It’s a NEW YEAR! Get a NEW Commitment!

Becoming an entrepreneur requires a certain amount of drive and enthusiasm.  If we didn’t believe in ourselves and our businesses, we would still be working for someone else.  But when the going gets tough, it’s easy to lose sight of why we started in the first place.  This can cause us to become unmotivated, and it could be the demise of the business we’ve worked so hard to build if we’re not careful.

Businesses are like relationships:  commitment is an absolute must if they are to succeed.  Here are some tips for staying focused and pulling through the hard times.

* Write a mission statement if you haven’t done so already. It should concisely detail the purpose of your business and its key philosophies.  Many entrepreneurs neglect to do this unless it is required to obtain funding.  But a mission statement can help you remember why you wanted to start a business in the first place. Read more

Is the Work at Home Life Really Your Cup of Tea?

So, you’re thinking of giving up your job to work from home, or maybe you just want to test the waters to see if it’s do-able. Mothers who earn their living working from home often find themselves the envy of those who hold down “real” jobs, but unless you are one of those moms making your living working from home, you probably aren’t aware of the challenges involved.  Here are some factors to consider that may help you decide if working from your home is really for you.

First and foremost, you have to decide what exactly you are going to do to earn money as a home business owner. Being computer literate certainly opens up many more possibilities, but there are other ways to work from home as well. Your interests and talents should be considered as well as how much of an income you are hoping for.
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How About Our Top 10 Tips for Work at Home Mothers???

Working at home? Having a tough time balancing work and home life? Frustrated with distractions? Wondering if this is what you should be doing? Just wish it could be easier?

Working at home can be challenging, but there are things that you can do to better your chance for success. Read on to find out the top ten tips for mothers who want to work at home successfully.

1. Set up your work space to match your personality. If you are bubbly and enthusiastic, use bold bright colors on your walls, and even for your mouse pad and file folders. Have matching accessories that reach out and make you want to use them. If you tend to be quiet and laidback, a more subtle approach may be more your style. Surrounding yourself with your comfort level, will actually encourage you to spend time in your home office and enjoy what you are doing. Read more

Let’s Create Information Products!

If you are looking to create residual income through your home business, you may want to look into creating and selling your own information products. This will allow you to do the work once, and then continue to profit from it by selling it over and over again.

An info production can come in the form of an ebook, a special report, an Mp3 recording of yourself reading an ebook, a recording of an interview between yourself and an expert, a recording of a teleseminar or webinar, the transcription of a teleseminar, or any other form of information. These can also be combined together to form a larger packet of info.

One of the main reasons people come to the internet is find information. Instead of sitting around and wading through and endless amount of web pages, trying to find what they are looking for, many people will simply pay for an information product that will teach them what they would like to know. Read more

TOP TEN WAYS TO FIND TEN MINUTES A DAY (TO DO THE THINGS YOU LOVE)

TOP TEN WAYS TO FIND TEN MINUTES A DAY (TO DO THE THINGS YOU LOVE)
by Kathy Grubb
www.10minutewriter.com

New Mom Katie had a great idea. With the holidays quickly approaching, she thought she could host her annual baklava making party. She hadn’t hosted a party in years.  Not since before she got pregnant.

She decorated the house, organized the ingredients and invited her husband’s sisters and sisters-in-law, (specifically the ones who might be the most impressed with Katie’s domestic, culinary, creative skills.)

But Katie’s plans didn’t go so smoothly. Her plans to carry her nine-month-old son, Ian, backfired. He cried, fussed, spit up and demanded to be nursed. So she couldn’t hear herself give instructions to her guests.

At one point she just thought, “Why bother?”  Read more

Got an Article…Now What?

You have written your masterpiece. You have set up your website. Now what??? How do you grow? How do you reach people and bring them to your “home on the web” so they can find your books, articles, audios, and other information products? Where do you go from here?

Submitting articles to relevant websites, online magazines and article directories is a fantastic way to drive traffic to your website.  It’s a low cost method with a fairly high return on investment.  For example, if you pay $20 to $50 to have a writer create an article, you publish the article on a relevant website you will increase your exposure automatically.  Additionally, readers will click through to your website and buy your products or services.  Depending on the price of your product or service all it takes is one purchase to make the article investment worth the cost and effort. Read more

Brainstorming Ideas to Create Your Information Product Empire

When you make the decision to market information products on the ‘net, your first step is in conducting some niche research to see which target audience could provide you with a virtual goldmine of profits.

You can’t just come up with a single idea for a narrow niche audience and expect that to be enough to deliver financial security for the long-term.  Instead, you want to tap into a niche with endless possibilities, or at least enough to make your product development worthwhile.

Let’s say you decided to create a wedding planning guide in eBook form as your first information product.  If you’re new to the business, then you might instantly think of creating a massive info product that covers everything in detail, from A to Z.
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Develop the Disciplines of a Writer by Cindy Rushton

“Oh! Ugh! Cindy, DISCIPLINES?”

Yes! But, relax! You are probably already on your way if you are even thinking about writing! These are the things that writers “happen” to “just do” in their everyday lives. Let’s dig in and see how you are doing…

Read…Read…Read

The very best writers are the most voracious readers. Give them a book and a quiet nook to read and you have just sent them to heaven on earth. Reading supplies ideas that get the mind thinking, fresh perspective, and even train the writing style of those who read. In studies, most writers tend to read at every opportunity, but those who are the most successful writers have a discipline of Read more

Where Do You Begin with Your Website???

Question:

Hi Cindy

You mention that Elisabeth likes web designing. Did she use Steve’s DVD’s to teach her web design? I would like to learn how to make a website, however I have no idea how. I wanted to find out how comprehensive is Steve’s DVD’s - will I know everything I need to know from just using them.

I would so appreciate your advise of this.

Regards
Susan

Cindy’s Answer:

Hi!

Thanks for your email. I am happy to help.

Yes, Elisabeth has used Steve’s DVD Set. She loved learning from it. We actually learned from them together. It was a fun course. Steve did a fabulous job on that course. It includes SO much! I am amazed at all he covered. It was very good for her.

Of course, Elisabeth was already designing sites before that course. She really has a great gifting with them. Most of what we build together uses Wordpress. It is very, very easy. We found a great course that walks you through each step. Many of the ladies in our classes have used it as well, with very little web experience. They have beautiful sites. We found a great program that they have all used. It is by my friend, Lynette Chandler. It is called the Blogging Starter Set, but don’t let the name fool you. You can use Wordpress to build a traditional looking website or a blog. Plus, the programming is so much better for getting your website to the top of search engines. Here is the link so you can check it out:

http://tinyurl.com/2sthhj

We recommend that you also look into GOT-Hosting. They have Fantastico installed that helps to make setting up and updating Wordpress much easier. You can use it alongside of Lynette’s set and have your site up over the weekend—probably in one evening. Here is a link to get to GOT-Hosting:

http://tinyurl.com/3295aj

I hope that this helps you. If not, just ask and we will help more!

Have a super day!

With much love,
Cindy

Parts of an Article…

I just finished emailing this post to our Writer’s Nook Mastermind group. I decided to set this up as a PDF. Want to peek? Here it is:

http://www.cindysdesktop.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/Partsofanarticle.pdf

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