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Nov
8
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Tips for Using Article Marketing to Grow Your Business

Author Corrie     Category Home Based Business, Work At Home     Tags Tags: , , ,
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

There are a number of ways to advertise your business online including banner and button ads, text links, and social networking, but one way most people wouldn’t consider to be advertising is article marketing.

Article marketing is where you write articles and submit them to article directories for others to read. The advertising comes with the bio you include with your article. Your bio need to be directly related to the subject of your article. When you include direct links to your website your readers will click on them and search your site to see what you have to offer and how you can help them.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a coach, a direct sales rep, a virtual assistant, or an internet marketer you need article marketing in your business. Article marketing increases your exposure online, it shows your readers you’re an expert in your field, and it helps to build trust with your market. read more

Sep
28
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How to use Leads to Grow your Business

Author Corrie     Category Home Based Business, Work At Home     Tags Tags: , , ,
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

When you run a business from home it’s important you grow whenever it’s possible. Using the internet is one of the best ways to make that happen, but it won’t work if you don’t try every day to make it happen. You can use your website to make it all happen, but it’s important to know nothing will happen if you don’t promote your website.

Promoting your website can be done through social networking, online parties, and advertising through buttons, banners, and text ads. While those are traditional ways to grow your business, one non-traditional way to grow is to use leads. It’s becoming more and more popular and easier to use.

A lead is a person that is interested in what you offer. There are a number of ways to gather these leads, but it’s important to know how these leads are gathered and how they work before you use them. One of the most important things to understand with leads is unless you spend a large amount of money on them, you’re not the only one to purchase them. read more

Sep
7
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Growing your Business without the Kids at Home

Author Corrie     Category Work At Home     Tags Tags: , , , , , ,
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Now that school has started, you may find yourself having more time in the day to grow your business. You may think the time will be the same because you won’t be able to work late in the afternoon or in the evening because they’ll be home. What you need to consider is the time you have while they’re at school will be more productive because they won’t be with you needing your undivided attention.

The best thing you can do for yourself it to reorganize your business and set a plan in place to accomplish as much as you can during the hours they will be gone. The first thing I don’t want you to do is panic with the reorganize part. read more

Jul
23
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What can Outsourcing do for your Business?

Author Corrie     Category Home Based Business, Work At Home     Tags Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Friday, July 23rd, 2010

When you first started your business, did you have a dream of it becoming very successful? With 24 hours in a day, that won’t happen if you’re the only one working it. You’ll reach a higher level of success at some point in your business, but if you’re the only one working it, that success is going to stall and you won’t be able to grow.

When this happens, it’s time to hire a team. Outsourcing is not a bad thing. In fact, it will help you grow your business to levels that would never have been possible on your own. You can only do so much in a day and that’s why your growth will stop. Your team will basically add more time to your day even though it won’t be your day.

Your team can include one person or it can include a half dozen or more. The main thing to remember is outsourcing everything you can will give you time to do more things that can’t be outsourced. read more

Jul
19
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4 Tips for Growing your Business while on Vacation

Author Corrie     Category Home Based Business, Work At Home     Tags Tags: , , , , , ,
Monday, July 19th, 2010

When you own a business, it’s your responsibility to market your business. If you don’t do it, nobody will, so you must work on that task all the time. Taking a vacation is a wonderful thing, but it can be difficult on your business. Since you won’t be there to market it, you likely won’t see growth.

When you go on vacation, you want to get away from everything. All the cares and problems in the world are supposed to be left at home. Growing your business won’t be a problem and it will be easy to do. You won’t really have to think much about it when you’re prepared before you go.

Here are somethings you can do to market your business while you’re site seeing and visiting new places. read more

Jul
15
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Will your Business Grow when you on Vacation?

Author Corrie     Category Home Based Business, Work At Home     Tags Tags: , , , , , ,
Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Imagine this… You decide to go on vacation and nothing happens while you’re gone. You don’t have articles being approved, you don’t have blog posts scheduled throughout the time you’re gone, and you’re not visible on your social networking sites. More then likely your check will be short and you won’t have enough money to pay your bills.

Now imagine this…You decide to go on vacation and you prepare the weeks before you go. You write articles and submit them to your directories, you write and schedule blog posts, and you schedule posts for your social networking sites. During the time you’re gone you’re keeping all of your customers happy and you’re making money all month long. It’s a great month because you worked so hard and you planned accordingly.

Now I don’t know about you, but if I was in this situation I would much rather have the second scenario go on then the first. Now, do you know how to make it happen? Here is a list of tips you should use. read more

Jul
14
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When is a few Businesses too Many?

Author Corrie     Category Home Based Business, Work At Home     Tags Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Some people think one business is enough, but others have a different opinion of that. They think if they’ve worked their business for a few months and they’re not making enough money to meet their needs, they need to add more businesses to their list. While that may work for some people, most of the time it’s not a good thing to do.

The reason for this is you don’t have enough time to work the business in the way it needs to be run to see success. If you have two or three businesses that you’re running, you may be ok, but if you add more then that, you’ll find you can’t do what it takes to grow all of them in the right way.

The more businesses you work, the less time you’re going to have to advertise, market, and do what it takes to grow. If you work businesses that require parties or meetings and you have more then a couple, it will not work. You need to spend the time required to reach success. read more

Jun
17
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Suggestions for Working your Business in the Summer

Author Corrie     Category Home Based Business, Work At Home     Tags Tags: , , , ,
Thursday, June 17th, 2010

June 21st is the official first day of summer. In some locations, the summer heat is already here while in other places it hasn’t quite arrived yet. When summer hits, a lot of people take vacations or spend time with family and friends.

When this time of year comes a long, people tend to have a problem working their business. This problem can hit both sides of your business. If you schedule appointments, have parties, or call requesting product orders, you may have a problem getting a hold of people. The same goes for you working the business. If you want to go on vacation or spend time with the family, you may find it’s hard to sit down and work.

There are several things you can do during the summer so your business will grow and you’ll still have fun. You can use all of these or just a few. Whatever works for you is what you need to do. read more

Jun
15
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3 Ways to Build your Business with Facebook

Author Corrie     Category Home Based Business, Work At Home     Tags Tags: , , , , ,
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Social networking is a good way to grow your business. Facebook is one way to grow and you’ll find you enjoy using it as well. There are a number of ways you can grow when you use Facebook. Here are the top 3 you should consider.

1. Profile page

When you use your Facebook profile page, not only is it visible on your page, but your posts will also be visible on the home page. This means everybody that follows you will see it there as well. A lot of people use the home page to see what’s going on. If something is interesting to them, they’ll visit the profile page.

Another advantage to your profile page is the abilities you have. When you make a post, if you use a link it will be clickable. If you add pictures to your site or blog, you’ll see those come up in your post. Pictures draw people in, so it’s a good idea to use them whenever you can. read more

May
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Will your Business be Stable if you take a Vacation?

Author Corrie     Category Home Based Business, Work At Home     Tags Tags: , , , ,
Friday, May 7th, 2010

As a small business owner, you know that your business won’t grow if you don’t work it. You may feel you will never be able to take a vacation. If you plan and prepare ahead of time you’ll be able to take a vacation any time you want.

If you own a direct sales business or you run a coaching busienss or any other type of business that only grows when you work it, then you know you won’t grow if you don’t work. That’s why you need to prepare your business ahead of time.

If you plan to take a vacation for just a few days, then more then likely you’ll be ok, but if you plan to take more then a week, you’ll need to work your business a little harder during the weeks before you go.

Here are three of the many things you’ll need to do a head of time so you’re prepared when your vacation comes. read more

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