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Monday, June 7, 2010

Home Based Business For Women

MLM marketing is a good opportunity for a home based business for women. With a little bit of time and effort women are staying at home and running their own home based business.

Like hundreds of thousands of stay-at-home moms, you too can make money from the comfort and safety of your own home, all while your toddler sleeps, while you do laundry, even while on vacation with your family.

Never in history has it been easier for women to make money online. And never before have busy moms had such a viable, legitimate opportunity to start their very own business and achieve the financial freedom they previously only dreamed about.

Working out of the home often means juggling multiple tasks and wearing many hats.

But look out.

When there is so much to do that there is little time left over for sales and marketing activity, sales can dry up and often do.

Here are some ways to avoid that.

1. Monthly Focus – Each month, grab your calendar and see which holidays are coming up. Then focus some type of activity around them. At least minimally, setup a direct mail campaign through the U.S. Post Office site (usps.com) in these quick steps:

Choose one of their postcards.

With their online tools, edit the back with a quick note, sale of some type & referral request.

Load an Excel document of addresses, pay and send.

2. Ad Campaign - Plan ahead with advertising representatives by gathering their media kits and asking about special deals or rates they may have for you. Then follow up and plan a 12- to 16-month campaign, even if it’s just a small classified that runs regularly.

That way you’ll always be covered whether you’re too busy to care or not. You can always supplement with cross-promotional pieces. But at least, set up a foundation to get you through the year.

For inexpensive ads to run throughout the year, check out neighborhood newspapers and free or cheap magazines and papers that are placed inside public libraries, large grocery stores and country-type restaurants. PennySavers and Thrifty Ads are other sources.

3. Regular Income Stream - Don’t just have all large projects. Set up a few (or several, depending upon your budget needs) smaller, regular income-producing projects to generate weekly / monthly income. And maintain a steady flow as much as possible. In other words, if five regular, smaller jobs pay the day-to-day bills, once one of them quits or runs out of work for you, replace it as soon as possible so that you maintain your steady ‘five’ as much as possible.

Some people setup affiliate programs in this manner; selling something for someone else and earning a percentage or profit for selling. They target so much income from one source of revenue stream to cover a certain portion of expenses.

And if this runs out of steam, they beef up promotions or switch to another affiliate program. Learn more about affiliate options from a place like Commission Junction (cj.com). Or in your favorite search engine, type in ‘affiliate programs’ and see which ones are popular.

Online Home Business....

Team-Schuman.com is a online home business that helps other people make money on the internet with their own home business. The program I make the most money with every month is My World Plus. I will give you a short review of it so you can decide if you want to join me.

I joined My World Plus in the middle of August 2009 when my brother sent me an email and asked me to take a look at it. There were several things I liked about it and ultimately I decided to join under him.

Right from the very beginning I made money offering the program to other people. I found they had an excellent marketing system and they had an excellent retail product to help people save money on shopping.

The My World Plus program is built around saving money on shopping in three ways.

make money online business graphic1. You get a discount card you can use at retail stores such as Starbucks, Burger King, Radio Shack, Subway, hotels, and much more. Thousands of locations worldwide accept it.

2. You get your own shopping mall with over 200 online stores to shop at. You earn rebate points when you shop that can be used for future purchases.

3. You get grocery coupons to save money on groceries every month.

As you can see saving money is very easy to do because you are spending money on these sorts of things all the time anyway.

How do I make money?

make money online business graphicFrom a home business opportunities stand point My World Plus has some really unique features. For every new member you sign up you earn $25 in a retail bonus. You also earn retail bonuses on member’s three levels underneath you and this can really add up to hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month.

These are paid every week and I can tell you that the checks come like clockwork. My weekly retail bonus check is in my mailbox every Tuesday.

MyWorldPlus cost $69.95 to join and then the monthly fee is $19.95. A percentage of this is paid back to the distributors in the form retail bonuses and a mlm pay plan called vertical acceleration. All you need to know about that is you will get thousands of people under you very quickly. I already have a downline of over 3,000 people.

You can cancel your membership at anytime so you do not have to worry about being tied into a long term contract if you ever want to quit.

How do you get paid?

Members in the United States and Canada are paid by check. International members have to purchase a Global Exchange debit card for $10 and then you are paid directly into it. You can withdraw your funds at ATM's all over the world.

How many countries is MyWorldPlus in?

They are in over 150 countries giving you a world wide opportunity. The savings on shopping is mostly from U.S. stores although there are stores in countries all around the world. From an International standpoint you want to concentrate on building your online home business to really benefit from this program.

What if I do not have any experience?

MyWorldPlus offers excellent training every week. You can access live training by phone or go online to the training area and listen and read archived training online.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

How to Start a Forex Day Trading Business From Home

Instructions
Things You'll Need:

* Currency training High-speed connection Internet broker account

1.
Step 1

Start an online course that provides integrated online trading techniques with basic currency education. ForexTrading.com offers students a free demo of their forex training programs, covering topics that include how to analyze forex markets, the fundamentals of trading and how to control risk.
2.
Step 2

Open an account through the same website where you trained, and begin making small trades, also known as mini trades. Other popular sites that offer forex training and trade portals geared toward newcomers to the industry include the Forex Club and FX Bootcamp.
3.
Step 3

Register with an online broker, such as Forex Booker, to avoid having to download software platforms, deposit advances into trading accounts and keep a filing system of all your trades. Brokers provide these services for a commission or a straight account maintenance fee. Forex brokers can act as technical advisers and administrators for your business, leaving you free to study the markets and make trade decisions.
4.
Step 4

Participate in forex blogs and forums, such as Babypips.com and Forex Blog.org, to keep up with news affecting foreign currency and political climates that affect trade. Subscribe to a variety of information feeds and newsletters to stay updated on movement in the international currency markets, Wall Street reactions to political activity and financial reports from banking and financial institutions.
5.
Step 5

Continue with your online education to gain a solid understanding of foreign markets, international trends and financial accounting practices. An undergraduate degree in finance or Master of Business Administration (MBA) can increase your odds of success in forex trading.

Learn All About Forex Business

Important:

I have seen some people in different forums who advertise their EBook or some other thing where they offer to tell the secret of making lot of money via doing forex business.

I would like to tell you that: forex business is one of riskiest businesses that you can find on the internet these days.

If someone tells you that: forex business is a one way road to becoming a rich man and there are only profits and no losses: then I am afraid to tell you that this person is not telling the truth.

People lose lot of money in this business. You can either earn money or you can lose it.

Also, this business is not free to start: that is, you will be required to invest some amount of money, in order to start this business. In case you are only interested in free online money making opportunities, then you can go here to find more information:

Money Making Opportunities

What Is Forex Business?

Forex business involves selling/buying of different currencies. People invest money in banks, stock market etc, forex business is just like that.

People can buy foreign currencies online these days. There are online forex trading softwares that we can use to trade currencies.

This business can also be done offline. We can find money exchange companies from where we can buy/sell currency. However, trading online is much more comfortable way of doing this business.

Different currencies rate go up and down. We need to do some market analysis to determine which currency is best to invest money in.

In forex business, we give one currency to buy another one.

What factors influence currency rates?

Political situation

Economic situation

Supply and demand

Rumors

And etc.

There are many factors that can cause a change in a currency rates.

How to do forex business?

First of all, you will have to get an online forex account. You can get one here: Online Forex Account

Now, before you trade any currencies, remember that, many new comers in this business lose lot of money and they learn this business the hard way.
You should not trade until you have done lot of research about the currency you want to buy.

One political statement can have a big impact on a particular currency.

You have to be aware of political events: look at the economy and other things that can influence currency rates.

You can either buy or sell a currency. If you buy a currency, then you will get profit if this currency rate increases and if you sell [go short] a currency, then you will gain profit if the rate goes down.

We all know that political scenarios and economic situations can change very quickly. One bankruptcy announcement from a major company can have a big influence.

You can never be sure that the trade you are doing will give you profits in the end.

Have I done any forex business myself?

Yes, I have done this business a little bit myself. But I did not traded currencies online: instead, I have done the trades at a foreign exchange companies.

What I traded?

I had few thousand Pounds which I traded with Pakistani Rupees when the rate was:

1 British Pound = 118 Pakistani Rupees

After few days, I saw the Pound rate down at about Rs.113. At this level, I thought maybe I should invest my money back in Pounds. There was no guarantee that the rate of pound will go up again.

The rate could go further down or could go up again.

So I decided to do this investment and was willing to take this risk.

After few weeks, the rate of pound reached approximately Rs.118 again. That is when I again traded pound with Pak rupee.

I am currently monitoring the market and I think I will invest my money in the currency which will be weaker against US dollar. And when/if that currency gets stronger against US Dollar, I will trade that currency to get some profit.

But it is very much possible that the currency I buy will get further weaker against US Dollar instead of getting stronger. And if I will need my money for some reason, then I will have to trade it and will lose money instead of gaining any profit.

If you want to make money with forex business, then it is possible if you are willing to properly understand all the factors involved in this business and also understand that this work is extremely risky.

Do not invest money until you have done proper and thorough market analysis.

I have seen some online companies that offer a free forex practice account. You can join such program in order to see if you really can do this business or not.

You will be able to trade in forex, 24 hours a day and 5 days a week.

Steps to Starting an Online SEO Business

Starting an SEO business is easy but finding clients who are willing to engage you to bring their site high in the search engine rankings is not easy. While starting your own online SEO business is an exciting new adventure as it offers you the opportunity to work online with new business and meet new challenges, it also requires hard work and great concentration, research and marketing.

One of the many aspects of running an SEO business is finding clients and how to keep encourage them to trust you with their websites and to increase their sale and traffic.

This article brings you some steps, tips nd lessons on how to start your online SEO business and how to attract people to your venture.

Get a Website or a Blog
To start an online SEO business, you will need a platform from where you can offer your service and a website and a blog is a must. Having a website or a blog is the fastest and easiest way to attract clients and get business. Make a simple but attractive and easy to use blog or website that has services and contact us page and offers a detailed overview of what you can do for your clients.

Give your complete contact information including phone n umber and email address so that clients can easily get in touch with you and ask about your services and what you can do for their website and business.

Optimize Your Website or Blog
It is also important that once you have got a website or a blog for your SEO business, you optimize it so that it comes highest in the search engine ranking when peoples search for SEO providing companies.

Once you have set up a website or blog, create a list of SEO related keywords for reference so that when you write content, it full of targeted words to drive traffic to your business. You can write an article or blog for each keyword to get maximum attention from the reader and ensure that everyone looking for a search engine optimization service provider lands on your website or blog.

Make sure that the articles you write are useful, helpful, interesting and create an entrance page for potential customers to find you through search engine results. To make your blog or website more interesting, you can also add images related to the SEO to enhance readability.

Target Local Businesses First
The first step to starting an online SEO business is to target local businesses first. If you need some quick clients, you will have to find them yourself and what better way than to target people who are near you whom you can talk to or convince to try your service.

You can contact these businesses by approaching them, telling them about your SEO services and offering to optimize their online business for better results. You can also offer to analyze their website and check for simple things such as title and header tags, content needs, back links, etc. and write up a few points for each business and tell them what optimize and target content, keywords and links can do for their online bsuiness and offer them a few tips tp help them.

Be sure to do your homework on local businesses and know things that could motivate them to engage your SEO services for their business.

Start Networking
Networking is very important to establish your online SEO service, to make new contacts and to get recognized as an established and reputed business. Attend SES New York and PubCon along with other SEO conferences and workshops as they are attended by SEO experts as well as the interested businessmen.

You will be able to get your business introduced and able to make some friends who will pass along their clients to a reliable SEO service.
The above mentioned steps for starting an online SEO business have been formulated keeping in the mind the competitive and the need to succeed in the growing field of SEO. You can also have a successful and profitable online SEO business by having good contacts, targeting the right businesses and using your website and blog to promote yourself.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Business Ideas For Women

How many women out there wish they had more time for their kids, parents, husband, or themselves? This section of our site deals with business ideas for women.

How many times has that same woman been engaged in their favorite hobby, and say: "If only I could make a living with..."?

Then, the woman goes back to her 9-5 job, and further distresses because her boss doesn't understand that her kid is sick, or ignores her for a deserved promotion.

"Women in business" is not a taboo idea anymore. So, why are we still sitting around working for someone else; when we could be incorporating one of the many business ideas?

What You Need
Starting as a home based business mom is actually a rather simple process. All you need is the drive to search out business ideas for women, the courage to act on the idea, creative ingenuity to thrive, and the will to succeed with that idea.

Once you muster up those things, you are well on your way to being a woman in business or one of the many work at home moms. From there, you have the flexibility to work how you want, when you want. Now is the time to decide if you want to start an internet business, community based business, or home based business.

You should also decide how much time you are going to devote to your “business ideas for women” idea. The amount of time that you are willing to devote should play a large role in what type of home based business you start.

What Is The Business
There is an array of things that even the most novice business woman can thrive at. Some general ideas to get your creative process rolling: makeup sales, internet consignment, bed and breakfast, greenhouse, jewelry making, pet spa, candle making, event planner, candy making, etc...

The ideas are only limited by your imagination. If the product or service has a market, and you can provide a quality service within that market, then you have a viable idea.

The following is a list that showcases some of our more popular business ideas for women:

•Start a recruiting business
•Make custom slipcovers
•Start a diaper delivery service
•Become a doula
•Learn to become a makeup artist
•Become a midwife
•Start a nanny service
•Become a shoe designer
•Sell cosmetics from your home
•Open a bridal shop
•Start a beauty salon
•Start your own clothing line
•Start a modeling agency
•Open a party rental business
•Offer linen and laundry services
•Sell makeup online
•Rent party tents
•Start an association management business
•Open a tea shop
•Offer time management training

Online Business Ideas

1. Million Dollar Homepage

1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel – that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.

2. PickyDomains

Hire another person to think of a cool domain name for you? No way people would pay for this. Actually, naming domain names for others turned out a thriving business, especially, when you make the entire process risk free. PickyDomains currently has a waiting list of people who want to PAY the service to come up with a snappy memorable domain name. PickyDomains is expected to hit six figures this year. Full Story


3. Doggles

Create goggles for dogs and sell them online? Boy, this IS the dumbest idea for a business. How in the world did they manage to become millionaires and have shops all over the world with that one? Beyond me.

4. LaserMonks

LaserMonks.com is a for-profit subsidiary of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank, an eight-monk monastery in the hills of Monroe County, 90 miles northwest of Madison. Yeah, real monks refilling your cartridges. Hallelujah! Their 2005 sales were $2.5 million! Praise the Lord. Full Story


5. AntennaBalls

You can’t sell antenna ball online. There is no way. And surely it wouldn’t make you rich. But this is exactly what Jason Wall did, and now he is now a millionaire. Full Story


6. FitDeck

Create a deck of cards featuring exercise routines, and sell it online for $18.95. Sounds like a disaster idea to me. But former Navy SEAL and fitness instructor Phil Black reported last year sales of $4.7 million. Surely beats what military pays.

7. PositivesDating.Com

How would you like to go on a date with an HIV positive person? Paul Graves and Brandon Koechlin thought that someone would, so they created a dating site for HIV positive folks last year. Projected 2006 sales are $110,000, and the two hope to have 50,000 members by their two-year mark.

8. Designer Diaper Bags

Christie Rein was tired of carrying diapers around in a freezer bag. The 34-year-old mother of three found herself constantly stuffing diapers for her infant son into freezer bags to keep them from getting scrunched up in her purse. Rein wanted something that was compact, sleek and stylish, so in November 2004, she sat down with her husband, Marcus, who helped her design a custom diaper bag that's big enough to hold a travel pack of wipes and two to four diapers. With more than $180,000 in sales for 2005, Christie's company, Diapees & Wipees, has bags in 22 different styles, available online and in 120 boutiques across the globe for $14.99.

9. SantaMail

Ok, how’s that for a brilliant idea. Get a postal address at North Pole, Alaska, pretend you are Santa Claus and charge parents 10 bucks for every letter you send to their kids? Well, Byron Reese sent over 200000 letters since the start of the business in 2001, which makes him a couple million dollars richer. Full Story


10. Lucky Wishbone Co.

Fake wishbones. Now, this stupid idea is just destined to flop. Who in the world needs FAKE PLASTIC wishbones? A lot of people, it turns out. Now producing 30,000 wishbones daily (they retail for 3 bucks a pop) Ken Ahroni, the company founder, expects 2006 sales to reach $1 million.

Starting a Fashion Business

Getting Paid to Dress People and Make Them Feel Good
Envision getting paid to dress people and make them feel good. You work with the most talented and creative people in the industry. Your name is franchised internationally; you can find it on billboards all over subway stations.

You hang out with the world’s most stylish people; some are celebrities, some are ordinary people with discriminating tastes. More importantly, you earn a six, or even, seven-figure income annually.

While there are only 18 haute couturiers worldwide acknowledged by the Syndical Chamber of Haute Couture in Paris and only a few designers have the privilege to operate showrooms or boutiques on Manhanttan’s Seventh Avenue, you can be successful as a fashion designer regardless of where you live and whether or not you graduated from fashion school

What if you have never worn “designer” clothing before? Of course, you are stylish but you cannot afford to wear an evening dress designed by Yves St. Laurent nor a pair of jeans by Donna Karan.

You may even ask, “Can a person whose apparel collection comes from neighborhood department stores, who doesn't live in New York City and didn't go to fashion school become a fashion designer?” The answer is a definite yes.

Despite the misconception that designer clothes are very highly priced, every piece of apparel is, in fact, designed by a designer. More than 95% of fashion designers work outside the small circle of haute couturiers and international fashion houses.

A fashion designer is a creative and technical professional who designs clothing within a specific theme for a specific purpose and a specific market.

Here are some examples of what a fashion designer creates, which range from everyday clothes to precious metal jewelry in various prices, shapes and sizes:

T-shirts
Evening dresses
Jackets
Socks
Career suits
Baby outfits
Denims
Maternity clothes
Hats
Jogging clothes
Bandanas and scarves
Umbrellas
Glass bead jewelry
Shorts
Swimsuits
Beach wears
Uniforms
Shoes

There are several career paths in this field that you can choose based on your strengths and interests. You’re not restricted to become an haute couturier or to work with one.

Some of the career paths to choose from:

Creative Designer
Technical Designer
Sketcher
Cutter
Pattern Maker
Textile Designer

Types of employers you can work with include:

Textile Manufacturer
Apparel Manufacturer
Fashion Studio Owner
Haute Couturier
Men’s Tailor
Retailer
Trend Consultant

Editor-in-Chief Jennie S. Bev talked to many fashion professionals, including successful designers, professors and trend consultants to provide you with the best and the most comprehensive self-study guidebook filled with insider information, tips and advice for breaking into and succeeding as a fashion designer.


Five-time Coty Award winner Alexander Julian
interviewed in this eGuide

Among them are:

A five-time Coty Award winner (the “Oscar” of the fashion industry)
A designer who has her own TV show
A dean of an internationally-recognized fashion school
A New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology cum laude graduate
A home-based women's apparel designer and manufacturer whose products are sold in 110 retailers nationwide
A designer and manufacturer of upscale men's hosiery who did not have any formal fashion training or business contacts prior to entering the business. His products are now sold in exclusive retail stores throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.

About the Author

Jennie S. Bev is THE fashion and image career expert, whose reputation has been acknowledged by prestigious media
internationally. She has been profiled and mentioned in Entrepreneur, Teen People, Canadian Business, Home Business, Dong (France), San Francisco Chronicle, The Independent, Daily Southtown, The Arizona Republic, Femina (Asia) and Dewi (Asia).

Editor-in-Chief Jennie S. Bev was named 2003 EPPIE Award finalist in Non-Fiction How To category for excellence in electronic publishing. She has published over 40 books and 900 articles in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany and Southeast Asia. She is also a college professor based in San Francisco Bay Area.

Jennie's career as a fashion writer has earned her the prestigious offer to act as a member of the judging panel for the Indie Fashion Award Festival in New York City. The contest is conducted annually by Bright and Aspiring Designers (BAD Expo), a non-profit organization that supports new independent fashion designers