Working From Home To Make More Money - A Guest Article
Jul 28, 2007 Prosperity, Success
I came across this article online and I thought that you may enjoy it. It has been reprinted with permission so don’t worry about the copy write violations.
Online businesses as a tool to make more money from home have become very popular these days. But contrary to what the marketing email virals tell you, not every online business succeeds. There is actually nothing like ‘100% guaranteed success’. Nor is it humanly possible to double your wealth within 24 hours. So it is not advisable for everyone to give up his or her present occupation in order to make more money at home.
If you are not convinced, why don’t you invest in stocks of business giants like Microsoft etc, and see for yourself? Can they help you in doubling your money within 24 hours? If these biggies of the virtual world cannot do it, how can you hope to create unlimited wealth in a short span of time? It requires sustained effort and patience to make more money than what you earn now.
Sustained Effort: If you are looking for an online business opportunity as an alternative to working long hours at your job, you need to rethink. Working for hours on the computer is a pre-requisite for you to be able to make more money online.
Patient Learning: Since you are new to this domain, you’ll have to invest a lot of time in learning new things. Many online tutorials are available for free on the web. But for you to actually make more money, while sitting at home, you need to patiently learn and grow your business.
Is It Possible To Make More Money Online?
Even though it sounds too good to be true, it is possible to get rich while working from home. The simple reason is that when you work for yourself, your motivation levels are much higher as compared to when you work for an employer. The first step for you to begin to make more money is gathering information. Before you begin your online business, you should weigh the pros and cons of all the available models. Your chosen business should be able to hold your interest so that it can be done on a long-term basis.
Pointers For Success
• Look for inspiration. Don’t just read stories, but look for real people around you who have made online work a success. Try to learn from these people.
• Choose a model that you are sure will work. Look for business models that you come across in your life, and choose one that you have seen being successful.
• Be innovative. You cannot succeed by copying what others are doing. You have to better the competition, so look for new and interesting ways to beat them.
Perseverance is very important. If you don’t succeed at first, don’t just give up. Remember, Rome was not built in a day. Your business will make more money if you put in sustained efforts over a period of time. Don’t let the fear of failure stop you from trying to change your life.
Prosperity - Knowing What We Already Have In Abundance
Jul 23, 2007 Prosperity
There are many things that strike our mind when we think of prosperity. Some people think about gaining loads of money. Having power may seem more important to some others. Even if you only think about owning a large piece of land, then too all these are self-centered dreams of prosperity. If we look into the Webster’s dictionary then it defines ‘prosperity’ as “the condition of being successful or thriving, especially, economic well-being”. Most of us make the mistake of only remembering the words “economic well being” for this definition.
Think In Spiritual Terms
Then, what is the right path to reach the prosperity we all desire in our lives? For this, we all should think in spiritual terms and discard our old opinions about prosperity. When you start thinking in this way you will become a completely different person. There will be a radical change in your approach toward life. You will start thinking in a positive manner.
Taking The First Step
The first step in the direction of reaching prosperity is to see what good things you already possess. This is the way we start recognizing prosperity. This is also the way of attracting prosperity towards us. How do you feel good right from the morning when your day begins? Many times we already have good things required for prosperity but we do not see them in our pursuit for more.
Changing Our Old Habits
How can you change these old thought patterns that stop you from being receptive to new ideas coming your way regarding prosperity? Not only are these old ideas obstructing your imagination power but also stopping you from taking risks and becoming courageous. One sure method of bringing a upswing in our attitude is to start recognizing the magical moments in our life. According to a famous coach Anthony Robbins, magical moments are in abundance in the life of every person but only few are able to recognize them to enjoy life in a better way.
Recall Two Or Three Good Moments Everyday
What can you do to instantly experience these magical moments in your life? First of all you should understand their importance and believe that you are not going to accomplish prosperity in its real sense without them. You can try to recall two or three of such moments every day before going to the bed at night. Then soon you will start enjoying it like a game. Start recording these moments in a diary. After sometime you will start to wonder how much you have already with you that escaped your notice earlier.
Built In Niche
Jul 19, 2007 Topic Building, Visualize, Writing
As an Internet Entrepreneur I am constantly looking for a Niche. That is a very specific area of expertise, of a sales market, or of a service. Professionals make me jealous. They already have a built in niche. They are already an expert in a narrow field, and in a field that most people don’t have the time to learn, or the time to figure out one little specific detail to get a task done and then forget it the next day. Maybe I should give an example.
A good painter is hard to come by. With the advent of home renovation and the flat line of the real estate market people are instead doing a lot of home renovation, and home improvement jobs. I my self have painted (inside and out) many houses in my time. In painting these houses I found out a few things. It is boring, it takes a lot of time, the detail work is really difficult to get right, and I have no idea how to pick out complement
ary colors. I really am not exaggerating. I don’t have the patients for painting. I do a great job in a square room, but give me some detail work, or some trim to paint. I am not so good.
Lets say that a good painter comes along with a little Internet savvy. If they set up a blog about painting your house, about lets say specifically painting your living room. How to set it up, tools needed, colors to choose, drop cloth placement, and all the little details about how to do this. At the bottom he or she gives a little plug about how he is a professional painter, and gives some details on how to hire him to paint.
Targeting himself in a very specific way will give credibility to him self, will begin to get a customer base of people who are renovators, or do it yourselfers, or whatever. They get a few tips, and begin to realize that they have a big project coming up and they really don’t have any idea what is going on, or how to do it. So they come to you and hire you to get their big job done. Of course they are amazed that it only takes you a couple of hours where it would take them all day, or maybe even two.
The niches are endless, and those who are already doing it are losing out not creating a website that has great information on there to make themselves look even more like a total expert.
Time Management – Saving time by working hard
Jul 15, 2007 Organization, Prosperity, Time Management
Time is the most precious thing that we have. In a typical hourly job the more we work the more money we earn. But the more we work the less we have time. For me it is the time that is important. But guess what the reason that you are your own boss and you are a professional is that you have time. So take that time and use it wisely.
In setting up your blog you are going to do some work for a little while and then get paid. How you get paid will be shown through later blogs. But for today I want to talk about how you can do work now, and get paid later.
When you do work for yourself you make more money. That is the type of business you are in. Now by using the Internet you can do work once and make money over and over again. Here is how it works:
People surf the Internet at all times, morning, afternoon, night, it does not matter, you can’t possibly be doing work all that time, and I hope that you don’t want to. So by writing a good quality tip, some good quality information, or a great marketing piece that will get people to want to search you out and use your services you are essentially making money for doing work once. You only have to write the article once, and it makes money for you for months.
Why months? If you are marketing yourself right, you are continually growing your business. Through growing your business you are getting more and more clients, and more and more word of mouth spread advertising. As you reach more and more people, and more and more people talk about you they will be coming to your blog. Your blog will be always stored with WordPress, and if they like what you have to say, they will be reading your back dated blog. Your work that you did a long time ago will pay off forever, as long as you have new clients, and people coming to your site.
Your Notebook
Jul 12, 2007 Idea Building, Success
I just wanted to write a quick tip about keeping a notebook with you. I will probably end up repeating this over and over since I really believe in this one.
You need to keep a little notebook with you at all times. This serves to have somewhere to write and record your ideas. If you have the mind of an Entrepreneur or a good businessperson you will be flooded with ideas all the time. You can’t possibly remember all the good ideas that you get so get writing, carry a little journal or notebook in your pocket all the time. Here is a picture of the one I carry
Look I am so geeky that I even labeled it Ideas.
I know that if you are a beginning entrepreneur, or if you are just getting started in expanding and growing your business you feel a little nervous about what people may think. There are two ways that they can think about this:
First they can say ‘what are you doing writing things down in that stupid notebook’. Well you know what, they are the stupid ones so don’t mind them.
Second they can say ‘Whoa what is that. A notebook for ideas, what a great idea, I should get me one of those thingys’. Now you look like the businessperson that has it all together, and you know what, you do.
Get one of these, or anything that works for you. I don’t go with the leather bound fancy pocket journal because I lose them all the time. Get what works for you.
What and When to Write
Jul 9, 2007 Idea Building, Organization, Topic Building, Writing
WordPress is great, you can write whatever you want whenever you want. Lets do the whenever first. By using the simple Post Timestamp on the lower right hand side of the Write Post page you can change the day that the article that you just wrote will post. This is an excellent tool. I am no English major, nor am I even a good writer. When I get inspired to write I just have to sit down and do it. I may bust out two or three articles in one sitting, then not get inspired to do so again for a week or two. Using the Post Timestamp lets me spread those articles out and seem to have a constantly updating site. What a great tool.
Now what to write. This is the hard one for most of us non writing types of people, but lets face it, even if we want to be a hermit in todays world we need to communicate a little bit with some people. If it is midnight or 1am, or in my case when I wake up at 5am there are not many people available to talk to, so we are back to writing.
I keep a notebook with me at all times. I prefer the little note pad with a spiral binding about big enough to keep in your back pocket. I also keep a “Mini Pilot G-2″ pen along with it. It is a system that works flawlessly for me. The pen hooks right onto the spiral notebook part and is always there when I need it. If I have an idea I will jot it down immediately. I am always getting ideas, some good, some bad, but they are always coming and going. I am trying to eliminate the going part. By writing down a word or two about them I can remember them when I get home.
Once I get home the geek in me comes out and I put it in a spreadsheet of ideas. I even use the strikethrough font if I have written about one. I never delete them because usually they will spark another idea for me, and the cycle continues. This way if I get in the mood to write, I will begin writing, if I have a little writers block, I open my spread sheet and away I go.
My recommendation to you is find a system, a notebook, note card, whatever works for you and use it to keep track of ideas as they pop into your head. When you get the time sit down and write a few out. Then use the Post Timestamp and forget about it. An hour worth of writing on your blog can produce weeks and weeks of articles posting right on schedule. Having articles posting on a regular schedule not only keeps people interested in your topic, but it lets the search engines and ranking tools know you have something to say thus putting your website higher and higher on the search engines.
Success – Perfection Unattainable
Jul 3, 2007 Idea Building, Success
One of my favorite scenes of all movies all time is when Roy McAvoy is describing the golf swing in the movie Tin Cup. In the clip he says “Perfection Unattainable” (for the whole clip see below). It is true, but the journey there is what matters
“I tend to think of the golf swing as a poem…”
In your business you need to continuously strive for perfection, knowing full well that it is not going to happen. Sound counter intuitive? Maybe but it is the key to success in whatever you are doing. Set a time aside every week to ask yourself, ‘How can I do this better’? That is what you are here for right. The smart businessman knows that no matter how well business is going you can do better. So take time and concentrate on that.
Suggestions on how to do this
I get a lot of work done in the car. I like to download books on tape (not Gone With The Wind but improvement, and business books) and listen to them while I am traveling around. This always sparks interest. I guess driving has just gotten too easy (I am knocking on wood right now) and my mind wonders. If I get a good idea I pull over to the side, in a parking lot, or wherever and write it down. I always have a notepad with me for these situations. At the end of the week, usually Saturday morning, I wake up early and rewrite down all the good ideas I had that week. I then decide which one I am going to tackle that week and I go for it. Take a notepad with you where ever you go and write down ideas that come to you. Pick a very specific day and time and review them once a week. Then pick at least one and go with it.
Set aside time for you. Leisure time is the best time to recharge your internal batteries. It is a time to bring out you again. If you are working too much you need to find time to take a break and have it for you. I cannot stress this enough. I have a very hard time pulling away from my computer. I love to sit in front if it and learn, and surf, and find out what others are doing. Heck that is how I get paid, but I get stuck in the same rut all the time. I sit there and surf and surf and surf (if you have not gotten the StumbleUpon add on for your browser be careful it is addicting) and get nothing done. When I find myself in that situation I got to get out. If it is the right time I get to go out my back door onto the golf course and chip and putt. That always calms the nerves, and sooths the soul. Take time for yourself and recharge
Finally while you are working look critically at what you are doing. Look at yourself as if you were your customer or your client. What would you think if you were helping you at the time? What could you do better? What could you do different? This may be the most difficult part, but it may be the fastest way to success. If you are able to really look inside yourself and look at your business from the perspective of an outsider you can make some very simple and effective changes. Don’t be afraid to walk in the front door sometimes, and act like a customer.
Jot down what you see that you can improve upon and go for it. Don’t delay. If it does not work, fine, then do something else. Any business that is not in constant improvement is falling behind. Be the good businessperson that you are and act, improve, and make more moolah.
Prosperity - How To Reach Your Goal When It Eludes You
Jul 2, 2007 Goal Setting, Prosperity
If you are in pursuit of prosperity and it is eluding you then you have to find the reasons for it. Most experts who have written a great deal on this topic agree that the process of gaining prosperity begins in our mind. If prosperity is getting away from you then the only reason could be that you are not letting it in. According to, these writers if you focus all your time on non-availability of funds and fret over it then it may result in more lack of funds.
Educate Your Mind To Be Positive
Then, what should one do to attain prosperity? The first step is that you should train your mind to think in a positive manner. If you need money for a better lifestyle then all your thoughts should also be focused in this direction. Although, it looks very easy at first instance yet when we try to apply it practically in our lives, we soon realize how hard the task really is.
Do Not Give Up Because Of Unfavorable Circumstances
Making your thoughts concentrate at one place for a long period is one of the most difficult tasks in the world. No matter how eager you really are to attain prosperity, there are a lot of things in your surroundings that will distract your mind. At times you may feel that it is just an impossible undertaking. This is the point where most of us fail. We fail due to lack of perseverance. However, those who keep on going ahead even under these adverse circumstances definitely achieve their goal one day or the other.
How To Change Old Habits?
So, what can we do to change our habits so that we can accomplish the prosperity too? The process begins with giving proper attention to your thoughts. When we analyze your thoughts you will observe that your thoughts are only habituated reactions that have over a period of time become a part and parcel of your life. So many times you think exactly what your parents or grandparents used to think in similar circumstances.
In your endeavor of gaining prosperity you have to realize that it is possible to shift the focus of thoughts and generate totally different ones. However, it is not as easy as it sounds. You have to understand the fact that if you want to create a new habit, you will have to repeat it many times. So keep on repeating the thoughts of future prosperity in your heart and mind, no matter even if everything outside does not support these positive vibes growing within you.
