Secrets to Help You Stay Focused in 2009 by Cindy Rushton

Anybody else battle with distractions and interruptions? Do you want to stick to the things that are on your heart, yet realistically battle with staying focused?

Oh! I TOTALLY relate! In fact, the past few months, my heart-cry has been to stay focused. Everywhere I have turned, I have heard messages on staying focused…saw articles on being focused…and talked with my friends about being focused. As a result, I have found a few great secrets that have really helped me to stay focused on the most important things in my life and get more done at the same time. Want to know those secrets? Well, let’s dig in…

BEGIN EACH DAY WITH A QUIET TIME…

I know what you just thought…”BUT! Cindy, that gets me off track for the day!”  Read more

Don’t Mess Up with Marketing!

Any successful business owner knows how important marketing is. Even if you have a miniscule budget, it’s important to make sure that people know about your business. If you don’t, it’s going to be hard to make any sales.

It’s easy to overlook marketing altogether. But it’s also easy to overdo it and really mess up with marketing. Business owners who get “marketing madness” face problems as well. Overspending on marketing can eat into your profits, possibly even destroying your business. And it’s also possible that if you market too heavily, people will begin to tune you out.

There are several possible reasons for marketing madness, such as:

* Business owners become overly concerned about market share. Read more

Staying Committed to Your Business

Becoming a successful writer requires a certain amount of drive and enthusiasm.  If we didn’t believe in ourselves and our businesses, we would never step up to the call. 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.

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Online Coaching: A New Way to Make Money Online

In the search for ways to make money online, many people overlook a simple online business: online coaching. Online coaching is the basic concept of taking coaching and moving it to the world of the Internet. As with everything from shopping to banking, people these days are willing to live more of their life on the Internet. There are many different options to consider in the world of online coaching.

An online relationship coach is one of the many business opportunities available to you. A relationship coach is someone who looks at the relationship that you are in and helps you to make it better. This is a very easy idea to take to the Internet. Through emails and newsletters, you can help someone to improve their relationship and earn yourself a few bucks in the process.
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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

5 Big Reasons to GET HELP!

When you are in business for yourself, especially one that is conducted online, you’ll find there are a number of different things for you to learn about that can save you time and make you money. Outsourcing is by far one of the more exciting things to discover and put to use.

All too common is the business owner who feels they have to do everything themselves in order for things to go smoothly in their online venture. This couldn’t be farther from the truth! In case you’re curious about why so many online business owners are singing the praises of outsourcing, keep reading to see just five of the many benefits it can obtain.

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So, You Want to be a Writer? Develop Your Personal Brand!

Branding. Heard it mentioned all over, yet is it still a mystery? Wonder if it is just a bunch of fluff? Wondering what it has to do with YOU and the success of your articles, books and products? Well, you are in the right spot!

In the wonderful world of writing, a personal brand is an essential element of the success that you will experience. It is not an extra. It is not something for “big-time” writers. It is an essential element that determines how successful a writer can and will be.

Branding consists of your creative ability to intrigue others with your words, your unique approach to particular topics, your ability and your skill in composing enticing pieces, your personality and unique values, as well as your potential to excel in the writing type of your choice. Here, I will share with you some keys to how writers can develop their personal brand. 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

What Do You Do with a Logo?

Think the only place a business logo can be used is on your website and business card?  Not true.  There are many creative and effective places to use your business logo for maximum results.

Let’s begin by looking at the basic or ordinary places you can place your logo:

- Your website. This is kind of a no brainer. If you don’t have your logo on your website then where to you use it?  Your website is quite often the first place people become aware of your business – it’s their first memory and your first opportunity to brand your business.

- Your blog. Again, this is a chance to link your blog brand with your website brand. Read more

5 Benefits of Outsourcing for Online Business Owners

When you are in business for yourself, especially one that is conducted online, you’ll find there are a number of different things for you to learn about that can save you time and make you money. Outsourcing is by far one of the more exciting things to discover and put to use.

All too common is the business owner who feels they have to do everything themselves in order for things to go smoothly in their online venture. This couldn’t be farther from the truth! In case you’re curious about why so many online business owners are singing the praises of outsourcing, keep reading to see just five of the many benefits it can obtain.
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