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Google has a very awesome tool available that can translate any website, as well as a simply message, with just a few clicks.
For example, here is my site translated in Spanish…
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Even my work at home site can be translated.
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Dealing with the Holidays and your Business
The Holiday season is usually pretty crazy for most people. We go straight from Thanksgiving into Christmas and then New Years. We have family gatherings to attend, finals in school, end of the year catch up, and don’t forget about the shopping. (That in itself gets me.) It’s like we are running a marathon for 2 months straight. With so much to do, it’s important to stay consistent with your business as well.
Being consistent means just that, you must be consistent at all times. Any time you take a step back, or take a “break” from building your business and marketing, it’s going to take you that much more time later to get your pipeline filled back up again. And I know personally that no matter how much you feel like you need that break right between Thanksgiving & Christmas, it is best to keep pushing forward just a while longer. Why is that? You don’t want to reach the holidays, knowing that there is no way you are expected to or should even be working because that is the time you are meant to be enjoying your families…only to have the guilt lingering in the back of your mind that you really haven’t done much with your business and you can see it starting to dwindle. How can you enjoy your time then?
And it’s not only your own fatigue that can get you down or discouraged during the holidays. Depending on what you do from home, what sort of product or service you have to offer, there are probably quite a few people that have told you that they will have to wait until after the holidays to do anything. This could be due to the fact that cash tends to be tight for most families after the gift giving and traveling that comes at this time of year. Or if you are speaking to people who are considering your business, they may think that it be best to get started after the busy schedules sort of subside in mid January or so, when they will be able to focus on learning something new.
When I start to feel the need for that little break right before the Holidays I simply tell myself that by sticking with it just a while longer, I won’t feel guilty when I do take the time off to be with my family. And by continuing to build that pipeline, you will find that many of those that you have spoke with will in fact be calling you back shortly after the new year begins and the traditional new year’s resolutions are in peak force.
Work At Home is Not For Everyone…
There was a time when I used to ask myself, “who wouldn’t want to work from home?” I mean, isn’t it the most ideal thing to do? Right? (That is if you are able to find something that is legitimate, and actually works the way it is meant to.) I soon came to realize that working from home is NOT for everyone. We are not all built the same, we all have different strengths and weaknesses, and that is what makes us who we are.
One of the most important questions to consider before actually making the decision to work from home is this…Are you capable, and self-motivated enough, to work independently? When you are under your own roof, no one there to watch over you, no boss breathing down the back of your neck, it is easy to let yourself get side-tracked from whatever work it is you are trying to accomplish. The problem with this is that by being your own boss, if you don’t work, you don’t get paid.
The ability to work from home is available to all, but it is only successful for the few that treat it as it is meant to be. As I have stated many times over, “if it’s meant to be, it’s up to me!”
Robert Kiyosaki and His Thoughts On Network Marketing
I am a huge fan of Robert Kiyosaki. Many of you may heard of him in regards to his bestselling series, “Rich Dad Poor Dad.” He has shared his story and knowledge with all of us in hopes that others could experience life as he has, thanks to the lessons he learned from his “rich dad.”
I love his entire series, however there is one book that I think anyone and everyone should read. It is Rich Dad’s The Business School For People Who Like Helping People It doesn’t matter if you already involved in a Network Marketing company, or if you may be considering whether or not you want to venture into one. In this book Robert explains that building a network marketing business is 1. a revolutionary way to achieve wealth 2. makes it possible for anyone to acquire great wealth and 3. is open to anyone who has drive, determination and perseverance.
What makes his opinion on the industry so strong? Here’s why, in his own words…
“Because I did not gain my fortune from building a network marketing business, I can be a bit more objective about the industry. This book describes what I see are the real values of a network marketing business–values that go beyond just the potential of making a lot of money. I finally found a business with a heart.”Robert T. Kiyosaki
After reading this book, you will have a stronger understanding of the entire industry and just how rewarding it truly can be. Not only financially but emotionally as well.
Some of my favorite quotes from The Business School…
“Simply put, a network marketing business, with it’s low cost of entry and great training programs, is an idea whose time has come.”
“A network marketing business is based upon the leaders pulling people up, while a traditional corporate or government business is based upon only promoting a few and keeping the masses of employees content with a steady paycheck.”
“In the world of network marketing, you are encouraged to learn by making mistakes, correcting, and getting smarter mentally as well as emotionally.”
“A network marketing business is the perfect business for people who like helping other people.”
Learn How To Build Your Business Online…
If you not yet heard of Pat Berry and/or Joe Syverson, you will. In fact, you are now. Both of these men have personally created successful sales organizations in their respective companies, and now share exactly how they did it with all of you. I personally subscribe to their podcast through iTunes so that I am constantly updated with all their new podcasts.
I cannot say enough about all the great information and advice they share here. And it’s not one of those boring, barely making it through the entire podcast, sort of show. Pat Berry and Joe Syverson are entertaining and fun, and they keep the energy going through each and every episode.
You’ll definitely want to take a listen. You can go to www.mlmradioshow.com and sign up for free yourself. Or you can go to podcast.mlmradioshow.com and view a listing of each show they have in their archives.
I would love to hear what you think after listening. Do share!
10 Steps To Follow…
I could not have said this any better myself. Get an awesome view of the 10 Commandments All Entrepreneurs Must Follow.
After the Launch: Everything You Need To Skyrocket Your Business
Using the Media to Your Advantage
Another really great way of promoting yourself and what you offer, is through media resources. I have met a wonderful woman through a online wah expo that I attended, her name is Shannon Cherry. She shares everything that she knows on this subject. This could be just what you need to get your business moving? Check out the link below and let me know what you think.
Are you:
* puzzled because you can’t seem to attract publicity?
* clueless on how to approach reporters, let alone give them a story that they want?
* frustrated seeing competitors getting free publicity in newspapers and magazines, and on radio and TV — without having to pay a dime for it?
* not getting any success, even when you send out a press release?
If you’re not making the most of PR, you’re losing sales. Penny Pinching Publicity puts all the resources of a PR agency at your fingertips, and gives you all the tools you need to get free and credible exposure for your products, services, or company… fast!
Getting free publicity isn’t rocket science… it just takes some hard work, persistence, and finding the right contacts for your story to make it work. And that’s really what you’re paying for when you hire a PR firm and fork out upwards of $10,000 a month. You can easily do it BETTER for yourself – for PENNIES, nickels and dimes!
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Generating Your Own Leads for Free…Using Classified Ads
There are many ways to generate your own leads by using free resources online, as well as offline. It’s simple enough to do, all it takes is time. When using free resources, it may take a little bit more effort on your part, but it will be well worth it in the end. When you generate your own leads, the prospect or person requesting information from you, has already been to your website or at the very least, has some sort of idea as to what you have to offer, and you can be sure that they are actively searching because they have contacted you.
I am going to cover different ways of generating your own leads. Each will have their own post. There is so much information and so many ways that I feel this would be the easiest to grasp.
The first way I am going to go over is…
Classified Ads online–There are many sites that allow you to post your ad for free. Do a simple search on google, and you will get thousands of listings. A few that I have used are…www.craigslist.org, www.inetgiant.com, www.usfreeads.com, www.AmericanClassifieds.com, www.Ablewise.com, and like I said, there are many, many others.
To get a decent response, you need to post to many different sites, and do so frequently. You can’t just post 1 ad and wait for the calls to start rolling in, it won’t work that way.
Post a simple ad that is relevant to what you offer. Think about what caught your attention, and what made you want to know more when you first learned of the company you are now a part of. I always put myself in the prospects shoes when I am writing an ad.
Include a link to your website. Hopefully you have a contact form for people to fill out when they want to know more about your opportunity or service, if not you will want to leave another way for people to contact you. If you do have the form on your site, be sure to tell them to fill out the request form if it is something of interest to them.
By using this method, you will also weed out those who are simply not interested in what you have to offer. The requests that you do receive, will be highly qualified & interested prospects beings that they already know what you do and just want to know more, or may have some questions.
Website Promotion
There are lots of ways to promote your website. You can submit your site to all the major search engines. You can add a link to your site in your Signature Line with all of your outgoing emails, as well as on any forum posts you make. One thing you need to understand if you are going to do this yourself is that it will take some time for it to really gain momentum and a constant flow of visitors.
However, there is something that I absolutely love, it gets you immediate visitors, as well as allowing others to review your site and let you know just what they thought of it, and whether or not any improvements could be made to make it better. It’s free, all it takes is about 30min to an hour each day for you to review other people’s sites in return. If you do this daily, you should average about 20-60 hits everyday. And we all know what that means…the more people that see your site, will lead to more people contacting you who are truly interested in what you have to offer.
You can check it out at LinkReferral.com Let me know if you join in, I would love to drop by and review your site.
Online Groups and Forums
Online forums and discussion groups are a really great way to market yourself and your business, or product & service. It’s simply you putting yourself out there in every way possible. You might be talking about your family and kids, or helping answer someones question that they have posted. It shouldn’t be about just “advertising” your business, there are classifieds for that. Add a link to your website in your signature line, that way those who are interested in what you have to offer will be able to request information from you instead.
You can do a google search to find different groups that are focused towards your personal interests. I will share some of the one’s that I use…
www.wahm.com/forum Here you will find a little bit of everything.
www.mywomanownedbusiness.com This is a rather new online social networking site for women business owners. (If you decide to join in, let me know and we can share together.)
www.cafemom.com Another mom site with lots of different groups to join in with.
www.mayasmom.com I really love this site. Not because it’s a great place to advertise, it’s more of a place to meet other moms, and a few dads, in fact there are only certain places that you can actually advertise your business and such. This is nice because you are not constantly hit up by people trying to sell you something. So if you are looking for a place to meet others online, and make some friends along the way, this one is great. (You can find me here by searching for my3lives)
So there you have it, just a few of my favorite places to network online. If anyone has others that they just absolutely love, please share.
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