I started my sales career when I was 16. I quickly learned everything you do involves sales to some degree. If you're building something, you have to make a good enough product so people will buy it or you won't be building your product long. I found that many times people wanted my product but were short on funds. I wrote a book that sold in the 70's and 80's about how to make money. People loved it because it broke it down to the simple basics of how they could come up with extra money they didn't know they could. I had thought about updating it and selling it again because so many people are having a hard time with today's economy and tragic disasters. Parts of it I'm writing here for you. This is for you to get your wheels in your head turning and start your possibility thinking.
Now comes the hard part. It's best to answer a bunch of questions than to drag yourself in debt.
First decide how much money you want a month? Do you want an extra $300. a month Do you want an extra $3,000 a month? More? What are you going to do with the money? Pay bills? Pay debt? Vacation? New car? New house? College education for kids? Medical? etc.
What is my heartsong? My passion? You will enjoy the ride a little more if your heart is in it. In business online as well as in person, it can be tough. So if you are doing something you enjoy, you're going to take the bumps a little better.
One lady who read my book to needed $300 a month more to save her house after her husband left. She left her house at 4:30 every morning to dig thru other peoples garbage to collect cans, recycle bottles and products that could be fixed and sold. Then she went to her regular job. I had given her the idea of going thru your own stuff and finding things that you could use, she took it a step farther.
How much money will I need to operate my business? You need an idea where you need to start or attempt so you don't lose money. Warren Buffett said "Rule # 1 is don't lose money." Debt is a messy business that should be avoided at all costs. Prevention of debt in America as well as other parts of the world is not a method that many consumers will use, just take a look at the number of citizens that are in debt trouble due to the current credit crisis. Many of these people are desperately trying to find a way out of the debt trap that they have fallen into. Look at the number of gurus that are out there to get your hard earned money. However, in almost every single case, prevention of the debt you are in is a lot easier than the cure. If you're not in debt, let's keep it that way. If you are in debt, you're going to have to work a little harder to get out. Following these rules will help.
Now comes the hard part. It's best to answer a bunch of questions than to drag yourself in debt.
First decide how much money you want a month? Do you want an extra $300. a month Do you want an extra $3,000 a month? More? What are you going to do with the money? Pay bills? Pay debt? Vacation? New car? New house? College education for kids? Medical? etc.
What is my heartsong? My passion? You will enjoy the ride a little more if your heart is in it. In business online as well as in person, it can be tough. So if you are doing something you enjoy, you're going to take the bumps a little better.
One lady who read my book to needed $300 a month more to save her house after her husband left. She left her house at 4:30 every morning to dig thru other peoples garbage to collect cans, recycle bottles and products that could be fixed and sold. Then she went to her regular job. I had given her the idea of going thru your own stuff and finding things that you could use, she took it a step farther.
How much money will I need to operate my business? You need an idea where you need to start or attempt so you don't lose money. Warren Buffett said "Rule # 1 is don't lose money." Debt is a messy business that should be avoided at all costs. Prevention of debt in America as well as other parts of the world is not a method that many consumers will use, just take a look at the number of citizens that are in debt trouble due to the current credit crisis. Many of these people are desperately trying to find a way out of the debt trap that they have fallen into. Look at the number of gurus that are out there to get your hard earned money. However, in almost every single case, prevention of the debt you are in is a lot easier than the cure. If you're not in debt, let's keep it that way. If you are in debt, you're going to have to work a little harder to get out. Following these rules will help.
How much will I need to start until the business takes root? Is there an initial cost to the business? How much do I have to make a month to cover my expenses? When in business for yourself you must look at finaces differenly than you do when you are just collecting a paycheck. First, out of the money that comes in the top 10% goes to charity or God. The Law of the Universe gets a share for feeding you. In all things be grateful.
When I was a young child I met Col. Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). He told me he started doing this and his business prospered; when he died he was giving 90% and living on 10%. Now that's prosperity. Then you take the remaining 90% and divide it into 4 parts. 1) living expenses or your project 2) debt reduction or emergency cashflow if your debt is paid off; 3) taxes - you may not need that much for taxes but if you've but it aside and need it, you have it. At the end of the year if you don't need it for taxes, then you have extra for your project, vacation, a special gift or something. and 4) investment, business, saving, stocks. The 4th part of the money gets divided again in 4 parts = investments such as real estate, art, collectables, diamonds, etc. Business - the way you want to grow your money. Savings or retirement. Stocks and options. Don't put all your money in one basket. That way if one thing is down a couple of the others may be up. That means that if $1,000 came in for the month. $100. goes to charity or God, $225 goes for living expenses, $225 goes for taxes, $225 goes to pay off debt or emergency cashflow and you have $56.25 in business, investments, retirement and stocks each. So you can't invest in a business opportunity for $49.95 and pay $100 a month to keep the business going. If you are, you're in the wrong business for now. You need to find a way to make more money without spending more. Every millionaire plus friend that I have had that weathered the storms of business, operated like this. If you set it up like this now, it will be easier when the big money comes rolling in. Every business, every investment, every artist, every stock, etc has ups and downs.
Is there anything I can do to help bring in some money until then? Maybe you don't have enough money to do your dream job, so let's think of things you can do to help build your money so you can!
What can I do for the next seven days that wil impact my business?
What marketing strategies are successfully being used in my industry?
What are seven ways that I can gain customers?
Who could really help my idea take off and how can I make it super easy for them to do so? What benefits do I have
How can I make it easier for someone to join or buy my products?
What can I do for under $10 that will make a difference?
How could I automate my company? Even if all you do is put a spot on MySpace or FaceBook, you are directing attention to your company. The more attention you draw, the more customers you will have.
Mark Victor Hansen ask me once, “What do you love to do? How can you improve it. How can you make more money at it. I ask myself How could I automate this process? Ninety percent of my ideas come from my ability to recognize what’s draining my time.”
Powerful question, so ask yourself that question. How could you automate your company? How could you simplify it? Is it complicated to buy from you? Have you ever tried to buy from yourself and gone through the process? There are so many products that I’ve purchased that are absolutely painful to actually buy from somebody.
In fact, I was in the process of buying a car. The company that I was trying to buy it from were making me jump through all kinds of hoops. It got to the point where I got so frustrated with trying to purchase from these people, that I gave up and went somewhere else.
So they need to ask the question: How can they simplify the purchasing process for my customers?
It’s the same question you could ask yourself, and it can be a very powerful piece of stimuli to spark all kinds of new processes for you.
What are the problems my target market is experiencing and how could I solve them with a new product or business or improve on an old business? A creative thinker is always on the hunt for problems because your future depends on solving problems. If you can solve problems for somebody else, you’re always going to be in demand.
Another place I want you to go – write this website down because it is extremely powerful when it comes to finding problems – http://www.answer.google.com/. When you go there, I want you to click on the category that is most applicable to you and your business, and find out what questions people are asking. Those questions are problems. If you see a common question coming up, that’s a clear indication that many people are probably experiencing the same problem. That presents a need for a product to help solve that problem.
So constantly ask yourself the question: Are there problems my target market is experiencing and how could I solve them?Is there a way to residualize my current services? HowIn today’s age, look to get paid not once, but more than once. Time and time again. Like a songwriter who writes a hit song, gets paid time after time when that song is sang or played. If you look to residualize your products or services, you’re going to have a stream of cash flow; rather than fighting the ups and downs of trying to find new business. Is this a product or service they can use again and again.
How could I increase the value I 'm currently offering? When you do that, your mind just takes off because you're going to start to think in the customer’s favor.When you do that, you're going to start to generate all kinds of great ideas that work and benefit the customer. And the more you benefit the customer, the more they're going to come back to you, the more they're going to spread the word, and the more revenue you're going to be able to generate from your existing customer base. When you do that, it just opens up a whole new opportunity area for you, your products, and your services.
As a business owner it's important we connect with other like minded professionals and continue to embrace all forms of marketing and the effects thereof.
Adding a rush of traffic to your online business will expand the growth of any business online!
Even on a small scale of adding only 50-175 friends a day can achieve steady traffic. Using social networks to create this type of activity can be automated. If you stay consistent and choose, lets says 30 new friends a day. The income producing acts would be to add them, post a comment, send a message and just get yourself out there.
Even on a small scale of adding only 50-175 friends a day can achieve steady traffic. Using social networks to create this type of activity can be automated. If you stay consistent and choose, lets says 30 new friends a day. The income producing acts would be to add them, post a comment, send a message and just get yourself out there.
This involves "free thinking" and sometimes you may feel like you aren't working "hard" enough but trust me, when $1,000 checks come to your door in bulks of 50, you realize you should work harder!
Well I probably have your mind buzzing by now. So get those ideas flowing.
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