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Should I Drop Out of High School? ou're offering will soon realize you're just trying to make a buck by selling them things.Q. Should I drop out of High school? I am already 20 years of age. The reason I have been there so long is because I was constantly teased because of my looks. I want to be successful but I was always depressed because of all the teasing people made. Should I drop out? I want to be a successful businessman. (Mike)A. First of all, try to bear in mind Eleanor Roosevelt's words: "No one can make you feel inferior without your permission". People can tease, which is often hurtful, but do remember that whatever they say can only take root if you actually believe it yourself. If you have little self-love too, you will accept anything people say about you. So start believing in you as a wonderful, talented person and your life will begin to have --------- Free - "not costing or charging anything" While I like "free" as much as anybody I'll tell you right now that there's not much on the internet that's really "free"! We can get "free" websites, ebooks, reports, autoresponders, hosting, traffic, etc all without paying money for them. But we usually do have to give something in return - our email information. Because most people think of "free" as not costing money we can offer "free" items in exchange for their email address. And getting a list of those who accept "free" items is 1 of the basic building blocks for a successful online business. --------- List - "a series of email addresses to whom you have permission to send email Boost Your Direct Mail Response Rates with Mapping Technology When you were growing up did your parents teach you not to use 4-letter words?On Superbowl Sunday, Domino’s Pizza delivered more than 900,000 pizzas—and mapping technology helped. How do 60,000 pizza outlets serving 3 billion pizzas per year compete in an industry where reputations and dollars are dependent on "fast, hot and delivered to the door?" Global Positioning System (GPS) technology!Here's how you can use this great invention to increase your direct mail results--even if you've only got one store with local customers.GPS may be mapping from outer space, but desktop mapping technology can be a "weapon of mass destruction" for competitive marketers. With it, you can visualize your database information to see patterns that have a geographic component. For retailers and service businesses, that translates into "Which l Mine sure did. Oh, they didn't mean "all" 4-letter words, just a select few but those were a real no-no in my house. Well, today I am going to list 10 4-letter words that you should not only be using but should be living if you want your online business to succeed. ---------- Work - "sustained physical or mental effort to overcome obstacles and achieve an objective or result" While this is a word we would all like to get out of our vocabulary it's 1 that we can't avoid - especially when you're first starting your online business. There are no true "get rich" schemes or programs although there are many that make that offer. And it's true that someone does "get rich" with them - the ones who "worked" to set them up! --------- Time - " the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues" While we would all like less "work", we would like to have more "time" - there's just never enough of it! But in online businesses there is no such thing as "instant". Yes, there are those who promise "instant" results but the truth is - it takes "time" (sometimes a lot of it) to achieve those "instant" results. --------- Plan - "a method for achieving an end" Unfortunately, most people who start online business don't understand what a "plan" is or how to create one. We are all so busy learning and trying new things that we forget we need to map out the steps we need to take to build a successful online business. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, there are many ways to build a successful online business. The trick is identifying the 1 that will work for your business and then staying with it until you succeed. --------- Give - "to put into the possession of another for his or her use" Most of us have heard the saying, "It's better to give than receive." And it's true! To be a successful online business person we must continually give the best we have to offer. We must "give" quality information, products or services to prove our worth to potential customers. And if we provide something worthy of being shared, we can have our gift spread the word about our business (also known as viral marketing). --------- Sell - "to deliver something to another for money" Most people don't like to "sell" things. In fact, many of us have been taught to be wary of salespeople. It's because we don't want to "sell" that there are programs promising "no selling required." But before you leap to 1 of those offers, stop and think about it. If no one has to sell anything how can money be made? The sad fact is, you have to "sell" something to make money online. When you recommend products or services, when you make suggestions, when you negotiate partnerships, you're selling. So if your online business is to succeed, you must learn to sell! --------- Help - "to change for the better" Helping others is what it's all about! While a successful online business must sell things it must also provide information, products or services that "help" others. If you're not truly trying to "help" others those who get what you're offering will soon realize you're just trying to make a buck by selling them things. --------- Free - "not costing or charging anything" While I like "free" as much as anybody I'll tell you right now that there's not much on the internet that's really "free"! We can get "free" websites, ebooks, reports, autoresponders, hosting, traffic, etc all without paying money for them. But we usually do have to give something in return - our email information. Because most people think of "free" as not costing money we can offer "free" items in exchange for their email address. And getting a list of those who accept "free" items is 1 of the basic building blocks for a successful online business. --------- List - "a series of email addresses to whom you have permission to send email Apply Game Theory and Win New Business to set them up!The first book gives a good introduction into what Game Theory is and is clear and non-mathematical in covering the different aspects of Game Theory [1].In the second book the need to plan is the focus and the need to look at any competition as causing a conflict to the Strategy of winning [2] the desired contract. Taking different views and trying different approaches to reach an agreed winning Strategy and one that offers something different to the customer.With the third book Choice and Consequence [3] used to do an analysis on the Strategy and enable each element to be tested and tuned. This will require several iterations before the comfort factor is there.In book four is an alternative form of analysis that should enable different vi --------- Time - " the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues" While we would all like less "work", we would like to have more "time" - there's just never enough of it! But in online businesses there is no such thing as "instant". Yes, there are those who promise "instant" results but the truth is - it takes "time" (sometimes a lot of it) to achieve those "instant" results. --------- Plan - "a method for achieving an end" Unfortunately, most people who start online business don't understand what a "plan" is or how to create one. We are all so busy learning and trying new things that we forget we need to map out the steps we need to take to build a successful online business. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, there are many ways to build a successful online business. The trick is identifying the 1 that will work for your business and then staying with it until you succeed. --------- Give - "to put into the possession of another for his or her use" Most of us have heard the saying, "It's better to give than receive." And it's true! To be a successful online business person we must continually give the best we have to offer. We must "give" quality information, products or services to prove our worth to potential customers. And if we provide something worthy of being shared, we can have our gift spread the word about our business (also known as viral marketing). --------- Sell - "to deliver something to another for money" Most people don't like to "sell" things. In fact, many of us have been taught to be wary of salespeople. It's because we don't want to "sell" that there are programs promising "no selling required." But before you leap to 1 of those offers, stop and think about it. If no one has to sell anything how can money be made? The sad fact is, you have to "sell" something to make money online. When you recommend products or services, when you make suggestions, when you negotiate partnerships, you're selling. So if your online business is to succeed, you must learn to sell! --------- Help - "to change for the better" Helping others is what it's all about! While a successful online business must sell things it must also provide information, products or services that "help" others. If you're not truly trying to "help" others those who get what you're offering will soon realize you're just trying to make a buck by selling them things. --------- Free - "not costing or charging anything" While I like "free" as much as anybody I'll tell you right now that there's not much on the internet that's really "free"! We can get "free" websites, ebooks, reports, autoresponders, hosting, traffic, etc all without paying money for them. But we usually do have to give something in return - our email information. Because most people think of "free" as not costing money we can offer "free" items in exchange for their email address. And getting a list of those who accept "free" items is 1 of the basic building blocks for a successful online business. --------- List - "a series of email addresses to whom you have permission to send email Teach English in Japan ortunately, there are many ways to build a successful online business. The trick is identifying the 1 that will work for your business and then staying with it until you succeed.If you’ve recently graduated from school and are at a crossroads in the start of your career Teaching English in Japan might be worth looking into. Believe it or not the English language learning industry is a multi-billion dollar one that employs over 65,000 ESL teachers.What’s Needed to Teach In order to get a job teaching English in Japan, you will need to be a college graduate from any field – (sorry but 2 year degrees won’t cut it.) You pretty much also need to speak English at native level fluency. There are some that do find teaching jobs in Japan even though English is not their first language but this is more an exception to the rule.You will also need a working visa in order to work legally in the country. Most --------- Give - "to put into the possession of another for his or her use" Most of us have heard the saying, "It's better to give than receive." And it's true! To be a successful online business person we must continually give the best we have to offer. We must "give" quality information, products or services to prove our worth to potential customers. And if we provide something worthy of being shared, we can have our gift spread the word about our business (also known as viral marketing). --------- Sell - "to deliver something to another for money" Most people don't like to "sell" things. In fact, many of us have been taught to be wary of salespeople. It's because we don't want to "sell" that there are programs promising "no selling required." But before you leap to 1 of those offers, stop and think about it. If no one has to sell anything how can money be made? The sad fact is, you have to "sell" something to make money online. When you recommend products or services, when you make suggestions, when you negotiate partnerships, you're selling. So if your online business is to succeed, you must learn to sell! --------- Help - "to change for the better" Helping others is what it's all about! While a successful online business must sell things it must also provide information, products or services that "help" others. If you're not truly trying to "help" others those who get what you're offering will soon realize you're just trying to make a buck by selling them things. --------- Free - "not costing or charging anything" While I like "free" as much as anybody I'll tell you right now that there's not much on the internet that's really "free"! We can get "free" websites, ebooks, reports, autoresponders, hosting, traffic, etc all without paying money for them. But we usually do have to give something in return - our email information. Because most people think of "free" as not costing money we can offer "free" items in exchange for their email address. And getting a list of those who accept "free" items is 1 of the basic building blocks for a successful online business. --------- List - "a series of email addresses to whom you have permission to send email Salary & Rewards To Maximise Employee Retention any of us have been taught to be wary of salespeople.Many people consider poor salaries and rewards to be THE reason why people leave an employer. However, extensive research into why people leave jobs shows this not to be the case. There are a number of differing factors that explain why someone chooses to move on.But what is clear is that a team member’s dissatisfaction with pay is very often the catalyst for them to start looking. An individual may already be frustrated with a number of factors, but the financial factors typically act as the ‘trigger’ to update their CV and start applying for new positions.This means that getting your pay structure right really is a key aspect of retaining the right people.But when it comes to setting pay levels, it is not necessarily about “paying the It's because we don't want to "sell" that there are programs promising "no selling required." But before you leap to 1 of those offers, stop and think about it. If no one has to sell anything how can money be made? The sad fact is, you have to "sell" something to make money online. When you recommend products or services, when you make suggestions, when you negotiate partnerships, you're selling. So if your online business is to succeed, you must learn to sell! --------- Help - "to change for the better" Helping others is what it's all about! While a successful online business must sell things it must also provide information, products or services that "help" others. If you're not truly trying to "help" others those who get what you're offering will soon realize you're just trying to make a buck by selling them things. --------- Free - "not costing or charging anything" While I like "free" as much as anybody I'll tell you right now that there's not much on the internet that's really "free"! We can get "free" websites, ebooks, reports, autoresponders, hosting, traffic, etc all without paying money for them. But we usually do have to give something in return - our email information. Because most people think of "free" as not costing money we can offer "free" items in exchange for their email address. And getting a list of those who accept "free" items is 1 of the basic building blocks for a successful online business. --------- List - "a series of email addresses to whom you have permission to send email Beginning and Maintaining a Small Business - Part Two ou're offering will soon realize you're just trying to make a buck by selling them things.Congratulations on the decision to run your own business. As exciting as it is, there are so many things you need to be aware of. One of the biggest decisions is of course if you decide to have a partner, or more than one partner. There are pros and cons for what ever you decide. You just want to make sure what you decide is best for you. Make sure you are compatible with this person, that you two share in the same business way of thought and doing things.To decide if you need a partner make a 'for' and 'against' list. This makes it very easy for you to see the pros and cons, and to weigh the difference. After all, this is one of the biggest decisions you will make before you even open the doors.The most common reasons for having a partner are: T --------- Free - "not costing or charging anything" While I like "free" as much as anybody I'll tell you right now that there's not much on the internet that's really "free"! We can get "free" websites, ebooks, reports, autoresponders, hosting, traffic, etc all without paying money for them. But we usually do have to give something in return - our email information. Because most people think of "free" as not costing money we can offer "free" items in exchange for their email address. And getting a list of those who accept "free" items is 1 of the basic building blocks for a successful online business. --------- List - "a series of email addresses to whom you have permission to send email " If you haven't heard, "the money is in the list", then let me be the first to tell you. However, while there may be money in the list of those who've accepted your offer of a "free" gift, the successful online business person is collecting the emails of those who've made purchases because that's the "list" that produces all those "see how much I made" results. --------- Cost - "the amount or equivalent paid or charged for something" Have you noticed how everything seems to be getting more and more expensive? With the rise of gas prices we know why physical products are becoming more expensive but it seems to be affecting the cost of digital products too. True, there are many that equate high prices with quality and that's 1 of the reasons people charge for their products. (Of course they want to make money too.) The important thing to remember is that you must provide enough quality in your product that people will feel that they've received more than they've paid for and you must keep the price at a level where you'll make the most sales. --------- Cash -"money or its equivalent (as a check) paid for goods or services at the time of purchase or delivery" This is what most online business people are working so hard to get. And believe me, it's getting harder all the time otherwise there wouldn't be so many "big names" promoting each others products and so many articles being written about why you have to "buy things" to make money. However, while you are working to make some "cash" you have to remember what many have forgotten. You first have to have something that will "help" others and then "sell" it at a "cost" they can afford. --------- As you go out and build your online business you need to remember all 10 of these 4-letter words and what they mean. All of them are important and all of them are a vital part of every successful business. To Your Success, Susan Carroll FriendsWhoCare Newsletter
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