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A Home-Based Business Online
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October 16
Editor: Elena Fawkner
Publisher: AHBBO Publishing
Contact By Email
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This Ezine Is Listed At FreeZinesOnline.
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IN THIS ISSUE
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1. Welcome and Update from the Editor
2. Home Business Idea of the Week - Caterer
3. Online Business Idea of the Week - Website Design
Service
4. Article - Program Yourself For Success
5. Telecommuting Openings
6. Guest Article - Strategic Alliances: Four
Guidelines for Teaming Up to Offer Your Customers
More
7. Freebies
8. This Week's Web Site Pick
9. Subscription Management
10. Contact Information
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1. Welcome and
Update from the Editor
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Hello again and a warm
welcome to all new subscribers!
I received a few concerned
emails from subscribers over the
past week following
last week's article about the free ad
issue. Rest assured,
those comments were NOT directed at
you! I was speaking
of people who are NOT subscribers and
who are complete strangers
to me. I should have made this
clear in the article.
Remember, this newsletter
is for YOU! If you have comments
or suggestions for topics
you would like to see addressed,
or would just like to
share your experiences with other
subscribers, I want
to hear from you! Please send comments,
questions and stories
to: Contact By Email
See you all again next
week.
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2. Home Business Idea
of the Week - Caterer
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Businesses of all sizes
are using catered lunches, cocktail
parties and dinner meetings
to build their images and
increase company sales.
On a smaller, but just as busy
marketing scale, many
working parents are paying to have
catered birthday and
graduation parties, as well as wedding
receptions handled by
caterers. The reasons are simple to
understand - if both
parents are working outside the home,
they just don't have
the time or the energy to do all the
planning and staging
of a memorable party.
Caterers handle everything
from birthday parties for
children, to breakfast
in bed and intimate candlelight
dinners for two, to
company dinner parties for 50 and
wedding receptions involving
a thousand or more guests.
This kind of entrepreneurial
business is definitely growing
and becoming more popular
with people of all income levels.
You don't need special
education or training to become a
successful caterer.
You do need an affinity for people and
a kind of intuition
as to what people enjoy in different
environmental settings.
Full report:
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There are many more
home-based business ideas like this at
with more being added
all the time.
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3. Online Business Idea
of the Week - Website Design Service
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If you've ever created
your own website, you will know
first-hand how much
time and trial and error goes into that
first effort.
Once you've been through that whole process
though, there's really
nothing to it, is there?
Whether you think of
it this way or not, if you've created
a decent website of
your own, you have experience and skills
that others are prepared
to pay good money for. Have you
thought of offering
your services to the newbie who simply
doesn't have the time
and/or inclination to create their own
website from scratch?
Granted, you may need
to polish up your skills to a more
advanced level so you
can carry out some of the trickier
features you may not
have had to worry about for your own
site, but that information
is freely available on the
internet. If you've
taught yourself enough HTML to create
a good website, you
obviously have the wherewithal to
teach yourself the more
advanced features.
Full report:
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There are many more online
business ideas like this at
with more being added
all the time.
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4. Article - Program
Yourself for Success
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By Elena Fawkner
We've all had them.
Those days when discouragement
threatens to defeat
purpose and conviction and start us down
the steep, slippery
slope of self-doubt.
The early days of entrepreneurship
are filled with activity,
busy-ness, a whirlwind
of activity. Once that initial phase
passes and things settle
down to a more or less predictable
routine, when our fantasies
of fantastic wealth have not
materialized after six
months of endeavor, when someone is
critical, when those
orders just aren't coming in, no matter
what we do or how many
hours we work ... we get discouraged
and begin to question
whether we really do have the right
stuff for this business,
after all!
So, how do you get through
those times of self-doubt and
back into the saddle?
The first thing is to
prepare for them. KNOW there are
going to be "days like
this". If you expect them then you
will be better able
to recognize them for what they are and
not give them greater
prominence than they deserve. Nine
times out of ten, things
really DO look better in the
morning! (You were right
mom!)
Next, get right back
to basics. What motivates you and
keeps you focused?
What is your motivation and purpose
in starting your own
business? The strength of your purpose
will ultimately determine
your level of motivation and hence
determination.
Is your purpose clear in your mind? If not,
maybe you need to remind
yourself of the reasons why you
want to work for yourself.
You may find your reasons aren't
strong enough motivators.
If not, find some that are.
Remind yourself of your
purpose when you need to motivate
yourself. If you're
a mom, perhaps your purpose in starting
your home business was
so you could be home with your
children rather than
in the paid workforce. So, when you're
feeling discouraged
because you didn't land that account you
wanted or didn't make
that sale, remind yourself why you're
doing this in the first
place. Picture your children.
Visualize your purpose
as vividly as you can. Then harness
that motivation and
turn it into energy you can direct back
into your business.
Use that energy to examine why you
didn't land the account
or make the sale and then change
whatever needs to be
changed. By making changes in response
to such stimuli, you
are increasing the odds of being
successful next time
around.
Your response to setbacks
will also be determined by your
personal confidence
level. A confident individual is more
resilient in the face
of setbacks whereas a less confident
person is more likely
to react to a setback as an indication
that he or she is not
really capable of being successful.
Your response to setbacks
is critical to the future success
or failure of your business.
If you're someone whose
self-talk is positive,
you will tell yourself, "well, that
approach didn't achieve
what I wanted. I'll have to try
something different".
If, on the other hand, your self-talk
is pretty negative,
you are much more likely to tell yourself
"well, that obviously
didn't work. I just don't have what
it takes to be a success
at this".
The difference between
the two is that one, the positive
self-talker, refuses
to internalize a setback as a personal
failure. The negative
self-talker, on the other hand,
doesn't view the setback
as just part of external
environment in which
the business operates but rather,
internalizes the setback
as a personal failure.
So, watch your self-talk.
The language you use in your
thoughts makes an enormous
impression on your subconscious.
If you impress upon
your subconscious that you are not
deserving of success,
your subconscious will busily go
about proving the truth
of that statement. Similarly, if
you impress upon your
subconscious that you are a successful,
confident person, it
will work just as hard to validate that
presumption. The
important point is this: your subconscious
DOESN'T CARE where it
takes you. It will literally take you
WHEREVER you program
it to go.
One highly effective
technique to help remove the negative
self-talk that can be
so harmful to long-term success is
self-hypnosis.
There are many good induction tapes
available that will
guide you into a state of deep mental
relaxation and then
provide you with positive suggestions.
If you are in a state
of deep relaxation when you receive
a positive suggestion,
it will be absorbed much more readily
by your subconscious,
where those nagging self-doubts emanate
from in the first place.
Choose a tape that deals with
issues such as self-confidence
or positive thinking. By
programming your subconscious
with positive messages of
confidence and success,
it will actively go to work
integrating those qualities.
Do not underestimate
the value of positive programming and
the danger of negative
programming in determining the
ultimate success of
your business. It may very well mean
the difference between
stunning success and whimpering
failure.
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5. Telecommuting Openings
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-> Medical Transcription
Requires a minimum of
3 years acute care hospital
transcription experience.
Home-based, in multiple U.S.
cities. We will provide
you with a personal computer.
Enjoy a competitive
salary and a complete benefits package.
You can apply online
or call, fax, e-mail your resume.
EDIX Corporation
3001 Executive Dr, Suite
370
Clearwater , FLORIDA
33762 USA
Phone: 800 943-6698
Fax: 877 743-1728
URL: http://www.edix.com
-> Professional Services
Consultant
A leading edge technology
firm is seeking an analytical,
detail oriented full
time Professional Services Consultant
(telecommuter) who has
an automotive dealership background.
This person has to have
front end automotive experience
(automation, sales cycle
and inventory, services and parts
are not as critical).
You will be trained on this leading
edge product at the
company's midwestern location. You will
then set up a home office
where you will work on 14 week
projects to analyze
processes and consulting surrounding a
data warehouse. Travel
can be 40%-70% where the first 2
weeks is spent on site,
then maybe one day a week on site
for a couple of weeks,
and then all work could be done from
your home office. The
ideal candidate will have good
communications skills,
analytical and finance background,
UCS or ADP knowledge,
and excited about learning a data
warehouse product. The
type of background the candidate will
have is a DBA, Systems
Administrator, Finance and Insurance
Manager, or Assistant
Controller. This is not a sales
position. If you want
great experience in how to implement
a data warehouse and
likes or wants to learn the consulting
arena while getting
full benefits, and working out of your
home, this job is for
you.
Russ Hadick & Associates
7011 Corporate Way
Centerville, OHIO 45459
USA
Phone: 937 439-7700
Fax: 937 439-7705
URL: http://www.rharecruiters.com
Contact:
Bruce Smith
-> Telephone Counselor
Telephone Counselors
needed immediately. Position requires
sincere desire to help
others. Good communication and
listening skills are
a must. Openings on all three shifts.
Flexible schedules.
Work from the comfort and privacy of
your home. Receive
weekly paychecks.
C.W.C. Consultants
1900 Kent Drive
Camp Hill, PENNSYLVANIA
17011 USA
Phone: 717-975-9693
Fax: 707-281-7763
Contact:
Rosemary Holbert
-> Freelance Writers
- Health & Wellness; Finance
Fast paying national
consumer publication seeks superb
freelance writers specializing
in health & wellness or
finance. Writers must
have 7+ years exp with major consumer
publications & the
ability to write tight, clear,
sophisticated, 1500-
word ``how-to'' articles on a range of
topics based on phone
interviews with top experts. We pay our
freelancers very well,
but require the best in return.
Please send your resume
& clips to:
M.M. Richards
55 Railroad Avenue
Greenwich, CONNECTICUT
06830 USA
Fax: 203 861-7057
-> Psychic Reader (Just
had to throw this one in!)
Psychic Readers wanted
for busy line. Choose your own hours.
Top dollars paid.
FJM Murray, Inc.
Phone: 1 800-530-9408
-> Mortgage Reduction
Sales Consultant
As a sales consultant
you will show local homeowners how to
save money with our
services. Easy to learn and training
provided. Full-time
and part-time available. Outstanding
commissions paid weekly.
Vacation benefits.
Mortgage Reduction Services
Clearwater, FLORIDA
USA
Phone: 1-800-365-7550
Ext.87379
Fax: 727-781-8416
Contact:
Jon Cardell, Sales Director
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6. Guest Article - Strategic
Alliances: Four Guidelines for
Teaming
Up to Offer Your Customers More
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By Robert Spiegel
Can a home business deliver
a fully working team that can
take on a business opportunity
usually reserved for large
business enterprises?
don't limit yourself just because you
answer your business
phone in the same room that the kids
play in. You can take
on big, team-managed projects if you
find the right partners.
Strategic alliances with other
companies and professionals
can give the you ability to
deliver the punch of
a large company.
There are many ways you
can extend the products and services
you offer to your customers.
An example is an accountant who
works cooperatively
with a bookkeeping and payroll company
to provide a complete
financial package to home-based
businesses. The goal
is to provide additional related
services or products
to serve the customer and increase your
profits.
Strategic alliances can
also increase referrals and extend
market reach.
An example is a remodeling company that teams
up with a real estate
company to present seminars that
introduce options for
home improvement. Another example is
mutual referrals, where
companies negotiate agreements to
recommend each other
to their customers. These alliances
can provide inexpensive
ways to reach new customers.
The reasons for developing
strategic alliances are to extend
your market reach and
to provide a wider range of choices
for your customers as
well as to increase convenience. When
you develop strategic
alliances, make sure the products
relate to each other.
A nutritional consultant who also
sells gold coins comes
across as an opportunist. A
nutritional consultant
who also provides a catalog of
exercise equipment and
instruction is on target.
Here are four guidelines
to keep your strategic alliances
productive.
Make Yourself a One-Stop
Shop
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In choosing strategic
partnerships, think in terms of
making your company
a one-stop for customers who need
anything in your field.
As an example, if you sell computer
networks, team up with
a computer furnishings business and
a computer hardware
company. You might also deliver
software packages depending
upon your customer needs.
Another option is to
work on the basis of receiving a
finder’s fee for direct
referrals, or you can offer a
catalog of products
supplied by a different company. Then
you buy wholesale from
the catalog company and sell retail
to your customer. This
gives your customer a good discount
while making you a profit
on the transaction. It’s the best
of both worlds. Your
customer gets a discount and you get a
profit.
When you are a one-stop
for your customer, you have the
extra burden of customer
service and follow-up. Make sure
you bring on reliable
partners who will stick through the
good times and the bad.
Team Up with Quality
Players
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Alliances need to meet
your quality level or surpass it.
Lower quality partners
“lower the bar” for your company.
Strive to bring in partners
with slightly higher quality
standards. It will lift
the customer perception of your
company and reduce potential
dissatisfaction. You also need
partners you can trust.
Finally, look for companies that have
longer track records.
You can leverage their credibility
when you make sales
calls.
Make It Easy
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Strategic alliances
work because it is easier for customers
to buy from one source.
But you need to make sure the
alliance provides a
simple buying process. If difficult or
hard to understand,
the buying process will hurt your sales
rather than help them.
Flexibility is helpful when offering
your line of products
or services. For example, if you are
a marketing consultant
and you recommend a media package to
your client, you can
then offer to handle the design,
production and printing
of the package.
If you explain that you
have created a team of designers,
production artists and
a printer that can deliver high
quality at a lower price
than your customer would find on
his own, the customer
will choose your option. The first
hurdle was defining
the need for a media package. The rest
was simple customer
service that increased profits.
Offer Customer Support
on Your Entire Package
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Customer service must
be seamless and easy. If you are
simply offering a referral
and receiving a finder’s fee,
make sure you are referring
to a company that will provide
good customer service.
But if you are making the sale
yourself, you need to
deliver customer service directly to
your customers. don't
just sell a product and later give
your customer an 800
number to call when there’s a problem.
If a problem arises,
you need to take care of it for the
customer. If you don't,
it lowers the perception of the
entire strategic enterprise.
Strategic alliances can
bring additional profits without
incurring additional
investment, but you need to make sure
you follow the above
four guidelines. Once you get
comfortable with offering
a wider range of products and
services to your customers,
you can continue to expand
through strategic alliances.
The ultimate size of your home
business is determined
by the size of your imagination, not
the size of your home
office.
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Robert Spiegel owns
Spiegel Enterprises, a marketing company
that helps emerging
businesses grow. Spiegel provides
marketing plans and
publicity plans that help guide
companies to success.
Spiegel Enterprises also publishes a
newsletter for freelance
writers entitled Freelancers
Marketplace. You can
call Robert at 505/275-2556 or write
him at 10308 Oso Grande
NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111.
Originally Published
at http://www.homebusinessmag.com
Reprinted with permission.
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7. Freebies
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-> E-Book - Making Money
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8. This Week's Web Site
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K. Williams Resources
http://www.kwresources.com/
I stumbled across this
site while searching for some free
e-books for this week's
issue. As I quickly discovered,
this site is about much
more than free e-books. You will
find The Home Business
Files, 200 pages of information
about starting or running
a small or home based business,
free business resources,
article library, business
opportunity directory,
links to other useful business
related sites, free
e-books (see this week's Freebies
section above for two
from this site), free ezines and much,
much more.
A very comprehensive
source for all of your small and
home-based business
needs.
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