Five strategies to build trust by electronic magazine

Lead is important role to run affiliate program. We usually run this business
by selling program, products, and finally getting commission. Have many leads
in your database, will be potential prospect some day. They will buy products,
program that you offer. Many ways to get leads, we some time spend much money
to get them. The effective ways to build list, create electronic magazine. We
can build list as many as possible. However, many electronic magazines have
difficulties to manage it. Many subscribers run away and not know where they
go. We can build trust by publishing
electronic magazine. We should know strategies to build trust, so that your
subscribers not run away from you.

1.Make subscribers your friends.
Make subscribers as if your close friend or family. Say hello and welcome to
new subscriber join your mailing list and say tanks to loyal subscribers. Say
it with warm words and ask them to contact you. Open mind to receive critics
and suggestions.

2.Make ezine have specific content.
You should create specific content, specific topics, so that your ezine popular.
For example, telling about cooking solution, humor, marketing
solution, or heath solution. You have commitment to choose internet marketing
solution, try telling as much as possible about internet marketing solution,
do not say any think else.

3. Subscribers want and need.
Make your subscribers as if your potential costumers. Give service as good as
possible. Ask your subscribers what they want and need. You can open contact
editor, and compile the result and try fulfilling it.

4. Keep your ezine punctual publishing.

Ezine usually publish monthly, weekly or daily. Keep publish punctual, therefore your subscribers are not disappointed.

5. Building loyal subscribers.
Give a chance to subscribers take part on your ezine. To submit article, free
advertisement and give testimony. Do not refuse article that your subscribers
submit. Open communication with them and give suggestion how to write good article.

6.Try writing your own article.

To build image, you have capability to manage ezine. Wiser, you can write article.
Electronic magazine have good content, good management, punctual time publication.
In the end, improve image the editor and owner. The best image, affect to advertisements
offer on them. Therefore, profit pulling would come to you.

 

6 Important Tips For Choosing Ezine To Advertise In

By Erny Setyawati

 

Did you ever wonder why some business owners seem to be able to pull in all the
business they want, while others – perhaps you –can’t seem
to get any momentum? More often than not, it is because the successful ones
have learned from marketing experts what works and what doesn’t work in
their marketing and promotional materials. Some marketing secrets seem to be
secrets simply because they‘re widely known or understood. Only from trial
and error and ad tracking – combined with research on natural psychologycal
predispositions – do marketing experts know what really triggers a sale.

To encourage readers to use the resources to learn more about triggers and improve sales
and marketing techniques is very important to use. Wasting money online is easy to do and very frustrating!!!
If you have experienced that frustating, you are going to love how hassle free
it is to use and profit from ezine.

You and I suffer from the same problem ...... not buyers to our website... so they can
buy your products and sign up for your information or offer. How to solve the
problem. There are many ways folks do. One the best choise is ezine advertising.
Yes !!!, ezine advertising is the way to go. It truly is. Here we’ll show you what to look for in an
ezine and how to know the ezines that are a waste of advertising money before
you buy. There are few tips to follow to advirtise ad in ezine.

1. Decide what your advertising budget will be for this campaign.
Generally, an ad will run a week or two after you place your ad order, so you
might as well buy enough advertising to run a month while you’re in the
process of finding the ezines and buying the ads.

2. Your ezine ad campaign will get better as you buy ads, test them and start optimizing
your results.

3. I recommend being unique to use the ads, because many affliate or MLM company have provided using special ads then be aware that lots of other folks are using them too.

4. Compare the number of subscriber Vs. The Start date of the Ezine.

Look at the number of subscribers vs the start date of the ezine. There are
many ezine had have many subcribers for few months. As an example let’s
you find ezine with 5000 subscriber and today’s date is 3/1/00, you then
notice the ezine first began on 11/15/99. You now know that the ezine has been
publication for a little over three months and already 5000 subscribers. This
type of ezine may not the best for advertise in because likely the subscriber
aren’t all targeted. It also runs a higher risk of SPAM complaints.

5. Notice how many total ads are allowed in each issue.

If the publisher says “ unlimited “ or “ as many as you pay for “ then it may be a good idea for you to look at an on line version. Once you get your issue, you can see how many advertiser placed ads in the ezine You may consider that there are too many ads to compete with.

6. Compare the price the Ad vs. The size of the Ezine.

Pay attention to the price of the ads vs. The size of the ezine. There is no
set standard so you just need to compare. You may find an ezine with 500 subscriber
charges $5 per ad, which is .01 per subscriber. Or you may find some that charge
more. You ‘ll need look and compare before you can get a feel for it.

 

 

 

EVERY ONE SHOULD BE READY TO BE LEADER ON AFFILIATE PROGRAM

By Erny Setyawati

The purpose to join Affiliate program should sell products or program others company on
line. Selling products and program can only do by on line, but be able do by
direct marketing. For new comers on Affiliate program can promote to families,
friends and coworker who are so near with them by off line. Why do we suggest
doing by off line, because many new comers on Affiliate program should learn
much about marketing online. It is not enough one month, two months, but we should learn when we have been deciding to join affiliate program. The conclusion is being affiliate never have been
stopped to learn.

We should prepare our mental to face many obstacles during struggle to achieve
success. There are a few mental psychologies that we should have:

1.We should be ready to spend money to invest.

There are many new affiliate astonished after doing sign up. They thought that
joining Affiliate program just only sign up and stopped, money will come automatically.

As matter of fact, spending money for promotion, buying product and others need.
Joining affiliate program without money is impossible. Generally, companies
that have affiliate program always offer residual income. Be considered! You
should be careful to select! There are many companies also are not professional
to do that. In order to be not disappointed later, we suggest choosing:

http://www.moreinfo247.com/8785915.12/FGC

2. We should be ready to face many obstacles.

New comers on Affiliate program usually gets frustration to face many obstacles.
How difficulties getting new lead make frustration. The frustration got more
and more when leads as their down line never do action. So learning a strategy
how to market on line is suggested. Be International Home Business member is
wise also, detail information please go here: http://www.moreinfo247.com/8785915.12/IAHBE
or go to http://www.baliglobalmarket.com

3.We should be patient, passion and have endurance.

Affiliate program is not as easy as imagine. Achieved successful on Affiliate
program took long time. Need patient, passion and endurance. Many new comers
are failed and give up continuing, because of desperate. Motivation from up
line or from consultant who much know about Internet marketing solution is needed.
Consultation about Internet marketing solution, you get free here: http://www.baliglobalmarket.com

4.We should be ready to be leader.

Leader! Yes! You should be ready to be Leader. You should know much than your
down line about company who you have joined as affiliate.

Usually the companies publish newsletters that send to affiliates. The newsletter
always inform about everything, articles, marketing strategy, marketing tool,
free website, technology information support and others. You can use all of
your company facilities before you take from others. You should give as much
as possible information to your down line about potential of your company. So
your down line will duplicate your action and successful is belonged to you.

 

10 Ways, How To Get Significant Exposure For Free

By Erny Setyawati

 

Ezine are one of the best source of information on the web today. They are generally
free and can make a huge impact marketing success if used correctly. Ezines
may include ads, articles, jokes, quotes, advertorials, business opps, brief
up dates about the publisher’s site or business, testimonial and much
more.

The word "ezine" is short for electronic magazine, also known as a newsletter. They are an excellent way to find detailed information about specific field on interest. At the same time they
expose a gold mine of contact and possibilities! Ezines are delivered via email
and 99 % of them are free. They can be sent daily, weekly, biweekly or monthly,
it just depends on how the publisher of the ezine wishes to distribute the newsletter.
Ezine is breakthrough of marketing solution today. We can promote our business
with change banner, swap ad and write article. You can literally get hundreds
of hits per day without spending a dime on advertising using ezines! There are ten techniques how to promote in ezine, although the impacts are indirect. They work and the potential is unlimited.

1. Write Testimonials!

Most Internet business look for and need testimonials. Testimonials give a business credibility
and businesses know this. So they are always looking for kind words about their
company that they can show to new prospect of customers. Therefore, anyone that
comes to site and sees testimonial may well check out the site.

2. Write Articles and submit them to Ezine publishers!

Writing articles is really a great way to get free exposure. This particular method
does take more time and some work but it can really reap huge rewards. I’m
sure you’ve noticed when you read the articles in your favorite ezines
, the author’s information is listed at the bottom ( this is called a by –line ). Of course if you wrote an article, you would also include your own by- line. This tells folks who wrote the article and a little bit about the author including your URL. By submitting your article to as many ezines
as fit your criteria, you have the potential of getting thousands of targeted
hits FREE.

3. Give Away a Freebie!

Ezine publishers are usually looking for ways to keep their subscribers reading and interested
contest are really a great way to accomplish this. A good way to get free exposure
is to participate in a contest.

For example:
Let’s say that you sell health supplement. Suggest to an ezine publisher
that relates to health possibly that you will be willing to give away one bottle
of supplement to one lucky winner each issue. The publisher can do the drawing
and email you the lucky winner’s email address. Of course an announcement
would take place in that issue and your company name and URL would be credited
for the generosity. Of course you are giving away something of value but at
the same time you are building credibility with the readership, creating recognition
for your name and product .

4. Some Ezines Accept Free Advertising!

Do a search using The Directory of Ezines for ezines that accept free ads. This is a quick
way to find them and is another way to get exposure at no cost. One thing to
keep in mind, most ezines that accept free advertising are new and don’t
have many subscribers. Of course they are free you can place ads in as many
as you have time for thus getting your ad in front of hundred of people.

5. Swap Ads !

This form of promotion may not apply to you unless you have your own ezine, another way
to advertise free is to swap ads. Find other ezines that a circulation close
to yours and who relate to what it is you are advertising. Offer to swap ads.
Most will be glad to! This allows both of you to get fresh exposure. You will
have your site being expose to hundreds of targeted.

6 . Trade links with other web sites. They should be related to the subject of your web
site. Instead of trading links, you could also trade banner ads, half page ads,
classified ads, etc.

7. Form an online community. It could be an online message board, e-mail discussion
list or chat room. When people get involved in your community they will regularly
return to communicate with others.

8. Participate on message boards. Post answers to other people's questions, ask questions and
post appropriate information. Include your signature file at the end of all
your postings.

9. Post your ad on free advertising areas on the internet. You can post it on free classified
ad sites, free for all links sites, newsgroups that allow ads, free yellow page
directories, etc.

10. Start an e-zine for your web site. When people read each issue they'll be reminded
to revisit your web site. They'll see your product ad more than just once which
will increase your orders.

 

 

 

5 tips how to improve your leadership on affiliate program

By Erny Setyawati

What should we do after joining affiliate program? People are interested in joining affiliate
program, but never know how to manage their network. New comers just join and
success to build list, but fail to gain dollars. Why do this happen? How
do you find solution? The answers, you must learn the leadership so that
your network can duplicate your action. There are 5 tips to improve your leadership:

1.Do not waste times on skeptics or none motivate people

Improve your leads motivation; give much learning and write good motivation.
We should build image continuously so that your leads trust and follow your
suggestions.

2.Communicate constantly! Keep in touch with every one who is in your teamwork regularly.

People build list to become their teamwork through many ways, like buying leads,
writing articles that relate to affiliate program, building double opt in and others breakthrough. We say, the network fail, if your teamwork cannot duplicate your action. It causes, the
network never improves any more. To avoid these problems, communicate constantly
to them. Assist the persons in your teamwork; let them know that you offer support.


3.Use the methods below or try to mix few methods.

People always use newsletter to communicate to their leads. Perhaps, you can
mix few methods like meeting, phone calls, email, voice mail, faxes, and postcards.


4.Use many resources to learn.

To build good image in the team, you should learn from many resources so that
can describe affiliate program easily.

5.Encourage your affiliates to do the same.

Avoid promoting your business in any way that causes your prospect to say them
selves " Oh no! See how this thing works, but I could never do that" Please give easy example so that easy to duplicate.

 

 

5 Tips self discipline to gain success on affiliate program

By Erny Setyawati

Discipline and high motivation key success on affiliate program. To gain success on affiliate program depend on you. You should do many activities on affiliate program, like recruit leads, give
motivation, and communicate to your leads.

Periodically, a leader should create many motivation words so that your leads
duplicate your action. Because leader does many activities, control management
of life is important role to do. The leader habit always procrastinates planning
and working, makes the successful is far to gain.

What kind of control management life should we do in order to success on affiliate
program? We only have 6 tips, you can follow:

1.Use time wisely

Leaders on affiliate program should have discipline on their work. You are as
a leader, have many dreams and planning, but never do right away. What is the
risk? Your idea will vanish and difficult to find a new idea. Do it now! The
new leader always says, not have time, tool, and money. Do it with the tool
that you have. You will find a new tool during process.

2, Use your leadership

Some one should have leadership to run affiliate program. You can plan, what
you will do with your business. What kind of tool do you use to recruit leads?
When will you contact leads? How many times will you contact them? What kind
of communication do you use to contact? Perhaps, you use Newsletter, email or
telephone. With good management, affiliate program quicker success than no tough
management.

3. Track your activities

You must tract all of activities that you do. Use effective software for tracking.
You can evaluate and monitor your activities. You can use data base to keep
your contact list so that save time, and easy to contact.

4.Response quickly

Response quickly when your leads contact you. Your leads are your prospect and
customers. Give excellent service to them. Good communication is key success
to your business future. Be ready to be their assistant.

5.Focus to your business

When you make decision to choose affiliate program, be consistent and focus
to your work. Do not change your mind and quit when you face difficulties. Some
one is too easy to be desperate to run affiliate program, because of not consistent
to do the business.

 

Ezine articles, important tool to promote your business

By Erny Setyawati

People are easy taking articles from Internet now days. The articles can be taken
from Electronic Magazine or Newsletter. Countless Electronic Magazines and Newsletters are created by new home business on the net every minute. The new Editors and Publishers can take articles from many resources, because many directories of Ezine are created by people
now. The Editors must be selective to take articles on the net. There are
few strategies to take qualified articles from Electronic magazine or Newsletter
on the net,

1.Take articles that appropriate with content of your sites.

Varieties of articles that you can take from Newsletter or Ezine, as Home
Business articles, affiliate article, email marketing article, blogging article
and others countless articles. The decision depends on you.

2.Take a short article

Short article is interesting to read than long article. Reading on line, it
must be difference than reading off line. Our eyes are easy tired and getting
bored.

3. Take qualified articles

You must be selective to take articles on the net. Select articles that give
education to visitors or subscribers so that they can take benefits from your
site.

4. Create your own articles

The new Editor or Publisher has no time to write an article. We are sure;
every one can create an article through learning and doing. If impossible
to do, you can contact the third party to create it. One the third party can
help you freely at http://www.baliglobalmarket.com

Creating your own articles can build your image and credibility. Try to submit
your own articles to Ezines and Newsletters and making correct mistake. Submitting
articles to Ezines and newsletters, give a chance to potential visitors come
to your site without stopping. Writer experiences and URL place on the resource
box so that your URL and business become popular.

 

Seven plus to advertise on ezine than others

By Erny Setyawati

Every Internet Marketers should know about Electronic Magazine (Ezine). There are hundreds Ezine have been created by people in the world. Through Ezine could be knew every think, from marketing strategies, humor, cooking, culture, health, home business and others topic. Many topics
have been created through Ezine, so that people could take articles and improve
their knowledge from them. One of my friends always waits for her favorite Ezine.
She felt disappointed when her favorite Ezine not publish because of some think
wrong. However, many Ezine could gain many subscribers, because of the good
content and professional management.

Because of Ezine is so popular, so that many entrepreneurs, marketers placed advertisement on them. The reality, Ezine could gain many subscribers. People would read the content and click the advertisement. Advertise on Ezine is more effective than traditional advertisement. There was a survey that said many Ezine offered low cost for advertisement. Although there were a few Ezine
offered for high cost. Many new marketers are so interested to place advertisement
on Ezine, because many Ezines also offer free ad, although the effectiveness
of free ad is still hesitated.

Now, we began to see how far could Ezine promote advertisement to people? Perhaps
you could consider about that.

1.Extremely targeted audience.

People create ezines have special topic to discuss so that one become member
of the Ezine because of being interested in the topic. Most of the Ezines discuss
about home business, internet marketing solution and there are a few discuss
about health, gardening, cooking and culture.
The segmentation of the people that have joined Ezine had potential target audience
to become prospect of business.

2.Trust factor.

People become subscribers of the Ezine, because of trust on the content. Because
of the trust, subscribers would give attention to advertisement that placed
on them.

3.More readerships.

Many Ezines could get many subscribers because of value content on them. People
are interested to join Ezine because they would get value from them. You could
imagine, how many subscribers would read and click your banner ad, if you placed
ad on them.

4.More deliverability.

Most of the Ezines deliver by email and on line. It is more effective than traditional
way. Many Ezines also create by html, so it look more interesting and lovely
to see. Many people have chance to see your advertisement. There are many publishers
also offer free banner design to the subscribers that place advertisement on
their ezine.

5.Cost effective and profitable.

Ezine advertisement is more effective than traditional way. It is proven to
generate more response than traditional way. Ezine have segmentation readers
that are interested in special topic so that you would not spend much money
to promote your product or program.

6.Easier and less money to spend.

It is proven that place advertisement on Ezine easier and less money to spend.
You just contact Editor or publisher by email and send your advertisement writing.
Let’s Editor/ Publisher design your banner and you pay by credit card
or pay pal. Few days your advertisement would run smoothly to subscribers of
the ezine.

7.More global than traditional.

Most of the Ezines have connecting to the internets, so many people around the
world would join the ezine. Of course, it is depends of the topic, interesting
or not. More interesting topic that the ezine have, more subscribers would come.
So your advertisement would be seen by many people.

The successful of ad writing and banner that place on the ezine, it depends also to writing
adv that you have created. It is hot or not! It is very interesting or not.

TOP 8 TECHNIQUES - SECRETS - CREATE AD COPY

FOR YOUR BUSINESS TO SKY ROCKET

By
Erny Setyawati

 

Perhaps the most important benefit in the material that follows is its ability to
provide you with the necessary concepts and constructs which are critical
for becomingsuccessful by utilizing many of the high-tech, high-touch capabilities
offered by the use of online marketing. Building your home business "Internet-Style"
is not only exciting and challenging, it can also be very beneficial in more
ways than can be imagined. Promoting - By taking advantage of all the Free
and Low Cost services available on the Internet, your business can enjoy a
much larger footprint than ever before. Through the use of these services
you can get your message out to a much larger audience at a cheaper price.

As you can see, the Internet has become the greatest business partner you could
have. It can allow you to save time, gain efficiency, and make for a much
more successful.

By promoting with internet, you can use many fasilities cheaper than manual.
Through the use of email, banner, free website cts. As you can see, the advertising
internet through banner more effective and make for a much more successfull,
if all you know the techniques how to use and create banner.

That is why the following information has been presented and a good thorough study
of the use banner will greatly enhance the success of your business marketing.
We call 8 eye popping, jaw dropping Ad Copy Secrets.

1.Use a hand written letter on your ad copy instead of text. Write the ad on a piece
of paper, scan it and publish the ad on your web page. Adding a personal touch
will always increase your sales.

2.Include an article or review that has been written about you or your business with
your ad copy. This will show people that your business is respected and will
increase your credibility.

3.Include your own picture on your ad copy. This will show people that you're not hiding
behind your ad copy and will increase their trust. Also, include your contact
information below the picture and a brief statement or quote.

4.Hire a famous person to endorse your product or service. Make sure the person is
well known to your target audience. Include their picture and statements on
your ad copy.

5.When you offer free bonuses in your ad copy, also list the dollar value beside
each bonus. People will feel they're getting a good deal and it will increase
the value of your product.

6.Publish a list of famous and respected customers who have bought from you on your
a copy. People will think that if these people bought from you, they should
also trust your business and purchase your products. Make sure to get their
permission first.

7.Ask your potential customers plenty of yes and no questions in your ad copy. The
questions should remind them of their problem and make them think about what
will happen if they don't purchase your product.

8.Tell your potential customers they will receive a free prize if they find the five
words in your ad copy that are misspelled or spelled backwards. The longer
you can keep someone reading your copy the greater chance of them purchasing.

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Erny Setyawati is creative Copy writer that has experiences in writing for four
years. She has been writing home business and internet marketing articles,
sales letter, email marketing, advertisement content, banner, newsletters
and others interesting products of copy writing. Her Ezine, Bali Global Market
Ezine is responded by peoples, because of rich content, success to educate
people, build Net entrepreneurship. Visit free here: http://www.baliglobalmarket.com
or contact her for consultation at baliglobalmarket@gmail.com
You can also find niche market for your business easily here,
http://www.baliglobalmarket.com/advertisement/ad3.htm

Five strategies to build trust by electronic magazine

Lead is important role to run affiliate program. We usually run this business
by selling program, products, and finally getting commission. Have many leads
in your database, will be potential prospect some day. They will buy products,
program that you offer. Many ways to get leads, we some time spend much money
to get them. The effective ways to build list, create electronic magazine. We
can build list as many as possible. However, many electronic magazines have
difficulties to manage it. Many subscribers run away and not know where they
go. We can build trust by publishing electronic magazine. We should know strategies
to build trust, so that your subscribers not run away from you.

1.Make subscribers your friends.

Make subscribers as if your close friend or family. Say hello and welcome to
new subscriber join your mailing list and say tanks to loyal subscribers. Say
it with warm words and ask them to contact you. Open mind to receive critics
and suggestions.

2.Make ezine have specific content.

You should create specific content, specific topics, so that your ezine popular.
For example, telling about cooking solution, humor, marketing solution, or heath
solution. You have commitment to choose internet marketing solution, try telling
as much as possible about internet marketing solution, do not say any think
else.

3. Subscribers want and need.

Make your subscribers as if your potential costumers. Give service as good as
possible. Ask your subscribers what they want and need. You can open contact
editor, and compile the result and try fulfilling it.

4. Keep your ezine punctual publishing.

Ezine usually publish monthly, weekly or daily. Keep publish punctual, therefore
your subscribers are not disappointed.

5. Building loyal subscribers.

Give a chance to subscribers take part on your ezine. To submit article, free
advertisement and give testimony. Do not refuse article that your subscribers
submit. Open communication with them and give suggestion how to write good article.

4.Try writing your own article.
To build image, you have capability to manage ezine. Wiser, you can write article.

Electronic magazine have good content, good management, punctual time publication.
In the end, improve image the editor and owner. The best image, affect to advertisements
offer on them. Therefore, profit pulling would come to you.

---

Erny Setyawati is creative Copy writer that has experiences in writing for four years.
She has been writing home business and internet marketing articles, sales letter,
email marketing, advertisement content, banner, newsletters and others interesting
products of copy writing. Her Ezine, Bali Global Market Ezine is responded by
peoples, because of rich content, success to educate people, build Net entrepreneurship.
Visit free here: http://www.baliglobalmarket.com
or contact her at baliglobalmarket@gmail.com
You can also find niche market for your business easily here,
http://www.baliglobalmarket.com/advertisement/ad3.htm

7 Tips how to gain trust through your own website

By
Erny Setyawati

Affiliates program always offer free website, beside many blogging builders offer
the same way, but reality, internet Marketers tend to build their own website. They think that free websites have too long domain name and difficult to remember. Building our own website, we can create what we wish. However, we must remember several tips so that your website will be trust by prospects.

There are seven tips to remember;

1.Have a detailed about us page

About us page is important role on your website. People will know, the purpose,
history, the founder of website etc.

2.Easy navigation and fast to access

Long time access and complicated navigation; make your prospect run away before
reading.

3.Have quality contain

The good contain makes your prospect stay long on your website and some day
changes to be your loyal visitor.

4.Publish a newsletter

Publish a newsletter is wiser, so that you can communicate with your customers
continuously. Create good contain newsletter, with the topic the same as with
your website.

5.Never break a promise

Keep promise is key to make your customers trust. If you promise publishing
a Newsletter twice a month, you should keep it. Do not make your customers disappointed.

6.Do not place many images

Many images on your website make your visitors dizzy. Place an image on suitable
place. Visitors come to your website because looking for of some think, not
others.

7.Publish testimony

Testimony from your loyal customers is so important to make your others visitor trust.
Do not forget include their photo.

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Erny Setyawati is creative Copy writer that has experiences in writing for four years.
She has been writing home business and internet marketing articles, sales letter,
email marketing, advertisement content, banner, newsletters and others interesting
products of copy writing. Her Ezine, Bali Global Market Ezine is responded by
peoples, because of rich content, success to educate people, build Net entrepreneurship.
Visit free here: http://www.baliglobalmarket.com
or contact her at baliglobalmarket@gmail.com
You can also find niche market for your business easily here,
http://www.baliglobalmarket.com/advertisement/ad3.htm

QUIT YOUR JOB NOW !

By Yank Elliot, IAHBE
Staf writer & MBA

 

Work by human beings is a wonderful thing. It produces goods and services we need and
provides a way for us to have money to take care of our needs. Doctors and medical
technicians help us maintain our health, and creative people give us nice objects
to look at and use.

There is
a right and wrong use of work, however. In much of the world, work is used to
define an individual: where you work or what you do is who you are.

This was painfully shown to me a few years ago. Newly married, I left a low-paying, high-stress
job at a bank for a much higher salary in the textile industry. The bank was
considered a much more socially accepted place to work than a mill. People remembered
when the mill owned all the houses and the workers were low-lifes who could
not even afford a place to stay. My family was suddenly shut off from all social
functions, and many friends deserted us.

At the time, I was just disgusted and saddened. Now I know it was a manifestation of
the idea that one's work is who you are. I eventually realized this and quit
with no job and no retirement; no nothing.

After surviving some really bad years, my mission now is to show everyone that they don't have
to work for a single company or in the same profession all their lives. There
are ways to spice up life, provide more time for things you really want to do,
and yield the desired income at the same time.

The Internet has made this more possible than ever.

My Daddy, a minister for 66 years, showed me most of the ideas here. I didn't realize
what he was doing for a long time, and he had no clue. He was totally focused
on his ministry. Daddy tuned out the world, tried to avoid the news, and never
spoke of retirement. Health forced him to stop when he was 85, and he just started
to go away because he had nothing else to do.

You'll never get me to stop!

During his life, Daddy had seven active pastorates. He said he retired at 65 for a
few years, but he preached at a church every single Sunday and held a few revivals.
More money was never a challenge in his life, but Daddy was always looking for
a larger group to influence. He always moved up, until later in life when he
kind of relaxed so he could keep on doing what he loved.

So, what did I learn about work from my Father?

Stay focused on your main ideas; this can include more than one, but don't run in every direction.
Constantly look for a challenge and never think about quitting.

These are my life goals and I suggest everyone—doctor, lawyer, accountant, or anyone—adopt
these plans. It's the only way to have the money you want in a stress-free environment.

Here are some tips on reaching these objectives:

Something common among new entrepreneurs is the inability to see a project through to its ending. Internet entrepreneurs often change businesses every day or two. This infects many brick-and-mortar
people, too. Several of my affiliates have this problem. I get stuff all the time about some great new thing someone has found. Others get so tied up in lotteries and casinos that pop up, there's no time for working one program until it becomes profitable. You must decide what you intend to do and stay with it.
Written goals are necessary to do this well.

A few months ago I reviewed "Die Broke," by Stephen M. Pollan and Mark Levine.
Many of the ideas in this book are similar to my own.

To have enough money to get through life the way you want takes some effort. "Die
Broke" elaborates on the idea of quitting your very first job just as soon
as you begin…in your mind, that is. This means constantly changing employment
when more money (or benefits = money) opens up for you. You will have more money
to invest or just to enjoy.

If you have a job, you already have a resumé. You also have many contacts, so
keep an up-to-date account of your abilities in front of these people. Sometime
they may need you and be willing to pay you more than you're currently making.
Always network. Who you know means everything. Join any organization where you
have interests and make sure everyone knows you and your qualifications.

You may even ask your contacts to review your resumé. Ask for an interview
with them about their business because you want to know all about it in case
you decide to apply for a job. All this will keep you in front of decision makers
who will be able to hire when you apply for that high-paying job.

Cultivate a good attitude about retirement. To remain mentally and physically healthy,
one must have a compelling reason to get up in the morning. There must be something
you just have to do.

The unhappiest retiree I know plays a little golf, travels a little, and sleeps most of every
day. He sleeps so much because he wants to forget that his stock investments
are going up and down all the time. He has nothing to get up and do. This is
why no one should retire. Why live if all you do is sleep?

At every stage in life a person should build income streams as they become available.
A very good discussion of this is in "Die Broke" and "Multiple
Streams of Income," by Robert G. Allen, John Wiley & Sons.

So how do we live a happy, low-stress life with enough money? Do these three things:
Stay focused
Look for more income
Never retire

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Yank Elliott is a home-based entrepreneur and freelance business writer in Hurricane Alley,
North Carolina, USA. His Website is http://www.furriwhalesworld.com/.
He is currently a staff writer for IAHBE. Contact Yank at globalbiz@furriwhalesworld.com.

 

FIRE YOUR BOSS WHEN YOU ARE 30 :

START WHEN YOU ARE 18

By
Yank Elliot, MBA & IAHBE
Staff Writer

This report  applies to college graduates as well as those completing high school. The college person should act as soon as they read this; they have already lost valuable time. We’ll begin by explaining WHY you need to have your own business (even if—especially if—you’re employed elsewhere). Then we’ll discuss HOW.

Age 18 is the starting point because that is the age of legality. You have to be able
to make agreements without the consent of your parents to have your own business.

High school and college people are all young enough to think they are invincible.

They are armed with tremendous knowledge, and they can change the world and live happily
forever. That is, until the first pink job-termination slip comes and payments
are due on that spiffy new SUV. There may also be family considerations. Everyone
has to have a roof over his or her head, clothes, and food. Health also is not
usually an issue for young people, but the very lifestyles we all enjoy are
beginning to sicken us. Nothing is ever secure and certain, especially in the
present economic climate.

Think for a minute what you are to your employer.

No matter the level of your training when you go to your first job, you know absolutely
nothing. Everyone requires some amount of orientation to learn about the company
environment. You will probably never specifically use much of what you were
taught in school. You will learn about ongoing processes in your company and
go from there. In time, you will become an asset of some economic value to your
employer. You’re human, but after that you are much like a computer or
machine that has been purchased.

When buying machinery and equipment, what happens? The buyer tries to negotiate the lowest
price. The same thing happens when an employee is hired. You are paid the lowest
amount required to get you to work. That may be hard, but it is true.

Then, when the economy sours and business is off, who goes first? Absent a requirement
for experience or unusual ability, the oldest will go first, then the highest
paid and those with the longest service time or seniority.

Why? Because these classes of employees:
Make too much money

Have too many health problems

Know too much about the company and its managers

Aren’t as attractive as younger people

Resist change

May soon be eligible for expensive retirement benefits

In an interview with the Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/ liveonline/01/politics/johnson110201.htm),
Heritage Foundation Economist Dr. Kirk Johnson said economists generally believe
the “natural rate of unemployment” is about 6%. In fact, according
to the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics, since 1939, there has been no decade
without at least one year of unemployment exceeding 6%. That’s for the
entire year, not just a month or two. In all of those years of relatively high
unemployment, many persons were unable to find work.

If your job is terminated for any reason, or if you leave the workforce for a time and
try to return, you may have difficulty. Where you live and the state of the
economy may have a lot to do with your chances of finding employment.

If you are over 30, your problems begin to accelerate. This is why you should be able
to fire your boss if you want to or if you must.

What is happening at this time in your career? “I just started,” you say.
Your employability could change quickly.

Consider these facts:

If you had a good job before being unemployed, your previous pay scale may be a barrier.
Even if you are willing to accept less pay, your employer is likely to believe
you will be dissatisfied. Given a choice, the employer will likely choose someone
who isn’t used to making a lot of money.

Sometimes a high level of education works against you. You may be willing to take a job
below your skill level, but an employer is likely to view you as a potentially
unhappy employee if you are overqualified for your job (and your salary). You
may be expected to take a better job as soon as one is available; the employer
will then have to go to the effort and expense of finding and training a new
person.

Soon your age will also become an impediment to finding a new job.

When you’re 30, you’re still a viable employee with seemingly endless opportunities.
This isn’t so in reality. You begin to lose much of your employment flexibility
around age 35!

When you’re 40 you are out of the desirable hiring group. Proof of this is the age bias
law covering employees 40 or older. This is the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act of 1967.

The law sounds fine, but without an overt act by a company manager, you’re toast
after 40. You can’t stop potential employers from considering your age
in their mind, can you? They will act on what they are thinking and little of
this will help you as birthdays mount.

There is no loyalty in the job market, and employees know this. They begin to try to
manage their own destiny early. CNN quotes a study by the National Association
of Colleges and Employers, in December, 2000, money.cnn.com/2000/12/11/people/
q_college/index.htm as saying 25 percent of college graduates leave their first
jobs within five years. Although the article cites a strong economy as one reason
for this situation, the fact remains that this trend continues to be a factor
for many businesses.

Assuming most college graduates are 22 or 23 (unless you are on the increasingly common
six-year schedule) five years will bring you close to 30 years old. You need
to be able to fire your boss, as stormy years are approaching for your career.

In "Die Broke" by Stephen M. Pollan and Mark Levine (Harper Business, First Edition,
1998), the authors deal with some facts many people don’t want to acknowledge:
There is no such thing as job security, and to seek such a position in today's
job market is useless and very frustrating.

"Die Broke" provides a great solution to this problem. Wherever you are, whatever
your age, “quit your job”…at least in your mind.

To quit—in your mind—just realize your job does not define you. It is simply a way
of making as much money as you can.

Constantly keep a current resume and do your networking in order to stay in the highest
paying job you can find. The authors call this the “Mercantile Ethic”;
you work simply to increase your earnings.

This is an excellent plan, but remember you become less able to do this after 35. Therefore,
your home-based business is a must for your future financial security.

Also, consider this chart showing the employment situation for each of the 50 states:

Current Unemployment Rates for States and Historical Highs/Lows

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Current Unemployment Rates for States and Historical Highs/Lows

Seasonally Adjusted

Mar. 2003p Historical High Historical Low

State Rate Date Rate Date Rate

ALABAMA 5.7 Dec. 1982 15.6 Aug. 1998 4.1

ALASKA 6.8 Aug. 1986 11.6 Nov. 1998 5.6

ARIZONA 5.9 Feb. 1983 11.7 Jan. 2001 3.7

ARKANSAS 5 Feb. 1983 10.5 Nov. 1999 4.2

CALIFORNIA 6.6 Feb. 1983 11 Feb. 2001 4.7

COLORADO 5.7 Oct. 1982 8.8 Jan. 2001 2.6

CONNECTICUT 5.2 Feb. 1992 8.2 Aug. 2000 2.1

DELAWARE 4.1 Jan. 1982 9.1 May-88 2.9

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 6.4 Jul-83 11.9 Nov. 1988 4.4

FLORIDA 5.3 Mar. 1983 9.7 Jul-00 3.5

GEORGIA 4.6 Dec. 1982 8.5 Mar. 2001 3.5

HAWAII 3.7 Sept. 1978 7.8 Jul-89 2.3

IDAHO 5.5 Jan. 1983 11.4 Jan. 2001 4.4

ILLINOIS 6.6 Dec. 1982 12.9 Apr. 2000 4.1

INDIANA 4.7 Nov. 1982 12.7 Sept. 2000 2.8

IOWA 4 Jan. 1983 8.9 Nov. 1999 2.3

KANSAS 4.7 Aug. 1982 7.5 Jun-78 2.7

KENTUCKY 5.7 Dec. 1982 12.6 Apr. 2000 3.8

LOUISIANA 6.3 Sept. 1986 13.6 Dec. 1999 4.7

MAINE 4.5 Feb. 1983 9.9 Jan. 2001 3.3

MARYLAND 4.5 Jan. 1982 8.7 Jan. 2000 3.5

MASSACHUSETTS 5.7 Jul-91 9.6 Aug. 2000 2.5

MICHIGAN 6.7 Nov. 1982 16.3 Mar. 2000 3.1

MINNESOTA 4.4 Feb. 1983 9.2 Apr. 1999 2.4

MISSISSIPPI 5.9 Feb. 1983 13.8 Feb. 1999 4.7

MISSOURI 4.8 Apr. 1983 10.6 Jan. 2000 2.9

MONTANA 4.2 Mar. 1983 9.2 Feb. 2003 4

NEBRASKA 3.7 Jan. 1983 7.1 Jun-90 2.1

NEVADA 5.5 Feb. 1983 11.6 Jun-78 3.7

NEW HAMPSHIRE 4.1 Jul-82 7.9 Mar. 1988 2.2

NEW JERSEY 5.9 May-92 9.4 Feb. 2001 3.4

NEW MEXICO 5.9 Feb. 1983 11.7 Mar. 2001 4.6

NEW YORK 6 Apr. 1983 9.2 Apr. 1988 3.9

NORTH CAROLINA 6 Feb. 1983 10 Jun-99 3

NORTH DAKOTA 3.7 May-86 6.7 Oct. 1997 2.3

OHIO 6.1 Jan. 1983 13.8 Mar. 2001 3.6

OKLAHOMA 5.1 May-83 9.7 Feb. 2000 2.9

OREGON 7.6 Jan. 1983 12.4 Mar. 1995 4.4

PENNSYLVANIA 5.8 Feb. 1983 13.1 Apr. 2000 4

RHODE ISLAND 5.3 Oct. 1982 10.9 May-88 2.7

SOUTH CAROLINA 5.9 Feb. 1983 11.7 Mar. 1998 3.3

SOUTH DAKOTA 3.2 Feb. 1983 6.3 Mar. 2000 1.9

TENNESSEE 4.8 Dec. 1982 12.8 Mar. 2000 3.7

TEXAS 6.7 Oct. 1986 9.4 Dec. 2000 3.8

UTAH 5.8 Apr. 1983 10.5 Mar. 1997 2.9

VERMONT 4.1 May-83 7.5 Jul-88 2.4

VIRGINIA 4.2 Mar. 1982 8 Jul-00 2.1

WASHINGTON 7 Nov. 1982 12.5 Nov. 1997 4.4

WEST VIRGINIA 5.7 Feb. 1983 19.5 Oct. 2001 4.7

WISCONSIN 5.5 Jan. 1983 12.7 Jun-99 2.8

WYOMING 4.1 Feb. 1987 10.7 Apr. 1979 2.2

Note: Data series begin in January 1978, except for California, where it begins
in January 1980.

Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Estimates for recent years are provisional
and will be revised when new benchmark and population information becomes available.
Historical highs and lows show the most recent month that a rate was recorded
in the event of multiple occurrences.

Last Modified Date: May 8, 2003

If you live in a state with 5.5 % unemployment or higher you will have difficulty
finding a new job.

There IS a better way!

There is a new business model made easier by Internet technology. It provides a way for
a person to devote a small amount of time each week and gradually build a business
with great flexibility in a few years. It has the power to provide an income
in six figures.

So, if your job is terminated, if you are laid off, if you become ill, or you just
get tired of the hassle, so what? You don’t need to work for anybody but
YOURSELF!

Everyone won’t have the vision to see how such a business really works. A doctor
or lawyer making perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars each year is likely
to scoff at anyone’s ability to spend a small amount, perhaps just $29.95
per month, to make any kind of serious income.

But many successful entrepreneurs have done just that.

How do you start a home-based business?

Excellent blueprints for success are right in your MoneyPak. There are interviews with
successful entrepreneurs who have appeared in past issues of SFI Magazine. These
may be viewed from your MoneyPak or online at IAHBE (www.iahbe.org) under the
MoneyPak section. Pick a month, and you’ll find archived interviews.

In Volume 5, No. 4, Charles Fuchs tells how he became a Diamond in Lifeforce International
in just five months. His best month at the time of the interview was $57,000.

The story of Jennifer Ambrose is in Volume 6, No. 1. Her business is Empowerism and she
was profitable after one month. At the time of her interview, her monthly income
was $20,000.

Gery Carson has written two books about great entrepreneurs. His latest one is "The
Home Business Revolution’s Greatest Entrepreneurs, Volume 2" (HBRGE),
Carson Services, Inc., 2003.

Joseph Lemire is interviewed in this book. Mr. Lemire represents Pre-Paid Legal Services.
Although he did not specifically say what he makes in a month, he did indicate
it’s about what many make in a year.

There are many other success stories in Gery’s HBRGE books and there will be more
to come as free book-of-the-month offers with your monthly MoneyPak. There’s
no need to re-invent the wheel. Study these interviews and fit their ideas into
your plan.

If you’re interested in one of the businesses you find here, contact the person mentioned.
They may not directly put you in their downline, but they will surely place
you where someone will be happy and able to help you get started.

There are more ideas about succeeding in a home-based business in “Stories About
People With Successful Home-Based Businesses” in the March, 2003, MoneyPak.
If you don’t have the CD, you can find it on the IAHBE
site.

There is an enormous amount of help available right here at the
IAHBE. Add the resources from SFI, and you have everything you need to succeed.
Use all of it.

If you are already older than 18, don’t hesitate. Start your plan to make your
own job and fire your boss whenever you want. It’s your key to financial survival.

SOURCES
Pollan, Stephen M., and Levine, Mark. Die Broke. Harper Business, First Edition, 1998.
RESOURCES
Home page of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Everything the government knows about employment—www.bls.gov/home.htm

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Article by Yank Elliott, MBA. Yank is a home-based entrepreneur and freelance business
writer in Belhaven, North Carolina, USA. His Website is www.furriwhalesworld.com.
He is currently a staff writer for
IAHBE. Contact Yank at globalbiz@furriwhalesworld.com