All your life, you`ve heard: "Bite your tongue."
"Turn your cheek."
"Stop talking before you put your foot in your mouth."
"Will you please listen to me?"
"Why is it, I feel you don`t care?" Two pieces of folk wisdom changed my life: "Think twice before you speak" and
"Listen wit...

The other day I was late for something. Not very late. In fact, I was actually on time but an angry voice berated me anyway, saying, "You are late! There will be no seats left. You wouldn`t run late if you were more organized!" It was a terrible feeling, especially because the voice was partially ri...

Owning or operating a small jewelry business - no matter what type of jewelry or where it is - can be a challenge, but it really takes a special kind of person to operate a home based jewelry business. Most people who run their own home business probably have asked themselves at some point, "Wh...

When creating an ad copy, you should make it believable and persuasive. Some of us are missing some crucial things to include. Here are 7 tips to help you create a powerful ad copy. 1. Use a "P.S." at the end of your ad copy. This is where you either want to repeat a strong benefit or use a strong c...

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king`s wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none di...

I love work, I can watch it all day. I am not scared of work, I have been known to approach within arm`s length of it on a number of occasions. How often have you heard these remarks? To a lot of people the word `Work` is more than just a four letter word. It is something that takes up more than a t...

I was fifteen minutes from reporting to my first day of work as a minimum wage dishwasher early one evening in June, 1979. It was my first summer living out of my mom and dad?s house. Things had started well enough?my intention was to sell wholesale T-Shirt printing services, pumping out the jobs my...

Sometimes people get confused by the terms work at home job and business opportunity. They are two different ways to work at home. Some people think they are interchangeable, but they really each have their own characteristics. A work at home job is most like an job outside the home. The person w...

I recently spoke to a Youth Leadership Group, and I was deeply inspired listening to the dreams that the teenagers had for the future. While I was presenting, I felt the group of teenagers begin to realize that it is ok to dream and be proud of what you have done in your life and where you want to ...

What makes attitude so important? Why not just learn some "seduction techniques" to get the girl? The answer is simple: learning techniques (or having expensive clothing and cars) without improving your attitude is like wrapping a cheap gift in expensive wrapping paper. It still looks expensive on t...

If you want to really make your article "SELL" then you`ve got to craft the perfect RESOURCE BOX. This is the "author bio" that is below your article body and it`s also known as your "SIG" (short for SIGnature). Here are the essential items that should be in your RESOURCE BOX:

• Your Name: Yo...

To be or not to be an entrenpreneur! Get a mirror, take this quiz, and find out! Your face says a lot about you, so be truthful and answer yes or no. DO YOU HAVE THE "RIGHT" FEATURES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS? 1 - Do you have high cheekbones? 2 - Do you have a cleft in your chin? 3 - Do you have...

If you run a pressure washer business you need complete uptime on your equipment, break downs can be costly if your billing rates are $100 to $150.00 per hour. If you are bidding by the job there are times when it is absolutely a great profession to be in. That is if your equipment is working proper...

Correct me if I am wrong, but there is nothing more powerful in a business-to-business sales letter than a credible testimonial from a person in your prospect?s peer group. Testimonials are valuable because they say what you cannot. If you say it, you?re boasting. If a satisfied client says it, the...

Do you frequently hear that customers are unhappy about something, and sometimes they are downright frustrated. Yet, what you hear from your employees is, ?Stupid customers! They just don?t understand how to use the product?? As the owner, or manager, what has been your response? Has it been to back...

Shenandoah, VA, January, 30, 2006. It?s not easy being an author these days. Without their own agent, an author has only about a one in 15,000 chance of having their manuscript accepted by a major publishing firm. And while it?s true that anyone can be self-published with today?s print-on-demand and...

"It is anticipated that by the year 2006, 50% of the households in the United States will be involved in home-based business" - Newsweek Magazine Home-based business is a $427 Billion a year industry. That`s more than the pharmaceutical industry, food industry, and consumer goods industry - combine...

This 310 page saga is Scott Underhill?s second superbly written novel. I have had the pleasure of reviewing both of his books - and they are equally outstanding, yet profoundly different pieces of fiction. Give a Little certainly provokes empathy for each of its characters. It is an emotional ro...

A thing worth doing is worth doing badly. Yes I know that it should be ?well?. My grandma drummed into me that whatever I did I should do it as well as I possibly could. But grandma said that there was another side to it. If it were worth doing, even doing it badly was better than not doing it at a...

I recently embarked on a large programming project that became the most frustrating, stressful thing I?ve done since I?ve been in business. I won?t bore you with the details, but suffice it to say that everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. With the deadline looming at the heigh...

To achieve success in a home based business it is of critical importance to maintain a laser beam focus on your target market and to direct your marketing activities to that specific group. Website traffic is one thing, but targeted traffic is everything. You have no doubt seen dozens of offers s...

Malcolm S. Forbes spoke directly to the entrepreneurial heart when he stated, "The biggest mistake people make in life is not making a living at doing what they most enjoy." A passionate commitment to pursue one`s interests builds the foundation of so many small businesses. No matter how resolute...

My brother-in-law is in the process of starting a home business. In fact, he`s been in the process of starting it for over 2 years now. It seems that Bill (that`s not really his name, but I don`t want to embarrass him), is afraid to take the big step. He wasn`t afraid to take the first step. He`s ta...

Many people believe that starting an online business from home is difficult. In fact it is quite easy. If you are already familiar with what product you will sell you will need to create or hire someone to produce an online website for you. This website should list the product or products you have a...

Before a child enters school, he or she learns on many levels in many ways, with all the senses. Adult learning tends to be rigid and standardized. The school may ignore the fact that each learner is unique and processes material in different ways. Brian Walsh?s book, "Unleashing Your Brilliance,"...

Disclosure laws in franchising are suppose to help the consumer. They don?t. The FTC, which over sees franchising has in fact created a rule, which makes 5 lb. Disclosure documents for franchise buyers, which is so huge that no one ever reads it. I know when I personally meet a franchise buyer whose...

If you are looking for a home business opportunity one of the first choices you have to make is whether your home based business ideas should be organized as

• an online home company,
• an offline home company or
• a combination.

There are many home business incom...

What is an upline in MLM and Network Marketing? It is the ?Line of folks above you? that are there to help you in your quest for MLM success. They all have the opportunity to make some money from your network marketing efforts, and you need to know who they are, and what they have accomplished. They...

In business as in life we must continue to evolve or stagnate and die. We must continue to progress to push ever forward. In saying this is the next logical step for Network -Marketing Companies television? You can say there have been many giants in this industry made without television. Having said...

If you think that you just "don`t have the time" to start building an online business, you may just be right! Yes, you WILL not have "the time" in a week, either ... nor in a month... nor in a year... And in 10 years, you will STILL be yawning for the lifestyle you always wanted or even worse, scr...

Teenage years for Russ Whitney were not filled with opportunity, stability and financial security. He, as a teenager, was described as youth with no future prospects. He, at this age, did indeed look to embody a guy that was ?going nowhere?. He had dropped out of high school and although was street ...

I`m often contacted by my website visitors, readers of my articles and others who`ve `tracked me down` in some way or another, who are generally looking for advice or guidance in some form or other. One of the more common requests seems to concern their need for information about how to go about get...

`Have you read the Art of War?` someone asked me once. Fighting someone to get your way is definitely a valid strategy. But you don`t need me to tell you about that one - we`ve all been arguing and manipulating to get our own way since we were born! And you may have noticed - often when you push, th...

With higher education tuition increasing at double digit year over year percentages an effective saving plan for your kid?s education is becoming much more important than it has been before. Most families will discover that their future higher education costs will be much more than they have saved f...

Interested in breaking into writing or breaking into a new area? You can?t go past writing fillers. Fillers are one of the most overlooked opportunities in the freelance writing world and offer one of the best opportunities for new writers. Fillers Are In Demand I?ve spoken to hundreds of editor...

What it takes to GROW! In almost every workshop we deliver, we try to teach the principle that the mind is a muscle. What does this mean? Well, your mind and really your whole life operate on the same growth and strengthening principles as any muscle in your body, and almost everyone misunderst...

When you are selling your products to clients, you don?t want to be pushy about it, you want to be persuasive. Have you ever been around a sales person who seems to have everything going for him? He has no problem talking to people, people like him, he seems to meet all of his sales goals so eff...

Stuart from Colorado had talked to a number of marketing firms and gotten estimates for designing and printing his marketing materials and building a web site for his business producing promotional cds. One firm quoted $100,000 to build his web site alone. He sensed something was missing or wrong, ...

Do you know what the IQ score is? No, no, no. I don`t mean if you know about it; everyone knows about the IQ score, but hardly anyone knows what it is. And even though no one is really certain about what the IQ score is, or how it is calculated, society puts a lot of pressure on us if it seems too "...

A Sale is considered closed when the buyer and seller reach agreement on terms for the buyer to take ownership of a product or service. To get to this stage, the seller normally has to ?close? the sale, by asking the buyer for their business. This is where the buyer raises ?objections?. Objections g...

Your audience online awaits information from you. That`s why they visit Web sites related to their interest area. With that in mind, know that writing and submitting articles is the number one Online publicity and promotion game around. You already know that a great Web site with a lot of content...

There are many reasons why you might want to consider taking a college course online. By far the greatest advantage of taking a college course online is convenience. You can take a college course online from anywhere that has an internet connection. These days, with many wireless notebooks you can c...

It is estimated that at least 340 million people use search engines to find products and services every day. That`s a lot of people. The top search engines use link popularity to decide which sights come up first when you do a search. Wouldn`t it be nice if your website came up at the top of the ...

If you either want to write a book to help others create a better life and boost business or you already have your book nearly finished, you may need book coaching to answer all of your questions "What step to take next?" Many writers think that all they need is a good editor and their book will be...

You`ve got a great product or service that beats the competition by miles. Once you get in front of people or get them on the phone, they`re sold. The only problem is you`re not getting enough of those initial conversations with prospects started so you can convert them to clients. Instead of having...

It was going so well, so what happened? Many copywriters get off to a wonderful start: The headline is compelling, the body copy is benefit-filled, but then comes the call-to-action and the whole thing falls apart. Why? It could be a dozen different reasons, but one of the most common I?ve seen i...

Use your computer to send personalized color postcards in quantities of 1 to 1,000. Print on demand postcards are here. You can quickly, easily, and economically use your computer to prepare and address color postcards that will arrive in your prospect?s morning mail! Postal mail is growing in ...

From my experience, I`ve been on many discussion groups and have spoken to many other like minded people. The one topic that always seems to arise is how to get massive sales right away. Not only massive sales but quick sales. Well let me clear something up for you. Creating MASSIVE sales takes mu...

A friend and I were talking the other day about writing. He liked to write, but even so his biggest problem was finding things to write about. My friend was astounded at the volume of writing that I do - at least one article and something as many as six, per day. Where do I get all of the ideas from...

Sex and the Gods of Internet Marketing
By Linda Cox J.A.M.G. (Just Another Marketing Guru) Whenever I mention my occupation to a non-wired person, it seems to generate the same response: "Isn`t there an awful lot of porn on the net?" The question floats toward me like a smoke rin...