Work From Home

September 18, 2012 By Lynn Brown 22 Comments

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Earn Extra Money Online and Make Your Dreams Come True!

With over 23 million people unemployed, more and more are turning to the Internet to make money working from home. Work from home opportunities are plentiful, but caution must be exercised when choosing what option is best for you.

There are many ways to earn extra money online. Here are 5 worth considering:

1) Network marketing – The MLM industry and network marketing are progressively becoming more attractive options. Both of these options require joining a company that has products and programs you can promote almost immediately. Having a business mindset is a must. As with any business, network marketing requires daily effort. If you put forth the effort, are dedicated and focused, the results can be amazing.

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2) Freelance writer - If you enjoy writing and have a talent for writing clearly and concisely, online copywriting is a hot field. Many businesses and marketers use blogs to market their programs and products. Blog sites need high-quality content that is interesting and entertaining. You can sign up as a freelancer on Elance.com, Scriptlance.com or iWriter.com. These sites have an online process to register as a writer and review available job requests. Select projects of interest and then add enticing bid information to increase interest and the likelihood of being chosen for the project.

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3) Photography – Do you have an “eye” for catching memories in the making? If so, this option might be perfect for you. The possibilities are endless…weddings, unique baby portraits and pet photography is a rapidly expanding field! If you enjoy taking landscape pics or garden shots, there are many online sites that will purchase your pics to use as “stock” photos. Three online companies that purchase photos and videography include www.artistsmarketonline.com, www.istockphoto.com/sell-stock-photos.php and www.shutterpoint.com.

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4) Online educator – Many colleges, universities and public schools offer online instruction and need qualified instructors to facilitate courses. If you have a post-graduate degree, you are qualified to teach college or university courses. Additionally, if you are a certified public educator you can utilize this degree by teaching online courses to students attending online schools. Many home-schooled children participate in online courses as well as secondary level students that simply perform better, academically, in an online environment. You can experience the joy of sharing your knowledge with others all from the comfort of your own home!

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5) Virtual Administrative Assistant – Small business owners and entrepreneurs desperately need the assistance of a competent, dependable, organized and creative assistant to handle all the tasks that typical administrative assistants handle in offices on a daily basis. The benefit of becoming a virtual administrative assistant is that you perform all tasks from home and can negotiate your hours and salary. Prove your talents and the sky is the limit in this burgeoning field. A great web site to get started in this line of work is www.guru.com.

Hopefully, the above examples spark ideas regarding the unlimited ways you can earn extra money online.

When doing anything online for others, make sure you treat it as a real business. Consider setting up a blog that can be sent to prospects interested in your services or products.

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Achieving your dreams takes effort…that is a fact. There isn’t some magical button capable of depositing income into your bank account. You may have seen such fanciful ads on the Internet, but I assure you they are nothing but empty promises.

Follow your passion and you won’t go wrong. People know when you “fake it to make it.” Be yourself! Be helpful to others and know that your efforts and passion will be the true reason for your success and the driving force behind achieving your dreams.

If you are interested in stepping things up and have a serious desire to make money online, consider the blogging and marketing system sweeping the Internet. Earn 100% commissions paid directly to your bank account. No tech or sales ability is required as long as you can follow instructions and are eager to learn cutting edge marketing techniques. It is possible and you can realize an enviable income in a very short time. Join me and my team, if you are that serious person!

May you find the perfect venue to achieve success from the comfort of your home!

Filed Under: Online Basic Tips Tagged With: entrepreneur, make money online, online success, work at home, work from home

How Social Media Helps Your Online Business

August 14, 2012 By Lynn Brown 30 Comments

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that a large percentage of people use social media to build their businesses. Unfortunately, some people believe that utilizing social media sites is like magic for their business and…

BOOM - instantaneous boost in profits! As a result, they litter their web pages with promotional links. Eventually, most business owners discover this method of marketing brings little to no increase in profitability.

Many businesses using social web sites don’t use them effectively. Posting too many promotional advertisements makes your followers nervous. They begin to wonder if you are a scam artist or a spammer. The key to using social media successfully is increasing brand visibility, building relationships and using contacts to produce leads.

Social media users trust web sites that they frequent. The last thing your contacts want is for their favorite site to become a platform filled with obtrusive advertising. If a social web site user is interested in your product, he or she will follow your profile. It is crucial to periodically update your profile with relevant, useful and interesting information – make yourself memorable and grab customers’ attention! (click to tweet)

If your profile offers something of value to your readers, they are more likely to trust you and your business. Followers will be more inclined to make purchases from your site. Your products should be professional and valuable to your clients, creating a desire to purchase from you on a regular basis. Securing satisfied, repeat customers allows you to rely on income generated online.

It is not enough to build a fan base and have a large following. You must concentrate on building relationships and sharing your knowledge. Once you capture their attention, you can then engage them and nurture the relationships. Truly understanding who your clients are and what they need enables you meet those needs and begin to see an increase in conversion statistics.

Wishing you an exceptionally success-filled week!

Filed Under: Social Networking Tagged With: business success, entrepreneur, online business, online business success, social media marketing tips

Do You Have What It Takes for Online Entrepreneurship

November 25, 2011 By Lynn Brown 17 Comments

Have you ever told your friends that you’re an online entrepreneur working from home? If so, then you’ve probably encountered these typical reactions:
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“Wow! I bet you work in your pajamas all day!”

“It must be so amazing working from home – you probably can do whatever you want!”
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Unfortunately, being an online entrepreneur working from home is anything but a cake walk – and if you’re thinking of making the jump to the world of telecommuting, here are just a few characteristics you’ll need to embrace for successful online entrepreneurship:
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You’ve got discipline One of the major perks of online marketing is an obvious one, you get to work from home. While this may seem like the ultimate pay-off for the average 9-5 worker, successful marketers know that it takes just as much discipline – if not more – to work from a home office. It’s easy to get distracted by everything going on around you, especially if your “office” is parked right in front of your 52-inch flat screen television. The most successful online entrepreneurs are those who treat their home office like an actual
one. That means no TV, no radio, and especially no household chores.
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You’ve got goals If you go into your business expecting to immediately rake in piles of dough in less than a week – and it’s hard not to, thanks to the false promises of marketing scams – you’re just setting yourself up for disappointment. Set realistic goals for your business that are within reach, and keep track of whenever you reach those goals.
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You don’t get discouraged One of the major characteristics that the top online marketers possess is the uncanny ability to pick themselves off the ground after a major disappointment. Just like in the 9-5 world, there will be days when, as a marketer, you’re going to feel like throwing up your hands and giving up. To be successful, you need to persevere, no matter how disappointed you may be at yesterday’s sales. Tomorrow will likely be much better!
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What about you? What are some characteristics you think people need to become successful online entrepreneurs? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below!

My passion is your Success!

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Filed Under: Online Basic Tips Tagged With: entrepreneur, online business success, online marketing, successful entrepreneurship, Telecommuting, work from home

Profitable Blogging How to Develop a Winning Blog

October 5, 2011 By Lynn Brown 9 Comments

When it comes to profitable blogging, many online marketers already know what blog niches they want to specialize in. But what happens if you don’t think you have an area of expertise, or simply aren’t sure on what blogging topic you want to specialize in?

Before you start to panic about any lack of direction, let me assure you that it’s very rare for an online blogger or entrepreneur to know what they want to specialize in straightaway. Those lucky marketers are those who already own a traditional business and want to transition it to the online world, or have an area of expertise that’s so obvious that they don’t even need to think about what online industry they want to work in.

For those of you who aren’t so sure about where to take that all-important first step to develop a profitable blog, I’ve developed a series of questions that will help you narrow down your online niche.

Whip out the pen and paper and answer the following questions – in just a few minutes, your online blog idea will practically jump off of the page at you!

What do you want to write about? Online blogging and marketing is no fun if you’re specializing in something that doesn’t interest you whatsoever – even if you do earn a few bucks from it!
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What are my experiences and interests? Do you know what it takes to train for a 10k, or even a marathon race? Are you the most organized person, even in the midst of domestic chaos? Don’t overlook a single experience or interest in your search for the perfect market – it just might be the jewel of your blogging crown!
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What accomplishments am I most proud of? Did you lose fifty pounds by eating well and working out? Did you earn a terrific score on a notoriously tough standardized test?
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What do I want to learn about? You don’t need to be an expert at a certain hobby or interest to become a master within your blogging niche; as long as you’re willing to learn about an interest, you can become an expert at it.
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Use these questions to develop your own winning online blog! And…. Share what helped you to find your profitable niche that might help others too.

Stay positive, Be determined and Never, ever give up!

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Filed Under: Blogging Tips & Info Tagged With: blogging, entrepreneur, market niche, online marketing, profitable blog

How Are You Managing Social Media Madness

July 19, 2011 By Lynn Brown 53 Comments

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This is a great time to be an online entrepreneur with the benefit of exploding your business in a fairly quick time because of all the social media sites, right?

Maybe it is just too fast! I have been reading, listening and chatting with others about all the social media sites we are using for our business. The benefits are wonderful to be able to meet so many people within your industry. Connections, relationships and building clients and customers are a huge part of what social media marketing provides.

BUT …. are we getting too many sites? Seems every time you turn around, someone is sending an invite yet to another social site.

I was just reading today an amazing article written by my very good online ebiz associate, Peter Masters, of The MarketingM8 Blog, Social media time management and Google +. Social media satire 19

In the article, Peter starts out saying ”The amount of new social media developments in the news is mind boggling and have you noticed that no one mentions social media being a fad any more?” In fact, he jokes about ‘fad’ being the F word no one is talking about anymore. I believe it is because we are all way too busy trying to keep up with the ‘social media madness’!

He wonders how we all find the time to stay up with these social sites since we all can agree, there are only so many hours in each day. (Read the rest of his article)

I would like to hear your thoughts, ideas and suggestions on how do you manage your social media madness?

Also, please visit my video and give it a like so others may contribute their thoughts over there as well.

0 How Are You Managing Social Media Madness

Wishing you and your business much Success!

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Filed Under: Social Networking Tagged With: entrepreneur, Google, Linkedin, Media Madness, Media Management, Media Marketing, Peter Masters, social marketing, Time Management, twitter, Youtube

Pardon Me But What Is Your Income Stream

July 15, 2011 By Lynn Brown 26 Comments

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Lately, when talking with local small online business owners, up-and-coming entrepreneurs and chatting with business professionals in online groups — there is a startling common realization …. most people, while they have a huge dream and passion, they do not have any sort of current ‘income stream’.

An income stream from a current job is essential to those wanting to start a business and make money online. Why? Because no matter how long you look or search, you will not find anyone to get your business going, put a website or blog together for you and then manage and maintain it for little or no money.

There is a general belief of many ‘newbies’ that because they see or hear others making hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars online, that they too can do the same thing for ‘a special price, this week only, all for only $4997′, and further they believe, once they pay that out, bam, they will be instant online success.

Even if that were true, where is the income stream? How long would that program that you just paid for last. What did the program and the program owners promise they would do for that money. Do you believe they will treat your business as if it were their own.

I don’t think so …. and I will be bold to say and give you the bad news, of course they won’t.

No one can provide anyone an income stream. It is YOUR responsibility. You are the director of your goals and aspirations. Only you can develop, plan and implement an online business that you will have to maintain, grow and prosper from.

And if that plan means you have to keep your day job until you can kick start your dream of becoming a successful online entrepreneur, then that is what you do. No one should ever think that they can quit their job today and become a successful online business owner within a couple of weeks.

So before you stop everything and jump online thinking the pasture is greener over here, sit down and really think about all aspects of owning a business, being responsible to implement that business and discuss it with your family. Make sure it is in the best interest of those that matter. After all, if they are on board, it will make it a lot easier for you to focus, and go for it!

What are your thoughts about having an income stream before taking the jump to start a business and make money online?
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Filed Under: Online Basic Tips Tagged With: entrepreneur, Goals And Aspirations, Income Stream, Money, Newbies, Online Business Owner, Successful Online Business

Top Blogging Tips for Success

June 17, 2011 By Lynn Brown 14 Comments

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I had the privilege to recently interview a top blogging expert.
This is an excerpt from the full video interview that I would like to share with you today. Bradley Will, Co-Founder, FreeBlogFactory.com, Blogging Expert and Entrepreneur reveals what I thought was only going to be one blogging tip, but then I was pleasantly surprised when he offered to share some other tips that are important to blogging for success!

Please let me know if Bradley’s tips were helpful. And then add your own in the comments section below – this will be a great way to see what you may be doing to achieve success with your blog or site!

Wishing you much Success in your business!

P.S. As I get more and more into making videos, I would like to invite you to visit my YouTube channel, give my videos a LIKE, comment and subscribe. Thank you so much!

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Filed Under: Blogging Tips & Info Tagged With: blog, blogging, bradley will, entrepreneur, free blog, freeblogfactory.com, online business success, video interview

Linkedin Social Media Myth Revealed

June 14, 2011 By Lynn Brown 29 Comments

I call it social media madness! So many social media sites and platforms that can overwhelm even the most experienced online marketing entrepreneur. However, these social sites — like — Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube and have you checked out Empire Avenue yet?!…. have proven to take businesses to the next level.

But there is a social media myth out there that I wanted to reveal. I can’t tell you how many times I hear …. “Linkedin is not for me.”

That is just plain wrong! In fact, if you are not using Linkedin in marketing your business, products or services – then you are leaving money on the table.

Linkedin has been for job seekers and job recruiters. Large and small companies and corporations use Linkedin when finding and recruiting executives. While that is still true today, it is also true that Linkedin provides small online business and entrepreneurs with a huge platform for leveraging knowledge, ideas and opportunities. Linkedin, in my opinion, is the elite social professional site to build your business with high credibility. Build connections, alliances and more important, gain acceptance as an expert in your business. This alone will attract more visitors to you, gain your trust and turn them into customers or clients.

The key to using Linkedin successfully, will be determined on the proper set up of your Linkedin profile. This includes the appropriate keywords, optimization and completeness of your information.

NEW– those of you wanting to gain more knowledge about Linkedin and its tremendous features, should visit and subscribe to my new YouTube channel – Linkedin Marketing Manger. I will be personally sharing lots of tips, info and what I like to call my Linkedin Likes!

Recent comment from one of my online business associates:

“Hi Lynn, I agree with you and being a member of LinkedIn I do see the power in it. My problem is I just don’t spend as much time building relationships there as I should be. Thanks for this video and great reminder that I need to get back there and participate more.” Richard Petrillo – www.workwithrichardp.com

Is there one thing about Linkedin that you would like to know more about? Please share it here ….. thank you!

Filed Under: Linkedin Marketing Tagged With: Credibility, entrepreneur, Gain Acceptance, Job Recruiters, Job Seekers, Linkedin, linkedin marketing, Media Madness, Media Myth, online business success, Optimization, social marketing, twitter, Youtube

Online Business Success – Waiting for the perfect moment to jump in?

June 10, 2011 By Lynn Brown 22 Comments

“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.”

~~ Ivan Turgenev

When I came across this quote today, I thought about it and decided to ‘jump in’!

When it comes to your online business, are you really honest with yourself. Do you feel confident with you and your business plans. Do you wonder if there is more that you could or should be doing?

There is only one person that can decide how your business is going to make it or not. That is YOU!

I know, you’ve heard this before. But if you are not happy with your current income or how profitable your online business is, something is holding you back.

Well, ‘if you are waiting for that moment’ nothing is going to happen. Because it is all about YOU at this moment. YOU have to take the chance, take the steps and make it happen.

TAKE ACTION. Is what I got from this quote.

DON’T BE PERFET. Is what I got from this quote.

START RIGHT NOW. Is what I got from this quote.

NO EXCUSES. Is what I got from this quote.

Now it is your turn …. what did you take away from this quote?

Make it a successful and profitable day!

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Filed Under: Online Basic Tips Tagged With: Business Plans, business success, entrepreneur, inspirational quote, Ivan Turgenev, online business, online business success, success

5 Simple Ways Women Speakers Can Increase Their Impact in the Spotlight

May 17, 2011 By Lynn Brown 27 Comments

The following article was written by Pamela Haack, Founder of Dream Academy for Women – her insight for a positive path to entrepreneurship for women caught my attention. I wanted to share her recent article to help women increase their confidence and impact they can instill upon others.

“I’m also intent on keeping you, in the loop on the latest buzz, and the buzz out there right now has me feeling downright irritated and frustrated. It’s about how women speakers can’t hold their own on the big stages.

Are you kidding me?!

Now, before you get upset with me for saying this (Remember, I’m just the messenger!), take some time to notice what’s happening at the leading business and entrepreneurial conferences right now. You’ll typically find a long line-up of male speakers, yet only one or two female speakers on the stage. In fact, I’ve just signed up to attend a huge entrepreneurs’ conference in a couple of months and the speaker line-up consists of 10-12 men and just one woman.

Of course, I could quote a bunch of statistics and go on about how unfair this is, but I’m not going to do that. Instead (scientific studies aside) I’m sharing with you, in the article below, the results of some sneaky research I’ve done on my own by asking fellow speakers and conference attendees where exactly they think women speakers fall short. You see, we have to honestly face these things if we’re going to implement change and start seeing more women speakers on the big stages.

Check out the article below and remember … even if you don’t speak from a stage, you’re still a speaker. EVERY entrepreneur is a speaker!”

5 Simple Ways Women Speakers Can Increase Their Impact in the Spotlight

1. Survey Says … Women speakers often talk on and on about their families and children.

Increase Your Impact Solution: Keep personal stories short and relevant to the content of your talk. Family stories should be used to make a point, not as an opportunity to talk about yourself.

2. Survey Says … Women speakers focus too much on “you-can-do-it” and “rah, rah”.

Increase Your Impact Solution: There’s nothing wrong with encouraging people, but too much you-can-do-it without actual strategy is frustrating to audiences. Balance encouragement with specific strategy and how-to tips.

3. Survey Says … Women speakers use too many “pair and share” and small group activities.

Increase Your Impact Solution: Attendees often view small group or partner activities as time-fillers because they’re too often used as such! Implement these kinds of activities sparingly and only when there is a specific reason for doing so.

4. Survey Says … Women speakers sometimes address the audience as if they are children.

Increase Your Impact Solution: Practice voice tonality so that you sound confident, not condescending! Remember that how you say something is often more powerful that what you say.

5. Survey Says … Women speakers sound awkward when they are trying to sell from the stage.

Increase Your Impact Solution: Study up on how to sell from a stage so that you’re comfortable and confident when making an offer. Just make sure you don’t overcompensate by being too sales-y!

Note: Speaking is speaking is speaking. These tips hold true whether your audience consists of hundreds, dozens or one.

Learn more about Pamela Haack on Facebook or Twitter

Please let me know by leaving your comment below, how this article may affect you to move forward with your business. Or add to Pamela’s list by offering other ways we can improve to impact others. (Hey guys, would love to hear your perspective too!)

Wishing you and your business much Success!

Filed Under: Online Basic Tips Tagged With: Conferences, Confidence, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs Conference, female speakers, internet business, Male Speakers, social networking, speaking, Women Speakers

Are You Working Hard but Not Achieving Success?

March 18, 2011 By Lynn Brown 22 Comments

When talking to people about starting an online business and marketing online there seems to be a common thread. Most have tremendous ideas, knowledge, skills, background and tons of enthusiasm. But then …. there also seems to be another common thread …..

Why are you working so hard and not seeing any success?

My theory and what I hear is that there is too much ‘it can’t be done’ or ‘it is impossible’ syndrome out there. Whether it is your family, friends, co-workers or even people you chat with on the internet, when you start letting others know your new career path, a huge wall is put up and it seems to slam you in the face.

Now I am not a physiologist, nor do I want to give you any medical advice!

My experience has been many years of ups and downs and turn arounds as an online business professional. But one thing is for sure, staying positive, true to yourself and tuning ‘nay sayers’ out is when things started to turn around.

So how can you overcome and tear down the walls?

Recognize and overcome sabotage – who or what ever is looming over you with thoughts of ’it can’t be done’ needs to be cleared from your mind and taken out of your day.
Gravitate towards other successful people – find groups, forums and others that have the same positive mindset as you do.
Find a mentor, coach or other positive role model – these types of people have the experience and knowledge to be your sounding board, cheerleader, advisor and a sincere supporter of you!
Practice staying positive everyday – find a motivational quote or saying to start your day and share that with others.
Never give up – most of all, tell yourself every day that whatever comes your way, you will meet it head on and never give up! Believe in yourself and the rest will follow.

I wonder how many of you whether you are an ‘up-and-coming marketer’ or an established online entrepreneur has had these thoughts or ‘walls’ get into your way?

How do you or how will you overcome them?

Filed Under: Online Basic Tips Tagged With: build confidence, business goals, entrepreneur, online marketing, positive mindset, start online small business, up-and-coming marketers

Successful People Will Set Goals and Make a Plan

March 8, 2011 By Lynn Brown 21 Comments

I know you have heard this over and over again. But it is true.

If you are really looking for success with an online business, you have to treat it ‘like a business’ – period!

Here are 3 tips to consider:

Get serious and start out the right way. Don’t rush into getting a website up or a twitter account, when you don’t even know those social tools would benefit you or your online business.
Setting up your goals and making a plan, bridges the gap between where you are now to where you want to be. This will provide for a stronger foundation and a successful, profitable business!
Your plan and goals are your ‘road map’ and meant to give you step by step on how you want to create your business. If you short cut yourself, then you could be in for frustration and disappointment. I see way too many up-and-coming internet marketers literally … come and go!

So get serious, sit down and write up a plan. It doesn’t have to be perfect because you will change your plan and goals from time to time as your business develops.

Wanting success doesn’t mean you will instantly get it. You’ve got to ask yourself, “What are you going to do to get the things you want?”

Best to you and your Online Business Success!

What ‘goals’ or ‘plans’ have you set up for your online business? Are you stuck? Or is your plan working for you?

Please share your comments, ideas and suggestions below….

Filed Under: Online Basic Tips Tagged With: business goals, business plan, entrepreneur, online business success, online success

LinkedIn Profile Tips

March 5, 2011 By Lynn Brown 15 Comments

As with any other social site, your profile is a very important feature. Why? It provides key words and information about you and your business to make it easier for people to find and connect with you.

I have been learning and noticing how important it is for your LinkedIn profile to be:

1) Fully completed

2) Have descriptive employement instead of CEO, Sr. V.P., etc. And add more positions that describe exactly what you do in your company, especially if you are an entrepreneur or self-employed

3) List your websites and blogs with keywords instead of the standard default of ‘website‘ or ‘blog’.

Take a Look…..

LinkedIn demographics and statistics – 2011

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Will Procrastination Destroy Your Online Success?

March 4, 2011 By Lynn Brown 41 Comments

Get On With Your Success – No More Excuses – Stop Procrastination!

Procrastination is putting off what you can do right now. So why do you procrastinate when you know working your online business will bring success and make your dreams come true?

Top 3 Excuses For Procrastinating:

1) Fear of Success - You dream it, you want it and you can’t wait for the day you reap success through your business. So what are you afraid of?

Fear of success is more common than you think. People that fear success generally have great ideas, are intelligent, and hard working. Some will get to a point where they need to complete a sales page, setting up a shopping cart or even sending out that promotional email. There can be many reasons for this, and that is why if you have a fear of success, you must try to overcome it.

2) I Don’t Know Enough - Even the most successful online entrepreneurs had to start from somewhere. No one ‘knows it all’ and if they say they do, then run!

Once you have established your market niche, every day learn something about your products or services. This will increase your knowledge and experience. Then begin to write about what you learn. You build your expertise, you are not born with it.

3) Someone Is Already Doing That - I learned a long time ago that even if we all decided to sell or promote Dog Training, that no one person would receive all the sales. Why? Because we all would take different paths on how you market your products, your personality and your imagination is what creates all of our unique paths.

No two paths would ever be the same. In other words, we are all like a star in the universe – no two are alike! —
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Quick Start to Making Money Online

January 14, 2011 By Lynn Brown 4 Comments

Making money online is fast and easy? Well, that is what a lot of guru’s will tell you. Many first time marketers generally will fail after a few short months. Why? Because they were not serious enough, didn’t want to work and spend the time and effort to build an online business to make money. However, if you ARE serious about making money online, you could start generating an income within a few short weeks.

Apply these six steps to set up your money making online business:

STEP ONE: Find a Hot Market – Yup, you must research and discover which market has current trends of hot products, high demand and buying prospects. It may sound easy, as long as you know where to find the information that will help you decide what market niche you will promote and make an income. Find a market niche/product that you may have knowledge about. If you have a passion for a certain market or product, you have a higher chance of succeeding. Why? Because then you will devote the time and effort, and enjoy what you are doing!

STEP TWO: Find Hot Keywords – Keywords are important to every aspect of your online business. Researching your keywords is a must. Take the time and properly analyze information that will help you select those keywords for your success. Google has a great free keyword tool (Google Adwords Keyword Tool) and there are other keyword tools you can search for online such as WordTracker. You are looking for keywords that have a high search rating but low competition. If your market niche is camping, you will find a high search rating however the competition will be very high. Being more keyword specific would help to reduce the high competition.

STEP THREE: Build Simple Website – Today’s online business must have a blog as the hub of your business. Blogs are exploding their popularity due to the fact search engines, such as Google, love blogs. Why? These are sites that are interactive and should have valuable content that pertains to your market or product and brings value to your visitors. Because blogs are a non-static site, building your awareness and attracting visitors to your site can be done in very quick time period depending on the time and effort you put into your business. Get you blog up and running in minutes, compared to waiting weeks and even months for a online website. Which would you choose for generating income quickly?

STEP FOUR: Secure Top Search Engine Ranking – One thing you will hear over and over again, ranking high on the search engines will generate traffic and traffic equals sales. So don’t take this step lightly. Learn the techniques that will get you ranked on the search engines quickly by applying them. You will also want to do testing on different techniques as one may work better than the other. Or a technique may work better during a different time of year. The most important thing to remember, be consistent. Create proper profiles, maintain your blog by supplying it with current, valuable content and utilize your social media to spread the word about you, your product and business.

STEP FIVE: Turn Traffic Into Money – If you have built your online business properly, at this point you should start seeing traffic coming to your site, visitors subscribing and eventually purchasing your products. This is the time to interact with your subscribers, through your autoresponders – like iContact or AWeber – letting them know they will continue to receive great valuable information from you. Gently offer additional affiliate products or other income generating information, such as memberships, ebooks, etc. Stay away from the hard sales pitch, keep your subscribers engaged and wanting more from you. Then they will be hungry and buy what you offer them later down the road.

STEP SIX: Rinse and Repear! – At this point, you have subscribers and customers that are learning more and more about you. Time to find another market niche and repeat steps 1 through 5! And most of all, have fun, stay positive and meet others to build alliances in helping you achieve your ultimate goal of success. Congratulate yourself for a job well done and know that your time and efforts were all worth it!

Filed Under: Make Money Online Tagged With: blog, entrepreneur, making money online, online business success, start a blog

Entrepreneurial Food For Thought or where to start?

January 12, 2011 By Guest Author 7 Comments

Guest Author: Donna Thomas

Oh the lists, long, detailed, technical, but I digress…let’s start at the beginning…

Well, like so many of you, I got extremely tired of being pushed around, watching my job responsibilities expand, my pay decrease and my job security disappear. So I did a little reading and looked around the web and decided, why not, if the numerous 20 year olds out there making a decent income online can do it why not me?

So I jumped in, feet first, to learn, acquire and slay that dragon of entrepreneurial know how to make my first 6 figure income pay check. I enrolled in several programs, affiliate marketing, list building, video marketing etc, etc. While all of these provided valuable content, I reached a point after several months when my head was ready to explode… what to do first, where should I invest my time, resources, efforts, money… ???

Ok, everyone agreed I needed a presence, i.e. branding. Best place to do that, yep you got it the third largest country in the world, Facebook! So off I went Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google. Built the profiles and put in my hobbies, jobs, education…all they asked for. Added my email list to all of them. Now what? Ok another class on social media marketing, build that list, add friends, and attract them by posting valuable content. Check, check and double check.

Must have a blog, it’s your home, the place where everyone will get to know who you are and what you are about. Ahhhh, but now that means you have to post valuable content and what do you want to post and where will you get the new fresh ideas about that content? More to add to the “to do” list!

Twitter, don’t forget to tweet and retweet, check your replies, respond to your messages. Ah but don’t overlook how valuable video marketing can be it will improve your SEO and get you on top in Google. Next, make some videos, talk about your product, and add content. Once you create your channel in YouTube make sure you are checking for responses. Post those videos at multiple sites and get a video distribution site. Check out traffic geyser, tweet meme, social oomph, jing, bit.ly, tweet deck, mashable, and on and on and on…

But when the dust clears and you have spent several thousand dollars at a minimum and hours, no days of reading, no wrong again, weeks examining and testing and listening are you any further ahead. Well, I would say yes, it’s all part of the learning curve in acquiring the skills, expertise, and knowledge needed to develop a presence/brand online.

However I would add one little bit of advice as you approach that dragon, don’t go alone. Find a coach, mentor, knowledgeable expert to clear the trail on your path, someone who has a proven track record and can guide and support you along your voyage. In fact, create a tribe of supportive experts that have the capabilities to forge ahead. Besides who wants to eat dragon alone?

Wishing you the very best on your quest for success in your online marketing campaign but please talk to a person who can lead you along the trek to six figure triumph!

Best wishes and have fun on your journey, Donna Thomas

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Impatient for Success? Discover the Reason Why You May Fail

December 16, 2010 By Lynn Brown 9 Comments

Is this You? Every day you get onto your computer hoping something will appear to make you jump up and down. Maybe it is that first order, first client, or the first announcement that money actually was deposited into your PayPal account!

Then you ask yourself why? You have the website, the blog, the keywords and pretty much everything that the guru’s tell you must have.

The #1 reason why most online business owners and entrepreneurs will fail —— IMPATIENCE.

Every new entrepreneur goes through the ‘impatient’ period. This is when you can’t eat, you can’t sleep, you get up early and go to bed late all in the effort of creating your online business for success….. AND YOU WANT IT NOW!

If I could interview all the guru’s that are currently making millions or even hundreds of thousands of dollars a year they would all tell you the same similar stories. They started poor, didn’t have a clue what internet marketing was about or they lost their job and they forced themselves to make something happen. Most will also agree that at one point they were ‘impatient for success’. BUT they knew how to manage and overcome their impatience.

While this is true in so many cases I wanted you to know that you are not alone. Everyone has these same feelings one time or another. Those that deny or tell you differently just don’t want you to know that they are struggling to get to the top. But guess what?….. there is a way to overcome impatience and find success.

Staying focused on what you set out to do is only going to keep you moving forward. Now I am not suggesting that you become a hermit or be strapped to your computer. There has to be a balance even if you think times are at there worst, you must overcome impatience. Have time for yourself to relax, be with family and friends and take a breather every now and then. Success does not happen over night and it certainly will not happen if you stay stressed out, frustrated and actually harm personal relationships.

You may say, ‘but I’m not doing that on purpose’, those around you feel it different. They see you always in a fret, worried, angry and frustrated. Get out of that mind set as success comes to those that can think clearly and keep themselves positive and balanced. I have learned that lesson, and maybe it is because I am much older, but still you have to know that first of all you are normal to want to have the success right away. It is normal to get excited about new things you learn that will help you build your business success. It is normal that you worry and fret about your success AS LONG AS YOU KEEP IT BALANCED!

So forget about all the gurus around you constantly telling you they are making millions of dollars – I say, so what, good for them, now how can I tap into their market niche or better yet, get an interview with them. Am I giving you some good ideas?

WAIT - First, let’s get back to bringing in the balance. If you ever feel stressed, tired, frustrated, lack of patience or angry that is a signal to do something that will bring you back into a more positive and productive mind set. Would you agree?

Good — then get back to work AFTER you take a day off. Yup, take a whole day off or maybe even better, take two days off! Don’t look at your computer and don’t talk business around family and friends. You will not believe how energized, clear minded and rested you will be when you return. Because I promise you, we all will be here when you get back!

Take Time Off ---- Come Back Refreshed!

Now before you take time off, I would like to know how you are going to stay balanced? Let me know below ….. I’ll be jealous if you tell me you are going to Tahiti!!

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