a tough one because some of us are shy,<em> myself included</em> <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />   But scoring an interview with someone prominent in your niche can raise your credibility substantially.  I&#8217;ve done a few simple text interviews in the past and while they can boost your credibility, they are also great traffic boosters as well.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Here&#8217;s how to get something started.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Find out who the key players are in your niche and comment frequently on their blogs, contribute guest posts if they accept them.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Next, ask them if they might consider swapping interviews with. You can then publish the interviews or make them available on your website.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong>4. Start Networking <br /></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I use to hate the saying &#8220;It’s not <em>what </em>you know, it’s <em>who</em> you know&#8221;, but it&#8217;s true, even online, so don&#8217;t try and fight it.  Networking isn&#8217;t hard and with all the social marketing tools available to us, it&#8217;s easier than ever.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Even simple strategies like commenting on a credible blog in your niche or linking to a blog post you find interesting can do wonders for getting your name out there.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">A great place to get started is by commenting on a well known blog in your niche, but don&#8217;t just comment once or twice, subscribe to their RSS feed and every time you are notified of a new blog post, make a comment.  Do that consistently and pretty soon the blog owner <em>and their followers</em> will recognize and appreciate your work.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">It&#8217;s always good to network with industry gurus but don&#8217;t ignore other people in your field.  Be respectful, offer plenty of ideas and knowledge and you&#8217;ll see your credibility rise.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong>5.  Value Your Customers &amp; Treat them with Respect</strong></p>
<p>Your professionalism and loyalty to your customers is huge in the credibility department.  Just make enemies of a customer and see what happens <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Credibility is earned through consistency, transparency, clear communication and <a title="building customer loyalty on the web" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/12222/building-customer-loyalty-on-the-web/">building customer loyalty on the web</a>.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">It starts with presenting professionalism on your website. That means  clearly communicating your policies and procedures and having a clear and effective customer service policy.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Remember, the customer may not<em> always</em> be right, but they should always <em>think </em>they are <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><em>Finally&#8230;</em></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Anyone can earn online credibility in their web business, but bringing attention to your credibility can be done with publishing something, teaching us something we didn&#8217;t already know, scoring an interview, networking with others and treating your customers like gold.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ms. Liz</dc:creator>
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<p>How do you get customers to come back to your site time and time again even when you make mistakes?</p>
<p>How do you get them to tell their friends about you?</p>
<p>By dedicating your business to customer satisfaction.<span id="more-12222"></span></p>
<p>The most successful businesses are the ones that are focused on caring about the customer experience.</p>
<p>My own personal example of outstanding customer service on the web is Zappos.</p>
<p>Zappos shoes was not the first company to sell shoes on the web but one of the reasons they dominated the online shoes industry was because of their high standards of customer satisfaction.</p>
<p>Zappos made sure that everyone that came to their online store was satisfied.  They did that by offering  free shipping, free returns and fast delivery.</p>
<p>That was truly a customer focused move and it wasn&#8217;t long after that the other online shoe stores began to follow suit.</p>
<p>I know I was satisfied the first time I bought my shoes from Zappos and I still buy from Zappos today.  I get my shoes in record time, they take my returns no matter what and they always want to know what I think and they respond to all my comments and concerns.</p>
<p>Consequently, they are the one shoe store that I think of before all others.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why today Zappos is one of the most popular and most highly sought after online shoes stores.  They&#8217;ve built a solid brand in customer satisfaction.</p>
<p>I hope it&#8217;s becoming obvious that a strong focus on customer satisfaction and creating a positive customer experience is what building customer loyalty on the web is all about.</p>
<p>See also these <a title="better customer service, internet style" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/950/tips-for-better-customer-service-internet-style/">Tips for Better Customer Service – Internet Style</a></p>
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<h3><strong>But how do you get started building customer loyalty? </strong></h3>
<p><strong>- Keep the customer in the forefront of everything you do.</strong> Zone in on what you think would please a customer.  Think about a great customer experience you&#8217;ve had  yourself and what made it a great experience.   Consider how you could apply that same ideology to your business.</p>
<p><strong>Ask your customers for feedback. </strong>An important part of providing a positive customer experience is knowing what your customers like or don&#8217;t like about their experience with you as a business.  Unless you know that you can&#8217;t improve your business or be innovative.</p>
<p>Use Surveymonkey.com  to conduct customer surveys.  This is a free service that won&#8217;t take but a few minutes to put together a ten question survey that your visitors and customers can complete.</p>
<p>Ask customers about their checkout experience, what their shopping  experience was like or if they had any problems using your site.</p>
<p>If possible offer an incentive to your customers for completing the survey.   If online surveys isn&#8217;t an option you can also ask for feedback by email or by phone.</p>
<p>Believe it or not, customers will be impressed by your efforts in trying to  improve their customer experience.  Even if they don&#8217;t respond, they&#8217;ll  respect the fact that&#8217;s it&#8217;s important to you and your business.</p>
<p><strong>- Offer incentives. </strong> Give visitors and customers a reason to return to your business.  Conduct fun contests.  Offer buyer discounts and periodically conduct free give away&#8217;s.</p>
<p><strong>- Exceed customer expectations. </strong> For example, if you guarantee a 4-6  day delivery on product shipments, try delivering the product in 3 days.  Customers are always impressed when you can exceed their expectations in some way.</p>
<p><strong>- Have the &#8216;customer is always right&#8217; attitude.</strong> We all know that customers are not always right, but it&#8217;s your job to make them<em> feel</em> they are right.</p>
<p>Always work with your customers if there&#8217;s a problem.  Let them know that they are important to you by working with them to resolve their problem to<em> their</em> satisfaction.   Putting your best foot forward as a merchant goes a long way in building customer loyalty.</p>
<p>Believe it or not, customers will be impressed by your efforts to improve your customer experience, even if they don&#8217;t respond, they&#8217;ll respect the fact that&#8217;s it&#8217;s important to your business.</p>
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<h3><strong>Your Take Away</strong></h3>
<p>Building a great company means creating a brand, a product and providing excellent service that customers will appreciate and love.</p>
<p>It should always be high on your list when it comes to building customer loyalty, on the web or in <em>any </em>business.</p>
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		<title>Business Goals Setting &#8211; 5 Results Driven Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ms. Liz</dc:creator>
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<p>If you want to be successful in business you must be able to put your business ideas and plans into motion by setting specific, measurable business goals.</p>
<p><strong>Here are 5 results driven tips to get you there&#8230;</strong></p>
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<p>If <a target="_blank" title="setting goals" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/9626/setting-goals-objectives-that-will-stretch-your-business-your-success/">setting goals</a> isn&#8217;t your favorite thing to do, try using a step-by-step goal setting process, I like <a href="http://www.mygoals.com" target="_blank">mygoals.com</a> and it&#8217;s free <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />    Next, use these 5 results driven tips for helping you with your business goals setting so you can achieve the results you expect.</p>
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<h3><strong>1. Set Realistic Business Goals</strong></h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re not being realistic with your business goals, you&#8217;re not being honest with yourself.</p>
<p>If you can&#8217;t honestly achieve your goals in the time you&#8217;ve set for yourself you don&#8217;t have a goals list, you&#8217;ve got a wish list.</p>
<p>How do you know if a goal is realistic?</p>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s your gut feeling?</strong> Think about your goals is terms of who you are, how you work and what you have going on in your life.  A goal for attending 4 live events in 6 months might not happen if you&#8217;ve got 2 kids at home under the age of 10 that you&#8217;re responsible for.</p>
<p><strong>Also what are the odds?</strong> If your goal is to write a 70 page book in 1 month and it takes you about a day to write one page, odds are you won&#8217;t make your one month goal.  Setting a goal of three months would be a much more realistic goal.</p>
<p>In order to follow through with your goals, there has be balance.  In other words, each goal that you set for yourself has to be one that you are inspired to do, it has to be something you know you can attain.  It can&#8217;t be something so overly ambitious that you don&#8217;t truly believe in it.  <em>There&#8217;s a difference <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </em></p>
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<h3><strong>2. Set Measurable Business Goals that can be Tracked</strong></h3>
<p>Each goal you set should be something you can measure.  For example, a goal that says &#8220;I want to be rich and successful this year&#8221; is <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span> a measurable goal.</p>
<p>Being rich and successful isn&#8217;t something you can measurable nor is it even specific .   You might want to be rich and successful but what does that mean?  It can&#8217;t be measured and it can&#8217;t be tracked.</p>
<p>A goal that is measurable can be divided into specific time frames that will let you set monthly milestones so that you can get to where you want to be.</p>
<p>For a goal to be measurable and effectively tracked you must look at where you are currently and decide where you want to go.   A simple example might be that you already  make $$50,000 a year with a goal to double your income.  A $100,000 a year income goal means $8333.00 monthly.   The goal is specific and it&#8217;s measurable.</p>
<p>Once you have a specific number in mind you can then develop the plans and tasks to reach your monthly and yearly goals.</p>
<p>Setting an <em>idea based goal</em> or even an <em>feeling based goal</em>, like &#8216;I want to be rich&#8217; is impossible to track until you either get there or you don&#8217;t get there, which often means you won&#8217;t get there.</p>
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<h3>3. Know the &#8216;What&#8217; and the &#8216;Why&#8217; of your Goals</h3>
<p>It&#8217;s not enough to know what you want, you have to know why you&#8217;re doing it.</p>
<p>Take for example the goal to start your own business.  You may have a &#8216;why&#8217; that says you&#8217;re tired of the crappy boss or the long commute.</p>
<p>Those may seem like great &#8216;whys&#8217; for starting a business but those are really more like things you dislike about working for someone else. They&#8217;re more like inconveniences.</p>
<p>They&#8217;re not the &#8216;whys&#8217; that someone is likely to care about in 6 months to a year.  In other words, if things get a little tough with your business, is it the long commute you had the thing that will keep you motivated?  For some people it could be, but for most people it&#8217;s the things like ensuring a comfortable retirement,  giving your kids a great education or putting food on the table, that gives us<em> lasting</em> motivation.</p>
<p>Getting rid of the boss or a long commute could very well be your true &#8216;why&#8217;,  but make sure it&#8217;s  simply more than just a passing inconvenience.</p>
<p>Your &#8216;why&#8217; should be the thing that gets you out of bed in the morning, it should be the thing that is most near and dear to your heart.</p>
<p>Once you know your why, stay focused on it and never lose sight of it.  I keep it posted to my bulletin board in big black letters <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h3>4. Avoid Distractions and Stay on Track with your Goals</h3>
<p>Don&#8217;t allow distractions or the <a title="lack of focus in achieving goals" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/graphics/goal.jpg">lack of focus in achieving your goals</a>, get in the way.</p>
<p>You might be thinking, that&#8217;s easy to say if you&#8217;re not someone that gets distracted, but the truth is we all get distracted at one time or another.</p>
<p>You have to become personally responsible to stay on track with your goals.  No one can make you do something, only you can do it, so you have to commit to it responsibly.</p>
<p>If procrastination is your biggest problem get a plan, most people procrastinate because they don&#8217;t plan.  If  I  simply walked into my office, sat down and said, &#8220;<em>What should I do today</em>?&#8221;  I&#8217;d probably do nothing but waste time figuring out what I should be doing.</p>
<p>Your daily plan should be in tune with your goals, but <span style="text-decoration: underline;">every day</span> should have a plan of action that consists of  specific tasks that will help you achieve that plan.</p>
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<h3>5. Check &amp; Update Your Business Goals Periodically</h3>
<p>As your life and business changes, so can your goals.  In fact your goals <em>should </em>change as you respond to life changes.</p>
<p>So get in the habit of reviewing your goals so that you not on only stay on track with the responsibilities of your home business, you&#8217;ll also reinforce your desire for your goals as well as make sure you are on track with your &#8216;Why&#8217;.</p>
<p>Some of the most successful people in the world have a consistent habit of reviewing their goals at the beginning of each day.</p>
<p>The only constant in life is change, so accept it, embrace it and  remember to update your goals to reflect it <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>And finally, how are your goals for this year going?  Are you on target so far?</p>
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<h3>1 Help Someone in Need</h3>
<p>If you run into someone that needs a helping hand, <em>help them.</em></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t mean give up all your spare time to helping everyone that needs it, but lending a helping hand now and then to someone that really needs it goes a long way in building strong bonds and relationships.</p>
<h3>2 Promoting Your Competitors Can Improve Your Online Business</h3>
<p>Yes, your competitors can actually improve your online business. </p>
<p>Start by getting to know your competitors and strike up a joint venture where you can.  If you have a competitor with a large opt-in list, try exchanging promotions.  This will expand your reach to their list and vice versa. </p>
<p> Promoting each others products, website or blog is a win/win for both of you and it goes a long way in building lasting relationships.</p>
<h3>3. Create an awesome, comprehensive &#8216;about me&#8217; page</h3>
<p>Most websites have an &#8216;<a title="about me page" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/10093/how-to-create-an-impressive-about-me-page/">about me&#8217; page</a> but how is yours looking?</p>
<p>Keep your page personal but relevant to what your business is about.  Allow your readers to get a good glimpse of who you really are, demonstrate what makes you the expert and give them a reason to feel you are a trustworthy person.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t emphasize the &#8216;you&#8217;, instead emphasize what you can do for them.  Explain what you can offer them, why they should read your blog and offer personal information about you that relates to your business.</p>
<h3><strong><br /></strong>4. Include a Glossary on your site</h3>
<p>Create a page of terms and definitions related to your market.  This makes your site user friendly and easy for new visitors coming to your site.</p>
<h3><strong>5. Track Your Clickthroughs</strong></h3>
<p>Use your website hosting logs or Google analytics reports to track the links that your visitors click on.  This is how you can see which topics, keywords and pages interest your visitors.  If you know what interests your visitors you can add more information and offers that will keep them returning to your site and draw more traffic.</p>
<h3>   <br />6. Write Articles</h3>
<p>Yes, we need to write even more <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />    Articles are<em> still</em> an awesome way to create visibility on other high traffic sites.</p>
<p>You can write articles for <a title="guest blogging opportunities" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/9665/how-to-find-guest-blogging-opportunities/">guest posting opportunities</a> or simply write them to submit to article directories.  Just one new article a week can boost your traffic and visibility just that much more.</p>
<h3><strong>7.  Offer Rewards</strong></h3>
<p>Recognize your your loyal visitors and customers.  If you sell products, reward your customers with free stuff or half off sales.</p>
<p>This method of rewards can also be extended in other ways, for example if you have loyal followers that comment on  your blog, offer great guest posts or tweet your posts, dedicate a post to them. They&#8217;ll appreciate the gesture and they respond favorably.</p>
<h3><strong>8.  Create and give away a free guide</strong></h3>
<p>Create a simple 5-7 page report and give it away to your viewers.   This is a perfect way to improve business by demonstrating your expertise.   It&#8217;s also a relationship building strategy, especially if the content within the guide is useful and your readers benefit from.</p>
<p>The report can be a few simple personal strategies that you use related to your market or you might offer a free tool they can use that people can use and appreciate.</p>
<p>I use Openoffice.org to create my free guides, it&#8217;s super easy because it creates a PDF  with just a click, and it&#8217;s free.  I often use <a title="plr content" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/2631/where-to-buy-plr-content-for-your-website/">quality PLR content</a> that I can massage into a unique, personal guide in less than an hour. </p>
<h3><strong>9. Allow people to give you feedback</strong></h3>
<p>Solicit feedback from readers, subscribers and follower.   Ask for ideas on what they want to know, problems they are having or survey them for feedback about your website, customer service or your products.</p>
<p> A free service like <a target="_blank" href="http://www.surveymonkey.com" target="_blank">surveymonkey.com</a> makes it super simple.  You can ask up to 10 questions using multiple choice answers or essay.</p>
<p>You could also write a simple post on your blog asking for feedback that sends your reader directly to the survey or you can send an email to your subscribers.</p>
<p>When you&#8217;ve gotten enough survey responses, write a post on what your survey takers had to say.  This is the kind of information readers love, it&#8217;s real and it&#8217;s personal.</p>
<h3><strong>10.  Improve your business by Answering popular Questions within your Niche </strong></h3>
<p> Keep a list of questions that pop into your head and research the answers.  Start with the questions that you encounter each day. Make a note of them and use them as ideas for blog posts or things you can add to a Q&amp;A page.</p>
<p>What are some ideas you&#8217;ve implemented for improving your online business?</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><p> </p><p>Tweet Finding  legitimate online business ideas without the hype, the  scams and the annoying tricks, isn&#8217;t so easy. If you&#8217;ve been looking for internet business ideas I&#8217;d be willing to bet you&#8217;re more than a little overwhelmed, probably more like discouraged. We&#8217;ve all been there, I know I have It&#8217;s not easy finding a profitable [...]</p></p><p> </p>]]></description>
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<p>If you&#8217;ve been looking for internet business ideas I&#8217;d be  willing to bet you&#8217;re more than a little overwhelmed, probably more like discouraged.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve all been there, <em>I know I have</em> <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>It&#8217;s not easy finding a profitable online business,  but I have a resource that takes the frustration and the guess work out of finding legitimate online businesses and shows you exactly the businesses people are making money with and how they are doing it. <span id="more-9992"></span></p>
<p>I&#8217;m referring to the online business ideas resource called, The &#8220;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>20 ways to Make $100 a Day Online</em></span>&#8220;.</p>
<p>The name&#8217;s a little cheesy but the title is exactly what this guide delivers.</p>
<p><strong>No hype, just good information  <img src='http://www.homenotion.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </strong></p>
<p>The ebook  was actually created by Willie Crawford, an inner circle marketer, who coaxed 20 successful online business owners (making at least $100 a day online) to spill their guts, so to speak,  on how they created profitable online businesses.</p>
<p>These actual business owners are the ones that demonstrate what their businesses are and how they make $100 a day, in some cases even <em>more</em>. <a target="_blank" href="http://pathway100.com/?e=adlite"><img class="alignright" title="online business ideas" src="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/graphics/coversm2.jpg" alt="online business ideas" width="207" height="294" /></a></p>
<p>The guide covers things like how these folks chose their niches, how they brand themselves and the promotion strategies they use.</p>
<p>They&#8217;ll even let you in on the free tools and resources they use.  I was turned on to many cool, free resources reading this guide.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll be able to clearly see how these individuals created their own internet income, many of them in a matter of just a few months.</p>
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<h3><strong>Who Will Benefit From this Resource?</strong></h3>
<p>As I read through each chapter I could see that the guide is written for average people by average people.  The business ideas they discuss don&#8217;t require special skills, education or experience.  These are things that anyone with a desire to make money on the web can do.</p>
<p>But I can assure you they are not black hat or unscrupulous methods like data entry, taking surveys, mailing postcards, stuffing envelopes or some such nonsense.</p>
<p>I know you can profit from these ideas because I personally use several of the methods myself for making sales and generating my own <a title="passive income online" href="http://www.homenotion.com/blog/9386/passive-income-online/">passive income</a>.</p>
<p>As an internet business owner, I pride myself on helping and supporting others with meaningful information and this guide delivers exactly that, <em> good information that has value.</em></p>
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<h3><strong>What Not To Do With This Guide<br /></strong></h3>
<p>This is not a guide to purchase and let sit on your hard drive.  If you&#8217;re guilty of doing that then I don&#8217;t recommend wasting your money.  There&#8217;s too much good information here to waste.  But if you&#8217;re someone that believes in yourself with a dream of creating an income online, this is a resource you&#8217;ll most definitely appreciate.</p>
<p>On the other hand if you are already on the web making less than $100 a day or maybe you&#8217;re not quite sure how it&#8217;s possible &#8211; <em>get this guide</em>, it will show you.</p>
<p>This is not a resource intended to convince you that people are making money online, there are enough success stories that we all know it&#8217;s possible, instead this is about helping you take the first steps to finding a business that interests you, understanding how to make it profitable and finally taking action.</p>
<p>The rest, I&#8217;m afraid is up to you.</p>
<p>The book comes in a downloadable  PDF format and sells for $27 with full rights, that means you can  re-sell the guide with 100% profit.   In other words, if you choose to, you can promote the guide to others and claim $27 for each sale.</p>
<p>I promote the guide myself because I believe it&#8217;s that good.  I don&#8217;t promote what I don&#8217;t believe in and neither should you.</p>
<p>Having said that, I will personally refund every penny if you are not satisfied with the strategies outlined in this guide.  Simply email me, no questions asked.  <em> </em></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s where to get the <a target="_blank" href="http://pathway100.com/?e=adlite" target="_blank">20 Ways to Make $100 a Day Online</a></p>
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