What Do You Hate About?..........

What DO you hate about…. your job or your life or? Be honest, no matter what you are doing, there will be something you don’t like about what you do in life or as a job. Hate may be a bit severe a term, but there is certainly something you don’t like to do.

Why am I asking you this question? There is a very good reason for this. I have noticed that many people, when confronted with something that they don't like to do, simply don't do it. Take my case – I worked as an electrician for 30 years. This was a job that I didn’t really want to do, but there was nothing else available at the time I got into the job. I worked and trained with my father and, because I always want to be the best I can be, became very good at the job. I was lucky in some ways because our business was pretty diverse and meant that there were a lot of challenges that actually somehow managed to keep my interest, simply because I like a challenge.

As time went on I had further training that was vital to be able to keep trading and became very good at electrical testing. I had a reputation for having some of the best reports available, but there was one thing that really made me mad. The job was repetitive and was not interesting in any way for me. After the initial challenge of the new testing schedules, the job was so boring and, to be frank, was less interesting to me than watching paint dry. This testing project began to rule what I was doing. So much so that I HATED it with a passion. I didn’t want to get out of bed to go to do what was such a mundane task each day.

During this period of my life I had to constantly find new things to do that would spark some interest, but this didn’t last long because it became tedious and boring when I was doing the same things. After the initial period when I started and the tasks changed nearly daily, the projects were longer term and therefore I didn’t feel challenged and therefore I got bored.

My friend who also trained with me and saw my development into this “testing icon” was confused because he likes what he does and didn’t understand why I was so miserable when I can earn good money from doing this job. He asked me “what do you hate about this work then?” When I told him how I felt, he was still baffled but now understands why I had to give it all up. Failed business, nothing to challenge me, nothing to make me want to go to work and so on.

What is my passion to prevent “What do you hate about….”

My passion is to entertain and also to work with people to help them to be successful, so that’s why I now do what I do. There are things I don’t like to do as much as others, but these are essential to my progress. Marketing is key so I had to think about the following:

If what you don’t particularly like to do is vital to your marketing, you have three choices. You can ignore it and suffer the consequences of not doing it, you can just get down to it and get it done, OR...there is a final choice that, in my opinion, is the best choice of all. You can outsource the task. Hire somebody to do it for you if it's something that you can't stand...especially if it's going to make you more money in the long run.

Now obviously, you have to sit down with a calculator and figure out if it's worth paying somebody to do the work for you. For example, let's say you HATE article writing but you've heard that it can be a very good way to earn an income through marketing your products. Well, if it's going to cost you $3 per article to get it written and each article you market out there brings in $25 on average, doesn't it make sense to have somebody write those articles for you? Now, if it was reversed, and each article cost you $25 and only MADE you $3, well, then it doesn't make any sense to hire a writer. With the presence of fiverr you can get almost anything done for just $5, so this becomes easier to get sourced, You need to be careful that you check everything to start with because there is no point in having poorly written content as this will be detrimental to your business.

By looking at the things that you don’t like to do and evaluating the profit that can be made should you outsource those things, you can end up making a lot more money than you are now simply by hiring somebody else to do the job.

Or...you can do what I do.

Consider - what do you hate about your current situation and think of the future you could have by doing what you love. Then you will do what is necessary to progress your business so you can then outsource these tasks and do what you are truly happy to do.

To the future,

Barrie Evans

Stop Playing The Blame Game

It’s surprising these days how many people have issues about all sorts of things in life and business. If you are in business of any kind, but especially in the home business arena it’s important that you stop playing the blame game.

More and more often people are looking for someone to blame for anything that seems to go wrong, whether it’s the government, the bank or any other individual or organization they can place the blame on instead of looking at the situation in the correct perspective.

Perfect example of playing the blame game…

One of the most amazing and crazy stories I heard lately was that a friend of mine who is in the scrap car business was getting a damaged van that he had agreed to sell to a person who was going to repair the van and sell on to someone who wanted that particular van for the budget it was going to be for sale at. When my friend went to collect the vehicle, the company had made a decision to scrap the vehicle themselves instead of selling on.

Believe it or not, it was deemed to be my friends’ fault that the seller’s decision was changed according to the person who was going to receive the van and that my friend was letting the eventual owner down. The decision to scrap the van was made before my friend had arrived to collect the vehicle, so it’s unrealistic and unfair for him to get the blame for the decision.

I wonder if the person “blaming” had promised that the deal was done instead of saying that the deal is done in principle only and therefore is looking to blame someone for their own mistake.

If you are or have been in a similar situation then you need to avoid playing the blame game and look at yourself and the situation logically.

Do You Have A Plan To Find Out How To Retire Early?

It has been big news over the past few years concerning pensions and the longer working time before retirement. The question for most people is when they will retire and what goals they need to reach to live a comfortable life in retirement. It’s important that you know what you want and have things set up for your retirement. So, do you have a plan to find out how to retire early?

Taking everything into consideration, your plan could include:

1.       Working extra time and more jobs so you can save more money and invest in a lucrative pension plan with one of the several plan providers.

2.       Keep on against massive odds and try to win the lottery

3.       Look into owning your own business and taking massive risks. Of course, you could be successful, but how long will you have to work and how much will you be able to put aside for your retirement.

4.       You could look into a business where you get residual income that can grow on a monthly basis and has LOW risk and low start up costs

Whatever your plan, you need to act as soon as you can from the youngest age you can because there is no guarantee that the government provision will be around when you retire. This is more important for those who are approaching middle age and have not yet made a right and proper provision for retirement.

So, which is the best way to answer the question how to retire early?

In my opinion and from my experience it should be the one that gives you a sustainable and true income that will enable you to have a comfortable retirement with no stress and no money worries that could ultimately affect your health.

Several years ago I was introduced to the concept of Network Marketing (commonly called MLM or multi level marketing). At first, because my wife at the time was sceptical and believed it was “too good to be true” and a few friends telling me to be careful because it’s a “pyramid scheme”, I didn’t get into the business at that time. Since then I have found out that good companies are government registered to carry out business and they must adhere to strict guidelines in order to trade legally, so they cannot be deemed a pyramid scheme because such schemes are illegal.

After carrying out this research I was approached by an ex school teacher who worked with a UK company who adopt the MLM structure and I joined him in that business.

What has this to do with how to retire early?

My new found friend and business colleague was successful at his part time operation in this business and living proof that, even in these difficult days for a lot of people, one can have a comfortable retirement after taking early retirement from his stressful teaching job.

Even though he had retired, his part time hours business provides him with an income each month that is more than his 2 other pension incomes combined and, what’s more, he will have this income for as long as he has the business. Basically for LIFE.

This business also benefits his family because he can pass the business on via an appropriate will to his children. So as long as his team grows and the people are active in that team he can now relax more and see the income coming in and his family will benefit when he is gone too.

This is the magic of residual income. It is income for LIFE and beyond for your family.

It does take a lot of work initially to get things moving and growing, but isn’t that the case with any business? The difference with Network Marketing is you can do this without too much outlay and have the benefit of being taught how to achieve great things from others in the team who have achieved things before you.

Every business requires a plan and action. Network Marketing is a system that requires the same, but the rewards of success are much greater and can give you so much more time and financial freedom along with it.

Each person has different experiences and take different periods of time to get the success they crave. The important thing to remember is that the only way to fail is to quit. Be consistent and work towards growth every day and things will happen.

Learn the lessons you need to do and implement what you learn and your plan will lead to success and the opportunity to retire early and have a great lifestyle of abundance and joy.

There are many plans available to get started and get to a full time income in your mew business venture quickly. You could do this in as little as 90 days with the right blueprint for success (One of the best courses to help you with this can be found by clicking here).

I hope this has helped you to find the answer to the question how to retire early.

To the future,

Barrie Evans

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Those Who Give More, Get More From Life And Business

If you are looking to start a home business or any other business in fact, it’s important to see the trends. It’s more relevant than ever these days that those business people who give more, get more. The more you can contribute to your team or clientele the more you will see success and growth in your business.

“We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.” - Orison Swett Marden

How can I be in a situation where I give more, get more?

Contribution and giving is not just about giving money. These days it’s more about giving value to your marketplace. Successful people will always seek to give great value and then reap the rewards when they have products to sell. Most of the time they will OVER deliver and therefore make a great deal of money.

Those of us who are looking to grow our business should be looking for great mentors and GIVE more of ourselves. When we trade simple tips we can expand on those things and create more. Don’t forget that people will PAY for valuable things if it helps them to grow. Provide great value, be yourself and give everything you can to your own goals, helping others to do the same and you will have a successful business.

Education is the key to give more, get more.

Educate yourself – learn what you need to learn to be able to grow yourself and your business. Then you can go out and share what you have learned. Whether it is in a blog post or posting little tips on social media for all your friends and followers to see and take notice of or any other means available to you to share this great info. As you learn more, share this value and build your knowledge into something you could put into an information product that you can then sell to your loyal followers.

If people can see your content is pure gold and is valuable to them, do you think you can sell this? The answer is a resounding YES!!

The more value you create, the more people will follow you and then the more people will join you in your business or buy your stuff.

What if you don’t have a product? No problem. What you can do until you have a product of your own, and even after you do, is to be an affiliate to products you have bought and have found great value in yourself. That way your endorsement is honest and your recommendation is sound.

“Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.” – Jim Rohn

So, when you go out and GIVE, you will in turn receive. Top marketers these days do this as a major part of the basis of earning the income they have aspired to and have succeeded in doing. If we all follow this example then every business owner who adopts the “give more, get more” method is likely to find their dream.

To the future.

Barrie Evans

Does Your Goals Template Include Helping Others Succeed?

One of the most important things required these days (as always in business) is a goals template. If you have a home based network marketing business, your own personal goals should include helping others succeed. Why? Because you need to be a team player and be prepared to be a LEADER and helping others in your team to succeed will also build your own business.

How to adopt a workable goals template.

This is pretty simple really – you can get many templates from the internet in different layouts for different types of goal setting. What you need for yourself in order for your business to grow faster is a daily planner that is focused on your daily activities. You must also make sure that the template includes your objectives and the completion date so you can hold yourself accountable. This will enable you to monitor your progress and, should you need a change of strategy or need to put more focus on a particular task, you can do this.

Because everything is written down and in front of you, you can easily adapt and change or “crank things up” if you need to do that.

To find out more about this subject, read the full article HERE.

3 Mistakes To Avoid In Internet Network Marketing

There has been a growing trend these days to use the Internet to build your MLM business and more and more companies are jumping onto the Internet Network Marketing bandwagon. I can remember when all we were taught was the old traditional methods of approaching friends and family and building your contact list by means of finding people you may know through the type of work they do and offering them a new way to earn money.

Because of the financial climate, it has become more crucial for people to find ways to earn extra money from an extra job or from a home business that could turn into a full time income from part time work (which is when the MLM business owner comes looking for the opportunity to prospect).

As MLM business owners, we have all been told at some time or other to “keep to the plan” and we will achieve success. However, we would get rejected for being too “pushy” and this would make us seem desperate. Sound familiar? What the internet marketers teach is different. AND it is proving to be THE way to market for prospects these days too.

With the advent of social media, with sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and more, it is far more crucial for us to develop a completely different approach to the old tradition of “friends and family” and potentially hounding these people to join us in our business and then be ridiculed or ignored or both.

Internet Network Marketing  - the 3 mistakes to avoid

1. One of the biggest mistakes that is made first of all is the new internet network marketer doesn’t start by identifying their target prospect. They tend to approach anyone and everyone and, because they don’t understand the particular needs of everyone, will see a lot of failures. This can lead to disappointment and dejections and a desire to quit. The importance of finding the right target prospect is as essential as an electrician promoting rewires and other electrical installation projects. If the skill is electrical it’s not much use, or very credible for them to be promoting cat food when they have an electrical theme to their business.

So, if you know what an electrician who has a business that is struggling, and have a SOLUTION to their problem and can HELP them to earn extra income, that is what you need to market. The solution is key to the target prospect you can serve.

For the other 2 mistakes to avoid, go here

When Marketing For Leads You Should Look For Multiple Sources.

Being in business, whether in traditional business or home business and MLM, the lifeblood of every business is customers. In direct marketing, customers come from generating leads. Much like multiple streams of income, where you can have several sources of income, you should, when marketing for leads, look for multiple sources to get leads from.

What are the benefits of multiple sources when marketing for leads?

If you have only one source of lead generation, and if that falters or fails, then you have no sources to work with. If you can find several sources, like about 10 – 20 for example, then if you lose one source, you still have the rest that are bringing in those leads for you. Remember that getting more leads will bring you more income. If you have developed multiple offers or have affiliated to offers that will help your new prospects to develop and earn as well, you will make more money.

Your email list is like gold, so build it and develop those relationships and find as many viable ways possible to get more leads to join your list.

You must TEST each source when marketing for leads.

When you have found useful sources to obtain leads, whether they are paid leads or not, the important thing is to track your results so you can find the best sources. This will benefit you greatly in the end because you will have a list of places that you KNOW will provide you with quality leads generally and take out the guess work.

Make sure you monitor your sources regularly in case there is a change. That was you will know if you need to give the source a “rest” for a while or find another that is more effective.

Testing and monitoring is essential to stay on top of the game when marketing for leads.

Methods of developing multiple streams of leads

When you are developing your list of sources to have multiple streams of leads in your marketing strategy, there are several ways you can get this working.

1.       Develop a blog and post good content, enticing people to sign up to your list with at least 5 ways to do so. You need a 90 day plan to develop this and a good blogging course would be advisable unless you are competent and confident to do this.

2.       Research as many free classified sites as you can and post different types of adverts for your product or opportunity.

3.       Find ezines in your niche that allow free ads. These may not be as effective as paid ads, but worth a try if you can write an effective ad that entices people to your offer.

4.       Join forums in your niche and use a link to a capture page in your signature, which is another great way to develop and get more leads. Make sure you entice the click by offering a way to HELP people with the problem they have. This is the key to ALL marketing. If you don’t know what a capture page is, don’t worry. There is a lot of training available for this. There is a training facility that will help you develop these skills and provides you with many capture pages to products you can affiliate to within the system. You can find out more about that system here.

5.       Use paid marketing such as Google adwords, Facebook ads or Yahoo. All these are “pay per click” and you can set a daily budget that you can afford so you don’t overstretch yourself.

6.       Use solo ads – another form of paid marketing that is more targeted than free sites.

7.       Make use of web banners. You can get people to a capture page or your website / blog by using banners that can be posted to free or paid sources in your niche. The more traffic to the site where your banner is placed the better because you are more likely to get leads from those sources. A great place to advertise (and get paid to advertise) can be found by clicking here.

I hope these tips will help you to get the best from you efforts when marketing for leads. I hope to be reading about you as the next great success story soon.

To the future,

Barrie Evans

Don't Think You're Too Old To Find A Career You Love!

There are many people I have spoken to who are over 40 and yet they think they are too old to change. With the educational resources available to people these days, it’s completely possible for YOU to find a career you love.

Take me – I spent 30 years as an electrician having worked with my father for most of those years. The thing was, I was never passionate about the job and when I took over the business, my heart was never in it and eventually the business failed. There is more of a story, but essentially that’s the way things worked out. Now I have PASSION for what I do. I love to help people and build my business by helping others to do the same. I am now 53, but wasted so much of my life by forgetting who “I” am.

One thing you need to ask yourself – “am I TRULY happy with what I do on a daily basis”? If yes, then this article won’t be for you. If you’re not, then read on……..

What to do to find a career you love.

The first thing you need to do is to think about what you’re hobbies are that really excite you. You then have two options:

1.       Do some research and see if you can start a traditional business, bearing in mind the start up costs or……

2.       Find a company you can be a distributor for who will have the products you feel comfortable promoting.

Option 2 will require working with a company that is involved with Network Marketing or has an affiliate program that has great commissions that will help you to earn enough to have a full time income.

“Network marketing is the big wave of the future. It’s taking the place of franchising, which now requires too much capital for the average person.” — Jim Rohn, America’s Business Philosopher

Taking the Network Marketing company option is one of the best ways because you can be set up for a minimal cost that is affordable to most people. Also you get great training and support from a team of experts whose mission is to help you to succeed. Why? Simply because your success adds to their success. If you are teachable and willing to take advice from anyone who has the skills and can train you to be successful and develop a sustainable income for much less work than a conventional business, why should age be perceived as a barrier to find the career you love. If you enjoy working with people and have the desire to help others succeed too, then this could be just the type of business you are looking for to develop your new career.

“Network marketing gives people the opportunity, with very low risk and very low financial commitment, to build their own income-generating asset and acquire great wealth.” – Robert T. Kiyosaki, Entrepreneur and Author

In this technological age, there is so much information that is available to us and also there are great leaders who make themselves available to those who join their team to ensure success.

What do you need to progress your dream career?

1.       You need a proven training system

2.       You need a proven daily system and blueprint for success

3.       You need desire and commitment from yourself. And…

4.       You have to be prepared to work on YOU and develop the right mindset in order to have the success you crave.

These simple tips will help to lay the foundation for you to explore and find a career you love, no matter what your age. Don’t ever believe it’s too late and believe in yourself. Face your FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) and follow your dreams. Don’t forget who you are and don’t accept the everyday grind that is bringing you down and making you miserable.

To The Future,

Barrie Evans

If You Have A Network Marketing Business These Days You Will Need A Social Media Marketing Strategy.

Living in the era of computers, internet and the fantastic opportunities open to all of us who work in network marketing; it’s no surprise that you will need a social media marketing strategy to help you to build your business.

As you may know, network marketing has been around for quite a long time now, but social media marketing and using this genre in your marketing is relatively new. Regardless of how old or new each one is, they are an effective way to make money if you know how to use them properly.

One of the most important things that anyone in network marketing needs is connections and leads for their business. Social media offers so much for us all to exploit and make more connections and use to generate targeted leads. Bearing this in mind, what everyone who wants to use social media for business will require a tangible and effective social media marketing strategy.

What is an effective social media marketing strategy?

Using social media requires a certain approach so that you won’t be ignored and thought of as a spammer. Making the right connections is pretty simple in concept. One easy way is to follow people who you admire and visit their page regularly and join in the discussions. This is especially true on Facebook, where you can “Like” a business or individual marketer’s page and get into that community actively. It’s important to add value to the conversation and you will get noticed. People will then want to find out more about you and what you have to offer.

Remember that marketing is about solving people’s problems. Get the connection and then ask lots of questions. That way you are more attractive to these people because you can HELP them.

You can make more connections by searching through the groups where your potential prospects hang out and then message them. First thing to do is to check them out a little and find out if you have a common interest. This will enable you to make an initial connection in your contact message, which could read something like:

“Hi Name, I hope you don’t mind me contacting you. I notice that you are well into dog training and I have a mutual interest in the same thing. Perhaps we could exchange tips and tricks? It would be great to connect with you. Hope to talk with you soon. Regards, Your Name”

This is a polite and easy way to “break the ice” and not as offensive as requesting the friend and then pitching the next best product you believe in on their wall. First of all, you have no idea if they have the same belief structure as you and the other thing is it’s downright rude and can be seen as offensive.

Whether you are using Facebook, Twitter or any other social media site, the principle is the same. Yes, you need to ask for the connection, but adding value FIRST and politely asking for a connection is vital to begin your social media marketing strategy effectively. Asking questions is key to find out more about how you can help your prospect to solve THEIR problem.

Social media marketing strategy is what?

“It’s not about the products, it’s about the relationships.”

There are many great marketers out there who are having massive success on social media marketing and are real masters. Attraction marketing is really “heading the game” and sites like Facebook and Twitter are where it’s at, closely followed by Pinterest and then the rest behind that. If you want to make money from social media and build a great business you need this effective strategy and provide the best value you can to the marketplace.

Make the most of your very own social media marketing strategy and I hope to see you being the great success you want to be.

To the future,

Barrie Evans

What Is Online Branding? - 7 Ways To Build Your Online Credibility

Some people are asking “what is online branding?” Quite simple, it’s where you take your brand online and make it popular. How do we do this? I hope to answer this question here and help you to build your online credibility and start to build your brand.

Here are seven ways to build your online credibility.

Online Branding Tip 1 - Place your photo everywhere possible (or your logo if this is not personal branding).

If you are running a traditional type of business where you have a premises to work from, building a brand and credibility is usually easier to do. The advantage is that the visiting client / customer has face to face contact and can start a conversation. This makes it a lot easier to ‘connect’ and form a relationship.

If you are working in network marketing, it’s more important to brand yourself. The main reason is that YOU need to make the connection in order to build YOUR business. To do this you need to show you are real and the first way to do this is by showing photographs of yourself and your family. This helps to provide social proof that you are “real” and should help to set people’s mind to rest when they contact you.

This is vital in business these days because there have been so many scams around. People want to know you are what you say you are, so be honest and upfront with everyone and your brand will grow.

Online Branding Tip 2 - Provide your users with a video or audio message

This is closely connected to tip 1. What this does is to further prove you are “real” and provides a better connection with your visitor. It’s important to show that we are not computers, we just use them. One of the best ways to communicate these days is via video on sites like You Tube. Also, because you can embed the video onto your website, you have direct connection with your website visitor. This also shows your enthusiasm and emotions and further increases the foundation to a relationship and connection.

If you don’t like to see yourself on video, or are not yet confident enough to use this genre, the next best thing is an audio message. Your potential new prospect can at least hear your voice and receive a valuable message from you.

Remember, the more REAL you are to your prospects, the more likely they are to be attracted to knowing more about you and becoming a customer or joining your business.

Online Branding Tip 3 – Put your contact information and real phone number everywhere you are online.

This is another thing that will provide your visitor with more confidence because you are prepared to share your contact information. Don’t be surprised if you get some calls to prove that you are real – this tends to happen from time to time. The major benefit to this is that it provides your potential prospect with more proof that you are a real person.

Your address also adds a sense of structure to the very fluid environment of the Internet. It is much like the sign on a brick and mortar store – this is where I am and you can contact me any time.

Can you be reached by fax, landline phone, email, and mobile phone? This information adds to your credibility, not to mention your perceived availability.

Online Branding Tip 4 – Get your own website and email.

Perception is one of the most important things to consider when building your online brand and credibility. Do you think it would harm your credibility if you were to use a free email service such as Hotmail or a free website / blog service such as blogger or similar? Maybe or maybe not – it’s all according how other people view this and whether they perceive your credibility by using a free service. What is your own view on this? Do you believe you would believe someone is credible if they have an email address that is name@hotmail.com or name@ownsite.com?

Having your own hosted website and your own email, which could well be redirected to a free email service (remember it’s the perception of the prospect), is a more professional approach and will be viewed that way.

Online Branding Tip 5 – Make sure that you have an ‘About’ page.

One of the most important pages on your site will be the ‘about’ or ‘about me’ page. This is where you can go through your history and opens up more about you and your life. This will enable your visitor to come to a decision whether they wish to work with you or become your customer.

The type of information you should place on this page includes:

- a personal and professional biography,

- maybe a photograph of yourself and, if you are branding yourself, with your family,

- name, address and telephone number,

- your goals and objectives,

- a comprehensive description of what you have to offer your prospect and how you can help them.

Don’t be afraid to make yourself available to be “checked out” as this will further improve your credibility and connection with the visitor.

Online Branding Tip 6 - Include a ‘Privacy Statement’.

Apart from being something that people in general are looking for, a privacy statement / policy is vital these days. Internet users are becoming more and more sensitive to how their personal information is being used.

General concerns that would have to be addressed are:

*How you use the information that is collected.

*Is the information shared with a third party?

*Let them know how they can opt out of any mailing list they sign up for.

*Why you track their IP address.

There are many ways you can get a satisfactory privacy statement. The best way is to check online and follow procedures set out there. Google have a generic privacy policy that can be used on websites and this will improve your credibility with search engines and public alike.

Online Branding Tip 7 – Whenever possible, get testimonials.

You are marketing your product or service so it’s rather obvious to anyone that you are going to be enthusiastic about it and this is not going to add weight to your marketing and sales efforts. What you will need is testimonials from customers and colleagues who work with you in your MLM team, who you have helped to build their businesses. Why? Because this is one of the ultimate ways to build your brand and credibility because OTHERS are saying these things about you and / or your products.

Providing unsolicited testimonials from your customers will provide more social proof that you can be trusted. All testimonials should be complete with the name and email address of the person plus their website if this is applicable. Too little information from the person providing the testimonial could mean the comment it less believable. Getting the contact info of the person provides another opportunity for the potential prospect to check you out.

So pour on the testimonials – too much is not enough.

I hope these tips have helped to answer the question what is online branding? And have helped to provide and insight into building your online credibility

To the future,

Barrie Evans

Want To Take Your Business Online? You Need A Blueprint For Success

So, you are working from home and you want to take your business online? The one thing you will need is a proven system and a blueprint for success.

You will need to sort out a daily routine that will help you do three things:

1.       Brand Yourself or your product successfully

2.       Get your website seen and ranked

3.       Get customers / leads and sales

How do you do this? You need to work on yourself first and learn how to develop relationships and grow your business from the ground up.

If you are stuck and don’t know where to start, then you need to get the right education to get you in the right track. If you want a daily usable training system then it will be worth your while going to check out my favourite training facility that will help you find the right strategy for you. It’s called My Lead System Pro and you can access it here.

There is a new training system available that is called the Full Time MLM Blueprint, which is a good system to employ whatever your business. This course goes through Step by Step, Piece by Piece of the online marketing jigsaw so that you can understand how to go from zero to a sustainable and growing income in 90 days. This can be done sooner than 90 days or can take longer based on the amount of work that you do to see it through.

If you are in MLM and want to learn how to get leads and make money while you are growing your team, there are strategies here that take through the tasks that will help to ensure your success. As you make this extra income you can use it to boost your advertising and lead generation to a level that you may find is beyond what you could even imagine.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that this is easy and requires little or no work. Internet marketing and success in this field is simple, but it takes hard work and dedication.

The course outlines the steps you need to get known in whatever your niche market is and how to achieve this. It goes on to show how developing relationships will be the basis of your business and how to do this effectively. The course also discusses the importance of overcoming hurdles and get through them successfully so you can progress your business more and more. It is the exact Blueprint developed by a young mother to get noticed and build a successful business from scratch to a full time sustainable income in just 90 days online, earning more than her husband did in his job in her first 30 days!

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To The Future,

Barrie Evans

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Self-employed? Do You Think Like an Entrepreneur?

One of the most important things for a self-employed person these days is to be able to think like an entrepreneur.

In order to BE a self-employed person it’s important that you start thinking like one. It’s all too easy to find yourself reverting to that nine-to-five mentality. The most important thing to remember is to make sure you complete each task you have set yourself through the day so that you can believe that you really are working towards your goal.

Sometimes a self-employed person has to make decisions about their business.  There are times when you are required to find solutions to problems, or maybe you come across a hurdle that is preventing your progress that day and you need to overcome it. Sometimes you just need time to think quietly so that the ideas can come to you. Don’t think that just because you’re not pounding away at your computer keyboard, you’re not working at your business.

Sometimes you need to be in a situation where it’s okay NOT to answer the phone every time it rings.  That’s what voicemail is for, and the same goes for email.  In a nine-to-five job you may have been required to leave the email program open all day and answer each one as it arrived. You will find in your own business that it’s okay to only check email several times a day instead of constantly being interrupted. It’s actually more productive than having to stop your thought process every time “you have mail.”

You’re going to have days where you feel you didn’t accomplish much.  Then again, you’ll have days where you’ll feel you can conquer the world and you’ll be amazed at how much you got done. Some days you may not finish many tasks, but you’ll make a decision on a problem that needed to be addressed.  Or, you will have learned a valuable lesson about yourself.

Don’t over-analyse your tasks and break them down too much. Yes, you will need to record and track results, but work out a program to do this to make it easy, then you can concentrate on doing the things that make you money instead of the worrying how much you earn each day. You must get used the fact that each day is different, so you will more likely find that you will earn more one day than another. As long as your business is moving forward, then you will know you’re on the right path. Remember that you may need to spend some time on marketing issues, and even though you may not earn as much money that day, you will benefit from it in the future.

Instead of worrying about whatever benefits you do or don’t have, think about the main benefit, which is that you only answer to yourself. Everything will benefit you more sooner or later. Your income from your business isn’t dependent on somebody else’s budget, it’s up to you and your goals and aspirations. You can take this as far as YOU want to go.

If you are working in the network marketing industry, then you will need to start to think like a marketer too. Thinking like a marketer and also like an entrepreneur is key. If you can successfully market, which will include both product and your opportunity then you are destined to be successful. Remember the funded proposal system that can help you to make money to help you in your marketing efforts. One thing most entrepreneurs do the4se days is work on multiple streams of income so that if one part of the business fails, you have so much more to ensure you still have an income.

If you are doing what you truly LOVE to do, then it’s more likely that you will have the desire to succeed. Get into the right mindset and start to think like an entrepreneur and an expert in your field. With the will, direction and desire to reach your goal, the only one holding you back is you.

To the future,

Barrie Evans

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Avoid Distractions When Working From Home

One of the most important things to remember when working from home is to avoid distractions. There are so many things around us that can be distracting so to get the necessary focus on the tasks you set yourself, it’s vital you avoid these distractions.

Sometimes you can have music in the background, which is fine as long as this doesn’t take your focus away from what is important. The worst kind of distraction is Television, especially if it’s in the same room as where you are working. The temptation to have the TV on and change channels is too much of a distraction to be healthy for your work focus. The radio could also be too much of a distraction because you could get distracted by a conversation that interests you so that you don’t finish your work task, but instead spend your time with your focus on something else. Also avoid the use of DVD movies because this is similar to TV in that your focus is towards the story and action of the movie rather than to your work. Music can be helpful to a lot of people because it provides a pleasant atmosphere and can enhance the work experience and encourage better work performance.

TV and radio are good when you are having a break from your work, but when working it’s essential you are focused on your task to completion or to where you can easily take a break and go back to complete the task.

So, what can you do when working at home to avoid these distractions? The best way is to set aside a room, or an area of a room where you can work without distraction. Working with a computer requires some time away from the screen, so plan your work tasks so you can complete your daily routine satisfactorily. You may require frequent breaks, but with correct planning and focus to the task at hand in an area where this is possible will benefit you and your business.

Should there be too many distractions, such as the things described above, your business could suffer and you could be losing money. Because there are so many potential distractions in the home environment, it’s important for you to treat your “work space” like you do an office. In the office there are no distractions like TV, Radio and the like, especially if the office is productive and busy.

In general, it’s not a good idea to have a television in your work area, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have one and listen to news, weather, or even music channels on cable or satellite. The most important thing is for you to focus on the work at hand and not the TV. If you find that you are getting interested in something that is playing on the television, then you should either record it for later, or take a break from work. If you take a break and the program is a long one, be aware that you could have to work later than planned to make sure you complete your tasks.

Your work needs to be done regardless of what is on television. A distraction like this can end up causing you quite a bit of money if you are not careful, and it will be your responsibility to make sure you can handle something playing in the background. If you can listen and do your work at the same time, then you are a step ahead of most people. Don’t get caught in the trap of distraction and lack of focus on your work. The sooner you get your task completed properly, the sooner you have the rest of the day to yourself.

Avoid distractions at all costs to ensure that you get the best from your day. Focus on the tasks you set yourself each day and complete the work on schedule. That way you will have more time to spend watching TV or a movie or having a coffee with friends. One hour of good time focus on your work is ten times more valuable than a day of distraction and interruption.

To the future,

Barrie Evans

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Do You Have Self Motivation And A Burning Desire To Succeed?

Two of the most important things you need when working at home is great self motivation and a burning desire to succeed. Without self motivation you will struggle to get things done and progress. Your desire, if strong enough, will help you to develop this self motivation and carry you forward.

The biggest issue about self motivation is that it can be overcome by other emotions. If your belief and desire is not strong enough, it is much easier to falter and lose your way. Build on your desire for success and work on your own personal development to keep you focused on the task at hand so you don’t lose what you have worked hard to establish initially. What is most important, therefore, is that you are able to keep whatever it is that keeps you going. You need to know how to hold on to that one thing that motivates you, so that no one and nothing can prevent you from moving forward.

What is Motivation?

Most people believe that to be motivated you need someone (or something) else to help you. Whether this be a friend or family member who encourage and push you to do more or a mentor or work supervisor who is motivating you to greater things. There could be a situation that may be unfortunate but inspires you to do more and be more in your business.

Any of these motivational sources can be really effective, but the problem is they are usually temporary. As soon as you are doing what is asked or expected of you the encouragement can ease off and you can lose this motivation to carry on. Bearing this in mind, you really need to develop something that is more permanent and effective long term. Working from home in your own business will require you to learn how to do away with any outside influences and achieve the desired level of motivation yourself.

Enemies of Self-Motivation

Do you often find yourself struggling with motivation? Then it’s likely that something must be wrong.

Do you have fears that are controlling you and preventing you from moving forward?

Are you very self critical and analytical and you have already succeeded in discouraging your own self?

Are you just lacking true belief in yourself?

Do you feel you lack confidence and you are quick to back out on opportunities that you find threatening?

Have you failed before and you feel afraid to make another mistake?

If any of these issues are familiar to you, then you need to get to grips with them and start getting yourself motivated.

Useful Self Motivation Techniques

One of the most important things, if not THE most important is that you set your goals straight. What is it that you want to achieve? It’s always important that you know what you want, so that you can go for it. Always follow one direction and focus, and that is moving towards your goal. If you lose your way, just pick yourself up again, reassess the situation, reset your goal and move on.

Find inspiration. These may be people and events from which you can gain good perspective from. Surrounding yourself with positive people will encourage and inspire you because they only talk about positive things. This will be a big positive influence to you and will help you a great deal. They will help you become the person that you ought to become.

Instead of focussing on the things that bring you down, focus on what you have done well and have achieved. It is discomforting to have to look at mistakes, failures and errors, so why should you focus on that?

Visualize success. When you are able to see yourself as successful and achieving your dream situation, it makes everything seem attainable. Do not limit yourself by saying “I can’t” because this sets your mind to a final end. In other words, it’s like the end of a sentence. Remember in your mind that there is no such word as “can’t”. Think of it this way – instead of saying “I can’t do this task today”, ask yourself this – “I have a lot to do today, how am I going to fit this task into my schedule today?” then you mind will act on the solution and not switch off.

Focus and allow yourself to unravel your dreams, if only just with your mind. Always consider that self motivation is key and the burning desire to succeed will help you to develop that motivation towards your ultimate goal. Nothing is impossible if you focus, even if it takes a little longer be persistent and stay with your plan.

To the future,

Barrie Evans

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Are Goals For Personal Development Necessary For The Home Business Entrepreneur?

To answer the question, are goals for personal development necessary for the home business entrepreneur, you need to ask yourself some pertinent questions.

These questions should be similar to:

·         How do I get people to connect with me?

·         How do I develop a relationship with them?

·         How do I get them to buy from me? And.....

·         Why should they join me in my business or buy my products?

Getting the connection:

Your personal development is vital to build confidence and get the initial contact. If you can learn how to get the best from this experience, then you will grow in confidence and be more positive in your outlook. This will help to draw more people to you because people like to be around positive people.

If your work requires you to make connections, then this area may be the easiest thing for you to do. If you are sociable and make friends easily or get into good conversations easily, then you can make connections. If not, then you may need to find a way to overcome shyness, or develop more confidence around people so that you can interact better with them. A lot of people don’t want to admit that they have problems connecting with new people, but this is vital for you to start your journey to success. After all, what is the point of having a great business model or product if you don’t connect with people in order to share it?

So how do you get people to connect with you? These days there are social media sites everywhere that you can use to connect with new people. Get into groups that are based around the niche you are working in and join in the conversations adding value. This way you will be noticed and people will check you out. Another good way is to find local networking groups and events that you can take part in. You need to get out of your comfort zone and expand your reach, so take the first step and it will get easier. There is great training available on the web to help you find the best ways to use social media to grow your network of friends and associates and therefore help to build your business.

Develop Relationships:

Learning the psyche of a typical person and how to handle this is a personal development exercise you may need to consider. This will help you to deal with objections in the correct way without conflict. You must remember that people believe they are the most important thing in every transaction, so it’s important for you to offer something that will help THEM with their problems.

When you have connected with new people, how do you develop a relationship with them? Simple really – base your conversations around how you can help them with their problems. Offer them solutions that you know work for you. One of the best ways to communicate with countless numbers of people is by email. If you can get them onto your email list, you can communicate with them and share parts of your day and get various offers to them so that you can sell. Obviously, the first thing is to gain trust, but being “real” and not too pushy is key.

If you are on Facebook, get yourself a fan page and brand yourself. It’s important to have the fan page in your name as this will help to brand yourself and get you noticed.

Getting more sales and signups:

Your new found skill in recognizing the psyche of the prospect and how to deal with any eventuality will also help you to get more people to get closer to you and trust you.

How do you get your new prospects to buy from you? You help to build trust through your new connection. You can only do this by being honest and truthful these days. People don’t like to feel “duped” or conned or be bombarded with offer after offer with no reason for them to buy. If you provide great value to your new prospects, it’s more likely they will begin to know you better and begin to like you. Then the trust will grow and it’s more likely they will buy from you, join you in your business or both.

Find out why the prospect will join you:

To answer the final and most pertinent question; your new prospects will join you in your business or purchase from you because you have taken the trouble to show you care for THEM and their needs, not just your own. People will join PEOPLE, not companies. They will want to work with you because you offer them great value and advice and they will work with you to develop and reach their ultimate goals along with you. Working on your personal development and people skills will help you to bring in more people to your business and therefore have more sales and make more money.

So what is your opinion? Are goals for personal development necessary for the home business entrepreneur? Attracting new prospects and getting sales and new sign ups is a major part of success, so I believe personal development is vital. Your thoughts are welcome…..

To the future,

Barrie Evans

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You Attract What You Are By Developing Your Personality

When working in the Network Marketing industry these days it’s important that you attract what you are by developing your personality. The more “giving” your personality, the more likely it is that people will notice you and your confidence and like you. This will in turn lead to them joining you in your business or learning from you and buying your products.

I have an example of how developing your personality and building your self-confidence and belief affects the way others think about you. This example is based on observance of 2 cats that are our pets at home. This is the way things go……..

The older cat, who is the grandmother of the younger one, is very pushy and gets angry with the younger cat. She always seems nervous and runs away from the younger cat. She is also very pushy and demands attention rather than being genuinely friendly. There is a theory of why she is like this, but we treat her in the right way and look after her welfare.

Having lost the younger cat’s mother when he and his sisters were very young, we hand reared the kittens until the females were given to new homes. We kept the male because he was the one who seemed the most loving and he has a great character. He is supremely confident and is dominant, simply because of the grandmother’s attitude. He is friendly to everyone and is not overly demanding except for when he wants feeding, which is natural. He tries to be friends with his grandmother, but for no apparent reason, the older cat spits and hisses at him and instigates a fight or a bad reaction every time she sees him. This attitude has the exact opposite reaction from people than the reaction to the younger cat. Only the other day my son’s girlfriend said that although the older cat was pleasant in some ways, she didn’t like her; yet she thought the younger cat was lovely and was a truly friendly and attractive cat with a great personality. The reality is that it seems that everybody likes the younger cat, while very few actually “like” the older one. So…..

What does this teach us? Basically that if you have an attitude that is based around promoting your business to anyone and everyone without connecting with them and developing a friendly relationship, you are most likely going to be thought of as “pushy” and people will distance themselves from you. Should you develop a helpful and friendly relationship with your prospect that show you as a confident and balanced person who cares and is sincere, you are more likely to develop a winning relationship that will develop into a great business relationship.

Work on your personal development and be positive in your actions in further developing your personality so people will notice that you attract what you are and will connect with you. If you are evasive and show any kind of “leave me alone” vibe you will be just that – left alone. People will hang around positive people, so work on your personality so you can attract more prospects and sign ups into your business.

To the future,

Barrie Evans

The Power Of Self Discipline - 5 Useful Tips On How To Improve It

When you are trying to develop and build a home based business, whether online or offline, by traditional means or with MLM, one of the most important things that can be overlooked is the power of self discipline. Personal development is a key part of getting the best from your home business efforts these days and will set you apart from those who ignore this.

So, what are the major things you need to focus on to maintain powerful self discipline in your everyday business life? Discussed here are 5 useful tips on how to achieve this:

1. Take “baby steps”:

When you were a baby, did you try to run before you mastered the skill of walking? Unlikely, because you instinctively mastered the one thing before you tried the other. This is no different in business.

Make your goals achievable and take small steps to massive action. Don’t so what a lot of people do – expect things to happen overnight. Trying these “overnight” methods usually lead to failure and then giving up. Remember it takes time to develop and achieve success. Think of the long term success and develop the short term step by step, which will build a solid foundation to the long lasting success you crave.

This way, if you are faced with a problem or hurdle that you may find daunting, it’s easier to find the solution if you are focused on the “step 1” goal and you can overcome the problem and move on. Trying to do things too quickly may lead to you facing larger and more difficult problems that require more complex solutions and you will be stuck and more likely to quit.

You wouldn’t go out and exercise for 45 minutes a day when your body could only handle 15 would you? That’s the recipe for failure. Building up from 15 minutes a day to 45 is far better because your fitness grows and it gets easier.

Setting achievable goals is key and taking the small steps to massive action is a major step to getting through the early stages of your personal and business development.

1. Try not to procrastinate:

One of the best ideas is to make a daily activity plan and stick to it. Take action on achieving your goal and then move on to the next one. Set yourself a deadline and try your best to achieve it!

Try to avoid procrastination as this will slow things down and you can get disheartened. Any kind of procrastination makes the path to self discipline a much longer one. Make sure you stick to your daily plan to reach your goals. As you achieve each little goal, this will strengthen you belief and inner resolve and will help you to set and achieve each of the goals you make in the future.

1. Every day changes:

You need to make changes to your everyday schedule to achieve your goals. It is a good idea to start with smaller things to move towards discipline. These changes may be as small as waking up at 5am to do your study or waking up 15 minutes earlier than usual to perform some exercise. Every day must be taken into account. If you miss a day, it’s possible that the discipline level falls and it will weaken your resolve and ability to achieve the goals you have set. You may need a break sometimes, but a little action every day will build that discipline. The most important thing is planning and action to change.

1. Vision – where you want to be and what you want to eventually achieve:

One of the most important parts of this self discipline and personal development exercise is to know where you want to be and what you want to achieve in your life. Take time to sit and visualize how you will feel when you have achieved the goals you have set out and remind yourself it will only be possible if you take these smaller daily steps. If you know what it would take to achieve a particular thing make an outline and take actions to immediately set out to achieve these things. The visualization process helps you to focus and maintain the goal even if you get distracted with other things.

1. Get a coach / mentor:

Getting a coach or mentor to help you achieve this and make you accountable for your action can be a great help. A coach is more likely to ask you what you have done, rather than ask you what you are GOING to do. This way you can get the best advice and help so you can progress to the next level you have set out.

Self discipline will make you accountable to yourself. A coach will help to keep you focused and help you to achieve things better. You are less likely to procrastinate if you have a coach because you will be set tasks and encouraged to get them done on time.

These are just 5 simple steps to achieving better self discipline. I hope you will develop this skill and realize the power of self discipline in order to get the best from your business and to achieve great things.

To the future,

Barrie Evans

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Do We Really Need Skills For Problem Solving?

It doesn’t seem to matter what we do these days, there always seems to be some sort of problem that comes up for which we need a solution isn’t there? What problems do you need solving and do we really need skills for problem solving?

There are those of us who worry about problems constantly and promise themselves to sort them out but don’t do anything quickly and there are those that take the problem and actively seek the solution so that they can move on. The whole issue is based on your mindset and positive thinking that you WILL find the solution to whatever problem you may have and move on from there.

Those who concentrate on finding the solution quickly by either sorting it on their own or by asking other experts in their field are more likely to succeed more quickly than those who have a problem, think and dwell on it and take so long to find the solution that they get left behind. These people are generally more negative thinkers and don’t look for the positive outcome of those who seek the solutions quickly.

This is also true in business, especially in home business, where you are working on your own at home, even though there are great leaders and mentors out there to help. This situation is far more prevalent in the internet marketing arena. When starting out there is always some problem or other to be dealt with or worried about, but rest assured that with every problem there is a solution. Those who are successful and driven towards success seek out the solution and take the appropriate ACTION to solve the problem at hand. Those who dwell on the problem and worry about the situation and DON’T take action will get left behind and are more likely to give up.

Of course there are times when you have worked endlessly towards your goal and yet nothing seems to be happening the way you would expect, despite doing the daily tasks that should be bringing you the success you crave. What you must do then is to get advice from your mentor and perhaps change your strategy a little or even take a little time to “charge your batteries” again. The way to make this more positive is to reassess your goals and the steps to achieve them and then move on with a new purpose and solution you have found to address the problem of no success to date. Remember, those who fail are those who give up.

Another important point to remember is that different things work for different people. There are different formulas to achieve success, but the basics are the same – those are commitment and consistency. It’s important not to complicate things by over analysis of the problem, because this will make things harder to find the solution. Simple and straightforward strategies WORK.

Considering that there is ALWAYS a solution no matter what the problem is, are you a problem solver or someone who dwells on problems without actively seeking a solution?

So do we need skills for problem solving? I think the skills are driven by mindset and positive thought. What do you think?

To the future,

Barrie Evans