youtube videos
Are you using youtube to post entertaining and instructive online videos? What are you waiting on? The internet is filled with lots of sites, but there are lots of people that don't want to read. They want to watch videos. Get in on the online video craze. Make videos.
don't want to be on camera
Some people don't want to be on camera. Don't let that stop you from creating good online videos. Use software. Software can be the difference maker. There are lots of programs that can turn pictures into movies. Find one that you like and put it to work.
slideshows
Create a slideshow. Talk while the slides are flipped. This is not hard to do. Sure, your first presentations will be bad, but you are going to be in it for the long haul. Get started creating slideshows and posting them online.
internet marketing
Videos and slideshows can be your introduction into online marketing. Make sure that you create videos that are evergreen. This means that people will want to watch them in the future. You don't want to invest a lot of time into videos that won't pull in viewers in the future. What are some topics that don't get old?
payment processors
Video views generate traffic. Where are you going to send the traffic? Create a website and send the traffic there. You might want to create a simple blog that you keep updated. You migth want to sell a product. It is all up to you.
There are lots of ways to get paid these days. You are not just getting a check in the mail. Money moves fast these days. Just make sure that you sign up with payment processors like paypal,
gumroad, and selz. You might want to sell services or digital products that are available for download. Come up with a simple plan and then get started.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Sky Diving and Your Home Business
Have you ever seen people going up in airplanes and then jumping? This is called skydiving. I personally think that those people are crazy. What does skydiving have to do with business? The people that skydive put fear to the side and do something that they want to do. Are you sitting on the sidelines or are you brave enough to jump into your own business?
Getting started is a big part of the problem.
There is someone with a great idea right now.
They know exactly what they want to do.
There is just one big problem.
They never get started.
They sit on the sidelines.
They don't make up their minds to start.
This happens all the time.
There are some things that just scare people.
Remember the time when you were scared to ride your bike.
Remember the time when you were scared to speak up in class.
Remember the time when you were scared to do something.
At some point, you reached a point where you made up your mind.
You took action.
You might have failed, but you wanted to success so bad that you didn't stop.
Your home business is just one more task that will require some courage and taking action.
I am still not going Skydiving.
Getting started is a big part of the problem.
There is someone with a great idea right now.
They know exactly what they want to do.
There is just one big problem.
They never get started.
They sit on the sidelines.
They don't make up their minds to start.
This happens all the time.
There are some things that just scare people.
Remember the time when you were scared to ride your bike.
Remember the time when you were scared to speak up in class.
Remember the time when you were scared to do something.
At some point, you reached a point where you made up your mind.
You took action.
You might have failed, but you wanted to success so bad that you didn't stop.
Your home business is just one more task that will require some courage and taking action.
I am still not going Skydiving.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Mobile Marketing and Your Home Business
Remember the old days of marketing
Some of old ways of doing things come back around again.
I can remember in the late 80s and early 90s tv commercials and videos that promoted hotlines.
You remember the Phone hotlines.
There might have been a popular tv show or hot rap group that asked you to call 976 blah blah blah.
Those numbers stayed around for a while, but they charged big money just for making those calls.
Those were the days when there were not that many phones running around.
People had lots of landline phones in their homes.
You might have only had one phone line back then.
Now everything has changed and just about every person has a cellphone ( tracfone / flip phone ) or smart phone.( iphone / android mobile computing device )
Phones today don't just make phone calls. They connect to the web and that is huge.
It opens the door to way more potential business opportunities.
Customers have plenty of information right at their finger tips.
The new affiliate marketing model is now at hand.
Some of old ways of doing things come back around again.
I can remember in the late 80s and early 90s tv commercials and videos that promoted hotlines.
You remember the Phone hotlines.
There might have been a popular tv show or hot rap group that asked you to call 976 blah blah blah.
Those numbers stayed around for a while, but they charged big money just for making those calls.
Those were the days when there were not that many phones running around.
People had lots of landline phones in their homes.
You might have only had one phone line back then.
Now everything has changed and just about every person has a cellphone ( tracfone / flip phone ) or smart phone.( iphone / android mobile computing device )
Phones today don't just make phone calls. They connect to the web and that is huge.
It opens the door to way more potential business opportunities.
Customers have plenty of information right at their finger tips.
The new affiliate marketing model is now at hand.
Create Your Plan and Take Massive Action
Is your current plan to not have a plan?
Take sports for example. Before a game, the team comes up with a plan.
Even before they practice, the coaches come up with a game plan.
The game plan requires taking a look at the competition.
The game plan requires solving the problems that the other side brings to the table.
The game plan provides the focus.
The plays are created.
The plays are tested in real time through practice.
The practice may reveal places where changes need to be made.
This goes on day after day until it is game time.
There is massive action happening all the way up until the real game starts.
The real action takes place and now the game plans are testing each other through real movements.
What is your game plan?
What is your practice schedule?
What is the real game that you are playing?
Who is your competition?
Take sports for example. Before a game, the team comes up with a plan.
Even before they practice, the coaches come up with a game plan.
The game plan requires taking a look at the competition.
The game plan requires solving the problems that the other side brings to the table.
The game plan provides the focus.
The plays are created.
The plays are tested in real time through practice.
The practice may reveal places where changes need to be made.
This goes on day after day until it is game time.
There is massive action happening all the way up until the real game starts.
The real action takes place and now the game plans are testing each other through real movements.
What is your game plan?
What is your practice schedule?
What is the real game that you are playing?
Who is your competition?
Make a List and Focus
Write Down What you want to get done
Making a list does work.
Have you ever been to the market without a list?
Did you buy stuff that you didn't really want?
Did you forget to get the things that you really needed?
Make a list and you eliminate the distractions.
Making a list makes you focus.
Even if you don't complete everything on your list, you get closer to your goals.
The List helps you focus on progress.
Get clear on your goals and then start putting your efforts toward getting the essential things done.
Focus. Focus. Focus.
Making a list does work.
Have you ever been to the market without a list?
Did you buy stuff that you didn't really want?
Did you forget to get the things that you really needed?
Make a list and you eliminate the distractions.
Making a list makes you focus.
Even if you don't complete everything on your list, you get closer to your goals.
The List helps you focus on progress.
Get clear on your goals and then start putting your efforts toward getting the essential things done.
Focus. Focus. Focus.
Start Your Own 30 Day Challenge
Come up with your own 30 day challenge.
What do you want to do?
Write out a plan
Plan every day of the challenge.
Get started
Work each day until you complete the challenge
What do you want to do?
Write out a plan
Plan every day of the challenge.
Get started
Work each day until you complete the challenge
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Set Your Goals and Keep Moving Forward
I am taking an online course on starting your own business.
The course is free.
The course is action based.
Are you constantly trying to improve your business?
Are you stuck doing the same things that don't work?
This course is asking the student to step outside of the normal comfort zone.
Are you doing things that don't lead to real results for your business?
I like the way that the course is structured.
One simple action is just writing down your ideas.
Are you coming up with a plan of action everyday?
Are you following through on what you say you are going to do?
This has really been a problem for me in the past.
Just the act of putting your ideas down on paper is big.
There is a process that is in play.
It is really the same process as learning to ride a bike.
You want to accomplish something new.
You might not get it right on the first attempt.
You don't quit.
You make adjustments and learn more.
You don't accept failure.
You just keep moving forward towards your goals and keep adjusting.
The course is free.
The course is action based.
Are you constantly trying to improve your business?
Are you stuck doing the same things that don't work?
This course is asking the student to step outside of the normal comfort zone.
Are you doing things that don't lead to real results for your business?
I like the way that the course is structured.
One simple action is just writing down your ideas.
Are you coming up with a plan of action everyday?
Are you following through on what you say you are going to do?
This has really been a problem for me in the past.
Just the act of putting your ideas down on paper is big.
There is a process that is in play.
It is really the same process as learning to ride a bike.
You want to accomplish something new.
You might not get it right on the first attempt.
You don't quit.
You make adjustments and learn more.
You don't accept failure.
You just keep moving forward towards your goals and keep adjusting.
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