•Are You Good At Giving Advice?
Have you ever worked a business and wished you had someone you could talk to about problems or concerns you have? Have you ever wished you could talk to someone about ways to improve your business or personal life?
Business owners are always in need of help. Whether they want to admit it or not, they need the help. As a business owner they may need help with time management, organization, personal items, or business items. No matter what it is, you can bet they could use a coach.
Hiring a...
•Converting Your Visitors To Cash
If you decide to build websites to earn your money online, once you have built them you will need to decide on how to best convert your traffic into dollars. If you don’t have a means to monetize your traffic, then you may still be able to sell your website to someone else, but you won’t be earning from it in the meantime.
There are three broad options available to you when trying to earn from your website. You can join pay-per-click programs, pay-per-impression programs or try to sell...
•Discipline in Moneymaking
Your ability to involve yourself in moneymaking ventures may have everything to do with discipline and practical application.
For instance if you want to be an expert at marketing and you want others to pay you to help them launch a great marketing campaign then you need to know a lot about marketing. In fact, you need to keep updating your skills.
If you offer a skill you need to be disciplined enough to expand your knowledge on the subject. It may not be enough to simply learn a skill and...
•Ghosting Writing Is A Great Online Business
Articles are a great way to get exposure to your website. Writing articles is also a great way to become known as an expert in your field.
Most people that are website owners know how important it is to write articles and submit them to the article directories. To get really good exposure to your site you should submit at least one new article a month to your list of directories.
With that said, you will find people that don’t know how to write articles. They know what they want the content...
•Home is Where the Cash Is?
Is it possible to work at home with a minimal investment?
Yes. Consider some of the skills you have and incorporate them into ideas of your own or match your skills, available tools, and time with companies that make it possible for you to learn how to tap into a paying marketplace for a sometimes unconventional at-home business.
When finances are tight the idea of working at home can be especially inviting to a second wage earner or even the primary wage earner who wants the ability to...
•Money Making Beyond the Ruts of Mundane
There’s safety in the rut. Think about it, you’re on a familiar path following a track that has a beginning point and an end point. Traveling back and forth on this rut each day provides a sense of safety if not adventure.
If you travel to various locations along the Oregon Trail you can still visibly see the wagon tracks carved in sandstone rock as one wagon train after the other followed a trail with a defined beginning (Missouri) and a defined end (Oregon).
There were those that got out of...
•Money Making – In Defense of Capitalism
The classic tale of Robin Hood finds a man with good intentions robbing those who are rich in order to allow the poor to live another day. This is a romantic story where the guy gets the girl and the world is set right in the end, but how does it work itself out in reality?
Robin Hood is a sympathetic nod to socialism at worst and represents vigilante justice at best. Those who read the story will ultimately conclude Robin Hood is the hero in the story for finding a way to help the poor....
•Moneymaking and a Childhood Revisit
Do you remember the thrill you had as a young person when you discovered that you had the ability to exchange a burgeoning skill (or incredibly hard work) for cash? Maybe it was the widow Jenkins down the street who wanted her shed cleaned out. Maybe it was Mr. Rowley who needed his lawn mowed. Perhaps it was Mrs. Lane who needed someone to watch her children while she and Mr. Lane attended a company event.
It could be that someone first asked you if you’d be willing. For some privileged youth...
•Moneymaking and Edison’s Encouragement
If Thomas Edison were alive today he would provide a great resource on what to do when it seems like failure is the norm. Edison made a lot of money from his improvements to existing inventions and he was clear that those improvements came at a great price, but he also provided great encouragement when he said that if we were able to do all the things we are capable of we would astound ourselves.
When Edison’s lab facility burned down he is reported to have said that the event was simply...
•Moneymaking and the Art of Argument
In order to make money you need to learn the art of argument. In virtually every moneymaking idea there are arguments that will have you believe the idea is too far fetched to be useful. Should your idea make it to the development phase you will likely encounter arguments about the ability of your business to last when compared to other similar businesses. How will you argue your point?
We are surrounded by those who are infused with negative thoughts in relations to our potential success. Any...
•Moneymaking and the Benefits of Synergy
As I write this I have a small plumbing and remodeling project going on. I contracted with a reputable carpenter who has the skills to do the job I need done. Well, not exactly. He has the carpentry skills required, but not the plumbing. The gentleman sought out a plumber he likes dealing with and has the plumber (and a helper) managing the new shower installation while he takes care of the carpentry work surrounding the plumbing.
Because the carpenter needed some help he also brought in a...
•Moneymaking and the Failure Fallacy
World famous poet Emily Dickinson had more than 1,800 poems published. High school and college classes around the world have studied her work. Did you know that only seven of those poems were published before she died?
Dickinson had no real understanding of the impact her work would have on generations to come.
Most people think of the poet as an incredible success, but the truth is she may have simply viewed herself as a struggling poet. Maybe she had nights when she wondered if anyone would...
•Moneymaking and the Get Rich Quick Moments
If you are going to accept a moneymaking idea as part of a ‘kit’ offered either online or as part of something you read in print or through a television infomercial you really need to investigate the offer carefully.
You can spend lots of time buying into ideas and trying them out. In many cases these ideas are general knowledge information passed along at a fee. You can spend so much time chasing a dream with these ideas that it becomes hard to break the cycle.
With each failed offer there...
•Moneymaking and the Need to Really Listen to What Others Say
Moneymaking is all about being observant. Can you, will you, do you pay attention to what’s going on around you? Is it possible to learn something from what others say and what others do?
Every day opportunities are missed because people who want to make extra money aren’t paying attention.
Consider this conversation at a local post office.
“Beautiful day, isn’t it,” Ben said as he pulled out a grocery sales flyer from his post office box.
“Yeah, just gorgeous,” Ron inserted his key and...
•Moneymaking and the Power of One
One of the great fallacies of moneymaking ideas is that in order to gain the most success you have to do many different things well. You don’t. In fact, you might have more success by doing just one thing, but doing it better than anyone else.
That’s not to say that diversification is a bad idea. Many individuals find enormous success conducting their business in a role of diversity. This article simply looks at the idea of providing a singular item that is so desired that multiple businesses...
•Moneymaking and the Trust Deficit
You see a guy on the street. He’s wearing a trench coat and he’s got a few days of razor stubble on a chin that pokes out from under his fedora. You’re experience begins when he says, “Psssst. Hey you. Come here for a minute.”
He opens the folds of his coat to show a makeshift wrack of designer watches he can sell at a ‘discount’. What would convince you to buy from this man?
Needless to say I’ve been up watching late night movies about old time New York, but the truth is there is something...
•Moneymaking Convenience
In many ways men and women today are less equipped to manage a full compliment of duties. Often we were raised with less need to know about many things, but rather we learn to excel with a smaller number of skills.
In previous generations it may have been more important to know a little bit about plumbing, electricity and automotive repair. Today we simply call someone skilled in a particular area and have him or her fix whatever issue we may have.
For instance I don’t believe most of the men...
•Moneymaking Ideas and the Ballad of the Aging Pop Star
Gene would not be the poster child for a pop star. The truth is the closest thing to pop music he ever listened to was a country station back in Wyoming. For his 60th birthday his daughter bought him a banjo. Within five years he also acquired a mandolin, guitar and fiddle.
As a young man he learned to play the accordion. When times got tight he sold the accordion and learned to play the piano at church. Gene had always loved music. Mostly he played for his own enjoyment, for church and...
•Moneymaking if Money is No Object
We’ve all been asked what we would do if money were no object to achieving our goals or acquiring a desired item. I suppose in one sense this would seem a perfect solution. No one has money and everything is free.
Can you imagine wanting a new luxury car and simply walking to a dealership (or to a grocery store parking lot) and simply driving off with it because you wanted it.
Why would anyone want to cook or serve you at a restaurant? There would be no tangible reason to do so. There is no...
•Moneymaking Off the High Dive
The idea of moneymaking can be a bit like thinking it would be fun to jump off the high dive at the swimming pool as a kid. You watched others do it. While they survived and seemed to enjoy the experience you were not at all certain you could do the same.
Jumping off the high dive was for other people – not for you. You just knew somehow, deep inside that you were not going to make it if you took that lonely walk to the top of the stairs and came down a quicker way.
Then one day someone, a...
•Moneymaking With Integrity Intact
Don was a salesman who sold advertising. His boss set the fees for the advertising, but Don found a way to go into the company computer and change the figures to whatever he wanted on individual accounts. He appeared to be successful because he sold more advertising than anyone else in the company, but in the end someone discovered the numbers didn’t add up.
Craig sold cleaning products to businesses and government entities. He was well liked and served a big area. When customers commented...
•Moneymaking’s Multiple Roles
Walden Media has had a habit of producing movies based on award winning children’s books. Research indicates that in many cases this company will spend around 30 million dollars to make some of their movies (more for a select group of titles). Many will look at Walden Media and see successes like Chronicles of Narnia or Bridge to Terabithia and judge their other titles to be of little success.
In a world dominated by blockbuster titles it would seem some of Walden Media’s titles are small...
•The Money Making Stepping Stone
When contemplating any money making idea you need to consider what available assets you have that can help you achieve your goal. For instance if you have very little capital and very little available credit you may need to look at money making options that require only the tools or skills you already possess.
On the other hand if money isn’t an issue some might wonder why you are looking at a moneymaking idea in the first place.
The old adage is true - in order to make money you must spend...
•The Motivation of Moneymaking
When it comes to the motivation behind seeking a moneymaking idea there is a lot to be considered. For instance, some individuals will seek out opportunity for a variety of reasons not the least of which is greed.
One person might look to make extra money as a means of paying down debt or building savings and investments up. Another might seek out opportunity as a means of involving family members in a business that keep them together. I have even known some who grab a hold of a moneymaking...
•Top Ten Ways to Improve Any Money Making Idea
I’ve been kicking around some radical ideas in my brain about how to make money. The way I have it figured you can use these ideas for virtually any wealth enhancing idea and they can be applied to virtually every circumstance.
Top ten ways to improve money making ideas.
1. If you’re making a product make it better than it has to be. Quality means a lot in any economy, but always when money is tight and quality is needed.
2. If you provide a service provide better service than your customer...
•Virtual Assistants Are Great For Business!
People want to run their own business and be successful. A lot of times this means doing more than one thing to help reach the monetary goal they set for their business.
One way that allows people to reach that goal and not do a lot is to outsource. When you outsource projects this gives you time to do things that make you money that you can’t or won’t outsource.
When people outsource projects, they usually hire a Virtual Assistant. Virtual Assistants are also known as a VA. Virtual...
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