Home-Based Business For Novices

There are many industries that one can enter from home, from writing articles to tree trading. But the more familiar affiliation with home-based business over the many years is an industry known as network marketing, also known as multi-level marketing. This industry has been put through a lot of name-calling because of money-grabbing schemes created for the sole purpose of scamming customers. And because of the similar structure and similar processes they are put under the same hat. This general assumption is similar to how people get confused with Pepsi and Coke, they are two completely different products and have two completely different systems even though they taste and look very similar.

The generic MLM company has been known to use hotel meetings as their way of introducing new people to the company. But in the theme of this article the truly best way to conduct entrepreneurial activity, that is truly duplicative, is from one’s own home. And though hotel meetings have proved effective how can one create a home-based business using the hotel meetings as their crutch?

The art of duplication is being able to transfer skills and knowledge onto an individual who will then be able to carry them out without needing to refer back for information or guidance. This can definitely be gained from attending hotel meetings, but continuing this activity may mean that a person can be bound to attending hotel meetings on a consistent basis. Think about it, if you follow the system and invite someone to the hotel meeting, and they too will invite someone to the hotel meeting. If then you decide to miss a week you could be seen as letting your team down, since you (the pioneer) are absent.

While I agree that live events are the best, since …

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3 Mistakes to Avoid When You Start a Web Based Business

When you are all set to start a web based business, you can be lured by a number of web sites promising overnight riches. Several testimonials, long pages of information and those sweet sounding words generally describe these scam sites aptly. There are several mistakes which people entering this arena for the first time commit and the most common of them are explained below to help you stay safe.

Upfront payments

For the experienced people, it is relatively easy to identify the scam sites from the genuine ones. But, when that experience is lacking, the new entrants fall an easy prey to the scamsters. The first sign of a scam site is when it is asking for up front payments in terms of membership fee, registration charges, or as the cost of a kit and may be other innovative methods. Whatever be the method used, the safety of your money is when you do not yield to such temptations and keep your credit card away from the computer. There may be exceptional cases where everything is genuine, but those exceptions can be tackled when you have gained some experience understanding the web world and the methods of navigating it.

Unknown territory

“Simple data entry”, “Form filling” ”Passive income” are some of the most common terms used by the tricksters. As a beginner, it is best when you consider only authority sites with a high level of reputation. There is no dearth of safe opportunities to start an internet business and what you need is quality time and some pointers to research and find your opportunity. Your own knowledge and skills will be the primary consideration in identifying the business that is most suited for you.

Inconsistent effort

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Basic Things to Know About Commercial Printing

Basic Things to Know About Commercial Printing

Are you thinking of entering the business of commercial printing? It’s actually a very good idea, but is one that can prove to be extra-challenging. With so many printing companies out there, it’s not going to be enough that you know the basics of the business. Of course it remains fundamental and integral, but at the same time, you would have to keep up with the rapidly-changing developments in technology, as well as creativity, in order to outdo and outsmart everyone else out there.

For starters, you should know the basics that go on in a commercial printing business. Essentially, it is defined as that method of putting artwork on any paper surface, such as posters, tarpaulins, brochures, fliers, and more. This is commonly used by professionals for advertising and marketing jobs, although today, more and more people are looking to be able to use it for their own personal projects.

The process of commercial printing involves the use of heavy machinery. Aluminum plates are used for the pressed out version of the desired artwork to be printed. These aluminum plates usually have on designated primary color, which are CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black). Then, the plates will be wrapped around huge cylinders, which then enables to colors to fill in the cuts on the plates. There are many more technical aspects in to pressing an artwork, but essentially, the machine takes on the task of mixing and measuring the colors on the plate, and from there, the artwork is printed on the paper.

Machines required for commercial printing does not, by any means, come cheap. After all, it is considered to be an industrial equipment. Should you want to invest in one, you can try scouting around for smaller models first. Most likely, you wouldn’t need the heavy duty …

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The Godfather’s Advice on Three Marketing Killers

A friend of mine (not to be confused with a friend of our’s) told me that the don was willing to see me… and it wasn’t even his daughter’s wedding day. I was eager to discover how “the Godfather” increased sales so quickly with such a mild manner about him. Here’s what I learned and I hope you’ll take his advice to heart:

1. Don’t think that just because you think you have something that distinguishes you from the competition that it’s true.

What does your crew think? Whaddabout your customers? This is a killer if you guess wrong and will put your business six feet under before you can say Vito Corleone. I went through my first years of owning fitness & rehab centers that we were great, that there was no one like us and that people always got results when they came to us. I was right but I didn’t frame it in a way that people understood. What should have taken me months to promote, took me years. I left tens of thousands of dollars on the table. Will never do that again.

2. Don’t go chasing down new contacts and customers when your existing family wants to do more business with you. It’s just dumb, expensive and you’re gonna piss somebody off.

The time I spent running down prospects compared to taking care of my existing customers was astounding. It wasn’t until I understood the value of a lifetime customer that I began to reap serious rewards from paying attention to my customer base. Why we naturally hunt down new customers when there’ a gold mine at our rainbow, I’ll never know but I found out in time and did ok.

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How to Create a Best-Selling Coaching Program

Are you on the verge of something great? Have you been feeling stuck?

If you talk to anyone who really knows me, they’ll tell you that I don’t waste any time when it comes to new ideas. I need to flush them out pretty quickly and get into action, or I’ll be walking around thinking of nothing else.

For months I’ve been feeling like I am on the verge of something great, but wasn’t able to crystallize my vision until last week. So you can imagine it drove me crazy! What I realized was that I needed a system to decide what this new program would look like, how it would fit into my business overall, and what it would help me accomplish – before actually investing time, money, and effort into developing it.

So I stopped being emotional and decided to use logic. Then, magic happened!

Let me share this simple process with you, because it made all the difference, and will now make my program ten times more successful!

Basically, you want to think big picture. Ask yourself these questions:

* Why do you want to create it?

* How does it fit into your business strategy?

* What happens if you don’t do it?

* What problems will it solve in your business?

* What gaps will it help you close in your product funnel?

* What new opportunities will it open for you?

For example, here are just a few goals that came up for me when I was answering these questions:

* Avoid overwhelming people

* Create a community of clients

* Encourage implementation

* Increase retention rate

* Require minimum work after initial set up

* Reduce physical shipments

Once you get clear on your own goals, you want to ask yourself …

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