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[ 29 Apr 2008 | Comments Off ]
Don’t get Distracted

Internet Success Tip: Put Blinders On
By: Carrie Lauth
I’ve been focusing on focus lately. You see, Kelly McCausey interviewed me as a case study of a work at home Mom who finally found some focus, with great results. Let me share the story of 3 work at home Moms. I hope their experiences will help you realize the importance of putting on blinders with your internet business.
Distracted Darla
Distracted Darla started learning about affiliate marketing. She built a small site and when it began to earn income, the wheels started turning in …

eBooks, Goals and Prioritizing »

[ 24 Apr 2008 | Comments Off ]
Is there Time for a Home Business?

Think You Don’t Have Enough Time For a Home Business?
by Carrie Lauth
Those of us who are happily operating home based businesses hear this often: “I just don’t have the TIME to start a home based business… I’m just too busy!”
While it may be true, it’s an interesting statement to make, because it implies that someone else is controlling your time. We all have 24 hours in a day. Have you ever noticed that sometimes the busiest people get the most stuff done?
You’ve heard the old expression “If you want …

Sites For Sale »

[ 22 Apr 2008 | Comments Off ]
Natural Health Niche site for sale

The health niche is huge both on and offline. But setting up a site is often too much work for someone. This is when purchasing an established site is a perfect fit. A friend and fellow MM member Carrie Lauth of NaturalMomsTalkRadio has several websites for sale in the “natural mom” niche. You can contact Carrie at clauth@gmail.com for further details. Please only send SERIOUS inquiries only.

Goals and Prioritizing »

[ 19 Apr 2008 | Comments Off ]
Risk Taker?

Most entrepreneurs are risk takers. It goes with the territory of starting and building your own business. But just what kind of risk taker are you? Are you someone that invests in penny stocks, which means high risk, but low monetary input. Or are you a high stakes investor and go for it with high dollar amounts invested and high risk?
By figuring out what kind of risk taker you are, it will help you figure out just how much of a niche you should go into. …

Business Ideas »

[ 18 Apr 2008 | Comments Off ]
Invite Biz

The party invitations biz has been a big one for many WAHM’s for years now. Especially as more advertising reps and designers decide to have more families. The invites just keep getting better and better. Goodness knows the rest of us keep getting busier, so it’s much more to my liking to order some custom invites for my special occasion.
If you do open a party invite biz, think of branching out to invites for different party reps. Make the party invites less Mommyish and much more …

Site Building »

[ 18 Apr 2008 | Comments Off ]
Obscure Niches

Have you heard the term niche website or niche marketing? This has to do with breaking your general site idea down to a much more targeted market. But there does come a time that you can make that niche too small.
First of all you need to research the keyword idea. Some obscure niche’s can bring you money. If there are 3 people a month looking for aluminum dog boxes and there are only 10 sites specializing in them. You may have a market if those …

General Biz »

[ 18 Apr 2008 | Comments Off ]
Hire Your Kids

Did you know you can hire your kids in your business?
If your kids are between the ages 7-17, you can hire them to do tasks in your business, and pay them a wage, just like you would any other employee.
The benefit of hiring your kids is that you don’t have to pay payroll taxes on them!
In addition, your family may realize some significant tax savings by shifting income from the parents to the children.
This is a great tax planning strategy for parents who have their own business.
Click here to learn …

General Biz, marketing, Social Networking »

[ 16 Apr 2008 | 16 Comments ]
Unethical

This post is going to get long and it’s going to name names. So grab a coffee, or possibly something stronger, if it makes you as angry as it does me, you will need a good martini. lol Because today I want to discuss ethics and how to royally tick off the internet world and get yourself shut down completely. Since this is my mission for a certain samantha kobs right now.
It all started about two weeks ago when I got 4 newsletters in my email …